Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[natatomic]

Another myth found to be untrue. Every study in the last 2 months should put to rest any doubts about getting vaccinated and boosted.

Getting vaccinated doesn't affect your fertility — but getting Covid might for men, new study says

New NIH-funded research found that Covid-19 vaccines don't impair fertility in men or women, but a Covid infection can affect men's sperm quality for up to 60 days.

www.cnbc.com

I know this isn’t exactly scientific, but here’s something that makes me question this claim:

Babycenter had due date clubs, and for years, each month’s group has members numbers somewhere in the 30-35k range….until mid-late 2021, in which there has been a significant decrease. If covid itself - or even the uncertainty of covid - were causing a decrease in fertility, we would have started to see decreases in members in 2020. Not a full year later.
Again, I know it’s not scientific, and correlation does not imply causation. But still…these numbers and the timing are…interesting. Just my two cents.

 

[correcaminos]

I know this isn’t exactly scientific, but here’s something that makes me question this claim:

Babycenter had due date clubs, and for years, each month’s group has members numbers somewhere in the 30-35k range….until mid-late 2021, in which there has been a significant decrease. If covid itself was causing decrease in fertility, we would have started to see decreases in members in 2020. Not a full year later.
Again, I know it’s not scientific, and correlation does not imply causation. But still…these numbers and the timing are…interesting. Just my two cents.

Um. No. Sorry that shows nothing other than people not using that site for who knows what reason. This is nothing more than anti-vax scare tactics and I'd love to know who started that one. Off to google.

 

[hopemax]

Everyone: People should be more responsible with their family planning!

People: There is too much uncertainty in the world right now, maybe not the best time to have a kid.

Response: COVID vaccines cause infertility. Only explanation!

 

[natatomic]

Everyone: People should be more responsible with their family planning!

People: There is too much uncertainty in the world right now, maybe not the best time to have a kid.

Response: COVID vaccines cause infertility. Only explanation!

I get that, but you’d think the slow down would have started showing in mid to late 2020 when covid first hit and we knew next to nothing about it. The world was practically shut down for months.
again, I’m not saying it’s absolute PROOF of anything. I just think it’s a pretty big coincidence that the slow down stared 6 months or so after a rollout of a certain product. Interesting timing, that’s all. Take it with a huge grain of salt, if you will. Just…pretty crazy timing.

 

[correcaminos]

I get that, but you’d think the slow down would have started showing in mid to late 2020 when covid first hit and we knew next to nothing about it. The world was practically shut down for months.
again, I’m not saying it’s absolute PROOF of anything. I just think it’s a pretty big coincidence that the slow down stared 6 months or so after a rollout of a certain product. Interesting timing, that’s all. Take it with a huge grain of salt, if you will. Just…pretty crazy timing.

No it's not close to being proof. In fact it's irrelevant information and irresponsible to even imply. No salt needed. Studies show this means nothing.

 

[hopemax]

I get that, but you’d think the slow down would have started showing in mid to late 2020 when covid first hit and we knew next to nothing about it. The world was practically shut down for months.
again, I’m not saying it’s absolute PROOF of anything. I just think it’s a pretty big coincidence that the slow down stared 6 months or so after a rollout of a certain product. Interesting timing, that’s all. Take it with a huge grain of salt, if you will. Just…pretty crazy timing.

Everyone talks about how sucky 2021 was, worse than 2020, even. The memes were all over the place. A world of sucky stuff does not put people in the mood. In 2020, most people were annoyed in the moment, but still were feeling confident it would be over sooner rather than later. Certainly it would all be over by the time it would take for a baby to arrive. We're still waiting. Each not-end worsened the collective mood. Labor disruption, supply disruption, inflation, full hospitals... why on earth would any responsible person want to have a baby at any point in 2021? Or 2022 so far...

 

[Heppenheimer]

Another myth found to be untrue. Every study in the last 2 months should put to rest any doubts about getting vaccinated and boosted.

Getting vaccinated doesn't affect your fertility — but getting Covid might for men, new study says

New NIH-funded research found that Covid-19 vaccines don't impair fertility in men or women, but a Covid infection can affect men's sperm quality for up to 60 days.

www.cnbc.com

There were trials from the reproductive endocrinology field last year that showed no decline in fertility for the vaccinated vs. unvaccinated (excluding cases of COVID), so this is nothing new. And unless the vaccine induced a rare autoimmune reaction against parts of the reproductive system, there's no plausible biological mechanism for a vaccine to cause fertility problems.

 

[Heppenheimer]

Everyone talks about how sucky 2021 was, worse than 2020, even. The memes were all over the place. A world of sucky stuff does not put people in the mood. In 2020, most people were annoyed in the moment, but still were feeling confident it would be over sooner rather than later. Certainly it would all be over by the time it would take for a baby to arrive. We're still waiting. Each not-end worsened the collective mood. Labor disruption, supply disruption, inflation, full hospitals... why on earth would any responsible person want to have a baby at any point in 2021? Or 2022 so far...

Well... we did welcome our little Liesel into the world this December (both wifey and I are fully vaccinated). When you're hitting your mid 40s, you can only delay having a kid for so long.

 

[correcaminos]

Everyone talks about how sucky 2021 was, worse than 2020, even. The memes were all over the place. A world of sucky stuff does not put people in the mood. In 2020, most people were annoyed in the moment, but still were feeling confident it would be over sooner rather than later. Certainly it would all be over by the time it would take for a baby to arrive. We're still waiting. Each not-end worsened the collective mood. Labor disruption, supply disruption, inflation, full hospitals... why on earth would any responsible person want to have a baby at any point in 2021? Or 2022 so far...

You had me until this. Mostly agree otherwise.

 

[Incomudro]

Everyone talks about how sucky 2021 was, worse than 2020, even. The memes were all over the place. A world of sucky stuff does not put people in the mood. In 2020, most people were annoyed in the moment, but still were feeling confident it would be over sooner rather than later. Certainly it would all be over by the time it would take for a baby to arrive. We're still waiting. Each not-end worsened the collective mood. Labor disruption, supply disruption, inflation, full hospitals... why on earth would any responsible person want to have a baby at any point in 2021? Or 2022 so far...

A world of being locked in the house together with little else to do can lead to things.

 

[Ayla]

A world of being locked in the house together with little else to do can lead to things.

No one has been "locked in their house" since May of 2020.

 

[correcaminos]

No one has been "locked in their house" since May of 2020.

I do think that was a joke

 

[mmascari]

No one has been "locked in their house" since May of 2020.

Obviously, all the kids from then have been born by now. Once people were outside again, they had other stuff to do.

 

[danlb_2000]

No one has been "locked in their house" since May of 2020.

Arguably nobody was locked in their house at all, but in general people have been spending a lot more time at home since the start of the pandemic.

 

[maui2k7]

Arguably nobody was locked in their house at all, but in general people have been spending a lot more time at home since the start of the pandemic.

Thankfully our country is not called China.

China currently has about about 20 million people locked down in their homes for the last 3 weeks. The government brings food to everyone so no one leaves their home. They cannot leave for anything except testing.

 

[DisneyFan32]

I'm scared about endemic as future variants being worse to keep the pandemic going. I don't want this endemic to be happen. I want back to normal like 2019.

 

[Patcheslee]

DD13s 2nd test finally back (tested the 18th) positive. Sore throat and runny nose started over the weekend (9 days after her close contact). Work health number apparently isn't staffed during weekends to even get directions on if I can report to work or not tomorrow morning.

 

[DisneyFan32]

Fauci outlines pandemic long-term return to normal: 'best-case scenario' we learn to live with it

Fauci reiterated his belief that the omicron surge will peak by mid-February at the latest.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Patcheslee]

DD13s 2nd test finally back (tested the 18th) positive. Sore throat and runny nose started over the weekend (9 days after her close contact). Work health number apparently isn't staffed during weekends to even get directions on if I can report to work or not tomorrow morning.

Finally got through to work. I'm home until further notice. "Due to the backlog in employee cases" I can expect a phone call in 3 or 4 days for further instructions besides need to have a negative PCR myself. PCR test scheduled for tomorrow (did that as soon as got DD13s result). DH told to stay home at least days, his work is requiring him to use his vacation time as they always have.

 

[maui2k7]

How are your schools faring right now with reported cases?

Here in the suburbs just north of Houston, our district of about 20k kids in total currently has 1.5% of all students (309) and just under 2% (48) of all staff out with COVID. The active cases in our school district have gone up around 20% week over week in the schools, but are still half the delta peak in early Sept.

Overall, the 7 day rolling average of newly reported COVID in Harris County (Houston) continues to trend down from the peak about a 10 days ago.