https://www.theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-1819584036
― new variant (onimo), Friday, 15 January 2021 09:14 (three years ago) link
π«π·π¦ #France will impose a nationwide 6pm #curfew for at least 15 days starting on Saturday to stem the spread of coronavirus, PM #Castex said.A #Covid19 #vaccine will also be offered to those at high risk from Monday regardless of age.France 24's @cfbennett2 reports β€΅οΈ pic.twitter.com/qCaYcsnfhz— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 15, 2021
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 15 January 2021 10:13 (three years ago) link
onimo I thought of that immediately as well LOL
― k3vin k., Friday, 15 January 2021 13:51 (three years ago) link
God I don't think we will ever reckon with the mental health destruction this has wrought.
I struggled off and on, a ton, throughout 2020, but I'm flabbergasted by how much worse I feel now. Complete despair and hopelessness.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
Sorry to hear that, jon. Don't ask me for a citation, but my general sense is that things are bound to get better from here on out.
― pomenitul, Friday, 15 January 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
Saw some hope that the current USA post-holiday spike has "perhaps" reached its apex.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
I'm just struggling to find any good news. At least one new strain that is considerably more transmissible, exactly when we are opening schools back up around here. A complete failure of a vaccine roll-out which, at the current rate, will take more than 5 years to hit ~80% of the 16 and up population in my state.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
It's not going to stay at the current rate
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
FWIW, we're about to have a new presidential administration that actually takes this shit seriously.
― Looks like I'm gonna be the filling in a missile sandwich! (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
last two posts otm
― Γberschadenfreude (sleeve), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I get the despair, we are currently at our lowest point and it's horrible, but there's some very obvious reasons to assume that this will turn around over the next few months.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
Hey, I hope so, but I'll believe it when I see it.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
Is there a strong reason to doubt it? Vaccinations just started in the last month. It's been a mess but it's actually happening despite an utter void of leadership. Biden is coming in with an actual plan to manage vaccinations effectively and the manufacturers are ramping up production. It won't happen nearly as fast as we'd like, but this stuff is actually happening.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
This could be a critical time, with some reasons to be hopeful
- at least some new restrictions potentially having teeth- holidays over- vaccinations proceeding (albeit slowly)- in a lot of places it's still too cold to go do outdoor gathering / concert-type stuff
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
Well, I mean *gesturing wildly around at the last ten months*, yeah, there is a lot of reasons to doubt it. I mean, obviously having an administration that believes in science and cares about this stuff is very important and will make a tremendous difference. But it's not like waving a magic wand and the hour Biden is inaugurated, things will improve. It is more likely to take months to start by untangling the mess Trump made of everything before we can even start more efficient distribution.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
Yes, that's why I said it won't happen as fast as we'd like, but there's a clear change in conditions that will improve things.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
My work has sent round an email asking if anyone wants to be a volunteer at the medical research facility that's next door to us and is being used as a vaccination centre. The USP being that you'll be vaccinated youself if you volunteer - Pfizer (you'll also be vaccinated against Hepatitis B too). No-one I'm in contact with seems very enthusiastic.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
There are a range of roles people can volunteer for, including marshalling, checking people into the FCI facility, looking after people awaiting their jab, and actually administering the vaccination.
Looking after people waiting for their jab? Must get working on my balloon animal skills.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
krautrock song & dance routine
― a degree in bullshit from glasters uni (Matt #2), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
One thing to remember about the vaccine rollout is that once the most vulnerable are at least partially protected, the fatality rates should plummet. Unfortunately this might mean the likes of the UK government triumphantly telling everyone it's all over, but HOPEFULLY it won't be looking nearly as bleak as it is right now.
― a degree in bullshit from glasters uni (Matt #2), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
- in a lot of places it's still too cold to go do outdoor gathering / concert-type stuff
that's probably a negative, since people will just gather inside instead
as little faith as I have in government it seems apparent that vaccinating everyone as quickly as possible is the most important and helpful thing you can do so I don't doubt the incoming admin is going to be taking this seriously. worth mentioning that the vaccine itself only got approved like...last month?
― frogbs, Friday, 15 January 2021 18:32 (three years ago) link
(xp) I obviously wouldn't mind getting the vaccine but I very much doubt I have the bedside manner to reassure some old dear worried about getting the jab.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
I just know I'd make some badly formed joek about it having microchips in it and this snowballing to an embarrassing degree
― kinder, Friday, 15 January 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
... or Bill Gates. Hard to resist tbh.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
there's some very obvious reasons to assume that this will turn around over the next few months.
more money will be forthcoming. vaccine manufacture will run at capacity. weak spots in various state programs will be identified. the amount of direct federal coordination and assistance will increase. the big problem is states are stretched so thin they are always playing catch up as events continually run ahead of them.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
(xp) I obviously wouldn't mind getting the vaccine but I very much doubt I have the bedside manner to reassure some old dear worried about getting the jab.β Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, January 15, 2021 1:33 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
β Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, January 15, 2021 1:33 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
you could read them ILX posts!
― badg, Friday, 15 January 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
biden has hinted at this previously but 100% should commit to invoking the defense production act to ramp up vaccine manufacturing
― k3vin k., Friday, 15 January 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Since this is Biden, he'll actually end up only committing to 70% of it then.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 January 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Yeaaaah, seeing Biden trying to tamp down expectations for the vaccine already isn't making me feel any better. Undoubtedly it will get better, but seeing the "if necessary" qualifier added to his talk about the Defense Production Act doesn't thrill me.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:40 (three years ago) link
I mean, if this pandemic doesn't make the DPA "necessary", what's the fucking point?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:41 (three years ago) link
agreed, but i assume the problem with the DPA as written is the companies it applies to will sue the federal government if it's invoked and they might win.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/nyregion/nj-vaccine-smokers-covid.html
π€¦ββ
― Nhex, Saturday, 16 January 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
ahhaha are they serious? ffs
― kinder, Saturday, 16 January 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
this seems like a preview of what we're going to see when everyone is eligible https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-16/more-than-40-of-l-a-firefighters-still-unvaccinated
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 17 January 2021 04:12 (three years ago) link
I wonder how much of that 40% is made up of the 25% who've already had it, thinking they don't need the shot if they've already developed antibodies.
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 17 January 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
cfhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/16/covid-vaccine-black-people-unlikely-covid-jab-uk
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 January 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
Ugh at that LAFD article.
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 January 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
Firefighters are on the front lines of the pandemic, with many working as paramedics and emergency medical technicians. More than 830 city firefighters β nearly one-quarter of the force β have tested positive thus far. Two have died, most recently Capt. George Roque, 57, a 22-year veteran.
i wonder if a quarter of them already testing positive affects things - the fallacious "i've already had covid-19, i'm immune now" line of hopeful thinking
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 17 January 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
Wonder if 25% of firefighters testing positive already has something to do with this
― Yelp for gyros (wins), Sunday, 17 January 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
Yeah if 25% of them have already had it that has to make a difference.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 17 January 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
i do wonder as well
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 17 January 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
but alas, there's no way to know
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 17 January 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
So many people have died in Los Angeles County that officials have temporarily suspended air-quality regulations that limit the number of cremations. Health officials and the L.A. County coroner requested the change because the current death rate is βmore than double that of pre-pandemic years, leading to hospitals, funeral homes and crematoriums exceeding capacity, without the ability to process the backlog,β the South Coast Air Quality Management District said Sunday.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-17/covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-update-pandemic
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 18 January 2021 05:10 (three years ago) link
And meanwhile indoor shopping malls are open. Thank you for your leadership mayor garcetti and governor newsom.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 January 2021 06:39 (three years ago) link
Although thereβs good news: positivity rate is down. Cases seem to have plateaued.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 January 2021 06:48 (three years ago) link
The bad news (well, good news if only half of people will bother to get the vaccine?!) is that the county estimates 1/3 of la county residents have had covid (10% that we know about, and a factor of three is a good rule of thumb to get actual infections from recorded cases, but theyβve done real modelling).
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 January 2021 06:52 (three years ago) link
here (belgium) it looks like there's some panic Re: The British Variant suddenly breaking out in a couple of locations (2 school kids have it: whole school closed for a week)
― StanM, Monday, 18 January 2021 07:29 (three years ago) link
+ everyone who gets out of the Eurostar is escorted to a mandatory testing location by police right now, otherwise nobody would do it
― StanM, Monday, 18 January 2021 07:50 (three years ago) link
Not stating anything we haven't known for a while, but a sobering read nonetheless.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/covid-deaths-2020.html
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 18 January 2021 12:33 (three years ago) link
Longer-term effects of Covid infection look like being a public health crisis we'll be dealing with for a long time:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jan/18/almost-30-of-covid-patients-in-england-re-admitted-to-hospital-after-discharge-study
― Alba, Monday, 18 January 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link