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Non-Political Coronavirus Thread

SEE HOW SMART WE WERE NOT TO WASTE TIME WITH VACCINATIONS!
 
“Vaccine resistant” seems like a gross exaggeration that media have no trouble using in headlines. One article I read used “vaccine resistant” and then explained that’s based on one study from the University of Tokyo with the Chinese vaccine that hasn’t been peer reviewed and doesn’t lineup with what we know about where Lamdba has been.
 
Whelp, just found out my golf partner on Saturday for almost 6 hours (match went 6 extra holes) texted positive, even though vaxxed. We were outside the whole time, but sitting a foot from each other in the cart a lot and def high fived/shook hands a few times. He had Moderna, I have Pfizer. Wonder what my odds of catching it are? This is where I really hope my immune system has beefed up it's response with work travel, even pre-vaxx.
 
That's what you get for slow play. I would bet you're fine though.
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
so this lambda variant is vaccine-resistant, huh
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It’s also been around in Peru since 2020 and consists of less than .02% of US cases.

Meaning it is significantly less contagious than the delta variant.

Variant covid porn is going to be all the rage in the media this year.

People just need to get vaccinated and on with their lives taking boosters when necessary.
 
tigerswood said:
Whelp, just found out my golf partner on Saturday for almost 6 hours (match went 6 extra holes) texted positive, even though vaxxed. We were outside the whole time, but sitting a foot from each other in the cart a lot and def high fived/shook hands a few times. He had Moderna, I have Pfizer. Wonder what my odds of catching it are? This is where I really hope my immune system has beefed up it's response with work travel, even pre-vaxx.
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You probably should be good, but I would definitely lay low and get tested in five days.

I think the CDC says you don’t need to quarantine unless you’re showing symptoms, if you are exposed but vaccinated. I wouldn’t take chance tho.
 
BiffTannen said:
That's what you get for slow play. I would bet you're fine though.
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Trust me, it was much slower than I wanted. I was giving 20 shots to one of our opponents (who somehow made 8 footers on 18 and 19 to extend the match).
 
 
tigerswood said:
Whelp, just found out my golf partner on Saturday for almost 6 hours (match went 6 extra holes) texted positive, even though vaxxed. We were outside the whole time, but sitting a foot from each other in the cart a lot and def high fived/shook hands a few times. He had Moderna, I have Pfizer. Wonder what my odds of catching it are? This is where I really hope my immune system has beefed up it's response with work travel, even pre-vaxx.
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Serious question: why would you touch someone who is not in your normal circle at all these days?
 
This is an actual FB post from the wife of a guy I used to work with. She also posts videos talking about this nonsense. It is both sad and scary that people believe this, but how do you even reason with someone that is telling you to do your own "research" and to go buy these drugs from this kook website.Screensho(1).jpg
 
Toogs said:
Serious question: why would you touch someone who is not in your normal circle at all these days?
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He's a neighbor and buddy of mine I see regularly. We were both vaxxed, outdoors, and celebrating a birdie with a fist bump or high five seems pretty natural/not high risk. I guess maybe even the vaccinated should go back to full caution these days.

If you're saying non-household humans shouldn't shake hands, hug, etc. for the foreseeable future (at this rate, maybe forever), that's quite an argument to be made.
 
WFcatamount22 said:
It’s also been around in Peru since 2020 and consists of less than .02% of US cases.

Meaning it is significantly less contagious than the delta variant.
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Why does that mean it is *significantly* less contagious? Delta emerged earlier and in India which is much more densely populated than Peru.
 
truifh0 said:
This is an actual FB post from the wife of a guy I used to work with. She also posts videos talking about this nonsense. It is both sad and scary that people believe this, but how do you even reason with someone that is telling you to do your own "research" and to go buy these drugs from this kook website.View attachment 1269
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This is literally the Jude law plot in the movie *Contagion*. Just making bank selling some "vitamin" cure
 
Also, duh, but the vaccine isn't a bubble or a shield or something. the amount of virus reproducing in your nose probably determines how contagious you are but not how sick you'll become
 
tigerswood said:
He's a neighbor and buddy of mine I see regularly. We were both vaxxed, outdoors, and celebrating a birdie with a fist bump or high five seems pretty natural/not high risk. I guess maybe even the vaccinated should go back to full caution these days.

If you're saying non-household humans shouldn't shake hands, hug, etc. for the foreseeable future (at this rate, maybe forever), that's quite an argument to be made.
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I just don't see the point. I've been doing the forearm/elbow bump thing with golf buddies. No reason to touch hands, which like it or not you eventually rub your nose/eyes/mouths with. Just an easy vector to avoid.
 
Toogs said:
I just don't see the point. I've been doing the forearm/elbow bump thing with golf buddies. No reason to touch hands, which like it or not you eventually rub your nose/eyes/mouths with. Just an easy vector to avoid.
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I avoided touch altogether or did the elbow bump for months. The point is that we thought, at least for a while, that the vaccinated could return to some level of normalcy. We were obviously premature.
 
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