The wife fell sick on Easter Sunday 04 April 2021. Sore throat, fatigue, body aches. No fever.
We are fine and following professional provincial health expert suggestions to the letter. Don't worry about us. Worry about all the folks in our rural town who are tobacco and alcohol addicts and others who avoid exercise. Worry about the folks in our town who believe the pandemic is a hoax and have no intention of getting vaccinated.
I learned today having a conversation with a contact tracer that one 32-year old man had legs amputated. Another person is waiting on a lung transplant. Hopefully as more people are maimed or die, the 'fake news' gang will start to take this epidemic more seriously.
The wife fell sick on Easter Sunday 04 April 2021. Sore throat, fatigue, body aches. No fever.
We are fine and following professional provincial health expert suggestions to the letter. Don't worry about us. Worry about all the folks in our rural town who are tobacco and alcohol addicts and others who avoid exercise. Worry about the folks in our town who believe the pandemic is a hoax and have no intention of getting vaccinated.
I learned today having a conversation with a contact tracer that one 32-year old man had legs amputated. Another person is waiting on a lung transplant. Hopefully as more people are maimed or die, the 'fake news' gang will start to take this epidemic more seriously.
Got my 2nd shot yesterday and feeling pretty good so far. Not even any arm pain.
First shot was a sore arm. I expect the second one to knock me down for a few days - several friends said the second one was kinda rough.
From what I've read, generally, if you feel really bad after the first shot, you were probably already exposed. If not the first but the second, you probably hadn't been exposed before. YMMV... c.
University of Colorado Boulder is monitoring waste water to monitor and react to new covid cases, as well as influenza, norvirus and other infectious diseases.
We got that in our county last year sometime. It does seem to give a heads-up about what's coming, especially when the tourists are here, since it shows an uptick before the patients get tested. But in general it doesn't give us enough to act on. Just enough to prepare.
The university is more of a controlled environment...they monitor each dorm individually.
Ah, that makes sense. The equipment was around $8000 IIRC and testing takes a few days and a few hundred dollars (we have to send it off) but it makes a lot of sense to keep it local and test often and in smaller swaths so the results give actionable information, especially in that sort of community.
University of Colorado Boulder is monitoring waste water to monitor and react to new covid cases, as well as influenza, norvirus and other infectious diseases.
We got that in our county last year sometime. It does seem to give a heads-up about what's coming, especially when the tourists are here, since it shows an uptick before the patients get tested. But in general it doesn't give us enough to act on. Just enough to prepare.
The university is more of a controlled environment...they monitor each dorm individually.
What's interesting (to me) is the cases are not trending down as much as they should (statistically). In NJ for example, with 22% of the population fully vaccinated and 37% partially vaccinated... Deaths are down because seniors and those with co-morbidities are now vaccinated, but the 7 day average of cases in NJ are down ~500 per day since Jan 1 (4700 to 4200) or 10%, but the population that's susceptible should be much lower (2.5 times that)?
we always try to go with the best data we have but there are still variables like lag time before vaccination/infection kicks in and the biggie is probably behavior
i see people here, especially tourists, or people in the touristy areas (bars and beaches) letting it all hang out
probably quarantine fatigue and pent up demand
just keep vaccinating like there's no tomorrow and use common sense i say
University of Colorado Boulder is monitoring waste water to monitor and react to new covid cases, as well as influenza, norvirus and other infectious diseases.
We got that in our county last year sometime. It does seem to give a heads-up about what's coming, especially when the tourists are here, since it shows an uptick before the patients get tested. But in general it doesn't give us enough to act on. Just enough to prepare.
University of Colorado Boulder is monitoring waste water to monitor and react to new covid cases, as well as influenza, norvirus and other infectious diseases.
What's interesting (to me) is the cases are not trending down as much as they should (statistically). In NJ for example, with 22% of the population fully vaccinated and 37% partially vaccinated... Deaths are down because seniors and those with co-morbidities are now vaccinated, but the 7 day average of cases in NJ are down ~500 per day since Jan 1 (4700 to 4200) or 10%, but the population that's susceptible should be much lower (2.5 times that)?
