unclevlad Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 53 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Meanwhile, in Cleveland... Got Your Covid Vaccine(s)? Get a Market Garden Beer for Ten Cents Now this would be worth doing! And a nice promotion. Looks like there are a couple I could gleefully quaff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Spoiler Pariah, aylwin13 and Matt the Bruins 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Reveal hidden contents So J&J is like the Schlitz of vaccines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 2 hours ago, archer said: So J&J is like the Schlitz of vaccines. Man...I don't think that's quite fair. Their vaccine doesn't reduce case numbers as much as the others but it does a VERY good job at mitigating infections so hospitalization (and obviously dying) isn't happening. I mean, Schlitz isn't bottom of the barrel, it's barrel scrapings. And they did it to themselves, way back when. (for the curious, an interesting story about How to Destroy a Brand is here: https://beerconnoisseur.com/articles/how-milwaukees-famous-beer-became-infamous) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Starlord Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, Cygnia said: If you thought the 'Thanos snap' was bad, think of all the damage that the supervillain 'Data Tamperer' could do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 16 hours ago, unclevlad said: Man...I don't think that's quite fair. Their vaccine doesn't reduce case numbers as much as the others but it does a VERY good job at mitigating infections so hospitalization (and obviously dying) isn't happening. I'd have been more than happy to take the J&J vaccine myself if it had been the first available, as I don't have major concerns about riding out and recovering from standard flu-level symptoms if I should suffer them. But my mom's about to turn 82, and I feel much better about her having taken one of the vaccines that's ~95% effective at warding off all symptoms. I don't want to risk her feeling weak and woozy and falling in the bathtub, or anything similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 This is one I have been waiting for 100 million recoveries from the virus globally. Back to business 12 million cases in Brazil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Matt the Bruins said: But my mom's about to turn 82, and I feel much better about her having taken one of the vaccines that's ~95% effective at warding off all symptoms. I read an article on this. The long and short of it is that the J&J vaccine was tested in different areas (and is effective against the S. African strain, as that's an area it was tested in) and was tested during a spike period, whereas the Pfizer and Moderna were tested during lulls in cases. So, the efficacy rates for preventing infection are not apples to apples, since the conditions were different. However, it's a much closer comparison to look at the number of cases where there was an infection, and what the result was, which is where all the vaccines perform very well, and on par with each other, with none of them having had a serious case or hospitalization in a vaccinated person. That's why authorities are saying just get the first one you can get. Because they're all equal in the only way we can reliably compare them. Matt the Bruins and Grailknight 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, death tribble said: This is one I have been waiting for 100 million recoveries from the virus globally. Just 7800 million to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Here's a video covering what I was talking about regarding vaccine comparisons: Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 There are a lot of people who have made appointments to get the vaccine, then they cancel for some reason. Since the vaccine cannot be kept, it is destroyed. There's a website that alerts people on a waiting list so it doesn't go to waste. I heard about if from my sisters. I signed up for it today and passed it on to my friends. https://www.hidrb.com/ Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Around here we've seen a lot of people 'vaccine shopping'. They schedule an appointment wherever they can get one, the schedule another when ine becomes available. Sadly, they don't generally bother to conceal the first one. As we have people waiting for appointments that could be available, if they (and the providers) only knew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Pariah said: Around here we've seen a lot of people 'vaccine shopping'. They schedule an appointment wherever they can get one, the schedule another when ine becomes available. Sadly, they don't generally bother to conceal the first one. As we have people waiting for appointments that could be available, if they (and the providers) only knew. I discovered the hard way that, at least here, it is extraordinarily hard to cancel a vaccine appointment. There’s no ‘cancel’ button on the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Got my first shot today, 4 hours in and no side effects. The two Wal-Marts I frequent take walkups if they have shots left after all their scheduled vaccinations. They're not letting it go to waste and I imagine that they are compensated based on shots given by the insurance companies and Medicare. Lee, Old Man and tkdguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Brazil has over 300,000 dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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archer Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 NJ gym owner who defied restrictions offering free memberships for people who don't get vaccinated. https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nj-gym-owner-who-defied-covid-closure-offering-free-membership-for-non-vaxxers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, archer said: NJ gym owner who defied restrictions offering free memberships for people who don't get vaccinated. https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nj-gym-owner-who-defied-covid-closure-offering-free-membership-for-non-vaxxers “Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.” ― Jim Butcher, Vignette aylwin13, Lord Liaden, Pariah and 2 others 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, archer said: NJ gym owner who defied restrictions offering free memberships for people who don't get vaccinated. https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nj-gym-owner-who-defied-covid-closure-offering-free-membership-for-non-vaxxers Can someone rig the doors so they only open from the outside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 If we could just isolate all the anti-vaxxers and Covid hoax advocates to their own communities...in short order, just think of the resources we'd save..... Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 My neighborhood app just proved its worth big time. One of the 2 local hospitals announced a fairly significant free vaccination event; news of it got posted onto the app. Next Wednesday for the first shot. Fortunately NOT Thursday; that seems like tempting fate just a bit too much....... Now I have to think of an appropriate celebratory dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Mother dad and stepmother have all got the first. 2nd for mother march 29, dad and stepmother april 15. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 I have my appointment for a Moderna shot on April 2. Dr.Device 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Well I did have some side effects after all. Spent Wednesday night and all day Thursday with flu- like symptoms but they cleared up Thursday evening and are gone now. I had the Pfzier shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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