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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,074
    mfc2006 said:
    I talked to my Mom earlier today. She’s 78 and a cancer survivor of 4 years. Her health hasn’t been great since her treatments.

    She broke down over the phone. Weeping uncontrollably because she has no idea when she will receive the vaccine. Her state (KS) and mine (MO) are doing a terrible job of providing the public with basic vaccine information. She’s terrified and lonely and it simply breaks my heart. 
    I am so sorry to hear this. It is heartbreaking. It seems like different states have different criteria and all it is doing is causing confusion. I know my state (NY) is having a lot of issues. My parents live in Maryland and they seem to be doing a better job. They both got their first dose last week, and already have appointments for their second dose. I am thankful for that. I was talking to my mother today and she was really glad that my father has great computer skills and was able to snag that appointment for the second dose. It is like an F5 situation. She was telling me that many older people are having trouble navigating the appointment system due to lack of computer skills. The whole thing is a nightmare.

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    GlowGirl said:
    mfc2006 said:
    I talked to my Mom earlier today. She’s 78 and a cancer survivor of 4 years. Her health hasn’t been great since her treatments.

    She broke down over the phone. Weeping uncontrollably because she has no idea when she will receive the vaccine. Her state (KS) and mine (MO) are doing a terrible job of providing the public with basic vaccine information. She’s terrified and lonely and it simply breaks my heart. 
    I am so sorry to hear this. It is heartbreaking. It seems like different states have different criteria and all it is doing is causing confusion. I know my state (NY) is having a lot of issues. My parents live in Maryland and they seem to be doing a better job. They both got their first dose last week, and already have appointments for their second dose. I am thankful for that. I was talking to my mother today and she was really glad that my father has great computer skills and was able to snag that appointment for the second dose. It is like an F5 situation. She was telling me that many older people are having trouble navigating the appointment system due to lack of computer skills. The whole thing is a nightmare.

    honestly, for the 70+ crowd, they should have set up a phone system like the cable company "if you'd like us to call you back when an operator is available, please press 1". 

    if it comes down to an online appointment, but 82 year old in laws will be screwed, unless we can do it for them. 
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    GlowGirl said:
    mfc2006 said:
    I talked to my Mom earlier today. She’s 78 and a cancer survivor of 4 years. Her health hasn’t been great since her treatments.

    She broke down over the phone. Weeping uncontrollably because she has no idea when she will receive the vaccine. Her state (KS) and mine (MO) are doing a terrible job of providing the public with basic vaccine information. She’s terrified and lonely and it simply breaks my heart. 
    I am so sorry to hear this. It is heartbreaking. It seems like different states have different criteria and all it is doing is causing confusion. I know my state (NY) is having a lot of issues. My parents live in Maryland and they seem to be doing a better job. They both got their first dose last week, and already have appointments for their second dose. I am thankful for that. I was talking to my mother today and she was really glad that my father has great computer skills and was able to snag that appointment for the second dose. It is like an F5 situation. She was telling me that many older people are having trouble navigating the appointment system due to lack of computer skills. The whole thing is a nightmare.

    That’s great for your parents. I’ve heard the procedure to secure an appointment here is frustrating and initially ineffective, but once finally in it goes fairly quickly. 
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,074
    hedonist said:
    GlowGirl said:
    mfc2006 said:
    I talked to my Mom earlier today. She’s 78 and a cancer survivor of 4 years. Her health hasn’t been great since her treatments.

    She broke down over the phone. Weeping uncontrollably because she has no idea when she will receive the vaccine. Her state (KS) and mine (MO) are doing a terrible job of providing the public with basic vaccine information. She’s terrified and lonely and it simply breaks my heart. 
    I am so sorry to hear this. It is heartbreaking. It seems like different states have different criteria and all it is doing is causing confusion. I know my state (NY) is having a lot of issues. My parents live in Maryland and they seem to be doing a better job. They both got their first dose last week, and already have appointments for their second dose. I am thankful for that. I was talking to my mother today and she was really glad that my father has great computer skills and was able to snag that appointment for the second dose. It is like an F5 situation. She was telling me that many older people are having trouble navigating the appointment system due to lack of computer skills. The whole thing is a nightmare.

    That’s great for your parents. I’ve heard the procedure to secure an appointment here is frustrating and initially ineffective, but once finally in it goes fairly quickly. 
    Yes. My parents got lucky. They did have to drive 45 minutes away to get the vaccine. But my dad said that it all went very smoothy once they got there. He was impressed by the efficiency. They did have one snafu in that they had gotten appointments a few days earlier for a place that was a 5 minute drive from their house. When they got there they were told that the place was only for health care workers. My dad said there was no indication anywhere on the website of this. At least they only went 5 minutes out of their way - but still. There needs to be a better way. I feel like my F5 skills that I learned here getting Pearl Jam tickets may come in handy when it is finally my turn (whenever the hell that will be).

  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,882
    mfc2006 said:
    I talked to my Mom earlier today. She’s 78 and a cancer survivor of 4 years. Her health hasn’t been great since her treatments.

    She broke down over the phone. Weeping uncontrollably because she has no idea when she will receive the vaccine. Her state (KS) and mine (MO) are doing a terrible job of providing the public with basic vaccine information. She’s terrified and lonely and it simply breaks my heart. 
    Really sorry to hear this.
    The emotional and mental toll of this pandemic is terrible in addition to the actual illness.

    She should be a high priority with her age and medical history, hope she gets it soon.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,882
    Good info.

    Our school district (currently using a hybrid model) has reported 233 total cases since the beginning of the school year. They have confirmed 3 have come from inside one of the school buildings.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    mfc2006 said:
    I talked to my Mom earlier today. She’s 78 and a cancer survivor of 4 years. Her health hasn’t been great since her treatments.

    She broke down over the phone. Weeping uncontrollably because she has no idea when she will receive the vaccine. Her state (KS) and mine (MO) are doing a terrible job of providing the public with basic vaccine information. She’s terrified and lonely and it simply breaks my heart. 
    I hope she has better luck soon. I can’t imagine her worries, and your hearing them from afar. 
  • Anyone care to comment on this regarding masks and their “efficiency”?

    https://mobile.twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1354223766956437509

    Again, at what point are we going to stop this madness?
  • Anyone care to comment on this regarding masks and their “efficiency”?

    https://mobile.twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1354223766956437509

    Again, at what point are we going to stop this madness?
    When are you going to go about your normal, everyday life? No one is stopping you. You know, stop the madness? Lead by example.
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  • static111
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    Anyone care to comment on this regarding masks and their “efficiency”?

    https://mobile.twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1354223766956437509

    Again, at what point are we going to stop this madness?
    Double and triple masks is ridiculous.  They need to authorize all available facilities to pump out vaccines and get this under control.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    edited January 2021
    I cannot imagine having twitter and following all of these fucking people and getting updates all day long.
    My web interface with people is LinkedIn to prospective clients and partners - mostly sending video or text messages directly to them....or posting on an aged rock band's forum.
    That is it - yet if I wanted to I could spend hours a day doing it.  Need to leave time for work, family, exercise, reading, music, language, vodka, and perhaps some tv.  

    How in the hell do people balance twitter, being epidemiologists, emergency room doctors, statisticians, constitutional law experts, and rock band fans all at one time?

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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    Anyone care to comment on this regarding masks and their “efficiency”?

    https://mobile.twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1354223766956437509

    Again, at what point are we going to stop this madness?
    When are you going to go about your normal, everyday life? No one is stopping you. You know, stop the madness? Lead by example.
    Fuck. Went down that Twitter rabbit hole and found my cousin in there. Apparently a crazy anti-vaxxer who believes it's all a conspiracy. Good god.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,119
    edited January 2021
    You don’t need three masks. Hell, you don’t even need two. Just wear the Narwall.


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  • tbergs said:
    Anyone care to comment on this regarding masks and their “efficiency”?

    https://mobile.twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1354223766956437509

    Again, at what point are we going to stop this madness?
    When are you going to go about your normal, everyday life? No one is stopping you. You know, stop the madness? Lead by example.
    Fuck. Went down that Twitter rabbit hole and found my cousin in there. Apparently a crazy anti-vaxxer who believes it's all a conspiracy. Good god.
    What’s his 10C number? Does he have a Benny?
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  • Anyone care to comment on this regarding masks and their “efficiency”?

    https://mobile.twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1354223766956437509

    Again, at what point are we going to stop this madness?
    When are you going to go about your normal, everyday life? No one is stopping you. You know, stop the madness? Lead by example.
    Unfortunately, I am not a policy maker, or an epidemiologist, or anything really.  Just a regular guy trying to find some truth out of this whole thing.  Lucky I don’t get my sole source of news from CNBC or I would be walking around with 4 masks on at all times.  Because if two give me 75% efficacy, and three gives me 90% efficacy, then four must be at or above 100%.  By the way, if those numbers are correct, I wonder the efficacy of one mask is.  
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Anyone care to comment on this regarding masks and their “efficiency”?

    https://mobile.twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1354223766956437509

    Again, at what point are we going to stop this madness?
    When are you going to go about your normal, everyday life? No one is stopping you. You know, stop the madness? Lead by example.
    Unfortunately, I am not a policy maker, or an epidemiologist, or anything really.  Just a regular guy trying to find some truth out of this whole thing.  Lucky I don’t get my sole source of news from CNBC or I would be walking around with 4 masks on at all times.  Because if two give me 75% efficacy, and three gives me 90% efficacy, then four must be at or above 100%.  By the way, if those numbers are correct, I wonder the efficacy of one mask is.  
    Depends on the mask 
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  • I cannot imagine having twitter and following all of these fucking people and getting updates all day long.
    My web interface with people is LinkedIn to prospective clients and partners - mostly sending video or text messages directly to them....or posting on an aged rock band's forum.
    That is it - yet if I wanted to I could spend hours a day doing it.  Need to leave time for work, family, exercise, reading, music, language, vodka, and perhaps some tv.  

    How in the hell do people balance twitter, being epidemiologists, emergency room doctors, statisticians, constitutional law experts, and rock band fans all at one time?

    It seems like I am taking up a lot of space in your head.  Dunno.  I do know you have not offered one counter argument to anything I have posted, just clown emojis.  I will leave for good now and leave y’all be.  

    I do challenge each of you to see out additional information.  If I only watched the national news, I would not have left my house for the past 10 months.  Fortunately, I have found other rational voices during this time to let me know we are all gonna be alright!

    Here are some good sources of additional coronavirus information, or as this board would call them conspiracy theorists.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/AlexBerenson



    https://mobile.twitter.com/JordanSchachtel?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

    https://mobile.twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (I admit, I am not the brightest but the Skeptic makes me feel dumb.  Most of his stuff I get but the other I feel like I need another degree to get)

    https://mobile.twitter.com/ianmSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor  (Tons of graphs and other data)

    God bless and stay safe y’all!

  • Spunkie
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    Happy Birthday Covid Thread!! One year ago...


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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    edited January 2021
    I cannot imagine having twitter and following all of these fucking people and getting updates all day long.
    My web interface with people is LinkedIn to prospective clients and partners - mostly sending video or text messages directly to them....or posting on an aged rock band's forum.
    That is it - yet if I wanted to I could spend hours a day doing it.  Need to leave time for work, family, exercise, reading, music, language, vodka, and perhaps some tv.  

    How in the hell do people balance twitter, being epidemiologists, emergency room doctors, statisticians, constitutional law experts, and rock band fans all at one time?

    It seems like I am taking up a lot of space in your head.  Dunno.  I do know you have not offered one counter argument to anything I have posted, just clown emojis.  I will leave for good now and leave y’all be.  

    I do challenge each of you to see out additional information.  If I only watched the national news, I would not have left my house for the past 10 months.  Fortunately, I have found other rational voices during this time to let me know we are all gonna be alright!

    Here are some good sources of additional coronavirus information, or as this board would call them conspiracy theorists.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/AlexBerenson



    https://mobile.twitter.com/JordanSchachtel?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

    https://mobile.twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (I admit, I am not the brightest but the Skeptic makes me feel dumb.  Most of his stuff I get but the other I feel like I need another degree to get)

    https://mobile.twitter.com/ianmSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor  (Tons of graphs and other data)

    God bless and stay safe y’all!

    Alex Berenson is a grade A clown.  That you are a follower of his is obvious 
    I choose to not follow anything down the rabbit hole of garbage.

    Not worth my time - I simply chuckle at your opinion and move on.  I don't spend any time thinking about it - hence the emoji responses.

    Will leave it to the people here who love to "debate" to play the game.

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