Okay...now we have three.

[sheshe2]

Warren, Booker and Crow, Democrats have tested positive.

They are Dems, vaccinated and tested positive.

We are in for a long cold lonely winter. I blame all the ones that have not only refused to vaccinate, also those that campaign against both masks and vaccinations.

I will also say, those in Congress that refuse to mask should not only be fined but refused entry to chambers. They are a pariah.

[SheltieLover]

1. Experts are saying this is as contagious as measles!

https://mobile.twitter.com/DrEricDing?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

😷

[sheshe2]

2. I am tired.

I just don't know what to say anymore.

Our two year old is on her 7th day of isolation.

[SheltieLover]

3. Is your baby ill?

[sheshe2]

4. My great niece tested positive.

[wnylib]

8. How is she doing since her diagnosis?

[sheshe2]

13. Very bad cold.

Otherwise, fine. Long term...who knows.

[wnylib]

15. Glad it's not worse than

a bad cold. Treatments for long term effects are getting better. Hope she won't have to deal with it.

[sheshe2]

17. Thanks, wnylib.

🤗

[NBachers]

5. Republicans have created this crisis , now they'll use it as a cudgel to hammer Joe Biden with.

May they reap the whirlwind.

[dchill]

35. One wiser than I recently said...

..."We will all reap the whirlwind."

[C Moon]

36. And they are losing votes daily to anti-vaxxers dying of COVID.

But I guess when you cheat and use other countries to help you cheat, votes don't matter.

[quakerboy]

6. And we are still holding down the knowhow on making vaccines

even if every US citizen was vaxed and masked.. the rest of the world has limited access to vaccines.

We need to open up every floodgate. If we cant make enough vaccine to supply the world now. then we need to give them all the knowledge they need to make them everywhere around the world. Should have happened before now, but better late than never.

[wnylib]

9. Brits are the holdout on this one.

They are refusing to give the technical info to others to make the vaccines.

[quakerboy]

37. How much money did we put into developing the vaccines

I have faith that the US government, should it its leaders feel it is important enough, could find a way to make this happen.

[gab13by13]

7. I watched 2 NFL football games today,

can't recall seeing a whole lot of masks.

My suggestion is to buy N95 masks now before the price goes up, and try to buy them made in the USA. I just got a bunch.

[wnylib]

10. I tried go order some on Friday.

Two different brands that I am familiar with and trust were out. I am looking for an alternative. There are a lot of knock off and fake N95 masks online.

[sheshe2]

22. My sister is a nurse well retired nurse.

She found some I will try to find out where.

[wnylib]

24. Thanks. Please PM me if you find out.

[Skittles]

11. yes

and with all the people thinking it is cool to dine in, go to a crowded theater, have big family gatherings, etc....it will spread fast

[IronLionZion]

12. Boebert and Greene next?

Those 2 won't admit to being vaccinated.

[sheshe2]

14. I read tonight the Greene said she was not vaccinated and refused to be so.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. I hope for once she's telling the truth sheshe

I for one would like very much to see her become a sorry antivaxxer.

[sheshe2]

26. Lol...

Me too

I read it here tonight. Something about her and Sarah Palin go figure.

[wnylib]

23. If she is telling the truth, then

we won't have to deal with her much longer.

[IronLionZion]

43. Omicron is coming for her if that's true

[dflprincess]

18. They'll never publicly admit it if they do get it

Hopefully they'll be too sick to run around in public.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. I never ever want to hear the anti vaccination excuse again "It's a personal issue."

No, it is NOT a "personal issue!" If you decide to leave yourself open to spreading this lethal virus, you are endangering your family, your coworkers, your neighbors and the innocents standing nearest you in the grocery checkout line. You are responsible.

[sheshe2]

19. Yep.

First case, my great niece that touched home.

We have been so careful.

[Rhiannon12866]

25. I am so sorry!

[sheshe2]

27. Thanks honey.

Other than the quarantine, they seem to be doing OK.

However it is still frightening.

[Rhiannon12866]

29. It's very frightening, especially since the little ones aren't eligible for vaccinations yet.

[sheshe2]

30. At least the five-year-old is double dosed.

She was four days shy of full vaccination when her sister tested positive. She had to be quarantined as well.

Love and hugs stay safe

[Rhiannon12866]

33. Oh, same to you. As we face winter, cases are up. My New York county is now "high risk"

At least they reinstated the mask mandate here in New York - they should never have rescinded it since people got used to it after a year and now we're starting all over again with the anti-maskers. I went to 4 stores since last Monday when it went into effect and saw anti-maskers at two of them. And one store had the mask requirement spray pained in huge letters right on the entrance.

[wnylib]

28. Hits home for me, too.

My brother died in July, 2020. He was my last living sibling. At Thanksgiving this year, my uncle died of covid. He was also my godfather and the last of my aunts and uncles.

I have zero tolerance for anti vaxxers and anti maskers.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. Oh, wow, I am so incredibly sorry!

I have one brother as well, managed to talk him into getting the vaccine (Pfizer) back in April - he says he never goes anywhere - so now I'm working on the booster.

[wnylib]

38. My brother stayed home, too.

He died before vaccines. Since be had COPD, there was no chance that he would survive.

My uncle had been vaccinated and boosted, but he was a cancer patient in remission. Weakened immune system.

[Rhiannon12866]

40. I'm so sorry to hear that.

I persuaded my brother to initially get vaccinated, but am still working on persuading him to get his booster - which we've learned is essential - but he asked me how many more he's expected to get.

[wnylib]

41. Tell him as many as necessary.

And wear an N95 everywhere.

I still have gloves left from 2020. Might start wearing those again.

[Rhiannon12866]

42. I got him a KN95 when this pandemic first started, just asked him if he needed a new one

With the mask mandate reinstated. He doesn't go out often and told me he hasn't been wearing his mask - so I told him that it's required again. He only goes to the nearby Stewart's if he really needs something and I know they enforce the mask mandate there. *sigh* And you're right, I also wore gloves as well. I need to get them out and start wearing them again.

[sheshe2]

32. Omg

I am so sorry for your loss, Wnylid.

[wnylib]

39. Thank you.

[NullTuples]

34. There's a difference between getting infected while vaccinated...

...where the death rate is four places to the right of the decimal, and getting infected while unvaccinated, where the death rate is a whole number.