Covid shift tomorrow. Will be my last one before vaccination has completely taken hold.
Arm is a little sore. More than last time. About flu shot level so far. I am taking Tylenol at a max safe dose for today and tomorrow at least
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My wife got 2nd dose yesterday. 101+fever with cold chills today, and full body aches to where it was hard for her to move much. She seems to be through the worst of it though and is feeling better now.
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turns out my relatives had second doses already. both pharmacists in a hospital. have been going into work with little change in shifts throughout the pandemic. really happy about that. hoping they can soon visit their parents.
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Brisbane enters snap lockdown over single infection
The Australian city of Brisbane has just begun a three-day lockdown after a cleaner in its hotel quarantine system became infected with coronavirus.
Health officials said the cleaner had the highly transmissible âUK variantâ and they were afraid it could spread.
Brisbane has seen very few cases of the virus beyond quarantined travellers since Australiaâs first wave last year.
It is the first known instance of this variant entering the Australian community outside of hotel quarantine.
The lockdown began at 18:00 local time and covers five populous council areas in Queenslandâs state capital. People can only leave home for essential reasons.
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Scientists have tested the Pfizer Covid vaccine against one of the mutations found in the South African variant, called N501Y, using blood samples from 20 people.
In that preliminary study, vaccination appeared to work against the mutated virus.
More studies are needed though, because N501Y is not the only change the South African variant has undergone.
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I havenât had the vaccine yet but Iâm injecting myself with all sorts of stuff.
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How long are people expecting the vaccine to last?
Gonna suck if weâd need one every 3 months. Would supply be enough to meet demand if thatâs the case?
Weâve been informed that this is the thread for science only, and not for opinions.
Well, fuck that.
My lay guesswork puts the O/U at a year at least.
Nice to know how pro-vax my students are.
Only had one who dropped a soft antivax view that was countered by like 4 people talking at the same time.
Actually made me feel bad for her being ganged up on. Sheâs one of my best students in the class too
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I havenât seen anything about the vaccine wearing off yet and itâs probably been ~6 months for the earliest trials.
Iâm sorry you feel that way about posting here.
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Some here try to differentiate their level of knowledge on various things (fact guess opinion)
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Sometimes we have some strong differences of opinion and even what the facts are. Expect to be challenged.
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Sometimes opinions get presented as facts. It happens. Expect to be called out.
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People take positions. Some of those positions are less popular than others. Itâs up to you to decide if you take a position how to defend or abandon it.
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It gets personal from time to time. That sucks but it is the nature of discourse.
Nobody here is right all the time. New information comes in daily on Covid.
At one time or another everyone has gotten upset with another poster.
Itâs an internet message board. If itâs bumming you out, take a break from it.
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WTF is France doing?
Only 40% want the jab (scary!) That and âred tapeâ
Polls suggest that less than 40% of the population here is planning to take the vaccine. Younger people, who feel less at risk from Covid, are among the least likely to say they want it, along with those who disapprove of the governmentâs handling of the pandemic more generally.
France has a long history of distrusting vaccines.
Florian Cafiero, a sociologist at the National Centre for Scientific Research, says this dates back years, to debates over vaccines for Hepatitis B and swine flu.
âItâs true there is a core of people who believe in conspiracy theories,â he said. âBut that doesnât explain the huge distrust towards vaccines, because itâs more than half the population, and more than half the population are not conspiracy theorists.â
Instead, he believes trust has diminished because of repeated controversies over side-effects, and because of a general distrust towards authority.
âThe current government generated a huge amount of distrust over its management of the Covid crisis, and thatâs reflected towards the vaccine.â
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The weekly COVID deaths in the US alone are now roughly equal to the average weekly combat deaths among all allied armies during WWI.
With cases and hospitalizations still hitting new highs daily we arenât anywhere near peak deaths yet either. Hitting 5k in a day or higher is still definitely on the table.
Travel nursing contracts have gotten completely insane. My wife is considering going to CA for two weeks. They would pay her $25,000 for two 60 hour weeks. They must be fucked beyond belief there.
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Decanting it first.
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The real issue here is just incompetence as of now. Thereâs lots of anger and the better bits of the press have been on it in recent days. Seems that the government spent their planning time talking to management consultants about strategies to âeducateâ anti-vaxxers, as opposed to medical professionals about how to actually roll it out. The pre-consultation and delay before vaccination are not standard and most doctors are pissed off about it.
That lots of people here donât want it is a problem for later. That the EU, and by extension, France do not have enough vaccine is another one building too. Last night the âbragâ was that France would have 78 million doses by the end of the summer, if you included all 5 of the vaccines they have ordered stocks of. Thatâs not enough and, last I read, itâs very likely not all 5 of those vaccines will be authorised by the end of summer anyway.
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Jfc thatâs like 200+ an hour
Amazing that the USA isnât in 47th place given how many anti-vax dummies we have.