COVID-19: Chapter 7 - Brags, Beats, and Variants

[zikzak]

Wait wait wait, the billionaires are skipping to the front of the line? How did this ever happen?

[suzzer99]

SARS-I killed young and healthy people.

[Trolly]

To be fair, he is 89. Not sure how William Shakespeare managed to cut in front of him, tbh.

[WichitaDM]

At a higher rate than olds?

[zikzak]

We all know his age had almost nothing to do with why he got the vaccine.

[MrWookie]

Is the US the first to approve the Moderna vaccine? Seems a bit odd that the UK was substantially faster than us to approve Pfizer but then we’re the first on Moderna. And have Canada or the EU approved either yet?

[CaffeineNeeded]

do we? UK plan focuses on people over 80 and are set to do millions in December. Doesn’t seem like he really jumped the line at all tbh

[Churchill]

Canada and EU approved Pfizer

EU bringing forward Moderna approval to Jan 8th

[Churchill]

@spidercrab

Additional deaths through end of March: 309,000 assuming an average of 3,000 per day

Should cruise past 675k if you don’t assume the deaths magically stop end March '21, just ~120 days away with Biden ‘promising’ to have less than a third ~100 million vaccinated by almost same date - still a great pledge, just subject to vaccine supply and states abilities to get it in arms - and not necesarily going in the arms of those most likely to die.

[jwax13]

@ViridianDreams

Your anger should really be directed at the people running our country and states who are responsible for not providing people the financial support they need and insisting on OFB policies that make it perfectly within the rules to eat out at bars/restaurants. Most regular people don’t think about things in terms of Skalanski-grandmas or whatever when they are making their decisions about whether to visit their friends and family. Expecting them to, and to give the risks the same weights as you do is dumb.

This argument has already been made and refuted in this thread. Can we move the discussion on your rooftop meat market excursion here? Thanks.

Everyone's out of step but me - Cactus's Covid Appreciation Thread

My gf and I have been going every day, but I stopped a week from last Monday because my office is opening back up tomorrow. But guess what? She started feeling sick yesterday. Classic symptoms. Fever, chills, aches all over, short of breath, and can’t taste her food. Pretty sure she got it not from the gym, but from a trip to NY with a friend to visit their other friend still in college. And of course, they hit the bars. Her friend is feeling sick too I’m so pissed at her right now because I ha…

[superuberbob]

Depends. People likely think that they’ll be indestructible post-vaccination. They really need to be educated. AFAIK, there’s no guarantee that the vaccine will stop the spread. It’ll just reduce the likelihood of a symptomatic course and the negative consequences associated with it.

[Churchill]

@MrWookie

Is the US the first to approve the Moderna vaccine? Seems a bit odd that the UK was substantially faster than us to approve Pfizer but then we’re the first on Moderna

US is first to approve Moderna which I believe is almost entirely funded by the US government and $1m from Dolly Parton.

UK are probably in no rush to approve Moderna given that we’ve only ordered 5m doses and we’re probably behind the US in terms of any delivery.

Pfizer was approved quick in UK as UK first in line for 8m doses but that now revised to 2.4m doses before end 2020, presumably so the US can get some vaccine. US seems to be getting just 3m doses before year end. Then you have Canada, Japan and EU expecting their first batches of pre-ordered Pfizer January 2021.

Biden will need Moderna approved ASAP to have any hope of getting 97m doses of vaccine before end March 2021

[Chippa58]

All these Government officials getting their shots is really giving me confidence that the vaccine is safe and effective. I’m going to go out and get mine right now. Back in a bit.

[whosnext]

Yes, I wish Murdoch had been flown to the US and given the vaccine live on CNN.

[Churchill]

See bottom line on image below
UK part of Covax, as are most first world countries - as we might hope US would be under Biden (100m vaccinated by end March would be >20%

France…

[Danspartan]

I looked at my numbers quickly

Good news- 28 day cfr has inched down to 1.6%. Could just be slow death reporting.

Bad news- national positivity up in the mid teens. We are missing more cases

Expectation- 28 day cfr will go back up but hopefully just back to 1.9-2%. Not climbing to 2.5+ as feared. But can’t rule it out either.

Having pulled states ina couple of weeks but from what I can tell the big states are starting to dominate the math again. Uh-oh.

[Marksman]

It’s crazy. Now is the time everyone should be hardcore tripling down with zero tolerance.

Instead, too many are doing just the opposite.

I hope the life long effects, at best, are worth it.

Vigilance and cautiousness should be at an all time high over the next six months. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. But lol humans.

[Marksman]

But this is stupid as there is clearly a significant chance to incur lifelong side effects that will inhibit your life. This has been known for a while. For that alone literally nobody should want to get it for any reason.

It’s not just about getting over the obvious symptoms while initially infected.

Plus it’s going to be awesome in USA#1 when health insurers are allowed to deny coverage to anyone who had Covid. That will be a fun day.

[WichitaDM]

I have been blasting that on social media for a month now. Will people listen? Of course not. YOU AREN’T TAKING CHRISTMAS FROM ME!!! PLUS THE VACCINE IS HERE IT’S OVER!!!

[Marksman]

Dolly Parton is never going to die so I want the Moderna vaccine.