Are you willing to get the Covid vaccine when offered? (12 Viewers)

[DaveXA]

New Orleans 80-year-old, Hammond teen named winners of first COVID-19 lottery drawing​

Well, sheet.

Watch family members he hasn't seen in 20 years come out the woodwork. Yikes! Lol.

 

[SharonT]

New Orleans 80-year-old, Hammond teen named winners of first COVID-19 lottery drawing​

Well, sheet.

Good for them!

And now I can stop checking my phones and email until the next drawing. This isn't one of those where if they can't get in touch with you, they give it to the next pick, is it? Bad dream scenario.

 

[jrdbrn]

Good for them!

And now I can stop checking my phones and email until the next drawing. This isn't one of those where if they can't get in touch with you, they give it to the next pick, is it? Bad dream scenario.

You'll know before anyone else. They videoed the reactions. I don't think it was done today. I think they just announced it today.

 

[gboudx]

L.A. County will require masks indoors amid alarming rise in coronavirus cases

Faced with a rise in coronavirus cases, L.A. County will again require residents to mask up in indoor public spaces — regardless of vaccination status.

www.latimes.com

California back to mandatory masks inside

I can't read the article since it's paywalled, but I was in LA county earlier this week. The hotel I stayed in, and the restaurants I went to all had signs with mandatory mask requirements posted on the doors. The hotel had these signs on the entrance, at the check-in desk, at the elevators, on the doors to stairwells and in random places in the hallway. Problem is, the employees weren't wearing masks. So, if they aren't wearing them, is it really mandatory? The restaurants were <50% compliance but at least the employees were 100% compliance. Hilton Garden Inn needs employee training.

 

[SharonT]

You'll know before anyone else. They videoed the reactions. I don't think it was done today. I think they just announced it today.

Great. So that means I'll need to wear makeup while I'm cutting the grass? They just pop up like that? Now I need to go find the videos. I've already figured out how to spend the $$$.

 

[ChrisinNOLA]

Good read

A Louisiana doctor's COVID plea: 'If you don't choose the vaccine, you're choosing death'

A Baton Rouge infectious disease specialist gave a stark account Friday of the dangers of the coronavirus delta variant circulating through Louisiana, saying that it's causing children to lose their

www.theadvocate.com

"I want to be clear after seeing what I've seen the past two weeks," O'Neal said. "We only have two choices: we are either going to get vaccinated and end the pandemic. Or we are going to accept death. A lot of it, this surge, and another surge, and possibly another variant."

She said that Our Lady of the Lake is being quickly overwhelmed by the latest surge of patients, who are different from those who got sick with the coronavirus last summer. While last summer's virus was not particularly infectious among children, the delta variant is, she said. And while pregnant women were better able to protect themselves last summer, more and more of them are being admitted to the hospitals this spring.

For the unvaccinated, it's like letting a burglar cross all the way through your threshold, all the way into your bedroom and wake you up from sleep before you know it's there," O'Neal said. "Delta variant is sneaky, it's a beast and it has figured out why you are no longer that person who's going to be fine. It's killing us."

 

[ChrisinNOLA]

This might be a dumb question and beating a dead horse but is there anyway charges can be brought to these evangelists and minister’s that are preaching the vaccine is inserting Satan in your blood kind of stuff?

 

[bigdaddysaints]

New Orleans 80-year-old, Hammond teen named winners of first COVID-19 lottery drawing​

Well, sheet.

Must be nice to be.eligible. we all have the vaccine, but because my wife works for the lottery, most of my family is ineligible..

 

[Zztop]

39% of Louisiana statewide is vaccinated, just so unacceptable.

Unfortunately my parents and uncles fall into this category.
Last year when the hurricane hit, we all got infected. First it was my mom, followed by me and my dad and uncle all at the same time. I suspect she gave it to the rest of us. But when you are clearing debris you don't really think about staying 6 feet part etc.

My mom was mostly asymptomatic. Got sick a few days and then nothing. My dad got sick and was experiencing symptoms for about two weeks. As for me, I had it the worst. I was essentially in bed for about a month. I couldn't do much, I was so tired all the time. Brain fog was thick. I had to learn a new way to sleep because laying flat on my back was very uncomfortable. But the worst was the coughing. I could not stop coughing. I'm convinced that did some long term damage because almost a year later, I am not like I was before I got sick. I still get tired pretty easily. I easily forget things etc.

What I didn't expect was the nightmares. I was having frequent nightmares about getting sick again.
When I had the opportunity to get vaccinated I jumped at the chance. The nightmares went away, but I still would wear a mask when out in public because I knew I wasn't bulletproof.

I've tried to urge them to get vaccinated but "we don't know how it will affect a person" is the main excuse. Or they also say even vaccinated people can still get infected. I tried the "seat belts aren't 100% guaranteed either" but of course that didn't work.

Fast forward to this month. they are going to my brother's house in NC. And they are bringing his kids back for a couple weeks. They will be driving there so going to be lots of stops in Alabama and Mississippi (two states that also don't mask and are in low digit vaccination rates). The kids are both under 11. I am fearful for them because my parents have been completely irresponsible (in my opinion). Bragging about how packed their bible study is (I know they don't wear masks or social distance in there) and going into stores and gas stations without masks. Going to parties where nobody masks and nobody stays 6 feet apart. At this point I am trying to mentally prepare myself that maybe both will die if they get the Delta variant.

I tried to talk to them about my concerns.
I worry about my brother's kids, and them getting infected by my parent's lack of mindfulness.
This doesn't change anything.

The only reply I get is "we refuse to put our life on hold" I even pushed one day and said "what if you get sick and you infect them and they die" and basically got a shrug in response.

I am reluctant to get involved any more, because it isn't going to change anything. I just don't understand how some people not only don't care about their own health and well-being, but are also not mindful in their actions which could potentially cause harm to other people.

 

[Madmarsha]

This might be a dumb question and beating a dead horse but is there anyway charges can be brought to these evangelists and minister’s that are preaching the vaccine is inserting Satan in your blood kind of stuff?

First Amendment says no?

 

[Eeyore]

Feds arrest CA homeopath for selling COVID pellets, fake CDC vaccine cards

Homeopath: "It is like an energy medicine... made from the disease particles themselves."

arstechnica.com

 

[EGLSShin]

Unfortunately my parents and uncles fall into this category.
Last year when the hurricane hit, we all got infected. First it was my mom, followed by me and my dad and uncle all at the same time. I suspect she gave it to the rest of us. But when you are clearing debris you don't really think about staying 6 feet part etc.

My mom was mostly asymptomatic. Got sick a few days and then nothing. My dad got sick and was experiencing symptoms for about two weeks. As for me, I had it the worst. I was essentially in bed for about a month. I couldn't do much, I was so tired all the time. Brain fog was thick. I had to learn a new way to sleep because laying flat on my back was very uncomfortable. But the worst was the coughing. I could not stop coughing. I'm convinced that did some long term damage because almost a year later, I am not like I was before I got sick. I still get tired pretty easily. I easily forget things etc.

What I didn't expect was the nightmares. I was having frequent nightmares about getting sick again.
When I had the opportunity to get vaccinated I jumped at the chance. The nightmares went away, but I still would wear a mask when out in public because I knew I wasn't bulletproof.

I've tried to urge them to get vaccinated but "we don't know how it will affect a person" is the main excuse. Or they also say even vaccinated people can still get infected. I tried the "seat belts aren't 100% guaranteed either" but of course that didn't work.

Fast forward to this month. they are going to my brother's house in NC. And they are bringing his kids back for a couple weeks. They will be driving there so going to be lots of stops in Alabama and Mississippi (two states that also don't mask and are in low digit vaccination rates). The kids are both under 11. I am fearful for them because my parents have been completely irresponsible (in my opinion). Bragging about how packed their bible study is (I know they don't wear masks or social distance in there) and going into stores and gas stations without masks. Going to parties where nobody masks and nobody stays 6 feet apart. At this point I am trying to mentally prepare myself that maybe both will die if they get the Delta variant.

I tried to talk to them about my concerns.
I worry about my brother's kids, and them getting infected by my parent's lack of mindfulness.
This doesn't change anything.

The only reply I get is "we refuse to put our life on hold" I even pushed one day and said "what if you get sick and you infect them and they die" and basically got a shrug in response.

I am reluctant to get involved any more, because it isn't going to change anything. I just don't understand how some people not only don't care about their own health and well-being, but are also not mindful in their actions which could potentially cause harm to other people.

Thats really unfortunate, I hope I never catch that, even a Sinus infection aggravates me till no end and I can't even fathom having covid. This was all avoidable and because of people being stubborn, we're in the midst of a 4th wave in Louisiana. The window is getting tighter for everyone who wants to have jazzfest and a somewhat NORMAL fall football season to go get vaccinated. It won't take much for it all to be cancelled if this spirals out of control for the next month or two.

 

[sammymvpknight]

Agree there. There is currently no data that supports getting a third shot.

There may be some data supporting getting a booster if you had the J&J... but nothing yet.

Exactly...the problem isn’t vaccinated people not having enough vaccines...it’s unvaccinated people not have ANY vaccines. BTW...still in the process of replying to your prior request. It’s been a long tiring week.

 

[Eeyore]

Delta Is Driving a Wedge Through Missouri

For America as a whole, the pandemic might be fading. For some communities, this year will be worse than last.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[Saint_Ward]

Exactly...the problem isn’t vaccinating people not having enough vaccines...it’s unvaccinated people not have ANY vaccines. BTW...still in the process of replying to your prior request. It’s been a long tiring week.

I hear that. Ha.