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aegbooks(Ann) posted an update Thursday, Jan 6, 2022, 11:42am EST, 2 years, 4 months ago
Jim, I am glad the cruise ship you were on was so good at precautions. Not all are and there have been some that had covid spread among passengers and staff.
Brian--Yes it is frustrating that we can be vaccinated and boosted and still have to be careful. I do think trains, planes and boats can all be sources of catching covid. It's a gamble, many people can be exposed and don't get it or only get a mild case, then there's there's those who get hospitalized and make it out (some of these get "long tail" and have long lasting problems from it) and then there's the ones who die. 70 + percent of deaths are of people 70 and above so those peeps(like me!) need to be extra careful
Recently, the unvaccinated of every age are dying at a much higher rate than the vaccinated. the re-opening of stadium/arena athletic and concerts etc are increasing exposure a lot too. There is no perfect way of preventing the spread but vaccination and quarantining help. Staying away from unnecessary crowd events help.
Restaurant food has been shown to be a lesser risk than person to person contacts longer than ten minutes.
The CDC and government officials are trying to balance out the need for people to work (the Economy) and the needs to socialize with limiting the spread. This is an unprecedented event in the modern world, new things are learned every day and response changes. The mutation into new variants doesn't help either.
My friends who work for hospitals say the icu's are overwhelmed and not all can get prompt treatment. this means more people of all ages die. There is much regret and pain for the unvaccinated patients and their families wishing they had a least taken the minimum precautions of vaccination and avoiding people. Most thought they had some kind of magic immunity that would protect them. But no, there are people previously "in very good health, rarely sick" that also die from it. Others think God protects them, I personally know of a couple that believed this, The husband died and the wife was extremely ill but survived.
" May the odds be ever in your favor!" --the Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins