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98. This is the first wave that should be well handled: thanks to Biden's "Test-to-Treat"

Wed Mar 16, 2022, 06:57 PM

Mar 2022

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and the number of vaccinated people. The availability of the antivirals coupled with vaccinations should be a game changer.

https://www.wabi.tv/2022/03/12/some-test-to-treat-covid-sites-cvs-walgreens-are-ready-see-patients/
Some ‘test-to-treat’ COVID sites at CVS, Walgreens are ready to see patients
" (Gray News) - Some Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy locations are now ready to test people for COVID-19 and treat those who test positive with antiviral medicine.

It is part of the White House’s “Test-to-Treat” initiative.

More than 1,000 pharmacy clinic locations received COVID-19 antiviral pills this week.

The White house says both the COVID testing, and the oral medications are free."

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Once again, America is in denial about signs of a fresh Covid wave [View all] nitpicker Mar 2022 OP

Apparently 74% of us have unmasked. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #1

+1 peppertree Mar 2022 #36

I haven't. Mr. Evil Mar 2022 #57

+1 canetoad Mar 2022 #108

I'm with Mr. Evil !! ( nt ) Pluvious Mar 2022 #144

Temporarily (though we haven't) elias7 Mar 2022 #60

yep. I hope they didn't toss the masks. Going to need them again Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #134

I still wear my mask when I go out. blueinredohio Mar 2022 #2

I seem to be the only one wearing a mask when I go into stores, restaurants, Jetheels Mar 2022 #52

I wear an N95 in classes full of unmasked students. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2022 #56

Same in the high school where I teach indigovalley Mar 2022 #81

I plan on saying "So I can live long enough to vote against that MFSOBPOS Trump. Patterson Mar 2022 #146

+1000 LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2022 #147

I don't want to take something home nitpicker Mar 2022 #3

Patriarchy, always reactive. Never proactive! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #4

Just curious.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #8

Same pattern repeated, ad infinitum. SheltieLover Mar 2022 #9

And that's patriarchy? SergeStorms Mar 2022 #15

Men make the majority of decisions, so yes. AllyCat Mar 2022 #40

Pretty broad brush you're using. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #58

Hmmm. So do you also say "not all white people do..." AllyCat Mar 2022 #104

I happen to agree with Sheltie canetoad Mar 2022 #112

Saw somebody else blaming white males for a general stupidity today. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #44

As long as they're allowed carte blanch... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #71

And I worry snowybirdie Mar 2022 #5

We need to be careful LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #6

From what I've seen.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #7

The sanitizer wasn't doing much. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #61

Yes, but stores (at least here in the northeast) SergeStorms Mar 2022 #68

Yes, we have sanitizing stations everywhere as well. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #74

I'll take anything I can get. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #85

I know someone who never left their single family home and had no people over and she got Covid liberal_mama Mar 2022 #103

Yep, we are doing the same thing over and over again, yet somehow expecting a different result. LisaL Mar 2022 #10

So far the response seems to be designed to kill or maim the maximum... Hugin Mar 2022 #13

Hopefully I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #133

Hey, UP. Hugin Mar 2022 #135

This time last year I forecast another wave before the end of the year... Hugin Mar 2022 #11

I'll just leave this here: gldstwmn Mar 2022 #12

We are about 4 weeks behind UK on our waves in US. LisaL Mar 2022 #16

Less vaccinated and a lot more real estate. gldstwmn Mar 2022 #20

We are also fatter. LisaL Mar 2022 #23

You did this on your own? USALiberal Mar 2022 #138

True, and the west coast of the US is about 2-3 weeks behind the east coast. unitedwethrive Mar 2022 #95

America is Number 1? aocommunalpunch Mar 2022 #14

If you are talking about number of dead covid patients, we definitely are Number 1. LisaL Mar 2022 #17

We collect oh so many trophies, don't we? aocommunalpunch Mar 2022 #22

Hey.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #21

Case rate is essentially meaningless now. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #18

Tell that to my vaxxed and boosted relative who died from covid. LisaL Mar 2022 #19

It's more common than most think. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #25

Especially for those with pre-existing conditions like my relative was. LisaL Mar 2022 #30

No shortage of those people.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #32

Yep. LisaL Mar 2022 #33

Sorry about your relative but his/her death was a rarity. Elessar Zappa Mar 2022 #27

That doesn't help me, does it? LisaL Mar 2022 #28

People dying of Covid now either are not vaccinated fully or they have an underlying condition... Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #86

Breakthrough cases can still get long Covid. gldstwmn Mar 2022 #24

But at such a nominal percentage as to be meaningless. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #26

A nominal percentage of what? Where's the data on that? gldstwmn Mar 2022 #29

Yep. LisaL Mar 2022 #31

I'm so sorry for your loss. gldstwmn Mar 2022 #35

Selfish? How so? I am the one taking the risk, albeit statistically insignificant. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #39

The virus isn't getting weaker, it's getting stronger: gldstwmn Mar 2022 #43

The number of cases is really meaningless at this point. beaglelover Mar 2022 #64

Each time the virus mutates it becomes more contagious. gldstwmn Mar 2022 #84

And less lethal too. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #88

We don't know that yet. gldstwmn Mar 2022 #93

If Virulence Doesn't Subside... ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #99

More contagious is what viruses do when they mutate. The important thing is whether or not it beaglelover Mar 2022 #91

Apparently stop living is what some want SoonerPride Mar 2022 #107

Thank you. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #121

You are being selfish because you are acting like Typhoid Mary. Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #124

Exactly. Breakthrough cases can infect others. gldstwmn Mar 2022 #145

Here's the data SoonerPride Mar 2022 #118

Many do not give a damn Meowmee Mar 2022 #123

I'm with you 100%. We have effective vaccines and treatments now. beaglelover Mar 2022 #62

They were advertising medicine yesterday for Covid on the ROKU channel...I have a flu of some sort. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #87

I've been going as normal for BGBD Mar 2022 #102

This is exactly right. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #109

Long covid CommonHumanity Mar 2022 #34

"risk" is nominal so as to be nonexistent. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #38

Source? Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #77

Science. Vaccines work. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #110

Webmd? Okay. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #125

Yeah, I would really like to see this Data Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #94

Me too! CommonHumanity Mar 2022 #101

Here you are SoonerPride Mar 2022 #113

Here is the study. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #111

That's not what the study you keep linking to says. Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #127

Thanks Ms Toad Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #142

I think the stats being used are from sewage samples Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #48

Influenza would be a more apt comparison Jose Garcia Mar 2022 #53

Except flu often has severe effects SoonerPride Mar 2022 #114

I think it is more that people don't care than in denial. Ace Rothstein Mar 2022 #37

Or vaccinated and trust science. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #115

That's where I'm at and I think the majority of the vaccinated. Ace Rothstein Mar 2022 #116

But I thought we were the "we trust science and facts" crowd SoonerPride Mar 2022 #117

Well damnit all Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #41

I agree but also... CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #45

You have a point Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #50

You've really nailed how I feel about it too. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #96

Where I live we have been in decline for a month now. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #42

A Second Booster (fourth shot) TuskMoar Mar 2022 #46

We still don't know the long term effects of the MRNA vaccines. beaglelover Mar 2022 #67

Second booster hasn't even been approved yet. LisaL Mar 2022 #70

It's approved for some populations, but my comment is assuming that it is approved for everyone. beaglelover Mar 2022 #73

It's only approved for severely immuno compromised. LisaL Mar 2022 #75

True, But TuskMoar Mar 2022 #78

Since you have apparently taken three MRNA vaccines, I would say that ship has sailed. I intend to Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #89

Very true. But if the risk of developing a complication gets larger the more MRNA vaccines you take beaglelover Mar 2022 #92

Bookmarking BA.2 liberalla Mar 2022 #47

Omicron BA.2 sub-variant now nearly a quarter of new COVID cases in U.S., CDC estimates IronLionZion Mar 2022 #49

Time for another lock down? MichMan Mar 2022 #51

That won't happen. budkin Mar 2022 #54

doubt you can get anybody back into masks again either rurallib Mar 2022 #59

It is probably too soon to lift mask mandates AZProgressive Mar 2022 #65

LOL! That will NEVER happen. Business are just now brining people back to the office. beaglelover Mar 2022 #69

There never was a real lockdown. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #90

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #55

We need a break from the doom and gloom - even if it's illusory. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #63

If you don't have risk factors, you are no likely to die even if you are LisaL Mar 2022 #66

here we go again. barbtries Mar 2022 #72

If you have to travel now is the time, before next wave really takes off in the US. LisaL Mar 2022 #76

that's my theory. barbtries Mar 2022 #80

All of my errands today were somehow COVID related. Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Mar 2022 #82

I can't anymore ecstatic Mar 2022 #83

GOP is going to have to be more creative with their gerrymandering, just saying n/t AntiFascist Mar 2022 #97

This is the first wave that should be well handled: thanks to Biden's "Test-to-Treat" andym Mar 2022 #98

Great news! nt ecstatic Mar 2022 #105

So much stupid Meowmee Mar 2022 #100

Numbers are going up here too canetoad Mar 2022 #106

Oh, but they are just experiencing the omicron wave - which has already passed us. Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #119

Vaccinated people have nothing to worry about. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #120

Pretending that it's just hunky dory to get an illness about which we have 2 years information, Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #122

It's not pretend. It's science fact. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #126

Please provide proof of the "science fact" Ms. Toad Mar 2022 #128

You don't know what you are talking about. LisaL Mar 2022 #141

This message was self-deleted by its author Kaleva Mar 2022 #136

My brother died of COVID despite having 2 vaccination shots Kaleva Mar 2022 #137

My relative died from covid as well, despite being vaccinated and boosted. LisaL Mar 2022 #140

Yes Kaleva Mar 2022 #143

Looks like BA.2 is 80% more transmissible compared to BA.1, not 30%. nt wiggs Mar 2022 #129

...if I read this correctly. link inside wiggs Mar 2022 #130

Exactly right. Virus increases in wastewater. Pfizer saying we Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2022 #131

Some mask mandates will fall next week here in the EU DFW Mar 2022 #132

I think people are just getting tired. AngryOldDem Mar 2022 #139