This Thread Blows - C19 and beyond
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mfennell
Well-Known Member
i was lucky. I had it so bad (visually) on my leg that my Dr called in his partner to see it but it wasn't that painful.
Mine was all torso and back - probably the area it was in. My uncle had a breakout on his head, so I consider myself lucky.
I had no idea there was a vaccine for shingles. Good to know.
rick81721
Lothar
I didn't know so many younger people got shingles. I thought it was primarily a disease of those who had chicken pox as kids, i.e. geezers. In any event, they should lower the age for the vaccine.
michael.su
Master of the Pawpaw
It seems like people are getting shingles younger now. They should definitely drop the age for the shingles vaccine.
Most of us in our forties also had 🐓pox when we were kids. The pox vaccine didn’t come out until much later. It would be interesting to know if people who had the pox vaccine are also at risk for shingles.
MMuller
Well-Known Member
I'm friends with the drummer from Winger. Man, they were really truly upset about getting poked fun on Beavis and Butthead. They feel it really contributed to ending the band's career. Sorry, back to shingles, I mean Covid 19. Fck it. I'm over it.
rick81721
Lothar
B&B made fun of the great Winger?? How dare they. I see they are touring again - gonna try to catch them in Key West next january.
mfennell
Well-Known Member
Younger is a sliding scale. 51 now. Had chicken pox when I was 9 IIRC.
rick81721
Lothar
Interesting - had to Google it and the varicella vaccine wasn't approved until 1995, the year our son was born.
Was totally confused to find out there was a Chicken Pox vaccine. Like why the fuck wasn't I given that instead of getting the pox and possibly shingles when I got older?? Did I have anti-vaccine parents?
Then yeah, found it out it came out like 10 years after I got it as a kid.
I had the shingles in my early 20s. It hurt so bad I had hard time even standing up. Most of the bad symptoms went away almost immediately after I took Valtrex. So in this case, the vaccine seems to works even after you get the virus.
rick81721
Lothar
FYI to those planning to go to Canada soon - one of our Sept fishing group just got back from a trip. Entry/exit was smooth, but they threw a curve ball with random testing. No big deal if you are staying in a big city but if you are heading to a remote area for recreation, will cause a delay. See his commentary:
We went up to Sioux Narrows 3 days later (last thursday) home this afternoon. As long as you had the Arrive Canada app. and had walked through that process and had hard copies of your proof of vaccination and negative COVID test (molecular) Entry was easy and not an issue. The wait was no more than usual entry. 2 couples in our group however ended up being picked for the random COVID Test. That was a mess. How the "random" test was performed according to the border patrol agent was that 1 hour in every 24 hour cycle they random test. Meaning everyone going through that entry point for that hour will be given a test box. You have 24 hours to complete the test. What you have to do is basically contact this Health group that has you facetime on your phone or computer with a nurse that watches you perform the nasal swab. She gives you the thumbs up then you have to contact Purolater courier to pick up the sample. That was where the breakdown occurred. After about 2 1/2 hours of trying to get a hold of Purolater with no success they gave up and came up to the resort. While they were wandering around fort francis trying to drop this off, We found out that the bait shop in Sioux Narrows had a bunch of test kits in their cooler waiting to be picked up Next tuesday when Purolater next comes to Sioux Narrows!!! The border patrol was of no help other than to say "Yeah its kind of a mess right now!". Not sure if the process will change or if how they pick up random COVID test kits will change between now and when you guys go, but it might be worth a call to Ed to see what the process should be if one of your vehicles ends up being tested. We are scheduled to go up Labor day again so I will update you if anything changes. For now if we are randomly picked for testing, we will thank the agent for their work, and test once we get to Sioux narrows and find a drop off site (like the Marina there). That will obviously be easier in Sioux Narrows than up at Camp near WhiteDog. So like I said, a call to Ed to see if they have a way to have that test kit picked up if you are unlucky enough to get picked. the amazing part was we had 4 cars go through and 2 of us went through and the next cars behind us ended up being tested. It was all run by computer as at 9:00 the ARRIVECANADA app flipped requiring testing!. Hopefully between now and then they have figured out a more efficient system.
We went up to Sioux Narrows 3 days later (last thursday) home this afternoon. As long as you had the Arrive Canada app. and had walked through that process and had hard copies of your proof of vaccination and negative COVID test (molecular) Entry was easy and not an issue. The wait was no more than usual entry. 2 couples in our group however ended up being picked for the random COVID Test. That was a mess. How the "random" test was performed according to the border patrol agent was that 1 hour in every 24 hour cycle they random test. Meaning everyone going through that entry point for that hour will be given a test box. You have 24 hours to complete the test. What you have to do is basically contact this Health group that has you facetime on your phone or computer with a nurse that watches you perform the nasal swab. She gives you the thumbs up then you have to contact Purolater courier to pick up the sample. That was where the breakdown occurred. After about 2 1/2 hours of trying to get a hold of Purolater with no success they gave up and came up to the resort. While they were wandering around fort francis trying to drop this off, We found out that the bait shop in Sioux Narrows had a bunch of test kits in their cooler waiting to be picked up Next tuesday when Purolater next comes to Sioux Narrows!!! The border patrol was of no help other than to say "Yeah its kind of a mess right now!". Not sure if the process will change or if how they pick up random COVID test kits will change between now and when you guys go, but it might be worth a call to Ed to see what the process should be if one of your vehicles ends up being tested. We are scheduled to go up Labor day again so I will update you if anything changes. For now if we are randomly picked for testing, we will thank the agent for their work, and test once we get to Sioux narrows and find a drop off site (like the Marina there). That will obviously be easier in Sioux Narrows than up at Camp near WhiteDog. So like I said, a call to Ed to see if they have a way to have that test kit picked up if you are unlucky enough to get picked. the amazing part was we had 4 cars go through and 2 of us went through and the next cars behind us ended up being tested. It was all run by computer as at 9:00 the ARRIVECANADA app flipped requiring testing!. Hopefully between now and then they have figured out a more efficient system.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Reb played a headless guitar, they were doomed from the start 🤣🤣🤣
im sorry to hear the bad news 🤣 🤣
it was no biggie, if people are really wondering.
sundaydoug
Well-Known Member
Did it go much beyond their dork friend Stewart always wearing a Winger tshirt? Or was that enough?
Dammit I miss that show.
rick81721
Lothar
It took that long for results? Where did you go? I have to find a place that can turn around results in 24 hrs to get into Canada next month for fishing.
it took 4 hours or so. i just didn't post.
Dr Juliano in B'burg - Make appt. pull in parking lot, call. Nurse comes out, checks you in.
Dr comes out swabs nose.
They call you later that day.
Online portal has results to show.