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bigg jay
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My condolences to you and your family.  I can unfortunately relate... my brother passed away on Sunday (some may remember him from here & the old OB forum as Taynted_Fayth) so we're also trying to

WildPath
WildPath

I am a teacher and also immunocompromised. I got my first shot this week. It was neither being a teacher, nor having an autoimmune disease that qualified me to be vaccinated. My autoimmune condition p

Mark H.
Mark H.

I have had a positive covid test. Being double-vaxxed I had just mild symptoms, but they fit the description, so I got tested. It started on Friday & I am 80% better already. It literally felt lik

iHeart Grand Master

iHeart

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god I hope that case is already recovered and that individual didn't go near anyone (how the hell did it skip over Saskatchewan unless I'm missing something)

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Wanna-B-Fanboy Grand Master

Wanna-B-Fanboy

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Teah... yeah that the Bolsonaro (P1) variant is the one I have been dreading. That **** is nasty and is going to muck up any plans to going back to normal.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/brazils-p1-coronavirus-variant-mutating-may-become-more-dangerous-study-2021-04-14/

"Naveca said the changes appeared to be similar to the mutations seen in the even more aggressive South African variant, against which studies have shown some vaccines have substantially reduced efficacy.

"This is particularly worrying because the virus is continuing to accelerate in its evolution," he added.

Studies have shown the P1 variant to be as much as 2.5 times more contagious than the original coronavirus and more resistant to antibodies."

 

A little information on the variants and where they come from:

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55659820

Wanna-B-Fanboy Grand Master

Wanna-B-Fanboy

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11 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Does it not just feel like we're living an a horror  movie?

To me, it feels more like the exposition of some dystopian sci-fi survival film. Maybe in a flashback on how it all started... then flash forward to present day in the movie...

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Mark H. Grand Master

Mark H.

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I think it would be better if they released info when they are certain about it.  There's really no need for anyone to know that a third dose 'might' be needed. It's TMI and it feeds the skeptics as well as the 'and you thought vaccine would protect you' crowd. 

JCon Grand Master

JCon

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19 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I think it would be better if they released info when they are certain about it.  There's really no need for anyone to know that a third dose 'might' be needed. It's TMI and it feeds the skeptics as well as the 'and you thought vaccine would protect you' crowd. 

I totally expect to continue to get Covid vaccine shots. Vaccine boosts will be needed. 

The only reason to hold this info back is the wacko anti-vaxxer talking heads who would rather die a slow painful Covid death than get a needle in their arm. 

 

17to85 Grand Master

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7 minutes ago, JCon said:

totally expect to continue to get Covid vaccine shots. Vaccine boosts will be needed

Yeah even from the get go they figured it would be similar to getting a flu shot every year.

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blue_gold_84 Grand Master

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17 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I think it would be better if they released info when they are certain about it.  There's really no need for anyone to know that a third dose 'might' be needed. It's TMI and it feeds the skeptics as well as the 'and you thought vaccine would protect you' crowd. 

I'd rather the medical community be forthright with the public than not, regardless of the certainty; science is ever evolving, anyway.

And let's be honest: skeptics and deniers are by and large lost causes.

Tracker Grand Master

Tracker

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1 hour ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

This. so much this.

But it seems that the smaller and more irrelevant this group becomes, the louder and more aggressive they become.

Noeller Grand Master

Noeller

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32 minutes ago, Tracker said:

But it seems that the smaller and more irrelevant this group becomes, the louder and more aggressive they become.

wild animal backed into a corner....

bustamente Grand Master

bustamente

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I keep waiting for the hammer to hit Manitoba hard like many other parts of Canada but so far the numbers are more than manageable, may this continue and we keep on getting more and more people their first shots and it's possible we will never see another lockdown.

the watcher Veteran

the watcher

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 Ontario is sure going into a hard lockdown. Some people are questioning the power they have given the police to enforce it but their hospital situation is desperate. I just wish that were stopping traffic going out as well as in. There's no way Manitoba dodges this. Get ready.

By the way I read about a variant of the Brazilian variant that has shown up in Brazil.  The big noticble difference is it also seems to be hitting children as well. Its also hits mildly to start then after 10 or 12 days hits very hard. Sorry I have no link as I can't remember where I read it. Maybe the Guardian. 

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