Well, I've got my Covid booster appointment.
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Monday Dec 13th. Good thing I'm not superstitious ... :laugh: I've only got that because they are short-staffed at Herself's work - so she couldn't get to her one on the 8th and had to reschedule. So I cheekily asked if I could get mine at the same time as her since it's an 80 mile / 130Km round trip. And they said "Yes, if you can make it for 11:20". Can we? Oh yes! Gah! I'm actually looking forward to be stabbed with a needle ... :laugh:
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I had mine in August; it's almost time for the next booster. :sigh:
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Monday Dec 13th. Good thing I'm not superstitious ... :laugh: I've only got that because they are short-staffed at Herself's work - so she couldn't get to her one on the 8th and had to reschedule. So I cheekily asked if I could get mine at the same time as her since it's an 80 mile / 130Km round trip. And they said "Yes, if you can make it for 11:20". Can we? Oh yes! Gah! I'm actually looking forward to be stabbed with a needle ... :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Lucky you. Unfortunately I started showing symptoms last week so I got tested and am positive. Luckily I am vaccinated (second shot back in May) and would have been eligible for the booster last week. My symptoms were coughing, head congestion and mild fever but on Thursday evening I lost my sense of smell/taste. I went to the doctor the next day and got tested. Today I feel fine other than my coughing and now runny nose and inability to taste. All during this my blood oxygen level was around 95% give or take a few points. I'm just isolating right now waiting my 10 days. Good thing I've been working from home. I don't have to worry about infecting anyone at work. Of course I'll be missing Thanksgiving day at my brother's house. :sigh: Right now the worst part is not being able to enjoy food. Everything tastes like... well, nothing.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
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Lucky you. Unfortunately I started showing symptoms last week so I got tested and am positive. Luckily I am vaccinated (second shot back in May) and would have been eligible for the booster last week. My symptoms were coughing, head congestion and mild fever but on Thursday evening I lost my sense of smell/taste. I went to the doctor the next day and got tested. Today I feel fine other than my coughing and now runny nose and inability to taste. All during this my blood oxygen level was around 95% give or take a few points. I'm just isolating right now waiting my 10 days. Good thing I've been working from home. I don't have to worry about infecting anyone at work. Of course I'll be missing Thanksgiving day at my brother's house. :sigh: Right now the worst part is not being able to enjoy food. Everything tastes like... well, nothing.
Kelly Herald Software Developer
Kelly Herald wrote:
Of course I'll be missing Thanksgiving day at my brother's house.
In our family that's considered a bit of a blessing. :)
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OriginalGriff wrote:
since it's an 80 mile / 130Km round trip.
Do you live out in the middle of nowhere? Is that really the closest you can go to get one? In the US you can go to any other corner and get one. Even rural areas are usually closer to the vaccine than 40 miles.
newbie_12 wrote:
Do you live out in the middle of nowhere?
There is no such thing in the UK. If you live in the middle of nowhere in Sweden you can drive for half a day without meeting a single person. In the UK they will have changed dialect several times in the same timespan.
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Monday Dec 13th. Good thing I'm not superstitious ... :laugh: I've only got that because they are short-staffed at Herself's work - so she couldn't get to her one on the 8th and had to reschedule. So I cheekily asked if I could get mine at the same time as her since it's an 80 mile / 130Km round trip. And they said "Yes, if you can make it for 11:20". Can we? Oh yes! Gah! I'm actually looking forward to be stabbed with a needle ... :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
I've just got my regular second shot. Painful arm, headache, nausea, stomach ache... Bad days from... COVID-19: 0 Vaccination: 2 Yet if I don't get vaccinated I'm a risk to society and my government (and lots of people with them) want to exclude me from society :sigh: I'm not in a risk group (nearly my entire family had it without much issues), but I get it, big numbers and all... But for me personally, I wouldn't have done it if there wasn't all this talk of 2G and such (that's why I only got it now instead of months ago). No way in hell I'm getting a booster and make that bad day score a 3-0 for vaccination :~ In your case I totally get it, of course.
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I've just got my regular second shot. Painful arm, headache, nausea, stomach ache... Bad days from... COVID-19: 0 Vaccination: 2 Yet if I don't get vaccinated I'm a risk to society and my government (and lots of people with them) want to exclude me from society :sigh: I'm not in a risk group (nearly my entire family had it without much issues), but I get it, big numbers and all... But for me personally, I wouldn't have done it if there wasn't all this talk of 2G and such (that's why I only got it now instead of months ago). No way in hell I'm getting a booster and make that bad day score a 3-0 for vaccination :~ In your case I totally get it, of course.
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That's kind of the point - this is a disease which breeds like crazy, and is about twice as transmissible as 'flu. In about two years, it has (officially) killed 5,000,000 people worldwide, compared to 'flu which kills 650,000 per year. And you can be infection and symptom free for two weeks, it seems. Vaccination isn't to save you - though it helps - it's to reduce the infection and transmission rate, and thus the loading on badly stretched health systems which leads to increasing death rates. The vaccination gave me one bad day for the first jab, and some bad hours for the second, plus some injection site pain for a week or so. But that bad day was nowhere near as bad as the best day I had with the "real thing". I know, I know - I'm not going to convince you to have the booster, and I'm honestly not trying to - just give the facts from my experience. :-D
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt -
That's kind of the point - this is a disease which breeds like crazy, and is about twice as transmissible as 'flu. In about two years, it has (officially) killed 5,000,000 people worldwide, compared to 'flu which kills 650,000 per year. And you can be infection and symptom free for two weeks, it seems. Vaccination isn't to save you - though it helps - it's to reduce the infection and transmission rate, and thus the loading on badly stretched health systems which leads to increasing death rates. The vaccination gave me one bad day for the first jab, and some bad hours for the second, plus some injection site pain for a week or so. But that bad day was nowhere near as bad as the best day I had with the "real thing". I know, I know - I'm not going to convince you to have the booster, and I'm honestly not trying to - just give the facts from my experience. :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
just give the facts from my experience
My facts are that I've managed to not get COVID for almost two years now and the chances of me getting it anytime soon are slim. It's one of the perks of being a semi-hermit :laugh:
OriginalGriff wrote:
But that bad day was nowhere near as bad as the best day I had with the "real thing".
The "real thing" is probably going to manifest itself as a mild flu if I should ever get it. And yes, I realize that's what most unvaccinated people in the hospital were saying, but I was willing to take my chances until the government more or less forced it on me. If you're 50+ or in a risk group I'd recommend taking the vaccine, if you want to go out and party, please take it. If you're like me and not in a risk group and don't go out much (and need an excuse to stay at home), don't get it if you don't want it. Whatever you decide... It's a personal choice and should at all times be respected. I can tell you that people who end up in the hospital are not doing it to spite society.
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Kelly Herald wrote:
Of course I'll be missing Thanksgiving day at my brother's house.
In our family that's considered a bit of a blessing. :)
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
Mine Too! This year it will be me and SWMBO. :-D
TP
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newbie_12 wrote:
Do you live out in the middle of nowhere?
There is no such thing in the UK. If you live in the middle of nowhere in Sweden you can drive for half a day without meeting a single person. In the UK they will have changed dialect several times in the same timespan.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
In the UK they will have changed dialect several times in the same timespan.
That's Italy too.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
just give the facts from my experience
My facts are that I've managed to not get COVID for almost two years now and the chances of me getting it anytime soon are slim. It's one of the perks of being a semi-hermit :laugh:
OriginalGriff wrote:
But that bad day was nowhere near as bad as the best day I had with the "real thing".
The "real thing" is probably going to manifest itself as a mild flu if I should ever get it. And yes, I realize that's what most unvaccinated people in the hospital were saying, but I was willing to take my chances until the government more or less forced it on me. If you're 50+ or in a risk group I'd recommend taking the vaccine, if you want to go out and party, please take it. If you're like me and not in a risk group and don't go out much (and need an excuse to stay at home), don't get it if you don't want it. Whatever you decide... It's a personal choice and should at all times be respected. I can tell you that people who end up in the hospital are not doing it to spite society.
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In the near future it will be endemic and sooner or later you will become immune either way. Your choice is whether immunity comes from vaccine or disease. For me that choice was simple. That said, you probably won't need a booster in the near future, better save that for countries in a better need.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
