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Personally, I would quarantine until I take the test (vaccinated or not) and then only tell them if it is positive.

@DarkFrost I am currently hiding in my room from the world, so check! *sad "lol"*
@annismyrph I'm not sure exactly what you mean by there are two schools of thought; could you explain that a bit more please?

@Xzeina ; there are those that believe if you ve been vaccinated ; you can't catch it or spread it .. there are those that believe ; you still can it just wont be as bad ; CDC stated you can but it wont be as bad ....... then again the third train of thought is the vaccine is an excuse for the government to put tracking devices in us so they know where we all are at all times or that the vaccine will cause cancer in lab rats in 50 years because it changes the DNA somehow ; so really the schools of thought are endless. Sorry I didnt explain more thoroughly before :) hydrate stay quarentined and take your test ; dont stress ; we got your back here ^_^

@boredaf Only one of my friends (that I've been near since I was in contact with someone who tested positive) is still debating getting the vaccine, they're scared to get it(which is frustrating), everyone else has made their choice. And I haven't been near the people I know to be of high risk.
Thanks for the realistic positivity : )

@silverstar exactly people are free to make their choice we don't WANT society catering to us. Just avoid st. Judes for a bit ;) you'll be fine.

@annismyrph we already have trackers there're called cellphones. Why put the effort into injecting people with a tracker when apple's already doing it more efficiently.

The tracker thing is pretty ridiculous, but I understand the hesitancy to get vaccinated for good reasons. I am also not planning to get vaccinated for several reasons, but this probably isn’t the best place to get into that, so I won’t.

At this point I’m pretty sure most people on the planet who don’t live in an isolated area have had some sort of contact with the virus, so contact doesn’t always result in infection or everyone on the planet would have had it already since it existed for several months before we started taking precautions and doing tests. Even if you do have it, it’s not very likely to be severe, so I would try not to overthink it too much and just deal with things as they happen.

Does anyone have any good jokes?

@Nightphoenix that is my thought process too. Unless you live under a rock or have been extremely lucky you have most likely come in contact with at least one strain of the vires.

I know I've at had it at least twice, and have come in contact with it multiple times since then. I'm not going to quit living my life because of an illness. We all know there is danger involved when we climb into the saddle, or get in a car, we do it anyway. We weigh the risks, and the rewards are greater than the risk. We take precessions against the dangers, but ultimately do it anyway.

@Nightphoenix =)) I had no idea where that joke was going so it took me a second, but wow!

@Silverstar another answer could be "Olaf the impaled"!

@nightphoenix that drill one, niiice.

Scottish pessimist: things can't possibly get any worse.
Scottish optimist: don't be absurd of course they can

=))

A pharmacist comes back from his lunch break, He finds his assistant standing by a customer who seems very tense. “What’s wrong with this man?” The pharmacist asks his assistant. “He has a terrible cough!” The assistant replied. “And there was no cough medicine so I prescribed him laxatives instead.”
The customer gives a soft groan as the pharmacist looks horrified.
“You can’t prescribe laxatives to treat a cough!”
“Well of course you can,” replied the assistant. “Look at the customer, he’s far too scared to cough”

I love that last one!

AHA! Found it! This is long, but trust me, you will not be able to stop laughing after you read this =))

Are you waiting for that equine bundle of joy to arrive? Here's a tongue-in-cheek account of one horse-person's foal night-watch:

10:00 pm Gather sleeping bag; alarm clock and three back copies of favorite Equestrian Magazine. Head for barn.

10:01 pm Return to house for bag of chips and a 32 oz Pepsi.

10:10 pm Back to barn. Flashlight goes out half way there. Figure you can make it by memory. Pat faithful ranch dog’s head as he pants and slobbers alongside.

10:11 pm Remember suddenly you have no ranch dog.

10:11 pm Run screaming to house. Change flashlight batteries. Change underwear. Return to barn.

10:15 pm Establish foal-watch headquarters in empty stall next to broodmare.

10:16 pm Enter broodmare’s stall for the 5,687th inspection of the reproductive parts.

10:16 pm Broodmare flattens ears for the 5,687th time.

10:17 pm Sigh audibly, leave stall and head for house. Dial veterinarian just to make sure he’s home.

10:18 pm Replace receiver on phone base rather than where suggested.

10:19 pm Return to barn and squirm into sleeping bag. Set alarm for one hour and shut off light.

10:20 pm Forty thousand sets of tiny feet become active as entire mouse population in the county begin wind sprints in your barn loft.

10:25 pm Sit up when something with not so tiny feet joins wind sprints in loft.

10:26 pm Flick on light – listen to absolute silence.

10:27 pm Flick off light.

10:28 pm Wind sprints resume. Big foot is winning.

11:18 pm Finally fall asleep.

11:19 pm Alarm goes off.

11:20 pm Peek through knothole at broodmare. Mare pins ears.

11:21 pm Reset alarm and flick out light.

11:23 pm Flick on light. Realize 32 oz Pepsi was a mistake. Head for house to “eliminate” problem.

11:26 pm Resist urge to phone veterinarian.

11:27 pm Trot back to barn. Left boot is sucked off in mudhole. Hobble three steps before getting stopped.

11:28 pm Return to house and change one sock.

11:29 pm Walk to barn.

11:30 pm One last check of broodmare though knothole. Ears pinned.

11:30 pm Set alarm for one hour. Turn out light.

11:40 pm Wake suddenly. Check knothole. Mare is lying down!

11:41 pm Enter broodmare stall carrying Ye Olde Foaling Manual, 3 pounds of clean rags, iodine and a tetanus shot. Mare breaks wind and gets up. Pins ears.

11:42 pm Return to sleeping bag. Flick out light.

11:52 pm Flick on light. Remove flake of hay that has accumulated in bottom of bag. Flick out light.

12:01 am Can’t hear clock. Flick on light. Clock is fine. Remove hay from ear. Flick out light.

12:29 am Fall asleep.

12:31 am Alarm goes off.

12:32 am Eyes feel like somebody put sand in them. Stagger to knothole. Extreme close-up of mare’s rear end. No change in reproductive parts. Can’t see ears. Assume pinned.

12:33 am Back into sleeping bag. Set alarm and flick out light. Left foot cramps. Shove foot against bottom of bag to relieve cramp.

12:38 am Cramp over. Relax foot.

12:39 am Left foot turns into a pretzel. Struggle out of bag and hobble around for 5 minutes.

12:44 am Cramp over. Return to bag. Right foot starts to quiver.

01:10 am Fall asleep.

01:39 am Alarm goes off. Sleep right through it.

6:30 am Wake up. Glance at clock. Attempt to leap from bag. Become part of huge polyester/fiberfill wad in hay. Crawl to knothole. Peer into broodmare stall. See TWO sets of pinned ears.

@Nightphoenix, that seems to be the way it works on anything you have to wait for! :))

@Forestshadow lol

BTW, my test came back negative just in time for me to get to class! : )

wooohooooo!