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Happy St. Patrick's Day! Two years ago, we canceled the St. Patrick's Day parade in our town. I considered this was the first day of Covid-19 for me.

Before, it was some disease in China, that wasn't going to affect my life. Yeah. Two years later...
 
mickey2942 said:
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Two years ago, we canceled the St. Patrick's Day parade in our town. I considered this was the first day of Covid-19 for me.

Before, it was some disease in China, that wasn't going to affect my life. Yeah. Two years later...
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It's looking lively in Dublin outside the Temple Bar pub today

LIVE NOW! Dublin Cam

and inside

LIVE NOW! Dublin Cam
 
Grouse said:
Good point, no they aren't comparable are they? A poorly written article IMO.

ETA: and can they even distinguish antibodies from an infection vs those from a vaccine?
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Yes, there are serology tests that can distinguish between natural immunity and vaccine immunity, due to the presence of more diversity of antibodies against the virus in people who have natural immunity. (Note that this doesn't necessarily mean that vaccine-immunity is less effective.)

Most of the vaccines for COVID-19 only show the immune system part of the virus. This is a protein chosen to trigger a strong immune response. (This includes the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines.) So, someone who had naturally been infected with the virus might have some additional antibody types not found in someone who had been successfully vaccinated.

What's the Difference Between Antibodies From Infection and Vaccines?
 
mickey2942 said:
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Two years ago, we canceled the St. Patrick's Day parade in our town. I considered this was the first day of Covid-19 for me.

Before, it was some disease in China, that wasn't going to affect my life. Yeah. Two years later...
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I met my now husband when I was a freshman in college on St Patrick’s Day 2000. We grew apart, broke up, and eventually lost touch when he was given the opportunity to fulfill his dreams and moved to West Coast — while I stayed on the East Coast. We reconnected 18 years later on LinkedIn and got married the same week we met 20 years earlier.

Our state lockdown went into effect on March 23, but it was announced the day before our wedding. We just made it by the skin of our teeth, and we were lucky that our vendors and venue still wanted to work with us.

We received 100+ RSVPs, but we decided to limit our guests to immediate family and wedding party only. It wasn’t an easy decision to make (devastating, really) because almost all of Matt’s groomsmen still live out West and weren’t able to be there. The massive amount of money spent on food and cake, alcohol, table settings, customized cups (etcetera etcetera, etcetera) that would be wasted wasn’t easy to stomach either. Not to mention the exorbitant amount of time I spent planning and preparing decorations (which were all DIY — painting a window pane to serve as our wedding program, painting a chalkboard seating chart, painting acrylic glass table signs, painting the gift card box, hand crafting the flower girl baskets, … and well, you get the picture). I even painted these adorable wooden skateboards with wheels (skateboarding is what led Matt to California all those years ago) for each guest and vendor to use as place settings/party favors. It took me 2.5 hours to paint 12 skateboards, and I think I painted close to 120 with guests and vendors combined. Basically, I wasted 25 hours of my life painting skateboards that now take up space in my storage unit. I digress.

Despite everything, we were lucky to get married at all. Almost every other venue in the area canceled the weddings they had scheduled that weekend, but we were married on a rustic horse farm out in the country and the owners were happy to still have us.

Suffice it to say, the start of the COVID pandemic will forever remind me of the overwhelming stress and uncertainty that was my entire life during the weeks leading up to our wedding.
 
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cujenn81 said:
I met my now husband when I was a freshman in college on St Patrick’s Day 2000 (we grew apart, broke up, and eventually lost touch when he was given the opportunity to fulfill his dreams and moved to West Coast — while I stayed on the East Coast — and reconnected 18 years later on LinkedIn)! On March 21, 2020, we got married during the same week we’d met twenty years earlier. Our state lockdown was announced March 20, 2020, but it didn’t start until Monday, March 23rd. We make it just by the skin of our teeth and we were lucky our vendors and venue were still able to work with us. We’d received 100+ RSVPs but decided to limit our guests to immediate family and local wedding party members only. It was not an easy decision to make (devastating, really) because most of Matt’s groomsmen still live out West and weren’t able to come… not to mention the massive amount of money we had already spent on dinner, dessert, alcohol, place settings, centerpieces, plates, silverware, and customized cups (etcetera etcetera, etcetera) planning for 100 people. I also spent an exorbitant amount of my time planning and preparing decorations (which were all DIY —a hand painted window pane that served as our wedding program, hand painted chalkboard seating chart, hand painted acrylic table names, hand painted gift card box, hand crafted flower girl baskets, …well, you get the picture). I even painted these adorable wooden skateboards with wheels (skateboarding is what led Matt to California all those years ago). I painted one for each of our guests and vendors and used them as place settings/party favors. I took me like 2.5 hours to paint 12 of these skateboards. I think I ended up painting close to 120 for the guests and vendors combined. I spent 25 hours of my life painting skateboards only for them to take up space in my storage unit.

Despite the massive amount of time and money lost, we were lucky to get married at all. Almost every other venue in the area canceled weddings scheduled for that weekend, but we got married on a rustic horse farm out in the country and the owners were happy to have us.

Nevertheless, the start of the pandemic will forever remind me of the overwhelming stress and uncertainty that was my life in the weeks leading up to our wedding.
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Despite the stress you had around the wedding arrangements, you still managed it and it's a lovely story about how you got together again! You can always have a big party with the ones who weren't able to come when things do get back to normal. :)
 
Sundog said:
Yes, there are serology tests that can distinguish between natural immunity and vaccine immunity, due to the presence of more diversity of antibodies against the virus in people who have natural immunity. (Note that this doesn't necessarily mean that vaccine-immunity is less effective.)

Most of the vaccines for COVID-19 only show the immune system part of the virus. This is a protein chosen to trigger a strong immune response. (This includes the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines.) So, someone who had naturally been infected with the virus might have some additional antibody types not found in someone who had been successfully vaccinated.

What's the Difference Between Antibodies From Infection and Vaccines?
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Good article, thanks!
 
cujenn81 said:
I met my now husband when I was a freshman in college on St Patrick’s Day 2000. We grew apart, broke up, and eventually lost touch when he was given the opportunity to fulfill his dreams and moved to West Coast — while I stayed on the East Coast. We reconnected 18 years later on LinkedIn and got married the same week we met 20 years earlier.

Our state lockdown went into effect on March 23, but it was announced the day before our wedding. We just made it by the skin of our teeth, and we were lucky that our vendors and venue still wanted to work with us.

We received 100+ RSVPs, but we decided to limit our guests to immediate family and wedding party only. It wasn’t an easy decision to make (devastating, really) because almost all of Matt’s groomsmen still live out West and weren’t able to be there. The massive amount of money spent on food and cake, alcohol, table settings, customized cups (etcetera etcetera, etcetera) that would be wasted wasn’t easy to stomach either. Not to mention the exorbitant amount of time I spent planning and preparing decorations (which were all DIY — painting a window pane to serve as our wedding program, painting a chalkboard seating chart, painting acrylic glass table signs, painting the gift card box, hand crafting the flower girl baskets, … and well, you get the picture). I even painted these adorable wooden skateboards with wheels (skateboarding is what led Matt to California all those years ago) for each guest and vendor to use as place settings/party favors. It took me 2.5 hours to paint 12 skateboards, and I think I painted close to 120 with guests and vendors combined. Basically, I wasted 25 hours of my life painting skateboards that now take up space in my storage unit. I digress.

Despite everything, we were lucky to get married at all. Almost every other venue in the area canceled the weddings they had scheduled that weekend, but we were married on a rustic horse farm out in the country and the owners were happy to still have us.

Suffice it to say, the start of the COVID pandemic will forever remind me of the overwhelming stress and uncertainty that was my entire life during the weeks leading up to our wedding.
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I'm sorry that you went through so much stress leading up to your wedding and had to limit attendance. The wasted money and time is unfortunate, but it's great that you were able to have the wedding.

I'd love to see photos of the items you crafted! If you like, you could post them on this thread:
Crafts To Do During Covid Restrictions
 
anneg said:
I'm sorry that you went through so much stress leading up to your wedding and had to limit attendance. The wasted money and time is unfortunate, but it's great that you were able to have the wedding.

I'd love to see photos of the items you crafted! If you like, you could post them on this thread:
Crafts To Do During Covid Restrictions
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Done!
I only had a few saved on my phone, so I’ll be back to share a few more after work. :)
 
I see these hhs ads quite regularly here ( cable tv). I find some them to be quite moving/emotional.

I’m guessing at this point very few hold outs will be swayed to vax. It’s too bad. Imo.



anneg said:
Speaking of Eric Topol, he posted a link to this PSA from the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services (about getting a booster shot) on his Twitter account.


https://twitter.com/EricTopol
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cujenn81 said:
I met my now husband when I was a freshman in college on St Patrick’s Day 2000. We grew apart, broke up, and eventually lost touch when he was given the opportunity to fulfill his dreams and moved to West Coast — while I stayed on the East Coast. We reconnected 18 years later on LinkedIn and got married the same week we met 20 years earlier.

Our state lockdown went into effect on March 23, but it was announced the day before our wedding. We just made it by the skin of our teeth, and we were lucky that our vendors and venue still wanted to work with us.

We received 100+ RSVPs, but we decided to limit our guests to immediate family and wedding party only. It wasn’t an easy decision to make (devastating, really) because almost all of Matt’s groomsmen still live out West and weren’t able to be there. The massive amount of money spent on food and cake, alcohol, table settings, customized cups (etcetera etcetera, etcetera) that would be wasted wasn’t easy to stomach either. Not to mention the exorbitant amount of time I spent planning and preparing decorations (which were all DIY — painting a window pane to serve as our wedding program, painting a chalkboard seating chart, painting acrylic glass table signs, painting the gift card box, hand crafting the flower girl baskets, … and well, you get the picture). I even painted these adorable wooden skateboards with wheels (skateboarding is what led Matt to California all those years ago) for each guest and vendor to use as place settings/party favors. It took me 2.5 hours to paint 12 skateboards, and I think I painted close to 120 with guests and vendors combined. Basically, I wasted 25 hours of my life painting skateboards that now take up space in my storage unit. I digress.

Despite everything, we were lucky to get married at all. Almost every other venue in the area canceled the weddings they had scheduled that weekend, but we were married on a rustic horse farm out in the country and the owners were happy to still have us.

Suffice it to say, the start of the COVID pandemic will forever remind me of the overwhelming stress and uncertainty that was my entire life during the weeks leading up to our wedding.
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Bless you, I felt stressed just reading that but it all sounds wonderful! Really glad you managed to get married though - my best friend just rearranged hers yet again for this summer - 4th time lucky!!
 
Yesiamapirate said:
Mr Pirate got his fourth Pfizer shot today. Did you have any side effects? Better or worse than the other three?

Has anyone else gotten booster #2?
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Fourth shot (I had Modernas for all) was a lot better than third shot. Side effects after the fourth shot were minimal. Some arm pain that went away quickly, and feeling slightly iffy the next day.
Most of my side effects were after third shot. I had fever the next two days, arm pain, and then developed "Moderna" arm that lasted about a week (a large red spot on a shoulder where injection was).
After fourth shot, almost nothing.
Yay!
 
Is tinnitus a rare side effect of Covid vaccines? (nbcnews.com)

A renowned vaccine expert developed life-altering ringing in his ears after his second shot. Now he's calling for research into a possible link.

It was the shock of a loud whistle that almost caused Gregory Poland to veer off the road as he was driving home after getting his second Covid-19 vaccine.

"It startled me," said Poland, who is 66 years old. "I thought it was a dog whistle going off right next to me."

It was not a dog whistle; it was a piercing sound his brain conjured up for an unknown reason. Poland suspects it may have been a side effect of the vaccine.

That was one year ago. The noise, he said, has been unrelenting ever since...
 
What happens when Covid-19 variants combine?

Word of the day: “Recombinant”, marking to bust out on “R” in game room:
ABC - Covid-19 Coronavirus Words & Terms

Eta, I killed it on my last “R” lol:
margarita25 said:
RO (R_{0}) / R- naught / Reproductive number / Rt


PS: I’ll take a Five Point Slam on that one, since I had to look up “Kerfuffle“ and all! :D


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Well, today, for the first time in two years hubby and I are going out for breakfast (to Cracker Barrel)-- I look at this time as a small window of opportunity with cases being low around the country. I believe that window is going to close soon with BA.2 beginning to circulate in the United States. Monday morning should be pretty quiet, not lots of people at the restaurant. Looking forward to blackberry pancakes with lots of whipped cream!!!!
 
ilovewings said:
Well, today, for the first time in two years hubby and I are going out for breakfast (to Cracker Barrel)-- I look at this time as a small window of opportunity with cases being low around the country. I believe that window is going to close soon with BA.2 beginning to circulate in the United States. Monday morning should be pretty quiet, not lots of people at the restaurant. Looking forward to blackberry pancakes with lots of whipped cream!!!!
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Yea, I feel the same way. While the cases are low, take an opportunity to do things that require being around people.
Although now almost everyone is going unmasked.
 
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