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4. did any of them get the new bivalent booster?

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Tue Oct 11, 2022, 01:28 PM

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Is it time to be alarmed again? Recently had phone calls and emails from friends (9) who now have [View all] Samrob Oct 2022 OP

Yep Nanuke Oct 2022 #1

a distant friend has been off work for a week or 2. Tetrachloride Oct 2022 #2

Yes, COVID is still going strong....... secondwind Oct 2022 #3

did any of them get the new bivalent booster? RAB910 Oct 2022 #4

ReTHUGs in Florida wore their no vaccines policy like a DeathSentence badge malaise Oct 2022 #5

We need a Stephen Crane for these times..... jaxexpat Oct 2022 #54

Sure need folks with courage malaise Oct 2022 #55

Maybe it's a shame or a saving grace that certainty comes fully accompanied by arthritis. jaxexpat Oct 2022 #61

That is profound man malaise Oct 2022 #64

I teach and have had my first quarantined students since about March or so dsc Oct 2022 #6

Again, Wearing A Mask Does Not Protect YOU From Contracting Covid From Others. ruet Oct 2022 #7

Again, well fitted masks n95 or k94 most certainly do protect you Blues Heron Oct 2022 #10

And No Authority Is Recommending or has Recommended That The Entire Population Wear KN95 Masks. ruet Oct 2022 #15

Cool story bro Blues Heron Oct 2022 #16

We really don't need this almost 3 years into senseandsensibility Oct 2022 #20

You said an N95 would not protect me, and while moonscape Oct 2022 #36

I do not go indoors anywhere without an N95. wnylib Oct 2022 #75

I recently upgraded to the 3M Aura N95 - great mask womanofthehills Oct 2022 #81

Agree. I have a few Aura masks. wnylib Oct 2022 #86

they still have their limitations though because they don't block 100% of virus especially LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #25

I"ll take 95% blocking of a well fitted mask womanofthehills Oct 2022 #84

Yes. Definitely wear them if you have them LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #100

Absolutely! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #32

when i wear a mask i am more attuned to social distancing dembotoz Oct 2022 #92

Masks clearly protect you from getting covid. bottomofthehill Oct 2022 #13

+100 Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #47

Then why do health care workers wear them when wnylib Oct 2022 #76

That is nonsense, perpetuated at a time when it was seen better to fib a little Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #104

My daughter in SE WI was sick for 2 weeks, fully vaxxed & boostered, very careful. Was off Ziggysmom Oct 2022 #8

I got it about 6 weeks ago. Don't know where, I rarely go out. Vaxed and boosted captain queeg Oct 2022 #9

That happened to me only I had blood clots, Covid Pneumonia, and ended up with A-Fib...one of the Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #44

I saw my doc when I got out of the hospital. He suggested I wait a couple weeks for the new booster captain queeg Oct 2022 #51

Do you have a heart murmur? Some get that after Covid. My pressure never went back Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #99

No heart murmur or issues there. They did a lot of tests. captain queeg Oct 2022 #102

Yikes! mahina Oct 2022 #68

It has been rough... and hubs has had one surgery and has another on scheduled in January. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #98

Watch Amazon Reviews of Yankee Candle purchases... haele Oct 2022 #11

I was just going to post that MissB Oct 2022 #18

I am still wearing my mask most places LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #12

Boosters don't last forever. month by month the protection you get from it diminishes. IcyPeas Oct 2022 #14

i have it now and was wearing a KN95 mask when I caught it. femmedem Oct 2022 #17

People are out here not giving a f*ck and clustering in large groups... LowerManhattanite Oct 2022 #19

The social pressure to unmask has been bizarre leftstreet Oct 2022 #21

I wear a mask everywhere and no one has ever said anything to me womanofthehills Oct 2022 #82

I know exactly what you're talking about... Hugin Oct 2022 #90

I am seeing it around me, also UpInArms Oct 2022 #22

It is strange. I only knew 2 people who were infected in the first 2 years, then about 20 HeartachesNhangovers Oct 2022 #23

Throughout 2022 most cases are unreported due to home tests. femmedem Oct 2022 #24

yes, exactly LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #26

I got it for the 1st time a month ago and recovered just in time to see Biden LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #27

The data are accurate about the deaths. wnylib Oct 2022 #77

Cases and deaths are way down right now Johnny2X2X Oct 2022 #28

My son went to a concert and caught it again! Emile Oct 2022 #29

Most people text at home and health depts do not require you to report a case. mgardener Oct 2022 #30

I'm not sure it's worse now than the past few months but it's still around. What I don't get is how LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #31

6 friends have had it (continue to have it) within the last month & a half or two months orleans Oct 2022 #33

What are people hearing from friends about long covid? Yes, people in our circle are still getting wiggs Oct 2022 #34

One friend who had it in June '20 nearly died from it. Still has serious brain niyad Oct 2022 #49

Of all the people I've known to have had COVID, none of them developed long COVID symptoms. beaglelover Oct 2022 #56

I still can't breathe properly and can't smell anything after two years or so anarch Oct 2022 #88

So sorry, be well! And thx for posting. nt wiggs Oct 2022 #96

Traveled for business last week musette_sf Oct 2022 #35

People seem to have accepted COVID-19 as a normal part of life Kaleva Oct 2022 #37

Of course it is relayerbob Oct 2022 #38

The new vaxx covers BA 4 and 5 - but new mutations womanofthehills Oct 2022 #85

I DON'T CARE WHAT BILL MAHR SAYS about masking YoshidaYui Oct 2022 #39

The threat seta1950 Oct 2022 #40

Its not even being tracked any more in a lot of places. milestogo Oct 2022 #41

My neighbor just had it, she's vaxxed and boosted. blueinredohio Oct 2022 #42

As I have said many times, I wear a double mask ANYTIME I go out to the grocery store, or to the Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #43

Nursing home Rebl2 Oct 2022 #45

You should have NEVER been allowed to visit w/o a mask. Ugh. Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #69

Exactly Rebl2 Oct 2022 #80

In our last COVID wave, I think only about 2% of our residents were eligible Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #93

I did Rebl2 Oct 2022 #97

Yes mercuryblues Oct 2022 #46

My cousin was her own super spreader event. Raftergirl Oct 2022 #48

so many stupid, selfish people, so it is bound to happen Skittles Oct 2022 #50

It came roaring through my workplace mid to late August. tanyev Oct 2022 #52

Are you in Texas? Nt Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #70

Yep, North Texas. Collin County. tanyev Oct 2022 #72

It usually hits in the southeast before it hits the PNW, which is why Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #74

NO cause to be alarmed. COVID is here forever. beaglelover Oct 2022 #53

Ignores individual needs, health, social contact with vulnerable people, etc. Some wiggs Oct 2022 #58

Very true. You need to protect yourself depending on your own risk factors. If you feel safer in a beaglelover Oct 2022 #60

How dare you not embrace the doom! BannonsLiver Oct 2022 #95

LOL! I know how you feel! beaglelover Oct 2022 #101

I know several people who had Covid in the last month Marthe48 Oct 2022 #57

Yes JustAnotherGen Oct 2022 #59

If you recall, the same thing happened this time last year FakeNoose Oct 2022 #62

Our daughter and son-in-law came back from Iceland Saturday. phylny Oct 2022 #63

I've been curious what the figures are Tree Lady Oct 2022 #65

i'm not alarmed since i've been vaccinated & twice boosted, most recently last week. onetexan Oct 2022 #66

I have noticed an uptick in cases among employees at Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #67

I'm recovering from Covid GenThePerservering Oct 2022 #71

Was planning to get booster soon. Will now try to get that done tomorrow. bullwinkle428 Oct 2022 #73

Yikes. A co-worker who works in another office was really hoarse the other day ecstatic Oct 2022 #78

Hoarseness seems to be one of big symptoms of this recent outbreak. On masks...you decide. Samrob Oct 2022 #79

Still haven't stopped masking, DemocraticPatriot Oct 2022 #83

I have a few friends who are positive now Dorian Gray Oct 2022 #87

BQ.1.1 subvariant inbound, and it is nasty Celerity Oct 2022 #89

I've been invited to a wedding of a relative in North Carolina in a few months Just_Vote_Dem Oct 2022 #91

You won't get a coherent answer to that at Doom Central BannonsLiver Oct 2022 #94

Again?? Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #103