Corona - what does help you? Your fears, thoughts, everything

[serious crayons]

I just read somewhere that the second dose is worse.

I've also heard it's harder on younger people, though.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I just read somewhere that the second dose is worse.

I've heard that, too.

[Front-Ranger]

What do people think? Will we have a fourth wave? Or will we escape it. I understand there's a wave going on in Europe. Is that true? How awful if it is!

[southendmd]

I believe there'll be a fourth wave, but perhaps more regionally.  The 1918 influenza pandemic lasted from Feb '18 till April '20.  We're just a year into this one.   

Way too many stupid people in this country.  Starting with governors.  Then with vaccine deniers.  I'm embarrassed to say that up to a third of healthcare workers are refusing the vaccine, including hospital employees and home care workers.  Plus, we have all the new, more virulent variants. 

I suspect we'll be needing "booster" vaccines for years to come. 

We'll shortly have a surplus of vaccines.  Will he help less fortunate countries???

[CellarDweller]

I go for my second dose on the 28th, just over a week away.  I'm mentally preparing myself mentally for the side effects.

I've seen people complaining online about needing booster shots.  I just assumed this would happen.  Most people need a flu shot each year, why would CV-19 be any different?

I would like to know how we should schedule this stuff?  Get the flu first, or the CV-19 one first?  How long should we wait between the two?

[CellarDweller]

[southendmd]

We'll see.  There may be a "covi-flu" combination vaccine that we get every year. 

[serious crayons]

I'm embarrassed to say that up to a third of healthcare workers are refusing the vaccine, including hospital employees and home care workers.

What's up with that? I assume they're not anti-vaxxers in general, like those to prevent MMR and polio? Do they think these have been rolled out too quickly, without sufficient testing?

[Front-Ranger]

Thanks for your insights, Paul! Humans are very strange creatures...

There's a great short article in today's New York Times about how to vanquish "languishing" or that stuck, frozen feeling many have been having during the pandemic.

[southendmd]

What's up with that? I assume they're not anti-vaxxers in general, like those to prevent MMR and polio? Do they think these have been rolled out too quickly, without sufficient testing?

I really don't know what they think.  Because it's under emergency authorization, the vaccine can't be "mandatory".