Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-25 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Covid on Dec 20th, vaccine Feb 2nd. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-25 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-07-25 10:26, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: I don't think anyone, anywhere, has had a reaction to the vaccine that was worse than even a mild case of CoVid. That message could have stopped after the first 3 words. Someone, everywhere, has had a worse reaction to every vaccine,

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-25 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Peter wrote: >When I got it, I felt like crap for a week. high temp, sweats, lost my sense >of smell and taste for a week Silly question, assuming "it" means SARS-CoV-2, and not the reaction to the vaccine. Did you get CoVid before you got the vaccine, or after? Rick

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-25 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I don't think anyone, anywhere, has had a reaction to the vaccine that was worse than even a mild case of CoVid. Typical reaction is a sore arm for a day, worst I've heard of is feeling really sick for 12 hrs or so. When I got it, I felt like crap for a week. high temp, sweats, lost my sense

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-25 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-07-25 08:07, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Larry, In your shoes, I would get with your doc and talk about "off label" treatments for the Wuhan Red Death, like Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine (HCL), and vitamin D supplements. People have been using Ivermectin, vitamins, zinc for

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-25 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Larry, In your shoes, I would get with your doc and talk about "off label" treatments for the Wuhan Red Death, like Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine (HCL), and vitamin D supplements. Also talk about getting tested to see if you already have been exposed and have some level of immunity. That would

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-25 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Based on near daily research of all available information about each of the injections offered, I came to the personal decision that there was not enough documented clinical testing data to warrant my personal well being risk of being injected. As time goes by, more numbers of people are having

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-24 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Thanks Allan - I am 71 so age is a factor.  My big fear is having a reaction to the V that is as bad as/worse than C19.  Yes I am nervous about receiving the V. Also, there is so much contradictory information out there it's hard to make an informed decision based on fact. Thanks for the info

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-24 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
>From what I have read it's a rare but non-zero chance esp. with the Janssen >(J vaccine), to the point where they recenlty added an advisory to the >official data sheet about it. When it happens, it seem to be more likely in >men over age 50. I can't comment on how your condition would change

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-07-24 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
Hi All -     IIRC, there are others on the list with Demylinating Polyneropathy (like me).  I have heard things about people and Guillame-Barret disease getting the Vac and having bad reactiions. Does anyone have good/bad comments about having CIPD and the Vac? Thx, LarryT 06 E350 On

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
You can mix it with something else to rid the itch. Last year I bought a pair of wool longjohns. They're actually only like 40% wool and 60% cotton, actually I just looked it up and its more complicated: https://coldpruf.com/products/authentic-wool-plus-mens-crew/ Anyway they're amazing. I wore

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The pharmacies are being used extensively around New England. Not in our area yet but I know Maine is pushing them hard. They had a session the other day for first responders at one of the schools. Vaccinated several hundred people in a day, military style... -Curt On Friday, January 15,

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We snowmobile mostly in the local state park which has a campground. For the last 20 or so years the campground has been groomed. This year they've asked us to stop grooming "So the skiers don't have to compete with the snowmobiles."I wonder how long until the skiers complain about not having

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Which reminds me that I need to see the doc about my blood pressure medication, we've been checking and I'm running below normal, yesterday was 113/70something. I don't remember it ever being that low and thats with me only medicating 4 days a week. This working out stuff might have some kind

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
The nice thing about wool is it keeps you warm even when it's wet (from rain, sweat, etc). The bad thing about it (for me) is it's itchy. Allan Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > I have somewhere in a box a pair of (below) knee wool pants and wool > knee socks, and a pair of cross-country

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I have somewhere in a box a pair of (below) knee wool pants and wool knee socks, and a pair of cross-country ski shoes, and the skis in the garage loft.  All that and a turtleneck and wool sweater was all you needed once you got going on almost any day. Of course I now hate the cold and we get

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
We’re using a centralized registration system by CDR Maguire. They’re doing it at the state level across the country as well. We’ve been told that the state is going to take over all aspects of the distribution and vaccination in the next week or two and establish one site in the county to

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Locally they are vaccinating those aged 70+ currently, who have accounted for 86% of fatalities. The state set up a website where you can register. Not sure of the exact process but somehow that is fed back to the county health departments who are in charge of the actual vaccinations. Here, some

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yes it is also a lot faster to use xc poles with roller blades - like insanely fast. Put plastic tip covers and some duct tape on the ends. You can even buy skis with wheels if you want and wear the xc skate boots. I worked the front desk at Sun Valley for a season. Some of the best memories are

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
We had a groomed cross country ski course at a state park just a few miles away form our home in WI. On Friday nights they had “candlelight skiing”, which had a bonfire at the parking area for the non-participants and luminaries (? - paper bags with the votive candles) placed along the trails

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Sure. But there is also no vaccine for getting hit by a truck. On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 8:13 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > yep. But life is all about continuous risk assessment, you might get hit > by a truck tomorrow too but you get on with life. > > Speaking of

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I tried X country skiing on a sunny day in Winnipeg several years ago and found it way more strenuous than I expected, and much more challenging than the downhill variety. On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:56 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Few people who haven’t done it

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Few people who haven’t done it don’t understand how difficult and physical cross country skiing is. I took it up when we lived in WI, and I will say that it's right up there with workouts like spinning - and that’s when you’re on level ground! The first time I tried it I was appropriately

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2021-01-15 10:26, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: On that note, it's time to get on the NordicTrac. I tried cross country skiing as a teen, couldn't kick properly despite working on it a lot. (see my post in this thread on poliomyelitis earlier this morning) When I was about 25, I

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> He was telling me that almost all of them were morbidly obese, basically > train wrecks with multiple co-morbidities like diabetes, heart disease, respiratory issues, etc., older, and generally did not practice a healthful lifestyle. Good excuse to get on the treadmill/elliptical/weight bench

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
yep. But life is all about continuous risk assessment, you might get hit by a truck tomorrow too but you get on with life. Speaking of which, I need to check my MegaMillions tickets from last night... --FT On 1/15/21 10:45 AM, Karl Wittnebel wrote: Yes the risk of dying under 40 is

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
I'm not sure anyone has the answer to that question Mitch. Possibly so. On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:49 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Does a swift reaction the first time imply that your body was already > prepped to deal with COVID? > > Mitch. > > On 2021-01-14 22:53,

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yes the risk of dying under 40 is extremely low, like 175 times lower than an 85 year old. It doesnt mean your lungs wont have some long term damage from it, but many people seem to just not get that sick with this thing. Latest study says 40% of transmission is from people with no symptoms at

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I talked to my MD/PhD buddy this morning who was involved in setting up the AZ trial.  He was in the first tranche of those dosed, turns out he got the placebo.  He said: Placebo here was saline. In the earlier UK trial, they used the non- COVID virus. The antibody test u took may not

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
This guy I bought the limping E500 from is a respiratory tech. He has been working flat-out for months at a MUSC facility in Orangeburg, which is like 40mi away and pretty rural.  He has had LOTS of patients and many fatalities from the covids.  It really affected him.  He was telling me that

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
In some areas, yes. Pinellas and Pasco counties (west and north of Tampa) have large numbers of retirees. Hillsborough County, which is Tampa, has far lower numbers. One of the issues is people from adjoining counties attempting to register for vaccinations here. They’ve gotten pissy when

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I would reckon Florida would be a big consumer of vaccines for the elderly especially... -Curt On Friday, January 15, 2021, 7:49:53 AM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: The distribution and management of vaccinations here in Florida has been nothing short of a cluster, mainly

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Johnson & Johnson has cleared Phase 2 of clinical trials for a vaccine that requires only one dose. In a month they should be through phase three, and then approval one hopes. On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 8:15 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I think that's as it should be.

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I think that's as it should be. The bottlenecks should all be in supply and demand, not in logistics. If there's vaccine and people who want it, you need an efficient operation to put it in them until you run out of people or run out of vaccine. If you run out of vaccine, you're not the

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I went last Friday for a blood draw for the AZ trial. I was talking to the nurse about having a reaction (Mild flu-like symptoms days 2,3 after) to both doses and hoping that meant I got the real deal. (I cheated and got antibody tests that were negative both times). She said the placebo in

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
The distribution and management of vaccinations here in Florida has been nothing short of a cluster, mainly because the state (and Federal government) has left it up to the counties to administer, with little to no guidance on how it should be done. I can’t get into the specifics for my county,

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-15 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Does a swift reaction the first time imply that your body was already prepped to deal with COVID? Mitch. On 2021-01-14 22:53, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: personally seeing what Covid did to my sister I am happy to have received a couple of doses even though it did give me the

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-14 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Silly question for Karl. Is this (VADE) a valid concern? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody-dependent_enhancement Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-14 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
a Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 11:35 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: mi...@mitchellhaley.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots > > Stockpiled? > Which ones have enough shelf life to stockpile? > Mitch. > > On 2021-01-14 22:29, Karl Wittnebel via Merc

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-14 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
: Mercedes On Behalf Of Mitch Haley via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 11:35 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: mi...@mitchellhaley.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots Stockpiled? Which ones have enough shelf life to stockpile? Mitch. On 2021-01-14 22:29, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-14 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
le lung transplant) got his first shot and only > reported mild soreness, like a flu shot. > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 11:30 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Karl Wittnebel &

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-14 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
: Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots It's good news, but probably won't matter much until they get more vaccine stockpiled. On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 7:29 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > As of today, COVID shots are available for everyone over

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-14 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Stockpiled? Which ones have enough shelf life to stockpile? Mitch. On 2021-01-14 22:29, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: It's good news, but probably won't matter much until they get more vaccine stockpiled. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-14 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
It's good news, but probably won't matter much until they get more vaccine stockpiled. On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 7:29 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > As of today, COVID shots are available for everyone over 65 in NC. > > ___ >

Re: [MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-14 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I'm on my way down. On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 10:29 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > As of today, COVID shots are available for everyone over 65 in NC. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives

[MBZ] NC Covid shots

2021-01-14 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
As of today, COVID shots are available for everyone over 65 in NC. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: