wtnhighlander 7760 Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Chestnut said: The only really important news is the news that they interrupt commercial breaks for. I can't remember the last time I saw that happen. Maybe 9-11? We had a suicide bomber event in Nashville on Christmas day. The size of the explosion was a significant percentage of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. But as it was Christmas day, AND the bomber was broadcasting warnings to evacuate from a loudspeaker in his van, there were just a handful of casualties. We didn't see it on any news outlet for THREE DAYS. I bet many of you haven't seen it at all. By all accounts to date, the bomber was a random nutjob, not part of any terrorist group. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chestnut 5749 Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Mark J said: That's good news about the Astra Zenica vaccine. I've heard they have submitted applications to the US FDA, as well. I can't say that the news media does a great job of reporting the news. What I'd really like to be hearing right now is where are we in the order of administration of the vaccines. According to one source a bit over 2 million doses have been administered in the US, but what percent of the first group (healthcare and long term care) does that represent? How many of that group are left to be treated? When is the next group likely to be up and how would one even know their turn was approaching or how to get in line? To me these are obvious questions, and while answers may be lacking at this point, news reports I've seen haven't really acknowledged these as valid points of curiosity. The states I live near are covering this really well with their individual health departments. I think it's quite a daunting task to consolidate all that information so maybe that's why it's not been done? I don't think that work would be offset by being very interesting to a large portion of people. The only news stories I saw about the vaccine's was the different states trying to prove they are better than their neighbor, which is a little bit pathetic and sad. 58 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: I can't remember the last time I saw that happen. Maybe 9-11? We had a suicide bomber event in Nashville on Christmas day. The size of the explosion was a significant percentage of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. But as it was Christmas day, AND the bomber was broadcasting warnings to evacuate from a loudspeaker in his van, there were just a handful of casualties. We didn't see it on any news outlet for THREE DAYS. I bet many of you haven't seen it at all. By all accounts to date, the bomber was a random nutjob, not part of any terrorist group. I did see that on some social media posts quite soon after it happened. I honestly can't remember the last big breaking story that they interrupted programing for. There was something since 9/11 i just don't remember what it was. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tpt life 2794 Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Chestnut said: There was something since 9/11 i just don't remember what it was. Bin Laden’s death and the Syria explosion both did that here. So did the Norte Dame fire. (I live in the shadow of her namesake.) I don’t watch live often enough to know about others. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TerryMcK 1676 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 We saw it the same day over here. I also saw the police bodycam footage immediately prior to the explosion and the aftermath. Scary stuff. The RV reminded me of the one used as a meth lab in Breaking Bad. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Coop 7704 Posted January 4 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 4 My wife, her sister and I, spent 3.5 hours in line yesterday to get tested. It was a self test where we had to drill the damn swab up our own nose. They told us that it would be 3-5 days for the results. This morning at 8:00, we three received notice that we tested negative. Today is our son’s bd and he said that the results were the best bd gift he’s ever received. He was so scared that he had transmitted it to us. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treeslayer 3407 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Wow that’s great news Coop, the wife and I are being even more cautious now that the cases are rising again, so glad that you and Sharon are COVID free 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wtnhighlander 7760 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Glad to hear that Coop! Although my symptoms were mild, I am still feeling after-effects. Mostly reduced cardio-pulmonary endurance. Exercises that I formerly carried on for 20-30 minutes at a stretch now leave me gasping for air after 5-10 minutes. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Mark J 2288 Posted January 4 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 4 @Coop, that's good news! @wtnhighlander, I hope you're continuing to improve. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 7704 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Darn Ross! I too hope you continue to improve! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Chet 4998 Posted January 4 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 4 Wow Ross, that has to be a challenging way to be going through the day. I think that is why this is so dangerous for seniors and folks with other health issues. I am glad to hear thing were good for you Ken. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TerryMcK 1676 Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 England will be going into its third lockdown. It joins Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which already are in their total lockdowns. Stay at home orders in place, only go out for exercise, provisions buying, medical treatment or if you can’t work from home. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post wtnhighlander 7760 Posted January 4 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Chet said: Wow Ross, that has to be a challenging way to be going through the day. I think that is why this is so dangerous for seniors and folks with other health issues. I am glad to hear thing were good for you Ken. Fortunately, my day job doesn't require much in the way of physical effort. 1 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 7704 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 And please don’t turn this into a political thing but how many of you plan to get the vaccine? My wife and I are scheduled for our first puncture in two days as we think it’s the right thing to do. In all do respect to this forum, a simple yes or no and a short reasoning behind it. If this goes in the wrong direction, I apologize. It’s just meant as an opinion poll. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post treeslayer 3407 Posted January 23 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 23 Both of us will get the vaccine as soon as it’s available to us, I think it’s just common sense 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark J 2288 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 My wife and I will get the vaccine as soon as we can. We don't want to "experience" the virus. Contributing to the herd immunity is a secondary factor. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mick S 2722 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 ASAP. I had my annual physical yesterday. Doc said he thinks it will be at least another 2 weeks before i see my first dose. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Beasley 562 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Wife and I have both got our first shots, she will have her second one next week. Its not a magic bullet, takes time for the full immunity to build but its way better than nothing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Larry Moore 101 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Wife and I had the first Moderna shot on Thursday. Her arm is sore but she has that problem with a flu shot I have had no problems. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G Ragatz 97 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 I turned 64 in November, not an essential worker, and no underlying health issues - so they're saying I'll be eligible sometime late summer/early fall. I'll get it when it's available. LOML works part-time for a local hospital, so she received round one about three weeks ago, scheduled for round two on Monday. She had a sore arm and slept most of the day after round one, but otherwise no ill effects. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wtnhighlander 7760 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 We were able to get vaccinated last Thursday. To be honest, the after-effects for me were considerably worse than the symptoms of the virus itself, when I had it in November. For 2 days, I ached all over, and had a 101* fever. Wife and son just had a little arm soreness. I am attributing the extreme reaction to having donated blood just 4 days prior to the (unexpected) vaccination. I hope that is the case, as I really don't want to go through that again with the second dose. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drzaius 2635 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 We'll be getting ours as soon as we can, but it'll still be a few months I think. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG 1257 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 18 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: We were able to get vaccinated last Thursday. To be honest, the after-effects for me were considerably worse than the symptoms of the virus itself, when I had it in November. For 2 days, I ached all over, and had a 101* fever. Wife and son just had a little arm soreness. I am attributing the extreme reaction to having donated blood just 4 days prior to the (unexpected) vaccination. I hope that is the case, as I really don't want to go through that again with the second dose. Which one did you get? Sounds like the reaction my wife’s coworker had to the Moderna vaccine during the trials. He did not react as much to the second part. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark J 2288 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 My wife is eligible for the vaccine two days from now. What's got us aggravated and disgusted is the total lack of any public information on who to contact, where to go or how to get in line. In Illinois/suburban Chicago there isn't even any information about when and where that information is going to be available. It's like being told that your flight will start boarding shortly, but not exactly when, what gate, or even what airport and what airline. Illinois asked for volunteer healthcare workers back in the early days. So I volunteered. Filled out all the documents, provided all the "proofs" and checked all the boxes. Then absolute and complete radio silence. Finally got a notice from them last week inviting me to do vaccinations. I said yes, but reiterated my concern for medical liability protection, a question I have been asking repeatedly since signing up. So far nothing. But maybe I'll have an opportunity to do something specific and helpful to the cause. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Chet 4998 Posted January 23 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 23 15 hours ago, treeslayer said: Both of us will get the vaccine as soon as it’s available to us, I think it’s just common sense Ditto. If nothing else it's just another way of being a good neighbor. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
legenddc 500 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 My parents are on the list and are trying to go a few counties over where apparently there’s more supply of the shots then demand. We’ll get them as soon as we can as will our kids (<6) when they roll it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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