Coronavirus (Los Angeles, Santa Barbara: primary school, home, closing)

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by stablegenius

Not sure where you are, but if you give blood they are testing for antibodies in San Diego.

I'm in Lodi but I imagine they test for antibodies here if you donate blood. I haven't been to the doctor since 2019. I told him I wasn't coming to the office. That's where sick people are so he'll have to wait for that yearly physical he insists on. So far, so good.

Originally Posted by SCSD88

Yes very scary. We heard a loud bang in the house but thought something fell, not realizing it was our kid. He’s going to the dr this afternoon so we’ll see what he says.

I got the antibody test in Aug and didn’t have any. My son has had numerous negative Covid tests since colleges require it to set foot on campus even though his classes are all online.

Funny, guess it depends which stage in life someone is to say a false positive pregnancy or Covid would be more scary. Like the joke!

Take care and stay healthy.

Oh my. That would be scary. I hope he'll be okay and it doesn't leave any other long lasting effects. See, this is just the thing that bothers me about the vaccine. I've had numerous discussions with others as to how not all people will react the same with it. You take care too and I hope your son is okay.

Originally Posted by sav858

It wasn't an argument actually, it was an observation.

But but but, you know that if your "observation" differs from someone else's, they say you're arguing. It's best to just give up and let them have their way.

[Racer46]

Originally Posted by HereOnMars

I'm in Lodi but I imagine they test for antibodies here if you donate blood. I haven't been to the doctor since 2019. I told him I wasn't coming to the office. That's where sick people are so he'll have to wait for that yearly physical he insists on. So far, so good.

Just had my blood type checked and it is O positive which is the blood type with few cases of virus compared to A and B both positive and negative. Far lower chance and less likely for any bad reactions as well.

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by Racer46

Just had my blood type checked and it is O positive which is the blood type with few cases of virus compared to A and B both positive and negative. Far lower chance and less likely for any bad reactions as well.

That's great news, Racer. Sounds like you won the blood-type lottery I wonder how the experts determine that by blood type. I'm A+ and rarely get sick. Judging by their criteria, I should be dead by now.

[Racer46]

Originally Posted by HereOnMars

That's great news, Racer. Sounds like you won the blood-type lottery I wonder how the experts determine that by blood type. I'm A+ and rarely get sick. Judging by their criteria, I should be dead by now.

I have read multiple studies on it. Mind you eve being A + does not mean you will die or even have severe effects. Basically it just means you are more likely to get it. It does not indicate how mild or bad. That is up to your immune system and the variation.

Glad you are not dead.

[sav858]

COVID’s political impact: Teachers union outspends Big Oil in Sacramento

The state’s main teachers union spent $2.85 million during the first quarter of this year — more than twice as much as the second and third ranking lobbying funders, two Big Oil interests — as it pushed teachers to the front of the line for vaccines and resisted efforts to force a return to the classroom.

California is among the last states to reopen campuses, drawing criticism from some parents groups who claim the state deferred to the deep-pocketed teachers union at the expense of students, who continue to slog through online classes from their homes. School closures continue in the Golden State despite growing scientific evidence that they could safely reopen.

Likely no a coincidence at all we rank pretty much dead last in school reopening's.

[CA4Now]

^^ From your article: “We’re very grateful that the governor set aside vaccines for teachers and that was one of the outcomes” of our lobbying, said Lisa Gardiner, a union spokesperson.

“When it comes to safe reopening there have been challenges and complexities around safe instruction for schools,” said Gardiner. “We needed personal protective equipment, safe ventilation, vaccines, small cohorts of students and lobbying is education. I used to work in the capital, that’s what advocacy is, its educating people about perspectives and situations…We feel we have a social responsibility to do that.”

[sav858]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

^^ From your article: “We’re very grateful that the governor set aside vaccines for teachers and that was one of the outcomes” of our lobbying, said Lisa Gardiner, a union spokesperson.

“When it comes to safe reopening there have been challenges and complexities around safe instruction for schools,” said Gardiner. “We needed personal protective equipment, safe ventilation, vaccines, small cohorts of students and lobbying is education. I used to work in the capital, that’s what advocacy is, its educating people about perspectives and situations…We feel we have a social responsibility to do that.”

Yet they many were still and still are reluctant to go back to full time in-class teaching. It's never enough for them. Beyond selfish.

[TheseGoTo11]

Originally Posted by sav858

Yet they many were still and still are reluctant to go back to full time in-class teaching. It's never enough for them. Beyond selfish.

The American Federation of Teachers did a big 180 on this after all the bad publicity. Teachers' reputations are damaged nonetheless. So many parents out there have seen these teachers true colors now and if they can afford it, are ditching public schools and will not be supporting more school bonds. Could take years to repair their reputation.

[sav858]

Hospitalization rates for young kids was already very low/rare and it's even lower than previously thought.


Studies find hospitalization data overstate kids’ COVID risk

A pair of new studies suggest reported hospitalization rates vastly overstate children’s risk from COVID-19, with nearly half of hospitalized kids who were found to be infected suffering no illness from the virus and seeking treatment for other ailments.

“We found at least 45% of our patients came in for a completely different reason — appendicitis, anaphylaxis — and were found to be COVID-positive because of universal testing upon admission,” said Dr. Roshni Mathew, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Stanford University and co-author of one of the studies.

The findings, health experts say, are significant to allay fears as parents and policy-makers weigh risks to children with schools and businesses reopening amid falling infection rates and rising vaccinations, for which children under 12 aren’t yet eligible.

[stablegenius]

Originally Posted by TheseGoTo11

So many parents out there have seen these teachers true colors now and if they can afford it, are ditching public schools and will not be supporting more school bonds. Could take years to repair their reputation.

I hope you're right. Politicians have been using "the children, the children!!! oh the humanity!" argument for too long to manipulate the public.