Lostin76 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, 5fouls said: This is what matters most to me. I've pretty much only ventured out to the grocery and my kids activities, always masked up and socially distancing when I do. Once both my wife and I get vaccinated (I'm getting J&J this Friday, she's getting first dose of Moderna next week), it will be nice to be able to think about visiting the new Mexican restaurant in town and things like that. But, if enough people don't get vaccinated, then it may be a long, long time before things fully open again. I want to be able to visit a jam-packed Assembly Hall next season! Exactly! I will say it feels pretty great to be vaccinated and we were vaccinated very early. My wife’s parents are both now fully vaccinated and it will be nice to be able to actaully hug them when we see them next. They are in their late sixties. But really the most important thing for us is a return to normalcy for all of our neighborhood businesses. We’ve lost a lot and just hope the ones remaining can hold on. Vaccinations open things up quicker than anything. And I think we all deserve a jam-packed stadium after this year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdhoosier Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Last year on this day COVID was declared a pandemic. What a long and bumpy road. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, tdhoosier said: Last year on this day COVID was declared a pandemic. What a long and bumpy road. It's been almost a year since I've been in my office and facility... I had a big bag (Costco ) of dried figs in my desk drawer to munch on...wonder how ripe those are? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted March 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Hard evidence showing that vaccines do minimize the spread. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/pfizer-biontech-covid-vaccine-blocks-most-spread-in-israel-study?srnd=premium With a vaccine, you are less likely to catch it, be hospitalized, die, and or spread it. The people who are at risk are the elderly, overweight and others with health issues. With what the science tells us, I can't understand why many big city schools are not fully open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdhoosier Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Didn't know where to put this, but we've touched on the subject a lot in this thread and I think some will find it interesting. I was listening to a physicist on Star Talk who is using algorithms for good; https://www.improvethenews.org/. We get into endless loops about credibility and bias of news outlets because many times we are reading the outlets machine based learning brings to us. This physicist created an app that puts us in control of the algorithm with a sliding scale of many factors: political stance, establishment stance, writing style, depth, shelf life and recency. By adjusting the slider you receive a different cluster of daily headlines taken from a pool of news outlets. Just poked around this morning and it's an interesting concept. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 5 hours ago, IUFLA said: It's been almost a year since I've been in my office and facility... I had a big bag (Costco ) of dried figs in my desk drawer to munch on...wonder how ripe those are? Yikes! It will be a year tomorrow since I stopped commuting into the office. Though I have been going in for part of a day a few times in the last month. We are slowly riding the sub again on off hours. But yeah, what a crazy year. One of the things that has helped me was all of the different experiences and viewpoints we’ve all shared on this thread. Though I won’t be sad the day this thread gets retired! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Getting my 1st dose on 18th 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 6 hours ago, IUFLA said: It's been almost a year since I've been in my office and facility... I had a big bag (Costco ) of dried figs in my desk drawer to munch on...wonder how ripe those are? Now you have me wondering if I left any food in my desk drawer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Lostin76 said: One of the things that has helped me was all of the different experiences and viewpoints we’ve all shared on this thread. Though I won’t be sad the day this thread gets retired! Still a ways to go. Indiana is starting to plateau on number of cases. And, with states re-opening, I think we will see a mini bump (I'll stop short of calling it a surge) as states start to relax restrictions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierFaithful Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Getting my first dose soon. I'm young (28) and in good health, but AZ allows anyone to volunteer as crowd control/etc for those in line to get the shot. After your shift, you get your first shot and an appointment for your second. I'm excited! After hearing about the potential long-term complications from COVID, I would be so disappointed if I got it right at the very end of this pandemic. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 55 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said: Getting my first dose soon. I'm young (28) and in good health, but AZ allows anyone to volunteer as crowd control/etc for those in line to get the shot. After your shift, you get your first shot and an appointment for your second. I'm excited! After hearing about the potential long-term complications from COVID, I would be so disappointed if I got it right at the very end of this pandemic. Do you get a Billy club or anything? Keep the old fogies like me in line! 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Not sure if this works in other states but here in Indiana you can call around and be on standby. If someone no shows their appointment you can get in right away. Few people I know in 30's and 40's already did both rounds. Takes some time but you can do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierFaithful Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: Do you get a Billy club or anything? Keep the old fogies like me in line! 😁 I’m gonna be drunk with power 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 CRAP! Based on the email I just received from our Domestic vendor that builds tooling in China. I built 4 million dollars of tooling with them last year! I think trade with China is about to get ugly! Just me reading between the lines.,,,,. Never mind that could be considered political! Nothing more to say! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted March 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 In IL, I'm not yet eligible. Looks like there might be a couple subgroups still in front of me. I guess I could lie. I don't think its fair undocumenteds are able to go before citizens but I'll leave that one alone. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Getting my one dose shot tomorrow morning. Keeping fingers crossed that side effects are mild. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, 5fouls said: Getting my one dose shot tomorrow morning. Keeping fingers crossed that side effects are mild. Moderna vaccine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 12 hours ago, Drroogh said: CRAP! Based on the email I just received from our Domestic vendor that builds tooling in China. I built 4 million dollars of tooling with them last year! I think trade with China is about to get ugly! Just me reading between the lines.,,,,. Never mind that could be considered political! Nothing more to say! Well that was interesting, turns out it was a very directed hack attack! Be careful my friends, these people are in to everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 7 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: Moderna vaccine? Johnson & Johnson. When the state opened it up for my age group, I scheduled the first available option. Not that concerned about the lower efficacy. Some research determined that the lower efficacy for J&J could be, in part, because it was tested after the variants had appeared. The efficacy for Pfizer and Moderna was determined before those the variants had showed up. As a result, the true numbers may be a lot closer than that, The one most important to me is the prevention of hospitalization and death. And J&J is purportedly as good as or even better than the others in that regard. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Whenever you start to feel positive about things, a story like this is published to re-set your expectations. https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html "I think we are going to get fooled," Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said Thursday. "I think what's going to happen is you're going to see that as we enter the summer months, numbers are going to go down, people will think great, we're good." He added: "And then, if we don't get to what I think is going to be at least 80% population immunity from natural infection or immunization, when the winter comes, you're going to see a surge again." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Over 5 hours since I was vaccinated and I've not grown a 3rd nipple yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Over 5 hours since I was vaccinated and I've not grown a 3rd nipple yet. Yes, but have you looked in the mirror? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 3:09 PM, Billingsley99 said: Getting my 1st dose on 18th Me also. Pfizer first dose. FL just lowered age to 60 and I just turned 60 two weeks ago. Good timing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierFaithful Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 This thread has been helpful in figuring out how old some of you fogies are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 6 hours ago, HoosierFaithful said: This thread has been helpful in figuring out how old some of you fogies are. A Viagra vs. Cialis thread would have accomplished the same thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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