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Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
15. Thank you.
Sun Sep 18, 2022, 09:37 PM
Sep 2022

I'm just glad we got vaccinated, and we were so careful before there was no vaccine. I'm convinced that's what made it not so bad for me, even though I'm 69.

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He said a couple of things that surprised folks. Oh, well. Joinfortmill Sep 2022 #1
Hmmmm, okaaaaay yaesu Sep 2022 #2
We've gone from pandemic to endemic Warpy Sep 2022 #14
I think Rebl2 Sep 2022 #24
He's not a virologist, he's just been listening to them. Warpy Sep 2022 #67
This is true Dorian Gray Sep 2022 #49
I was going to say that technical definitions are the sticking point here MissMillie Sep 2022 #52
My breakthrough Covid was mild Warpy Sep 2022 #66
But even those with mild infections are getting long covid womanofthehills Sep 2022 #74
"I will be masking up until hell freezes over..." myohmy2 Sep 2022 #73
Well, my cousin told me yesterday she has it after exposing me on the day before. Grasswire2 Sep 2022 #3
I guy I know working at local sport shop had a customer come in, coughing, said he had covid, every yaesu Sep 2022 #5
horrible nt Grasswire2 Sep 2022 #6
"How is it over" brooklynite Sep 2022 #8
Exactly. Just like this. nt Phoenix61 Sep 2022 #16
Covid still kills over 400 people per day in the US. LisaL Sep 2022 #20
Of those 400, how many were vaccinated? I'm guessing: not many. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2022 #53
I've been following the JHU stats nitpicker Sep 2022 #55
+1000 llmart Sep 2022 #25
Except... TiberiusB Sep 2022 #43
You should ma!e this comarison, with the links, into an OP. Beartracks Sep 2022 #44
The panic DownriverDem Sep 2022 #4
After the great Toilet Paper Shortage, there was no real panic Orrex Sep 2022 #34
I think that's what he means, and i feel that way as well onetexan Sep 2022 #38
But, they are not protected from long covid womanofthehills Sep 2022 #75
re: "no one's wearing masks" -- and that's a GOOD thing? n/t thesquanderer Sep 2022 #7
In my region, almost no one was wearing masks at any point in the pandemic Orrex Sep 2022 #35
A few seconds before the Auto Show segment ended LibinMo Sep 2022 #61
we all want it to be over Marthe48 Sep 2022 #9
I am not at a grandson's first birthday party today because it's not over. Grasswire2 Sep 2022 #10
I'm sorry for your news Marthe48 Sep 2022 #12
If it was meaningful for you to Dorian Gray Sep 2022 #50
that's a little cold Grasswire2 Sep 2022 #64
I didn't mean to come across as cold Dorian Gray Sep 2022 #65
You can still get it a second time but thats not what the vaccine protects u from onetexan Sep 2022 #39
But not long Covid womanofthehills Sep 2022 #76
My wife and I caught it a few weeks ago. Mr.Bill Sep 2022 #11
I've seen your recent posts Marthe48 Sep 2022 #13
Thank you. Mr.Bill Sep 2022 #15
I just turned 70 Marthe48 Sep 2022 #21
I'm so happy its over for him. Unfortunately it is not for me. I know, long Covid is no worse progree Sep 2022 #17
Are you being sarcastic or are you just ill-informed? Cassidy Sep 2022 #45
Thanks for your reply. I love your links and presentation of facts progree Sep 2022 #47
Most people around here do not wear masks, Dysfunctional Sep 2022 #70
Nice political move melm00se Sep 2022 #18
One suspects that the pandemic will return some time in early November Orrex Sep 2022 #36
Politics over health. Lancero Sep 2022 #46
When 400 people a day are dying no one can claim victory with any credibility. former9thward Sep 2022 #80
Once we see some zeros on the charts maybe Blues Heron Sep 2022 #19
After reading the replies above BigmanPigman Sep 2022 #22
Bye-bye federal funding for COVID vaccines, tests and treatments. Pinback Sep 2022 #30
It looks like it is up to Congress.... BigmanPigman Sep 2022 #32
The states were taking covid dollars from the federal government like it was free candy MichMan Sep 2022 #63
It's Endemic, Now... GB_RN Sep 2022 #23
We have had vaccines for flu for quite some time now. llmart Sep 2022 #26
Flu seems to be way less contagious than covid womanofthehills Sep 2022 #77
The pandemic is over in terms of having to shut the country down. Lonestarblue Sep 2022 #27
I know an older woman who contracted Covid for the first time last week. Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author progree Sep 2022 #29
I'm still wearing a mask Joe. inside everywhere. ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #31
Gonna suck when cases spike again this winter Orrex Sep 2022 #33
Well, it's not over here. TygrBright Sep 2022 #37
Wonder if this statement on National TV will affect any potential legal action on student loans ? MichMan Sep 2022 #40
I was thinking the same thing Shrek Sep 2022 #62
CBS Fascist-rot exploiters 'forgot' the prelude in their click bait headline... Justice matters. Sep 2022 #41
Not for my wifes OldkySoul Sep 2022 #42
do you know their vax status? maxsolomon Sep 2022 #71
As unpopular as this may be, it's now endemic. People are always going to get sick AZLD4Candidate Sep 2022 #48
wearing a mask helps stop the spread Blues Heron Sep 2022 #54
That can also be said for every airbourne virus, bacteria, and pathogen that ever existed AZLD4Candidate Sep 2022 #57
I only recently stopped wearing my mask in stores. twodogsbarking Sep 2022 #51
I went in one store without my mask a few weeks ago womanofthehills Sep 2022 #78
Hospitalizations are down nationwide IronLionZion Sep 2022 #56
But you need to still be very careful as the strains in India & Europe womanofthehills Sep 2022 #79
Back in early 2020 deaths were concentrated in a few cities nitpicker Sep 2022 #58
remember the nurses Kyesha Sep 2022 #59
I found this a bit disconcerting Bayard Sep 2022 #60
JFC. +/- 3000 dead a week. From COVID. sybylla Sep 2022 #68
what would you suggest? maxsolomon Sep 2022 #84
Bull pucky. sybylla Sep 2022 #86
Yeah, I heard 10 minutes of "it's not over" on Amy Goodman this morning. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #87
"Over for now" would probably have been a more accurate statement Jose Garcia Sep 2022 #69
It's ENDEMIC. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #72
And it wasn't a death sentence since the very beginning. beaglelover Sep 2022 #81
It was for some, definitely. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #85
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Sep 2022 #82
We have no other choice Zeitghost Sep 2022 #83
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