I talk to the trees Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Mil (72) felt poorly over this past weekend, got a positive test Monday, and was feeling like she is “over the worst of it” last night. She is vaccinated and boosted (J&J + Moderna booster.) She and Fil never restricted activities, and have been mask-free since they were vaccinated the first time, which is fine for them, but I have to wonder how many people their behavior might have infected. 😞 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 My mother’s (new) roommate was taken to the hospital at 3 am. My mom does not know for sure, but thinks it was Covid. I’m skeptical, as there was no coughing, but there had been a “cold” and yesterday it progressed quickly to chills and sweats, and feeling very ill. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 19 minutes ago, Spryte said: My mother’s (new) roommate was taken to the hospital at 3 am. My mom does not know for sure, but thinks it was Covid. I’m skeptical, as there was no coughing, but there had been a “cold” and yesterday it progressed quickly to chills and sweats, and feeling very ill. Coughing isn't automatic with Omicron. Cold symptoms are the most common. https://joinzoe.com/learn/omicron-symptoms 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spryte Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Spryte said: My mother’s (new) roommate was taken to the hospital at 3 am. My mom does not know for sure, but thinks it was Covid. I’m skeptical, as there was no coughing, but there had been a “cold” and yesterday it progressed quickly to chills and sweats, and feeling very ill. Updating to say that I spoke with a nurse, and it’s not Covid. So that’s good. Hopefully roomie will be back soon. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 41 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: Is there a key to what the colors mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: Is there a key to what the colors mean? COVID-19 by County | CDC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Michigan today was 921 case average for the last two days. My stylist is going on vacation next week, so I made an appointment for the week following, end of the week. My hope is that it is 500 a day or less. The ends on my hair are so frizzy. I am looking forward to it, and if cases keep dropping, then I have a college senior recital to accompany in April - last second thing. I wasn't on the accompanist list due to covid and elder care issues,.but there was an emergency, and a shortage of pianists, and this student's repertoire is entirely inside my wheelhouse so I don't need much practice with student in order to nail it down. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Longtime Lurker Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Faith-manor said: Michigan today was 921 case average for the last two days. My stylist is going on vacation next week, so I made an appointment for the week following, end of the week. My hope is that it is 500 a day or less. The ends on my hair are so frizzy. I am looking forward to it, and if cases keep dropping, then I have a college senior recital to accompany in April - last second thing. I wasn't on the accompanist list due to covid and elder care issues,.but there was an emergency, and a shortage of pianists, and this student's repertoire is entirely inside my wheelhouse so I don't need much practice with student in order to nail it down. I also just scheduled my first indoor haircut since February of 2020 🙂 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSera Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 3/3/2022 at 3:44 PM, mommyoffive said: Anyone else notice the CDC went with orange for their highest risk areas, as opposed to the red we have been used to? Makes it look like it’s not as bad when the worst areas are yellow and orange rather than orange and red. I’m certain that’s not an accident. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 21 hours ago, Longtime Lurker said: I also just scheduled my first indoor haircut since February of 2020 🙂 Yay! So happy for you! Do you do just a cut or any other processes? How long are you comfy staying in the salon? I’m working up to doing the same thing. I do several processes, so appointments take a while which makes me anxious, but feeling desperate here. It’s that or I’m buying a box, and that makes me nervous. My hair hasn’t been it’s natural color since I was 18. It is now! Aaack! A salon visit would absolutely rock my world. I hope yours is wonderful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tenaj Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 My sil just announced that she has Covid. She had it at the very beginning of December. As far as I know she is unvaccinated. She is isolating from her family this time but has a very mild case. The last time, she didn't isolate and my brother ended up in the hospital with it for 10 days in December then had blood clots at the end of December. Hopefully it stays mild for her and no one else is reinfected. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtime Lurker Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Spryte said: Yay! So happy for you! Do you do just a cut or any other processes? How long are you comfy staying in the salon? I’m working up to doing the same thing. I do several processes, so appointments take a while which makes me anxious, but feeling desperate here. It’s that or I’m buying a box, and that makes me nervous. My hair hasn’t been it’s natural color since I was 18. It is now! Aaack! A salon visit would absolutely rock my world. I hope yours is wonderful. I only do a cut, but the stylist will blow dry it also to make sure it looks okay. Numbers are low here so I don't feel the need to rush out of the salon, but I will mask during the cut. I work in a high school so I have been around kids in-person this whole time, but a haircut just feels so much more elective than my job 🙂 A friend of mine cut my hair outside three times in the past two years which worked well in the meantime. I am looking forward to this! It feels so decadent... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtime Lurker Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 1 hour ago, mommyoffive said: Come on, Michigan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Long COVID Mini-Series: Burden - Your Local Epidemiologist (substack.com) 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Long COVID Mini-Series: The Heart (substack.com) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Lots of yellow today! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) WHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call (msn.com) Why America Became Numb to COVID Deaths - The Atlantic Edited March 8, 2022 by mommyoffive 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) Come on Michigan and Alabama, go yellow! We have fallen below a thousand new cases per day. I made a hair appointment for the 18th, and am hoping we are below 750 a day by then. Definitely absenteeism at school is dropping a lot. Teachers are trying to think of ways to teach outdoors in the spring as much as possible (tough because we get a lot of rain in April and May) just to keep that tending down. I was thinking that for when it is just light rain, if the schools would buy or rent some of those nice wedding tents and leave the sides off or only down to block the direction for he winds, it would be really nice. The kids could have chairs and table, and be getting a lot of fresh air. We'll see. The school board and superintendent are about as creative thinking as slugs in mud. Edited March 8, 2022 by Faith-manor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Long COVID Mini-Series: Kids - Your Local Epidemiologist (substack.com) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mommyoffive Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 US extends mask rule for travel while weighing new approach | AP News 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 We went yellow! Feeling a little optimistic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popmom Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 9:32 AM, mommyoffive said: Why America Became Numb to COVID Deaths - The Atlantic wish I had read this earlier. It addresses much of what I was struggling with on the other thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtime Lurker Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, mommyoffive said: Yay, Michigan! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 7:32 AM, mommyoffive said: Why America Became Numb to COVID Deaths - The Atlantic That is one of the best articles on covid that I've read in the long time, thanks so much for linking it. One of the links in that article led to an interesting AP/UChicago poll taken 3 weeks ago, which showed that 50% of Americans still "strongly or somewhat" support mask mandates versus only 28% "strongly or somewhat" opposed, with the remaining 22% not having strong feelings either way. I think the fact that the anti-mask minority are so much louder and more demanding than the pro-mask group creates a false impression that the vast majority of Americans want the masks gone, when that is not accurate. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Long COVID19 Mini-Series: Indicators and Treatment (substack.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Rooting for green now, rooting for green, come on green!!! 📣🤸🎇 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Man, I am not happy about this. Changes are coming (mailchi.mp) Covid Act Now will be using the new CDC guidelines. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 2nd booster info Pfizer plans to submit data on a 4th Covid shot to FDA (nbcnews.com) Covid infections rising again across UK - ONS - BBC News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 I teach in a public high school that has required masks for everyone all year. Monday we go masks optional. Many kids are excited about that (several of mine had Covid in January and thankfully mild for all of them). I will be nervously watching the numbers and of course still wearing my N95. One sweet student asked if I would be taking my mask off--she wants to see what everyone looks like. I explained how difficult my life would get if I got sick--out for 5 days at a minimum, planning for a sub, reteaching everything later because no sub can teach math, etc, and that was why I would be still wearing a mask. And then a student in that class was quarantined later in the week (still don't know if he's sick or someone in his family). So we have a week of school, then spring break, no masks anymore in Oregon, and I'll be watching the numbers to see what happens. We're down to about 14 cases per day in my county (high was over 300 at Omicron peak). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: 2nd booster info Pfizer plans to submit data on a 4th Covid shot to FDA (nbcnews.com) What the **** happened to the Omicron specific shot we were supposed to have ready by March????!!! 🦗🦗🦗 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Just now, Matryoshka said: What the **** happened to the Omicron specific shot we were supposed to have ready by March????!!! 🦗🦗🦗 I don't know. Anyone??? I am glad I got my booster and didn't wait for that though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, mommyoffive said: I don't know. Anyone??? I am glad I got my booster and didn't wait for that though. Definitely. But I got it so far back that apparently it's waning again... 🙄 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Just now, Matryoshka said: Definitely. But I got it so far back that apparently it's waning again... 🙄 Me too. Hopefully there will be more info by the time fall rolls around. Or the next variant surge. I was hoping we would be in a lull until fall, but looking at the UK now I am not so sure. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, mommyoffive said: Me too. Hopefully there will be more info by the time fall rolls around. Or the next variant surge. I was hoping we would be in a lull until fall, but looking at the UK now I am not so sure. Yeah, I was starting to relax a bit with our Omicron surge fading and going into summer - but looking at what's going on in Europe is getting me a bit concerned again. UGH. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, Matryoshka said: What the **** happened to the Omicron specific shot we were supposed to have ready by March????!!! 🦗🦗🦗 It didn't do any better in animal testing than the original vaccine 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wathe Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Atlantic article on Long Covid. The knock-on effects of this pandemic will be with us for a very, very long time, I think 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Covid response may have to be scaled back amid congressional inaction, White House says - The Washington Post 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mommyoffive Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Only 2 states still red! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 CDC map 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 What's the COVID risk in your area? CDC maps leave some people confused : Shots - Health News : NPR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mommyoffive Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 A 4th dose of Covid-19 vaccine will be needed, Pfizer's CEO says, but the company is working on a shot to handle all variants - CNN Pfizer should have data on its three-dose vaccine trial for children ages 6 months to 5 years by April, Bourla told CBS on Sunday. If authorized by the FDA and recommended by the CDC, Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 6 months to 5 years might start as early as May, Bourla said. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 50 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: Well now I have something in common with Obama- too bad it’s a club we were hoping not to join. Covid is not gone yet, folks. Even if mask mandates are. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, Hilltopmom said: Well now I have something in common with Obama- too bad it’s a club we were hoping not to join. Covid is not gone yet, folks. Even if mask mandates are. How are you doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Ugh I feel awful. So congested and miserable. Could be worse, I know. It’s just been years since I was sick. All I’ve done today is watch tv or pop online thanks for checking 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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