PSA for the Flu shot: I know many of you don't get the shot and you say "Well i don't get the flu, i don't need the shot".
Let me submit something for your consideration: What you attribute to your clean living or robust immune system may indeed just be the result of the herd immunity that you are benefiting from without contributing to it.
Flu cases are down to 5% of normal in an average year because so many people are observing better hygiene practices, so probably this year a flu shot is not necessary.
@DudeistPriest What a relief you tested negative! :)
And that doctor behaving like that - and after having had it herself! There must be something seriously wrong with her thinking to do that. They do say that survival from severe episodes has unpredictable after effects, including damage to some organs, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys or brain. Far more commonly after even mild attacks, six months or more of fatigue and brain fog.
@hartfire I handed her a mask and she basically came to. The new medical director wears a mask only now and then as well. You would think these people are in a position to be responsible and have their act together with everything that's going on. I guess having an education doesn't make you smart.
@DudeistPriest Smart versus education. There's a quandary. I do think a good education helps people learn how to think. But the trouble is not everyone continues to use the skills after they leave uni - and the brain atrophies as easily as muscles if not used.
There's such a lot that I don't understand. Over here in Australia, we haven't been as badly affected. But in places where the pandemic hit, almost everyone wore masks, practiced social distancing, and willingly complied with the phases of lockdown, testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine. Every case has been traced to the few who ignored the regulations. From what I hear on the news, it seems that in the US wearing a mask or not is considered by some to be a political statement! And by others, not wearing one is somehow an assertion of the right to free choice! It blows my mind. Surely the proviso of causing no harm is built into the credo of libertarianism. When did freedom at the expense of others become a right?
I'd get one but they're almost impossible to find this year (imagine when one for Corona will be out 😐).
As a plus, I wouldn't want to get Corona itself just by entering and breathing in the same room where my doctor also visits potentially positive patients. Especially now during a re-surge of cases.
Yeah there has been a big rush on flu shots this year.
[quote]I wouldn't want to get Corona itself just by entering and breathing in the same room where my doctor also visits potentially positive patients. [/quote]
That's actually a very concerning trend that primary care physicians have been noticing. People aren't coming in for the things that they normally come in for. It's not like these conditions and complaints are no longer occurring, it's just that people are afraid to come in and deal with them.
@Pikachu Since the whole contact-tracing system collapsed here, family doctors are now asked to perform antigenic tests as well, which means potentially suspect cases of Corona go there, lower their masks, get their noses fiddled with, breathe in the room, and then leave. I'll have to be very sick to get to my GP in such conditions.
They have yet to figure that transmission occurs also through aerosols and not only droplets in this country. And adapt the guidelines consequently.
