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One of my team at work managed a same day appointment for his second. Told me after lunch that he'd got one for 5:30pm.

Meanwhile, his wife is a nurse and had a headache after her second shot (yesterday). Her employer told her to go get tested. Admittedly, she works in a place that has had multiple COVID outbreaks so this is probably just them having an excess of caution but it still sounds funny knowing that headache is a common side effect of vaccination.
 
Mendalla said:
One of my team at work managed a same day appointment for his second. Told me after lunch that he'd got one for 5:30pm.

Meanwhile, his wife is a nurse and had a headache after her second shot (yesterday). Her employer told her to go get tested. Admittedly, she works in a place that has had multiple COVID outbreaks so this is probably just them having an excess of caution but it still sounds funny knowing that headache is a common side effect of vaccination.
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I'm not sure if they updated anything by the time I got my 2nd, but for 1st the rule was to stay home for 24 hours with any covid type of symptom and if it lasted for more than 24 hours, one either needed a negative covid test or else they had to do the full isolation period.
It's where I was not happy about my attack - pre-existing conditions are supposed to be excluded from isolation criteria, health link told me the wrong legal information and didn't want me going out to get medical treatment - which of course has different rules anyway which they refused to acknowledge.
 
BetteTheRed said:
I can't imagine life without masks at present. I'm wanting to see that the new delta variant doesn't take hold, like it has shown signs of in Waterloo region, and forces us to face a fourth wave late this fall.
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I'll be keeping up with the masks and all the 'lock down' covid protocol for a long while yet. I visit an assisted living home 4 times a week and I sure don't want to deliver the Delta or Delta plus variant to our older folks. We're still required to have weekly covid tests in order to visit.
 
What I've relaxed a bit at work is the constant sanitizing of belts. Between the increasingly irritated sound of the belts (and this is a very old store, built in 1958, with some original equipment, the floors, for instance) and the now widespread eczema on my hands, I can't keep it up. Instead of doing both belts, front and back, between every customer, they now get wiped down every 2nd or 3rd customer. More frequently, if a customer requests it, less frequently, if they ask me not to (some people are nervous about grocery contact with a disinfectant liquid).
 
Attitudes around gloves are similarly polarized. I get the odd customer who complains about my not wearing gloves. When I explain that my actions protect her, not me, they usually get it. I have a couple of customers, both in health care, who will only go through a lane where the cashier is not wearing gloves, but hand sanitizing between customers.
 
Many people people don't know how to remove any type of medical gloves, and that's a problem. (this video works for any time medical gloves are contaminated.)
 
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I only use gloves for things like pumping gas where my hands need to be in contact with a shared surface for a period of time. And I might even give that up since we mostly use Costco and their pumps still have the "lock" that lets you just put the nozzle in and then latch the handle in place so you don't have to hold it. Just start it up, then sanitize when done. Otherwise, I just wash or sanitize regularly. And I have always been pretty good about that anyhow.
 
Mendalla said:
I only use gloves for things like pumping gas where my hands need to be in contact with a shared surface for a period of time. And I might even give that up since we mostly use Costco and their pumps still have the "lock" that lets you just put the nozzle in and then latch the handle in place so you don't have to hold it. Just start it up, then sanitize when done. Otherwise, I just wash or sanitize regularly. And I have always been pretty good about that anyhow.
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I hear ya, but I've seen many people use gloves for various reasons and then pull the gloves off willy nilly and pretty well negate the benefits of wearing them. You'd be surprised how many health care workers don't know how to remove gloves.
 
Reading the news from Australia (who are in winter) and it seems they are in lockdown in Sidney and Darwin because of the Delta variant. I don't think their vaccination rate is all that high???:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Sydney broadens Covid lockdown as Delta variant cases sweep city - Times of India

Rest of World News: CANBERRA: Sydney's usually bustling harbourside restaurants were shuttered and city streets nearly deserted Saturday as a two-week lockdown began acro.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com
 
Waterfall said:
Reading the news from Australia (who are in winter) and it seems they are in lockdown in Sidney and Darwin because of the Delta variant. I don't think their vaccination rate is all that high???:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Sydney broadens Covid lockdown as Delta variant cases sweep city - Times of India

Rest of World News: CANBERRA: Sydney's usually bustling harbourside restaurants were shuttered and city streets nearly deserted Saturday as a two-week lockdown began acro.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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I know that Oz and NZ have been going less aggressively on vaccinations due to their relatively secure situation (minimal cases and low exposure due to travel restrictions). Author Neil Gaiman currently lives in NZ and is a few years older than me and just got his first dose last week (per his Twitter).
 
ChemGal said:
Why are gloves gross?
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Usually people wearing them don't wear them properly. You have to wash your hands, don the gloves using a particular technique, perform the task then remove the gloves using a proper technique. After you've removed the gloves, wash your hands. People are putting on the gloves and just wearing them. No hand washing. Touch multiple items with gloves that become dirtier and dirtier. It is better to just wash your hands frequently and properly.
 
Northwind said:
Usually people wearing them don't wear them properly. You have to wash your hands, don the gloves using a particular technique, perform the task then remove the gloves using a proper technique. After you've removed the gloves, wash your hands. People are putting on the gloves and just wearing them. No hand washing. Touch multiple items with gloves that become dirtier and dirtier. It is better to just wash your hands frequently and properly.
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Depends. I don't think those steps are all always necessary, depends on the reason for wearing them. Ie. Picking up garbage. I've gone to a park, put on gloves not washing my hands first, picked things up, took them off properly. Washed hands when home.

The gloves are better than having contact with a bunch of things.

If a cashier wears gloves, as long as they sanitize them every so often and switch them if actually dirty with something it's an extra layer of protection than just washing hands before and after a shift. Even if not put on properly/removed properly.
 
Waterfall said:
Many people people don't know how to remove any type of medical gloves, and that's a problem. (this video works for any time medical gloves are contaminated.)
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Yep, except: the inside of your glove is not considered “ clean” but more like “ cleaner” than the outside. That is the reason why you are washing or disinfecting your hands after you disposed of your gloves.
 
ChemGal said:
Depends. I don't think those steps are all always necessary, depends on the reason for wearing them. Ie. Picking up garbage. I've gone to a park, put on gloves not washing my hands first, picked things up, took them off properly. Washed hands when home.
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Of course. Wearing gloves though as a means if infection control is not a good use of them. Washing or sanitizing hands is better. If you're wearing them to protect your hands/skin, that's different.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
Yep, except: the inside of your glove is not considered “ clean” but more like “ cleaner” than the outside. That is the reason why you are washing or disinfecting your hands after you disposed of your gloves.
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Yup, Sterile procedure is a whole other ballgame.
 
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