Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #98

[Turkeytrot]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/17/florida-schools-mask-mandates/

FLORIDA SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH MASK MANDATES MAY BE INVESTIGATED AND PUNISHED, STATE SAYS.

I thought I was reading this wrong-- I cannot believe I live in the United States where something this vile could occur during the worst public health crisis of our time- this is just sick.

I have such a hard time understanding this.

 

[LaborDayRN]

I have such a hard time understanding this.

It boggles the mind.....

 

[Mauig’ma]

Moo I think our government is being selfish offering booster shots when people all over the world would do anything for a first dose. Typical greedy government officials. So sad..

 

[Turkeytrot]

It boggles the mind.....

It really does. I can't understand reasoning behind banning them in the first place, let alone going after the schools over this.

So we have states banning mask mandates, then we have states mandating masks. I've read about schools making them optional/ up to the parent, which also makes no sense to me. I mean I guess some is better than none. But from what I've seen where I live - the minute businesses posted signs about masks being optional for vaccinated people - nobody had them on anywhere. And I don't believe all those folks were vaccinated, either.

 

[Sundog]

The Walgreen's email included a link to which of their pharmacies across the country now have the Pfizer vaccine and which have the Moderna vaccine. The list goes by state, and lists all of their pharmacies in each state by city and address, and notes which of the two mRNA vaccines they currently have.

 

[Sundog]

Moo I think our government is being selfish offering booster shots when people all over the world would do anything for a first dose. Typical greedy government officials. So sad..

The government's first responsibility is to its citizens, and then beyond that to do what they can to help other countries.

 

[Mauig’ma]

The government's first responsibility is to its citizens, and then beyond that to do what they can to help other countries.

Kinda obvious if the whole world isn’t vaccinated the virus will continue to spread. Open borders and flights would have to halt for it to be effective. Moo. I’m sorry I care about the whole world not just us in the US. It’s a global emergency not just a US one

 

[sds71]

'They're in limbo,' Dr William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, told the DailyMail.com.

'It's a big issue for individuals who received the vaccine. It is a small number in comparison to others, but it is very important to these recipients.'

Schaffner's medical center in Nashville has been inundated with calls from J&J vaccine recipients worried about the prospect of the Delta variant...

Schaffner says there are some way around this.

He insists that while he can not make any blanket recommendations, those who are worried should contact their doctor and discuss the prospect of receiving an additional dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine recipients remain in limbo due to a lack of data on boosters | Daily Mail Online

 

[ilovewings]

I have such a hard time understanding this.

That's because it is not understandable.

 

[anneg]

Kinda obvious if the whole world isn’t vaccinated the virus will continue to spread. Open borders and flights would have to halt for it to be effective. Moo. I’m sorry I care about the whole world not just us in the US. It’s a global emergency not just a US one

You are correct that it's a global emergency and the virus will continue to spread, especially to unvaccinated people everywhere. And I agree that we need to care about what is happening elsewhere in the world. MOO

 

[ringbearer]

No vaccine needed for those who’ve had COVID-19, Cleveland Clinic study says | WFLA

From the link:

The study finds that anyone who previously tested positive for a SARS-CoV-2 infection did not get additional benefits from the vaccine, which suggests the vaccines should be prioritized to people who haven’t gotten the infection.

During the study that was conducted on 52,238 employees in the Cleveland Clinic, the clinic says “not a single incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was observed in previously infected participants with or
without vaccination.”

 

[ilovewings]

The government's first responsibility is to its citizens, and then beyond that to do what they can to help other countries.

That is truth

 

[jjenny]

No vaccine needed for those who’ve had COVID-19, Cleveland Clinic study says | WFLA

From the link:

The study finds that anyone who previously tested positive for a SARS-CoV-2 infection did not get additional benefits from the vaccine, which suggests the vaccines should be prioritized to people who haven’t gotten the infection.

During the study that was conducted on 52,238 employees in the Cleveland Clinic, the clinic says “not a single incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was observed in previously infected participants with or
without vaccination.”

This data was collected before delta hit. Delta can re-infect those previously infected.

 

[MimosaMornings]

No vaccine needed for those who’ve had COVID-19, Cleveland Clinic study says | WFLA

From the link:

The study finds that anyone who previously tested positive for a SARS-CoV-2 infection did not get additional benefits from the vaccine, which suggests the vaccines should be prioritized to people who haven’t gotten the infection.

During the study that was conducted on 52,238 employees in the Cleveland Clinic, the clinic says “not a single incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was observed in previously infected participants with or
without vaccination.”

Wow. I know at least 15 unvaccinated people who had it twice within 4-5 months (January-July 2021).

 

[anneg]

This data was collected before delta hit. Delta can re-infect those previously infected.

Delta is a game changer!

 

[anneg]

Third Pfizer dose 86% effective in over 60s, Israeli HMO says

 

[Yesiamapirate]

No vaccine needed for those who’ve had COVID-19, Cleveland Clinic study says | WFLA

From the link:

The study finds that anyone who previously tested positive for a SARS-CoV-2 infection did not get additional benefits from the vaccine, which suggests the vaccines should be prioritized to people who haven’t gotten the infection.

During the study that was conducted on 52,238 employees in the Cleveland Clinic, the clinic says “not a single incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was observed in previously infected participants with or
without vaccination.”

My 30 yr old son had two lab confirmed cases. Over a year apart. And fully recovered in between. His second case was in May of this year. Uncertain if it was Delta. He does not know.

 

[SoCalDavidS]

A mom of 4 who died of covid days after her husband makes a wish: 'Make sure my kids get vaccinated'

A few weeks ago, Lydia Rodriguez thought her body was strong enough to fight the coronavirus without the vaccine.

But after a week-long church camp, she and other members of her family tested positive for the coronavirus. By the time Rodriguez, 42, changed her mind and asked for the shot, it was too late, her doctor said. A ventilator awaited her, her cousin Dottie Jones told The Washington Post.

Out of options, the Galveston, Tex., mother of four, asked her family to make a promise: “Please make sure my kids get vaccinated,” Rodriguez, a piano teacher, told her sister during their last phone call.

Rodriguez died Monday — two weeks after her husband, Lawrence Rodriguez, 49, also died after coronavirus complications. The couple fought the virus from hospital beds just a few feet from one another in a Texas intensive care unit, Jones said.

“Lydia has never really believed in vaccines,” Jones, 55, told The Post. “She believed that she could handle everything on her own, that you didn’t really need medicine.”

A neonatal nurse, Jones was familiar with the serious effects covid-19 had on mothers and babies she treated at the Sugarland, Tex., hospital where she worked. She shared with Rodriguez how she had watched patient after patient be connected to a ventilator for weeks without much improvement.

Jones could have gone on and on. But her cousin’s silence spoke for itself, she said. “I knew she would never get vaccinated,” Jones told The Post. “I was very concerned.”

Rodriguez’s husband, who shared her anti-vaccine beliefs, also declined to get the shot. Three of their four children are eligible but have not yet received the vaccine, Jones said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...ouple-declined-covid-19-vaccine-died-orphans/

 

[anneg]

A mom of 4 who died of covid days after her husband makes a wish: 'Make sure my kids get vaccinated'

A few weeks ago, Lydia Rodriguez thought her body was strong enough to fight the coronavirus without the vaccine.

But after a week-long church camp, she and other members of her family tested positive for the coronavirus. By the time Rodriguez, 42, changed her mind and asked for the shot, it was too late, her doctor said. A ventilator awaited her, her cousin Dottie Jones told The Washington Post.

Out of options, the Galveston, Tex., mother of four, asked her family to make a promise: “Please make sure my kids get vaccinated,” Rodriguez, a piano teacher, told her sister during their last phone call.

Rodriguez died Monday — two weeks after her husband, Lawrence Rodriguez, 49, also died after coronavirus complications. The couple fought the virus from hospital beds just a few feet from one another in a Texas intensive care unit, Jones said.

“Lydia has never really believed in vaccines,” Jones, 55, told The Post. “She believed that she could handle everything on her own, that you didn’t really need medicine.”

A neonatal nurse, Jones was familiar with the serious effects covid-19 had on mothers and babies she treated at the Sugarland, Tex., hospital where she worked. She shared with Rodriguez how she had watched patient after patient be connected to a ventilator for weeks without much improvement.

Jones could have gone on and on. But her cousin’s silence spoke for itself, she said. “I knew she would never get vaccinated,” Jones told The Post. “I was very concerned.”

Rodriguez’s husband, who shared her anti-vaccine beliefs, also declined to get the shot. Three of their four children are eligible but have not yet received the vaccine, Jones said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...ouple-declined-covid-19-vaccine-died-orphans/

More from the article:
“Lydia has never really believed in vaccines,” Jones, 55, told The Post. “She believed that she could handle everything on her own, that you didn’t really need medicine.”

A neonatal nurse, Jones was familiar with the serious effects covid-19 had on mothers and babies she treated at the Sugarland, Tex., hospital where she worked. She shared with Rodriguez how she had watched patient after patient be connected to a ventilator for weeks without much improvement.

Jones could have gone on and on. But her cousin’s silence spoke for itself, she said.

“I knew she would never get vaccinated,” Jones told The Post. “I was very concerned.”

Rodriguez’s husband, who shared her anti-vaccine beliefs, also declined to get the shot. Three of their four children are eligible but have not yet received the vaccine, Jones said.

 

[ilovewings]

A mom of 4 who died of covid days after her husband makes a wish: 'Make sure my kids get vaccinated'

A few weeks ago, Lydia Rodriguez thought her body was strong enough to fight the coronavirus without the vaccine.

But after a week-long church camp, she and other members of her family tested positive for the coronavirus. By the time Rodriguez, 42, changed her mind and asked for the shot, it was too late, her doctor said. A ventilator awaited her, her cousin Dottie Jones told The Washington Post.

Out of options, the Galveston, Tex., mother of four, asked her family to make a promise: “Please make sure my kids get vaccinated,” Rodriguez, a piano teacher, told her sister during their last phone call.

Rodriguez died Monday — two weeks after her husband, Lawrence Rodriguez, 49, also died after coronavirus complications. The couple fought the virus from hospital beds just a few feet from one another in a Texas intensive care unit, Jones said.

“Lydia has never really believed in vaccines,” Jones, 55, told The Post. “She believed that she could handle everything on her own, that you didn’t really need medicine.”

A neonatal nurse, Jones was familiar with the serious effects covid-19 had on mothers and babies she treated at the Sugarland, Tex., hospital where she worked. She shared with Rodriguez how she had watched patient after patient be connected to a ventilator for weeks without much improvement.

Jones could have gone on and on. But her cousin’s silence spoke for itself, she said. “I knew she would never get vaccinated,” Jones told The Post. “I was very concerned.”

Rodriguez’s husband, who shared her anti-vaccine beliefs, also declined to get the shot. Three of their four children are eligible but have not yet received the vaccine, Jones said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...ouple-declined-covid-19-vaccine-died-orphans/

This is an awful tragedy but geez, she was a nurse for goodness sakes-- both husband and wife died and leave their children without parents-- this was a preventable tragedy IMO.