Jimmy Fallon had breakthrough Covid during the holidays. [Seriously OMG]
Would we be satisfied if Dexter: New Blood ended this way? (Spoilers.) [Pajiba]
Kim Kardashian & Pete Davidson went to the Bahamas? [JustJared]
Whoopi Goldberg got Covid, she’ll be off The View this week. [Dlisted]
RCFA’s best looks of 2021. [RCFA]
A retrospective of Florence Pugh’s red carpet fashion. [GFY]
Discover your perfect side-hustle by astrological sign. All I can say is that I’m not the best proofreader? I wish Virgos had a better side-hustle. [Buzzfeed]
I’m not playing Wordle, hm. [LaineyGossip]
Miranda Lambert’s LGBTQ-ally anthem is here. [Towleroad]
More of the best film costumes of 2021. [Tom & Lorenzo]
What in the world is going on in the NFL? [Deadspin]
scorpio mystery shopper: perfect!
Same here!
Yep, same!!
Me, too!
Of course Kim and Pete went to the Bahamas. Man Pete is really living it up with Kim huh? The Kardashians baffle me. This entire pandemic they have managed to keep living their normal lives. I don’t understand. I know so many who are still basically in some form of lockdown (I live in Canada). In my town gyms are closed, you can’t dine in, kids are doing on-line learning. Do we live in the same world as the Kardashians? Guess not.
I feel the same way with most of the people I love around and my inlaws. They haven’t really stopped doing anything and take no precautions.
I hate saying this, but people like that will be far better off mental health wise. I’m hanging on by a thread at this point. I have taken every precaution and pretty much have been living in a prison for 2 years. I’m tired. I’m just worried I’ll never be able to be myself again. Like how will I be able to feel normal again after all this is finally over. Maybe I’m stronger than I think. I don’t know. But it bothers me how so many don’t seem to give a damn while others are doing their part for 2 f*cking years now.
@me-they might be but at least in the case of my inlaws, and I’m guessing a lot of the people around me, they aren’t good people who were always selfish and consistently put their needs in front of others anyway so I’m not sure if it really matters. I’m the type where I just can’t not feel guilty even if I try. This whole thing has just brought the worst out in people and the entitlement is out of control at this point. I’m tired too. I’m not sure if I will ever feel ok either.
@ Erin
Yes, 100% agree. I have lost respect for so many people I know.
Being selfish and narcissistic (and foolish) is not great for mental health either. I’m not going to risk getting COVID if I can help it. These people are a huge part of the reason we will not be able to get past COVID for a long time.
@ME I always read your comments because I can relate. I was living in a prison for two years; this sh*t is basically my zombie apocalypse. I did everything to the EXTREME to avoid getting COVID- mostly to protect my young children, because who knows how this virus will effect us long term.
Two years deep into my hole and finally had a dinner at my sister’s house (we’d been mostly masked or outdoors until October) and we all got the VID! You know what, I’m actually glad. As soon as we were out of isolation, hubby and I had a weekend to live it up like it was 2019- it was weird and wonderful and right before our newly imposed lockdown.
My two cents- go out and get it on your own terms. Omincron (whatever the f it’s called) sounds like an airborne vaccine versions of COVID. If you’re double vaxxed, just get it and go on with your life.
I’m really glad you and yours are safe and well, it this is really bad advice for many places and people.
Follow your public health regulations, please. In Ontario our hospitals are close to being overwhelmed with this ‘milder’ version, so carry on like normal, we’ll all get it isn’t a responsible option.
Everyone has a different experience with Covid. Mine sucked. I wasn’t hospitalized but it still sucked. I just worry about the long term consequences of it.
“Mild” COVID means a person didn’t go to the hospital.
It doesn’t mean they don’t have long-COVID, memory issues, or that it was an easy experience. We don’t know the long term impacts of the old variants or the new one, especially on the brain and vascular system. In wouldn’t encourage anyone to get it just to get it over with.
Seth Meyers has Covid, too.
I saw recent video of Jimmy unmasked singing and dancing in some club (I think I saw it on DeuxMoi) so I’m not surprised he ended up getting covid.
I don’t think calling it breakthrough covid anymore is appropriate. You can still get covid after being vaccinated, especially for omicron
Four people at my workplace (I’m in healthcare) who are fully vaccinated got COVID over Christmas. Two had also had their boosters. Omicron is so contagious.
SOOO contagious and NOT as mild as rumor has it, at least from what I’ve seen and heard. Stay healthy everyone.
Love that Jimmy has a Great Pyrenees!
I LOVE that dog ❤️.
My friend’s whole family got it over Christmas and were pretty sick for a week. Thank goodness they were vaxxed/boosted, they likely would have been in the hospital otherwise.
The NFL plays by its own rules and it’s $$$.
The point of the vaccine (just like the flu vaccine) is to prevent serious illness not to prevent you from getting it. The understanding from the vast majority of the medical community, that I work with & who also happen to be excellent at their jobs, is to be as prepared as you can be (vaxed & boosted) for WHEN you get it and not IF you get it. I don’t know of any medical professionals who are preaching to stay in isolation or not live your lives. The ones in our community are sensible-get faced, get boosted, and wear a damn mask to help the medical community out during surges. I think people really need to change their mindsets. COVID isn’t going away. This will be here and have seasons just like the flu. You will either learn to live with it and take your precautions while still being able to live your life or you will have to stay at home forever.
Well, unfortunately, the choice isn’t “live your life with precautions or stay at home”. The choice is “live your life with precautions and maybe even die or stay at home”. That is true of the flu as well, granted. But until recently COVID *did* have a much higher death rate than the flu and, seemingly, much higher rate of lingering complications. It remains to be seen if Omicron is mild enough to truly become “just another flu”. It certainly seems more contagious than the flu at this point.
I didn’t allow my college age son to mingle households with my ex, who celebrates at his step moms. He could pick one, just no crossover, since the step mom has Maga relatives. My ex drove home and tested positive while my son and I are still bubbled at my house for his break. My ex has a great immune system, is vaxed and boostered so it’s been like a cold for him.
I’m actually kinda sad….that Miranda Lambert’s married life has been kinda quiet.
Those two have lasted longer than I thought.
She could surprise me in 2022 thought.
I still want people to wear masks and I am still worried about young kids getting covid.
Also – I want to get covid when hospitals aren’t having to turn people away. I want to get covid when there is something that can be done for long covid. And I want to get covid when everyone – including babies, can get the vaccine. I have so many pregnant and newborn family friends that I live in fear of infecting. I think the risk calculus is different for us all, depending on our friends.
My mum came for visit she is 68 and stays with me and my child.Mum and I are both vaccinated and boostered.Over the christmas my son got ill (only cough runny nose, 1 day vomiting 3 days later myself, cough 2 days, runny nose (none of us fever) I and son tested negative.So about 4 days mum got I’ll but surprisingly she tested positive we r all in I house nobody was going out apart garden so it’s so strange, I and child still negative our cold gone after 7 days.
Mum has only cough, sneezing and sore throat no other symptoms (no fever) so thanks God and vaccine for that. It’s her day 6 and coughs only morning no runny nose anymore.
I am fully vaxxed and boostered and currently have Covid. For me, it feels like the flu, which I last had 20 years ago. At this moment, pretty much everyone I know r either has covid or knows someone who has covid, and they are all vaxxesd and boostered. I’m not even sure we should be calling these “breakthrough” cases anymore.