Someone should probably get fired
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
Still chugging along nicely in SF, including widespread mask wearing. And indeed, another anecdotal confirmation that vaccinations at my local Walgreens are rolling right along; fourth time I've been there since they started fully offering it and there's always been at least a few people in line each time. Today I also saw the first 12-15 year old with their parent there, as required to get the shot, and I'm sure there's been plenty of others. Pharmacy numbers are still undercounts due to whether or not chain spots get shots from the state or nationally -- state are recorded, nationally not directly -- but combined with our continuing good numbers it's a further reassurance. (As of this morning 55% of the total city population, not just the standard 'eligible,' now has a completed regimen -- at the continuing steady pace I assume we'll hit 60% by this time next week; we're almost at 70% with one shot as it stands.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
Not unrelated:
Thanks a million SF! Together we have administered our one millionth vaccine dose and achieved an amazing milestone in our fight against the spread of COVID-19. Get the data here: https://t.co/K9Q8T5OQJD#SF1Million #VaccinateSF pic.twitter.com/t7dAL6hAvp— SFDPH (@SF_DPH) May 19, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
My university's jabbing any faculty, staff, or student with siblings between 12-17 this week. The line this morning pleased me.
More students on campus walking unmasked outdoors (fine); I'm starting to do it too. Yesterday I saw my firs two unmasked patrons at my Publix (inevitable).
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
without even asking, wow, that's rude
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
stab, stab, stab, stab
near me it's barely looked any different so far, but I'm in the 'responsible' side of town. haven't been to downtown Orlando, would not be surprised to see it's lax there- but then again, it kind of already was. a big reason I've avoided most of those bars for the last year.
the one thing that's bugged me for a while is all of the convenience stores with mask requirements on their signs and then you get in and none of the employees have them. that's been every 7/11 here since last April, my local one has a cashier that wears hers so far under her news it's like a plumber's butt scenario.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
Sine last April?! I have seen in the last year the very occasional dicknose at pharmacies and box stores but never flat-out unmasked employees.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
yep. the place near where I used to live before moving last year, I actually wrote several complaints to corporate about the free-nosing 7/11 employees that had no mask on at all (some did but were dicknosing), but it was clear they didn't give a shit. I picked the other convenience store down the street to go to.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
Also, very good news here if this pans out:
https://www.axios.com/pfizer-ceo-new-vaccine-store-higher-temperature-a61eab6c-3529-4888-904a-1eb7adb341fc.html
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
Allowing for the normal hyping and over-optimism by management, this sounds beyond excellent:
"...we are right now working on a new version of this vaccine that will be ready-to-use vaccine, so you don't need to reconstitute it, you don't need to dilute it. ... And this vaccine can be stored up to six months in normal refrigeration."
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
that's good - there are a few recorded instances where a few inmates and a few regular civilians got like 5 shots at the same time due to the administrator thinking the prep had already been done when it had not been.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
I just want someone to decide about boosters before the waning-efficacy wave in October or next March or whatever
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
i'm a bit annoyed that my trial hasn't mentioned it at all, I was fully vaccinated last September, which was a while ago.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
β Clara Lemlich stan account (silby)
Fauci mentioned in that Axios interview linked above.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
She should probably get fired.
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
This is good https://www.statnews.com/2021/05/19/how-the-covid-pandemic-ends-scientists-look-to-the-past-to-see-the-future/
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
She sounds bad at this xp
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
As POLITICO has reported, several senior White House officials β including some on the White House Covid-19 task force β said the CDC did not warn them until the morning of the announcement that vaccinated people can forego masks in most situations.
Damn! Just the opposite of what I had thought. That politico story also states Walensky kept the announcement under wraps so the CDC could 'more tightly control the messaging', but the messaging was terrible from almost any angle you look at it.
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
They are about to start testing boosters in uk The public is being urged to take part in trials to find out whether a third dose of Covid vaccine could protect against new variants.All seven vaccines the UK has ordered will be tested on working-age people and over-75s as part of a randomised trial.Data on side-effects and immune responses will be gathered.The findings will help vaccine advisers decide if re-vaccinating some people in the autumn is necessary.Trials obv good but as per convo in the other thread it would be kinda fucked if we started giving third doses here while most of the planet remains unvaccinated
― Pfizer the pharma chip (wins), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link
UK people can sign up for that booster trial here (if you had your first dose in december or january)
EXCITING NEWS!The @CovBoost clinical trial is open for registration of interest!What is the @CovBoost trial you say?Let me tell you!https://t.co/L0CLM1rPes1/6— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) May 19, 2021
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
haha nice
Highlights from Nets CEO @JAbbamondi mtg w/ reporters today:-Nets will have increased fans for playoffs -- vaccinated and unvaccinated sections.-Tickets will be MORE expensive in unvaccinated sections. "We are not neutral, we want people to get vaccinated."— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) May 20, 2021
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
That's how you do it. "You disgusting people sit over there, for more money, and you nice people sit over here for less money."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
I'm skeptical about whether this would pass legal scrutiny
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
Can I sue them for requiring me to wear pants?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
definitely worth a try
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
I will note that this is not me saying charging them more is a bad idea, just not sure that it will hold up in court
is "vaccination status" a protected class?
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
Earl Warren and William Brennan would've made them so
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
xp - but will anyone take them to court over it?
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
spend $2,000 to argue in court over $200 basketball tickets
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:50 (three years ago) link
I feel like some kind of MAGA driven class action suit is pretty much baked into this
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
Hah, non-vaxxers in terrible seats that cost more, u love 2 see it.
Like the way kooky Va. state senator Amanda Chase has to sit in a plexiglass penalty box because she wouldn't wear a mask.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/virginia-state-senator-who-calls-herself-trump-in-heels-forced-to-sit-in-plexiglass-box-because-she-wont-wear-a-mask/
― balsamic panic (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
an unvaxed person needs a ring of empty seats around them. they should pay 9x more IMO.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
I assume gun enthusiasts and anti-vaxxers will be the only protected classes recognized by the SC soon enough (if not already)
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
need guns that fire vaccines only
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 May 2021 18:01 (three years ago) link
Bullets dipped in novavax
― badg, Thursday, 20 May 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
They should fire vaccine out of t-shirt cannons.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 May 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
Beer bong vax delivery.
― nickn, Thursday, 20 May 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
For the first time since March 2020, the SF hospital that I normally work at in-person has reported having no COVID patients in care. Long, hard haul but even if there'll be returning patients at points -- and I'm sure that'll yet happen -- a seemingly endless chain of continuity is broken and that's just great to see.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 May 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
7-day average of current hospitalizations (32,299) is the lowest it's been since April 5th of 2020, per NYT
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Friday, 21 May 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
Today was the last mass vaccination clinic where I live. This time it was walkthrough, held at the high school, and teamed with Walgreens, so offering both Pfizer *and* Moderna. And I gotta say, it's kind of remarkable how many people I saw today that could have probably been vaccinated months ago. Really old people, people with disabilities, essential workers, obese people, just regular old people, and so on. Totally diverse in terms of age, race, ethnicity, gender, and so on. And that's where I live, which is close to 75% vaccinated, so it's kind of nuts they waited this long. The guy in charge basically shrugged and said the best they can do is offer shots to everyone that wants them, but if someone is reluctant, that's their choice. He's hoping more stragglers get on board this summer as whatever concerns they may have fade a little. He also told me they were going to start shifting focus a bit more to people on the margins, those without homes, that sort of thing.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 22 May 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
13-year-old kiddo just got first dose today
10-year-old? A ways off, but I can remember when it didn't even seem plausible that us adults would be vaccinated by now
― balsamic panic (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 22 May 2021 22:53 (three years ago) link
The United States is adding fewer than 30,000 cases a day for the first time since June of last year, and deaths are as low as theyβve been since last summer. Nearly everywhere, the U.S. outlook is improving.
More than 61 percent of American adults have received at least one vaccine shot, and though the pace has slowed, the share is still growing by about two percentage points per week.
βI think by June, weβre probably going to be at one infection per a hundred thousand people per day, which is a very low level,β Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former head of the Food and Drug Administration, said Sunday on the CBS show, βFace the Nation.β
The share of coronavirus tests coming back positive has fallen to below 3 percent for the first time since widespread testing began, and the number of hospitalized patients has fallen to the lowest point in 11 months, Dr. Eric Topol of the Scripps Research Translational Institute noted this week. For the first time since March 5 of last year, San Francisco General Hospital had no Covid-19 patients β βa truly momentous day,β Dr. Vivek Jain, an infectious disease physician at the hospital, said on Thursday.
Michigan, the state that reported one of the largest surges in the spring, has rapidly improved. About 1,400 cases were identified on Sunday, compared with about 7,800 cases a day in mid-April.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 May 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
Feel like it's all still very region-dependent. The numbers here certainly seem to be on the decline but it's been a very slow decline. We're still averaging almost 600 new cases/day in Cook County.
― Slime Goobody (Old Lunch), Sunday, 23 May 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
Michigan changed their mask policy this week and when I went to whole foods yesterday there was a sign that masks are optional if youβve been vaccinated. Everyone in the store was still wearing a mask, other than four white guys between 45 and 60 or so, shaved bald heads, all wearing goatees and muscle t-shirts. It was kind of hilarious how totally on brand they all were
― joygoat, Sunday, 23 May 2021 23:54 (three years ago) link
β Slime Goobody (Old Lunch), Sunday, May 23, 2021 5:06 PM bookmarkflaglink
It's actually a pretty expedient decline! It just doesn't look like it when we're dealing with smaller numbers, but Cook County's trajectory is very good. for example, only one month ago, Cook County's average was 1,149, and as of today, it's 577, which is a 49.8% reduction, which, while isn't as impressive as the national decline in that same timeframe, is still very good. and over the last two weeks, Cook County's 7-day moving average for daily cases has decreased 33.6% from 868 to 577. Again, behind the national rate, but still very good.
same thing with Florida - the case average is still really high, but it's declined 56% in the last month, and 32.2% in the last weeks.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 24 May 2021 04:46 (three years ago) link
Of course, one question is whether numbers will spike up again significantly come fall, just like they did last year. Probably, but it might be restricted to even fewer pockets.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 May 2021 12:01 (three years ago) link
In other news, a friend told me she went to Trader Joe's the other day and, being fully vaccinated, asked if she needed a mask. They said, nope, if you're vaccinated it's optional. So she didn't wear a mask, which she said felt weird but felt even weirder when she was saw she was literally one of two without a mask in there. The one other guy without a mask at one point ambled up to her and sotto voce made the same observation.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 May 2021 13:05 (three years ago) link