It’s Florida news which is interesting given the state has roughly a third of the US ‘Brazillian’ variant cases (see Chile’s stats)
Effectiveness will have taken a hit since rates stated Dec 2020 and not been updated in light of variants.
Get prepared for reinfections in the unvaccinated too.
Just not sure what to discuss on most of this. Some percentage of vaccinated people will catch COVID, some (hopefully) small but non-zero percentage will die from COVID.
With the family anecdote, wonder if there is some genetic reason the vaccine wouldnt be as effective with that family. Also could just be a rare random occurrence in a large sample size (51 million people vaccinated, so rare events not a total shock)
Wont really be news unless we are seeing enough cases to show vaccines are becoming less effective than we expected or can trace common threads with variants or eventually time since vaccinated or something.
You’re not dumb. I think the various studies on effectiveness are enough to not worry about stories that pop up from time to time. Obviously things could change, but some of this is to be expected.
Switched my vote already. Appears we were allowed to sign up at noon today, not midnight tonight. Appointment booked for tomorrow afternoon. Mrs Cooler was a little slower on the button clicking and doesn’t have an appointment until Monday. She clearly never 16-tabled pokerstars in a past life.
P.1 - Brazillian - Average age of death lower
The high number of cases has brought the health system to the verge of collapse.
In 18 of Brazil’s 26 states and in the capital, Brasilia, the occupancy of intensive care units (ICU) is above 90%, according to Brazilian public health institute Fiocruz. In two states, Amapá and Mato Grosso do Sul, ICU are completely full.
How did it get so bad?
The latest surge in cases and deaths has been attributed to the spread of a highly contagious variant of the virus which was first detected in Japan in travellers from the city of Manaus, in Brazil’s Amazon state.
Preliminary data suggests the new variant could be up to twice as transmittable as the original version of the virus.
It’s almost like, and hear me out here, when you ignore what science tells you is the right option bad shit happens.
I have a feeling this next era is going to feel like the ten plagues of Egypt for people who resist climate change action or science more generally.
I found out my friend Frank Gabrin died 1 year ago today. He was the first doctor in the USA to die. He was a cancer survivor and had just gotten married. He had some massive ups and downs in his life. He battled through burnout after nearly being murdered by a patient for a long time. He had finally found some real happiness with his marriage to his long time boyfriend. Shit isn’t fair.
I also confirmed that I was willing to work in a room with people on CPAP and hi flow. Back then we were blaming that for staff getting sick. My job was going to be take care of those people. I tried to get my wife to go live with her aunt, she wouldn’t leave.
I kept what’s essentially a journal of things from this time period that’s mostly too personal to share, but it’s kind of crazy to look back at what I was thinking at that time. I swear I remember it in almost a positive light as an experience where we all came together and I grew as a physician. What I wrote at the time is… not that.
Thank you for your service and for your contributions ITT.
So what I am getting from this is that if you are operating some kind of fruit bat laboratory, you need to be extra conscientious about safety. Can anyone detail exactly what is needed? Is it enough to wear kitchen gloves or should I start wearing goggles as well?
My brother and nephew are pozzed. Neither were vaccinated or planned to be vaccinated as far as I know. I wonder what my sister in law thinks considering she’s been screaming to open schools and the economy.
First day of terrific weather in the CR and nobody gives a shit about restrictions anymore. We were doing so well and now there’ll probably be another wave
That looks all outside. Doesn’t seem too bad.
Not supposed to be groups larger than 2 unless it’s a family. Lot of non-mask compliance.
This seems not smart:
https://mobile.twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1376899233903611907
But I’m not sure I can think of anything better. Thoughts?
Now that’s a nominee
Someone update the herman cain “come join us Sarah” gif please.
In Japan, vaxxing of the elderly is set to begin this month and be completed by the end of August. Then the rest of us plebs will finally get our shot at a shot sometime in autumn.
150000 people die in the world a day (pre Covid). Tens of millions have been vaccinated.
There are simply going to always be people who got vaccinated recently who died from something that has nothing to do with the vaccine.
