You can walk into any chain pharmacy here and get a ‘free’ flu shot.
CoVID-19
Yea, here in the US they do. Most of the common ones.
To follow up, it has to be done by the head pharmacist or a nurse practitioner I believe. So no, it's not being administered by just a retail employee
I can't believe Dr. Fauci hasn't "decided to spend more time with his family" yet.
I can tell you from experience, easier said than done. Not to mention it would have to be a profitable endeavor to do so, unless the president enacts whatever that wartime production directive is. Guessing there is little chance of that prior to January.
Production will be decided on a demand/price curve basis presented by Susan from marketing on a ppt to the finance dept
the goverment will provide massive amounts of funds to get fast and early production. Then we will all pay however much we think lives are worth.
absolutely. i should clarify where its feasible (and can be validated).
so all or nothing?
Aren’t they already manufacturing them right this very minute? I know I’ve seen a few BBC articles about promising candidates being made in massive quantities ahead of approval, that would presumably ease supply issues significantly.
We're assuming there’s won’t be multiple successful vaccines, with the number in development I’d have to assume there will be a dozen or so that get approved. That alone should expedite production since each company working on one has the know how and a plan to make their own already, so it’s not like everyone is going to have to stop everything and learn one specific pharma company’s process. The only production lined that will need to start from zero are those owned companies unsuccessful in trials.
Many are in pilot production programs to supply clinical studies. Clinical studies gave been fast racked given the importance, but it is risky. What you can't do is take risks in the final approvals. Delivering a few billion vaccines that aren't safe ore ineffective could be more dangerous than the disease.
The Cambridge vaccine is in later trials but still unproven. Astrazenica has said they would start mass production prior to approvals which could allow a vaccine to hit the market in October, but it is a long shot.
I was going to laugh, then I remembered this (with guys in hazmat suits instead of knight costume) actually happens in south america.
Still amusing, tho
Yep.
I noted that Middlebury College students were eating supper outside at a local restaurant in a close-set group of presumably unrelated people last night...
I think this is a more realistic expectation of a vaccine. Maybe 6 months away, not miraculously right before November elections.
Since our Gov hasn't (yet) mandated statewide mask usage, the right wing chuckle-fucks are protesting towns considering mask ordinances...
www.kbzk.com
Meanwhile Gallatin County numbers are rapidly rising and MT leads the nation in Rt.
Don't piss on me bro...
Emotions run high at emergency rule meeting in Bozeman
The Gallatin City-County Health Department Board of Health was scheduled to discuss two emergency rules Tuesday morning.
www.kbzk.com
Meanwhile Gallatin County numbers are rapidly rising and MT leads the nation in Rt.
Don't piss on me bro...
Since our Gov hasn't (yet) mandated statewide mask usage, the right wing chuckle-fucks are protesting towns considering mask ordinances...
Emotions run high at emergency rule meeting in Bozeman
The Gallatin City-County Health Department Board of Health was scheduled to discuss two emergency rules Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile Gallatin County numbers are rapidly rising and MT leads the nation in Rt.
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We should start referring to pants as crotch masks.
Just got an updated email about school registration. Apparently registration has been put on hold after feedback to the district from parents. I guess they are trying to figure out a serious backtrack now.
The upcoming school year is going to be a shitshow thanks to the total lack of top down leadership. My old man, a man of few words who thankfully tested negative and just seemed to catch a common cold after traveling to NM through Dallas, summed it up in a recent conversation as "Are you fucking kidding me? There is no leadership. It's a fucking joke."
My son's preschool pretty much has no plan. They are trying to survey interest and are stating that anyone that commits and puts down a deposit will also be required to make a financial commitment regardless of what happens throughout the school year. This was sent by email to us, and the details were lacking aside from the 30 pager from the state that lists out a broad and generalized plan/guidance based on their phased approach to reopening (MA). While I have my critiques of how things have been handled in MA, I do feel that the reopening (which will inevitably be squashed by wave 2) has been handled with a modicum of intelligence however the states plan has not been overly prescriptive which at the end of the day is what the general public needs.
We're on the fence about sending our son to preschool this year and are leaning towards not doing it for 3 reasons. 1) There is a value proposition with all products and it has become clear during this outbreak that not all products are meeting the same value they once met. Regardless of safety, if the product is a lesser product than once before, that should be reflected in cost and many entities are not lowering their cost as their products become inferior to what they once were. 2) We have a good relationship with our son's preschool teacher from last year and she's told us that she will be taking the following year off because she likes teaching and at least for preschool aged kids, she believes it will be impossible to teach and instead it will effectively be parenting and trying to make sure kids are't touching one another, cleaning up after themselves, etc.. 3) It is my opinion that kids are incredibly malleable and flexible and that in some cases those of us that are privileged place way too much stock in their early formative years. I've had the pleasure of meeting some really incredibly bright adults that have come from all various walks of life and the one common thread with all of them is a quality of curiousness and perseverance and I have a challenging time believing that underlying quality is something exclusive to those children that have been through preschool.
My son's preschool pretty much has no plan. They are trying to survey interest and are stating that anyone that commits and puts down a deposit will also be required to make a financial commitment regardless of what happens throughout the school year. This was sent by email to us, and the details were lacking aside from the 30 pager from the state that lists out a broad and generalized plan/guidance based on their phased approach to reopening (MA). While I have my critiques of how things have been handled in MA, I do feel that the reopening (which will inevitably be squashed by wave 2) has been handled with a modicum of intelligence however the states plan has not been overly prescriptive which at the end of the day is what the general public needs.
We're on the fence about sending our son to preschool this year and are leaning towards not doing it for 3 reasons. 1) There is a value proposition with all products and it has become clear during this outbreak that not all products are meeting the same value they once met. Regardless of safety, if the product is a lesser product than once before, that should be reflected in cost and many entities are not lowering their cost as their products become inferior to what they once were. 2) We have a good relationship with our son's preschool teacher from last year and she's told us that she will be taking the following year off because she likes teaching and at least for preschool aged kids, she believes it will be impossible to teach and instead it will effectively be parenting and trying to make sure kids are't touching one another, cleaning up after themselves, etc.. 3) It is my opinion that kids are incredibly malleable and flexible and that in some cases those of us that are privileged place way too much stock in their early formative years. I've had the pleasure of meeting some really incredibly bright adults that have come from all various walks of life and the one common thread with all of them is a quality of curiousness and perseverance and I have a challenging time believing that underlying quality is something exclusive to those children that have been through preschool.
i've gotten back onto following the data for my county and township. we still have the second highest case count in the state, but our new daily cases is trending down. at my township level, it's almost flat. the last time we had more than 5 new cases a day was the beginning of june. our schools still haven't announced anything.
He's totally right. We are in "Phase 3" of our reopening. and despite my having a fair degree of confidence that the government has put in place measures to limit the spread of the virus, test people and contact trace, and treat people who have the virus, I'm not rushing back to restaurants, movies, or concerts. I don't really see myself doing that for a while to come. I've also already registered my kids in an xc skiing club for this winter as it will have the best possibility for physical distancing and be outdoors.
This summer I've sent my kids to camps, but they are outdoor camps, the ratios are low, and there are pretty strict physical distancing rules. I will send my kids back to school, but that's by necessity, and I hope the school boards put in place measures to limit close quarters, and maybe even use outdoor spaces for education. I emailed my school board to suggest they partner with one of the three local forest schools at least one day a month...
All this to say, from an outside perspective, it seems that politicians in the US who distrust government are behaving in such a way as to further increase the distrust of government. [as an aside, as a civil servant here in Canadia, this is shows why having a non-partisan, professional civil-service that is sheltered from political interference is so important]
Yes please more of this:
“... This is a choice between Trump and (a man who will sniff the hair of) your child.”
we are ahead of canada!
www.cbsnews.com
Los Angeles County has more cases of coronavirus than entire country of Canada, mayor says
Garcetti also emphasized that if the county was an "independent country" it would "have the 20th most cases in the world."
www.cbsnews.com
When it comes to wearing masks, why do so many people objecting to credentialed authority figures "telling them what to do" in the name of personal freedom also like to reference the rules of an imaginary authority figure as justification?
Are you about freedom or aren't you?
Are you about freedom or aren't you?
