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I have a cough now. I felt like I was coming down with a sinus infection yesterday. I am feeling better than I have been since Thursday when I got the booster. Moderna made sure I understood side effects were no joking matter.

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Sorry. Thanks for the warning.

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It took me about 30-60 seconds, honestly. Seemed like 30 seconds, was probably actually 60.

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The New York Times reports that Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises have cancelled a number of cruises because onboard outbreaks of Omicron have led to hundreds of passengers falling ill in recent weeks. It's almost as if being on a tin can with hundreds of other people and a highly contagious virus is not the greatest idea! The Times also notes that the CDC last month warned that people might want to avoid cruises, even if they're vaccinated, a warning that the cruise industry trade association at the time called "perplexing."My best friend's family -- all fully vaxxed, all taking all reasonable precautions -- were going to leave for a cruise yesterday. But they had to scrub it at the last minute. Today's his oldest's birthday, so I'll get the full story when I call to wish him happy birthday.

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Those guys are from my home town

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Fauci also cautioned that the world has only ever eliminated one infectious disease in history: smallpox.

Hey now, we got rid of rinderpest too!

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I was too, in 1980. Families flew in from all over the country for my law school graduation to stand in the (lightly-) falling ash from Mt. St. Helen's. They were not entertained by this.

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Pfizer kicked my ass 3 times because I had Pfizer for all 3 shots, Moderna wasn't available here.

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Older folks immune systems are weaker and don't ramp up a huge response like younger folks. That's why tetanus boosters aren't near as effective after 50...I read that I think on the CDC site...anyway...that's the difference, age kicks our asses in more ways than one.

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That's the reason for the visual: NO MATH

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Placing an order is easy and also very quick. Thanks for the information.

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I'm sure there's SOMETHING, there just doesn't seem to be much urgency about getting them where they're needed.

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Could be, yeah. There are still so many of them who think the vaccine shouldn't even be *called* a vaccine because "it doesn't work" i.e., it doesn't prevent infection and disease 100% of the time.

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Now we have nothing but feces falling from Rethug mouths and asses.

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True.

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We got rid of the scourge of the Dodo Bird.

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