COVID-19

Hope y'all are safe qwq, please stay safe until vaccinated

soulchild wrote

Hope y'all are safe qwq, please stay safe until vaccinated

Pretty bored, but otherwise safe~ I hope you're doing well too ^_^

What a wild fever dream the past year was.
And probably continuing on for another while for this year too.

More working from home, more closed borders, can't even see family. I'm getting real tired of this shit, to avoid a complete 1 month lockdown we'll live in fear for 10 years.

We got a good laugh at work the other day. All the high level execs and managers, who have been staying at home this entire time, announced that they got their vaccinations. Meanwhile us peons have been having to come in everyday since this whole thing started and aren't even eligible for the vaccine if we wanted it. Gotta love the ass backwards approach to this: vaccinate the elderly, sickly, and others that can and should be staying at home, while the people at work are considered healthy and strong enough to not receive it until later.

Dontmindme wrote

More working from home, more closed borders, can't even see family. I'm getting real tired of this shit, to avoid a complete 1 month lockdown we'll live in fear for 10 years.

mmm, I know that feeling >~< Fortunately, things are slowly opening up again for us... hopefully not to close up again soon.

Erika wrote

We got a good laugh at work the other day. All the high level execs and managers, who have been staying at home this entire time, announced that they got their vaccinations. Meanwhile us peons have been having to come in everyday since this whole thing started and aren't even eligible for the vaccine if we wanted it. Gotta love the ass backwards approach to this: vaccinate the elderly, sickly, and others that can and should be staying at home, while the people at work are considered healthy and strong enough to not receive it until later.

Doesn't that make sense though? Why prioritise vaccinating those who are likely to deal with the virus just fine?

malmon wrote

Doesn't that make sense though? Why prioritise vaccinating those who are likely to deal with the virus just fine?

Maybe because they are the most likely to be exposed to the virus? To take it even further, they are also the ones most likely to bring it into the homes of the sick and elderly. Why would you not prioritize the ones keeping the world moving?

Erika wrote

malmon wrote

Doesn't that make sense though? Why prioritise vaccinating those who are likely to deal with the virus just fine?

Maybe because they are the most likely to be exposed to the virus? To take it even further, they are also the ones most likely to bring it into the homes of the sick and elderly. Why would you not prioritize the ones keeping the world moving?

Because the vaccines don't necessarily stop transmission of the virus. So while you could immunise most of the young and healthy, they could still bring the virus to their elderly relatives. There's not really much benefit to vaccinating the young and healthy.

ChiitoChan

This has been my thought. Any time I think of the past year it's just felt like a weird blur.

And here we are in July, with the Delta variant ramping up and now (apparently) 50% of new cases in the US.

the only way covid has really affected me is that i haven't been able to travel.

my state in aus has been relatively covid free for a long time, with only a small amount of lockdown at the beginning of covid.

it really sucks not being able to travel but at least normal life is fine.

seel Feels everyday like a "the more things change the more things stay the same" thing to me. I shouldn't even be surprised but I still find more evidence reality is bending over backwards into itself.

Got my second Moderna shot two days ago. Yesterday was absolute misery, but this morning things are looking much better. I think I should be fit enough to go for a walk outside and get me some ice cream. ^_^