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Today is my first day of symptoms, so it's too early to show up in a Rapid test. I did get PCRed today too, but won't have those results for a few days. If I don't have a PCR result by tomorrow late afternoon, I'll do another rapid. It could be the flu I suppose. I've been vaccinated for both, but the Flu vaccine isn't very effective against this year's variant.

Are you sure its Covid and not the flu. Did you get tested? Im assuming you did test positive for you to say you got Covid, its just the wording you chose, "it seems", leaves it ambiguous. Hoping you get on your feet fast and yeah, you will be super immune. That is the good news!!!

"They" dont want us to know. "They" dont want us in the loop. Its a conspiracy...

On Friday, I had the sniffles and a scratchy throat, and I feared the worst. But nothing came of it. During winter, every winter, I always seem to get the sniffles and a scratchy throat for a couple of days sometime during the season, so I didnt panic. These sniffles and the throat thing only lasted not even for a full day. I didnt push the panic button to cancel my rendez-vous for the booster and thank-fully my wife and I are good for now. Until we need a 4rth. But the word on the street is that once the Omicron wave subsides, the pandemic will be on its start of it winding down. Yeah! Like that! But hopefully NOT what @David has proved what @balthazar responded to me.

Wishing you a speedy recovery. Flu or Covid is no fun. Hopefully Flu more than Covid. Found out my Niece and her husband are part of the we do not believe this is real, unvaccinated crowd. My wife was wanting to go down and see the boys, but when she called our Niece said she has been sick since Jan 1st. Hard to breath, and all the rest of the symptoms. I asked her if she has been tested and that is when I found out about her views including God will take care of her. At this point, wife chose to not go and see them even when Jess said come on down and we will wear masks. Sadly, she is barely High School educated. She was very healthy as she teaches mixed martial arts, but I suspect she has covid and at this point is winded just walking up stairs to her bedroom according to her. Sick is no fun, take care Drew. Wishing you a healthy recovery and I hope you spouse does not get it. Let us know how it goes and what your test results are. Sending positive thoughts your way for a speedy recover my friend.

1.5 liter Turbo. If it was the 2.0T you'd know because she'd have burned a few sets of front tires off by now. Horsepower is 163 at 5700 rpm and 184 lb-ft of torque at 2500, about the same as the old 2.4 but the torque comes on lower.

From glancing at auto ads, the best thing is probably to stay out of the auto market - if you don't have to be in it - until the dust settles somewhat. There is some crazy sh!+ I'm seeing.

The counts are going to be inaccurate because of the different sources and they way they count. This isn't like ballots, with a controlled population/sample size. But I do believe that the unvaccinated are more likely to be hospitalized ... and to be in ICU. With all the changing viral forms, breakthrough infections are going to be more of a problem. Just from glancing at my homepage, it looks like obnoxious Jimmy Fallon and Whoopi have contracted it, and they're vaccinated. The thing that bugs me is medical people who do not want to get the vaccine. I know one person like that ... a nurse who says, "I don't trust it." A lot of medical people have training and education, but, sometimes, it's "STEM lite" and doesn't go as far as where some people's education goes. They may have not taken classes in bacteriology and virology nor in statistics, yet they are still so damn sure of themselves. Then there are the people who don't have good education (or any), yet they have an even more forceful "telling" conversational style when it comes to health matters, politics, and financial matters, as opposed to stating that these are opinions or how they feel about things. Most people have done a lot of housecleaning with their friends and relatives during the last 2 to 5 years. It's something that sometimes needs to be done.

I was disappointed they didn't give me the wifi network name and password.

Toyoter ownership is like a cult. LOL

Im kinda bummed out and disappointed. Just a sore shoulder for my wife and I but nothing much else to report. But why the sad? I was promised by some people out there that getting THE Covid vaccine would make me transmit 5G WiFi. All for free. Well, the fee being that I got THE Covid vaccine. Im on my 3rd vaccine now, but no 5G WiFi. What gives???!!! I SPECIFICALLY got THE Covid vaccine JUST so I could transmit 5G internet myself. Internet services are way expensive in Canada...

Ive had a few of these kinds of conversations with Toyoter folk myself in the past. And the denial and refusal to accept to the eventual bewilderment and shock as described by @David was eye-dentical!

Wonder how often they freeze shut. Look pretty cheap, and there's no seal.

You're incorrect, at least in my case. As much below MSRP as my truck was, I know nearly exactly what their profit was (and it was a profit). I nor my wife has ever paid MSRP. My brother has never paid MSRP. I don't believe my father has ever paid MSRP. There's ALWAYS (prior to summer '21) money off. It IS the norm in my experience and those I know. I'll ask politely once more; you are aware of the difference between MSRP and dealer invoice, yes? Dealers do not buy from OEMs @ MSRP.

So what you are saying it that buying direct was far cheaper and far more convenient than having to haggle with a dealer over phantom market adjustments. Interesting.

I, too, would never care to pay a 'market adjustment', but I recognize everyone is entitled to ask whatever they want to sell something they own.

Most hospitals have shifted to ER care only. They aren't doing surgeries for those who can wait. And in fact even heart attack patients have no place to go because the hospitals are overwhelmed with covid. That said, it is more likely that there is underreporting than over reporting. Many people are doing at home tests and those frequently don't show up in the reported numbers unless that person goes and gets PCR test. And sadly, one year after my first vaccine, it seems as though I finally got it. I'm pushing a 101.9 fever that started today. Thankfully no respiratory issues at all so far, just drastically uncomfortable. I was masked everywhere in public and got my booster right after Thanksgiving. The Omicron variant is as contagious as measles. Thankfully, once I pull through I'll be super immune for a while. One additional thing. They are able to measure how widespread the infection rate is by monitoring sewage. A few large cities on the east coast are already seeing a dramatic drop in the sewage infection data and Europe is about 2 weeks ahead on that. This just could be the last big wave we have for a while because it is burning through so many people so fast, including the vaccinated.