Novavax was the trial I was back in Jan 2021. Side effects were nothing, would legit drive to another state to get it over another mrna shot.
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Around 400 deaths a day, every day, for eternity. I mean it could be a little less I guess. It was around 325 for a few months. So maybe call it 120,000 deaths a year if weāre lucky.
Thanks. I have the kind of stupid nerd math brain that immediately starts asking questions like:
- When people keep getting re-infected every year, does the mortality rate for that person go up or down relative to the first time infected?
- Is the mortality rate by age from COVID infections stable over time? How much will the aging population increase the death headcount over time if mortality rates stay stable?
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Still TBD. Studies have been a mixed bag. Not a lot of evidence that reinfection reduces mortality rate
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deaths becoming more skewed to the elderly. Virus can evolve but in the real
long-term death rates may come down because we eventually cull the 80 plus population.
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Confirmed a left wing plot to reduce red voter numbers.
And back Saturday night, tested positive this morning. My doc wants me to take a course of Paxlovid due to type II diabetes. Thoughts?
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pretty standard rec from that doc
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Iām not a doctor and CN is so this is like giving a very low value +1 relative to his opinion but just wanted to give it anyway, having followed the news closely as a layman. Definitely a good idea to take it and the sooner the better.
Hope itās mild for you and you bounce back quickly.
@CaffeineNeeded are you still suggesting prophylactic aspirin with COVID as well?
donāt do aspirin anymore, especially in vaccinated people
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Random note: current one-shot vax rate of under fives in the US currently a cool 3% and chugging along at about 0.7% a week. Guess the FDA taking their sweet time not a problem in post-COVID America.
5-11 only about 30% vaccinated (boosted lower).
Just not a lot of desire to vaccinate children here in USA#1
I could see a lot of even pro-vax parents of little ones waiting until theyāre at the pediatrician to ask if they really recommend it or whatever. The slow uptake doesnāt surprise me much.
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Seems absolutely insane to me. We couldnāt wait to get my 4 year old niece vaccinated. My friends with young kids were much the same. I still struggle understanding peoples decision making regarding all things covid.
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Start it asap if your doctor is recommending it. Needs to be within 5 days of first symptoms I believe. Everyrhing Iāve seen suggests it has been a very effective drug.
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We have also thrown out 90 million vax doses in the US
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Yeah she told me the same. Iām not even at 24 hours yet from first symptoms and just got the text that my script was filled, so I will be getting a fast start on it.
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mask wearing is mostly just me
covid isnāt bad here yet
go figure
Iām guessing it probably be after the big fairs circulate it all around
still trying to avoid it at all possible not realistic but dangit Iām gonna try
It doesnāt help that the following seems to have become the prevailing knowledge:
- āThe vaccines donāt work any more against the new strains;ā
- āKids donāt really get that sick from Covid.ā
- āweāre all going to get covid anyway so why botherā
A lot of lower-information parents buying into āthe vaccines are basically worthlessā against new strains misinformation unfortunately. The right wing derposphere is strong in this country.
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bring on the Marburg
I would probably not vaccinate if I had a kid that age. The effectiveness data is not really that amazing and is likely to be a lot worse against BA.5. The risk to children that age is very small to begin with. I donāt think that what weāre starting to learn about imprinting is being taken anywhere near seriously enough.
Basically I think that the amount the vaccine helps is a more or less known quantity which is extremely small in absolute terms, while the amount the vaccine might hurt has a large distribution of possibilities, some of which are quite serious. The ātrialsā are a joke in this regard, they are nowhere near long term enough to address these concerns. I am not really convinced that an EUA is appropriate given the low level of absolute risk weāre talking about.
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Arenāt the kids going to imprint anyways when they catch COVID?