COVID-19 - On the Ground

[Deleted User 89]

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[Deleted User 89]

you know better than to infer pattens based on a single (actually, really the only) outlier

[twocoach]

I assume it's coincidental but it seems I have felt worse since I have been vaccinated than at any other time during the previous 14 months.
Too frequently I am feeling lethargic, my lungs feel semi "congested", once or twice a day I may get a "hot flash", I'm just not feeling as well as I was before I was vaccinated.
I am not Lobster but I am starting to question if this is vaccine related and if so, will it be a temporary or a permanent on going issue.
If it wasn't for the fact that people being vaccinated (or not being vaccinated) having an effect not just on themselves but on others, I would 100% understand and perhaps even support those who choose not to get vaccinated - with something none of us know the long term effects of.

I never would have gotten this vaccine under normal circumstances. I don't get flu shots and I generally avoid medications of any type unless I can't function with out them. I do not trust Big Pharma more than I trust my own body. But I chose to get it so that I could do my part to help try to get our country back to normal.

[pdub]

"voting for one may make you feel good, but it really serves no practical purpose"

Could not disagree more.
It is useful/practical in the sense the individual is participating in Democracy by voting for the candidate they think fits best for the position.

[MICHHAWK]

like everyone else, i vote based on what i think is best for me.

[pdub]

I vote on what I think is best for me but also for the country.
If there is an extreme underdog with little/no chance of winning, but they fit my ideals far more than any other candidate, I will vote for them with no hesitation.
If there isn't a candidate at all that I can be on board with, and I can write someone in, I do that.
And if none of the above are options, I will choose to abstain from the vote.

In my local elections, I try to do research on the candidates before going in, so I'm informed.
If there's a vote for two candidates I didn't research/don't know anything about, I abstain from that vote, and don't just blindly vote my party.

I think the US would do well to change to ranked choice voting.

Also not sure how this has to do with COVID on the ground but here we are.

[Deleted User 89]

"voting for one may make you feel good, but it really serves no practical purpose"

Could not disagree more.
It is useful/practical in the sense the individual is participating in Democracy by voting for the candidate they think fits best for the position.

aka, it makes them feel good

[pdub]

Every vote 'makes someone feel good' - and not one person's single vote has made a difference in a Presidential election.

When people voted for Hilary in 2016, the only purpose it served I guess, since she lost, was making that person/those people 'feel good'.

[Deleted User 89]

it’s mich’s fault

he’s leading the good fight, both here and in the real world, against mask theater

[Deleted User 89]

Every vote 'makes someone feel good' - and not one person's single vote has made a difference in a Presidential election.

i’m glad you and PDub are comfortable and happy with the way you choose to exercise your civic duties

i feel differently, and that’s the last i’ll say of it

[pdub]

Additionally, by voting for a third party candidate, I can hope that more individuals would do the same, and that it would spur a change for a stronger third party/a third party system - instead of just saying, 'oh well, clearly I can only vote for these two.'

[MICHHAWK]

i feel differently, and that’s the last i’ll say of it

you like to bloviate. so i bet it's not.

[Deleted User 89]

Additionally, by voting for a third party candidate, I can hope that more individuals would do the same, and that it would spur a change for a stronger third party/a third party system - instead of just saying, 'oh well, clearly I can only vote for these two.'

jmo, but a legit 3rd party is doomed until the money in politics issue is dealt with

there are only so many Ross Perots

[Deleted User 89]

i feel differently, and that’s the last i’ll say of it

you like to bloviate. so i bet it's not.

ok, old man

[Deleted User 89]

that’s an awful big word for you mich

might wanna go see a doc, masked of course

edit: that’s rich coming from a poster who routinely, intentionally it seems, inflates and misrepresents situations, particularly when they are political

i guess you can add projection to your repertoire of message board tools

[Mjl]

Speaking of Covid on the ground... I think I might have it. Two or three days of a sore throat, then today felt sicker than I could remember ever feeling - headache, fever, nausea, fatigue, and not sure if I'm imagining it or not, but some tightness in the chest. Nothing upper-respiratory, so doesn't seem like flu or cold. And the sore-throat warning indicates not food poisoning.

I had my first Pfizer and am supposed to get second Tuesday. Would already be fully vaccinated if I didn't have my J&J cancelled the day before I was supposed to get it because of the insanity of the CDC.

Thankfully wife is fully vaccinated. Not sure if there's a point in getting tested at this point.

[ousdahl]

Hang in there dude, get well!

[zsn]

Good luck MjI. As we discussed before, either vaccine may not have been able to prevent the infection if it indeed is). However, the fact that you had one shot is still a significant check in your favor, from it becoming a serious condition! Best wishes

[pdub]

Hope it isn't covid - but if it is, as zsn just said, good thing for that first shot.
I'm sure you know your body - but a possibility is also allergies - my bud has been struggling with all the blooming vegetation.

[Cascadia]

It's the microchip! Don't worry sheep, you'll adjust soon!