starla wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:40 pm
I'm kind of amazed I haven't gotten COVID yet. Or maybe I have.
I'm with you, it's so hard to know. Have I been careful enough? Have I not been too closely exposed? Have I gotten it and my immune system destroyed it before it took root? Have I had it and not known? Apparently those antibody tests are as accurate as a Buzzfeed career choice test.
It's not that I've not walked out to get the mail without my mask or scratched my nose or ear without having washed my hands first but I stil am kinda amazed at how many people I see half-assing their way through life about this. No, I don't believe masks or vac or gloves to be 100% guards but the probability levels being diminished are staggering. Why not protect yourself?
When it first broke, and still somewhat today, I didn't want to be like the first person to have at my office or church or whatever out of fear of being the one who gave it to others. Of course, even if I were to be the first to present it wouldn't mean that I was the first to contract it. I really didn't want to be the one who spread it to someone who may've suffered the most catastrophic results. I traveled over the holidays mainly to help out with my elderly mom who had some health issues and my bro in law who was going through cancer treatment. If I gave it to either of them, there would've been a level of guilt I don't know how I would've overcome.
The traffic is definitely starting to come back in LA. Things are more crowded but socially, things haven't opened back up. I've seen a few online plays that have made great use of the medium. Some musicians performing in their own living rooms and backyards has been cool but I do look forward to checking out a live show and maybe meeting someone new or catching up with people I haven't seen in a while.
I don't know what to make of the vaccines. I know someone who got one but still contracted the virus. They say 6 days after before it really takes root and he got word on day 6. He had also worked in a hospital since the start of the outbreak and got sick around new years, so it's weird that he managed to avoid it for so long. I get the flu shot sporadically. Hard to know if it's worked or I had just been fortunate. Not sure if I've had the flu in 25 years. There seem to be a number of factors to ensure the efficacy of the shots. I don't think it'll do any harm but there's no way of knowing the chain of protocols had been followed up until it reached my arm. I'll get it and just hope the risk of my dying from it will be greatly reduced.
But I think it's very effective against any severe form of Covid. Restrictions are loose in my district right now - I'm seeing tons of people at bars and restaurants and parks - but are expected to come back in March as cases rise.
