May 15, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said: This is good but then why are the New York Yankees players being forced to quarantine That study was done using Pfizer. J&J sucks fat donkey balls.
May 15, 20214 yr These mRNA vaccines seem to be nothing short of a godsend, but we desperately need more data on J&J. I suspect that the efficacy of that is relatively low against the new variants and that it isn't reliably inducing sterilizing immunity.
May 15, 20214 yr 29 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said: These mRNA vaccines seem to be nothing short of a godsend, but we desperately need more data on J&J. I suspect that the efficacy of that is relatively low against the new variants and that isn't reliably inducing sterilizing immunity. Wonderful
May 15, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Joe Shades 73 said: This is good but then why are the New York Yankees players being forced to quarantine 1 hour ago, EaglesRocker97 said: That study was done using Pfizer. J&J sucks fat donkey balls. Wouldn't even know they had it since they're all asymptomatic. Little to know symptoms is the point for the real world. If no positive tests was the point for MLB they should have went with the vaccines that are less likely to produce a positive test.
May 16, 20214 yr 22 hours ago, Joe Shades 73 said: So it is too dangerous on may 20th but not the 21st It coincides with the day when Delaware goes to 100% capacity
May 16, 20214 yr Ohio set improprable targets. Had to have positive rates at 50 per 100,000 or less. Not hospitalized, not isolating, not symptomatic.... just, positive PCR tests. We are at 153:100K as of this week. Lockdown ends anyway. So, can we agree that the states just did whatever the F they wanted????
May 16, 20214 yr After months and month of exaggerated and inflated death numbers they wish to distinguish between "died with" and "died of". 🤔
May 16, 20214 yr 20 hours ago, IFB DOG said: So, can we agree that the states just did whatever the F they wanted???? Not unlike the federal government.
May 17, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, lynched1 said: After months and month of exaggerated and inflated death numbers they wish to distinguish between "died with" and "died of". 🤔 What. The. F. I've been staying this for almost a damn YEAR now in this very thread.
May 17, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, IFB DOG said: What. The. F. I've been staying this for almost a damn YEAR now in this very thread. This whole pandemic has been mishandled and misunderstood by those who are in charge of making decisions. What a mess.
May 17, 20214 yr Sorry been behind on providing updates from the Doc. Here's May 9th https://www.nothingbutthetruthmd.com/2021/05/5921-covid-19-update.html WHAT IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THINKING OF?? In an unprecedented move, the Biden Administration is apparently supportive of a move to waive patent protection afforded the Covid-19 vaccine developers. What effect will this have on future Research and Development? If this can be done once, it can be done twice. Why would any company risk billions of dollars in drug development if the ability to make a profit can be whisked away if the drug will save lives? Why would Moderna or Pfizer continue to invest tremendous sums of money on development of the vaccines against variants or future epidemics/pandemics? You see any drug companies spending money on aspirin research??? Who could take advantage of this waiver? Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Myanmar? I would suggest that only developed countries would have the financial ability to take advantage of this intellectual property. Countries that could have, but didn't, because some vaccine trials just did not work. The undeveloped countries will remain dependent on the developed countries to provide vaccines at cost or less. I have no problem with philanthropy. How long would this gift by the Biden Administration of intellectual property take to turn into doses of vaccine? It would take at least two years to meet FDA standards to go from scratch to functioning production of vaccine doses. Both Moderna and Pfizer have demonstrated an ability and willingness to expand vaccine production by entering into unprecedented agreements with competitors to increase production. They have doubled expected production of vaccine doses already. To heck with capitalism and free market, communism is the way to go!! Where does this largesse end? Should Raytheon make public its intellectual property on missile defense systems? Couldn't that potentially save millions of lives? Should Apple or Microsoft give up their intellectual property on systems that would streamline the delivery of healthcare. That would save millions of lives. Should Tesla give up its intellectual property on electric car development? That would help reduce carbon emissions. Think of the poor Polar Bears with no ice floes to sit on, or people coughing to death in smog filled air. Why not just abolish patent protection and drift back into the stone age?? ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VACCINATION WITH BNT162b2 AND THE INCIDENCE OF SYMPTOMATIC AND ASSYMPTOMATIC SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS. Yoel Angel MD, et al May 6, 2021 JAMA This study was performed in Tel Aviv between 12/20/20 and 2/5/25 There were 6710 healthcare workers who underwent periodic testing for SARS-CoV-2 by PCR. 5517 had received their second dose of mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 more than seven days prior to entering the study. There were 757 who received no vaccine who were also followed. The two groups were followed for 63 days. Symptomatic infections occurred in 8 fully vaccinated individuals for an incidence of 4.7/100,000 person days. Symptomatic infections occurred in 38 of the unvaccinated individuals for an incidence of 149.8/100,000 person days Asymptomatic infections occurred in 19 of the fully vaccinated group for an incidence of 11.3/100,000 person days. Asymptomatic infections occurred in 18 of the unvaccinated group for an incidence of 67/100,000 person days. NUMBERS Deaths - 568,430 There were 4767 new deaths this week down from 4977 for the week prior. Vaccinations - 151 million people have received at least one dose, 113 million have completed vaccinations. 1.98 million vaccination per day for the last week were administered, down from 2.55/day the prior week. We performed 4 million less vaccinations this past week compared to the week prior. The US received 17,400,000 new doses of vaccine from the drug companies this week. New Cases - 299,205 new cases this week, down from 347,959 new cases the week before. Case Fatality Rate - 1.46 Enjoy the day Live Safer Be Well
May 17, 20214 yr And the last and final post: https://www.nothingbutthetruthmd.com/2021/05/51621-covid-19-update.html This will be the last regular weekly post that I compose and send out. I hope that most of you found something of interest on most weeks. I began sending out emails concerning Covid-19, on February 26, 2020, to just a few friends and family. By request, the list grew and the posts were sent out by increasing numbers of recipients to their friends. Ultimately, with help, the emails were put into blog format and in the first two days had over 7000 hits. I would like to thank many for the help and support in this endeavor. Many shared ideas, opinions, directed me to articles and asked lots of good questions. They also pointed out some embarrassing errors!! There are still plenty of new articles on Covid-19 each week in the medical literature but most do not address broad issues that I believe would concern most of the non-medical recipients of my posts. This week I didn't find an article that I thought would be interesting to report. There are just so many times that you can read about variants that have yet to become clinically relevant in this country or repeated articles on the effectiveness of the RNA vaccines. This week the Pfizer vaccine received approval to be administered to children in the 12 - 15 year age group. NUMBERS Deaths - 568,451 This week there were 4788 new deaths, up from 4767 the week before. The daily average number of deaths this week was 684. The last time we had a number this low was 11/16/20. Vaccinations - We now have 122 million people in the US who have been fully vaccinated and 156 million who have received at least one shot. We averaged 1.93 million shots a day this past week down from 1.98 million shots per day the week before. The US received approximately 13,600,000 new doses of vaccine this week from the drug companies. New Cases - This week there were 295,205 new cases, down from 299,205 cases the week before. The daily average for the week was 42,172 new cases. We haven't had a number that low since 9/29/20. You have to go back to June 29, 2020 to find a number that low again. I find it most interesting that our daily average number this week was higher than any daily new case number prior to June 29, 2020. In April 2020, we began "shutting down" society with numbers lower than we have now while we are opening back up. I find the current tolerance for the Covid 19 virus and its sequala interesting compared to what it was a year ago. Case fatality rate - 1.46 Enjoy the rest of this day. Be Well Get vaccinated
May 17, 20214 yr Jesus. Thanks for leaving his name in there. So you've been spreading the word of an anesthesiologist like it is gospel...
May 17, 20214 yr Quote Opinion: The CDC’s mask guidance is a mess. Biden needs to clean it up. Opinion by Leana S. Wen Contributing columnist May 16, 2021 at 4:29 p.m. EDT Last Thursday’s abruptly announced guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has devolved into a giant mess. Governors and mayors were caught by surprise, leading to a flurry of rapid changes and a patchwork of disparate regulations across the country. Businesses found themselves scrambling without the tools they need to relax restrictions for the vaccinated while protecting the unvaccinated. While many people happily shed their masks and celebrated the apparent end of the pandemic, others are concerned that with only 37 percent of the country fully vaccinated, this relaxation is premature and could lead to a resurgence of infections. If such a head-scratching turn of events had occurred under former president Donald Trump, the administration surely would have been blamed for the lack of coordination and resulting widespread confusion. The Biden team has excelled on many aspects of the covid-19 response, but this was a major blunder that threatens to set back much of the progress made. President Biden needs to fix it, urgently. Most important, Biden should own that it was a mistake to cede this level of responsibility to the CDC. After watching Trump repeatedly sideline the agency, seemingly for political reasons, the Biden administration understandably has wanted to elevate the CDC’s role. But there’s a big difference between listening to scientists and ceding policymaking to one scientific organization. Trump supporters might complain about a double standard, but intervening in this case wouldn’t be about politics; it would be for the public good. Full coverage of the coronavirus pandemic Biden should clarify what it is that the CDC does: It’s a scientific agency that excels at interpreting research and formulating evidence-based guidance. In this case, it was appropriate for the CDC to state that after reviewing all the data, it is confident that fully vaccinated people are at little risk for contracting the coronavirus and spreading it to others. But that’s very different from announcing that vaccinated people can take off their masks because, without verification of vaccination, this would inevitably lead to the end of mask mandates. That’s not scientific guidance — that’s a major policy decision to shift the entire direction of the United States’ pandemic response. Arguably, this was the single biggest decision that the Biden administration has made on covid, yet senior administration officials learned about the CDC’s planned change only the night before, and the president himself didn’t find out about it until the morning of the announcement. This was an astounding strategic and tactical mistake. It will have lasting repercussions unless the White House steps in to clean up the CDC’s mess. As a start, the administration should clarify that while vaccinated people are generally not at risk, the unvaccinated are still at high risk. Therefore, if there is no reliable way to verify vaccination status, indoor mask mandates must still remain in place. At the same time, the administration should define region-by-region criteria for when such mandates can be lifted — for example, when 70 percent of a community is fully vaccinated. In addition, the Biden team needs to get over its queasiness over vaccine verification. Businesses, employers and schools are looking for leadership on how they can ensure a safe environment for their customers, workers and students. I’m not saying the federal government should issue a "vaccine passport”; rather, it should help private entities set up a health and safety screen that incorporates proof of vaccination or testing in lieu of a vaccine verification. New York state’s Excelsior Pass is a good model. The White House has already been working on minimum requirements for such credentialing; this is the time to release them. Critically, the Biden administration must admit to the American people that CDC’s guidance was released prematurely and without considering all the implications and unintended consequences. They can say that such a complex decision needs to involve other agencies and stakeholders, and start the process of addressing many unanswered questions — such as what kinds of protections are needed for retail workers if they encounter unvaccinated and unmasked customers. The White House should also engage local and state officials, union representatives and business leaders, and offer a big mea culpa for not having done so in the first place. In the meantime, the administration should encourage CDC scientists to focus on what they are actually good at. The CDC can guide clinicians on helping patients think through risk, including parents of young children and people who are immunocompromised. They can broaden their surveillance of breakthrough infections, and they can advise on testing, contact tracing and other elements still central to the pandemic response. But a decision on something as overarching and consequential as ending mask mandates should have been directed from the very top, by the president himself. Biden needs to course-correct, now. If he does not, the existing confusion could harm Americans’ health, prolong the pandemic, and paradoxically diminish confidence in the CDC and its ability to safeguard the public’s health. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-cdcs-mask-guidance-is-a-mess-biden-needs-to-clean-it-up/2021/05/16/a29c1080-b673-11eb-96b9-e949d5397de9_story.html
May 17, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, IFB DOG said: Jesus. Thanks for leaving his name in there. So you've been spreading the word of an anesthesiologist like it is gospel... Huh? I've been posting the link to the blog with every post. His blog includes an author biography. If you have an issue with the content of his posts, then debate it. Yes, he's an anesthesiologist, I've only mentioned that, oh I don't know, about a hundred times in providing his content.
May 17, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said: Some issues with this piece: 1) "Businesses found themselves scrambling without the tools they need to relax restrictions for the vaccinated while protecting the unvaccinated." What does that even mean? What "tools"? If your business resides in a state or municipality that has adopted mask mandates, then continue with the mask mandates. If the state/municipality doesn't have mask mandate, then the business can decide for themselves if they want to continue having one or not, based on the guidance that vaccinated people are at an extremely low risk for spreading the virus. 2) "But there’s a big difference between listening to scientists and ceding policymaking to one scientific organization" The CDC isn't making policy. The CDC provides guidance. The states and municipalities make policy based off that guidance. 3) "Biden should clarify what it is that the CDC does: It’s a scientific agency that excels at interpreting research and formulating evidence-based guidance. In this case, it was appropriate for the CDC to state that after reviewing all the data, it is confident that fully vaccinated people are at little risk for contracting the coronavirus and spreading it to others." That's literally exactly what they did. 4)"But that’s very different from announcing that vaccinated people can take off their masks because, without verification of vaccination, this would inevitably lead to the end of mask mandates." No, it's not. If vaccinated people are at extremely low risk of spreading the virus to others, then why would they need to continue wearing masks? CDC: After you have parked your car in a parking spot, you are at a very low risk of being in an accident. You can take off your seatbelt after you've parked your car. Leana Wen: Why would the CDC tell parked people that they can take off their seatbelt?!?! Why not just say they've reviewed the data and it shows that after you've parked, you're at a low risk of getting into an accident? 5) "In addition, the Biden team needs to get over its queasiness over vaccine verification. Businesses, employers and schools are looking for leadership on how they can ensure a safe environment for their customers, workers and students. I’m not saying the federal government should issue a "vaccine passport”; rather, it should help private entities set up a health and safety screen that incorporates proof of vaccination or testing in lieu of a vaccine verification. " Private entities do not need the help of the federal government to figure out a system of vaccine verification. I guarantee that the free market could figure out a way to do so in half the time and a fraction of the cost that the federal government could do it, and it would actually work... 6) "As a start, the administration should clarify that while vaccinated people are generally not at risk, the unvaccinated are still at high risk." How does that need clarifying? Nothing has changed with the unvaccinated people. 7) "Therefore, if there is no reliable way to verify vaccination status, indoor mask mandates must still remain in place. At the same time, the administration should define region-by-region criteria for when such mandates can be lifted — for example, when 70 percent of a community is fully vaccinated." Once again, the mask mandate policy is ALREADY a state/local level decision. 8. "They can say that such a complex decision needs to involve other agencies and stakeholders, and start the process of addressing many unanswered questions — such as what kinds of protections are needed for retail workers if they encounter unvaccinated and unmasked customers." The vaccine is the protection. If the worker is vaccinated, that's the protection. If they aren't vaccinated, then they should have been wearing a mask in the first place. 9) "But a decision on something as overarching and consequential as ending mask mandates should have been directed from the very top, by the president himself." Once again, the CDC doesn't make policy. They didn't "end" mask mandates (and over half the states in the country never had them to begin with). The president also has no bearing on "ending" mask mandates. Again, this is a state/local issue. 10) "In the meantime, the administration should encourage CDC scientists to focus on what they are actually good at" In the meantime, I'm going to encourage Ms. Wen to actually learn what the CDC does, because apparently she thinks the CDC writes state and local legislation....
May 17, 20214 yr 27 minutes ago, mr_irie1 said: That lady is big mad 😂 She's also right. 25 minutes ago, Phillyterp85 said: In the meantime, I'm going to encourage Ms. Wen to actually learn what the CDC does, because apparently she thinks the CDC writes state and local legislation.... She clearly does not think that. She knows the CDC issues guidances and, like me, believes that this guidance was recklessly premature. Yes, it is a state and local decision, but these states and localities largely set policy according to these guidances. I think that the position taken by the CDC is scientifically reasonable in theory, but in reality it is not, because many unvaccinated people will still remove their masks anyway. Until all age groups have had adequate time to get fully vaccinated, this policy is premature.
May 17, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Phillyterp85 said: To heck with capitalism and free market, communism is the way to go!!
May 17, 20214 yr 49 minutes ago, Phillyterp85 said: Huh? I've been posting the link to the blog with every post. His blog includes an author biography. If you have an issue with the content of his posts, then debate it. Yes, he's an anesthesiologist, I've only mentioned that, oh I don't know, about a hundred times in providing his content. His blog was mainly informational. So I’m not sure what kind of critique IFB Dog is trying to make.
May 17, 20214 yr 48 minutes ago, Phillyterp85 said: Huh? I've been posting the link to the blog with every post. His blog includes an author biography. If you have an issue with the content of his posts, then debate it. Yes, he's an anesthesiologist, I've only mentioned that, oh I don't know, about a hundred times in providing his content. I also love the implication that being an anesthesiologist would preclude you from understanding anything about COVID too. As if they haven't been managing the airways and sedation of the sickest patients through this whole thing.
May 17, 20214 yr 22 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: I also love the implication that being an anesthesiologist would preclude you from understanding anything about COVID too. As if they haven't been managing the airways and sedation of the sickest patients through this whole thing. Amazing isn’t it?
May 17, 20214 yr 27 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: I also love the implication that being an anesthesiologist would preclude you from understanding anything about COVID too. As if they haven't been managing the airways and sedation of the sickest patients through this whole thing. Yeah but did he stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night?
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