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Post by The 13th Martyr from Cavite on Aug 9, 2021 6:28:49 GMT -5
Earlier today (yesterday now) I was in ’Walmart’ and I didn’t have to wear a mask. My province changed the rules starting yesterday. It felt weird to not wear one. Over here they changed that at the end of June. But I wear one anyway. It’s a small sacrifice and combined with being vaccinated it would be a miracle if I get infected. Lucky for you guys. Here, it’s back to lockdown for 2 weeks starting last Friday. It looks like the Delta variant is now on a rampage here.
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Post by Loufus on Aug 9, 2021 19:05:28 GMT -5
Over here they changed that at the end of June. But I wear one anyway. It’s a small sacrifice and combined with being vaccinated it would be a miracle if I get infected. Lucky for you guys. Here, it’s back to lockdown for 2 weeks starting last Friday. It looks like the Delta variant is now on a rampage here. I think it's rampaging most everywhere. We recently reinstated mask mandates, and I'm sure there will be more restrictions to come as the weather cools. Winter caused a mighty spike last year, I'm sure that combined with Delta will cause another this year. I hope it doesn't put too much of a damper on Halloween this year, last year our community collectively decided to just skip the whole thing.
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Post by The 13th Martyr from Cavite on Aug 9, 2021 21:45:33 GMT -5
Lucky for you guys. Here, it’s back to lockdown for 2 weeks starting last Friday. It looks like the Delta variant is now on a rampage here. I think it's rampaging most everywhere. We recently reinstated mask mandates, and I'm sure there will be more restrictions to come as the weather cools. Winter caused a mighty spike last year, I'm sure that combined with Delta will cause another this year. I hope it doesn't put too much of a damper on Halloween this year, last year our community collectively decided to just skip the whole thing. The biggest problem here in my country is that the vaccine supplies come in quite slowly and can’t keep up with the demand. Lots of towns and cities here are forced to suspend the administration of first doses and allot their remaining jabs for the second dose. A few days before the lockdown, I saw the news about people queuing up as early as 3:00 AM just to get vaccinated. Unfortunately, a lot of them got turned down due to a lack of supplies.
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Post by SomeFearlessChick on Sept 18, 2021 5:53:19 GMT -5
Fully vaxxed I'm also participating in a study to monitor our antibodies response to the vaccine (for further research, effectiveness, if we'll need a booster, etc. etc.). I've been completing questionnaires and providing blood and saliva samples throughout my vaccination period.
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Oct 9, 2021 18:05:31 GMT -5
I actually got my third dose or shot yesterday...It sort of happened all of a sudden and I only decided myself that I'd want to try to get it a few days ago. My province that I live in in Canada had some updated rules for who could get a third dose or shot, including healthcare workers, people who are very sick with conditions, etc. and one of them was people who need a third one for travel. I'm not necessarily traveling, but I will need it if I want to go to the U.S. in the future. So I wanted to get it over with.
I got my first dose on May 25th, which was 'Pfizer', and I got my second dose on July 1st, which was 'Moderna'. I guess I didn't realize it until a few days ago, but the U.S. stupidly only considers someone fully vaccinated if they have two of the same brand doses, and they don't recommend mixing of doses. I didn't think about this before and how I may not be able to enter the U.S. when and if they FINALLY open their damn borders. If they were actually going to finally open their borders this month (October 21st, I would have needed to have been vaccinated with my second dose (of the same brand) two weeks before to be fully vaccinated. I got mine 13 days before October 21st, but if we were to drive to the U.S. it wouldn't be on that day anyways. But I have had things sent to my U.S. address and need to get across as soon as possible, if I can. I would also love to look in a 'Walmart' store in a small town near where my mail address is. Or a city a few hours from there that has a 'Target' and other stores. I've gotten a lot more interested in trying to collect the different versions of Taylor's albums released from different countries, and I'd love to be able to look in a 'Walmart' and 'Target' store to see if they have any of their exclusive Taylor albums with the hype stickers still on them. I'm not going to pay $50 and prices like that just for a CD with a hype sticker on it when there could be ones possibly sitting in physical stores still. My luck is that they probably would have nothing, but I could only hope. You never know what you could find.
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Post by Roman on Oct 10, 2021 2:09:55 GMT -5
I actually got my third dose or shot yesterday...It sort of happened all of a sudden and I only decided myself that I'd want to try to get it a few days ago. My province that I live in in Canada had some updated rules for who could get a third dose or shot, including healthcare workers, people who are very sick with conditions, etc. and one of them was people who need a third one for travel. I'm not necessarily traveling, but I will need it if I want to go to the U.S. in the future. So I wanted to get it over with. I got my first dose on May 25th, which was 'Pfizer', and I got my second dose on July 1st, which was 'Moderna'. I guess I didn't realize it until a few days ago, but the U.S. stupidly only considers someone fully vaccinated if they have two of the same brand doses, and they don't recommend mixing of doses. I didn't think about this before and how I may not be able to enter the U.S. when and if they FINALLY open their damn borders. If they were actually going to finally open their borders this month ( October 21st, I would have needed to have been vaccinated with my second dose (of the same brand) two weeks before to be fully vaccinated. I got mine 13 days before October 21st, but if we were to drive to the U.S. it wouldn't be on that day anyways. But I have had things sent to my U.S. address and need to get across as soon as possible, if I can. I would also love to look in a 'Walmart' store in a small town near where my mail address is. Or a city a few hours from there that has a 'Target' and other stores. I've gotten a lot more interested in trying to collect the different versions of Taylor's albums released from different countries, and I'd love to be able to look in a 'Walmart' and 'Target' store to see if they have any of their exclusive Taylor albums with the hype stickers still on them. I'm not going to pay $50 and prices like that just for a CD with a hype sticker on it when there could be ones possibly sitting in physical stores still. My luck is that they probably would have nothing, but I could only hope. You never know what you could find. It’s weird that they gave you two different shots. Over here it’s very structured. You always get two shots of the same vaccine. The only exception is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It only required one shot. But since it doesn’t protect as well as the other vaccines, people might get a second shot with Pfizer (or Moderna). At the moment they are considering a third shot for people with a weak immune system. A booster shot for regular people is not on the table, yet. They are monitoring the effectiveness of the vaccine as time goes on. We might get a refresh next year. I heard one expert say we might get a shot every year as long as Covid is around. Although one of the Pfizer people said a third shot will probably protect you for years. There are still lots of question marks. For example: the vaccine will probably prevent hospitalization. But will it limit the symptoms of a possible infection enough? Or could you get long Covid despite being vaccinated? If the vaccine really limits an infection to a short cold or less, it might even be worth it to infect vaccinated people. That way you could become completely Covid resistant.
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Post by SydneyPaige on Oct 10, 2021 9:41:28 GMT -5
I actually got my third dose or shot yesterday...It sort of happened all of a sudden and I only decided myself that I'd want to try to get it a few days ago. My province that I live in in Canada had some updated rules for who could get a third dose or shot, including healthcare workers, people who are very sick with conditions, etc. and one of them was people who need a third one for travel. I'm not necessarily traveling, but I will need it if I want to go to the U.S. in the future. So I wanted to get it over with. I got my first dose on May 25th, which was 'Pfizer', and I got my second dose on July 1st, which was 'Moderna'. I guess I didn't realize it until a few days ago, but the U.S. stupidly only considers someone fully vaccinated if they have two of the same brand doses, and they don't recommend mixing of doses. I didn't think about this before and how I may not be able to enter the U.S. when and if they FINALLY open their damn borders. If they were actually going to finally open their borders this month ( October 21st, I would have needed to have been vaccinated with my second dose (of the same brand) two weeks before to be fully vaccinated. I got mine 13 days before October 21st, but if we were to drive to the U.S. it wouldn't be on that day anyways. But I have had things sent to my U.S. address and need to get across as soon as possible, if I can. I would also love to look in a 'Walmart' store in a small town near where my mail address is. Or a city a few hours from there that has a 'Target' and other stores. I've gotten a lot more interested in trying to collect the different versions of Taylor's albums released from different countries, and I'd love to be able to look in a 'Walmart' and 'Target' store to see if they have any of their exclusive Taylor albums with the hype stickers still on them. I'm not going to pay $50 and prices like that just for a CD with a hype sticker on it when there could be ones possibly sitting in physical stores still. My luck is that they probably would have nothing, but I could only hope. You never know what you could find. It’s weird that they gave you two different shots. Over here it’s very structured. You always get two shots of the same vaccine. The only exception is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It only required one shot. But since it doesn’t protect as well as the other vaccines, people might get a second shot with Pfizer (or Moderna). At the moment they are considering a third shot for people with a weak immune system. A booster shot for regular people is not on the table, yet. They are monitoring the effectiveness of the vaccine as time goes on. We might get a refresh next year. I heard one expert say we might get a shot every year as long as Covid is around. Although one of the Pfizer people said a third shot will probably protect you for years. There are still lots of question marks. For example: the vaccine will probably prevent hospitalization. But will it limit the symptoms of a possible infection enough? Or could you get long Covid despite being vaccinated? If the vaccine really limits an infection to a short cold or less, it might even be worth it to infect vaccinated people. That way you could become completely Covid resistant. The reason there was so much mixing up here was cause of shortages and recalls. Pfizer was originally only offered to the weakest and most vulnerable at first and then they had it at mass vaccination sites until they ran out. When it came to second doses, they had to recall Pfizer for a small period of time cause it was causing some side affects. I got 2 doses of Moderna, I couldn’t get my hands on a Pfizer shot the first time around and the second time I got it at a pharmacy which only offered Moderna. My parents mixed vaccines but the nurse at the vaccination site said mixing gave them better protection, so I don’t know why mixing isn’t permissible for travel. Either way, I’m making no plans to go to the states any time soon. Masks are mandatory in Ontario and I feel safest with that. I don’t want to go anywhere where people are playing fast and loose with health codes. It stresses me out when I see videos or tv or pictures of concerts that are happening in the states where there isn’t a mask in sight. Personally though, I have to admit, working through this pandemic has traumatized me to that point of fear. I can understand why other people aren’t as afraid as I am.
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Post by Roman on Oct 10, 2021 10:10:41 GMT -5
It’s weird that they gave you two different shots. Over here it’s very structured. You always get two shots of the same vaccine. The only exception is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It only required one shot. But since it doesn’t protect as well as the other vaccines, people might get a second shot with Pfizer (or Moderna). At the moment they are considering a third shot for people with a weak immune system. A booster shot for regular people is not on the table, yet. They are monitoring the effectiveness of the vaccine as time goes on. We might get a refresh next year. I heard one expert say we might get a shot every year as long as Covid is around. Although one of the Pfizer people said a third shot will probably protect you for years. There are still lots of question marks. For example: the vaccine will probably prevent hospitalization. But will it limit the symptoms of a possible infection enough? Or could you get long Covid despite being vaccinated? If the vaccine really limits an infection to a short cold or less, it might even be worth it to infect vaccinated people. That way you could become completely Covid resistant. The reason there was so much mixing up here was cause of shortages and recalls. Pfizer was originally only offered to the weakest and most vulnerable at first and then they had it at mass vaccination sites until they ran out. When it came to second doses, they had to recall Pfizer for a small period of time cause it was causing some side affects. I got 2 doses of Moderna, I couldn’t get my hands on a Pfizer shot the first time around and the second time I got it at a pharmacy which only offered Moderna. My parents mixed vaccines but the nurse at the vaccination site said mixing gave them better protection, so I don’t know why mixing isn’t permissible for travel. Either way, I’m making no plans to go to the states any time soon. Masks are mandatory in Ontario and I feel safest with that. I don’t want to go anywhere where people are playing fast and loose with health codes. It stresses me out when I see videos or tv or pictures of concerts that are happening in the states where there isn’t a mask in sight. Personally though, I have to admit, working through this pandemic has traumatized me to that point of fear. I can understand why other people aren’t as afraid as I am. Over here we mostly got vaccinated in age groups. And you don’t count as vaccinated until two weeks after your second shot. We have an app now to prove your bill of health for certain occasions. You either have to be fully vaccinated, cured from Covid or get tested (very recent). I agree that people should take more responsibility for their own health. I still wear a mask in buildings. At work FFP2 masks were mandatory for a long time. Over the weekend they canceled that because the government made other guidelines at the end of June. My employer should’ve at least switched to medical masks for a while. A few weeks later numbers were terrible again, but wearing a mask never came back. People stopped doing it because it’s inconvenient. But that’s not very smart. Why sacrifice your health for a bit of convenience. I actually was a bit mad at some friends. They are getting impatient and just bought tickets to a concert. One of them also started traveling again. That’s the kind of behavior that keeps this pandemic alive. And don’t get me started about work. It’s an unhygienic place anyway. On top of that we have at least 5 out of 20 people in our department that aren’t vaccinated.
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Post by chantel on Oct 10, 2021 17:49:06 GMT -5
The reason there was so much mixing up here was cause of shortages and recalls. Pfizer was originally only offered to the weakest and most vulnerable at first and then they had it at mass vaccination sites until they ran out. When it came to second doses, they had to recall Pfizer for a small period of time cause it was causing some side affects. I got 2 doses of Moderna, I couldn’t get my hands on a Pfizer shot the first time around and the second time I got it at a pharmacy which only offered Moderna. My parents mixed vaccines but the nurse at the vaccination site said mixing gave them better protection, so I don’t know why mixing isn’t permissible for travel. Either way, I’m making no plans to go to the states any time soon. Masks are mandatory in Ontario and I feel safest with that. I don’t want to go anywhere where people are playing fast and loose with health codes. It stresses me out when I see videos or tv or pictures of concerts that are happening in the states where there isn’t a mask in sight. Personally though, I have to admit, working through this pandemic has traumatized me to that point of fear. I can understand why other people aren’t as afraid as I am. Over here we mostly got vaccinated in age groups. And you don’t count as vaccinated until two weeks after your second shot. We have an app now to prove your bill of health for certain occasions. You either have to be fully vaccinated, cured from Covid or get tested (very recent). I agree that people should take more responsibility for their own health. I still wear a mask in buildings. At work FFP2 masks were mandatory for a long time. Over the weekend they canceled that because the government made other guidelines at the end of June. My employer should’ve at least switched to medical masks for a while. A few weeks later numbers were terrible again, but wearing a mask never came back. People stopped doing it because it’s inconvenient. But that’s not very smart. Why sacrifice your health for a bit of convenience. I actually was a bit mad at some friends. They are getting impatient and just bought tickets to a concert. One of them also started traveling again. That’s the kind of behavior that keeps this pandemic alive. And don’t get me started about work. It’s an unhygienic place anyway. On top of that we have at least 5 out of 20 people in our department that aren’t vaccinated. I feel conflicted on what I think about people that are travelling and concerts at this stage in the pandemic. On one hand I think it's stupid to put your health in jeopardy for a concert or to travel. On the other hand this is wasted time that people are never going to get back in their lives. Is it really living if all you do is stay in the house for however long the pandemic lasts? I think a lot of people are getting depressed doing nothing. It's like you have to choose between physical health or mental health.
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Post by Roman on Oct 11, 2021 0:59:42 GMT -5
Over here we mostly got vaccinated in age groups. And you don’t count as vaccinated until two weeks after your second shot. We have an app now to prove your bill of health for certain occasions. You either have to be fully vaccinated, cured from Covid or get tested (very recent). I agree that people should take more responsibility for their own health. I still wear a mask in buildings. At work FFP2 masks were mandatory for a long time. Over the weekend they canceled that because the government made other guidelines at the end of June. My employer should’ve at least switched to medical masks for a while. A few weeks later numbers were terrible again, but wearing a mask never came back. People stopped doing it because it’s inconvenient. But that’s not very smart. Why sacrifice your health for a bit of convenience. I actually was a bit mad at some friends. They are getting impatient and just bought tickets to a concert. One of them also started traveling again. That’s the kind of behavior that keeps this pandemic alive. And don’t get me started about work. It’s an unhygienic place anyway. On top of that we have at least 5 out of 20 people in our department that aren’t vaccinated. I feel conflicted on what I think about people that are travelling and concerts at this stage in the pandemic. On one hand I think it's stupid to put your health in jeopardy for a concert or to travel. On the other hand this is wasted time that people are never going to get back in their lives. Is it really living if all you do is stay in the house for however long the pandemic lasts? I think a lot of people are getting depressed doing nothing. It's like you have to choose between physical health or mental health. I understand what you mean. But imo there are some question marks about this reasoning. There still a huge gap between doing whatever you want and being completely locked up. You can do so much indoors and outdoors in your own region. Avoiding crowds and traveling is a small sacrifice. You can even travel by car to places, as long as it’s not crowded. You also can have a social life as long as it’s in small groups. As for mental health. A lot of people’s mental health problems are blamed on the pandemic. That’s only partly the case. Actually this is the time to reevaluate your life and do more meaningful things. Being busy getting entertained 24/7 is not living. The pandemic has shown us that people don’t know how to spend their time if they can’t troll shopping centers every week. Some have traveled to places far away, but don’t know their own region. My friend and I go for walks every Saturday, turns out she doesn’t know many places around our own houses.
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Post by TimeOfMyLife on Oct 12, 2021 4:28:23 GMT -5
You can't lock yourself up in your house, that's even more unhealthy. With a rational mind a lot is possible again. Concerts, travelling, everything. It feels like we can finally leave most of this COVID stuff behind us.
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Post by SydneyPaige on Oct 12, 2021 12:10:25 GMT -5
You can't lock yourself up in your house, that's even more unhealthy. With a rational mind a lot is possible again. Concerts, travelling, everything. It feels like we can finally leave most of this COVID stuff behind us. I wouldn’t say I’ve locked myself in the house at all seeing as I’ve been on the frontlines this entire time. There’s a difference between going on a walk outside and going to a concert with 30000 other people who aren’t taking precautions. Covid isn’t over, our nurses are still overrun. I don’t think it’s such a bad thing to feel unsafe going to mass gatherings still. Especially when you’ve seen how bad things still are.
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Post by chantel on Oct 12, 2021 14:28:56 GMT -5
To me life is about having experiences, good or bad. Going for walks is just a neutral experience that I don't personally care about, but people who do find that enjoyable probably had an easier time dealing with the pandemic. Almost anything enjoyable is done in crowds though and I'm saying that as an introvert lol. Whether you are travelling by plane, taking a road trip to an amusement park, going to conventions or concerts that's all in crowds. The pandemic was a good time to learn about yourself and pick up any new skills, but at this point we are more than a year into this. What if you've already taken all the time to learn about yourself and you've picked up all the skills you are interested in? Who knows how long this pandemic will be dragged out for. As far as we know we only have this one life and sitting around not having experiences is wasting it. For me personally I'm not wasting the last few years of my 20s because of Covid.
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Post by SydneyPaige on Oct 12, 2021 17:33:08 GMT -5
To me life is about having experiences, good or bad. Going for walks is just a neutral experience that I don't personally care about, but people who do find that enjoyable probably had an easier time dealing with the pandemic. Almost anything enjoyable is done in crowds though and I'm saying that as an introvert lol. Whether you are travelling by plane, taking a road trip to an amusement park, going to conventions or concerts that's all in crowds. The pandemic was a good time to learn about yourself and pick up any new skills, but at this point we are more than a year into this. What if you've already taken all the time to learn about yourself and you've picked up all the skills you are interested in? Who knows how long this pandemic will be dragged out for. As far as we know we only have this one life and sitting around not having experiences is wasting it. For me personally I'm not wasting the last few years of my 20s because of Covid. I get what you're saying, all I'm trying to say is that not everyone has that luxury and it's not fair that people are saying that you should "have experiences" and "put covid behind us" when some people have a lot of other people depending on them to not get the virus. I admit, my last post on this thread was harsh but I am getting very frustrated with the fact that I'm dealing with people who are literally getting mad at me for being safe when I'm doing what I have to do to keep my family safe and to keep working so people can get their food and have their holidays or whatever else.
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Post by chantel on Oct 12, 2021 18:09:42 GMT -5
To me life is about having experiences, good or bad. Going for walks is just a neutral experience that I don't personally care about, but people who do find that enjoyable probably had an easier time dealing with the pandemic. Almost anything enjoyable is done in crowds though and I'm saying that as an introvert lol. Whether you are travelling by plane, taking a road trip to an amusement park, going to conventions or concerts that's all in crowds. The pandemic was a good time to learn about yourself and pick up any new skills, but at this point we are more than a year into this. What if you've already taken all the time to learn about yourself and you've picked up all the skills you are interested in? Who knows how long this pandemic will be dragged out for. As far as we know we only have this one life and sitting around not having experiences is wasting it. For me personally I'm not wasting the last few years of my 20s because of Covid. I get what you're saying, all I'm trying to say is that not everyone has that luxury and it's not fair that people are saying that you should "have experiences" and "put covid behind us" when some people have a lot of other people depending on them to not get the virus. I admit, my last post on this thread was harsh but I am getting very frustrated with the fact that I'm dealing with people who are literally getting mad at me for being safe when I'm doing what I have to do to keep my family safe and to keep working so people can get their food and have their holidays or whatever else. You are absolutely right that not everyone has that luxury. It's unfortunate for people that have health issues or live with people that have health issues however people that don't have those issues shouldn't have to put their lives on pause. I think Covid is just something that people will have to live with. It's wrong for people to get mad at you for being safe though. You know what's best for you and your family.
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