Posts by mellownomad7

slyfox43 said:Perhaps you might consider treating yourselves with something akin to a horse dewormer?

– A new virus popped up. For some, it feels just like the flu—intense headaches, body aches, muscle pain. Others are dealing with diarrhea, coughing, or sinus issues. The big thing is to get tested immediately to rule out Covid. You can use an at-home kit, but if that comes back positive, you’ll need a PCR test to confirm it. Your doctor will give you the referral. The main symptom of the Delta variant currently spreading across America and the rest of the world is fever, though fewer people are reporting loss of taste and smell lately, even though it's still a symptom. Delta also brings on headaches, runny noses, sore throats, and loss of appetite, making it look a lot like any other common virus. So, go get tested, because if you have it, you could spread it to a ton of people – according to one epidemiologist.

vividstag6 said:If I were the only one complaining, I might understand, but there are far too many people suffering from horrific symptoms and long-term consequences who suddenly decided they want things back to exactly how they were before Covid. It seems some people refuse to grasp that this is a virus capable of hitting individuals incredibly hard—even fatal in some cases—and that it spreads with terrifying speed, not to mention the mutations... But by all means, let's just scrap the restrictions and spread it everywhere...

Robert Hernandez11 said:Oh, please, stop the drama and quit jumping to conclusions.
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Today's jump isn't because of school—classes have only been back in session for three days, so nobody is actually attributing it to that yet.
At least, not anyone with half a brain.

We all knew these numbers were going to climb weeks ago; the summer season is over, people are getting back from vacations, and testing has ramped up.
Cases go up because viruses thrive in enclosed spaces, when coworkers are huddled together, or when people pack onto public transit... and yeah, that includes schools, unfortunately.

.... Look, the numbers will rise, and it's just a perfect storm of different factors, one of which happens to be the start of the school year...

And I’m not even talking about restrictions right now, or what should or shouldn't happen (just trying to get ahead of the inevitable backlash/questions/comments about that). I'm simply stating the facts. Honestly, I'm sick of it too—I'm fed up with masks and all these rules... but that doesn't change the reality that the virus is clearly here and spreading... and this specific variant is obviously much more contagious. 🤷

... but that doesn't change the fact that the virus is clearly here and spreading...

with the requirement for home testing

Comirnaty (made by Pfizer) is currently under the microscope because of myocarditis risks in young adults—something that’s already popped up as a safety signal in the USA and Israel. Until we actually get some solid numbers on how often this happens in kids and teens, it’s tough to say if the benefits really outweigh the risks for healthy 12-year-olds and up. According to a statement from the Mayo Clinic, parents can still choose to vaccinate their healthy kids in that age group, but they should know that official recommendations are being held off until we clear up the data on those myocarditis cases.

A group of doctors sent an "urgent open letter" to Singapore’s vaccination advisory committee, demanding they halt adolescent vaccinations until the American CDC clarifies what caused the death of a teenager right after getting jabbed.

The letter—sent "on behalf of numerous concerned pediatricians, primary care physicians, specialists, surgeons, and GPs" and signed by various medical experts in Singapore—hit Facebook on Saturday. According to RT, the authors are asking officials to "consider a brief delay" in administering mRNA vaccines to minors given this recent tragedy in the USA.

Morgan Peterson said:Precisely. At this point, we aren't even discussing mathematics; we are simply discussing basic logic and reading comprehension.
Is it not true that not every child falls ill from the mumps, yet because a small fraction develops severe complications, we still vaccinate the entire population regardless?

bluerider63 said:Just to set the record straight, they are considered approved because we saw this exact same rollout back when Tamiflu was fast-tracked for that swine flu scare.

we shook hands like everything was fine though