My county just started offering free PCR testing every Tuesday in October and November. I think that's a really good move. I've done a couple of at-home tests over the past couple of months when I've had, say, a scratchy throat or something. Always negative, but the BinaxNow tests aren't cheap or the most accurate, and scheduled testing appointments can be really backed up. It will be nice to have the option of, if I'm wondering whether to test, to know I can just show up somewhere on a Tuesday morning and do it.
You didn't have free PCR testing!? We have sites all over here that offer free PCR testing. It takes a couple days to get results, but you literally just put in your name and email address to register, scan a QR code, and they upload results to a portal. I had no idea that wasn't the norm (naively so, I suppose).
Your post struck me as tone deaf when I first saw it, but after my experience today trying to find a PCR or molecular Covid test, it really stuck in my craw. You are *so* lucky PCR testing is easy to access. I live in a suburb 20 mins outside a major metro and access to testing BLOWS, not to mention FREE testing! I just lost an entire afternoon of work getting a test done for a family member. I'm so fucking frustrated and it is complete bullshit that this isn't any easier 1.5 YEARs into the pandemic than it was last year.
Note: My rant isn't really directed at you. I'm so frustrated that the US sucks so badly at everything.
For some of the retirees maybe it is time for them to get out of the workforce. It is really difficult here though for companies to hire especially places like restaurants. Their hours are all over the place due to staffing, not consistent, and the pay is through the roof. Not that wages shouldn't have gone up but even then they can't fill it.
Is it because there were so many boomers than the other generations? We overbuilt to accommodate the boomer generation and then every generation after that is shrinking?
For some of the retirees maybe it is time for them to get out of the workforce. It is really difficult here though for companies to hire especially places like restaurants. Their hours are all over the place due to staffing, not consistent, and the pay is through the roof. Not that wages shouldn't have gone up but even then they can't fill it.
Is it because there were so many boomers than the other generations? We overbuilt to accommodate the boomer generation and then every generation after that is shrinking?
IIRC, the Millennial generation is larger than the Boomer generation, so I don't think it's that.
For some of the retirees maybe it is time for them to get out of the workforce. It is really difficult here though for companies to hire especially places like restaurants. Their hours are all over the place due to staffing, not consistent, and the pay is through the roof. Not that wages shouldn't have gone up but even then they can't fill it.
Is it because there were so many boomers than the other generations? We overbuilt to accommodate the boomer generation and then every generation after that is shrinking?
IIRC, the Millennial generation is larger than the Boomer generation, so I don't think it's that.
For some of the retirees maybe it is time for them to get out of the workforce. It is really difficult here though for companies to hire especially places like restaurants. Their hours are all over the place due to staffing, not consistent, and the pay is through the roof. Not that wages shouldn't have gone up but even then they can't fill it.
Is it because there were so many boomers than the other generations? We overbuilt to accommodate the boomer generation and then every generation after that is shrinking?
IIRC, the Millennial generation is larger than the Boomer generation, so I don't think it's that.
Yup. It’s more that the nature of jobs in this country has changed considerably since Boomers entered the workforce.
My antivax coworker lost a friend to COVID last week. I took a look at the Facebook page of the wife of the friend who died. As her husband was in the hospital on a ventilator, she was reposting trash videos about the spike proteins from the vaccine sticking into our organs and killing us. Exactly a week after the post they removed her husband from the ventilator and he passed. Unbelievable.
You didn't have free PCR testing!? We have sites all over here that offer free PCR testing. It takes a couple days to get results, but you literally just put in your name and email address to register, scan a QR code, and they upload results to a portal. I had no idea that wasn't the norm (naively so, I suppose).
Your post struck me as tone deaf when I first saw it, but after my experience today trying to find a PCR or molecular Covid test, it really stuck in my craw. You are *so* lucky PCR testing is easy to access. I live in a suburb 20 mins outside a major metro and access to testing BLOWS, not to mention FREE testing! I just lost an entire afternoon of work getting a test done for a family member. I'm so fucking frustrated and it is complete bullshit that this isn't any easier 1.5 YEARs into the pandemic than it was last year.
Note: My rant isn't really directed at you. I'm so frustrated that the US sucks so badly at everything.
I'm sorry. I know I sounded like an ass. I just genuinely didn't realize how much variability there was. It's upsetting that it's so challenging for so many people.
Post by basilosaurus on Oct 6, 2021 20:47:55 GMT -5
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I share this not to brag. It's really affected my life in big ways. I share because a so called shithole country is doing better.'murca can do much better but won't due to gqp
The woman was walking down Hollywood Blvd with a megaphone asking why the homeless weren't dead in the street if Covid is such a huge problem. The man walking by simply responded: "Because I'm vaccinated you dumb fuck"
My county posted their Covid numbers for the previous week. They keep track of the percentage of positives that were unvaccinated. Last week it was 80%. The number keeps getting lower. I’m the summer it was over 90%. I have no idea if the number includes only vaccine eligible people or all positives. Either way it is getting lower.
It is really difficult here though for companies to hire especially places like restaurants. Their hours are all over the place due to staffing, not consistent, and the pay is through the roof. Not that wages shouldn't have gone up but even then they can't fill it.
It's not just the pay in these industries, which I don't believe has gone "through the roof". It's that you have to deal with the general public (so higher risk), plus there is no paid sick time, low/no health insurance, and very black and white absence policies that make it easy to get fired. The restaurant industry needs affordable health insurance and paid sick leave, not just paying $15/hr and acting like they're doing the most.
My county posted their Covid numbers for the previous week. They keep track of the percentage of positives that were unvaccinated. Last week it was 80%. The number keeps getting lower. I’m the summer it was over 90%. I have no idea if the number includes only vaccine eligible people or all positives. Either way it is getting lower.
Although this is disconcerting at first glance, it also seems like a natural outcome of more people getting vaccinated or having antibodies from getting COVID. Basically, the smaller the population that has no protection, the higher the percentage of breakthrough cases.
ETA which doesn't mean you're more likely to get a breakthrough case than this summer.
The NYT Morning Briefing today has a piece on ascribing moral value to COVID transmission in ways that are far beyond what we actually understand about the disease. It says vaccinations are the biggest thing that we do that we are very confident work well, but that being "good" (e.g., staying home) vs. "bad" (e.g., going out to eat) does have a more complicated relationship with the data. As for predicting the future, Leonhardt writes
We don’t know, and we do not have to pretend otherwise. We do not have to treat Covid as a facile referendum on virtue.
I'm not posting this to suggest that we throw away our masks - I'm definitely wearing mine, and haven't eaten out in about 2 months. Just acknowledging that this is all more complicated than we wish it was, and sometimes good or bad luck can play a role.
Has anyone in CO gone through the process to receive free tests? I think I signed up 2 weeks ago to get an email to order, and just now got the email. The email is confusing as hell, though, and I say this as someone who can speak government.
I signed up about 10 days ago. Got the confirmation email that basically said I would get another email. Got a second email yesterday that said I would be able to order tests in 24 hours (why not just send the email 24 hours from now!?). I logged on today and was able to successfully order tests. DH went through the same process and ordered tests today. We both got confirmation emails that the order was received.
Did you receive your tests? I received mine and they came in an Amazon package with a gift receipt. Very odd but I did get 2 packs of 2 tests.
I signed up about 10 days ago. Got the confirmation email that basically said I would get another email. Got a second email yesterday that said I would be able to order tests in 24 hours (why not just send the email 24 hours from now!?). I logged on today and was able to successfully order tests. DH went through the same process and ordered tests today. We both got confirmation emails that the order was received.
Did you receive your tests? I received mine and they came in an Amazon package with a gift receipt. Very odd but I did get 2 packs of 2 tests.
I signed up about 10 days ago. Got the confirmation email that basically said I would get another email. Got a second email yesterday that said I would be able to order tests in 24 hours (why not just send the email 24 hours from now!?). I logged on today and was able to successfully order tests. DH went through the same process and ordered tests today. We both got confirmation emails that the order was received.
Did you receive your tests? I received mine and they came in an Amazon package with a gift receipt. Very odd but I did get 2 packs of 2 tests.
Two broad population level studies both show that the Canadian approach of mixing and matching vaccines, as well as delaying second doses, has resulted in a more robust and long term immune response, than getting the standard mRNA vaccines on the manufacturer’s recommended dosing schedule:
gotta say, its hard everywhere. we are trying to hire hourly positions that include health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, paid holidays, paid sick time, very reasonable family friendly environment and are getting 1-2 applications. These are office positions that previously would have gotten 20-30 applications in the past. there is definitely something else going on than just the issue of pay. Maybe more boomers retired early and people who would otherwise hold these positions got into other fields, or more opted to stay home? Hiring sucks even in professional fields right now too.
Are they public facing jobs? I know personally I would not want to be working around tons of people currently. Also, just cause I'm curious do the jobs post salaries in the job description? Last year I tried getting out of the food service industry and applied to a bank. I went all the way through and tried asking about pay in the interview which they said they couldn't disclose and wasn't quite what I was making but close. When I got the job offer it was $13/hr 😐. Granted benefits were included but I run into that constantly with hourly jobs. I don't bother applying anymore when the pay isn't listed.
You didn't have free PCR testing!? We have sites all over here that offer free PCR testing. It takes a couple days to get results, but you literally just put in your name and email address to register, scan a QR code, and they upload results to a portal. I had no idea that wasn't the norm (naively so, I suppose).
Your post struck me as tone deaf when I first saw it, but after my experience today trying to find a PCR or molecular Covid test, it really stuck in my craw. You are *so* lucky PCR testing is easy to access. I live in a suburb 20 mins outside a major metro and access to testing BLOWS, not to mention FREE testing! I just lost an entire afternoon of work getting a test done for a family member. I'm so fucking frustrated and it is complete bullshit that this isn't any easier 1.5 YEARs into the pandemic than it was last year.
Note: My rant isn't really directed at you. I'm so frustrated that the US sucks so badly at everything.
In the future, Cambridge offers free PCR testing 4x a week. It says you have to live or work in Cambridge, but I’ve been going weekly for a year and they never ever ask (and I don’t live or work in Cambridge).
Allen West has COVID. Was taking Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine after his wife tested positive. They both got the antibody treatment. His recent Twitter update says his XRays show COVID pneumonia and O2 at 89, it’s “not serious”, but that he’ll probably be admitted to the hospital. 🤔
Allen West has COVID. Was taking Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine after his wife tested positive. They both got the antibody treatment. His recent Twitter update says his XRays show COVID pneumonia and O2 at 89, it’s “not serious”, but that he’ll probably be admitted to the hospital. 🤔
Allen West has COVID. Was taking Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine after his wife tested positive. They both got the antibody treatment. His recent Twitter update says his XRays show COVID pneumonia and O2 at 89, it’s “not serious”, but that he’ll probably be admitted to the hospital. 🤔
Post by basilosaurus on Oct 11, 2021 0:42:39 GMT -5
I have a covid random. I heard a plane today, and it took me a moment to realize it's been many many months since I've heard any. Today was the first day all interstate travel was allowed with no restrictions other than fully vaccinated since, um, Mar 2020? (it's varied with some states allowed, always changing). They even use ferries, except in the absolute most extreme circumstances, to medevac. It was jarring but encouraging.