(42,86) seems like a wide CI.
Yeah, the sample size of omicron cases is pretty small.
95% CI is pretty damn important, dude.
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How much?
What will happen if you donāt?
That seems like a thing that most American/international tourists will never have heard of.
I love how deplorables think theyāre fearless when their entire life is lived in a state of perpetual fear of anybody who isnāt white.
Wearing a mask = living in fear.
Never going outside w/o your Glock = basic common sense.
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I think that is probably right. The result is that the middle class needs to start preparing for a lot less access to healthcare than we have enjoyed in the past. I really think we are going to see a cash for service model pop up to
skip lines for many non life threatening emergency procedures. These antivirals really need to be a better than vax level homerun to get normalcy back in a short time frame.
Depends on how the contract works.
Can the thread help me out please.
Mrs Rugby is stressed. And im trying to reassure.
Her friend may have been exposed at lunch time on friday. The friend met Mrs Rugby in the evening on friday. 6 to 8 hours after a possible exposure.
Iām trying to reassure her that theres no way someone would be infectious that quickly, even if they were infected (which is unlikely).
Any useful links that I can share? All the info i can find is fairly unclear. Lots about average time to symptoms, and incubation periods prior to that.
https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1469784750986465281?s=21
Modeling growth rate of Omicron. Estimates a doubling time of 3 days in the US. Current US case numbers are unknown, but back of the envelope, weāre looking at conservatively 10% of US cases by year-end, majority Omicron by mid-month, and all-time highs by February.
Iām seriously considering an illicit vaccination for my 3.5 year old. Does anyone know if safety trials have been completed for the under-5 group? Anyone had success/failures doing this?
Your problem is going to be that the dosage for the under 5 year olds is 1/3 the dosage of the 5-11 year old group. Nobody has that dosage yet for wide distribution.
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Thanks.
Iām seeing some information suggesting that Moderna is trialing their under-12 dose with the 2-5 group:
The SpikeVax trial is studying the 50-microgram dose in 6ā11-year-olds, and 25 and 50 microgram doses in 2ā5-year-olds. An undisclosed dose and 25 micrograms will be investigated in 6-month-to-2-year-olds.
Of course, Moderna isnāt approved for under-12, but since the vaccines are similar, and Pfizer seems very safe in 5-12, how worried should one really be about an under 5 getting a 5-12 dose? Canāt be worse than getting COVID, right?
It seems like off-label is going to be a no-go, though, and weāre just looking at lying to somebody about his age.
I never said thanks for all the advice upthread about which dosage to try and get for my 11.8 year-old. Appreciate the input. Registration opens tomorrow and weāre just gonna try and get him the kidsā dosage ASAP.
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Close friend of my wifeās had a holiday party last night. Tried to talk my wife out of it, but the friend is a grudge-holder and my wife is a people-pleaser (and I guess I am too, but at least the person Iām trying to please is my wife). We stayed in a small outdoor area, but the main party was 50-75+ unmasked Angelinos eating, drinking, and talking loudly in close proximity to each other. I assume similar parties are happening everywhere. So we can speculate as much as we want about Omicron, vaccine effectiveness etc, but weāre definitely going to find out pretty damn soon.
I think a doctor could give a 3 year old a dose off label right now if he wanted to. Thatās what some doctors were doing with older kids a few months ago, right? If you can convince your doctor to do it, well obviously I have no idea.