Shannon Skinner (she/her)

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Former digital marketing strategist. “Vote Blue No Matter Who” is a stick. I prefer carrots. Americans lack #universalhealthcare and that pisses me off. Yuge #DEVO fan. #TwitterRefugee
Duty now for the future!

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2024-05-23 23:05:25

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Washington state
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2024-05-23 22:53:36

I follow COVID scientists here on Mastodon. I've seen them post links to studies showing waning effectiveness of COVID vaccines after 6 months.
I received the updated booster last October and want to get boosted again prior to some planned travel in July. (Air travel to the MAGA anti-vax cesspool known as Florida)
I have contacted three pharmacies in my area.
One has no COVID vaccines at all and said they won't receive any until fall.
The other two say they will not vaccinate me because they must follow US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines stating that only people 65 years and older should receive boosters at this time.
They won't vaccinate me even if I am willing to pay out of pocket.
Both say I must get a recommendation from my health care provider before they will even consider it.
Less than 20% of people in my state are up to date on their COVID vaccines. For those of us who want to follow the science and not some arbitrary age limitation, why not let us get vaccinated?
#COVIDIsNotOver #COVID #COVID19 #COVIDVaccine #Healthcare

2024-05-21 21:40:36

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Thank you for this statement. I fear I will be in the needy category soon.
Realistically, how steep is the learning curve and how daunting are the roadblocks for someone who has relatively little patience for computer tinkering?
I'm willing to put a reasonable amount of time towards set-up, but how time consuming will the maintenance be?
Also, I worry about compatibility with common software, such as Quicken.
Can someone recommend a comprehensive set of tutorials that aren't spattered with jargon, acronyms, and initialisms (my pet peeve)? I don't even know what a "distro" is.
I detest the trajectory #Spycrosoft is following, and I worry that others, such as myself, will be stuck using their products due to the high hurdle of switching to Linux.
Then again, everybody said "Mastodon is too complicated," and I didn't find that to be the case at all.