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Vaccination status?
Fully vaccinated, i.e. both Moderna/Pfizer shots or one J&J shot - 79.5% - 35 votes
Partially vaccinated, i.e. one Moderna or Pfizer shot - 0.0% - 0 votes
Still searching or waiting for first shot - 4.5% - 2 votes
Not planning to get the vaccine - 15.9% - 7 votes
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Posted 4/27/2021 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
We haven't even had a COVID subject on the first page for awhile. I'm guessing that's because the searching is over and most of us who want shots have had shots. Just curious where we stand now. Shown below are the results of the last poll.

Also interested in whether folks are back to "normal" life. Here in SW Florida, other than wearing a mask inside establishments that request it, I would say our life is pretty much the same as pre-COVID. Going to the beach, eating inside and outside restaurants, talking about normal stuff instead of every conversation being COVID related, hospital and death rates way down, schools and sports in full swing, seeing friends whenever, etc.

Jim

March Poll
Fully vaccinated, i.e. both Moderna/Pfizer shots or one J&J shot - 60.5% - 23 votes
Partially vaccinated, i.e. one Moderna or Pfizer shot - 18.4% - 7 votes
Still searching or waiting for first shot - 15.8% - 6 votes
Not planning to get the vaccine - 5.3% - 2 votes
Posted 4/27/2021 7:21 PM (GMT 0)
my life didn't change much.......

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Posted 4/27/2021 7:58 PM (GMT 0)
Nothing has changed for me yet. I'm waiting for the world to change. Hoping for semi-normal this year. I think we will be getting yearly boosters, which is okay with me.
Posted 4/27/2021 8:24 PM (GMT 0)

All work colleagues and students wear masks all day, at my school ...

I "mask up" for all errands, medical appointments, and trips to the grocery store.

Made a quick trip over Easter weekend back to my hometown, to see my folks --- everyone fully vaccinated.

Finally saw a few of my old college friends, last weekend --- a backyard gathering, around a firepit --- everyone comfortable in Adirondack chairs.

Hadn't seen my old college friends for over a year, due to the pandemic --- all my friends and family are fully vaccinated now.

I got both doses of the PFIZER vaccine some weeks ago --- now I can start rebuilding my social life, once again --- in measured steps.

Not going to dine-in restaurants or sports events or concerts or movies at present. Restaurant take-out works well, however, right now!

Best to each, and all ~~~
CYCLONE ~ # Iowa State University

Post Edited (Cyclone-ISU) : 4/27/2021 4:06:08 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/27/2021 8:55 PM (GMT 0)
Second dose Moderna Feb 6th,
Two weeks after the shot, things didnt change much but about 4 weeks after, i started socializing more, eating outdoors, going to the community pool, playing golf (golf actually started 2 weeks after shot). I wouldn't say totally back to normal, but much better/closer.

Now that i am back in NY, i am bored to he!!.

Generally speaking, i am not ready mentally, for going to ball games or movies, or flying or indoor dining. Just not there mentally
Posted 4/27/2021 10:43 PM (GMT 0)
I can't open the World on my own, but I suppose you could. I do give a frack... no kidding.
Posted 4/27/2021 11:01 PM (GMT 0)
2 shots in the tank

NJ

My world was pretty boring before and i have never been nervous about covid. So the few places i go to yes i eat indoors (since last summer) . the capacity limits and closing times yo yo and you walk in with a mask but take it off when you sit.

There is this one place I like to go for wings and on Wednesdays they have trivia. That place has been packed for the past 3 weeks. Its good to see!
Posted 4/28/2021 1:12 AM (GMT 0)
Getting back to normal. Flew to Florida last month and going again in May. Went out to dinner with a couple Saturday for first time indoors. Been to bfast indoors a few times. Back at the gym with a mask. Planning to attend outdoor art fairs in June. Still washing hands and wearing a mask.
Posted 4/28/2021 10:41 AM (GMT 0)
Wife has had her first dose, 2nd dose May 15. Still masking in stores, haven't been in a restaurant yet.
Posted 4/28/2021 12:49 PM (GMT 0)
All adults in our house are fully vaccinated, which is a relief, since son-in-law works in the ER. We're still masking up in public places, but have returned to in-person church (yay!). We have plans for a family vacay at the beach this summer (canceled last year). We did rent a house in a less populated area. We plan to cook in and stay away from other folks as much as possible. We're easing back in to 'normal' slowly. It ain't over 'till it's over.

Donna.
Posted 4/28/2021 2:00 PM (GMT 0)

Anecdotes to share ...

As many of you recall, both of my folks got corona last fall, despite being very cautionary.

Dad's case became critical, and he ended up in a specialty rehabilitation hospital, hours away from my hometown --- with a team that included physical therapists and respiratory therapists. Dad was literally gasping for every breath he took ...

Dad had to learn to walk again --- was told he would end up on oxygen for life, because of corona --- and has worked daily, ever since, to rebuild his strength.

Dad stands alongside all of us here --- as a fellow prostate cancer patient like me. He is also a 25-year leukemia survivor --- and now a corona survivor. I have told him all of those things won't fit on a "survivor" t-shirt, anymore!

When Dad first returned home, he said he spent weeks with the physical therapist --- so that he could walk up the 7 front steps of my folks' house --- and I was standing on the front porch, after all those weeks in a rehabilitation hospital.

Trust me when I say, it was a big moment for him, just being able to climb a simple set of stairs.

Even after he returned home, he needed in-home healthcare for a time --- and he is typically a very independent person.

In my visits home, ever since --- Dad would ask me to help him walk around the city park near my folks' house. He needed assistance --- and had to rest, on every park bench, breathing heavily.

It took us quite a while to walk around that one block around the city park --- he needed to rest on every park bench, along the way.

Over Easter weekend, because of his determination --- we started walking around the park --- but THIS time, he kept going for several more blocks, before making the turn to return back home. Thankfully, Dad no longer needs supplemental oxygen. His doctors declared his survival a miracle.

It took all fall, winter, and into this spring for him to get to this point in his recovery.

Everyone back in my hometown has seen my dad on his daily walks around the park in the center of town --- they honk and wave and holler words of encouragement when they drive past --- and they're thankful for his recovery.

Seeing my dad on his walks, even on freezing cold winter days this past winter --- slowly rebuilding his strength --- has encouraged many townspeople to seek out the vaccine.

The stories about corona survivors that we have all seen on the news completely "match" what happened in my family.

Because of breathing issues, it was difficult for him to even speak on the phone for quite a while --- so I wrote him a letter every day, instead.

The weeks of isolation in the hospital --- away from family and friends --- was very tough on Dad --- and all of us.

My family is thankful for Dad's recovery --- but the STRUGGLE and impact of corona recovery --- is very real.

If Dad's story can encourage a friend of yours --- to consider getting vaccinated ---- please share his story.

My best to each, and all ~~~
CYCLONE ~ # Iowa State University
Posted 4/28/2021 3:24 PM (GMT 0)
Your Dad has certainly impressed me,,,remember us his age again...that is what I'm talking about and have for some time...betcha he don't whine much...if at all...he is blessed and knows it...as are you...
Posted 4/28/2021 3:44 PM (GMT 0)

Yes, blessed ... truly ... Dad was there, when I first got diagnosed with prostate cancer in my 40s ... he had already blazed the trail, and helped me find the pathway forward.

My folks live 100 miles away, but my dad and I share the same doctors ... and our doctors are another blessing, beyond words.

It was a GREAT DAY, after dad's homecoming last fall --- to celebrate with 76 candles on his birthday cake.

You're right --- Dad has faced many challenges --- and I have never heard him complain.

His tenacity --- his inner faith --- his determination --- his steely resolve --- his iron will --- unshakable.

My family has lived in the same Midwestern hometown for well over a century --- six generations in a row --- living in houses on the very same street for 120 continuous years ... amazing, isn't it?

The park where Dad played in his youth in the 1940s and 1950s --- is the same park where he now walks to rebuild his strength, each day.

Best to all ~~~
CYCLONE
Posted 4/28/2021 4:08 PM (GMT 0)
I have a question if you don't mind.

For those who have had both doses, why are you hesitant to drop the mask and/or go out to eat?

You should now have an immunity, right?

Just curious, full disclosure, I am not vaccinated.
Posted 4/28/2021 4:18 PM (GMT 0)
To protect those who are not vaccinated. I would also like to see more data on how effective the vaccines are in the real world.
Posted 4/28/2021 4:32 PM (GMT 0)

alephnull said...
I have a question if you don't mind.

For those who have had both doses, why are you hesitant to drop the mask and/or go out to eat?

You should now have an immunity, right?

Just curious, full disclosure, I am not vaccinated.

Alephnull, good questions. Actually, I must admit that I feel fairly invincible with 2 Moderna doses and all of the science /experience now for fully vaccinated folks. I do go out to eat both indoors and out as well as play cards and enjoy socialization with friends. As I indicated in my original post, our life is pretty well normal these days. Re the mask, I wear it inside establishments because (1) it's still not clear whether or not fully vaccinated people might be carriers and I don't want to take a chance on spreading the virus and (2) when establishments request it I feel it's still the socially responsible thing to do to comply. I have no need for in your face macho stuff like, "I don't need no stinkin' mask" that I do see sometimes. Life is good so why add stressors.

Now, if you don't mind, could you please share why with your vulnerabilities you are not vaccinated? My step-mother died of COVID with few vulnerabilities so it's a bit personal with me.

Jim
Posted 4/28/2021 5:51 PM (GMT 0)
Brit Hume the fox "news fundent" who can always turn postiive onto a negative depending. on desired agenda...will say if you wear a mask you are sending the message that you really don't think the vaccine works...which ...to be fair...is a perspective...the other perspective is that you do believe it works...but since we really do not know all the variables(not varients} Prudence is not just a lryic from a beatles song...Oh and yes...fortunately and unfortunately we are defined by our perspective...corona has zip skin in the game of dialectics...does not care what the meaning of is...is...it just...IS....enjoy your way...caveat emptor
Posted 4/28/2021 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
Cyclone...you should watch Our Town...the movie...not the tv show in the fifties...this was a movie made in 1940...originally a play by Thorton Wilder...it sounds like Your Town
Posted 4/28/2021 6:39 PM (GMT 0)
Cyclone--very inspiring story about your dad. My hat is off to him and I hope he doesn't need to ever add any additional survivor categories.

I've had my second shot of Pfizer, but I'm not at full protection yet. Planning our first plane trip for next month. (And really hoping a few international trips we have scheduled for fall will happen.) We haven't eaten indoors yet--my thinking is that we don't really need to. Temps are generally pleasant in Southern California so even though the risk is super low, why take even a 1% risk if you don't have to.
Posted 4/28/2021 6:43 PM (GMT 0)
Logo...when you mention the 1950s TV version of Our Town, I presume you're referring to the one with Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint? We saw a screening of that at UCLA a few years ago and I had the great pleasure of meeting Eva Marie Saint, who was in attendance. She was also the best looking 90-year-old I've ever met and quite a hoot.
Posted 4/28/2021 6:46 PM (GMT 0)
My wife and I have had both shots and just booked tickets today for a flight to CA for my son’s wedding that was postponed from a year ago. It’s just the wedding as the reception will be next year.

Except for having my study abroad trip to Australia trip cancel a year ago, I really haven’t been inconvenienced much by any of this. I wear a mask when I go anywhere and it doesn’t bother me. It’s required at the university I attend so I just take it in stride. My wife and I never eat out, ever, so the shutting down of that industry has had zero impact on us. Our primary social excursions involve running with friends a few time each week and the pandemic didn’t curtail that. My wife is self-employed and works out of the house and I’m retired.

I guess compared to others we’ve been OK.
Posted 4/28/2021 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
We were waiting on the J&J and were scheduled just a few days before the pause. So now that it is starting up again, we should be scheduled soon.

The major limitation we have experienced is that we were unable to see two of our sons and families for our usual summer trips. The time we usually travel both their states (New York and Oregon) required 2 week quarantines when entering the states. Just wouldn’t work for us. Plus, we thought it foolish at the time to crowd into a plane for 5 hours.

We have had several dinners out with my son and his family that live close by and a few families that are close friends. Sometimes outside, sometimes inside, several times at our house or theirs. Just not as often as pre-virus. Other than that our days out have been mainly to a wonderful 300 acre garden we have frequented nearly monthly for nearly 10 years. Also we have traveled to Florida every six weeks to be with my mother in law. So between Georgia and Florida, we have had relatively few restrictions from these states, but the usual significant restrictions by all the businesses.
Posted 4/28/2021 9:36 PM (GMT 0)
In my family, no one wants to get vaccines myself included.
All 4 of us are Hospital employees. My wife and 2 daughters are going to work every day at 3 different hospitals, and I am working from home.
MK
Posted 4/28/2021 10:59 PM (GMT 0)

alephnull said...
I have a question if you don't mind.

For those who have had both doses, why are you hesitant to drop the mask and/or go out to eat?

You should now have an immunity, right?

Just curious, full disclosure, I am not vaccinated.

i have eaten indoors a few times (most were fairly recent) and i never really stopped travelling. in retrospect flying to montana last year was not a good idea. i wear a mask only where required, and masks are still required here especially indoors.

i have never worn a mask while hiking and most people i encounter do. but i come across very few people on my hikes and can easily maintain distance. i never wear a mask when i walk my dog at the park.
Posted 4/29/2021 12:59 AM (GMT 0)
Cyclone, your Dads story is inspirational, and the love you have for him shines through in your words.

Tonight, i saw my 2 year old (as of next week) grandson for the first time in 5 months, due to the fact that i was in Florida more than due to Covid. In the past, i was able to fly up for a weekend during the winter, and they came down as well, so while i was in Florida for the Winter, i never went so long without seeing him (and my kids).
But this was the first time i saw him since being vaccinated. And i tested for Covid a few days after driving up to NY from Florida, just to be safe. Being able to hug him and roll orund on the floor with him, and smother him was the best feeling i have had in a long time. I cannot even describe it.
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