As of this morning, no Omicron in the US has been confirmed. However, per HHS, there's a high likelihood it's here or coming, and we need to let the scientists do their thing and figure out how this virus behaves. Panic serves no one.-paraphrasing, but that's what the lead guy is telling us. I saw the Letterkenny episode with "Hard Right Jay" this weekend and I gotta say it hits different now.
Its not just them, though. Even the most compliant people are running out of fucks to give about this whole thing. I had it after getting vaccinated and I’m due to get my booster in a week, That aside, I barely pay attention to any of the doom-reporting anymore and I can’t say I’d give a shit about any forthcoming lockdown measures. No one is panicking.
Woot. Covid boosters and flu vaccines, done. Arm is a little sore but I only just got it. I'm really hoping that I don't feel like I got beat with a stick like last time, but I will be sure to piss and moan about it here if that happens.
A school district an hour from here went all virtual for the week as 200+ staff and students were placed under quarantine.
Ironically people are panicking about panicking. Dr Feelgood is already declaring this is a plan for the end of the Republic.
I think this was intended to address the stock market lunacy going on right now. In today's report, no mention of Omicron or any other Decepticon for that matter.
With the booster my arm is really sore but not as bad as the original shots. I can raise it over my head. Today, or the day after, my back is hurting pretty bad, I have a light overall feeling of shittiness, and occasional nausea or a fluttery feeling. It's not great but I'm functional. Symptoms are way milder than the the second dose. Hubs just has a sore arm.
Got my booster yesterday. Holy fucking sore joints. I woke up in the middle of the night and it felt like my arm and the complete width of my shoulders had doubled in size. It was like I had just gone to the gym and sat on the row machine for 10 hours. Super hot and cold, almost threw up which would have broken my 10+ year streak of not vomiting. I'm glad I'm getting vaccinated for COVID, but it would be nice to dial down on the next day side effects. I miss the first shot, just a little tired and a slight fever.
This is exactly how I reacted to the booster as well. Everything happened overnight, and by midday the following day I felt great.
That's how I reacted as well. I feel mostly fine today except for a swollen lymph node in the armpit nearest the injection site. On the other hand, hubs felt fine the next day but last night couldn't sleep because he started having severe body aches.
I would tend to think that such a reaction is a good sign... it means that it's working, and your body has had the proper response to it. I feel badly for my sister, who has MS, and is on some serious meds that fuck up her immune system. She has no idea how effective the shots have been for her. They know the MS drugs will reduce the effectiveness of the shots, but don't know by how much. There is no test yet to see how "vaccinated" you actually are. She knows she's not 100% compared to someone not taking her MS drugs... but she doesn't know if that's 80% or 10% as effective as normal. They're still trying to get some science behind it to get some ideas of the numbers, but until then, she's still treating it like she hasn't been vaccinated... social distancing, masks, etc. It's really hard for her because now her employer is starting a "forced return to work" process where she won't be allowed to WFH any more. And she does injury claims, now mostly COVID based ones, for the Ontario Government Workplace Safety Board, to top off the irony. (Our province's equivalent to OSHA).
There are antibody tests you can take to see if your body mounted an immune response. Our CDC doesn't recommend them for various reasons, but it seems like it would give some peace of mind to someone like your sister.
Yeah, here in Canada, they are hard to find, and not covered by insurance because they're not deemed reputable as of yet.