I already wondered thatHoly F-ing S ...
Really?
Have Apple Stores gone insane?
Now that we know that COVID-19 produces a sickness with a mortality lower than a severe flu and that masks don’t accomplish what all the mask mandates say they do, Apple has gone completely nuts at the Indianapolis store. What you are witnessing is the complete closure of the showroom...forums.macrumors.com
The dude shouldn't, he's already in his own
With the strain described in South Africa it will be a super time crunch to get those doses in arms. Herd immunity may be around 60-70% for the original strain, but there's a good chance we'll have to hit north of 90% to get that level of coverage for the new variants...And the more time we allow the virus with partial population coverage the more chance and pressure we give it to mutate.
I know... It's frustrating that my patients (all qualify through chronic health condition) have to seek out the vaccine manually. It should be really automatic.
I’m surprised too. Most of the people that said it was a hoax before changed their minds instantly when it was their turn for a vaccine. I didn’t realize there were actual true believers….
Facebook effect. In my country of origin, trust in vaccinations was well above 90% pre-COVID (never seen measles in my life...). Facebook bulshittery dropped that to ~60-70%. That said, I didn't worry about this until now because you can still hit 70-75% with exclusion of that probably 10% of crazies. Now, if we need like 90% coverage, it will be a different situation.
Boys vs. men
TO THE EDITOR
Table 1.
Efficacy of BNT162b2 against Covid-19 According to Analysis Period.
Polack et al. (Dec. 31)1 report a vaccine efficacy of 94.8% against Covid-19 after two doses of the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech). The authors also report a vaccine efficacy of 52.4% from after the first dose to before the second dose, but in their calculation, they included data that were collected during the first 2 weeks after the first dose, when immunity would have still been mounting.1We used documents submitted to the Food and Drug Administration2 to derive the vaccine efficacy beginning from 2 weeks after the first dose to before the second dose (Table 1). Even before the second dose, BNT162b2 was highly efficacious, with a vaccine efficacy of 92.6%, a finding similar to the first-dose efficacy of 92.1% reported for the mRNA-1273 vaccine (Moderna).3
With such a highly protective first dose, the benefits derived from a scarce supply of vaccine could be maximized by deferring second doses until all priority group members are offered at least one dose. There may be uncertainty about the duration of protection with a single dose, but the administration of a second dose within 1 month after the first, as recommended, provides little added benefit in the short term, while high-risk persons who could have received a first dose with that vaccine supply are left completely unprotected. Given the current vaccine shortage, postponement of the second dose is a matter of national security that, if ignored, will certainly result in thousands of Covid-19–related hospitalizations and deaths this winter in the United States — hospitalizations and deaths that would have been prevented with a first dose of vaccine.
Florida Women Pose As 'Grannies' In Foiled Plot To Get 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
The director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County said the women disguised themselves with bonnets, gloves and glasses. It is not known how they managed to get their first doses.www.npr.org
Florida Commissioner Planned Covid-19 Vaccine Drive For Only the County's Wealthiest Residents
On Thursday, a commissioner from Manatee County, Florida admitted to breaking the protocol for equitable covid-19 vaccine distribution by planning a vaccine drive where she only allowed residents from the two richest zip codes in the county to register and created a “VIP list” to allow her and...jezebel.com
Their governor is a menace to the state.
I can't tell you how pissed I am about this. Wanna open schools? Start vaccinating teachers... Since school opening is critical this should be of critical priority...
