Just an opinion. Most of the patients we are seeing at this juncture for elective procedures might as well be considered unvaccinated, they not only have never received a booster, the only series received was when the vaccine was first available. If the vaccine is to be considered as effective as flu vaccine then a majority have no protection. NJ no longer requires testing before an elective procedure “ if the patient was vaccinated “. Basically we are left to just assume everyone has Covid, as we did in the days of early AIDS, best practice everyone has it take appropriate precautions. Quietly they’re urging people to wear masks again, but most will not, having had recent Covid myself it wasn’t the run of the mill cold, I will avoid reinfection at all costs. Sadly, I suspect we’re chasing our tail.
Yes, best practice everyone, wear your properly fitted N95 or KN95 at all times. Assume everyone has COVID. It has nothing to do now with when the person was vaccinated, boosted or evened vaccinated at all. The most vaccinated people are also fair game to be spreading the current iteration of the virus. Remember most of the virus currently being transmitted is being spread by vaccinated and/or recovered from infection people — it’s a simple numbers game. And yes, we are chasing our tail, or actually the virus. The lack of urgency on the part of the government in acknowledging this and acting accordingly is baffling.
I may be wrong but the respiratory component of this virus is the least of what we would be concerned about it’s the possibility of cardiovascular effects that may result from the infection that manifest themselves in short order. I agree with you on the comment regarding those that will milk it, the shame of that is that others that would not have had devastating events that can be connected to recent Covid infection. Sadly there are a number of doctors that are untrained in Infectious Disease that are saying it’s just a cold it rattles me to my core. If doctors spew misinformation there’s no hope for change in how we handle public health emergencies
Just an opinion. Most of the patients we are seeing at this juncture for elective procedures might as well be considered unvaccinated, they not only have never received a booster, the only series received was when the vaccine was first available. If the vaccine is to be considered as effective as flu vaccine then a majority have no protection. NJ no longer requires testing before an elective procedure “ if the patient was vaccinated “. Basically we are left to just assume everyone has Covid, as we did in the days of early AIDS, best practice everyone has it take appropriate precautions. Quietly they’re urging people to wear masks again, but most will not, having had recent Covid myself it wasn’t the run of the mill cold, I will avoid reinfection at all costs. Sadly, I suspect we’re chasing our tail.
Yes, best practice everyone, wear your properly fitted N95 or KN95 at all times. Assume everyone has COVID. It has nothing to do now with when the person was vaccinated, boosted or evened vaccinated at all. The most vaccinated people are also fair game to be spreading the current iteration of the virus. Remember most of the virus currently being transmitted is being spread by vaccinated and/or recovered from infection people — it’s a simple numbers game. And yes, we are chasing our tail, or actually the virus. The lack of urgency on the part of the government in acknowledging this and acting accordingly is baffling.
I may be wrong but the respiratory component of this virus is the least of what we would be concerned about it’s the possibility of cardiovascular effects that may result from the infection that manifest themselves in short order. I agree with you on the comment regarding those that will milk it, the shame of that is that others that would not have had devastating events that can be connected to recent Covid infection. Sadly there are a number of doctors that are untrained in Infectious Disease that are saying it’s just a cold it rattles me to my core. If doctors spew misinformation there’s no hope for change in how we handle public health emergencies