CitizenVectron Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 It's been beautiful to see daily vaccination numbers spike again in the past week now that kids are eligible. Only 5 days in, almost 20% have their first shot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chollowa Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 13 hours ago, Captain Pickle said: Moderna kicked my ass. Think I’m gonna go for a mix this round I might do that next time (assuming there is a next time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 oh yeah my daughter got shot #2 yesterday, only is complaining about a sore arm this morning but otherwise no side effects! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I'm getting sick of people who got their two shots and are now saying things like "I did my part, I'm not getting another one," or "enough is enough." Like, you can't get a tiny needle every six months, you fucking baby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 14 hours ago, sblfilms said: Yes, and the media and (American) government messaging became way too focused on the initial success with preventing infection. Not even getting into the people who simply were never going to get it, the actual goal and resounding success of the vaccines in achieving that goal was undermined by the focus on preventing infection. Not sure if people remember, but we had tons of people avoiding the J&J vaccine here because it didn’t prevent infection at the same rate as the mRNA vaccines. Now we have people who were vaccinated that are questioning whether or not the vaccines are useful because the infection prevention is potentially diminishing over time despite the protection against severe disease remaining incredibly high. People have always been bad at understanding this independent of messaging, though. Flu shots work this way too; they help with prevention and severity of illness, they’ve been around for a long time, and the most common objection I hear to people getting one is, “if I can get the flu anyway, why should I bother?” This despite the CDC’s webpage and pamphlets being pretty clear about reduction in severity being among the benefits. We’re bad at understanding these things, it’s just made worse during a pandemic. I really don’t know what anyone could do any differently to communicate this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 8 hours ago, Jason said: Confirming what we already suspected. Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book | Donald Trump | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Mark Meadows makes stunning admission in new memoir obtained by Guardian, saying a second test returned negative It really is amazing what a genuine piece of shit Donald Trump really is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: the county where i grew up is #1 in deaths/100k since 6/30/21 in ohio. scioto, jackson, vinton, highland, brown are all above 100 deaths/100k since 6/30/21 and are all contiguous in the Appalachian region. the flip side is Athens county. same region but vaccination makes all the difference! (its also the home of Ohio University, so education polarization in partisanship shows its face again!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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osxmatt Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Got my Pfizer booster yesterday, along with my flu shot. Both arms are pretty sore, and I'm feeling super lethargic today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: People have always been bad at understanding this independent of messaging, though. Flu shots work this way too; they help with prevention and severity of illness, they’ve been around for a long time, and the most common objection I hear to people getting one is, “if I can get the flu anyway, why should I bother?” This despite the CDC’s webpage and pamphlets being pretty clear about reduction in severity being among the benefits. We’re bad at understanding these things, it’s just made worse during a pandemic. I really don’t know what anyone could do any differently to communicate this stuff. it sounds like they are always bad at it then Which isn’t surprising when you see the people put in front of the cameras on purpose. I’ve been saying this since last summer, but we need better science communicators at the front lines of the public discourse on these meaty issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Judge blocks Biden vaccine rule, citing “liberty interests of the unvaccinated” ARSTECHNICA.COM Republican AGs win order blocking vaccine mandate for Medicare/Medicaid providers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 CDC has reported the first confirmed US case of Omicron in Califorina. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 26 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: CDC has reported the first confirmed US case of Omicron in Califorina. Meanwhile nobody in my building has been wearing masks in the elevator or other enclosed spaces like the communal laundry room for months now even though LA County never dropped the mask mandate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Fauci: 1st US case of COVID-19 omicron variant identified | AP News APNEWS.COM WASHINGTON (AP) — A person in California who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new virus strain. Quote Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters that the person was a traveler who returned from South Africa on Nov. 22 and tested positive on Nov. 29. Fauci said the person was vaccinated but had not received a booster shot and was experiencing “mild symptoms.” The Biden administration moved late last month to restrict travel from Southern Africa where the variant was first identified and had been widespread. Clusters of cases have also been identified in about two dozen other nations. “We knew that it was just a matter of time before the first case of omicron would be detected in the United States,” Fauci said. Officials said they had contacted everyone who had close contact with the person and they had all tested negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 Scientists are trying to find out why some people don't get COVID-19 | CBC Radio WWW.CBC.CA Researchers are recruiting subjects who were exposed to COVID-19 and whose immune systems show no sign of encountering the coronavirus. The people who show resistance to... Not that their immune system fights it off. They don’t get infected- no signs of antibodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 Covid: Trigger of rare blood clots with AstraZeneca jab found by scientists WWW.BBC.COM Researchers in Cardiff and the US work out how the Covid jab may be linked to the extremely rare clots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Omicron variant fuelling ‘exponential’ rise in Covid cases, say South Africa officials | Coronavirus | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Nearly three-quarters of virus genomes sequenced last month were of new variant, say South African health officials 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 50 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Scientists are trying to find out why some people don't get COVID-19 | CBC Radio WWW.CBC.CA Researchers are recruiting subjects who were exposed to COVID-19 and whose immune systems show no sign of encountering the... Not that their immune system fights it off. They don’t get infected- no signs of antibodies. ... I may be one of these people. My wife got it in March 2020, we didn't know and understand it. We kept doing everything together, there's no way I wasn't exposed to it. We work from home so it was 24/7 being around each other daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 It's all those 425 lbs. squats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 1 hour ago, SuperSpreader said: ... I may be one of these people. My wife got it in March 2020, we didn't know and understand it. We kept doing everything together, there's no way I wasn't exposed to it. We work from home so it was 24/7 being around each other daily. When my wife and daughter contracted COVID in June, we didn't try to isolate them from myself. We still slept in the same bed and stayed in close contact the entire time. I never ended up getting infected from them, but then again I also got the 5G shots back in March, so that probably helped out tremendously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 27 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mclumber1 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 57 minutes ago, Jason said: Dumb dumb dumb The federal government has more than enough money to buy these kits outright. Fine, still distribute them through CVS, Walgreens, etc., just make it free at the point of purchase. Don't get insurance involved. When I was scheduling my booster the other day, I found it exceptionally stupid that I had to fill in my insurance information. It makes the entire process less efficient, and on a wholistic level, more expensive, even if I pay nothing out of pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Dumb dumb dumb The federal government has more than enough money to buy these kits outright. Fine, still distribute them through CVS, Walgreens, etc., just make it free at the point of purchase. Don't get insurance involved. When I was scheduling my booster the other day, I found it exceptionally stupid that I had to fill in my insurance information. It makes the entire process less efficient, and on a wholistic level, more expensive, even if I pay nothing out of pocket. And as I've previously complained, it scares away the uninsured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 22 hours ago, Jason said: Meanwhile nobody in my building has been wearing masks in the elevator or other enclosed spaces like the communal laundry room for months now even though LA County never dropped the mask mandate. Really? Everyone in my building does. I rarely see an unmasked face anywhere I go around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Covid: Germany puts major restrictions on unvaccinated WWW.BBC.COM Chancellor Angela Merkel describes the far-reaching measures as an act of "national solidarity". Quote Germany's national and regional leaders have agreed to bar unvaccinated people from much of public life in a bid to fend off a fourth wave of Covid-19. Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel described the far-reaching measures as an act of "national solidarity". Only those who have been vaccinated or recently recovered from Covid will be allowed in restaurants, cinemas, leisure facilities and many shops. Vaccinations could be made mandatory by February, the chancellor added. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 8 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Covid: Germany puts major restrictions on unvaccinated WWW.BBC.COM Chancellor Angela Merkel describes the far-reaching measures as an act of "national solidarity". LITERALLY NAZISM 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 15 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Really? Everyone in my building does. I rarely see an unmasked face anywhere I go around here. Yes, and it's incredibly annoying. A lot of the building is open-air but come the fuck on guys, it's not that big of a deal to put it on before going into an enclosed communal space. In general mask usage is still good though, although at Whole Foods for instance it's gone from "there's always someone not wearing a mask" to "there's always several people not wearing a mask". And the stores just let the maskless jackasses walk around undisturbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 My office is waiting for the supposed walk-out of civilian base employees who don't want to get shots to fill applications and be told that in order to start they have to have all their shots up to date as we deal with all sorts of dirty people. It is just going to be comedy gold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 30 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Covid: Germany puts major restrictions on unvaccinated WWW.BBC.COM Chancellor Angela Merkel describes the far-reaching measures as an act of "national solidarity". We already have this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, Captain Pickle said: We already have this! Yeah this is basically standard across Canada now, and has been for a while. Unless you have your two shots you can't go to restaurants, concerts, the bar, liquor stores, entertainment places (bowling, indoor sports, etc). When they brought it in it bumped the vaccination rate by almost 10%. My province is the worst in Canada, but even we are 71% fully vaxxed (ages 0-80+). 77% of total pop with first shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 ^Director, South African DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (#SACEMA), Stellenbosch University Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 36 minutes ago, Littleronin said: My office is waiting for the supposed walk-out of civilian base employees who don't want to get shots to fill applications and be told that in order to start they have to have all their shots up to date as we deal with all sorts of dirty people. It is just going to be comedy gold. Our 100% mandate goes into effect tomorrow. No more testing out for non-vaccinated people. There is still a religious and medical exemption process, but AFAIK they aren't being granted often at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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