Fun with Covid

[Bob Denman]

There is no humor in people getting sick and/or dying.
But some of the crazy conspiracies are hilarious!
As are the long-term side-effects...

https://www.thorforums.com/forums/at...1&d=1632855827

[Bob Denman]

Did I tell you about my Missus taking the vaccine shots?

https://www.thorforums.com/forums/at...1&d=1632856424

[RCS]

The "Chance" is that you missed my point (pun intended). Sarcasm can be a form of humor, but the point I was trying to make, perhaps badly, was that there is another side to the view of the vaccine - that it is not all sunshine and butterflies. Some folks are truly hurt by the vaccine. The humor that ya'll find so great is ok, but there is another view point, which seems to really upset some folks when it is expressed.

I spent years as a USAF fighter pilot and quite understand the idea of gallows humor, it was a routine part of our life. But unfortunately I don't appreciate the one way street this takes when a countering view is expressed and the moderator suddenly swoops in and ends the thread.

[RCS]

my son is ok now, by the way. I pray that he stays that way.

[Chance]

Originally Posted by RCS

my son is ok now, by the way. I pray that he stays that way.

Great to hear.

Please trust me, I see no humor in Covid. I just didn’t understand why you would ask a doctor a question there can be no answer to unless your son was showing signs of permanent damage. That part wasn’t clear to me, and was asking more out of concern.

[16ACE27]

Originally Posted by RCS

The "Chance" is that you missed my point (pun intended). Sarcasm can be a form of humor, but the point I was trying to make, perhaps badly, was that there is another side to the view of the vaccine - that it is not all sunshine and butterflies. Some folks are truly hurt by the vaccine. The humor that ya'll find so great is ok, but there is another view point, which seems to really upset some folks when it is expressed.

I spent years as a USAF fighter pilot and quite understand the idea of gallows humor, it was a routine part of our life. But unfortunately I don't appreciate the one way street this takes when a countering view is expressed and the moderator suddenly swoops in and ends the thread.

Sarcastic humor, especially gallows humor, to be funny has to have a thread of truth in it. Your son, like many, may have had some short term side effects from the vaccine, but:

Originally Posted by CDC

Long-Term Side Effects Are Unlikely
Serious side effects that could cause a long-term health problem are extremely unlikely following any vaccination, including COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccine monitoring has historically shown that side effects generally happen within six weeks of receiving a vaccine dose.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...vaccine%20dose.

Now do I believe everything that comes out of the CDC mouthpieces? Not hardly - just look at post #12 above, pretty funny. But they are the best science we have on this crap right now.

I'm glad your son is OK now and if he gets a breakthrough case of COVID his chances are better to get through it if vaccinated and he has no other complicating health problems. Best of health to you and the rest of your family as well.

Now if you want to see COVID funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmXhdi4yP78

[The_Breeze]

Originally Posted by Bob Denman

Did I tell you about my Missus taking the vaccine shots?

https://www.thorforums.com/forums/at...1&d=1632856424

LOL. Yeah right - you WISH!!!!

[The_Breeze]

Originally Posted by 16ACE27

Sarcastic humor, especially gallows humor, to be funny has to have a thread of truth in it. Your son, like many, may have had some short term side effects from the vaccine, but:



https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...vaccine%20dose.

Now do I believe everything that comes out of the CDC mouthpieces? Not hardly - just look at post #12 above, pretty funny. But they are the best science we have on this crap right now.

I'm glad your son is OK now and if he gets a breakthrough case of COVID his chances are better to get through it if vaccinated and he has no other complicating health problems. Best of health to you and the rest of your family as well.

Now if you want to see COVID funny:

I respectfully disagree. I believe the CDC has morphed into something other. And I'll end that there.

Here's how I see the CDC, and yes - I find this interpretation extremely funny.

[taylorbob1]

Originally Posted by Chance

Was it a rhetorical question or were you expecting an answer?

Since you didn’t mention what happened to your son, or what made you question permanent long-term damage, it’s difficult to see humor in your point.

Doctors can only know what they know about, right? My sister and brother in-law had Covid and spent time in hospital. Both had some lung damage which improved over a few months, but doctors can predict there is permanent damage based on years of seeing similar scarring not caused by Covid. On the other hand, I got sick after my second shot, but recovered after a few days. Asking a doctor if I may experience any long term damage would be like asking him/her what makes gravity work. They probably wouldn’t answer that either.

Sorry about your son, but we need more context to see the humor, or sarcasm, depending on one’s views.


P.S. — I’m glad I got vaccinated because without it (among other factors) I would not be attending college football games; and I really missed those last season.

If you’re vaxxed & live in TX…
Why would you wear a mask at an outdoor football game?


…said the guy in California who must mask-up everywhere & show vaxx card to enter sporting events

[RCS]

As long as we are linking to Covid humor, here is some of the funniest:
Biden: 'We Can Return To Normal When 3.5 Trillion Americans Have Been Vaccinated'
https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-we...een-vaccinated

Warning, the Babylon Bee is a satire site (this is your trigger warning)

[Bob Denman]

Originally Posted by The_Breeze

LOL. Yeah right - you WISH!!!!

I never said that I was a "leg-man"...

[The_Breeze]

Originally Posted by Bob Denman

I never said that I was a "leg-man"...

with that? I sure hope not. If two are better than one, then 3 can make a man lose his mind!

[Bob Denman]

I know I covered up her face, so you have to trust me: she's just as lovely above the clavicles.

[Scubawise]

I like these threads especially the jokes etc.
Life is short for all of us

[The_Breeze]

Originally Posted by Bob Denman

I know I covered up her face, so you have to trust me: she's just as lovely above the clavicles.

[Chance]

Originally Posted by taylorbob1

If you’re vaxxed & live in TX…
Why would you wear a mask at an outdoor football game?


…said the guy in California who must mask-up everywhere & show vaxx card to enter sporting events

Yes, I was vaccinated early this year, which makes it about 7~8 months ago. I have probably lost considerable protection, although I’m glad it was Moderna with higher strength and duration.

The four games were not in Texas. Regardless, no vaccine or mask requirements. When you stuff up to +/- 90,000 screaming fans into tight quarters with very few wearing masks (I’d guess less than 5%), the fact that it’s outdoors doesn’t help much.

Funny thing is that I started feeling cold-like symptoms this afternoon and I’m now running a slight fever. I hope it’s just a cold or flu which my mom’s hospice nurse told me was spreading through the area. If it’s Covid bug, and she gets it from me, I doubt she can survive it at her age and in her condition. I was hesitant going to games because of her, not because of me. Hope it’s just a cold

[Bob Denman]

Originally Posted by Scubawise

I like these threads especially the jokes etc.
Life is short for all of us

Amen...

[16ACE27]

Originally Posted by Chance

......

Funny thing is that I started feeling cold-like symptoms this afternoon and I’m now running a slight fever. I hope it’s just a cold or flu which my mom’s hospice nurse told me was spreading through the area. If it’s Covid bug, and she gets it from me, I doubt she can survive it at her age and in her condition. I was hesitant going to games because of her, not because of me. Hope it’s just a cold

So do I. But even a cold can be traumatic for the elderly. I always put off visiting my father in the last years of his life if I felt under the weather.

When this COVID crap came up last year it was very difficult for me as I always visited him every 2 to 3 weeks and and prepared his medicine into packaged doses and had done this for 10 years to insure he had no dosing problems. But the threat of infecting him with COVID kept me away for several months and I had to delegate all his care to his live-in caretakers. By June we had enough of the hysteria and resumed visiting him, which turned out to be a good thing as he passed away at the end of July from old age complications including dementia which had him it's grip for his last two years.

Take care of yourself and best of health to your mother.


Now for some more COVID humor:

[dkoldman]

I got my vaccine shots a while back, but I have since learned there are economic possibilities for accepting the countering view. If all the pro vaccine people would invest in companies that support the anti vaxxers; we can all be happy and live with one another (or not)

[RCS]

If you like horse racing and getting vaccinated, you will love the Jab Cup from Australia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvFdgdH61W4&t=116s