Got my second shot of Pfizer yesterday.
No side effects until around midnight when I developed severe chills. Turned up the heat and put a large pile of blankets on my bed and still freezing. I ended up putting my down-coat on the bed as a blanket, which helped.
After a few hours the chills subsided and I was able to get to sleep. Today however, I had a mild fever all day and was very tired. Ended up sleeping most of the day.
Hoping I’m all back to normal tomorrow.
Sure ya got the right shot? :laughing:
For me, whenever I feel any ailment coming on, I’ll soak in the tub as hot as I can stand it, sinking low in the water like the Mighty Hippopotamus. Raises your core temperature to induce fever, helps fight off the little bugs.
Nb: if you start to feel your pulse pounding, and the urge to get up NOW, that means you’re heating up too much. For me, a minute or two upright to cool down, then back down into the broth.
All in all, it feels good, helps fight off the little bugs, and if you got the chills, that hot water warms ya right up.
Ymmv, of course.
Whups, water cooling off? Drain some, refill with pure hot. :laughing:
Oh yeah, getting out of the water into the cold air is pure Hell, especially once you open up the door and it’s no more nice warm steamy air, but drier “room temperature” air, whatever that might be. Brrrr.
We have certainly been lucky 
and we must thank the science (who relentlessly are busy finding new knowledge with as mayor motivation: curiosity ) and even the farmaceutical industry (whose motivation is largely profit but because there are mere humans working even they are partly motivated by doing good) for finding a way less messy way out of the pandemic than just let many more millions die.
About retroviruses: the reason that their RNA is copied into DNA is because of the enzyme reverse transcriptase, a unique protein which is brought in by the retroviruses themselves but is completely absent in humans if they are not infected by retroviruses. So as far as my biology knowledge goes there really is no pathway in the human body for RNA to make it into the human genome (but I have not picked up everything from the latest biology). I’m surprised that SARS-COV2 sequences have been found in the genome of some humans, I have not read the article but I could speculate that there was a co-infection with SARS-COV2 and some retrovirus to make that happen. In any way it sounds like it must be rare.
I think they should stop showing people getting stuck if they want to get more people stuck.
Starting June, the EU won’t renew contracts with AZ. There were some doubts about the side-effects, but the main reason is that AZ is not able (some think: willing) to deliver the agreed quantities.
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Those are interesting graphs.
I also find it interesting that the infection & death data per capita in Florida is almost identical with that of California.
Florida has had minimal restrictions/lockdowns compared to the severe restrictions/lockdowns of California.
Yet there is virtually no difference in how the virus has affected the population
And both states are below the national average.
In the USA, as of 8 May 2021; a person has a 0.180% of catching & dying of COVID.
That is a 99.820% chance of not catching & dying of COVID.
Nationally, as of 8 May 2021; those that do catch COVID have a 1.780% chance of dying.
A 98.220% chance of living & not dying.
As it appears it would be against BLF Rules to offer an opinion on this data, I offer none.
The data is below as are the notations where it was obtained.
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Florida [Minimal restrictions / lockdowns]
Pop. 21,538,187
Cases 2,272,102
Deaths 35,785
Pop. 0.166% died
Cases 1.575% died
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California [Severe restrictions / lockdowns]
Pop. 39,538,223
Cases 3,758,663
Deaths 62,303
Pop. 0.158% died
Cases 1.658% died
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AMERICA [Varied restrictions / lockdowns]
Pop. 331,449,281
Cases 33,483,779
Deaths 595,865
Pop. 0.180% died
Cases 1.780% died
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COVID data taken 8 May 2021 from www.bamatracker.com
* Percentages derived from calculator & rounded to 3 decimal places.
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COVID Tracker
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2020 US Census
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States Ranked Fewest to Most COVID Restrictions…
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List of Coronavirus-Related Restrictions in Every State
https://www.google.com/amp/s/feeds.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2020/coronavirus
-state-restrictions.html%3f_amp=true
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Speaking of statistics, for those interested in seeing profiles of how the various states are doing in the USA, the CDC publishes its Community Profile Report. Included in the report are areas of concern within the country, and also profiles of the individual states, with the following statistics listed as of May 11, 2021: cases per 100,000 population; viral lab test positivity rate; confirmed admissions per 100 beds, and more. The states are grouped as follows: High transmission states, substantial transmission states, moderate transmission states, and low transmission states.
The high transmission states listed in the latest report: Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wyoming.
See the report at the following link (of course, I do not endorse or confirm any information or conclusions contained in the report, I am only providing information about what the report says):
https://beta.healthdata.gov/Health/COVID-19-Community-Profile-Report/gqxm-d9w9
thanks for the link, here are some of the charts
fwiw, Im not about to argue that one state has a better way than another…
we are all in it together and I just hope we all continue to make progress together
my opinion, we still have a long way to go… it is not over
Im grateful that more people are being vaccinated
Funny, from this last map it seems there is a straight line from North Dakota down to Texas diving the continental country (except Alaska) in half! Those grey areas, I mean!
I see what you mean
I think it is due to low population density in those areas.
I was going to talk about how great my county (Riverside) is doing in these two maps, but upon closer inspection, there are a lot of counties that are doing better.
(We're yellow in both maps.)
Still, Riverside county is doing decently right now. 
North Carolina today dropped social distancing and mask requirements (except schools, public transportation, prisons, certain healthcare, ect.), effective immediately. NC will no longer require mask, social distan
Just great...
Let's spike the ball on the 20 yard line instead of waiting until we make it to the end zone.
I'm sure lots of states are doing this, not just North Carolina, but we haven't made it through this pandemic yet.
Mask sale.
I'm keeping my masks.
Even if we reach herd immunity, and this pandemic is over for my area, I might need my masks again for some other disease.
(Also, I paid very little for my masks, so selling them wouldn't make a lot of sense financially.)
Well, as far as social distancing and capacity restrictions, Gov. Cooper had already announced last month of his intentions to rescind those on June 1. As far as rescinding the indoor mask mandate, he had then placed a target of 67% of adults being partially vaccinated. Currently, NC stands at 51.2. Although, the vaccination rate is now about 1 per week. However, the state and counties have started or are close to starting several new vaccine programs. They’re working on vaccinations in doctor offices, community and mobile clinics, home visits, and increased community education. I believe the current mindset is that while we’re not at exactly where they’d like for us to be, we’re still headed in the right direction. And, that any possible spikes should be small enough that our healthcare system can handle it without straining.
Good for Norrh Carolina. Several states have already done this & more are getting onboard. The science tells us this is this is the prudent thing to do for the general population.
“At risk” people are free to make their own decisions, as is anyone else. 
The problem with not having reasonable mandates is that many people who have not been fully vaccinated will choose not to wear a mask or be socially distanced indoors.
Your freedom ends where mine begins, and freely spreading COVID-19 doesn't help many people.
And to be clear, the science does not say that getting rid of reasonable mandates (like masking up and being socially distant) is a good idea.
The states that have chosen to drop these mandates will experience increases in illness and death compared to the states that haven't chosen to do so.
This should drive KN95 prices further down for places that still need them.