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I haven’t seen my friends for months I haven’t traveled since October I haven’t seen a concert for over a year I haven’t been to a restaurant for months and many other things that I and many other people around the world enjoy have all been taken away...
Only if you choose to have them taken away. I am still doing all these things ... not so much the concerts, though our town did have bands playing every weekend in the main part of town, outdoors, in the two months between Thanksgiving and New Year's - so we did attend most of those. It was pretty cool, they had local bars serving drinks in outdoor canopies, so you could drink too .. although some of the days it was very cold!!
We go out every weekend, mostly to a restaurant, but we have hosted ...and been to other peoples homes as well. You don't have to accept isolation for the rest of your life.
Be careful, but live!
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Nate
I haven’t seen my friends for months I haven’t traveled since October I haven’t seen a concert for over a year I haven’t been to a restaurant for months and many other things that I and many other people around the world enjoy have all been taken away...
Only if you choose to have them taken away. I am still doing all these things ... not so much the concerts, though our town did have bands playing every weekend in the main part of town, outdoors, in the two months between Thanksgiving and New Year's - so we did attend most of those. It was pretty cool, they had local bars serving drinks in outdoor canopies, so you could drink too .. although some of the days it was very cold!!
We go out every weekend, mostly to a restaurant, but we have hosted ...and been to other peoples homes as well. You don't have to accept isolation for the rest of your life.
Be careful, but live!
None of these things are currently possible anywhere in the UK. We have a lockdown here, across all 4 UK nations. No live music, restaurants or pubs are open.
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Big Al
I have my first vaccination this Sunday, 21 February. For those here who’ve had it: how was the experience? I’m used to needles, unfortunately, but this is a most important jab.
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makemeburnthecandle
Thanks to everyone providing updates on receiving the vaccine. Please continue to let us know of any side effects.
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Thanks to everyone providing updates on receiving the vaccine. Please continue to let us know of any side effects.
Had my first Moderna shot on February 11. Very mild side effects. Slightly sore arm, tired, a low grade headache. All was well the day after.
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Rockman
Good news beast ......
Stay safe won't ya ..... XXXX
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stargroover
Interesting article there SomeTorontoGirl.
I think at some point in the future there will be another pandemic,but that it’s a long long way off.That article is negative speculation.We need and deserve some positivity.
But hey let’s get through this one first!And hope that some of these politicians have learned a few lessons on both preparing for and dealing with the next pandemic.
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bv
About variants and vaccine. The following is based on information as provided by Norwegian health experts (fhi.no).
The variants have been around in UK, South Africa, Ireland, Portugal and other places in Europe for some months now. They make people more aware of keeping a distance, and to mask up. We started getting the UK and SA variants in Norway last month, now it is routine to close down a county whenever these are detected. There was a shift in awareness the moment we were told the variants were here.
The vaccines are not as effective when it comes to the variants, but the vaccines will still work, preventing serious illness. While most vaccines prevent even mild illness, the variants will make you slightly more ill before the variant is detected by the immune system. Then the vaccine will work with the immune system and prevent serious illness most times. This is measured in UK, South Africa and Israel.
We will need new covid-19 vaccine shots every two years or so, not as often as with the annual flu, but more often than once in a lifetime, or once every ten years, which is the case with other vaccines.
The great thing about the mRNA vaccines is the fact that they may be modified within few months, they do not have to go through a year of testing and new approvals.
Warmer weather will make it easier to stay outside, and to be social outside. By summer, more people have vaccine, we may enjoy a beer outside, and after summer, enough people have vaccine, so that the health system will not go into overload whenever some stupid non-vaccinated people choose to party. The virus will probably never go away.
A am not too worries about 2021, we just need to get through the spring. Summer will be great, fall will be even greater. Then The Rolling Stones should be able to tour and release new music in 2022.
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bv
... Finally it feels this pandemic will be over. Not today, but soon...
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Wednesday this week the government announced they had control of the variants, and they left it all up to the local counties to make their own rules. The county I live in - Asker - just outside the capital city Oslo - announced they would allow alcohol sales with food in restaurants as of today Thursday Feb 18. Yesterday at 7pm my local restaurant announced they would open today at noon.
Today marks a new phase of the pandemic fight in my area. While Oslo just 20 minutes away do still have a drinks ban, I think we should be able to be open from now on. The local businesses need to stay open. We just have to be smart, keep a distance, do all the stuff we need in order to keep the virus away. I take all my service outside, then I am safe. I will be back to my favorite joint very soon. Finally it feels this pandemic will be over. Not today, but soon, during the spring and early summer.
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bv
Wednesday this week the government announced they had control of the variants, and they left it all up to the local counties to make their own rules. The county I live in - Asker - just outside the capital city Oslo - announced they would allow alcohol sales with food in restaurants as of today Thursday Feb 18. Yesterday at 7pm my local restaurant announced they would open today at noon.
Today marks a new phase of the pandemic fight in my area. While Oslo just 20 minutes away do still have a drinks ban, I think we should be able to be open from now on. The local businesses need to stay open. We just have to be smart, keep a distance, do all the stuff we need in order to keep the virus away. I take all my service outside, then I am safe. I will be back to my favorite joint very soon. Finally it feels this pandemic will be over. Not today, but soon, during the spring and early summer.
If they open up again it will be a matter of time until shit hits the fan again.
Having said that I truely hope business will be prosperous as usual again.
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Wednesday this week the government announced they had control of the variants, and they left it all up to the local counties to make their own rules. The county I live in - Asker - just outside the capital city Oslo - announced they would allow alcohol sales with food in restaurants as of today Thursday Feb 18. Yesterday at 7pm my local restaurant announced they would open today at noon.
Today marks a new phase of the pandemic fight in my area. While Oslo just 20 minutes away do still have a drinks ban, I think we should be able to be open from now on. The local businesses need to stay open. We just have to be smart, keep a distance, do all the stuff we need in order to keep the virus away. I take all my service outside, then I am safe. I will be back to my favorite joint very soon. Finally it feels this pandemic will be over. Not today, but soon, during the spring and early summer.
If they open up again it will be a matter of time until shit hits the fan again.
Having said that I truely hope business will be prosperous as usual again.
Restaurants and bars have been open all over Norway since the first short lockdown March/April last year. They closed the Oslo region, where I live, early November, in order to be on top of the problem, rather than having to run after the cases.
We do now have a stable low number of positive covid-19 cases, and every new local covid-19 cluster is taken care of immediately. The TISK strategy (Test, Isolate, Trace, Quarantine) do work, and as long as they serve alcohol with meals only, I would not be that worried.
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bv
The mRNA vaccine technology will save many many lives, not just during this pandemic, but also from future virus we still have not seen. The woman behind the mRNA technology worked for ages with little support. Now it is time for her to get the Nobel Price in Medicine.
Katalin Karikó from Hungary now works at BioNTech. Her work, in cooperation with Drew Weissman, is just amazing, a proof of how hard work, patience, and cooperation in international research at is best is working. Thanks to Katalin Karikó Pfizer/BioNTech and ModeRNA have made their highly efficient mRNA vaccines in record time.
The story of mRNA: How a once-dismissed idea became a leading technology in the Covid vaccine race