It's deja-vu all over again.

[Ocelot II]

Just got an e-mail from my cat's vet; they are going back to curbside service just like last year. Fortunately cat doesn't need to visit right now, but it seems like everything is going in reverse. My city is now under a mask mandate again, a good thing, but...

*sigh*

I expect there will be another round of vaccines that won't necessarily be boosters of the original ones but will be modified for new variants. Covid whack-a-mole.

*sigh*

But I'm not going to drink my own pee.

[dem4decades]

1. Our vet never stopped with the curbside service.

[Ocelot II]

3. Mine did, sort of. Beginning last summer you could come into the building

if you were masked, but they'd only let one human in at a time, and curbside service was still available. Now you can't come in at all. They might have let up a bit for awhile because the vaccination rate and mask use in this area are pretty high. Just not high enough, as it turns out.

[SharonClark]

6. Mine never did either.

They were closed for 2 days last week because of staff shortages. One of dogs has an appointment tomorrow.

[hlthe2b]

2. So much needs to change for the future--both veterinary & medical clinics often have tiny exam rooms

(typically) and no practical way to increase ventilation. There is simply no way--even with all wearing N95 masks-- to absolutely prevent transmission and that is even more difficult dealing with sometimes unpredictable animals where masks may go flying.

This is the only practical protective solution.

[Ocelot II]

4. And dogs and cats can get covid, though they tend not to get very sick

and so far there's no evidence that they can transmit it back to people (the viral load might be too small). The clinic, waiting room and exam rooms are pretty small, so it makes sense to keep non-employees out.

[Vinca]

5. That seems to be the norm while Covid is around. They let me enter when I had

to have our old cat Rosie euthanized because she had cancer, but I haven't been able to go in and ask questions or observe for the other cat. I hope that changes. It's better to ask questions as things are proceeding rather than after the fact via phone. Covid is getting real, real old.

[iemanja]

7. Is drinking pee the new Magat cure for COVID?

Yours is the second reference I've seen to it.

[Ocelot II]

8. Yes, indeedy.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-vax-leader-christopher-key-urges-followers-to-drink-their-own-urine-to-fight-covid-19

Skål!

[iemanja]

9. Gross. nt

[SheltieLover]

11. Someone should tell them to eat shit

[Ocelot II]

12. That's next; just wait.

[SheltieLover]

13. They wouldn't grasp the irony

On the rational side, I saw a headline that Pfizer CEO said variant booster should be ready by March!

[SheltieLover]

10. 😱

I was wondering, too.

Omg, there is no end to their stupidity!