How you all doing with the COVID?

[Lcubed48]

I've decided to follow the science. I gave my assigner notice this morning that I won't be available to ref this season. It's just too risky. IMO.

Plus, I'll let this "old fart" body rest while continuing to supervise (or as he says - annoying him) my grandson in his 3rd grade studies.

[LRZ]

FWIW, I came across this today in an on-line article:

It is not yet known how long immunity lasts for recovered patients.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “The protection someone gains from having an infection (called natural immunity) varies depending on the disease, and it varies from person to person.”

“Since this virus is new, we don’t know how long natural immunity might last,” a note on the CDC’s website reads. “Some early evidence — based on some people — seems to suggest that natural immunity may not last very long.”

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by LRZ

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “The protection someone gains from having an infection (called natural immunity) varies depending on the disease, and it varies from person to person.”
“Since this virus is new, we don’t know how long natural immunity might last,” a note on the CDC’s website reads. “Some early evidence — based on some people — seems to suggest that natural immunity may not last very long.”

How about acquired artificial active immunity, like a vaccine?

How long will that immunity last?

Will we have to get the COVID vaccine every year, like the influenza vaccine?

Or every ten years like the Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) vaccine?

Or will it be a one and done like the smallpox vaccine that I got when I was a kid (young'uns can look it up on the Google)?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

How about acquired artificial active immunity, like a vaccine?



How long will that immunity last?



Will we have to get the COVID vaccine every year, like the influenza vaccine?



Or every ten years like the Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) vaccine?



Or will it be a one and done like the smallpox vaccine that I got when I was a kid (young'uns can look it up on the Google)?

You can also Google answers to those questions you just asked?

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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

You can also Google answers to those questions you just asked?

What? I thought that this was the Google?

They were thought provoking questions that need to be asked now that a COVID vaccine is only weeks, if not days, away.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

What? I thought that this was the Google?

They were thought provoking questions that need to be asked now that a COVID vaccine is only weeks, if not days, away.

They are good questions. When are you going to do some research and give us some answers?

Google is good for more than just looking up old movies and commercial jingles.

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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

They are good questions.

Probably with no accurate or reliable answers at this time, but it's still worth thinking about. Most questions right now deal with whether, or not, people will actually get the vaccine (safe, or unsafe (already problems identified in the United Kingdom with some with existing allergies having major life threatening allergic reactions to the vaccine (have your EpiPen at the ready)); needed, or unneeded).

Questions like mine will remind Forum members, some of whom will soon be getting the vaccine, that it's not necessarily "one (or two) and done" for life, and that they need to question the doctor, nurse, or pharmacist who administers the vaccine regarding such.

While I hope the COVID vaccine works like "one and done" Smallpox vaccine, I'd be fine with the COVID vaccine working like the once every ten year Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis vaccine. I'd even settle for it working like the once every year Influenza vaccine.

Anything will be better than hiding in my secret underground COVID bomb shelter and only sneaking out one night a week to hunt and gather food.

I want to finally be able to touch my five month old grandson (who lives only ten minutes away) for the first time.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

They are good questions.

And then there's this question that applies to people like Raymond that have already had COVID and survived:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-va...233153128.html

[ilyazhito]

Originally Posted by Lcubed48

I've decided to follow the science. I gave my assigner notice this morning that I won't be available to ref this season. It's just too risky. IMO.

Plus, I'll let this "old fart" body rest while continuing to supervise (or as he says - annoying him) my grandson in his 3rd grade studies.

Do you plan on coming back in the 21-22 season if COVID-19 is no longer a factor?

[Lcubed48]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Do you plan on coming back in the 21-22 season if COVID-19 is no longer a factor?

Yes, that's the plan. The season down here had just started among the private schools, and I already miss it. However, it's the right decision for me. I'll live with it.