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  • ShiroKuroS Online
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    ShiroKuro
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    #13

    I’m wanting to get it too! And one for Mr SK.

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    • J jon-nyc

      I’ve got the European Respiratory Society in a month in Vienna. Thousands of people in a huge conference room. I’m going to try to get another booster beforehand.

      The fact that it’s mostly pulmonologists doesn’t make it any safer. The US equivalent (American Thoracic Society) was a superspreader event in 2022.

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      @jon-nyc said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

      The fact that it’s mostly pulmonologists doesn’t make it any safer. The US equivalent (American Thoracic Society) was a superspreader event in 2022.

      Physicians, heal thy selves!

      Yeah, I've been waiting for the updates shots to become available too.

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      • DougGD Offline
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        DougG
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        #15

        Available at CVS now - I have my appointment for Wednesday.

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        • AdagioMA Offline
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          AdagioM
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          #16

          I’ll check with our local CVS. Thanks, Doug!

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          • MikM Offline
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            #17

            Too late. Never saw that T line turn red so fast. Feel like a truck hit me. Vaxxed up until about last fall, had it I think this is either the third or fourth time. I should be able to mount a pretty robust immune defense.

            “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
            ― Douglas Adams

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            • ShiroKuroS Online
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              #18

              Oh no @Mik hope you feel better soon!!

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              • MikM Mik

                Too late. Never saw that T line turn red so fast. Feel like a truck hit me. Vaxxed up until about last fall, had it I think this is either the third or fourth time. I should be able to mount a pretty robust immune defense.

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                #19

                @Mik

                Bummer. Hope it doesn't get any worse/last very long.

                Mr wtg is having knee replacement on Monday. We've been masking when we go out, and I decided to just completely avoid stores for the next week or so. We both got sick last year around this time, our first time. I'd prefer to skip a second iteration, especially since he'll be recovering from surgery and doesn't need a case of COVID on top of TKR to feel extra-miserable.

                When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                • MikM Offline
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                  Wise approach. According to the test I have a very high viral load. Cannot for the life of me figure out where I may have gotten it. We’re pretty careful.

                  “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                  ― Douglas Adams

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                  • MikM Mik

                    Wise approach. According to the test I have a very high viral load. Cannot for the life of me figure out where I may have gotten it. We’re pretty careful.

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                    @Mik said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

                    Cannot for the life of me figure out where I may have gotten it. We’re pretty careful.

                    That was us last year. We were still masking in stores back then and weren't going out to restaurants or other indoor venues with people. We had gotten together with a couple of friends shortly before I came down with it. None of them were sick or got sick.

                    It's a mysterie.

                    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                    • wtgW Offline
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                      #22

                      Free COVID test kits will be available in September.

                      U.S. households will be eligible to order 4 free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov. The COVID-19 Tests will detect current COVID-19 variants and can be used through the end of the year.

                      That second part sounds like they're getting to the end of their shelf life.

                      https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx

                      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        #23

                        I used one with an expiration 9/2026. It was lightning quick.

                        “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                        ― Douglas Adams

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                          You must be teeming with virus.

                          When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                            #25

                            Yep. Turned deep red within a few second. Feeling better today. Not great, but not like I’d been hit by a truck.

                            “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                            ― Douglas Adams

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                            • AdagioMA Offline
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                              AdagioM
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                              #26

                              Wishing you a quick and easy recovery, Mik! Did you take Paxlovid, or are you winging it?

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                              • wtgW wtg

                                Free COVID test kits will be available in September.

                                U.S. households will be eligible to order 4 free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov. The COVID-19 Tests will detect current COVID-19 variants and can be used through the end of the year.

                                That second part sounds like they're getting to the end of their shelf life.

                                https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx

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                                AdagioM
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                                @wtg Looks like they won’t be available to order until the end of September.

                                We’ve used all but ONE of our tests, including the party pack of 30 that must have been intended for school or workplace. I just ordered more from Amazon, but they won’t arrive til the end of next week.

                                Our kids are Covid virgins, and we all test before they come for dinner.

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                                  CHAS
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                                  #28

                                  Thanks
                                  Ordered tests

                                  “I’m at an age when remembering something right away is as good as an orgasm.”—Gloria Steinem to Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Wiser Than Me

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                                  • AdagioMA AdagioM

                                    Wishing you a quick and easy recovery, Mik! Did you take Paxlovid, or are you winging it?

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                                    @AdagioM said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

                                    Wishing you a quick and easy recovery, Mik! Did you take Paxlovid, or are you winging it?

                                    I have some from a couple years ago but I probably won’t take it. I’m already better than I was yesterday.

                                    “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                                    ― Douglas Adams

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                                    • MikM Mik

                                      Yep. Turned deep red within a few second. Feeling better today. Not great, but not like I’d been hit by a truck.

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                                      #30

                                      @Mik said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:

                                      Yep. Turned deep red within a few second. Feeling better today. Not great, but not like I’d been hit by a truck.

                                      That’s what surprised me when we got Covid last October, how fast the positive line turned dark red. Hope you get to feeling better soon.

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                                        I was able to get the updated Covid jab today along with my usual flu shot.

                                        I know so many people who’ve gotten Covid in the last 3 or weeks that I was starting to feel stupid for having waited for the new shot , so this is a relief.

                                        I hardly noticed the Covid shot, but my flu shot arm hurts like hell…

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                                        • ShiroKuroS Online
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                                          #32

                                          I'm trying to decide on the timing of getting the shots. Last year I got the flu and covid shots together and just felt absolutely awful. So I think I'd like to space them out this year. I also need to get the shingles series...

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