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I think this might be true of the South.  I'm not sure many of the northern states have really even  begun their Delta spike yet.

So youre saying the delta strain in mainly in the southern states

this is news to me

So youre saying the delta strain in mainly in the southern states

this is news to me

It hit southern states first, whether it hits the north hard from here is a question in my mind.  Some think this weather related but the last surge was dead of winter.

I'm saying it hasn't hit the northern states hard yet, and that I expect it will.

Come Tuesday I’m asking to kick the second shot down the road, hopefully until January, when it’ll be a more convenient time to risk getting sick should the second shot ruin another weekend. As for the first shot, I’m more than recovered enough to go ahead with my weekend plans for binging Phoenix.

My Doctor wasted no time shooting down my request to “kick the second shot down the road.” Other than the “digestive discomfort” he says the symptoms I went through “isn’t too uncommon.” Says unless I’m experiencing Anaphylaxis there's NO justification to write anything that lets a patient delay the second shot.

Second shot is schedule for October 12. I’ll tough out whatever reactions comes of it; lucky for me California’s Dept of Labor allows for up to a workweek of excused absence should my lower back act up again.

In related Covid news, an older family friend of ours passed of Covid in Missouri. She was already in the hospital undergoing treatment for a recent stroke which left her partially paralyzed when she tested positive for Covid within the ICU. A few weeks shy of 90 years-old, battling increasingly weakened immunity, and not sure if vaccinated.

Promising.

The Latest: Merck: Experimental pill cuts effects of virus (apnews.com)

Would vaccine resistant folks take something like this?  Many seem to believe ivermectin, zinc, Vitamin D, hydroxyquinoline, et al. are effective and cheap.  When asked for any real clinical evidence, they claim clinicals aren't reliable.

Social media however is where you get the really good medical advice, not those MD fellers.

I'm talking about folks who think these things are effective treatments, with scant "evidence" that I've ever seen.

One doctor having some success is not what I'd call a controlled credible clinical trial.

For some reason, my FB feed has filled up with ads for zinc, one product is named "Pure Zinc", which it isn't.  I must have googled it.

A lot of these supplement ads make specific clear health claims which is illegal, but the FDA is swamped I surmise.

I'm talking about folks who think these things are effective treatments, with scant "evidence" that I've ever seen.

One doctor having some success is not what I'd call a controlled credible clinical trial.

For some reason, my FB feed has filled up with ads for zinc, one product is named "Pure Zinc", which it isn't.  I must have googled it.

A lot of these supplement ads make specific clear health claims which is illegal, but the FDA is swamped I surmise.

That was not my intention.