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Thanks. I did another rapid test this morning, again negative. I'm about to board and have a KN95 on. Not planning on removing it for the duration of the flight.
The last I read (earlier this week) is that Omicron was 3% of the total cases in the US. Based on what we've seen in South Africa and the UK, we can expect that percentage to increase.
In general I agree with you, as I suggested a "sliding scale" based approach about 14 months ago; however, that being said, one time when cases do matter is a time like right now, when we are looking at uncontrolled spread and exponential case growth basically country wide. That's bad for business all around. And t doesn't have to be based on "number of cases" alone necessarily, as long as you're considering number of tests, test positivity rate, etc. My point being... number of cases sometimes matters. And we are at one of those points.100% People are way too hung up on the # of cases/infections. Yeah, that was important last year when we didn't have the vaccination. Why we haven't shifted to a metric based on hospital #s or something similar is beyond frustrating.
And I mean people on both sides - one side is using the # of cases and I feel like we are going to be in perpetual mask/freak out mode, and another side is using it inappropriately to say "the jab juice doesn't work!!".
The problem with that is that I think we are still not doing enough sequencing, so I don't know how much I trust our numbers in identifying strains at this point.
But see this is the best part of Covid--getting to not attend family functions--especially when all members of my family are anti-vax.belljr said:So this is where my wife drives me insane. She's now all freaked out about masking and our trip to Florida (we are all boosted) and catching it because of her asthma.
But guess what she won't do ....cancel dinner at my sister OR our Christmas Eve party. I'm like if you are so concerned let's cancel the party. We cancelled last year .... She's like no we will be ok.....
Sure we skipped a lot of things....my wife just can't pick a lane..... We've cancelled and not attended many events last winter
My wife works in the NICU. One of the babies there - her mother got Covid from someone at the baby’s baby shower. Mom went on vent prior to birth. They delivered the baby while mom was on vent. Mom then died without ever seeing her baby.
That doesn't look fine to me, especially considering they're comparing it to earlier NYC waves, which were among the worst in the nation. Also, hospital admin tend to downplay the severity of bed shortages. I'd be more interested in hospital and ICU censuses compared to historical averages, and changes in overall hospitalizations in the last few weeks.
I think my covid-19 experience is colored a bit by living hundreds of miles from any our parents, and they're all vaxxed and boosted anyway. I'm just hanging out with my wife and kids all week. Nothing to worry about.
How are they generally learning of their infections? Tested because of recent close contact? Tested for other reasons (e.g. travel, work)?
That’s an interesting site, thanks. I wonder exactly how those numbers are derived though.
I’m consistently amazed what you consider good. Granted, there’s a huge spectrum of illness, but I’d prefer not seeing a bunch of vaccinated people get sick at all. Especially if they’re boosted.
Unless I’m misunderstanding, you’ve repeatedly stated or implied omicron is mild, hospitals and people with Covid are “fine”, etc.
The people that I know that currently have covid are all doing fine right now. All have mild cold symptoms. You are reading way too much into this.
I'll second this, and throw in my anecdotal evidence: We have had roughly 300 COVID patients since this all kicked off. Of those, I can remember 3 who came in "incidentally with COVID" and not because of COVID pneumonia. All 3 were somehow related to Diabetes: 2 on insulin drips for Diabetic Ketoacidosis and one acute pancreatitis.
At no time have multiple of my friends/acquaintances simultaneously had Covid, and certainly not vaccinated ones. That is a bad sign, because there’s still a ton of unvaccinated and immunocompromised people, who likely won’t all do as well if they get it.
You're a weird dude
I can’t read your mind, but I’m considering more than just a single post about your friends.
I know most can't really understand or appreciate the healthcare side of things when it's not what they do and aren't exposed to it on a regular basis.
I never said they were a good thing. Keep putting words in my mouth.I know most can't really understand or appreciate the healthcare side of things when it's not what they do and aren't exposed to it on a regular basis.
But I still struggle to understand how some of those same folks think what they see from a health standpoint outside the healthcare setting (either personally or anecdotally from people they know) compares to those who work with it on a daily basis. You try to explain why a lot of vaccinated people testing positive is not a good thing even though it's just a cold for them, but you're the weird dude.
Meh. People won’t take vaccines. But people won’t comply with non-pharmaceutical interventions either.
Vaccines - with a booster - are fantastic. It would also, in parallel, be great to have easy and expansive access to mass testing. Why do you think vaccines aren’t helpful?
I'm not so sure about this.
How will people who won’t take a simple shot in the arm ever comply with Covid testing multiple times per week?
To be fair, I’m pretty sure I’m at lot better interpreting statistics than some of our resident experts. Heck, my survival skills might even exceed Gordon Gekko’s.I know most can't really understand or appreciate the healthcare side of things when it's not what they do and aren't exposed to it on a regular basis.
But I still struggle to understand how some of those same folks think what they see from a health standpoint outside the healthcare setting (either personally or anecdotally from people they know) compares to those who work with it on a daily basis. You try to explain why a lot of vaccinated people testing positive is not a good thing even though it's just a cold for them, but you're the weird dude.
Never said they weren't helpful. Just saying the push RIGHT NOW during this Omicron wave should be on testing rather than vaccines. We can't vaccine our way out of this in the short term especially when the majority of the country has been vaccinated.
Ok. Thanks for clarifying. I think both are crucial right now — boosters and testing. Science would agree with me, because the majority of the country hasn’t been boosted and we know the differential efficacy between 2 doses and 3 doses.
Routine tests don’t distinguish delta from other variants, but specialized testing has revealed it’s the predominant variant for several months.
You serious? If everyone tests themselves at home everyday before leaving the house, that won't stop the spread?
You expect people to test themselves every day? Good luck with that.
People who won’t get a shot in the arm are going to test every day? That seems….unlikely.
