Coronavirus

[Ulysses]

Also, California was called the "epicenter" of the US Pandemic largely because of the total number of cases and hospitalizations. But the great majority of those were concentrated in parts of LA County and in the Central Valley, both places with specific conditions very conducive to virus transmission. Concentrated populations of people who have to go do their "essential" jobs, lots of people living in close conditions, yada. The state overall pretty much always did well from the start.

And here I thought it was NY that was considered the pandemic epicenter, because that's where it first assumed epidemic proportions in the USA. In large part due to the unrestricted air travel of infected persons from other nations.

[Vrede too]

And here I thought it was NY that was considered the pandemic epicenter, because that's where it first assumed epidemic proportions in the USA. In large part due to the unrestricted air travel of infected persons from other nations.

That was true in the Spring/Summer of 2020, but the "epicenter" (O Really used quotes) has shifted over time. C'mon, you know this. O Really is merely responding to and echoing an article that I linked. Why are you sarcastically dissing him?

How did California go from the epicenter of the US pandemic to the lowest statewide transmission rate?

It reads:

... Experts said California's journey from worst to first is likely due to a combination of things....

Additionally, experts told ABC News, having endured the harshest waves of infections last winter and the delta surge in July, formerly infected Californians may have acquired antibodies and more of a natural immunity to COVID-19 -- both factors that, in concert with vaccines, could be driving down case numbers....

Research shows mobility, or movement in populations, can be a predictor of disease spread, especially via air travel or mass transit. This became evident through the surge of COVID-19 cases the U.S. saw during holiday season.

Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded with California residents on Christmas Eve to avoid holiday gatherings at a time when hospitals in the state were under "unprecedented pressure."

Californian cities experienced a huge surge of cases and hospitalizations following the holidays, although rates have since declined....

You really carry your regionalism - NoCal vs SoCal, Cal vs other states - too far sometimes. Humility, honesty and accuracy are the better way to go.

[Ulysses]

Good grief.

[Vrede too]

Good grief.

I don't blame you for being embarrassed over not knowing about the pandemic's mobile epicenter, and for having dumbly dissed O Really.

[Ulysses]

Good grief.

I recall we had a fourth grade teacher, a man, whose favorite phrase was, "Goodness Gracious Children". It became a sort of joke amongst the kids. Can't remember his name off-hand, but he was quite a character.

[neoplacebo]

Good grief.

I recall we had a fourth grade teacher, a man, whose favorite phrase was, "Goodness Gracious Children". It became a sort of joke amongst the kids. Can't remember his name off-hand, but he was quite a character.

In college I had a professor of statics and dynamics who would admonish us about how if we didn't master these concepts "you'll be a lost ball in high weeds." You make it seem like just yesterday.

[Vrede too]

In college I had a professor of statics and dynamics who would admonish us about how if we didn't master these concepts "you'll be a lost ball in high weeds." You make it seem like just yesterday.

Instead, we learned that with dynamic enough weed highs we just don't have to care about lost balls or professor static.

[neoplacebo]

In college I had a professor of statics and dynamics who would admonish us about how if we didn't master these concepts "you'll be a lost ball in high weeds." You make it seem like just yesterday.

Instead, we learned that with dynamic enough weed highs we just don't have to care about lost balls or professor static.

Not only that; if you're walking along smoking a joint, that's a dynamic high. But if you're just sitting there smoking a joint it's a static high. I am primarily engaged in statics these days. In my youth, I was more of a dynamic sort of guy.

[Vrede too]

Not only that; if you're walking along smoking a joint, that's a dynamic high. But if you're just sitting there smoking a joint it's a static high. I am primarily engaged in statics these days. In my youth, I was more of a dynamic sort of guy.

What if one is sitting in a moving car - dynamic or static high?


I got my Pfizer #3 booster yesterday am.

I would have been high, but I didn't leave enough time between alarm and appt. It was very easy and quick. I was wondering if this is due to the multiple locales or to poor turnout, but TV news says lots are getting shots in Henderson County.

[neoplacebo]

Not only that; if you're walking along smoking a joint, that's a dynamic high. But if you're just sitting there smoking a joint it's a static high. I am primarily engaged in statics these days. In my youth, I was more of a dynamic sort of guy.

What if one is sitting in a moving car - dynamic or static high?


I got my Pfizer #3 booster yesterday am.

I would have been high, but I didn't leave enough time between alarm and appt. It was very easy and quick. I was wondering if this is due to the multiple locales or to poor turnout, but TV news says lots are getting shots in Henderson County.

Well, the act of getting high in a moving vehicle (car, plane, bus, train, boat) is inherently a static high by virtue of the fact that you yourself are not moving relative to the vehicle. However, should the vehicle strike an immovable object or even a semi rigid obstruction, that static high becomes a VERY dynamic high. The change is rapid and shocking and should be avoided if at all possible. The tragic results of such an event necessitated invention of a mathematical equation just to define it. f=ma not to be confused with fema; that's a whole different thing.

I've not had my Pfizer booster yet but am on the lookout.

[GoCubsGo]

Not only that; if you're walking along smoking a joint, that's a dynamic high. But if you're just sitting there smoking a joint it's a static high. I am primarily engaged in statics these days. In my youth, I was more of a dynamic sort of guy.

What if one is sitting in a moving car - dynamic or static high?


I got my Pfizer #3 booster yesterday am.

I would have been high, but I didn't leave enough time between alarm and appt. It was very easy and quick. I was wondering if this is due to the multiple locales or to poor turnout, but TV news says lots are getting shots in Henderson County.

How are you feeling? Thinking about getting mine, but have heard the reaction can be a little worse especially after a day or so.

[Vrede too]

... How are you feeling? Thinking about getting mine, but have heard the reaction can be a little worse especially after a day or so.

I've heard that, too, though nothing truly serious. I just have a mildly sore arm, same as always when I get vaccines.

I also got the flu shot back in Sept. I used to get it for work, then stopped, but now that I've gotten old . . .

[billy.pilgrim]

I've had all 3 and not so much as a sore arm. Maybe a little otherwise unexplained tiredness that could unscientifically attributed to the shot.

[Ulysses]

It truly is unbelievable that people would protest a vaccine for a novel (that means new) virus that quite possibly could kill them or people they know. I hope I die soon. I can't take much more of this crazy shit.

Well, that could be arranged but I'm not volunteering.

What can be arranged? My death? And how can it be arranged if you're not volunteering but insinuate that you'd arrange another to kill me? Is this the same sort of logic you used out at the hummingbird torture chamber? ......it (death) can be arranged (with electricity) but you're not volunteering, and instead will sit back and let the electrons do the direct, current (a pun) work? Maybe you should run for office as a Republican. They like shit that makes no sense, and they especially like shit that is subliminally threatening or even overtly threatening.

I clearly see both sets of comments in the same nonsensical vein of humor. I see Ulysses following neoplacebo's lead, rather than directed at neoplacebo.

Thanks, very perceptive.

[neoplacebo]

Well. that only took six weeks. And billy p I didn't volunteer to kill myself, so nobody "followed my lead."

[Ulysses]

I've had all 3 and not so much as a sore arm. Maybe a little otherwise unexplained tiredness that could unscientifically attributed to the shot.

I got my Pfizer boost about a month ago. It was at a different venue than the first two jabs, and the actual jab was painful, like the lady deliberately shoved the needle in deeper half-way through. She seemed pleased with herself when I reacted to it. LOL. Won't go back there again.

And, unlike the first two jabs, this boost cause a lot more arm pain than the first two. Don't know if it was the actual contents of the boost, or the manner in which it was administered (sort of felt like it hit a nerve). Hurt like an sonofabitch for about a day. Then gradually subsided. Don't recall any other symptoms, other than maybe a little more tired than usual.

Don't know if I mentioned this here before, but back in the 90's when flu shots were relatively new, I missed getting a flu shot one year. Sure enough, wound up flat on my back in bed for days with the flu. After that I've been careful to get a flu shot every year.

YMMV

[Vrede too]

... Don't know if I mentioned this here before, but back in the 90's when flu shots were relatively new ...

:confusion-scratchheadblue:

... Vaccination against influenza began in the 1930s, with large-scale availability in the United States beginning in 1945....

[GoCubsGo]

... Don't know if I mentioned this here before, but back in the 90's when flu shots were relatively new ...

:confusion-scratchheadblue:

... Vaccination against influenza began in the 1930s, with large-scale availability in the United States beginning in 1945....

Seems like this conversation has been done already.

[Vrede too]

Seems like this conversation has been done already.

Could be. I remember a dispute over when anti-vaxxing began, but not one about the origin of flu shots.

[GoCubsGo]

Seems like this conversation has been done already.

Could be. I remember a dispute over when anti-vaxxing began, but not one about the origin of flu shots.

I distinctly do, but it might've been at LNF. Or maybe it was about George Washington and the smallpox vaccine.