5fouls Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31190553/alabama-basketball-fan-death-prompts-covid-19-contact-tracing-indianapolis Unfortunate story from the NCAA tournament. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Daily cases in Michigan back up to early December totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 9 hours ago, 5fouls said: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31190553/alabama-basketball-fan-death-prompts-covid-19-contact-tracing-indianapolis Unfortunate story from the NCAA tournament. 9 employees at St. Elmo's tested positive too. Guess we all knew this would happen. You can't bring this many people from around the country into an area and not expect a spike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatShot Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 11 hours ago, 5fouls said: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31190553/alabama-basketball-fan-death-prompts-covid-19-contact-tracing-indianapolis Unfortunate story from the NCAA tournament. Very tragic, but I think it's ridiculous they're trying to contact trace anyone who may have been near him. Just seems like an overreaction and a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierFaithful Posted April 4, 2021 Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 That’s literally what contact tracing is..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronkonagurski Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 Got my first shot of Moderna the other day. Within 24 hours I started feeling absolutely miserable (chills, aches, fatigue) but after a good night's sleep, doing a lot better. Whew! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 minute ago, bronkonagurski said: Got my first shot of Moderna the other day. Within 24 hours I started feeling absolutely miserable (chills, aches, fatigue) but after a good night's sleep, doing a lot better. Whew! Glad your feeling better quickly. One thing my wife told me and I'm not sure if it's true or not (too lazy to research it), but she said she read that people who have bad reactions to the first shot often times may have had COVID already... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/4/2021 at 12:34 PM, HoosierFaithful said: That’s literally what contact tracing is..? But it does nothing. We have had athlete, after athlete, after student, after student contact traced... and it's done absolutely nothing. My fiance is an athletic trainer and she has made 100s of kids quarantine and not one of them has came back and said they ended up with Covid. It's only hindered the kids education and athletics, as a result. It's a complete overreach. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 I understand I'm not going to agree with plenty on here, but the contact tracing has been absolutely absurd for the negative effect it's had in schools. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted April 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, btownqb said: I understand I'm not going to agree with plenty on here, but the contact tracing has been absolutely absurd for the negative effect it's had in schools. Thanks for sticking up for the kids. They have been wrongfully inconvenienced/ burdened/ harmed- especially the poorest and most disadvantaged who missed a whole year of school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted April 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 Infections have doubled in MI from 2 weeks ago. Here are the hotspots- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Reacher said: Infections have doubled in MI from 2 weeks ago. Here are the hotspots- Why is this happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, btownqb said: Why is this happening? I'd love to know as well. Is it as simple as winter is over and people venturing out? Or people getting vaccinated and everyone thinks the virus just goes away? 3rd time in 2 days I've heard about Michigan. Curious myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Seeking6 said: I'd love to know as well. Is it as simple as winter is over and people venturing out? Or people getting vaccinated and everyone thinks the virus just goes away? 3rd time in 2 days I've heard about Michigan. Curious myself. Yeah, something is weird there. I wonder if it’s a new variant or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted April 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 hours ago, btownqb said: Why is this happening? No clue. NY and NJ are also spiking again. Something like half the new infections coming from 5 states. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) Regarding Michigan. A couple of theories. Michigan got hit hard early and locked down hard. As a result, they are well below the national average of cases per capita. As they have loosened restrictions (opened schools, etc.) this spike is adjusting them back to the mean. Other states have already went through this kind of spike after the initial surge. Michigan did not. Michigan, along with New York and New Jersey were hard hit early. Immunity from those that had the disease and recovered helped slow, but did not stop the spread of the virus. Now, a year later, that immunity may be wearing off and the virus has a lot more sources of transmission. Again, combined with lifting some of the restrictions, it's creating one last opportunity for the virus to spread until vaccinations really start making a difference. The second scenario is especially concerning for other states unless we get to herd immunity sooner rather than later. Edited April 8, 2021 by 5fouls 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) Not surprising, I made a quick stop at the grocery last night and saw multiple people shopping without masks since the state wide mandate was lifted. This was happening even though the store still requires masks and reminded people constantly over the intercom system. Edited April 8, 2021 by 5fouls 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdhoosier Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 19 hours ago, Lostin76 said: Yeah, something is weird there. I wonder if it’s a new variant or something? Just read that the UK variant, which is 56% more transmissible, is now the dominant strain in the US. Maybe those states’ vaccination efforts are losing ‘the race’ against the variant. ...just got my second jab yesterday. No side affects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 Decent article on herd immunity. Though, if you're looking for something super-positive, you may not want to read. https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/30/health/herd-immunity-covid-shifts/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 My wife got her second Moderna shot Tuesday. She felt a little rough last night for 6 hours or so. No issues this morning. I will get my second dose in 2 weeks 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 55 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Not surprising, I made a quick stop at the grocery last night and saw multiple people shopping without masks since the state wide mandate was lifted. This was happening even though the store still requires masks and reminded people constantly over the intercom system. Can't speak for other parts of state but I know plenty of businesses/restaurants/bars in Indy/North Side are still saying masks even with lifted mandate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted April 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 CDC says less than 1 in 10,0000 chance of getting infected from touching contaminated surfaces. Remember the days of people disinfecting their mail and groceries? I'm still not a fan of touching gas pumps but that is not as much to do with Covid. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-research/surface-transmission.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 23 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: My wife got her second Moderna shot Tuesday. She felt a little rough last night for 6 hours or so. No issues this morning. I will get my second dose in 2 weeks Glad she is feeling better in short order. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 Hospitalizations in Indiana at the highest level since 2/26. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) CDC & FDA recommend a pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. This could set things back in regards to reaching herd immunity. Both by a reduction in doses available and creating a reluctance to get vaccinated. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/13/health/johnson-vaccine-pause-cdc-fda/index.html Edited April 13, 2021 by 5fouls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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