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2am is 11pm on the west coast and it was a Friday night grandpa.I'd ask if you were drunk when you posted this but 2am post time clarifies that.
Yes, I'd wear a basic cloth mask much of this year because the vax was trustworthy vs existing strain, so I was cool with a less effective mask in exchange for comfort.
Now that Omicron has an unknown degree of escape, and seems to be significantly more contagious, I'm back to wearing an N95 when flying.
This isn't complicated.
PG? Smart IMO, let things calm down a bit after the explosion that's coming over the next few weeks.
Sorry for your situation. All depends on how much risk you're comfortable with. Personally I'd act as if you were all positive and essentially end the trip early, but I would be fine with eating outdoors. If you can find a test now get it, although it'll only be informative if it comes back positive (not enough time to be confident in a negative result).
Yep, I have. YLE, Dear Pandemic (aka Those Nerdy Girls, a whole team of epidemiologists and doctors) and this chick have been some of my main resources throughout all this. They're all great follows.
1. hospital numbers lag cases by 1-2 weeks
Yes I said from a society perspective it's a concern. From an individual perspective of a boosted person it is not. Boosted people won't goto hospital
It's a tough balance for sure. I'd guess you have lost customers if you have signs up about masks as well - maybe they don't even bother coming in.
My opinion is that strictly looking at case numbers, it's about to blow past the record numbers we had. Hospitalizations and deaths will increase as well, but not as much as last previous peaks, but still have the potential to become problematic due to the sheer volume of cases.
I just looked at the UK's case load and whoa.
I'm looking at my states and we are basically having the same trajectory as last winter so far
Omicron didn't explode yet. It's starting to in NYC. Last year we did winter workouts with masks. I imagine we'll do the same this year.
I agree in principal but how do you have a "line" against a virus? No doubt kids suffer. But It's like saying I'll go in the house for this tornado but I refuse to go in the basement. At some point the Tornado has a vote.
Michigan's hospitals are pretty much full already. Some are sending patients to Ohio and Indiana. An Omicron-holiday boost will be disastrous here.
I saw a presentation yesterday from an official at a large hospital system in the upper Midwest. His opinion is that the crush of Covid hospitalizations we are experiencing right now is due to the Delta variant. My understanding is that the vaccine and booster combination is still considered to be extremely effective against Delta.
More like the line where I would be upset at. Masks, testing, whatever - cool. Just my personal opinion and observations, but IMO not much was as damaging last year than going without school for those I know. It feels like with vaccinations in our arsenal this time around they are going about it a different way around here, so I am hoping they weigh in other factors than just # of cases.
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It is (unless you choose to swap for a different brand). Three shots not only "refreshes" the vaccine, but provides broader coverage somehow too (like preps your immune system to handle a wider range of viruses or something like that). I think. Maybe one of the docs or etc can confirm/fix.
Zod, I had the same exact question you had, and we hashed it out in this thread yesterday morning. Start with this FFA post and read down the rest of the page (and maybe a little on the top of the next page, too). The original article cap'n grunge linked to is short (but dense with info), but if you want to skip it and just read the excerpts we were posting downthread, you'll get the 411 that way, too.
At least 3 people in my NY office tested positive this week. Guaranteed that I was exposed to it while in town for work, since 2 of 3 were in the office while I was. One person was double dosed with Pfizer, another was boosted with Moderna. The third is from The UK and had two doses of AstraZeneca — she is evidently pretty sick but not hospitalized.
My friend and my sons friend who is 12 both have it. Both double vaxxed. Probably got it from our winter workouts on Tuesday.
Fair enough. I’ve already accepted that I’m getting it sometime in the next handful of months. Goal #1: avoid spreading it to others if possible. Goal #2: minimize the odds of getting super ill or hospitalized.
It seems like the west coast is a week or two behind NY which is weird considering the first case of Omicron was reported in SF. Cases here in Oregon and the Bay Area haven’t even really started going up yet as of Thursday.
Honestly, this all probably is remnants from Thanksgiving and related spread — Delta. We are about to be slammed exponentially from xmas/nye that will have omicron mixed in.
