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I think lockdowns are coming back next month. I could be wrong but if right, expect some states to follow while others will not.
More people that I work with are getting normal colds in the past month or so.
Cold or covid? There's no way to know without a test. That's another thing about delta. The symptoms are different from the previous strains. They are much more like a common cold. Things that people used to be on the lookout for like loss of taste and smell have dropped down the list. The top symptoms associated with delta are the same as the common cold. Headache, runny nose, sore throat, cough and a fever.
So, same as always.
Hmmmm…the 7-day average of vaccine shots administered here in the US was up 26% (652,084) over 3 weeks ago. Hopefully, this number continues to go up. One stat we all want high. Looking at the UK, looks like the vaccines there are doing their job so far. According to Reuters, cases in Britain are down 33%. Let’s see how things are in 3 weeks, but good to see.
After hearing that there are some vaccinated asymtomatic people getting infected, I took a covid test at CVS this afternoon. I’ll get the results in 24-48 hours.
You were lucky. Testing capacity here (Los Angeles) is atrocious. I got notified I'd been exposed (8 days prior) yesterday afternoon (I'm fully vaccinated), and I spent the next two hours trying to find anywhere that could give me a test appointment or even a guarantee they'd be taking walk-ins within 15 miles. The earliest I could get anything was TUESDAY AFTERNOON. I tried RiteAid, CVS, Walgreens, Ralphs/Kroger, the State, the County, and my health insurance company.It's ridiculous. I did finally manage to pick up a cancellation for this afternoon, and I took an at-home rapid test in the meantime (negative), but the fact that you can't reliably get a test when you need one here is appalling.
Pfizer had announced last month that they would apply to the FDA for emergency authorization of a booster shot by mid-August, so hopefully we’ll get our boosters by Fall.