@enkasongwriter Did you mean to say "endemic" instead of "pandemic"? Because "endemic" would make it more like the seasonal flu...
@ana Thanks for the corrections. I meant to say as a harbinger of the end of COVID as a pandemic.
WHO says that even though deaths are increasing, cases are dropping.
There's good news that COVID deaths and cases are declining.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/global-covid-cases-deaths-declined-week-84209985
Hi all
Is there any thoughts on if China will stop their zero tolerance and also embrace “living with Covid” and if they don’t will that affect China going forward
Chinese Australians in Sydney buying food for family in COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai
Australians under lockdown in Shanghai fear family separation as city reports first COVID deaths
SHANGHAI, April 24 (Reuters) - Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of COVID-19 have erected fences outside residential buildings, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city's 25 million people indoors.
Images of white hazmat suit-clad workers sealing entrances of housing blocks and closing off entire streets with roughly two metre-tall green fencing went viral on social media, prompting questions and complaints from residents.
Health workers in hazmat suits have been prying open the doors of elderly citizens testing positive to COVID in Shanghai, China, as part of their ruthless zero-tolerance policy.
Elderly citizens are dragged from their bed in the middle of the night and transported to makeshift government quarantine facilities.
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A heads up...I got the second booster on Friday. I choose Moderna because of its reported higher efficacy and because it appears that mixing brands produces slightly better immunity. I know several people who did the same and reported merely "a sore arm" as a reaction. The Pfizer booster gave me a couple of uncomfortable hours but was easy compared to the initial vaccination.
Well, in my case the Moderna booster packed a wallop. I had a night of chills and body aches, uncomfortable but not extreme, followed by a day in bed which was eyes-closed-listen-only mode. I didn't have the energy to even watch anything and today I am extremely low energy and fuzzy.
Had I known how I would react, I might have opted for another Pfizer booster. Anyway, I am reporting in case others are considering the second booster and are switching brands. Allow for some recovery time in case you respond the way I did.
@raincloud I've had three doses of Moderna, the two initial ones plus a booster last November. Pretty huge reactions each time. The worst was the second dose, but the booster was intense too. I do know people who've gotten Moderna and have had minimal or no reactions. It depends, I suppose, but if you're getting Moderna for the first time, plan on taking a day or two off, just in case. Or schedule it before a weekend if you don't have generous sick leave at work.
I would like to bump this forum as COVID cases are rising in NYC with the new Omicron subvariant.
Doctor Fauci tested positive today and has mild symptoms.
I have learned that wedding seating charts can double as contact tracing lists. I am currently notifying 2 different tables from the wedding this weekend that they are close contacts to people who have tested positive for covid.