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The Vaccine Thread.

BiG Chris said:
Anyone seen on the news the j&j shots have caused blood clots in some women?
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I have seen that, it's terrible news for the vaccine rollout. From what I've heard it was 6 cases in 6 million administered doses, all women from 16-48.

Purely as a point of comparison, I looked up some information regarding the increased risk of blood clots from taking oral contraceptives. According to Healthline (citing some FDA publications) :

"Out of every 10,000 women taking birth control pills, 3 to 9 of them will develop a blood clot.
Out of every 10,000 women who are not pregnant and who do not use birth control pills, 1 to 5 of them will develop a blood clot."

https://www.healthline.com/health/birth-control/pulmonary-embolism-birth-control#is-itlikely

I feel like the one in one million risk (assuming no further instances of this are discovered) is acceptable in an effort to get shots in arms. The J&J vaccine has changed the way we are able to fight this virus by essentially allowing twice as many people to get vaccinated for a given amount of vaccine. It's a godsend for at-risk communities like the unhoused population since it only requires a single dose with no follow up. Having it off the table as an option temporarily is a huge setback to the vaccine rollout.
 
Yakoo752 said:
And as a business you need to balance that out

I imagine if someone came in tomorrow and ripped down all safety measures, you might be uncomfortable for a period. Maybe the commute time you haven’t experienced in the last year adds more stress?

I imagine DH will be uncomfortable if the office was at 100% tomorrow.

We had a year of change. Change in hard.

I also think those of us who thought 100% office was silly, are more hesitant to return. So it’s a complex scenario that needs to be balanced.
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What safety measures? It's 99% masks and the rest is social distancing when possible. There's not a whole lot else that can be done.

bojangle said:
Right? Other than masks and a few other precautions, my work hasn't changed over the past year.
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Exactly.
 
Kornholio said:
What safety measures? It's 99% masks and the rest is social distancing when possible. There's not a whole lot else that can be done.
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We put in plexiglass barriers between workstations and closed the break rooms and gyms. We got rid of cube farms and turned them into hardware test beds. We implemented hotel desks and turn auditoriums into group meeting spaces and set up plexi partitions

We retooled and redesigned our entire assembly line and process. Changed workflows and increased distances between gates.

:dunno
 
Yakoo752 said:
We put in plexiglass barriers between workstations and closed the break rooms and gyms. We got rid of cube farms and turned them into hardware test beds. We implemented hotel desks and turn auditoriums into group meeting spaces and set up plexi partitions

We retooled and redesigned our entire assembly line and process. Changed workflows and increased distances between gates.

:dunno
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I think you know what industry I work in. 90% of the staff is actually driving alone all day. The majority of the rest are in open-air "work spaces" or in a private office.
 
Yakoo752 said:
We put in plexiglass barriers between workstations and closed the break rooms and gyms. We got rid of cube farms and turned them into hardware test beds. We implemented hotel desks and turn auditoriums into group meeting spaces and set up plexi partitions

We retooled and redesigned our entire assembly line and process. Changed workflows and increased distances between gates.

:dunno
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We did none of those things. We were supposed to wear cloth or surgical masks in the building, unless in a private office. Well, that was never very strictly followed. There were regular sanitation of public spaces in the building and hand sanitizers were plentiful. In the field we had N95s available, gloves (we always had those), and surgical masks to put on others. We were expected to follow county/state protocols of wearing cloth or surgical masks. That's about it.

I still had to share a vehicle with new recruits I was training, which is how I got covid.
 
We have about 1000 field employees that walk through a hospitals 4 walls every day of the week. We sourced and continue to source PPE for them in monthly allotments (25 days). ANY employee can put in a request for PPE and we will provide for them. We prefer to keep the distributions allotted to those going on prem or on site but we will deliver to any employee if they request. We feel it's our responsibility to keep our employees safe.

While we had some infected personnel, we had 0 identified transmissions in our spaces.

:dunno

Maybe our industry background encouraged us to take it more seriously, maybe it was excessive, but (we like to think) it was driven off messaging we were receiving from our healthcare practitioners and hospital partners. :dunno

I mentioned before, I am the only non-degreed (now the only one without an advance degree) body on my team. EVERYONE is either a phD, PharmD, MSN, or MD.
 
Yep, received this email from them

Our County has received a special vaccine allocation from the federal government meaning that we will have a significant number of additional doses, and therefore appointments, available in the coming days. The timing is particularly good now that everyone 16 years old and up is eligible to receive their vaccination.

If you are looking to get a vaccine, new appointments are opening up. The best bet is to go to www.sccfreevax.org where you can schedule appointments with virtually all providers in the County.

As word gets out about the new appointments, traffic to the website is likely to increase, so you may need to visit www.sccfreevax.org more than once or try different providers to get your appointment.

I wanted to be sure you had this latest information. To read the County's press release, see below.

Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian
District Five
 
Can anybody clarify whether masks are required in a private business (5 people regularly in office) if all employees are fully vaccinated? (We would mask up if anyone from outside entered.) The guidelines from CDC seem to suggest it’s ok. Legally though if someone gets sick and decides to sue, does this cover me? The wording doesn’t feel watertight.
 
We are requiring them regardless of vaccination state, only time you are allowed to remove them is if you are alone in a private office.

We have offices around the world so I am not sure if this is blanket policy because of 1 locations requirements or if it's just a "safe" position to have.
 
Thanks for the feedback.

I am not enjoying the side effects(?) of shot #1 right now. It's only been a few hours and life is not good. I'm pretty surprised. I feel like I got kicked in the arm, chills occasionally, ears are plugged up and I'm dizzy, appetite gone. I think the last three are all related. Maybe it's just hay fever and being excited. I took an Advil and am having a light lunch.
 
My company is also still requiring them regardless of vaccination status. It's a big office but only about 10 people NEED to there everyday. I asked my boss about it and she said nothing is changing yet. She didn't say if it was for legal reasons or basic precautionary reasons.

I keep asking often because my lease is coming up in June and if we're working from home another year, I don't have to be where I am.
 
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Got my first Pfizer dose this morning. :party No side effects yet. My wife has an appointment for next week. We're ready to get ours lives back.
 
What's interesting is that the company I work for isn't mandating masks, they're deferring to whatever the local laws mandate. It's weird seeing pictures and videos from our other locations around the country with people not wearing masks at all simply because it's not required there.
 
I went to Valley Medical to get my first dose. Even though I had a appointment, there was a long line. The whole process was an hour.

Appointment time is flexible, so show up any time you like on your appointment date.
 
I’m chillin on the couch with a glass of wine, watching a Spanish soap opera. I feel like a truck hit my arm, and I couldn’t be happier about it! My immune system is doing her thang!
 
I got my second dose last Monday

Friday I had a few beers, woke up feeling like shit. Full blown hangover

Sunday I did dinner with in-laws. 2-3 glasses of wine. Woke up Monday feeling like shit. Full blown hangover.

Last night had 2 tall boys with taco Tuesday. Woke up feeling like shut. Small hangover

I
Don’t
Get
Hangovers

:wtf
 
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