The way this reads for me is that Cooper is holding the state hostage until he gets what he wants. I’m all for encouraging the vaccine for those who need it and are high risk, but putting a number requirement on it when they can’t fill all the open vaccine slots seems insane. I’ve been to TX, CA, VA, WV, OH, and KY recently. Metro NC is more uptight than almost all of them. That includes Sacramento and San Fransisco.
A third shot isnt something I’m interested in given my current age and health. Not sure if I’d go do that. Fully support those that would, just not for me. The conspiracy person in me isn’t shocked that big pharma wants to make yearly shot a thing for this.
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U.S. health officials have confirmed fewer than 6,000 cases of Covid-19 in fully vaccinated Americans, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Monday.
That represents just 0.007% of the 84 million Americans with full protection against the virus.
3 studies now. Unbelievable CDC hasn’t changed guidance for fully vaccinated persons.
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CNN : Only 2 ‘breakthrough’ infections among hundreds of fully vaccinated people, new study finds.
The two women infected were both healthy (no comorbidities), and were aged 50-60. The data shows all ages susceptible, but at low rates. Women were more likely to be infected, and 29% were asymptomatic.
Pretty good news for the most part. Younger age and lack of comorbidities aren’t protections against infection, but are going to continue to be a buffer against negative outcomes.
CNBC: New Covid variant detected at Texas A&M lab shows signs of antibody resistance and more severe illness in young people.
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I think this is a good reminder we aren’t going to be rid of this. It’s just something we have to live with. Even if we increase our vaccine numbers the rest of the world is way behind us and it’s gonna keep breaking in.
next fall - winter will be very interesting from data perspective…does the flu return (magically vanished this year) and covid19 return? Will both diseases be new normal now? Or will the same amount of people be sick like they always have been?
Just a sad and humorous look at where we started
It didn’t magically vanish. You had huge numbers of people wearing masks, social distancing, and working from home which in turn kept people off of mass transit. At the same time, hospitals were dealing with a much more deadly virus, thus you didn’t have the typical morons going to the ER for a flu, out of a likely fear (and hospitals basically asking people not to do this).
They stayed home and dealt with it like most do and should. The typical flu isn’t as easily passed from person to person as Covid, it’s also not as serious from a life or death standpoint. In the instances people didn’t socially distance they were catching the much more infectious and serious virus being Covid-19. This isn’t a hard concept to understand.
If anything, what was done this past year showed you how easily we could take things in our own hands to even avoid minor nuisance illnesses throughout the world.
MIT study. Fascinating. Agree 100%
“What our analysis continues to show is that many spaces that have been shut down in fact don’t need to be. Often times the space is large enough, the ventilation is good enough, the amount of time people spend together is such that those spaces can be safely operated even at full capacity and the scientific support for reduced capacity in those spaces is really not very good,” Bazant said. “I think if you run the numbers, even right now for many types of spaces you’d find that there is not a need for occupancy restrictions.”
Business Insider: Man who just got 3rd Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shares his side effects.
The New York Times: Millions Are Skipping Their Second Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines.
Looks like pausing the J&J vaccine may turn out to be a huge mistake.
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