Bahrain has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use authorisation, becoming the second country to approve it after the UK, state media report.
The country’s National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) announced the move on Friday, saying it had followed “thorough analysis and review” of all available data.
Earlier this month Bahrain approved the use of the Sinopharm vaccine for frontline workers.
Dr Mariam Al Jalahma, CEO of NHRA said: “The approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will add a further important layer to the Kingdom’s national Covid-19 response, which has strongly prioritised protecting the health of all citizens and residents during the pandemic.”
Bahrain has recorded 341 deaths and 87,432 cases since the pandemic began.
Probably belongs in mental health thread but I’m the only one I know that only leaves the house for essential errands. And that usually is like, getting gas for my car. I get everything delivered. I was golfing but have since stopped.
I see my best friend and his wife at his home very occasionally, masked and outdoors usually. But they are both nurses and tested fairly regularly and the poz rate at their hospital amongst the staff is basically nil because all the front line people got it in the very beginning, so I feel pretty safe around them.
I am so fucking tired of people telling me I am taking it too seriously or I am jeopardizing my mental health etc. I have the means and fortitude to quarantine and I would think the fucking response should be “good job” not “you’re a fucking loner weirdo that needs to go outside it’s 99.9% survival rate ldo”
I swear to god im boutta snap. I also dont know how much longer I can do this. I work at home and live alone and i’m definitely getting weird mental stuff like finding myself talking aloud to myself a lot, just pure gibberish, and seeing things out of my peripherals, as well as a really distorted memory and sense of time.
Maybe I should just say fuck it and go YOLO like everyone I know is doing. Fuck, some chick I know met and married a guy all during covid. I feel like I put my life on hold and for what? I hope I’m not permanently fucked by this. Something doesn’t feel right lately.
Hopefully that vaccine comes publicly available soon because I’ll be first in line.
if new infections peak today, we’re still going to see deaths increase on their current trajectory for at least another month (and really, if we start hitting ICU capacity in a meaningful way deaths could spike even more). We are definitely going to hit 4k on a moving average basis. the die is already cast.
How are you handling the funeral side of things? I just had to have my first tough discussion basically saying I’m not coming. Family wants to have in person normal funeral in the Midwest right now… Tried to tell them that is way too risky, but I can’t really stop them from doing it.
Just a quick note on testing, at least in my area of Puget Sound. I woke up on Monday with a sore throat and headache and went and got tested in the evening. Had a negative result on Wednesday. Daughter was also sick and got tested Monday afternoon and hasn’t gotten results. Hopefully we get them today, but she feels fine now.
I’m still a little sick but at the tail end of it. Wife felt sick for a day. Guessing we all caught a winter cold or something.
Meanwhile, my coworker whose wife works at the hospital says that they’re started diverting patients to Tacoma (30 minutes north), and they’ve converted about every space they can into Covid units. Not looking promising.
My projection math works out to 3953 but the Xmas minus 28 days is over the thanksgiving weekend so that number is also a guess since the data was so shaky.
We are hitting 4K 7 day average. It’s only a question if it’s before Or after dec 25. But Id be surprised if we don’t hit it by Jan 1.
I expect there will be something at his church, but they zoom services, so I expect it to be zoomed for all but a handful of people anyway. But, I don’t know yet.
The church isn’t allowing funeral services and visitations right now, so they’re holding it in the funeral home instead. And apparently that wasn’t a sign that this was a bad idea. Funeral home also not setup to do live virtual services, but they record and make available afterwards.
Big difference between YOLO and only leaving the house twice a month. You live in Cali so weather shouldn’t be an issue, there are plenty of things you could do safely. If I was in your spot I would be trying to keep my mental health in check even if it meant not staying home at all times. Did you quit golf because it was frustrating you or because you don’t feel safe doing it?
All I can tell you is you’re not alone in this. I’m not quite as serious as you, but I’m definitely taking this more seriously than 99% of the people in my area and it sucks to feel like the crazy person for doing so.
I would echo that finding a safe way to get some daily sunshine and exercise is a must for your sanity.
I’ve been having a slow day at work so have been tinkering around with some guesses on where we get from this. Let’s say we average 2500 deaths a day between now and the end of February. That is 500k dead Americans. Roughly what we lost in 4 years of WW2 and only slightly less than what we lost in the Civil War. The 1918 flu killed 675k here. It seems like a lock this will be the single most deadly event of any variety in US history. I don’t see any realistic way we stay below 675k by the end of 2021. Even with vaccination we would only need about 20k/month for the rest of 2021 after February to break 675k.
So the “it’s just a flu” bros not only are idiotic but it is very likely this will kill more than the Spanish Flu in less time which was one of the most deadly pandemics in modern world history. Literally 80% of Americans couldn’t care less. We live in a sick sick country.
I care about you man. I want to say that I sympathize with how you feel. I find myself not being able to type an email or a forum post here that isn’t missing words or that has horrible errors in it that I have to later go back and fix. My work has suffered. I don’t know if it is the isolation or just the general stress of living under a pandemic surrounded by morons for almost a year now. I have been self medicating with ever increasing amounts of alcohol. I know it isn’t good but I can’t deal with what is going on around myself at this point. I probably need to talk to someone.
Quitting now is not a good option. We are more than halfway to a vaccine. Carry on and then you can be proud of your sacrifice for the rest of your life. You likely saved people’s lives.
I just wanted to let you know you aren’t alone. Like you said I hope we get a vaxx soon so we can go back to much closer to normal life. I desperately miss it.
My sister met a guy in March. They got married last month. I met him once (outdoor dinner at my parents). Insane iyam. Oh, and she’s a step mom now too.
But yea, I’m also slowly going insane. I don’t leave the house except for groceries and such. Too cold to golf anymore.
