To Vaccinate or Not---The Rat Flu Odyssey Continues

[funkendrenchman]

Our local daycare has an e-mail chain going around to get people to sign a petition to reverse mandatory masks in schools. (Not that it has a chance) It did a good job showing who all the nutcases are. One parent posted a link to this clown - Matt Walsh https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/st...78511915577344 - a self proclaimed theocratic fascist, philanthropist, beekeeping influencer, fashion icon. This is who people are listening to these days. It's pathetic.

[KQ]

Wonder if we'll open the mass vax clinic up again.


Here's who is is eligible for a Covid-19 booster shot
From CNN's Maureen Chowdhury

Health officials announced that some fully vaccinated US adults will be eligible to receive a Covid-19 booster dose starting in September, during a White House update.

Here are key things to know about the booster dose roll-out and requirements:

Who is eligible for the booster shot?
Fully vaccinated adults (18 years and older) who received two doses of an mRNA vaccine will be eligible.

When will people be able to receive an extra dose? Booster doses will be available starting Sept. 20, 2021.
How long after your initial vaccination do you have to wait? The booster dose will be administered to qualifying adults eights months after their second Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccine. For example, if you received your second vaccine dose on Feb. 1, 2021, you would be eligible for a booster Oct. 1, 2021.

What about people who got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said that he anticipates that those who received the J&J vaccine will also need a booster shot, but added that more data should come in the following weeks.

Health officials said the rollout ensures that vulnerable populations — who were first to get initial doses of the vaccine — will be eligible first for the booster shot. This includes health care providers, nursing home residents and other seniors.

Murthy noted that the current roll-out plan is pending on "FDA conducting an independent evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of a third dose of the Pfizer and Modern mRNA vaccines. And the CDC's advisory committee on immunization practices issuing booster dose recommendations ,based on a thorough review of the evidence."


US officials on vaccines: We don't have to "choose between America and the world"

The US just announced plans to begin booster shots next month, but the World Health Organization has said it still recommends the world’s most vulnerable get fully vaccinated before booster shots are offered.

Asked about the US's booster shot plan in regards to global vaccination efforts, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said the US has a responsibility to do both.

"I do not accept the idea that we have to choose between America and the world. We clearly see our responsibility to both," he said.

Murthy continued:

"When we see data that is giving us essentially indications that protection is starting to diminish in terms of mild and moderate disease when we recognize that if this trajectory continues, that people who are well protected today may see more vulnerability in the future, we have to act. The science tells us that. Our clinical judgment tells us that, and that was a collective decision of the top public health and medical experts in this administration.
"Again, we will do everything possible to protect people in our country. That's why we're announcing this booster plan, but we will also continue to accelerate our efforts to vaccinate the rest of the world," he added.

Jeff Zients, the White House Covid-19 response coordinator, agreed, saying both global vaccine efforts and protecting Americans are "critical."

"During the coming months, when we talk about booster shots, we expect to give about 100 million boosters in the United States and at the same time we will be donating more than 200 million — twice that number — additional doses, to other countries on our way to donating more than 600 million vaccines," he said.

#Boosters##

[skaredshtles]

You can't really argue they don't need help, though. Teachable moment for the kids: buy an O2 saturation monitor for the classroom (store next to the giant bottle of hand sanitizer) and let them keep tabs on it. Record readings and learn about data collection and testing a hypothesis.

This is actually brilliant... TSS should suggest this to the teacher.

[uglymoney]

Wife woke up feeling normal after 3rd dose yesterday at 9 am. Totally knocked her out last night while she was in the middle of making dinner but otherwise she hasn't reported any side effects.

[subtle plague]

Wife woke up feeling normal after 3rd dose yesterday at 9 am. Totally knocked her out last night while she was in the middle of making dinner but otherwise she hasn't reported any side effects.

We need before and after nude pics to decide whether it made her hotter.

[k2skier112]

mtuhockey ot montuckey?

[Dexter Rutecki]

JFC, my neighborhood (based on zip code data) is 93% vaxed. At my daughter's school yesterday they did 702 covid tests and got 702 negatives (I'm guessing 99%+ vaxed). I don't understand what the fuck is wrong with the rest of the country.

[Dexter Rutecki]

Actually, I kind of know what's wrong with a lot of these people, I just can't understand how it's tolerated.

[rideit]

You can't really argue they don't need help, though. Teachable moment for the kids: buy an O2 saturation monitor for the classroom (store next to the giant bottle of hand sanitizer) and let them keep tabs on it. Record readings and learn about data collection and testing a hypothesis.

SMRT

[paulster2626]

JFC, my neighborhood (based on zip code data) is 93% vaxed. At my daughter's school yesterday they did 702 covid tests and got 702 negatives (I'm guessing 99%+ vaxed). I don't understand what the fuck is wrong with the rest of the country.

I think it's like this:
Everyone pretty much listens to their doctor and will take whatever medicine they prescribe, for whatever reason is given. We see this all the time. Getting vaccinated, however, is a mild inconvenience since you have to physically transport your ass to a location (twice), and then you'll probably have a sore arm and feel sick for a day afterwards (twice). Only a massive, giant, sand-filled pussy would be afraid of this, and it just looks like there's a good 30-40% of Americans who are just that. They put on a disguise of being better-informed and anti-government and pro-choice, but really they're just adult babies who are scared of a little discomfort. I know 7-year-olds on my daughter's softball team (shoutout to Kayleigh!) who are tougher than these leeches of society.

Wait, can we still call people 'pussies' in 2021?

[simple]

Just call them Karens. Male and Female

[simple]

Actually, I kind of know what's wrong with a lot of these people, I just can't understand how it's tolerated.

Because Freedumb

[uglymoney]

We need before and after nude pics to decide whether it made her hotter.

I mean she missed dinner so she is a bit skinnier probably and optimistically maybe 0.0001% hotter but I don't think she'll be making it snow any time soon.

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[rideit]

The real, actual cost of the stupids in this country.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-died-orphans/

[Conundrum]

Any good sources to find vac rates per zip? Believe it or not, not easily finding anything for Idaho zips.

[The SnowShow]

Watch out, Lambda is coming down the pike...

[ticketchecker]

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[KQ]

The real, actual cost of the stupids in this country.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-died-orphans/

Well their GoFundMe has raises 55K so far.

That fact that all these people request the jab after being admitted to the hospital underscores their lack of understand re: how vaccines work.

[Ted Striker]

Looks like WA is going back to masks everywhere.

[KQ]

Looks like WA is going back to masks everywhere.

Inslee brings back statewide mask order and mandates vaccines for school workers

[KQ]

JFC, my neighborhood (based on zip code data) is 93% vaxed. At my daughter's school yesterday they did 702 covid tests and got 702 negatives (I'm guessing 99%+ vaxed). I don't understand what the fuck is wrong with the rest of the country.

Our county has 29K fully vaxxed out of a population of 60K (32K have had at least one)

[seano732]

Looks like WA is going back to masks everywhere.

Same here in NM......The anti-maskers are losing what little minds they have left.

[AK47bp]

Inslee brings back statewide mask order and mandates vaccines for school workers

Good.


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[mfcf13]

Inslee brings back statewide mask order and mandates vaccines for school workers

Added bonus: it weeds out idiot nut jobs who should not be teaching children.

Downside: we were already short on bus drivers.

Growth Industry: fake vaccine cards.

[TBS]

Our local fall music festival which triples the size of our town for three days has just announced that you must provide proof of vax to attend.
https://sistersfolkfestival.org/arti...2021-festival/
https://sistersfolkfestival.org/festival-ticket-info/

As the Enabler of Self-Organizing Teams for our three bike valet stations, I’m pleased they will be sorting the vaxxed from the idiots at the ticket check-in station so my 50+ volunteers don’t have to deal with the inevitable “Mah Freedumz!” bullshit that is bound to happen. All the venues are outdoors or under shelters this year but masking in the more crowded venues is gonna be interesting…