My original comment has not aged well.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Apr 2021, 4:55pmI took a quick peek at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how we were so young and hopeful …
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But who'd have thought it was going to turn in to this? I wasn't too concerned for the first couple of months, then people I knew were getting sick, people were dying in higher numbers and I began to worry more about my older family members health & safety.WestwayKid wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 5:44pmMy original comment has not aged well.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Apr 2021, 4:55pmI took a quick peek at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how we were so young and hopeful …
Again, I'm totally surprised, but quite glad, that they were able to utilize some of the same research from SARS, in order to get a highly effective vaccine out so rapidly for virus mankind had never seen before.
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Very true. Any experience we had with something like this had been with viruses stopped before they really disrupted society. I just could not comprehend that it would interfere with a vacation and the thought that it would take hold like it did was beyond my imagination.Sparky wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 6:32pmBut who'd have thought it was going to turn in to this? I wasn't too concerned for the first couple of months, then people I knew were getting sick, people were dying in higher numbers and I began to worry more about my older family members health & safety.WestwayKid wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 5:44pmMy original comment has not aged well.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Apr 2021, 4:55pmI took a quick peek at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how we were so young and hopeful …
Again, I'm totally surprised, but quite glad, that they were able to utilize some of the same research from SARS, in order to get a highly effective vaccine out so rapidly for virus mankind had never seen before.
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I figured (well, hoped) it would be more like SARS, which was barely disruptive.WestwayKid wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 6:41pmVery true. Any experience we had with something like this had been with viruses stopped before they really disrupted society. I just could not comprehend that it would interfere with a vacation and the thought that it would take hold like it did was beyond my imagination.Sparky wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 6:32pmBut who'd have thought it was going to turn in to this? I wasn't too concerned for the first couple of months, then people I knew were getting sick, people were dying in higher numbers and I began to worry more about my older family members health & safety.WestwayKid wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 5:44pmMy original comment has not aged well.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Apr 2021, 4:55pmI took a quick peek at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how we were so young and hopeful …
Again, I'm totally surprised, but quite glad, that they were able to utilize some of the same research from SARS, in order to get a highly effective vaccine out so rapidly for virus mankind had never seen before.
Did anyone from our community ever test positive? I know we had some incidences of family members and friends testing positive (and a few succumbing), but I think we all avoided infection.
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I remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.
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As a kid I was rarely scared of monsters and ghosts. My anxiety was directed more at real things like murderers, pandemics, and natural disasters. I've been expecting this forever.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 7:12pmI remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.
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Me too. That and a nuclear accident/war. Yet both the pandemic and, early last year, a mistaken nuclear plant accident warning have left me rather meh, so the anxiety is wholly in my head.Kory wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 2:02pmAs a kid I was rarely scared of monsters and ghosts. My anxiety was directed more at real things like murderers, pandemics, and natural disasters. I've been expecting this forever.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 7:12pmI remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.
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Well they did both turn out to be the best we could hope for of a bad situation in some ways. As pandemics go, this one was pretty tame comparatively. Meanwhile, the PNW is "overdue" for a 9.0 earthquake, my greatest fear of all, so that's always in my head. Life is swell.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 3:13pmMe too. That and a nuclear accident/war. Yet both the pandemic and, early last year, a mistaken nuclear plant accident warning have left me rather meh, so the anxiety is wholly in my head.Kory wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 2:02pmAs a kid I was rarely scared of monsters and ghosts. My anxiety was directed more at real things like murderers, pandemics, and natural disasters. I've been expecting this forever.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 7:12pmI remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.
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When my niece, who lives Vancouver-ish, was around 9 and we were visiting, she told me quite earnestly how much she was scared of a tsunami coming ashore and destroying everything. I told her that Vancouver Island would absorb the wave, so she'd be fine. Who knows, maybe I was right.Kory wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 3:40pmWell they did both turn out to be the best we could hope for of a bad situation in some ways. As pandemics go, this one was pretty tame comparatively. Meanwhile, the PNW is "overdue" for a 9.0 earthquake, my greatest fear of all, so that's always in my head. Life is swell.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 3:13pmMe too. That and a nuclear accident/war. Yet both the pandemic and, early last year, a mistaken nuclear plant accident warning have left me rather meh, so the anxiety is wholly in my head.Kory wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 2:02pmAs a kid I was rarely scared of monsters and ghosts. My anxiety was directed more at real things like murderers, pandemics, and natural disasters. I've been expecting this forever.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 7:12pmI remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.
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I've heard conflicting opinions on this. There are those that say the peninsula would serve the same purpose but who knows.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 4:00pmWhen my niece, who lives Vancouver-ish, was around 9 and we were visiting, she told me quite earnestly how much she was scared of a tsunami coming ashore and destroying everything. I told her that Vancouver Island would absorb the wave, so she'd be fine. Who knows, maybe I was right.Kory wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 3:40pmWell they did both turn out to be the best we could hope for of a bad situation in some ways. As pandemics go, this one was pretty tame comparatively. Meanwhile, the PNW is "overdue" for a 9.0 earthquake, my greatest fear of all, so that's always in my head. Life is swell.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 3:13pmMe too. That and a nuclear accident/war. Yet both the pandemic and, early last year, a mistaken nuclear plant accident warning have left me rather meh, so the anxiety is wholly in my head.Kory wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 2:02pmAs a kid I was rarely scared of monsters and ghosts. My anxiety was directed more at real things like murderers, pandemics, and natural disasters. I've been expecting this forever.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 7:12pmI remember hearing about the first confirmed case in the US. Then a few days later it was 9 or 10, and it kept going up exponentially. Not sure if I thought it would get as bad as it has, but with Trump and the GOP in constant denial that there was even a problem, and considering the likelihood of exponential spread – yeah I thought this mess was a good possibility. I had already stocked up on groceries a few weeks before the mask mandate – something I never do – and skipped a Sabres game the week before the NHL shut down. This one just seemed different because of the political b.s., at least in the US. Not sure I thought we would hit over half a million dead here though.
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Partially behind a paywall, but I managed to read snippets from other sites. Intelligence reports are pointing to the origin of the virus came from the lab.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligen ... _lead_pos3
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligen ... _lead_pos3
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I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.Mimi wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 6:58pmPartially behind a paywall, but I managed to read snippets from other sites. Intelligence reports are pointing to the origin of the virus came from the lab.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligen ... _lead_pos3
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What? Lab accidents? Or articles like this?BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 9:47pmI'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.Mimi wrote: ↑23 May 2021, 6:58pmPartially behind a paywall, but I managed to read snippets from other sites. Intelligence reports are pointing to the origin of the virus came from the lab.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligen ... _lead_pos3
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My daughter was told she had as asthma today. This seems to be a direct result of covid as she never had breathing issues before this and has always been pretty active and not exhibited breathing issues in the past.
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Yikes, I'm sorry to hear that. It's astounding the long term effects of this shit.
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