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Here's a sad story. This 39 year old guy was hesitant about getting vaccinated, ended up getting covid, and died. It says he had no underlying conditions, but pictures show he was overweight. https://news.yahoo.com/news/michigan-father-5-dies-refusing-174726432.html

Let's just end May already.

Agree

Sometimes these paralysis reports get picked up by local news, like this one for example: https://www.wkrn.com/news/nashville-woman-partially-paralyzed-after-rare-reaction-to-covid-vaccine-walks-again/ I don't think it's good to just dismiss them or act like they can't be caused by the vaccine. You never want to overdo it and blow it out of proportion though. If you're scared of being paralyzed after the vaccine (which is a rare occurrence and seemingly temporary/reversible most of the time when it does occur), I'd say be more scared of your risk of getting a really severe or potentially fatal case of covid. Between really severe covid or fatal covid, that number would be somewhere in the millions in this country alone. At the end of the day, we all have to decide whether or not we're going to get vaccinated. Hesitation is a normal thing to have, particularly with covid vaccines since they have not been around for a long time like the flu vaccine and others. I will say that hearing the vaccine stories from friends/family and reading the vaccine experiences in this thread were helpful and made me feel more comfortable with getting it.

High of 88 at ORD. Warm enough today to push the May temp departure back into positive territory.

Today is 10 years since the Joplin tornado. Initial reports can be unreliable, so you knew it was going to be really bad when they were already saying that there were over 20 fatalities very early on.

ORD trying to make a run at 90. Will probably come up short though. 88 now

My local grocery store has ended their mask requirement. I'd say about 75% of the customers were still wearing one when I was in there. The no mask required sign on the door is a lot smaller than the old sign about masks being required. Almost like they are not wanting to boldly advertise it lol. I plan to wear mine in there until fully vaccinated, per the CDC guidance, unless that guidance changes in the meantime for people who aren't fully vaxxed (doubtful)

Not bashing, but just saying that drought prediction still has some work to do. Look at these 2 maps. Released April 30, showing drought removal likely during May in IL/southern MI: Released May 20, now drought removal not likely in those areas... through August! It did end up being a good forecast on the southern fringes, as there are no longer drought conditions around the I-80 corridor in IN/OH.

That is so weird. This morning, before I saw this post, I thought to myself that I bet somebody is going to post about how it's only 1 month until the days start getting shorter.

This may be one thing that was sacrificed as a result of the quick rollout -- not enough time to play around and come up with the best dosing schedule. Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine protection stronger if second dose is delayed, study finds https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-protection-stronger-if-second-dose-is-delayed-study-finds?_amp=true

Thanks for checking in. Glad you're doing better. I pushed my 2nd Pfizer shot beyond the 3 weeks. I could've gone on Friday June 4, but that weekend is a busy one for me and I can't risk feeling like crap. The following week is not good either. Things may go just fine... who knows. Plenty of people do very well with shot #2 but others get slammed. Interesting how you mentioned less arm soreness this time. I have seen that in the data but I was wondering if it's a real thing or if it's a case of people being distracted by the harsher systemic side effects and possibly more likely to be taking an anti-inflammatory medication the 2nd time around.

The lottery stuff does seem to help to some extent. Following weeks of declines, Ohio had a 6% increase in vaccinations in the 30-74 age group after the announcement about a $1,000,000 winner each week for the next 5 weeks.

It is an outrage to have active weather in the US in the spring.

There are different ways to analyze death rates, but here are the 20 states with the highest death rates per million, from higher to lower, using the data from worldometers. Some of these top states got slammed early on (March/April 2020) when less was known about the virus and how to treat it, so they unforunately got out to a big lead so to speak. New Jersey New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Mississippi Arizona Connecticut Louisiana South Dakota Alabama Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan North Dakota Illinois New Mexico Georgia Arkansas Iowa South Carolina

Are you better now?

We can count on a robust season to push this thread down the page.

The US has crossed the 125 million mark in terms of number of people fully vaccinated. On a percentage basis, Maine leads in that category with 50% fully vaccinated. 18 states have at least 40% fully vaccinated. 45 states have at least 30% fully vaccinated. The 5 that are below 30% are Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi, although a few of those are getting extremely close to 30%

Let's say it's not a foreign country or some ultra top secret US military thing that 99.9% of the military doesn't even know about. There'd only be one possibility left, and if it's that one, you'd be hard pressed to find many bigger stories in all of human history. The ramifications of it would be astounding on many levels.

Wider view None of the D2 in IL/MI/extreme southeast WI was there last week.

Phin will like this Covid-19 booster shot will likely be needed within a year of vaccination, Fauci says https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/19/health/covid-vaccine-booster-anthony-fauci/index.html

Now somebody other than a company CEO is saying that a booster is likely within a year after getting vaccinated. Dr Fauci: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/19/health/covid-vaccine-booster-anthony-fauci/index.html

Unreal. And not like it's been cool all Spring... since April 1, ORD has had 17 days AOA 70 with 5 days AOA 80. How do you not fumble into a TS on one of those days, or even on one of the days that was cooler.

Would be nice to have a 1 dose clinical trial from Pfizer and Moderna. Nobody has any idea how long the protection from just 1 dose of their vaccines would last. Not like we have a great idea yet about how long the protection from 2 doses will last, but there's more and more data being collected on that with time. I think Johnson and Johnson is currently doing a 2 dose trial to see how much additional benefit that would have with their vaccine.

99% of people develop antibodies after 2nd COVID-19 vaccine dose, UK study finds Nearly 100 percent of people developed COVID-19 antibodies after receiving their second dose of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine in the U.K., according to new research from the National Health Service and University College London. The preliminary findings, released May 14, are based on an analysis of 13,232 antibody samples from more than 8,500 people in England and Wales. Researchers found 96.42 percent of study participants had antibodies 28 to 34 days after their first dose. This figure jumped to 99.08 percent seven to 14 days after their second dose. Antibody positivity rates increased faster among people who received the Pfizer vaccine compared to the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has not been authorized for use in the U.S. Antibody rates were equivalent for both vaccines about four weeks after the first dose. Antibody rates were lower with increasing age and among people with health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer, but nearly all study participants demonstrated high antibody levels after their second dose. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/99-of-people-develop-antibodies-after-2nd-covid-19-vaccine-dose-uk-study-finds.html?utm_campaign=bhr&utm_source=website&utm_content=latestarticles