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Post by lemondrop on Apr 5, 2021 7:24:20 GMT -6
Could you pm me info if you have any? We are in NJ. I’ve signed up as interested for a CHOP study (Moderna) and a Pfizer study (no locations near me but want to be contacted of one opens) so far, but haven’t heard anything yet on either. Pm'd!
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Post by lemondrop on Apr 5, 2021 7:27:20 GMT -6
lemondrop , if you hear of any in NY or even boston area, could you let me know? I’ve got three kids to volunteer 🙃 PM sent
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Post by lemondrop on Apr 5, 2021 7:30:32 GMT -6
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Post by blurnette989 on Apr 5, 2021 7:37:00 GMT -6
The plot thickens. The coworker who is quarantined may actually be out with covid right now. . Yikes
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Post by geekygirly on Apr 5, 2021 7:42:48 GMT -6
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Post by lemondrop on Apr 5, 2021 7:44:39 GMT -6
No worries!
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Apr 5, 2021 7:47:47 GMT -6
Well my boss and his family all got covid this week. Luckily he WFH PT last week because it was his kids’ SB. I’m kind of shocked he hadn’t gotten it before (he falls into the it’s just bad flu and all the deaths are just being called covid related), but I hope his family recovers quick.
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Post by blurnette989 on Apr 5, 2021 8:09:40 GMT -6
MH just found out that two close friends of his, who are married to sisters and have all received at least one vax dose tested positive for covid. Both families including kids. Thankfully they are all having mild cases but still how awful to get the vax and then still get covid.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 5, 2021 8:23:00 GMT -6
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Post by orangebird2020 on Apr 5, 2021 9:03:01 GMT -6
Another holiday where we are the only family not in attendance. My husband expressed that he is upset to be missing out again. He was getting pictures texted of his whole side of the family together.
I get that the majority of adults are vaccinated on both sides, but I just can't get comfortable bringing 6+ households together. They were outside but all were unmasked.
We are both up for our J&J vaccine this week so I already told him that we will visit each side at the end of the month.
We live 2 hours away from either side and they all see each other regularly throughout the week.
I just want to focus on the return to school for our DS this week for the first time in a year. As well as learn more about the UK variant and how this impacts those who are vaccinated.
I think I got through calmly and reasonably to his feelings and that we have to continue on as we are for awhile longer.
Just a rant here as I am really not looking forward to dealing with family and gatherings again.
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Post by Minerva on Apr 5, 2021 9:11:44 GMT -6
orangebird2020, 6 families would be way too many for me right now, especially with unvaccinated kids. Good luck to your DS with his return to school!
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Post by willow on Apr 5, 2021 9:13:21 GMT -6
It was SO nice to have my grandma be able to come over yesterday. She was overjoyed to see the twins since the last time she saw them was in September when they were 5 months old. She got to hold them and snuggle them and it made me so happy to see. Especially because my grandpa is still in the hospital and mostly unresponsive at this point so she really needed the pick-me-up.
I also loved hearing her rant about how stupid people are who don't believe in the vaccine, lol. She was so pissed about the antivaxxers and the conspiracy theories.
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Post by willow on Apr 5, 2021 9:16:06 GMT -6
I am not looking forward to the judgment Olympics again now that the vaccine is rolling out. The CDC has stated that vaccinated people can gather safely indoors or out. I plan to have 11 adults over for the twins' birthday in 2 weeks and all of them will be fully vaccinated. I feel comfortable with this despite that yes, my children won't be vaccinated until whenever later this year.
At some point we all have to allow our comfort levels to be what they will be. But I will not allow others' discomfort with my decisions to affect my happiness at this point. This isn't at anyone directly here but I know it will end up in an UO or confession thread on GD at some point in a fight, I'm sure.
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Post by athn64 on Apr 5, 2021 9:22:57 GMT -6
I am not looking forward to the judgment Olympics again now that the vaccine is rolling out. The CDC has stated that vaccinated people can gather safely indoors or out. I plan to have 11 adults over for the twins' birthday in 2 weeks and all of them will be fully vaccinated. I feel comfortable with this despite that yes, my children won't be vaccinated until whenever later this year. At some point we all have to allow our comfort levels to be what they will be. But I will not allow others' discomfort with my decisions to affect my happiness at this point. This isn't at anyone directly here but I know it will end up in an UO or confession thread on GD at some point in a fight, I'm sure. I have basically stopped sharing the activities I feel comfortable doing on the boards for this reason. I'm basically the only in my family not vaccinated yet. And I hope your kids have an awesome party.
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Post by greykitty on Apr 5, 2021 9:25:48 GMT -6
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Post by orangebird2020 on Apr 5, 2021 9:27:06 GMT -6
willow I agree with the feeling of no one needs to shame each other for choices. I think we can all give each other the space and respect to do things as we are comfortable. I imagine my level of comfort will change after I am vaccinated so I won't be as worried about being the family that brings it to the others.
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Post by willow on Apr 5, 2021 9:35:19 GMT -6
willow I agree with the feeling of no one needs to shame each other for choices. I think we can all give each other the space and respect to do things as we are comfortable. I imagine my level of comfort will change after I am vaccinated so I won't be as worried about being the family that brings it to the others. Definitely! I wouldn’t be going to a big party of family yet either if I wasn’t vaccinated.
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Post by sctiger on Apr 5, 2021 10:06:59 GMT -6
One of my coworkers had her 17 year old daughters vaccinated last week and they did great. They were excited to get it. I've had a few students tell me that they're planning to get vaccinated as soon as they can. Everyone is eligible is SC now. I'm glad to see so many younger people willing to get it. Just in the last couple of weeks so many of our friends and family have gotten vaccinated and I'm feeling very optimistic right now.
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Post by Minerva on Apr 5, 2021 10:34:22 GMT -6
This is good, yes? I don't know @zeynep. She’s one of my favorites!
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Post by fatpony on Apr 5, 2021 10:38:24 GMT -6
willow I agree with the feeling of no one needs to shame each other for choices. I think we can all give each other the space and respect to do things as we are comfortable. I imagine my level of comfort will change after I am vaccinated so I won't be as worried about being the family that brings it to the others. Definitely! I wouldn’t be going to a big party of family yet either if I wasn’t vaccinated. I've been thinking about this because my daughter is turning 3 at the end of May. We'd do an outdoors party (pending weather). Would it be weird to say in the invite, please only attend if you are fully vaccinated?
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Post by greykitty on Apr 5, 2021 10:43:36 GMT -6
Definitely! I wouldn’t be going to a big party of family yet either if I wasn’t vaccinated. I've been thinking about this because my daughter is turning 3 at the end of May. We'd do an outdoors party (pending weather). Would it be weird to say in the invite, please only attend if you are fully vaccinated? To be cynical, can you trust all your invitees to be honest? As well as actually knowing it's two weeks after the last shot of your brand that equals fully immunized? Outdoors is great, IMO - it's the distancing I'm not sure people would always adhere to.
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Post by fatpony on Apr 5, 2021 10:45:39 GMT -6
I've been thinking about this because my daughter is turning 3 at the end of May. We'd do an outdoors party (pending weather). Would it be weird to say in the invite, please only attend if you are fully vaccinated? To be cynical, can you trust all your invitees to be honest? As well as actually knowing it's two weeks after the last shot of your brand that equals fully immunized? Outdoors is great, IMO - it's the distancing I'm not sure people would always adhere to. TBH, it's mostly for my siblings. I have a brother and SIL who last I heard refused the vax. And another sister and BIL whose status is unknown, but they do like some of the batshit stuff my stupid brother posts on FB about antivax nonsense, so I'm not sure sure about them. My friends I would absolutely trust - it would be just like, 3 friends and their kids.
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Post by Minerva on Apr 5, 2021 10:53:15 GMT -6
Definitely! I wouldn’t be going to a big party of family yet either if I wasn’t vaccinated. I've been thinking about this because my daughter is turning 3 at the end of May. We'd do an outdoors party (pending weather). Would it be weird to say in the invite, please only attend if you are fully vaccinated? Would this be an adults only party (plus your kids, obviously)? If you want other kids there, is there any chance you could have the party entirely outside and provide food/cake to take home? I’m personally not willing to let my kids socialize with unvaccinated people indoors or unmasked (outside of a controlled school setting) yet, but one of my children is also high risk because of a heart defect, so I know I’m a bit more conservative on this stuff. I have pretty mixed feelings about inviting people to a party with that self-exclusion caveat. Some of it depends on how available vaccines have been in your area. Will everyone have had a fair shot to be vaxxed by then? If you want to do an indoor party, I’d be more likely to directly ask people if they are vaccinated in conversation, then invite them if they say yes.
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Post by fatpony on Apr 5, 2021 10:56:09 GMT -6
I've been thinking about this because my daughter is turning 3 at the end of May. We'd do an outdoors party (pending weather). Would it be weird to say in the invite, please only attend if you are fully vaccinated? Would this be an adults only party (plus your kids, obviously)? If you want other kids there, is there any chance you could have the party entirely outside and provide food/cake to take home? I’m personally not willing to let my kids socialize with unvaccinated people indoors or unmasked (outside of a controlled school setting) yet, but one of my children is also high risk because of a heart defect, so I know I’m a bit more conservative on this stuff. I have pretty mixed feelings about inviting people to a party with that self-exclusion caveat. Some of it depends on how available vaccines have been in your area. Will everyone have had a fair shot to be vaxxed by then? If you want to do an indoor party, I’d be more likely to directly ask people if they are vaccinated in conversation, then invite them if they say yes. Yes, it'd be outdoors completely (only inside for bathroom visits). Everyone is eligible for vaccines in our area and I think they'd have had a fair shot by then. Most everyone I know (the people I'd invite) has at least 1 shot so far if they wanted it.
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Post by byjove on Apr 5, 2021 11:03:44 GMT -6
The plot thickens. The coworker who is quarantined may actually be out with covid right now. Updated to say, yes, it's her.
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Post by Minerva on Apr 5, 2021 11:08:03 GMT -6
I really like the way Bergstrom explains how herd immunity works and the role of the Overshoot effect in the final stage of the pandemic in this Twitter thread. It helped me fully appreciate why it’s so important to keep up the basic COVID precautions on a societal level for a little while longer. Basically, the number of people who have to have immunological protection (from previous infection or vaccination) to reach herd immunity will shift higher if public health measures are relaxed before COVID numbers drop to low levels. Also the overshoot effect beyond that herd immunity value will cause more infections and last longer.
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Post by willow on Apr 5, 2021 11:25:51 GMT -6
Definitely! I wouldn’t be going to a big party of family yet either if I wasn’t vaccinated. I've been thinking about this because my daughter is turning 3 at the end of May. We'd do an outdoors party (pending weather). Would it be weird to say in the invite, please only attend if you are fully vaccinated? I don't think it is weird, I think it is entirely dependent on your comfort level and how well you trust/know the people. For me, I will not be inviting non-vaccinated people over for indoors gatherings for the foreseeable future. Outdoors, maybe. It just depends *for me* I think. But my children are not medically high risk either. If I recall correctly, recent studies have come out to show that even just one shot is very highly effective at preventing severe or even mildly symptomatic illness, but the second shot is to ensure that it is long lasting, correct? So while I know that doesn't necessarily translate into transmission abilities, it seems that even one shot is temporarily pretty effective in the interim while waiting for the second.
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Post by rockies on Apr 5, 2021 11:29:29 GMT -6
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Post by rockies on Apr 5, 2021 11:38:53 GMT -6
Right now we have made the call to interact indoors with our parents, who are fully vaccinated. The non-social time without grandkids was hard for them, so as soon as they were vaccinated they were adamant to get back to that normalcy.
DH and I are not vaxed yet, but trying to get so and therefore outside of parents, I’m still keeping the same guides of meeting outdoors and masked. Once we are fully vaxed, I know it will be harder to not lapse as DH said he is over everything and is ready to get back to normal...
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Post by greykitty on Apr 5, 2021 11:57:19 GMT -6
rockies, I saw that article too and thought it was really helpful to me. I know my own inclination was to get 'lazy' two weeks after my first shot. Then a little further reading reinforced, for me, that following guidelines strictly and adhering to the two week wait after my second shot for 'full vaccination' was not overkill at all. I'm actually not 'done' until next week Tuesday. I've set an appointment for a new water heater and explained to the plumber that since it's not an emergency, I want to wait til at least next Wednesday. He was very down with that approach, although he's been fully vaccinated for a month now. And, we're both going to wear masks LOL I'm planning on keeping my little basket of masks ready for daily use for a long time to come, and I'm so dithering on whether I'll go back to my fitness center even after I'm fully vaccinated, even masked and keeping distance, if the number of local COVID cases don't drop considerably. Spoiler - they're not at this point.
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