Effects of Covid-19 on Local Lifestyles...

Now that Covid-19 has been around long past any logical quarantine known to mankind, the current circumstances in the U.S. and Great Britain seem to be much worse than we thought possible. This doesn’t seem to be about a virus. It seems more like the fall of an empire. From what I have seen in the U.S, the Federal government only successfully agreed to bail out themselves. Currently, public schools are opening and within weeks due to Covid-19, making children abruptly have a day off for video learning in the middle of the week and/or closing down the entire school for two week periods.

Anyone working 40 hour work week occupations are naturally set off balance whether supported by their families or not. The State Representatives are not closing down the State or making business' close in order for single parents to make adjustments, so choosing between caring for your child or keeping your job seem to be made something you are forced to choose between. I’d like to further diiscuss this openly because communication in between each state is limited and what occurring in foreign nations isn’t even being discussed. Please share openly where you’re from and the effects of Covid-19 on your area. Thanks…

i feel like making my own YT channel. might start by reacting to the upcoming 'Kenobi' series. but then i think back on alyssa's haters just coz she made a twilight zone-inspired vid. and then i stop myself. now i'm thinking maybe it's best if people just see you do things by hand. like some kinda craft or technology channel. i'm not that confident about doing voiceovers so it's probably going to be silent vids with a stationary camera.

Posted by SolitariusLupus

I live in Canada. We not doing to bad up here, at least not on the East coast where I am. My Province is the only one in Canada making people wear masks in public though.. never thought I'd see that day. They opened school for all the kids here, then literally the next week lifted the 2 week quarantine for anyone travelling outside the Atlantic bubble... Dumbest move made yet. Idiots!!

In the States, the first schools to open were in the State of Georgia. One child recorded the students in the hallways walking without masks. The child was suspended for the video, for a week, but it had proven that none of the children are wearing masks in the schools. Also, parents are forced to drop off and pick up their children curb side, so whatever goes on in the schools, parents are no longer allowed on the property. This is bonkers.

I can’t even discuss it anymore honestly

Beyond over it

I live in Florida

We’re in the news a lot so many people elsewhere in the country seem to think they know what’s going on, but I’m honestly not seeing it

The last time my mother in law called from NJ she was all hysterical talking about how nobody is wearing masks in FL and nothing is shut down blah blah blah. I was like man good thing you know what’s going on tho 🙄 I don’t even have the energy to respond seriously

Schools are open with some type of staggered schedules so a smaller population of students are there at once. It’s obviously hard to get children to wear masks all day, but they do have desk shields and they do limit their social interaction within their reduced classrooms. My aunt is a kindergarten teacher and she said it’s been rough, but a lot of kids really need the in-person learning and social interaction and so far everyone has stayed pretty healthy due to all the extra cleaning etc

If you don't realize at this point the intensity of this 'virus' isn't 99% political power gains world wide then I can't honestly trust you.

The whole civil moment in between is just a distraction, because its more real then the fake virus.

Anyway how about that 2020 election in America. What is it, Biden vs Trump? Thats much more important.

Public transport is pretty awesome: half the chairs are marked with a big X (aka - you're not allow to sit here) - and only a limited number of people are allowed inside. Reminds me of late nights and last rides... the only times i enjoyed using public transport. 😌

I actually don't notice much. I've yet to see any real case of people dying from covid. I'm sure it happens, but I've known 8 people including myself who got coivd and all recovered. It felt like a simple allergy attack for a day for me. I guess some people die from it? But all the people i personally know who were diagnosed with it recovered in a day or so. It makes me wonder why the media plays it out to be so bad.

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I actually don't notice much. I've yet to see any real case of people dying from covid. I'm sure it happens, but I've known 8 people including myself who got coivd and all recovered. It felt like a simple allergy attack for a day for me. I guess some people die from it? But all the people i personally know who were diagnosed with it recovered in a day or so. It makes me wonder why the media plays it out to be so bad.

It varies. Have family in the same household range from something a kin to the stomach flu to breathing issues. Fatigue and lose of appetite is common. Yet 2 of the 5 people are perfectly fine...zero symptoms.

I close friend of mine died from covid 2 weeks ago. Yes pre-existing conditions putting her at risk for complications, yet the kind of conditions that are pretty normal in America. She was really careful. Her decline was very rapid. Once it got serious she passed in 3 days.

Yes the media is blowing this up. They focus on anything that gets you to click or watch. Yes fear mongering but that doesn't mean it isn't a real serious issue. It doesn't excuse people for using that as a excuse for being a asshat either.

Look, it's obviously a dice roll how serious the symptoms will be. It's virus we as a species don't have much of a defense from because well it's new. This happens in nature often. A Common occurrence in even recent history.

The vaccine doesn't grant immunity. It gives your immune system expose to it so it's better able to recognize and fight it off. People take too much for granted and this crazy mentality of glorifying thier ignorance.

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Posted by Soul

I actually don't notice much. I've yet to see any real case of people dying from covid. I'm sure it happens, but I've known 8 people including myself who got coivd and all recovered. It felt like a simple allergy attack for a day for me. I guess some people die from it? But all the people i personally know who were diagnosed with it recovered in a day or so. It makes me wonder why the media plays it out to be so bad.

The guy who got Covid and is in the hospital? Found out they put him on a ventilator in the ICU. He is the Libra’s brother that I posted about on here. He is 46 years old and has no underlying health conditions. He is slim. Don’t know if he still smokes or not. I said a prayer for him.

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Damn. Hope he gets well soon.

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Posted by Soul

I actually don't notice much. I've yet to see any real case of people dying from covid. I'm sure it happens, but I've known 8 people including myself who got coivd and all recovered. It felt like a simple allergy attack for a day for me. I guess some people die from it? But all the people i personally know who were diagnosed with it recovered in a day or so. It makes me wonder why the media plays it out to be so bad.

It varies. Have family in the same household range from something a kin to the stomach flu to breathing issues. Fatigue and lose of appetite is common. Yet 2 of the 5 people are perfectly fine...zero symptoms.

I close friend of mine died from covid 2 weeks ago. Yes pre-existing conditions putting her at risk for complications, yet the kind of conditions that are pretty normal in America. She was really careful. Her decline was very rapid. Once it got serious she passed in 3 days.

Yes the media is blowing this up. They focus on anything that gets you to click or watch. Yes fear mongering but that doesn't mean it isn't a real serious issue. It doesn't excuse people for using that as a excuse for being a asshat either.

Look, it's obviously a dice roll how serious the symptoms will be. It's virus we as a species don't have much of a defense from because well it's new. This happens in nature often. A Common occurrence in even recent history.

The vaccine doesn't grant immunity. It gives your immune system expose to it so it's better able to recognize and fight it off. People take too much for granted and this crazy mentality of glorifying thier ignorance.

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I agree on all of that actually. My only question is if my immune system was already exposed to the virus naturally, and it had little to no effect on me, then what is the point of a vaccine after that point?

I honestly want to know so I have real factual answers when debating with people in my area about the vaccine.

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Posted by Lostthoughts

Posted by Soul

I actually don't notice much. I've yet to see any real case of people dying from covid. I'm sure it happens, but I've known 8 people including myself who got coivd and all recovered. It felt like a simple allergy attack for a day for me. I guess some people die from it? But all the people i personally know who were diagnosed with it recovered in a day or so. It makes me wonder why the media plays it out to be so bad.

It varies. Have family in the same household range from something a kin to the stomach flu to breathing issues. Fatigue and lose of appetite is common. Yet 2 of the 5 people are perfectly fine...zero symptoms.

I close friend of mine died from covid 2 weeks ago. Yes pre-existing conditions putting her at risk for complications, yet the kind of conditions that are pretty normal in America. She was really careful. Her decline was very rapid. Once it got serious she passed in 3 days.

Yes the media is blowing this up. They focus on anything that gets you to click or watch. Yes fear mongering but that doesn't mean it isn't a real serious issue. It doesn't excuse people for using that as a excuse for being a asshat either.

Look, it's obviously a dice roll how serious the symptoms will be. It's virus we as a species don't have much of a defense from because well it's new. This happens in nature often. A Common occurrence in even recent history.

The vaccine doesn't grant immunity. It gives your immune system expose to it so it's better able to recognize and fight it off. People take too much for granted and this crazy mentality of glorifying thier ignorance.

I agree on all of that actually. My only question is if my immune system was already exposed to the virus naturally, and it had little to no effect on me, then what is the point of a vaccine after that point?

I honestly want to know so I have real factual answers when debating with people in my area about the vaccine.

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@WarAngel may be able to help?

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I actually don't notice much. I've yet to see any real case of people dying from covid. I'm sure it happens, but I've known 8 people including myself who got coivd and all recovered. It felt like a simple allergy attack for a day for me. I guess some people die from it? But all the people i personally know who were diagnosed with it recovered in a day or so. It makes me wonder why the media plays it out to be so bad.

It varies. Have family in the same household range from something a kin to the stomach flu to breathing issues. Fatigue and lose of appetite is common. Yet 2 of the 5 people are perfectly fine...zero symptoms.

I close friend of mine died from covid 2 weeks ago. Yes pre-existing conditions putting her at risk for complications, yet the kind of conditions that are pretty normal in America. She was really careful. Her decline was very rapid. Once it got serious she passed in 3 days.

Yes the media is blowing this up. They focus on anything that gets you to click or watch. Yes fear mongering but that doesn't mean it isn't a real serious issue. It doesn't excuse people for using that as a excuse for being a asshat either.

Look, it's obviously a dice roll how serious the symptoms will be. It's virus we as a species don't have much of a defense from because well it's new. This happens in nature often. A Common occurrence in even recent history.

The vaccine doesn't grant immunity. It gives your immune system expose to it so it's better able to recognize and fight it off. People take too much for granted and this crazy mentality of glorifying thier ignorance.

I agree on all of that actually. My only question is if my immune system was already exposed to the virus naturally, and it had little to no effect on me, then what is the point of a vaccine after that point?

I honestly want to know so I have real factual answers when debating with people in my area about the vaccine.

@WarAngel may be able to help?

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If he truly and honestly answered, I would get the vaccine tomorrow and post the papers to prove it.

He won't though, and will write this off as me trolling to help sleep at night.

I looked it up myself, but didn't do any real deep research. Mostly because I don't feel the need, and have trouble finding information from the web I can write off as accurate. Which is why I mostly go off what I see with my own eyes/ experiences. Apparently it's just doubling up on the chances of fighting it off. Like extra training for your body. Much like the flu shot. I personally feel it isn't necessary. If someone wanted to go that extra step I wouldn't blame them, but personally don't see the point. I feel that makes the body weaker in general, but that point is arguable. Some could say the vaccine makes the body stronger, which I wouldn't dispute.

@Soul

Vaccine doesn't affect the body "strength", it teaches your body to recognise the virus, so it could "remember" and react promptly next time you are infected, to protect itself.

The first question is how long ago did you have the infection. If it's longer than 7-9 months, you are probably susceptible to become reinfected. You may want to get the vaccine Instead of taking your chances with the virus. It's not exactly the same virus you have been infected last time (unless you've been infected recently with Delta) and you don't know how your body will react to it.

Irrespective of how easy your symptoms were, your organs could get damaged by the virus, because it triggers formation of small blood clots in your blood vessels, which are practically everywhere. Read about long Covid and about the fact that people become more susceptible to being sick after they had Covid.

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I actually don't notice much. I've yet to see any real case of people dying from covid. I'm sure it happens, but I've known 8 people including myself who got coivd and all recovered. It felt like a simple allergy attack for a day for me. I guess some people die from it? But all the people i personally know who were diagnosed with it recovered in a day or so. It makes me wonder why the media plays it out to be so bad.

It varies. Have family in the same household range from something a kin to the stomach flu to breathing issues. Fatigue and lose of appetite is common. Yet 2 of the 5 people are perfectly fine...zero symptoms.

I close friend of mine died from covid 2 weeks ago. Yes pre-existing conditions putting her at risk for complications, yet the kind of conditions that are pretty normal in America. She was really careful. Her decline was very rapid. Once it got serious she passed in 3 days.

Yes the media is blowing this up. They focus on anything that gets you to click or watch. Yes fear mongering but that doesn't mean it isn't a real serious issue. It doesn't excuse people for using that as a excuse for being a asshat either.

Look, it's obviously a dice roll how serious the symptoms will be. It's virus we as a species don't have much of a defense from because well it's new. This happens in nature often. A Common occurrence in even recent history.

The vaccine doesn't grant immunity. It gives your immune system expose to it so it's better able to recognize and fight it off. People take too much for granted and this crazy mentality of glorifying thier ignorance.

I agree on all of that actually. My only question is if my immune system was already exposed to the virus naturally, and it had little to no effect on me, then what is the point of a vaccine after that point?

I honestly want to know so I have real factual answers when debating with people in my area about the vaccine.

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Well the simple answer is the flu.

Every year healthcare workers and immune compromised people get a flu shot.

What is not commonly known is it's a different shot every year. Every year they gather data on the current strains and create a vaccine with a collection of the most prevalent.

Why that matters here? For the same reason.

In fact my sister's household got covid last year in May. Wasn't bad. Similar to light flu symptoms. This year though we have the delta variant in our area. Pretty sure that's what they got.

In your case what you point out is valid. The question is do you want to expose your body again to be sure your immune system is vigilant against it?

Ok the not so simple answer next:

The second thing I want to point out is a concept know as viral load. That is the amount of the live virus in your system.

I don't remember if I learned this from school or from documentaries in my free time since then.

Viral load is what makes you sick and able to infarct others. Being sick is a immune response + damage from the illness not the presence of the bacteria or virus itself. Does that make sense?

There are a lot of life long terminal illnesses that are managed by suppressing the viral count in the body. Hepatitis C, HIV, and meningitis are the best examples. Medication is used to suppress the virus but they can't get rid of it. They can live a normal life for the most part but if they get sick the medication and thier immune system will be overwhelmed and stop suppressing the infection. It will multiply rapidly and deal serious damage or straight kill them. That basically what it means to be immune compromised and why secondary infections are so dangerous in hospitals.



There is 100% chance on your skin and with your body their are harmful bacteria and virus living inside you. Your immune system is constantly at work locating and eliminating them. It doesn't actually effect you and you feel sick until your immune system gets stressed from a large infection( viral load/count) or damage starts adding up.

This is why they say those that have the vaccine have a greatly reduced chance of spreading covid. Even if exposed the probability of spreading it is lowered from the reduced viral count.

So to put in simply, get the vaccine so you will not get sick or as sick and spread it to others.

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Posted by Soul

I actually don't notice much. I've yet to see any real case of people dying from covid. I'm sure it happens, but I've known 8 people including myself who got coivd and all recovered. It felt like a simple allergy attack for a day for me. I guess some people die from it? But all the people i personally know who were diagnosed with it recovered in a day or so. It makes me wonder why the media plays it out to be so bad.

It varies. Have family in the same household range from something a kin to the stomach flu to breathing issues. Fatigue and lose of appetite is common. Yet 2 of the 5 people are perfectly fine...zero symptoms.

I close friend of mine died from covid 2 weeks ago. Yes pre-existing conditions putting her at risk for complications, yet the kind of conditions that are pretty normal in America. She was really careful. Her decline was very rapid. Once it got serious she passed in 3 days.

Yes the media is blowing this up. They focus on anything that gets you to click or watch. Yes fear mongering but that doesn't mean it isn't a real serious issue. It doesn't excuse people for using that as a excuse for being a asshat either.

Look, it's obviously a dice roll how serious the symptoms will be. It's virus we as a species don't have much of a defense from because well it's new. This happens in nature often. A Common occurrence in even recent history.

The vaccine doesn't grant immunity. It gives your immune system expose to it so it's better able to recognize and fight it off. People take too much for granted and this crazy mentality of glorifying thier ignorance.

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Sorry to hear about your friend 😔