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1 hour ago, Rebel said:
My level had declined by about 50% and while that is still okay, it is not as robust and I was very paranoid about returning to teaching in person. If I were going to continue working from home, I would have waited another month or two.
Thank you. I would have been worried too. I'm glad you were able to get it when you did.
ETA - I was interested because I had Moderna too, back in March, and also have a couple of health issues. So thanks again for sharing.
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31 minutes ago, SlowRiver said:
You know smallpox is literally the only human disease that we have managed to do that with, and it is not a disease anything like covid. Some people think that polio might be another we could eliminate but notably, no one has yet. Again, not a disease like covid.
There is only one animal disease we've eliminated too, even when we can cull whole populations.
If you think that's an answer you are living in a dreamworld and you will have a very unrealistic sense of what to do about problems like this.
Nature did a survey not long ago of immunologists, virologists, etc - 90% said they did not think it could be eliminated.
I know exactly which article in Nature you're referring to. It was published back in February. And the scientists surveyed for that article, and many others who have spoken out, believe covid will not be eliminated, not because it can't be, but because of how our society is responding to it.
Quote“It’s possible. We don’t seem to be prepared to do it and take the collective action that it’s going to require.” -- Scott Gottlieb, former head of the FDA
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20 minutes ago, SlowRiver said:
That's just not what endemic means. We don't get to choose if diseases become endemic.
Incorrect. Actually we do choose whether or not diseases become or remain endemic. Our response as a society, our willingness to take preventive measures, determines that.
That's exactly how we finally eliminated smallpox (thanks to Dr. Edward Jenner) which was endemic for literally thousands of years. By 1980, smallpox was finally declared eliminated due to global vaccination. We do have a choice in how we respond to disease.
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5 hours ago, Rebel said:
I had Moderna and got a third dose at 6 months. (It was during that brief period where Biden was saying everyone should be eligible at 6 months, before it went back to 8 and then changed to Pfizer only, etc.) I am in an antibody study so knew my level, was about to return to in-person teaching at the college, have 2 comorbidities, and my doctor agreed that I should go ahead and do it.
If you don't mind me asking . . . since you knew your antibody level, was your antibody level diminished at around 6 months out from your second Moderna dose?
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16 minutes ago, Doodlebug said:
As to whether divorce continues to impact later outcomes of children, I don't have any resources. However, if childhood is where we learn about the world -- what we can hope for, what we can anticipate, etc -- I think it safe to say that children are vulnerable emotionally and psychologically and that it is wise to carefully evaluate the amount of stress/change we expect children to traverse in their primary relationships.
I also think it's important to remember that parental separation is a trauma for a kid. It's a trauma when the adults handle divorce beautifully. And, it's still a trauma when abuse necessitates a divorce for all the right reasons.
In my experience, as a child of divorced parents, the best way I can describe its impact is trauma layering upon trauma. My trauma, mom's trauma, my sister's trauma, dad's trauma -- and then, my stepmom's trauma, stepdad's trauma, stepsisters, half brother, etc. Ongoing trauma doesn't stop after the divorce. This was harder than the physical separation, which wasn't a walk in the park -- divorce significantly ate away the fundamental resources I had -- parental time, energy, and financial resources.
To sum up, OP, I'm sorry your friend is going through this. What an awful position to be in --a trauma in itself! I hope she has someone she speak to as she processes the infidelity. I don't truly know what I would do in her position, but I with the counterweight of my childhood experience, I know I would be weighing my personal trauma against that of my children in a divorce as I considered the options.
Agree 100%. My parents divorced too, when I was about 7 years old. Actually, the way I look at it is that my family, even my extended family, got divorced, not just my parents. Mom and dad made that decision but it didn't just affect them.
The time leading up to and the time of the actual divorce was hard, but the years after that were much more traumatic. The impact of those years will never go away. For all of us involved. When children are involved, divorce is not ever an ending, it is merely the start of a new phase. Things didn't start to get better for me until I was in my late 20s and distanced myself. I'm almost 50 now (and married young and have had plenty of my own marital ups and downs) and I still wish my parents had worked on it and stayed together.
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1 hour ago, Not_a_Number said:
You mean April-May 2021, right? Cause they didn't have vaccines back in 2020, lol.
Yes, typo! My bad, I fixed it. Thank you.
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On 9/17/2021 at 3:37 AM, TCB said:
I know someone who got Covid, got vaccinated and got Covid again so it can certainly happen.
Me too, unfortunately. He's 48, active, no health conditions. He got covid in March 2020 and was sick enough to need supplemental oxygen at home, but never got admitted to the hospital, although maybe he actually should have been admitted, IDK. Then he got vaccinated (probably sooner than advisable after having covid) with both doses of an mRNA vaccine (not sure which one) in April-May 2021. And he just caught covid again earlier this month, Sept 2021. He's recovering well now, but says during his second round of covid he felt much worse than the first time.
I wonder if he's one of those people who just don't seem to have good immunity for some unexplained/undiagnosed reason.
And, I personally know only about a dozen people (I have a small circle, lol) who have had covid, one being the guy above, and another who had a breakthrough case. So it feels pretty scary here even though I'm vaccinated.
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3 hours ago, klmama said:
Not the OP, but some are concerned about the link between high use of anticholinergic drugs, including Benadryl, and dementia/Alzheimer's in later years.
Ah, thank you! I had not heard of this. Good to know, especially since there is a history of dementia in my family.
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16 minutes ago, Ordinary Shoes said:
Thanks. I was born and raised in Oklahoma and you couldn't pay me to move back there. Their reaction to COVID was horrifying.
I'm glad for your sake that you got out when you did. Horrifying is absolutely accurate.
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1 hour ago, Shelydon said:
In June and part of July, I had to take Benadryl at night to combat fierce allergies. When I stopped, I realized how much better I slept when taking Benadryl. I can't use Melatonin, it gives me the most horrible vivid nightmares, but would love to sleep as well as I did when taking Benadryl. Any suggestions?
Any reason you can't just continue using Benadryl? My doc advised that for me when I go through periods of sleep issues.
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6 hours ago, Ordinary Shoes said:
Isn't there something wrong with the reporting on positive cases? Oklahoma reported 51.75% positivity yesterday. That seems suspicious to me. I can't find the tweets now but I saw some discussion of the Oklahoma numbers and people suggested that tests weren't being counted.
I live in Oklahoma. I don't know what's going on with the numbers, but we suspect there is pressure at the state level to keep testing limited (really dumb). So a side effect of that pressure is that mild cases are being missed and only the obvious/more severe cases are actually getting tested, hence the very high positivity rate.
Here, especially if you are vaxxed, it is "up to your healthcare provider's discretion" as to whether or not you get tested for covid. It is hard to find a place to get tested here locally and up to an hour away (one-way) in the nearest big-ish city.
My DS18 was sick in June, had covid symptoms, and went to his doctor. His doctor didn't think his illness warranted a covid test and unfortunately I was not there to advocate. Dr's reasoning was that because DS was already vaccinated he probably didn't have covid. (!!!!!) He got scripts for an antibiotic, an inhaler, and a steroid, so the same meds as if he had covid. (We still don't know if he had covid but fortunately within a few days he was fine.)
Then about two weeks ago, DH was a direct, prolonged close contact to a co-worker who was unvaxxed, unmasked (against company policy), and tested positive for covid. DH proactively tried to get a covid test. But he was asymptomatic. So our county health department said since he was vaxxed and asymptomatic, they couldn't get him in for a test for 3 days due to lack of appointment availability (and this was allowing a few days for the optimal testing window post-exposure). Two urgent care locations also said he didn't need to be tested since he was vaxxed and not showing symptoms. **They talked to him like he was dumb for even asking to get tested.** So DH gave up on trying to get tested, and stayed masked and isolated. He never did get sick, thankfully.
The people I know of who are able to get tested are not getting their results back for 3 or 4 days.
OK is also only reporting data once per week, instead of daily. And there have been weird data dumps at random times, unexplained data corrections, suspicious data. No one here trusts that everything is being captured. Under-reporting of case numbers and deaths is pretty much certain. Same as some other places, I guess.
It really is insane. But not surprising that Oklahoma is on fire now too. Delta has been building dramatically here locally for a few weeks, spillover from Missouri and Arkansas.
(Our governor has also banned mask mandates and schools are not allowed to go remote. As an aside, we are moving out of this state as soon as we can. Not hard to see why.)
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This author is an epidemiologist, known online as "Your Local Epidemiologist". (bio below). She links to data and several studies in this article that she just published today: “Natural” immunity protection and variants
QuoteIf you’ve recovered from COVID19, you still need to get the vaccine. Back in May, I gave four reasons why but this is particularly important with Delta and future variants of concern. Here’s why.
QuoteBottom Line:The immune system is incredibly complex but we are slowly getting more and more evidence that natural immunity is not as effective as vaccine immunity. If you’ve recovered from COVID-19, you still need to get vaccinated to continue to fight against the ever changing virus.Quotehttps://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/about
My name is Dr. Katelyn Jetelina. I have a Masters in Public Health and PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
During the day, I’m an Assistant Professor at a School of Public Health where my research lab resides and where I teach. I have a secondary appointment at a medical school too.
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PLEASE don't send him to a hotel. That only exposes many other unsuspecting people. Same with an Air BnB. Someone has to clean it before the next clients come in and they don't deserve to be exposed either.
Sending good thoughts for him and all of you.
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7 hours ago, Carrie12345 said:
The way I read it was covering 50% or more of their expenses for the year, but I could be wrong.
Sorry, Carrie, I didn't mean to quote you and now I can't get rid of it.
To anyone interested, this handy-dandy tool provided by the IRS will answer dependent status questions:
https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/whom-may-i-claim-as-a-dependent
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15 hours ago, GoodGrief3 said:
They have an excellent NMF scholarship, but do give other merit awards as well.
You're right, they do. I might be misremembering or it may have changed, but I think UTD's AES scholarship brings tuition down to in-state cost for OOS recipients, and covers fees as well, but does not cover any portion of housing - ? (Housing is almost half the total cost, IIRC.) Also, I believe UTD does NOT allow stacking of scholarships. I don't remember all the details bc DS would have gotten the NMF scholarship instead of the AES, but worth looking into for sure.
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All I know is that architecture is one of those fields that can really suffer when the economy has a downturn. Just anecdotally, we have a family friend who was a great student and got an architecture degree from a big name school. He doesn't work in architecture, however. He had to take a job running a non-profit after-school and summer program that gives golf lessons and life lessons to underprivileged kids. (He played golf in high school.) My cousin also got a degree in architecture and enjoyed it but ended up going back to school for training as a dental hygienist bc that gave her more steady employment. A civil engineering degree might provide better/safer career options.
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Yes, UT-Dallas was one of DS's faves, def. a nerd vibe and heavy science focus, which he really liked. If you have a National Merit Finalist it's a great deal, probably $$$$ otherwise for out of state kids.
Another one on DS's list was Purdue, for aerospace engineering, but he ended up not going that direction, so I don't know about their financial offerings or really much about it at all, at this point.
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8 hours ago, Quill said:
That’s not what I’m saying. I was responding to someone who said a “minor accident” suddenly turned into one that magically tapped the umbrella limits. So, it was trumped up.
Of course a catastrophic accident can result in a million-dollar claim; that’s why I put up this post in the first place. I now see what happens when someone with policy minimums is catastrophically affected. I didn’t know about that previously.
I understand your point.
But whether the suit is trumped up or not doesn't really matter. What matters is who wins in court.
ETA: And I totally agree with you about the importance of umbrella policies. That's why I added some add'l points for others to consider. Not enough folks take advantage of them. 😊
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6 hours ago, Quill said:
Yes, I can see it happening that way, but better that then the opponents finding out your house is mortgage-free, worth upwards of $700k, and then - poof! Magically increased demand for settlement. At least tapping the umbrella policy makes it make sense.
Anyway, I am thinking of getting an umbrella for $1-3 million. It would be pretty hard for a lawyer to trump up a claim in the millions.
If there's a car wreck resulting in a life-changing injury requiring intensive or long-term medical care, or the death of a breadwinner, it isn't so far out of the realm of possibility to face a million dollar-plus lawsuit, esp. if fault is clear (it happens). In terms of health care costs, a million dollars isn't what it used to be, unfortunately. But I've been told anecdotally that if you have an umbrella policy for $1 million or more, your insurance company is much more likely to have their lawyers fight for your/their side, vs. them just paying out on a regular (small) auto policy and walking away, which leaves you as an individual in a lurch. That makes sense to me. Very smart to have good umbrella coverage if you can swing it at all. Especially if you have a young/inexperienced driver in your family, as we do. (Putting kid on their own policy and/or having their car in kid's name doesn't cut it, at least in my state. They look at who supports the kid and pays their living expenses too, and come after that person as the "responsible" individual.)
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Our ped told us once that feet and hands grow first and then stop, then limbs, then trunk last. Observing DS's growth (he's 19 now), it seemed accurate IME, same with all my nieces and nephews. DS feet stopped growing by about age 14 or 14.5 I think, and yes, his feet stopped growing before the rest of him.
Also, like PP, DS played lots of sports and we never saw the necessary equipment as gift-worthy, it was just part of being on the team/involved in the sport. (We don't give underwear or socks as gifts either, LOL. Those are just part of basic living requirements.) All the sports DS played required specific shoes (soccer cleats, golf shoes, basketball shoes, baseball cleats obviously different from soccer, wrestling is definitely different too, etc). If you're going to participate at the teen level, you need the proper equipment. OTOH, rollerblades would have been a fun gift at our house.
OP, what sports does your DS play?
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That's really wonderful! Thanks for letting us see it!
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27 minutes ago, Pen said:
"Cloth masks, I think are at the very bottom of the list. They have little impact if any. But they've become basically something that people feel like they have to do or want to do it. If they want to do it, go ahead."
In many areas, though, it's no longer a matter of whether you want to do it or not. In Michigan, masks are mandatory in any public place, including grocery stores. The mayor of Stillwater, Okla., rescinded a mask order after it was discovered that employees trying to enforce it were threatened with physical violence.
Dr. Osterholm ended his discussion about masks on The Morning News with Dave Lee by saying they just aren't that helpful in normal public places.
"I can tell you right now I don't believe that they play any major role in either preventing me from getting infected if I use it or if I am infected and don't know it. I don't have any symptoms. They don't protect those around me from using it."
I can’t find the original recording to verify.
but here’s one that’s still available:
Asked what can the average person do, the interviewer says he sees people walking around with masks and gloves on, is that nonsense?
Osterholm answers “Largely”
and yes, he goes on with more detail, and nuance, but the initial basic takeaway that I think can be heard from what he said is masks are largely nonsense.
ymmv
I can see that you're firm in your opinion, and also that you didn't bother to read the link I provided.
As Dr. O wrote in the very first lines of the linked commentary, "Science, when done well, can be messy, imperfect, and slower than we wish. And it's ever-evolving." Yes, he said things back in March, which you referred to above, that he has since changed as more data has become available. As have many others. He's data-driven. If you want to have the last word, that's fine, and I don't care either way about your position, so I'm bowing out now, but what you've quoted from March is outdated information. Things have changed a LOT since March.
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1 hour ago, Pen said:
That bigger point I certainly agree with.
Here's a link to a commentary Osterholm wrote approx a month ago about what he's actually said (and not said) about masks. Ironically, his position has been mischaracterized by folks on both sides. And so he's come out with a stronger message so hopefully his position is more clear to everyone. He works hard to avoid political issues, which makes some people dislike him, but like him or not, he genuinely appears to be data-driven.
As to the reference above about the illustrative single mom with two kids who could be a person of color and shares an apartment with her elderly parents and has to go out to work to provide for her family . . . the context of that example was coming from a place of empathy (and advocacy), not a slam or an insult.
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9 hours ago, Pen said:
I am still steamed about the Osterholm talk, or at least the part around 50 min in I listened to.
I want to keep thinking experts make “errors”.
But Dr Zelenko used the term “genocide.”
and listening to the part about how it would be better for a single, maybe person of color, mom to not know... I am thinking no. This is not mere error. Zelenko is right.
Yeah, you should listen to the whole thing. Dr. Osterholm's point was that the virus is now so widespread in the US that we can't test (and contact trace) ourselves out of the pandemic. Because so many people aren't willing to change their behavior. And that all the arguing in the media about how many tests are available and all the different types of tests and which tests are accurate vs inaccurate is all a big waste of time. We and the media should be focusing instead on getting people to understand that changing their behavior is the key to controlling the spread. Testing alone won't get us there.
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Me too. @SeaConquest, I greatly appreciate reading your posts and I'm grateful every time you share your thoughts and experiences. It's too bad that particular thread, and your posts, was/were deleted, but please know that you are making an impact, both in your work and here on the forum. The very same goes for all the other health care workers here who share with us. ❤️