~*Official #COVID-19 Thread of Doom*~ Revenge of Omicron Prime

[CitizenVectron]

 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

Look, if we're not gonna get a TRIPS waiver for vaccine IP then we should Marshall Plan vaccines, treatments, and PPE for the world. Get this shit taken care of by EOY or mid '22 at the absolute latest. It's the absolute least we can do and be able to say "we tried everything we could"

[CitizenVectron]

7 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Look, if we're not gonna get a TRIPS waiver for vaccine IP then we should Marshall Plan vaccines, treatments, and PPE for the world. Get this shit taken care of by EOY or mid '22 at the absolute latest. It's the absolute least we can do and be able to say "we tried everything we could"

 

Absolutely. Mass produce vaccines, put an American flag on the crate, and provide them for free to the developing world.

[CitizenVectron]

 

[Uaarkson]

“The Democrats are always sending aid to foreign countries instead of helping reeuhl Amuricans”

[Fizzzzle]

5 minutes ago, Uaarkson said:

“The Democrats are always sending aid to foreign countries instead of helping reeuhl Amuricans”

It's amazing how much "blame the foreigners for taking the jobs, not the companies who are choosing to pay for them" comes up all the time. This is crawling up that category.

[ThreePi]

The endless cynic in me sees a situation where Modi rejects or destroys the supplies because accepting it is acknowledging the problem and his failure.

[Jason]

8 minutes ago, Uaarkson said:

“The Democrats are always sending aid to foreign countries instead of helping reeuhl Amuricans”

 

Maroons think foreign aid is like 20% of the national budget. I think it's actually 0.2%--and I checked, 1.2% actually.

[Fizzzzle]

4 minutes ago, ThreePi said:

The endless cynic in me sees a situation where Modi rejects or destroys the supplies because accepting it is acknowledging the problem and his failure.

The even greater cynic in me has doubted all of the covid numbers from India since the beginning. No one cares when poor people die there. You think they're going to waste resources on an autopsy for an untouchable?

 

[CitizenVectron]

19 minutes ago, Uaarkson said:

“The Democrats are always sending aid to foreign countries instead of helping reeuhl Amuricans”

 

Yet those people also want to stop immigration. Well...if the countries the immigrants were coming from were good places to live...then maybe they wouldn't want to come to America? 

 

Unfortunately you can't reason with morons.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

25 minutes ago, Uaarkson said:

“The Democrats are always sending aid to foreign countries instead of helping reeuhl Amuricans”

"We're vaccinating them over there so we don't have to vaccine them here"

[Guest]

Household transmission rates drop even after a single dose of the mRNA vaccines

[Joe]

 

[marioandsonic]

37 minutes ago, Joe said:

 

 

How soon until the anti-vaxxer crowd pounces on this?

[Joe]

@sblfilms Similar to what you were saying a while ago:

 

 

[CitizenVectron]

11 hours ago, marioandsonic said:

 

How soon until the anti-vaxxer crowd pounces on this?

 

I'm sure they already are. It's just like the anti-seatbelt brigades in the 70s/80s—they will pounce on any aberrant circumstances (like a seatbelt trapping you after going over a bridge into icy water) to demonstrate that the entire effort is pointless...even though they are providing exceptions that prove the rule.

[Uaarkson]

1 hour ago, Joe said:

@sblfilms Similar to what you were saying a while ago:

 

 

We’re so lucky to have Whitmer. Couldn’t have asked for a better governor in a crisis.

[CitizenVectron]

Our province just (kind of) announced that restrictions will be eased once we reach 75% of the pop with a single dose. So far I think we've exceeded that number with 50+ age groups (only 40+ can be vaccinated at the moment). Uptake has been good, hopefully it keeps up with younger groups.

[Joe]

Joisey joining in on the walk in party:

 

 

[AbsolutSurgen]

1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said:

Our province just (kind of) announced that restrictions will be eased once we reach 75% of the pop with a single dose. So far I think we've exceeded that number with 50+ age groups (only 40+ can be vaccinated at the moment). Uptake has been good, hopefully it keeps up with younger groups.

You're way ahead of us -- in Peel we don't have a single age group at 75% with at least a single dose.  Current status.

18-24 -- 5.5%

25-29 -- 7.8%

30-34 -- 7.4%

35-39 -- 8.2%

40-44 -- 11.8%

45-49 -- 15.1%

50-54 -- 38.7%

55-59 -- 46.9%

60-64 -- 61.7%

65-69 -- 65.8%

70-74 -- 70%

75-79 -- 71.2%

80+ -- 65.4%

[Guest]

Just got an emergency alert on my phone telling people that public sites in Houston are all open with no appointment.

 

More of that, please

[silentbob]

Apparently by the end of May, Ontario will open up vaccines to all adults. They have a weekly breakdown of targeted age groups and I’m eligible come the week of May 17th. Come on Pfizer or Moderna 

[CitizenVectron]

48 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

You're way ahead of us -- in Peel we don't have a single age group at 75% with at least a single dose.  Current status.

18-24 -- 5.5%

25-29 -- 7.8%

30-34 -- 7.4%

35-39 -- 8.2%

40-44 -- 11.8%

45-49 -- 15.1%

50-54 -- 38.7%

55-59 -- 46.9%

60-64 -- 61.7%

65-69 -- 65.8%

70-74 -- 70%

75-79 -- 71.2%

80+ -- 65.4%

 

I was actually a bit off:

 

Saskatchewan first doses:

 

30-39 -- 10%

40-49 -- 25%

50-59 -- 57%

60-69 -- 75%

70-79 -- 84%

80+ -- 87%

 

But still pretty good (overall, 80% of people 60+ have at least one dose. 40% of those 18+ have one dose). As of right now there is general eligibility (meaning you can make an appointment or show up at a drive-thru clinic) for anyone 42+ (lowers to 40+ tomorrow, as well as for police, firefighters, grocery/pharmacy workers, educational workers, etc). The reason some people under 40 have their shots is because they are either healthcare workers, or have an extreme vulnerability.

 

[CitizenVectron]

@AbsolutSurgen And other Ontario peeps:

 

 

 

Appointments will likely stretch into late June (as we won't completely have enough supply for 80% of the adult pop until then).

[Jason]

As forgeries spread, CDC tells states to pull vaccination card templates from web

WWW.NBCNEWS.COM

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Vaccination card fraud is percolating online, leading the CDC to ask states to remove online versions.

 

[SuperSpreader]

5 hours ago, Jason said:

As forgeries spread, CDC tells states to pull vaccination card templates from web

WWW.NBCNEWS.COM

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Vaccination card fraud is percolating online, leading the CDC to ask states to remove online versions.

 

It's already free, wtf this is more effort than getting a vaccine

[marioandsonic]

14 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

It's already free, wtf this is more effort than getting a vaccine

Can't put a price on muh freedums 

[Fizzzzle]

24 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

It's already free, wtf this is more effort than getting a vaccine

I'm assuming it's happening more in places where it's still hard to get one.

[Fizzzzle]

One of my coworkers is taking a trip to Hawaii in a couple weeks. From my understanding they're just requiring negative tests before and after you land. He's not vaccinated. I'm like bruuuuh I get it, we all want to go on vacation. You couldn't have it wait another month or two?

[Guest]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say fake vaccine cards are not a real issue at this time

[Joe]

 

[CitizenVectron]

Getting Team Pfizer™ at 1:48pm today.

 

I left my name last week at a pharmacy that was doing a pilot project (right now only the government is giving vaccines here), but never heard back. This morning I called and asked if I was still eligible, and they said since I called before my group (educational workers) was up, my reservation was cancelled.   However, they just called me and said I was set for today...so yay!

[Jason]

2 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

Getting Team Pfizer™ at 1:48pm today.

 

I left my name last week at a pharmacy that was doing a pilot project (right now only the government is giving vaccines here), but never heard back. This morning I called and asked if I was still eligible, and they said since I called before my group (educational workers) was up, my reservation was cancelled.   However, they just called me and said I was set for today...so yay!

 

wat

[CitizenVectron]

Just now, Jason said:

 

wat

 

My province is rolling out appointments to different age groups. For example, 42+ was on Wednesday, and 40+ is today. So you can't book and appointment until your age group is up. Last week they announced that education workers (and some others) would be eligible today, but pharmacies in the pilot program would take reservations early. So I called last week. But I never heard back, so I called this morning, and the guy said that since I'd called before my group was eligible (I am only 36, and at the time it was 44+), my reservation was cancelled.

 

But then a few hours later the original woman I spoke to called me back and asked if I still wanted it, so I said yes! She must have taken names and numbers down of education workers and then reserved enough so that she could call us back today. ❤

[Guest]

Haha, I think I read it the way Jason seemed to which is that they cancelled your appointment because you called today, but you meant they cancelled the appointment already based on your age, not as punishment for calling.