Heartland

MadameButterfly wrote: ↑28 Nov 2021, 21:36 My heart goes out to Africa and South Africa as now another mutation has evolved as is the concern for my mom and aunt that are in the danger zone just because of age and smoking of course but that they have known their whole lives. It is in Belgium and most certainly the Netherlands as people have travelled.
Keep as safe as you can this is not nearly at the end...

From what I've read, it's not that the omicron variant actually mutated in SA, it's that South Africa has got a really effective detection system and well-funded epidemiologists and virologists so they're really good at finding new variants really quickly.

markfiend wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 12:39

MadameButterfly wrote: ↑28 Nov 2021, 21:36 My heart goes out to Africa and South Africa as now another mutation has evolved as is the concern for my mom and aunt that are in the danger zone just because of age and smoking of course but that they have known their whole lives. It is in Belgium and most certainly the Netherlands as people have travelled.
Keep as safe as you can this is not nearly at the end...

From what I've read, it's not that the omicron variant actually mutated in SA, it's that South Africa has got a really effective detection system and well-funded epidemiologists and virologists so they're really good at finding new variants really quickly.

That's right. In fact the SA authorities got a bit narked at the press calling it the South African variant

Of all the anti-vax covidiot stories, this has to be one of the best

Pista wrote: ↑04 Dec 2021, 12:48 Of all the anti-vax covidiot stories, this has to be one of the best

I've got my booster tomorrow. Fingers crossed all will be well

Got boostered on Thursday. Felt like someone who is about to get the flu for 1 1/2 days, but that was it. Harmless compared to the first two.

Got my booster tomorrow along with the flu jab .

my booster is booked for Thursday. i wasnt convinced with regard to having a different vaccine from my first 2 shots until i read a lot of data which seems fairly conclusive.

Had my jabs this afternoon and apart from a sore arm no side effects .

Boostered last Wednesday (Moderna booster, J&J original). Felt fine Thursday & Friday. Rough Saturday, really seriously awful Sunday, first half of Monday still feeling it - just about done now but man that was a rough ride. Even went to the urgent care place on Sunday to see if I'd contracted the lurgy. Apparently a 48-hour delay in response isn't common, but not unusual.

CPOB the fact that I am supposed to be off on my holidays tomorrow - 2 weeks in sunny Guatemala eating roast quetzals and drinking rum up the side of a volcano before sacrificing small children to Mayan gods. Everything planned and paid for.

And then last night I went for a pre-trip PCR test. I am the most careful motherf**ker on the planet - I wear a mask everywhere, socially-distance, eschew crowds - and yet somehow I've tested positive.

No holidays for me. Grrrr.

I'm sorry to hear that, EB. I read earlier today that around 40% of Omicron infections are completely asymptomatic.

double post, sorry.

triple post - sorry, been staring at term papers all day. clearly my mind has broken.

That sucks EB.
Except for the youngsters earmarked for sacrifice of course.
Hope it buggers off sharpish

Double jabbed, as are most of my Swedish compatriots. Idiots gonna idiot, though, intensive wards filling up with morons. Let them pay.

Boosted as of yesterday, my first 2 were Pfizer but this time I got Moderna. Apparently our lot have an oversupply that they need to clear before it expires, so most are getting Moderna. I do remember some talk about mixing vaccines being better, so I don't mind.

I went to a walk-in center, queued for an hour 45 because our booster program is a shambles, and was in and out in 25 minutes from there.

So far only a sore arm. I'm one of those who's never taken a reaction to a vaccine though, so that was expected.

At this stage I'm 95% convinced that I've been at least exposed to it, if not already had it asymptomatically. I don't see how I couldn't have, given some of the things I've been doing over the past 2 years. On the other hand I have been taking reasonably sensible precautions most of the time, without going all the way to living like a hermit.

Off for my booster. hope it's as side-effect free as my first two, as its a different type.

EDIT: & done!

EvilBastard wrote: ↑20 Dec 2021, 20:26 CPOB the fact that I am supposed to be off on my holidays tomorrow - 2 weeks in sunny Guatemala eating roast quetzals and drinking rum up the side of a volcano before sacrificing small children to Mayan gods. Everything planned and paid for.

And then last night I went for a pre-trip PCR test. I am the most careful motherf**ker on the planet - I wear a mask everywhere, socially-distance, eschew crowds - and yet somehow I've tested positive.

No holidays for me. Grrrr.

maybe it was not the booster side effect after all. pity about the holiday.

I've got mine in Hungary december 1st as here in NL are so slow. wasnt as bad as the side effects after the second. bit of fever and felt like eveyrthing hurt but only for a day or so. got my fly shot here in NL a week ago.

Hope you feel better soon EB

My daughters have both tested positive and my youngest, Cleopatra isn't very well at all. Both are double jabbed.

At least they're home from University and I can care for them here but it's horrible seeing them so poorly - so much for it being mild

Hope you and your families stay safe and well xx

Oh cr@p.
Hope the little ones get over it as quickly as possible

That's rough, Smiley - as you say, at least they're at home and you can look after them, so there's a silver lining. Hope they recover quickly.

SmileySister wrote: ↑23 Dec 2021, 01:01 Hope you feel better soon EB

My daughters have both tested positive and my youngest, Cleopatra isn't very well at all. Both are double jabbed.

At least they're home from University and I can care for them here but it's horrible seeing them so poorly - so much for it being mild

Hope you and your families stay safe and well xx

sorry to hear that Laura. hope they both get well soon and that you dont get it. love and hugs from here.

Pista wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 14:38

markfiend wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 12:39

MadameButterfly wrote: ↑28 Nov 2021, 21:36 My heart goes out to Africa and South Africa as now another mutation has evolved as is the concern for my mom and aunt that are in the danger zone just because of age and smoking of course but that they have known their whole lives. It is in Belgium and most certainly the Netherlands as people have travelled.
Keep as safe as you can this is not nearly at the end...

From what I've read, it's not that the omicron variant actually mutated in SA, it's that South Africa has got a really effective detection system and well-funded epidemiologists and virologists so they're really good at finding new variants really quickly.

That's right. In fact the SA authorities got a bit narked at the press calling it the South African variant

you are both correct and i see i didn't word that very well now did i? well here in dutchland we are still in lock down and slowly but surely the booster shots are being given. thursday evening have my appointment.

hopefully everyone is feeling better now after having it and the kids are on the mend.

stay safe people and look after yourselves xxx

My mum caught Covid a few weeks ago despite being triple-jabbed (she thinks she caught it on a coach-trip although what possessed her to go on a coach-trip in the middle of a fcuking pandemic is completely beyond me) and now seems to have post-Covid "brain-fog". She is recovering, but slowly, and she is still really not herself. She's always been fiercely independent and is savagely resisting leaving her own place for a home, but my brother and I think it might be inevitable to move her into 24-hour care.