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To: Neeka who wrote (755498)	1/20/2022 3:23:47 PM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By pheilman_ Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793804

I have my annual next week. She's going to push the booster and will claim it will lessen the severity of covid. It might also screw up your swim times. My mile swim (4x/week) takes an average 4 to 5 minutes longer after the booster. (avg 6-8 sec/lap in NCAA lengh pool) No effect after vaccine 1 or 2 (Moderna), but the booster got me. The increase in time is sporadic but happens more often than not since November.

To: Neeka who wrote (755498)	1/20/2022 4:18:38 PM
From: kckip	2 Recommendations Recommended By didjuneau isopatch Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793804

Even the CDC has now admitted (what we all knew to be true long ago) that natural immunity is a thing and provides better protection than the VAX, at least for Delta variant....... The slow rolling about-face by the authoritarians is puzzling me - most think they finally realize that the majority hates everything they've done for the past couple years...suddenly CV will be "defeated" by the mid-terms - see, we fixed it for ya? Or, maybe they feel they have reached the tipping point with enough people with VAX cards in their system that they can corral the rest at their leisure later? Just a natural ending to a induced crisis and they have to align with the facts? reuters.com

To: Neeka who wrote (755498)	1/20/2022 6:08:21 PM
From: skinowski	3 Recommendations Recommended By lightshipsailor Neeka TimF Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793804

It’s probably true. Vaccinations tend to make the disease milder. A friend of mine and a ski buddy - a doctor in New Jersey - got sick with CoViD and spent the last 2 weeks in a hospital. Yesterday he became worse and was transferred to an ICU. Last I heard, he had to be intubated and put on a vent. He is 73, a very healthy, athletic man. At his age, he still goes on a few ski trips every year. He’s in a really good shape. Not vaccinated. I’m not sure why, but he mistrusted the vaccinations from the very beginning. I think that at his age the risk / reward ratio of vaccination is clearly in favor of doing it. There is no way to know for sure whether it would have helped him personally - but the data suggests it could have.