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The_X_Dawg
09/29/22 10:14:40 PM
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Was at a friend's house. He was coughing and noticably taking a deeper breath every couple of minutes.

Said he felt fine. Said he didn't notice anything about his breathing. Yeah...that mother fucker surely has COVID.
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Irony
09/29/22 10:15:00 PM
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Maybe he was just fat

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The_X_Dawg
09/29/22 10:17:32 PM
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Irony posted...
Maybe he was just fat

He is overweight, but also tall. The breathing was not normal.
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Spiritlittle
09/29/22 10:18:36 PM
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I've been exposed at least 600 times since the beginning of the pandemic (high school teacher). Been tested probably at least 50 times.

Never once had COVID. Vaccines work.

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bsp77
09/29/22 10:21:05 PM
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Spiritlittle posted...
I've been exposed at least 600 times since the beginning of the pandemic (high school teacher). Been tested probably at least 50 times.

Never once had COVID. Vaccines work.
The vaccines do NOT stop the variants from spreading, only the intensity of the symptoms.

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The_X_Dawg
09/29/22 10:26:46 PM
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bsp77 posted...
The vaccines do NOT stop the variants from spreading, only the intensity of the symptoms.

Fact. Had COVID. Then got vaccine. Then a rough breakthrough case a few months later.

Plenty of friends who are multi-boostered and still got knocked on their ass after catching it again.
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bsp77
09/29/22 10:29:06 PM
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The_X_Dawg posted...
Fact. Had COVID. Then got vaccine. Then a rough breakthrough case a few months later.

Plenty of friends who are multi-boostered and still got knocked on their ass after catching it again.
I am hopeful the Bivalent booster I just got today will help with blocking the variants. That was the whole point of it.

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The_X_Dawg
09/29/22 10:33:13 PM
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bsp77 posted...
I am hopeful the Bivalent booster I just got today will help with blocking the variants. That was the whole point of it.

It's supposed to. At least that is what we are telling patients. It's just that this shit will continue to evolve. Who the hell knows what this winter will bring....
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Spiritlittle
09/30/22 10:23:59 AM
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bsp77 posted...
The vaccines do NOT stop the variants from spreading, only the intensity of the symptoms.
Wrong.

My mom and step-dad both got it fully vaccinated and boosted, and my mom still ended up in the hospital.

I have never had a sniffle and never tested positive.

They do work at preventing infection. Just not for everyone.

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bsp77
09/30/22 10:37:10 AM
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Spiritlittle posted...
Wrong.

My mom and step-dad both got it fully vaccinated and boosted, and my mom still ended up in the hospital.

I have never had a sniffle and never tested positive.

They do work at preventing infection. Just not for everyone.
Anecdotal.

Tons of fully vaccinated and boosted people got the Omicron variant. It is thought to lessen the chance of getting it maybe a little, but the real benefit of the vaccine has been preventing hospitalizations for the vast majority. Now if you do back to the nasty Delta variant, the vaccines did help a LOT with stopping the spread.

Hopefully the brand new booster will be more effective at stopping the spread of the current variants, at least until a new variant screws everything up. However, I am worried that most won't even get the booster at this point (I did yesterday).

Regardless, the vaccines are effective whether in terms of stopping spread or lessening symptoms.

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Big_Nabendu
09/30/22 10:58:19 AM
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But Biden said it was over.
I don't understand

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kingdrake2
09/30/22 11:01:01 AM
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bsp77 posted...
The vaccines do NOT stop the variants from spreading, only the intensity of the symptoms.


it's true maybe duration as well. (still just as bad) the unlucky ones have to witness people dying from it.

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