Which horse film is your favorite? This poll is closed. |
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Black Beauty | 2 | 1.06% | |
A Talking Pony!?! | 4 | 2.13% | |
Mr. Hands 2x Apple Flavor | 117 | 62.23% | |
War Horse | 11 | 5.85% | |
Mr. Hands | 54 | 28.72% | |
Total: | 188 votes |
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Would rather not bring back a deadly disease just to prove a point.
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# ? Aug 20, 2023 02:00 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 13:32 |
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Ugh...my whole family finally contracted Covid. Not as bad as I expected, me and my wife were fully vaxxed. My daughter was not, but she's 5, so even though she had it worse than us, it was not so bad.
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# ? Aug 20, 2023 02:41 |
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TealShark posted:The latest variant has started to spread quite rapidly in North America (I can’t figure out why, we’re so cautious!), so I’m sure it’s just them going into full panic mode that mandatory lock downs at gunpoint with forced microchip injections are coming back, or whatever weird reality existed in their heads over the past few years. So there a new variant going around? My brother and his whole family got it last week and afaik they're as vaxxed as can be. Is this one they were aware of with the fall vaccine update?
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# ? Aug 29, 2023 01:18 |
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Bellmaker posted:So there a new variant going around? My brother and his whole family got it last week and afaik they're as vaxxed as can be. Yes, and not really. The upcoming shots are targeted at XBB.1.5, which was dominant in January but no longer is. The bivalent shots targeted BA.5, which was dominant at the time the shots launched one year year ago, though only a few weeks afterwards. This one is less timely, but it’s better than what’s currently in the fridge.
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# ? Aug 29, 2023 01:28 |
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I was going to ask, it's been just under a year since I got the bivalent Moderna booster, is there any point in finagling another booster shot at this point? VVV thx! Mozi fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Aug 31, 2023 |
# ? Aug 31, 2023 15:40 |
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Mozi posted:I was going to ask, it's been just under a year since I got the bivalent Moderna booster, is there any point in finagling another booster shot at this point? There should be new ones in like a month
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# ? Aug 31, 2023 15:54 |
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It is likely covid shots will settle into the same pattern as flu shots- every year there is an updated booster that strongly counters last year's dominant strains and is probably somewhat effective against this year's new strains
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# ? Aug 31, 2023 15:57 |
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I’m gonna get the new monovalent XBB one when comes out in September, regulations willing, seems pretty worth it.
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# ? Aug 31, 2023 16:09 |
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Charles 2 of Spain posted:Would rather not bring back a deadly disease just to prove a point. I don't think you get a choice.
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# ? Sep 2, 2023 05:57 |
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I’ve only ever gotten the original round of shots when they first came out and then a booster like 1 year after that. So I guess the last time I got a covid shot/booster was early 2022? Somehow I’m still one of those people who have never gotten covid. I have a GP intake appointment later this month so I was just gonna ask for a flu and covid booster. Wondering if I can just get a single shot covid booster or if I needed to ask for something else since I haven’t gotten any boosters in a long time.
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# ? Sep 2, 2023 13:16 |
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You probably want to wait for the updated shot, it'll be out soon. Ideal time imo to take is second half of October, same for the flu shot.
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# ? Sep 3, 2023 19:58 |
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MixMasterMalaria posted:You probably want to wait for the updated shot, it'll be out soon. Ideal time imo to take is second half of October, same for the flu shot. I don’t know if I want to wait though. I work in office now and school just started. I already hear assholes sniffling and clearing their throats at work.
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# ? Sep 5, 2023 12:19 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:I don’t know if I want to wait though. I work in office now and school just started. I already hear assholes sniffling and clearing their throats at work. Getting the old bivalent shot doesn't really appreciably increase your resistance to the new variants floating around, it forces your immune system to practice fighting variants that are long gone, and it'll keep you from getting the new booster for at least three-six months. Mask up and wait a few weeks.
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# ? Sep 5, 2023 14:54 |
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Oracle posted:Getting the old bivalent shot doesn't really appreciably increase your resistance to the new variants floating around, it forces your immune system to practice fighting variants that are long gone, and it'll keep you from getting the new booster for at least three-six months. Mask up and wait a few weeks. Are any countries in Europe even still doing regular vaccination? And do new vaccines actually roll out anywhere in Europe fast enough to be not totally worthless by the time they're available? I was under the impression that the USA was one of the only countries still doing somewhat-timely boosters or anything for COVID. You can get one in Switzerland but it costs $70 and have to go to one of a very small handful of locations that will even still do it. Zurich appears to have one COVID vaccination site in the entire canton, which gives "the Comirnaty Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.4-5" which was made available for the first time in mid June 2023, a date which looks like it is 6 months after BA.5 was last relevant. It kind of seems like paying $70 to get a flu vaccine from 2021, today? If I'm not missing something, basically I can pay $70, take off half a day, have a 20-30% chance of feeling crummy for a day or so, and in turn I get a statistically-zero reduced chance of symptomatic infection, and a questionable reduction in severity? I got COVID for the second time a few weeks ago in Japan from hiking Fuji, was sniffing/coughing for a couple days and super tired for about 10 days. A booster to not have to do that every year and a half or two would be great. I don't follow that closely anymore, but everything I'd seen before about the boosters seemed pretty unconvincing, at least certainly for mild illness which is the aspect I'm more personally invested in.
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# ? Sep 5, 2023 18:49 |
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In the UK it seems only the elderly, people in risk groups and carers can get a booster, but this country is particularly damned
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# ? Sep 5, 2023 19:39 |
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Saladman posted:Are any countries in Europe even still doing regular vaccination? And do new vaccines actually roll out anywhere in Europe fast enough to be not totally worthless by the time they're available? I was under the impression that the USA was one of the only countries still doing somewhat-timely boosters or anything for COVID. You can get one in Switzerland but it costs $70 and have to go to one of a very small handful of locations that will even still do it. Zurich appears to have one COVID vaccination site in the entire canton, which gives "the Comirnaty Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.4-5" which was made available for the first time in mid June 2023, a date which looks like it is 6 months after BA.5 was last relevant. Fresh off the presses: quote:The U.K. drug regulator said on Tuesday it has approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech that targets only the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant. quote:From 11 September, those most at risk, including care home residents and people who are immunosuppressed, will be offered their covid vaccine first, followed by other groups including carers, pregnant women, health and social care staff, and adults over 65. So it looks like after the most vulnerable have their shot they may open it up later in the year for the rest of you. It does look like Germany at least is planning on rolling out the new boosters in the fall. Just a question on to which populations; the matter is in front of the Bunde (as of end of August). The Standing Vaccination Commission in Germany now only recommends booster vaccinations to certain groups, preferably in the fall. These include people aged 60 and over, people with certain previous illnesses from the age of six months, nursing and health staff and relatives of high-risk patients.
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# ? Sep 5, 2023 23:04 |
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Oracle posted:Fresh off the presses: Wait, US is getting access to monovalent formulations without the ancestral? If so maybe I'll boost this cycle after all.
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# ? Sep 6, 2023 06:32 |
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MixMasterMalaria posted:Wait, US is getting access to monovalent formulations without the ancestral? If so maybe I'll boost this cycle after all. That’s… the whole point of the updated booster? It was decided back in June? All the soon to be released new boosters are going to be monovalent and based on XBB 1.5.
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# ? Sep 6, 2023 14:30 |
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As a part of my discussion of how the antivaxx movement is at root driven by profit and the sal of alternate products, consider the overlap between the antivaxx "Brownstone Institute" and one example of another project from some of its leadership, The Wellness Company Canada and its product, Signature Series Spike Support Formula. Oh also it appears the Institute is probably a project itself, of the AIER. They run a lot of this thing. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Sep 7, 2023 |
# ? Sep 7, 2023 22:52 |
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Oracle posted:Getting the old bivalent shot doesn't really appreciably increase your resistance to the new variants floating around, it forces your immune system to practice fighting variants that are long gone, and it'll keep you from getting the new booster for at least three-six months. Mask up and wait a few weeks. NPR says new boosters have been approved rolling out this week. Are these the boosters I should get or are these the old ones?
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# ? Sep 13, 2023 12:35 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:NPR says new boosters have been approved rolling out this week. Are these the boosters I should get or are these the old ones? These should be the new ones. Look for notation like “2023-2024 booster” when booking your appointment. Walgreens stopped booking for the old one.
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# ? Sep 13, 2023 14:35 |
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I AM GRANDO posted:These should be the new ones. Look for notation like “2023-2024 booster” when booking your appointment. Walgreens stopped booking for the old one. I snagged my family appointments on the 23rd of this month - so I'll just hope they get it right.
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# ? Sep 13, 2023 14:57 |
CVS near me seems to be the fastest to post appointments in my area. I was able to get ones scheduled for Sunday but they won't allow me to schedule one for my youngest daughter (10 years old) which I found odd. I'm going to reach out to her pediatrician and see if she can get the shot there though.
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# ? Sep 13, 2023 16:27 |
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Yeah on Walgreens it just says COVID-19 Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer (COMIRNATY). I have an appointment with my PCP in the first week of October so I guess ill just wait until then and ask them about it. E: Actually CVS says “COVID-19 2023-2024 (Moderna/Pfizer)” so I’ll just schedule with them. I can choose either Moderna or Pfizer for this Saturday. Does it matter which one I choose E2: scheduled for Moderna + flu vaccine yay Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Sep 13, 2023 |
# ? Sep 13, 2023 17:09 |
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dwarf74 posted:Walgreens just said "this season's" By that time they should have it right, the CDC outright revoked authorization of the old bivalent so they’ll be throwing those out.
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 05:12 |
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dwarf74 posted:Walgreens just said "this season's" I think it’s the new one. I’ve been checking Walgreens all week and they weren’t booking and said old vaccine appointments were cancelled. After seeing the thread I checked just now and was able to schedule an appointment.
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 10:51 |
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Can you drink the same day/hours after getting a covid shot?
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 14:10 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:Can you drink the same day/hours after getting a covid shot? I don't see why not. You might not feel like it after about 12 hours depending on how you react to the shots.
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 14:22 |
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From the USCE thread it seems like DeSantis has had his govt recommended people under 65 to NOT get the vaccine in the great state of Florida. Hope you FL goons can still access it.
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 14:53 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:Can you drink the same day/hours after getting a covid shot? No clear evidence that it is bad, but alcohol consumption does affect how well the immune system works. The bigger issue is that - barring being an alcoholic - drinking is mainly a maskless group activity, where the booster would not have had time to do its thing before a potential exposure. Also sometimes people feel like rear end after getting a shot, which would probably make drinking a really lovely time. Source on the first sentence: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/alcohol-after-covid-vaccine
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 15:14 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:From the USCE thread it seems like DeSantis has had his govt recommended people under 65 to NOT get the vaccine in the great state of Florida. Hope you FL goons can still access it. Yep, the guidance is here: https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230913-booster-guidance-final.pdf Associated press release is here: https://www.flgov.com/2023/09/13/governor-desantis-hosts-discussion-about-covid-boosters-with-state-surgeon-general-and-health-experts/
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 15:41 |
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Discendo Vox posted:Yep, the guidance is here: What a oval office
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 16:00 |
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Hey, I'm just linking documents here
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 16:33 |
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Local Epidemiologist Looked Into Best Times to Get Boosted After Infection/Previous Boosterquote:How long after infection/vaccination should I wait?
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# ? Sep 14, 2023 16:34 |
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Well, Covid finally hit our household. We suspect the little one picked it up at the ER last weekend when they had some abdominal pain (turned out they were pretty badly constipated). Wife and oldest child are still negative, but I just tested positive last night. It extra sucks because we had been homeschooling our oldest for the past two years, but with the little one old enough for kindergarten we figured it was time to get them both back in a social environment. The little one tested positive the night after their third day. Fortunately their fever already broke and they've been pretty full of energy. Now I just have to figure out how to get my Paxlovid picked up.
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# ? Sep 16, 2023 16:37 |
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Got my booster today. Now I’m just waiting to see how awful I feel or if I’m lucky this time around.
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# ? Sep 16, 2023 17:35 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:Got my booster today. Now I’m just waiting to see how awful I feel or if I’m lucky this time around. which one did you go with, I have a moderna set for 9/22
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# ? Sep 16, 2023 17:49 |
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zer0spunk posted:which one did you go with, I have a moderna set for 9/22 Got the Moderna, along with whatever flu shot. I don’t remember if I gave CVS my insurance info online though but I pretty much walked in and said hi I’m here and they gave me 2 shots without looking at any paperwork or ID. It was kinda weird. Didn’t even bother updating/writing on that paper covid vaccine card. I guess nobody uses that anymore.
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# ? Sep 16, 2023 17:56 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:Got the Moderna, along with whatever flu shot. I don’t remember if I gave CVS my insurance info online though but I pretty much walked in and said hi I’m here and they gave me 2 shots without looking at any paperwork or ID. It was kinda weird. Didn’t even bother updating/writing on that paper covid vaccine card. I guess nobody uses that anymore. Same, but they gave me a new card.
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# ? Sep 16, 2023 22:35 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 13:32 |
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Okay, arm is starting to get real sore now.
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# ? Sep 17, 2023 00:58 |