March 1, 20214 yr Got an appointment for my mom who is 68 years old and has COPD. She gets her first dose of the pFizer vaccine tomorrow morning!
March 1, 20214 yr A couple of weeks ago a bunch of libs in here were lauding New Zealand's strategy as the model for beating the virus. Well, just a couple of weeks after a stringent 3-day lockdown, looks like Auckland is heading for a strict, 7-day lockdown all because of a single confirmed case. Jobs, mental health, freedom, meh. Those things are trivial. This is what winning looks like.
March 1, 20214 yr My dad was finally able to get his through the VA. He had a heart attack in the fall, so he is especially high risk.
March 1, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, Kz! said: What kind of parent would actually do that? oh yeah, liberals. Terrible parenting. 7 years old is way too young to be allowed on facebook messenger.
March 1, 20214 yr On 2/28/2021 at 6:37 AM, Phillyterp85 said: 2/28 Update from the Doc https://www.nothingbutthetruthmd.com/2021/02/22821-covid-19-update.html PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD COVID SHOULD GET SINGLE DOSE, STUDIES SUGGEST New York Times 2.21.21 Apoora Mandavailli Cool, pretty exciting title. If it were true. The author primarily cites two articles that were "published" on medRxIV. This is a website that preprints manuscripts that have NOT been peer reviewed. They are NOT published in reputable scientific journals and most will never be. The way "evidence based literature" (SCIENCE) is produced is difficult, painstaking, with great attention to detail. Facts are not facts just because the author says so. Medical science is produced by sending a manuscript to a Medical Journal that has an editorial review board made up of a variety of acknowledged experts. The manuscript is then reviewed by experts in the field, all data in the manuscript is reviewed, statistics are reviewed by real statisticians. The review board then elicits feedback from the reviewers. The information must be accurate, conclusions must be supported by the data and it must add something new to the world of evidence based medicine. None of the authors of the two papers state "If you have Covid you should get a single dose." What is his thoughts on the New York Times and their research and fact-checking in general? Conservatives have long had an issue with the NYT for political reasons, and NYT is no less prone to letting their bias slip in than anyone else. But there are more and more instances of the NYT presenting non-political stuff as fact when it was not researched enough. This thing is one such instance.
March 1, 20214 yr 31 minutes ago, xzmattzx said: What is his thoughts on the New York Times and their research and fact-checking in general? Conservatives have long had an issue with the NYT for political reasons, and NYT is no less prone to letting their bias slip in than anyone else. But there are more and more instances of the NYT presenting non-political stuff as fact when it was not researched enough. This thing is one such instance. NYT problems aside, it is a interesting topic, one vs two doses or how long to delay the 2nd dose, similar stories are found in the Wall Street Journal and BBC as well. https://www.wsj.com/articles/single-dose-of-pfizer-vaccine-is-85-effective-israeli-study-shows-11613723218 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56048444
March 1, 20214 yr 32 minutes ago, Gannan said: Terrible parenting. 7 years old is way too young to be allowed on facebook messenger. Exactly. And the basement? Rookie mistake. Use the laundry room, that way they can work through quarantine. Terrible parenting.
March 1, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, VanHammersly said: Exactly. And the basement? Rookie mistake. Use the laundry room, that way they can work through quarantine. Terrible parenting. A darkened broom closet would take less time to disinfect post-quarantine.
March 1, 20214 yr 39 minutes ago, Kz! said: A darkened broom closet would take less time to disinfect post-quarantine. Can't do any work in a darkened broom closet. Kids need to establish a strong work ethic. One day you'll understand.
March 1, 20214 yr 21 minutes ago, Kz! said: Glad to see democrats are taking the pandemic seriously still. Nothing about them says "democrat" to me.
March 1, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, mikemack8 said: Commissar Wolf rescinded the PA travel restrictions today good news! now all you morons can go out & give each other the rona!
March 1, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, mikemack8 said: Commissar Wolf rescinded the PA travel restrictions today So I wasn't supposed to fly to and from Florida last week? Whoops.
March 1, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, mr_hunt said: good news! now all you morons can go out & give each other the rona! 2 minutes ago, paco said: So I wasn't supposed to fly to and from Florida last week? Whoops.
March 1, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, paco said: So I wasn't supposed to fly to and from Florida last week? Whoops. No - you could always leave. You just were supposed to then either quarantine for 10 days upon returning, or have a negative test result.
March 1, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, mikemack8 said: No - you could always leave. You just were supposed to then either quarantine for 10 days upon returning, or have a negative test result. Ah. For the most part I don't go anywhere these days, so we good.
March 1, 20214 yr When do we officially declare victory over covid? Looks like the reported cases were under 50k for the first time in like a year it seems. They are steadily declining which is good news of course. Just curious what the number is that it’ll be deemed "over.”
March 1, 20214 yr Not good news at all https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-01/new-york-covid-19-variant-drawing-concern-from-fauci-cdc "At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,” Walensky said. "These variants are a very real threat to our people and our progress.”
March 1, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Joe Shades 73 said: 5 more years https://bestlifeonline.com/news-when-will-covid-be-over/ Least we know the best way to combat the flu and no it isn't shots. I think I'll probably mask up around flu season next year.
March 1, 20214 yr I too think mask wearing is one way to slow spread of this disease and whatever new one is to come in the future. Get used to it. In public places at least. I’d like to see this years flu numbers come June. I bet they are way down. Let us not forget. There’s a whole lot of dead people-still dying due to this particular illness. It’s always going to be out there. At least for the foreseeable future. Do your part. Take care of your elders, and don’t think just cause you’re vaccinated absolves you. Not now. Too soon.
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