Coronavirus

Yep. Our federal government paid a social security payment called Jobkeeper to businesses that weren't actually doing anything to keep people 'employed'. They are only now starting to wind this back.

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Most banks in Oz allowed mortgage holders to have a repayment break of up to 6 months. You just needed to ask.

 

I had Moderna dose #2 Thursday morning.
That's no lightweight shot.
After #1 I had mild arm soreness, like a flu vaccine.
I had dose #2 at 0800 Thursday. I worked all day and felt fine.
I started to feel a little achy at dinnertime.
By 8 pm I had a headache, neck soreness and general muscle aches.
By 9 pm I was in bed wrapped up in blankets and blasting the heat in our room trying to get comfortable.
I still felt like crap Friday but I didn't have a fever so I dragged through work. Everything hurt.

The good news is, after sleeping 9.5 hours last night, I was as good as new today with no lingering side effects.

A bunch of us got it Thursday morning, and several people called in sick Friday.

Maybe this will be helpful for others as they plan when to get vaccinated.

 

We had our first sit-down meal at a restaurant since maybe February of last year. We had to sit outside on the patio, and our food was served "to go."

It was still nice to eat out.

 

Hmm, do I ruin my weekend or do I waste two work days and take PTO for it ?
Team player or lazy bastard.

 

Given what my work team just experienced, I think employers will need to take side effects into account if they are involved in scheduling and vaccinating their workers.
You could easily knock out 1/3 to 1/2 of your workforce the day after the second immunization if you do everyone at the same time.

 

Well there's only 3 of us including the owner.
I'm out in the field welding railing on site with a stone contractor behind me installing concrete pavers, so I need to stay ahead of them or I hold up other ppls work schedules.
Aches and pains beyond normal wouldn't help anything.

I want to push off the vax till the one shot option is available..

 

Texas is--of course--behind on giving the shots. It's worth noting our Republican governor, whose intelligence level is questionable, followed the Conman the-buck-doesn't-stop-here model for dealing with covid-19.

Locally you have to jump through hoops, to ensure you are in the right group, to get an appointment. Your confirmation number is supposed to be checked. At one large vaccination site confirmations weren't checked, and people were cutting in line.

Glitches happen, but still......

 

There may be hoops here too. I don't really know.
Seems to me I remember Pence assuring us all they'll be no medical bills.for covid related illness.
I'm so isolated I don't feel much concern over it.
I do see lines in the UW parking lot for vaxing.

 

Look for results from the Johnson and Johnson trial some time in the next 10-14 days.
If successful, and approved, that will be the one shot option. Would probably start arriving in March.
It would greatly simplify administration.

 

Thanks I will. Hopefully it won't be hard to get this dealt with, I mean paperwork, reservations and whatever.

 

Just to clarify: The JnJ product is a vaccine, not a treatment for active Covid infection.
It is administered to healthy recipients, not to people who are already sick.

 

It sounds like a good product for the healthy at low risk. And that could make more of the " heavy" vaccines available to the people needing stronger protection.

 

Well the last two weeks have interesting. One department has been self isolating because of 5 positives.
Now the EU is playing games with the vaccines deliveries, even though the UK pre-ordered before them. What a bunch of wankers.

 

Yes! This is a really important new product.
If we are going to pour resources into increasing vaccine production, this is the one.
It can be stored in a normal refrigerator and only requires one dose.
That removes the huge logistical issues with the two current RNA vaccines.

In a community health center setting it is very difficult to use the RNA vaccines.
They need extreme cold storage, and come in multi-dose packs that have a short half life once opened.
Imagine working in a rural health center.....even if you could get the special freezer, what do you do when a patient comes in at 3 pm and wants the vaccine?
If you don't already have a vial open, do you open one? What if no other patients want the vaccine that afternoon? You waste the rest.
And then you have to track the person, and their next dose, and get them back 3 or 4 weeks later for that second shot.

The JnJ shot would be given like influenza vaccine which we routinely do in our office in the fall.
One shot, done.