Cygnia Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 Cancer and Tom Cowan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 Brazil reaches 250,000 dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 26, 2021 Report Share Posted February 26, 2021 The Brazilian COVID variant has been detected here, so that's just great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Device Posted February 26, 2021 Report Share Posted February 26, 2021 I have received my first dose of the vaccine. Old Man, Cancer, Starlord and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted February 27, 2021 Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 Received my second dose of the Moderna an hour ago. All three of us suffered side effects from the first dose. I'm hoping that the second dose doesn't hit as badly. Mentally, I'm needing to go cat hunting tomorrow morning rather than laying around feeling like I'm coming down with the flu. Old Man and Cancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 27, 2021 Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 hours ago, archer said: I'm hoping that the second dose doesn't hit as badly. Good luck. I felt like I got hit by a semi with the second dose. It was about 10x worse for me. Results vary widely, though, so I hope yours is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Starlord Posted February 27, 2021 Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 Younger Military Personnel Reject Vaccine, in Warning for Commanders and the Nation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 On the bright side, these particular reckless young people spend lots of time largely isolated among other young, fit and healthy people rather than at home in frequent contact with their grandparents and other high risk demographics. It's sad, but not as sad or dangerous as those spring break beachgoers or the crowds at Sturgis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 90 million recoveries globally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 Note the logarithmic scale. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Military May Revisit Making COVID-19 Vaccines Mandatory https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/01/military-may-revisit-making-covid-19-vaccines-mandatory-after-fda-grants-approval.html Mixed feelings about this. I have an intense aversion to changing the rules after someone signs the contract. I think this could be better addressed by freezing pay, freezing promotions, and having your refusal to be vaccinated go on your permanent record. That might also help sort people by their attitude toward QAnon and extremism (since people who are against vaccination in general wouldn't have signed up for a military service which requires getting/having an established laundry list of vaccinations when you enter basic training). Doing it that way, you might lose a number of people who don't want to stay in the military because they don't want to get vaccinated to treat a hoax. But that's not much of a loss. And that's not really the kind of person you'd want armed and in the military during an emergency anyway, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 South Africa has over 50,000 dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 In an announcement released on Feb. 26, the New Orleans Archdiocese said that in accordance with guidance from the Vatican, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and The National Catholic Bioethics Center, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is considered “morally compromised” due to the cell line sourced from aborted fetuses that composes the vaccine. https://thehill.com/changing-america/541271-new-orleans-catholic-church-tells-followers-to-avoid-new-johnson-johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 2 hours ago, archer said: Military May Revisit Making COVID-19 Vaccines Mandatory https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/01/military-may-revisit-making-covid-19-vaccines-mandatory-after-fda-grants-approval.html Mixed feelings about this. I have an intense aversion to changing the rules after someone signs the contract. I think this could be better addressed by freezing pay, freezing promotions, and having your refusal to be vaccinated go on your permanent record. That might also help sort people by their attitude toward QAnon and extremism (since people who are against vaccination in general wouldn't have signed up for a military service which requires getting/having an established laundry list of vaccinations when you enter basic training). Doing it that way, you might lose a number of people who don't want to stay in the military because they don't want to get vaccinated to treat a hoax. But that's not much of a loss. And that's not really the kind of person you'd want armed and in the military during an emergency anyway, IMO. I note the change would be considered once full FDA approval has been granted, and I seem to recall it is only voluntary at this point because the current vaccines are only being administered under an emergency authorization. I’m surprised there’s any discussion. I took it as a given it would become part of the standard requirements once full approval was made. Frankly, I’m more surprised vaccination is “optional” with only the emergency use authorization. It’s been quite a few years now, but I don’t ever recall being offered a choice when it came to adding entries to my shot record. Matt the Bruins and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 Old Man, BarretWallace and Lawnmower Boy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dmjalund Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Cygnia said: You're gonna need a bigger vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 ...any chance Mexico would want to take it back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 I was going to make a joke about lifting the mask mandate in Texas but it's too soon. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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unclevlad Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 While I agree Texas is reopening MUCH too quickly and completely, well...we knew it was gonna happen, and their daily new case rates have dropped. It's NOT low enough to go anywhere near as far as they're going, IMO, but at least they waited until their rate was at least Not Too Bad...right now new cases are at about 1 per 4000 people. It had an uptick, but it also dropped back. By contrast, Georgia and Florida have no mask restrictions...and new cases around 1 person per 3000 population, per day. Yeah, it's going to be a disaster. It's going to set many states back 4-6 months, I suspect, over holding restrictions for, let's say, 1 more moth. But it was a given that they'd do this. The pressure to reopen now is extreme, given the enormous degree of Covid Fatigue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 27 minutes ago, unclevlad said: While I agree Texas is reopening MUCH too quickly and completely, well...we knew it was gonna happen, and their daily new case rates have dropped. It's NOT low enough to go anywhere near as far as they're going, IMO, but at least they waited until their rate was at least Not Too Bad...right now new cases are at about 1 per 4000 people. It had an uptick, but it also dropped back. By contrast, Georgia and Florida have no mask restrictions...and new cases around 1 person per 3000 population, per day. Yeah, it's going to be a disaster. It's going to set many states back 4-6 months, I suspect, over holding restrictions for, let's say, 1 more moth. But it was a given that they'd do this. The pressure to reopen now is extreme, given the enormous degree of Covid Fatigue. Reopening all businesses but keeping a mask mandate would be about the best we could have expected out of states like Texas and Mississippi. Of course, we're not getting the best out of those states. Target and Wal-Mart have announced they'll continue requiring masks for customers and employees regardless of state repeals of mask mandates. I haven't heard any word about other large businesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, archer said: Target and Wal-Mart have announced they'll continue requiring masks for customers and employees regardless of state repeals of mask mandates. I haven't heard any word about other large businesses. Well, that's the decision of a free market, so conservative Texans should be okay with that, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Texas has to reopen now. It's the only way to make people forget about the electrical catastrophe they had a couple of weeks ago. TrickstaPriest, archer and BarretWallace 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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