COVID-19/Coronavirus Information and Support Thread (see OP for useful links)
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ROAD_DOGG33J
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Pfizer's Experimental Covid-19 Pill Found Highly Effective at Preventing Hospitalization and Death
The combination antiviral treatment reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 89% in those treated within three days, compared to placebo.
gizmodo.com
Pfizer's pill appears to be more effective than the Merck pill. They are seeking emergency use authorization.
CodeRedR51
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How do we get a booster? Just call and request it?
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Good question. I got my Pfizer shots at the Kroger Pharmacy but I had to drive 45 minutes away back in April. Can I just show up at my local Kroger in December when my 6 months are up?
Danoff
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Just make an appointment wherever you want. I had a relative turned away by the local grocery store for being under 65 (despite otherwise qualifying), but Target seems to be doing well.
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I just got my Pfizer booster today. (32 years old)
However based on CDC and FDA guidelines I am eligible based on "high risk settings"
For those who do work in a high risk settings and are denied a booster quite the FDA and CDC as both have it listed.
I also am getting a ICVP (Yellow card) too.
However based on CDC and FDA guidelines I am eligible based on "high risk settings"
For those who do work in a high risk settings and are denied a booster quite the FDA and CDC as both have it listed.
I also am getting a ICVP (Yellow card) too.
CodeRedR51
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Danoff
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My wife had moderna after 2x Pfizer, she said her only reaction to moderna was a little bit of soreness on her arm.This was my next question - mixing brands.
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My Moderna shoulder feels a lot worse than my flu shot shoulder now, which is not how it started off.
And my previous comment about feeling better wasn't entirely accurate, it seems. After sleeping for 12 hours Thursday night/Friday morning then dosing on and off yesterday, I just slept for another 12 hours last night, which isn't at all normal for me. The headache is better but still there. Ibu seems to be doing the job.
I'm not sure which shot my reaction is related to, not that it really makes any difference.
Dotini
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The federal vaccine mandate for Americans in private companies has been temporally blocked by an appeals court.
www.cnn.com
Federal appeals court issues stay of Biden administration's vaccine mandate for private companies
A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Biden administration's new vaccine rules that could apply to larger employers, certain health care workers and federal contractors.
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Analysis: Country by country, scientists eye beginning of an end to the COVID-19 pandemic
As the devastating Delta variant surge eases in many regions of the world, scientists are charting when, and where, COVID-19 will transition to an endemic disease in 2022 and beyond, according to Reuters interviews with over a dozen leading disease experts.
Would be nice to think of such a scenario in the next year, but I'm a pessimist, and couldn't help but scoff at the possibility of matters getting even close to normal by next spring. Not to discredit the scientists making these predictions of course, its the common people I don't trust.
Barra333
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A huge portion of Canada has mixed shots. I had Pfizer then Moderna. Sounds like we backed into slightly better immunity as a result.This was my next question - mixing brands.
Scaff
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Because vaccination does have an impact on contracting the virus, it reduces the chances of doing so measurably.Vaccination status has no impact on whether you contract the virus, so I fail to follow the Twitter poster's logic here?
Coronavirus infections three times lower in double vaccinated people - REACT | Imperial News | Imperial College London
New research has found that double vaccinated people were three times less likely than unvaccinated people to test positive for the coronavirus.
www.imperial.ac.uk
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Just got Moderna booster last night and seems to be easier on me than the 2nd shot, which took me out for the whole day. Right now just feeling my arm and maybe a tiny fever, nothing too serious.
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My Mum, who is 77 y.o. and immune suppressed has already waited longer than most on a booster, and finally had her appointment this morning, only to be told that 'there had been a mix-up with the appointments' and her appointment has been shunted to Friday. As long as she gets it it will be OK, but it's still annoying that she has had to wait and then been delayed again.
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The Netherlands is the first European country to reinstate restrictions this winter, despite 72.1% of the population being fully vaccinated. Pubs and "nonessential retail" will have to close from 7pm for the next 3 weeks.
Welp, I give it a month before we follow them given the state of our own health service.
Welp, I give it a month before we follow them given the state of our own health service.
