So a bit of a catchall post, I had about 6 more Quarantine posts that were eaten by the internet or the software that I used to create them. But to summarize it was a lot of the same as the stuff I already reported. On Day 18 my First Responder RN sister-in-law developed symptoms and was quarantined away from my brother and their children in a hotel while she was tested, and kept there until she was symptom-free.
Pfizer had their COVID-19 Vaccine approved for human use on 20 Nov. 2020. Though the order to restrict business occupancy, business hours, social distancing, and the mandate for the use of PPE continued through June 2021, unless an individual was fully vaccinated.
I have not yet had the vaccine.
I currently have two friends under Quarantine who tested positive for the virus just before July 4th.
In Michigan of the more than 1,000,000 cases, there have been more than 600,000 deaths. COVID-19 continues to have a mortality rate of close to 60%.
The two-part vaccine has been received as a mixed blessing. Many are relieved that it is finally here, while others fear its side effects because it was rushed to market in almost half the time that a vaccine usually takes to be developed, approved, and administered.
I don't fear the Vaccine, though I admit I haven't rushed to get it either. I don't like being the first, particularly with things like this, though I plan on being vaccinated by September. After a year we should know more about the vaccination side effects.
I wait because I have questions. Primarily, most vaccines have an effective window, and immunity doesn't last a lifetime. Like MMR, Tetanus, Pertussis, and a few others with their 10-year immunity. Pneumonia with its 5-year, or Influenza A with its yearly... With this virus being as fast to mutate and as aggressive as it is, I wanted a window of time to pass so that when people who have been vaccinated start being susceptible to the virus again, I won't be in the first wave.
I also wonder if those who have had the vaccinations will have to face a yearly antibody test with their annual blood work?
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