Coronavirus: Better Call Sol - CORONAMANIA (10 Viewers)

[pete]

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[magicbastarder]

We're in the queue in swords now. The woman in the queue beside us took out a copy of crime and punishment and is now reading it, she's obviously expecting to be here a long time.

 

[dudley]

That HSE twitter was very handy. Didn't think I had a chance of getting on the next few days, but they tweeted the Greystones queue was down to 30 minutes, so off I toddled. Jab lurgy starting to come on this evening, am welcoming it in all its glory

 

[magicbastarder]

there was another woman beside us in the queue who was *most* unhappy that she was to be given the moderna shot rather than the pfizer one (which she'd had before); she was saying that she was considering refusing it. the woman in front of her seemed to talk a little sense into her, and last i heard she'd agreed to talk to the medical staff about it. i asked the woman who gave me the vaccine was this common, and she said no, she was surprised it had been an isue for her.

 

[seanc]

We were given a little talk and told by a long suffering doctor that "If you're getting the Moderna and have questions, come and see me".
Didn't apply to me, so I didn't think too much about it. Pfizer none the wiser.

 

[magicbastarder]

my sister had moderna for shot #1 and #2, and the first shot sent her on a rollercoaster of symptoms for 36 hours.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

My booster was Pfizer. I've heard that pharmacy's are more likely to give Pfizer but the vaccination centres are working through what they have of moderns or whatever.

 

[ernesto]

Got me (Moderna) booster in Croker on Thursday. Was in and out in 20mins.
TAKE THAT, OMIBOLLOX!

 

[dudley]

 

[magicbastarder]

Any science bods know why the Pfizer vaccine had to be stored at -70C? I'd have thought that there would be little difference biologically between -20 and -70.

 

[rettucs]

boosted shower of pricks

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Any science bods know why the Pfizer vaccine had to be stored at -70C? I'd have thought that there would be little difference biologically between -20 and -70.

RNA degrades at warmer temperatures. -20 is balmy compared to the frigid void of a -80 freezer (sure you wouldn’t be long getting frostbit).

 

[magicbastarder]

cheers, RNA must be a hardy bastard to be kicking about at -20.

 

[dudley]

ifour quiz update

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

cheers, RNA must be a hardy bastard to be kicking about at -20.

The problem is that it isn’t hardy at all. It has evolved to temporarily exist, transfer information and fuck off. Keeping at -80 will greatly slow down its degradation but it still has a shelf life, even at that temperature.

 

[error type 11]

I got Moderna'd earlier. I expect I'll feel a bit crud later/tomorrow? Booster ahoy. Where da party at etc etc

 

[magicbastarder]

Covid was a hell of a ride for mark lanegan.

‘This thing was trying to dismantle me’: Mark Lanegan on nearly dying of Covid

In this extract from his new memoir Devil in a Coma, the alt-rocker recalls how Covid-19 put him in hospital for months this year – and gave him a series of hallucinogenic visions

www.theguardian.com

 

[Anthony]

We rocked up to what we thought was a walk-in clinic. Turns out it was a special day for High Risk people. We were all prepared to say "ok we'll come back another time" but the guy at the door told us to wait and he went off. Came back a minute late.. come in, we'll get you done. It was really quiet, in and out in 20 mins. Great stuff.

 

[dudley]

We rocked up to what we thought was a walk-in clinic. Turns out it was a special day for High Risk people. We were all prepared to say "ok we'll come back another time" but the guy at the door told us to wait and he went off. Came back a minute late.. come in, we'll get you done. It was really quiet, in and out in 20 mins. Great stuff.

brill

 

[magicbastarder]

Since getting up this morning, I have gotten back into bed twice and slept for an hour and a half each time. No symptoms of any note except the wind being completely taken out of my sails.