Coronavirus

went to my periodontist yesterday for a 55 minute teeth cleaning, and my wife works one day a week assisting our dentist which is how she already got the first shot two weeks ago !!

However with all the cleaning they do between patients, gowns, masks, sanitizer, gloves, maybe she got it from another patient ? Perhaps checking the temperature as one walks in isn't enough ? And is your DIL absolutely certain she got it at the dentist ? Did they close later on when a member of the staff came down with it ? Was your DIL anywhere else in the previous ten days ? I am just saying that all this contact tracing going on - its far from an exact science, just a way to quarantine EVERYONE in contact.

DIL saw Dentist, & got a call next day that the Dental Assistant called the office to say she wasn't feeling well, went for a test & tested positive DIL quarantined away from the family & didn't go to work Three or four days later DIL had symptoms, & tested positive, This was over two weeks ago, DIL is 45yrs & still not coming out of it, no smell or taste, & gets out of breath quick.
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This is why you don't deviate from the clinical protocol that any pharmaceutical/treatment was used for approval. The protocols are set up to answer very specific questions, and don't offer speculative "What Ifs".

The first link is to a video from Johns Hopkins about how mRNA works in cells and the immune system's response, and the second link is a video from ABC News explaining how vaccines work in the body.

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Video: How COVID-19 vaccines work

Andie Cuomo just announced it will take seven months to vaccinate the present Phase 1B based on current projections. Based on so many people having their appointments cancelled because vaccines were never distributed properly or "somehow" stock ran out before the last people scheduled that day received a vaccination, I think August September timeframe to just get through Phase 1, forget about those under age 65, is a pipedream. Will the Astra Zeneca and Johnson and Johnson vaccines yet to be approved "for emergency use" alleviate the logjam ?

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The first link is to a video from Johns Hopkins about how mRNA works in cells and the immune system's response, and the second link is a video from ABC News explaining how vaccines work in the body.

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[Video: How COVID-19 vaccines work]('https://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/covid-19-vaccines-work-74654465')

Just keep in mind that the ONLY the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines use the mRNA technology. The J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines differ in that they actually use a DNA adenovirus, yes they're going to injecting a virus, an ATTENUATED virus, into the recipients.

Once injected, the treated adenovirus goes into a cell gets into the cell's nucleus to insert the DNA signal to make the COVID spike protein into host cell DNA. Then the the host cell transcribe the spike protein info into the cell's mRNA for protein synthesis out in the ribosomes.

The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines "eliminate the middleman" of the host cell nuclear steps by providing the mRNA for the cell's ribosomes to immediately start the synthesis of COVID spike protein so the immune system can kick in.

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good point. anyone got any tips as to how to get this 69 year old his first vaccine ? on Lawnguyland...

Maybe this 72 year old could get one too??? And now they're talking about 7 more months to even get it to all those over 75.

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[HEADING=2]Jan. 20 Coronavirus updates: Anniversary of first reported coronavirus case in U.S.[/HEADING]

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“We are entering what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,” he said before asking Americans to join him in a moment of silence in memory of the more than [400,000 people in the U.S. who have died]('https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html') from COVID-19.

I totally agree the "no NY plan".

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