so you want a semi rigid silicon implant in your dick? Who knew
CoVID-19
As long as it's not like that one drug that makes your perenium rot out as a potential side effect that keeps being advertised, diabeetus related I think...
do I have to stop at just one?
Great live band! I miss going to concerts!
My informal census says yes. I ended up with the Moderna so I am expecting side effects, but I wasn't going to drive 5-6 hours round trip to get the Pfizer. Glad the Mrs. got hers too! I have been exposed and am vigiliant about sanitizing and mask wearing so I have been good thus far but will feel better after my 2nd dose kicks in.
Lucky! We've been pretty sheltered in our little town until the Thanksgiving/Christmas aftermath. We went from a combined 9 active cases to over 100 in town and another 70 in the village. It's ok though....we are still going to school each day because none of the 159 we randomly tested came back positive (even though it's less than 10% of our students and staff). We shall see how long this lasts.
The website for vaccine appointments would open and close before I could make one for my 82 year old mom a few times. A few days ago I saw that they would be open at 5:00pm, and logged on in time to secure one. Now she is getting scared and might back out. Ughhhh!!!!
My Aunt, on my father's side, is not going to get the vaccine because it is, according to the Bible, the mark of the beast. She is over 70, morbidly obese, and now gets around in a wheelchair. 
My Aunt, on my father's side, is not going to get the vaccine because it is, according to the Bible, the mark of the beast. She is over 70, morbidly obese, and now gets around in a wheelchair.
How does she feel about small pox?
@Pesqueeb made a great point a while back that you cannot use a rational argument to convince someone who got to that point irrationally. Paraphrasing, of course.
NZ just had their first case in a couple of months with someone as they came out of arrival quarantine.
Don't they know you need 200k+ cases per day to win?
alternate headline: "Person who tests positive for covid in December dies in January after ignoring medical advice"
But nope! We get this
www.kcra.com
Strap in y'all! Here come the crazy
But nope! We get this
COVID-19 vaccine ‘ruled out as a contributing factor’ in Placer County man’s death
The COVID-19 vaccine was “ruled out as a contributing factor” in the death of a Placer County man on Jan. 21, the sheriff’s office said Saturday.
www.kcra.com
Strap in y'all! Here come the crazy
alternate headline: "Person who tests positive for covid in December dies in January after ignoring medical advice"
But nope! We get this
COVID-19 vaccine ‘ruled out as a contributing factor’ in Placer County man’s death
The COVID-19 vaccine was “ruled out as a contributing factor” in the death of a Placer County man on Jan. 21, the sheriff’s office said Saturday.
Strap in y'all! Here come the crazy
Fact: Everyone dies after receiving a vaccine.
I know placer county real good. Too good. And the sheriffs spent all summer to now talking about covid hoax, freedom y'all
Give it 3 days and we find out the person was in a car accident.
Give it 3 days and we find out the person was in a car accident.
@eric strt6 , I am sure you know this already, but...
apnews.com
In ambulances, an unseen, unwelcome passenger: COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's crowded in the back of the ambulance. Two emergency medical technicians, the patient, the gurney — and an unseen and unwelcome passenger lurking in the air. For EMTs Thomas Hoang and Joshua Hammond, the coronavirus is constantly close. COVID-19 has become their biggest...
apnews.com
Google Maps will soon show COVID vaccine locations
Vaccine site listings will show access requirements and appointment info.
arstechnica.com
Welcome to my world
@eric strt6 , I am sure you know this already, but...
In ambulances, an unseen, unwelcome passenger: COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's crowded in the back of the ambulance. Two emergency medical technicians, the patient, the gurney — and an unseen and unwelcome passenger lurking in the air. For EMTs Thomas Hoang and Joshua Hammond, the coronavirus is constantly close. COVID-19 has become their biggest...
CAL.20c, and uk variants running around, state stay at home orders just lifted
probably fine
Drive like this
Well that would suck. Supposedly the AZ vaccine will only get approved for those younger than 65.
I beleive it is time to force vaccine makers to license manufacturing to those companies with non-viable products but have manufacturing capacity (assuming said capacity supports alternate products), much like is done for war time manufacturing.
Merck has announced it has given up on it's vaccine
Merck has announced it has given up on it's vaccine
Coworker who has hinted he things that Covid could be a hoax for political reason messaged me today with two sources of Covid data from California that disagreed. He thought it proved the numbers were manufactured and the lift on the lock down was due to recall attempts for the governor.
He disappeared when I explained that both datasets were from the same source but one was showing daily numbers and the other a rolling 2 week average.
I DiD mY oWN ReSirCH1!11
He disappeared when I explained that both datasets were from the same source but one was showing daily numbers and the other a rolling 2 week average.
I DiD mY oWN ReSirCH1!11
Agreed.
This sort of thinking really perplexes me... I mean - does this person *actually* think that the number of total deaths in 2020 was manufactured? And compared to what is "normal" - do they think that these excess deaths are due to something *other* than COVID? I wonder what they think caused all that excess mortality? Or do they think that there *weren't* excess deaths in 2020? I mean, 'cause if they do... they really are out to fuckin' lunch.
Oh, wait - it's pretty apparent they must be out to fuckin' lunch.
Your vaccine sucks? Sorry, you got your one shot, now its time to throw in the towel and start producing one that works.
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Following up on my question to the class from last week: as I said I did sign up for the trial, and have decided that I'll definitely go through with it. I've read a bit more about it, it's the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine. They've been testing it as a single dose, and I think they're submitting for EUA on the single dose this month. The study I would be in is (from what I can tell) the same vaccine but administered as two doses to see if it is more effective, what the side effects look like, etc. From what I've read about it, it looks good, and effective. Doesn't need to be stored as cold as Moderna or Pfizer. Good antibody response with just the one dose, even better with two. Being built on the same platform that their ebola vaccine is, which was just approved in July.
www.nytimes.com
www.cnn.com
The only thing now is... if J&J gets EUA for single-dose of this vaccine, will they want to continue the trial for two doses? i.e. could I get told "sorry dude, we don't need ya any more" or something. I guess I'll find out... but the presser I linked to here kinda reads like the two-dose trial would continue even if they get EUA for single dose.
How the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Works (Published 2022)
An adenovirus helps prime the immune system to fight the coronavirus.
More vaccines could be coming soon and they could be a big boost to the rollout | CNN
States may be scrambling for vaccines now, but the United States could see additional Covid-19 vaccines by the end of March, if not sooner.
www.cnn.com
The only thing now is... if J&J gets EUA for single-dose of this vaccine, will they want to continue the trial for two doses? i.e. could I get told "sorry dude, we don't need ya any more" or something. I guess I'll find out... but the presser I linked to here kinda reads like the two-dose trial would continue even if they get EUA for single dose.
Found this:
How President Joe Biden could use the Defense Production Act
Biden said he will invoke the DPA to increase supplies and set up vaccination centers across the country.
www.marketplace.org
Cliff notes:
- Trump's admin said early on (March 200 maybe?) they'd make use of the Defense Production Act but kinda did it half-assed, and only for PPE and supplies and such which was where we were at the time (no vaccine yet).
- Pfizer was asking for help procuring materials needed for production as early as September 2020, but got a luke-warm or non-response from Trump admin. DPA could have been used to prioritize getting those materials to Pfizer, if I understand it correctly.
- Biden has now also said he'll invoke the DPA to increase supplies, set up vaccination locations, and produce testing supplies, personal protective equipment and medical equipment, etc.
- There is a law that would enable the gov't to require vaccine tech be shared with other manufacturers, and could be combined with the DPA to make it possible for Merck to manufacture the Pfizer vaccine for instance.
Moderna seems to be suggesting today that in lab tests their vaccine works against the current known variants.
Can we make some extra of theirs please?
Can we make some extra of theirs please?
Moderna vaccine appears to work against variants
Laboratory tests suggest antibodies can recognise and fight the UK and South Africa variants.
www.bbc.com
I also read that, but slightly less effective (still effective) against the SA strain IIRC.Moderna seems to be suggesting today that in lab tests their vaccine works against the current known variants.
Can we make some extra of theirs please?
Moderna vaccine appears to work against variants
Laboratory tests suggest antibodies can recognise and fight the UK and South Africa variants.www.bbc.com
Isn't the AZ vaccine already approved in the UK?
6.4x less effective, which is ok since the vaccines elicit a super strong antibody response.
UK variant is way more transmissible than our USA No.1 strain. And it's on it's way here, yay...
Aw Fuck one of my friends from my days in High Tech has Covid 19 Mild case but some of the symptoms are worrysome He is under the care of a Kaiser Dr.
no lung issues but "pee looked like Tang. body aches, weird looking poop. fever. "
to me that's severe dehydration with the pee, could be kidney damage
no lung issues but "pee looked like Tang. body aches, weird looking poop. fever. "
to me that's severe dehydration with the pee, could be kidney damage
Yes and it has been for a while. Also whatever data that alleged low efficacy for older age groups is based is on is likely to be the same data that was provided to UK regulators. This might just as well be utterly irresponsible reporting.
I think the US will run its own trial for approval of the vaccine, so that should hopefully help clear this up. It should also be noted that the EU is currently in a kerfuffle with Astra Zeneca over unmet delivery targets and is threatening export restrictions.
Edit: So that 8% efficacy turns out to be b.s. and someone at the newspaper in question as well as the government really effed this up, probably willingly so.
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Love da police some more
Actually I just tried to post something Dutch related since I've been meaning to ask for a while: are you still with us @Kevin?
Actually I just tried to post something Dutch related since I've been meaning to ask for a while: are you still with us @Kevin?