The New Normal

[MarzNC]

Occurs to me that in the states or counties that had a lot of community spread in multiple surges, there are probably a fair number of people getting vaccinated who actually had COVID-19 but didn't know it because they never had noticeable symptoms. That's good news because they will be better protected from re-infection and potentially infecting someone they spend a lot of time with in the coming months. What's totally unusual about SARS-CoV-2 is that people who are asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic are contagious for several days.

People with mild symptoms can easily attribute those symptoms to other reasons if they don't have a quality COVID-19 test done at an optimum time after infection. Even a quality PCR test may produce a False Negative in Days 1-2. That's the thinking behind having a second test 4-5 days after a negative test.

 

[raisingarizona]

I don't get it - if you had the virus you still don't develop natural immunity? Yikes!!! Maybe I should get the vaccine.

I don’t think anyone really knows for sure. I had the vid early January 2020 and it rocked me. I had the post covid affects into early April. This past February I was in an enclosed vehicle for four hours with a coworker who became sick two days later. I didn’t get it again and I feel like I’ve been holding on to those antibodies. I don’t need science to feel confident saying that my immunity isn’t interested in getting the vid again.

still, I’ll be getting my second shot in two weeks. At this point I think it must be safe enough and I’m so done with pandemic protocols, I just want to move on now.

 

[Tjf1967]

Anyone at this point who is unwilling to get the shot (other than special circumstances) who get the virus and dies I will have a hard time feeling sad for them. I feel they lack common sense and if they were removed from the gene pool it may be better in the long run.

 

[Campgottagopee]

Anyone at this point who is unwilling to get the shot (other than special circumstances) who get the virus and dies I will have a hard time feeling sad for them. I feel they lack common sense and if they were removed from the gene pool it may be better in the long run.

I feel the same way.

Sadly I have a few friends that refuse to get it.

 

[Scrundy]

Anyone at this point who is unwilling to get the shot (other than special circumstances) who get the virus and dies I will have a hard time feeling sad for them. I feel they lack common sense and if they were removed from the gene pool it may be better in the long run.

????

 

[Harvey]

Boy it is nice being maskless, especially in this heat.

 

[wonderpony]

Boy it is nice being maskless, especially in this heat.

It feels weird. I adulted today. No mask at the landfill or farmers market, mask at the grocery store and wine shop. I just felt really, really strange not having a mask on in public.

 

[Brownski]

I’ve been to the gym maskless a couple times and it felt really good. Trying to do cardio in a mask was miserable but seeing the immediate difference that ditching it made was kind of a surprise. Maybe I’ll have a shot at getting back in shape now.

 

[Harvey]

It feels weird. I adulted today. No mask at the landfill or farmers market, mask at the grocery store and wine shop. I just felt really, really strange not having a mask on in public.

I'm still wearing one in the store. Easy enough to do. I think as of today, here, you are good to go anywhere if you are vaxed. I guess that is kind of pointless since anyone over the age of 18 that wants a vax probably already has one.

 

[wonderpony]

I’ve been to the gym maskless a couple times and it felt really good. Trying to do cardio in a mask was miserable but seeing the immediate difference that ditching it made was kind of a surprise. Maybe I’ll have a shot at getting back in shape now.

I think wearing a mask to work out would suck. That's why I am tentatively planning to go to work on the days that I jog and work from home on my yoga days, at least for the summer.