Many years ago my parents were audited. It turned out that they had done their taxes wrong and actually OVERpaid by about $40,000. The IRS was so mad they audited them again the next year, only to find the same situation!! My father was pretty confident after that the IRS would never bother him again and he could get away with anything on his taxes (not that he actually tried!).
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I would take a look at the 17 year olds tax return and make sure he didn’t claim himself by mistake. It definitely should have flagged if he did, but you never know.
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Well - he didn’t prepare them. But yes. We can look. Thank you.
I’m hearing there were quite a few after I looked around after your post.
That’s a good point.
My dad died last year, and he got a direct deposit. No joke. I have no clue on how to return it.
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Those claimed as dependents are not eligible for the payment i’m afraid. DD 22 is our dependent because of college expenses we pay 100%. She filed taxes from her summer work job and got her refunds despite us claiming her as a dependent because of the low level of her summer wages. There have been multiple glitches with the payments, mostly bad for people, this sounds like a rare one in the opposite direction. I expect the IRS will come back to correct it so certainly don’t spend it and yes— you already made clear you are an honest person — consider letting the IRS know.
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Ok, I have another poll on this topic. I recognize this is a sensitive subject so the poll is anonymous and I would ask that we avoid turning the discussion political. I’m just curious to get a sense of how willing we are to receive a vaccine in exchange for curbing spread of the coronavirus.
Which of the following best describes your willingness to receive an eventual COVID vaccine? (Choose the most liberal option that you are comfortable with. Results are private.)
- I would be part of a trial group if asked
- I would be among the first to take a fast-tracked vaccine (i.e., minimal regulatory clearance)
- I would be among the first to take a fully vetted vaccine (i.e., typical regulatory clearance)
- I would wait a month or two after widespread introduction to see if major problems arose
- I would rather get COVID naturally than receive a vaccine
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If any health care workers or first responders would be willing to share their thoughts, I’d be interested, with them likely being at higher risk to get it and likely to be among the first it’s offered to. And possibly being better informed if in health care.
I have friends/family that are in high risk categories, and wondering what I would advise them if the subject comes up. (My 79 year old diabetic and on kidney dialysis step dad, for instance.)
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Not either, but my friend from school is a firefighter/ EMT and got severely ill. 40 yr old health nut in great shape and he was hospitalized and weeks later is still taking oxygen occasionally for breathing problems.
I’d say if you are treating sick people, get vaccinated as soon as it’s available.
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As an RN I have no desire to have a vaccine right out of the gate. I’d rather have natural immunity. I absolutely recognize it also comes with risks.
I had H1N1 and it was the worst fever I’ve ever had as an adult. I was pregnant and at the time I was discouraged from using ibuprofen, (2009), so I could only use acetaminophen. That said after my kids had H1N1 I did get them vaccinated for varicella even though prior to that I’d preferred them contract varicella naturally. But the varicella vax wasn’t brand new.
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As a doctor, once there is a vaccine available, it will likely end up being like the flu vaccine in that it will be compulsory for healthcare workers. That being said, my answer above was for the fully vetted vaccine. My other thought process on this is that, other strains of coronavirus cause the common cold and while those strains just make people feel miserable and have been around a long time—If it was that easy to whip up a vaccine (in 12-24 months, or whatever timeframe)…someone, somewhere would have already come up with a vaccine for the common cold. Instead “finding a cure for the common cold” is like searching for the fountain of youth or a beauty contestant answering “world peace.” It is heartening to think that all the great minds in the world, in all their disparate fields of expertise are all focused on this one problem right now and of course I hope that we get an effective vaccine in short order…but I’m not holding my breath. My feeling is that the way through this is going to end up being building that herd immunity the good old fashion way and on that front, I have been feeling encouraged lately about some of the reports in the last couple of days (seroprevalence in Santa Clara? CA, asymptotic Boston homeless and USS Roosevelt). I know these populations are specific and have their issues but I’m really looking forward to some widespread seroprevalence testing/data.
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Curious how many strains of common cold there might be and if that might make it a losing venture? (They seem to have it challenging enough figuring out the various flu strains.). And I think there are less than a handful of Covid 19 strains?
Just trying to figure out how realistic vaccine hopes are, then. I know SO many people with some risk factors and quite a few high risk. I worry how many I will lose without a vaccine and the actual possible benefit of rallying as circles of friends to keep the high risk ones hidden away with hopes for a vaccine.
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I’m not sure how many strains cause the common cold but I want to say that our “respiratory viral panel” includes 4 different strains of coronavirus among the other common respiratory viruses it can detect. However, while I concede that we don’t have any evidence for anything at this point, one of the theories about why most school-aged children only have mild illness if any symptoms at all with C19, is that they have had more regular and recent exposures to some of the other common old coronaviruses and that their is some immune system recognition of the novel coronavirus based on this. Makes sense, especially if (partial) immunity post infection only lasts up to a couple of years. If this is the reason most kids do well with the virus and their was already an effective vaccine for at least some coronavirus strain(s), then it would make sense that it would offer at least some bit of protection from the novel coronavirus…but that is a lot of if’s and speculation and at it’s core, is taking place in an alternate time line.
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I actually did sign up for a trial here in Washington that was organized by Kaiser Permanente of Washington. I kind of felt like it was the only tangible thing I could do to help. I was not chosen.
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