The founder of one of my favorite charities--a BC TNR organization called Tiny Kittens--is allergic to cats. She has several of her own and usually hosts another 10-20 convalescents or animals awaiting homes. The allergies don't seem to slow her down much.Originally Posted by Tammy
Cat allergies can be pretty awful.
as a child .I had asthma, and no cats were allowed in our house because of that. I loved cats! At age 11 a well meaning family friend gave me a kitten. By then, my asthma had disappeared and my mom let me keep the cat. . I’ve had cats since then for 50+ years. Only when I get my fingers in my eyes after deep contact with cat is there a problem.
My current problem seems to be fall plant allergies. Or maybe something in a closed house, so yeah, I guess it could be dog allergy. But November was bad last year and this year.
Last year I was severely sick 4-5 times and those instances were when I was shut up in a closed room with 50-100 plants for garden club shows and workshops.
I'm allergic to penicillin, and I wonder about a dairy sensitivity. Otherwise, any allergic symptoms I have are negligible.
I have a friend who's had a few anaphylactic reactions to triggers she hasn't been able to identify. I'm wondering how she'll be able to handle the COVID vaccine.
Jane, she may be OK. Moderna, for one example, uses a different approach to develop vaccines. The story of the covid 19 vaccine from Moderna is really interesting.
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/healt...virus-vaccine/
The NIH’s confidence stemmed from Moderna’s early-stage human trial data from 2019. In fact, that data was so encouraging that Bancel was set to announce in a few days’ time that the company would be doubling down on its vaccine-development program in 2020, with hopes of getting the world’s first mRNA vaccine—and what would be Moderna’s first licensed product—onto the market in the next few years.
The platform’s potential seemed limitless. If ultimately proven successful in large-scale human trials, mRNA vaccines would herald nothing short of a revolution akin to the advent of the steam engine when it comes to preventing infectious disease. For one thing, because mRNA vaccines don’t contain a pathogen, they are thought to be safer than traditional vaccines. They are also relatively easy to scale and produce—you can design any mRNA vaccine in the world on a computer and manufacture it in a single facility regardless of what disease it is for. Most important, using mRNA is a much faster way to make vaccines, which can normally take up to a decade to develop and test.
As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
There is a new strain of covid in the UK that is 70% more contagious but has travel from the US to the UK been shut down? No, because elites like to travel.
Thanks for the info, Razz--that sounds very promising.
It would be reasonable to expect that the AstraZeneca vaccine will be approved. It's a traditional vaccine more like the flu vaccine and not an mRNA vaccine like Moderna and Pfizer. And there could be others. Whether this would have a higher risk of allergic or other reaction may be different or better. I think by the time a vaccine trickles down to us in the general population we will know more. It seems like prioritizing rest homes and assisted living with the most frail of populations could be a good indicator of safety, although it does seem either bold or overconfident.
My SIL was part of the phase 3 Pfizer trial. She just found out this week that she got the vaccine back in August. Only minor side effects (pain at injection site). She's a school nurse in St Louis county and is now probably going to be trained on administering it so that she can help with getting all the teachers and staff for the schools vaccinated.
Yes, there’s a lot of variability between people. My sister has a car allergy but can’t give up her cats. She takes daily allergy pills and inhalers, and seems to do ok.
If I tried to live with a cat, even with meds, I would eventually end up in the hospital. That was the one allergen that was most difficult fir me to treat with allergy shots. I now at least can hug friends who own cats, when we visit somewhere without cats, without reacting. But I can’t ride in the same car as them unless the windows are open. In the past I had to sit several feet away from them or I would react. So I got slight improvement with shots. All the other allergies are greatly reduced.
I love cats and they love me but haven’t been able to be around them for the last 35 years.
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