Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 2)

Well that certainly convinced Jim Bob to get the shot

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Maybe if we fooled them into thinking if they got the vaccine, it would mean one less for POC. I think they’d go for it. :man_shrugging:

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This might actually work to convince Evangelicals to get the vaccine, if Israel holds its ground:

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That’s got to be bad. Not as bad as a friend of mine who can’t swallow pills, but bad. In an attempt to prevent the kid from developing needle phobia, in the before-times we would try to take her to warch us have any blood draws or flu vaccines. I figured it might not work but it won’t hurt for her to see people calmly dealing with needles at a young and impressionable age.

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Same. So far our kid’s a champ, although getting the flu shot last year from someone in a mask while strapped into his car seat was frightening for him.

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In VA now, anyone 16 & up can get their covid vaccine. Yay!! The downside at my office is the triage nurses are being overwhelmed with calls from parents who either want to know if it is safe for their kids to get it (yes, and I am actually OK with those calls) or whose kids have gotten in “and haven’t been themselves since. They are achy and whiney and tired!” Yup, that’s the expected, normal side effects, with some understandable magnification from the normal teen drama llamas. A surprising number of parents are unwilling to accept that and are convinced that some horrible thing is happening to their child. “If it is no better in 24-48 hours, come on in” has become the go-to line. Nobody has shown up yet, so there is that.

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“This is normal. It will go away in their early 30s when they finally realize their own mortality.”

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Shit! Mine got way worse after 30! (and 40 and 50, have to wonder about 60!)

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“Whiney and tired” is my resting state these days!

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I’d love to hear BB BBS international perspective on that.

“German cabinet approves uniform COVID measures nationwide”

FTR, I am unbelievably annoyed and exhausted by this.

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Evergreen statement.

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NC paused it an hour before I was due for my J&J :angry: Thankfully the pharmacy I went to was able to just shoot me with Moderna instead today.

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My mom was supposed to get her’s tomorrow :rage:

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Were they at least able to just switch her over to an mRNA one like they were for me? I really wanted the J&J just because it comes online quicker, but I’ll take what I can get.

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