Immunity from covid is like less than half as good as the vaccine. There’s a reason previously positive people are not counted in the drive for herd immunity. And yet another reason why trying to achieve herd immunity naturally by pretending covid doesn’t exist is really fucking stupid.
I should note we don’t know the exact number (last I checked) but think of it this way: if the first dose of Pfizer/Moderna and naturally immunity from getting covid gives you 50-80% protection. Now add the fact that you get a second shot to take that number to 90-95% protection and the natural immunity stays the same, why would you not get the vaccine?
So I woke up this morning, the day of my 2nd vaccine, and have sore throat. Any concerns, or just get juiced?
Damn, in the future instead of being controlled by bill gates, we could be mindless super soldiers controlled by the government https://www.armytimes.com/news/your...-fight-covid-variants-begins-clinical-trials/
Last flu shot I woke up with sore throat and the feeling of having a head cold. Was gone the next day
I don't think that's true, previously infected people are counted as part of herd immunity but it lowers with each passing day since, as you said, it's likely less lasting than vaccine-based immunity.
for as long as i can remember any time i am hungover i always have a cough. that paired with the increase in drinking during covid has made for a fun game
Day 1 of dose 2 knocked me out. Slept 10 hours last night. Woke up today feeling good and alternating between wanting to run through a brick wall and sluggish. Arm slightly sore. I’ll take it.
This data is confusing me a bit. You’ve got the northeast/upper midwest case spike which I thought was largely driven by the variants. However, you’ve got variants making up a large share of the cases in the south now and no real jump in case volume that I’ve seen.
^ idk. Doubling time is ~10 days for UK variant, so we'll see if vaccinations can outstrip new cases.
So Michigan is cruising along at 7 day averages of 6,300+ cases a day and a 16% positivity number. At 16% is there any calculation on how many cases a day are being missed?
How do they combine infections with vaccinations? You can’t just add 32M cases with x-number of shots since they have no way of knowing what overlap there is.
I don't know, but it's a PhD data science guy so I don't think he's pulling it out of his ass. Possibly he's using some regression probably based on what CDC initially gave as an estimate for number of people infected before there was wide vaccination. It's clear there's overlap in the chart.
Got the second vaccine yesterday. Everything was fine. I even coached soccer practice last night. Today I’m 90% sure that they gave me the flu. Sleeping for 20 hours, alternating chills and fever.
I wonder what our upper bound for new cases is going to be. Are we going to keep hovering around 60-75K a day as vaccines combat spread? Will we hit 100K in a day again?