Conavirus......

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Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife

Forgot to add - IL, I'm glad you and yours are not in the hospital and not on a ventilator. Something to be very grateful for. I wish you a quick and full recovery. Rob

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Thank you Rob.

the iris convention is in Las Cruces. We went through on vacation in 2017 and it was really quite awful, quite an unpleasant vacation. But much of that awfulness had to do with interminable driving there and driving back. This time I would fly.

Apparently Sarah Palin wants to be remembered as fondly as Mary Mallon. I just don't understand how people become such remarkable assholes that they don't think they need to follow the CDC recommendations about quarantining when sick with covid.

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Originally Posted by jp1

Apparently Sarah Palin wants to be remembered as fondly as Mary Mallon. I just don't understand how people become such remarkable assholes that they don't think they need to follow the CDC recommendations about quarantining when sick with covid.

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Yes, this one was rather mind-boggling for me too.

IL, glad you and dh are on the mend.

Yes, I also heard (and know of 2) fully vaxed individuals who have had covid more than once. Fortunately, not life-threatening.

Ok…so you know someone who is not vaccinated but you have and boosted too, what is your feeling about hanging out with them?

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Originally Posted by frugal-one

Ok…so you know someone who is not vaccinated but you have and boosted too, what is your feeling about hanging out with them?

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I would decline.

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Originally Posted by bae

I would decline.

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That is what I did. There was quite a scene. DH had lungs opened twice and not willing to compromise him. It is difficult here because you don’t always know who is vaccinated. We have been avoiding large groups I but went to a small card group and she walked in. I nicely asked if she was vaccinated. A row and she left. Kinda bums me out that people here think it is ok to either not be vacccinated or knowingly hang out with the unvaccinated. Guess will continue just to talk with others from a distance outside.

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Originally Posted by frugal-one

That is what I did. There was quite a scene. DH had lungs opened twice and not willing to compromise him. It is difficult here because you don’t always know who is vaccinated. We have been avoiding large groups I but went to a small card group and she walked in. I nicely asked if she was vaccinated. A row and she left. Kinda bums me out that people here think it is ok to either not be vacccinated or knowingly hang out with the unvaccinated. Guess will continue just to talk with others from a distance outside.

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You do know vaccinated people can still catch and transmit the virus, right? More so with omicron, and probably even more yet with son of omicron.

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Originally Posted by frugal-one

That is what I did. There was quite a scene. DH had lungs opened twice and not willing to compromise him. It is difficult here because you don’t always know who is vaccinated. We have been avoiding large groups I but went to a small card group and she walked in. I nicely asked if she was vaccinated. A row and she left. Kinda bums me out that people here think it is ok to either not be vacccinated or knowingly hang out with the unvaccinated. Guess will continue just to talk with others from a distance outside.

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My unvaccinated DH was invited to a card game, and then uninvited when the house learned or remembered he was unvaccinated. There was no “row” about it, DH was serenely accepting of it as he is of all the social shunning he gets from being unvaccinated. That’s just the consequences of his decision and he knows that.

When it gets to be nice weather again he’ll be able to socialize outside.

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Originally Posted by iris lilies

My unvaccinated DH was invited to a card game, and then uninvited when the house learned or remembered he was unvaccinated. There was no “row” about it, DH was serenely accepting of it as he is of all the social shunning he gets from being unvaccinated. That’s just the consequences of his decision and he knows that.

When it gets to be nice weather again he’ll be able to socialize outside.

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That's as it should be. I can sympathize with those who are fearful of/skeptical of/unable to tolerate vaccines, if they recognize they can't really move freely in society until this thing is mostly over. Self-quarantining, masking up, social distancing, hand-washing as necessary are the alternative. But aggressive anti-vaccine, anti mask proselytizers who go around making trouble for everyone around them are a totally different breed.