KIP covid thread

Hoping we don't have to wait too long for the next batch, weird having a kid under the limit right now. Good friends have two kids who can be vaccinated now, but two that can't. It's going to be a weird interzone for a bit here.

But in the spirit of the thread, fully vaxxed as of today!

a KIP for the US, vaccination totals the last two days have been lower than they were on the same day several weeks ago, but much higher than they were on the same day a week ago.

Yeah, that's been a bit of a surprise to see, even before the 12-15 cohort numbers kick in. Maybe a sign of some hesitant folks moving in the right direction?

Political polling has been an unreliable mess in recent years, so trusting all the undoubtedly politicized anti-vax responses they've been revealing over the past few weeks should be taken with the same grain of salt. It costs absolutely nothing for someone to tell someone on the phone or computer they will never be vaccinated, but there's potentially a price to be paid for actually refusing one. So we'll see how it all shakes out.

yeah even the friend of mine who became lured by Elon's COVID DEATHS ARE OVERSTATED THE PANDEMIC ISN'T THAT BAD is getting his J&J soon and he's afraid of needles.

the J&J? After we briefly yanked it from the market? *swoons*

yeah, his reasoning is "I don't think I can handle more than one shot".

Whatever works.

Anecdotally, I've heard of a lot of people attracted to the one-and-done proposition of the J&J. I also know one (vaxxed) person who said they would have refused it and waited, not because of the clots but because of J&J lying about the carcinogenic properties of baby powder. I said, well, if that's your standard, then good luck trusting any of these assholes. (KIP!)

Yeah, I had a friend who is holding out for the J&J, not because of the needles, but because of the "I don't want my precious genes fucked with". I held my tongue.

https://cdn.drawception.com/drawings/0k48w2yS67.png

precious genes (sic)

real life lol

first shot scheduled for 2 weeks tomorrow

New weekly The Economist/YouGov national poll shows vaccine reluctance hitting another new low.

- 69% of adults say they have been at least partially vaccinated, or plan to get vaccinated soon
- 17% say they will not get vaccinated
- 14% say they're unsure pic.twitter.com/OVLSuHyVrC

— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) May 12, 2021

The orange line for republicans is the important bit. undecideds have been breaking in the direction of getting the vaccine for months. the literally the last week or so is the first time there's been significant movement in the number of firm no republicans. fingers crossed it holds. it coinciding with the change in wording is a little fishy, but there's no discontinuities in the other lines there so looks like a coincidence.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1MIPmxWQAAzPi0?format=jpg&name=medium

xpost I mean, 58% of the adult population we can confirm for certain have been vaccinated. so 69% as a floor seems reasonable for adults, but hopefully isn't the floor.

2+ weeks post-2nd-Pfizer and booked my first flight since 12/2019. Will be meeting the grandbaby born 7/2020 in person at last <3

Oh wow!

That's pretty awesome.

May it be the start of a long and beautiful friendship, Jaq.

Love

that’s excellent news jaq! <3

wooooo so great

Just got back from the friends and family (re) opening of my friend's place. It felt great to be in a room full of seated and (more or less) distanced people, everyone having a good time. Weird to think just a few months ago that would have been inconceivable. Def. felt more than a little like the last few steps to a finish line that's just come into sight.

This weekend was amazing. We had another couple (long since vaccinated) over for dinner inside for the first time since February 2020. Then I had a couple of friends over for a beer outside. Planning on starting up weekly ultimate (masked, for now) next week. I almost can't even believe it.

Played the first real gig with my band in forever, had the boys over afterward and stayed up late making egg tacos. Hosting an outdoor book publishing party for a friend today. Been doing indoor weekly potlucks again with the core group of friends. Life is amazing.

Mine was too: outdoor bars, a gathering in a friend's backyard. I can see the difference in people's attitudes.

We had a group of friends over a couple of nights ago, still outside (because it was nice), but everyone hugged and everyone was happy. Even the most anxious and neurotic of the bunch.

Went to the farmer's market this weekend for the first time since the pandemic. It shut down early in the pandemic, then opened with restrictions on how many people could shop, so I got out of the habit of going. It's in a new location now and open to everyone, and it's beautiful. Everyone was masked, but otherwise everything seemed very normal, people were just casually browsing, no one seemed stressed or in a hurry. It felt so nice to go to a public place just to spend some time there, not because I had a specific task to accomplish, and to be around other people who were doing the same thing.

My regular pub quiz teammate texted me earlier to say he's sitting in the pub in question and the quiz in question is on next Monday. First time since March 2020. Not sure how positive this is though tbf.

... as he says, he's been able to go an entire year without having to remember who won the Boat Race or the exact date we left the EU or whatever.

good news for people who got/get covid before vaccination:

NEW: Immunity to the coronavirus lasts at least a year, possibly a lifetime, and improves over time especially after vaccination, according to two new studies. 🧵https://t.co/qKRuTRf8Jh

— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) May 26, 2021

Let me say right off: This does NOT mean people who have been infected can skip vaccines. But it does mean that those who were infected and then vaccinated have what one researcher called "bulletproof" protection against variants, and will probably never need boosters

— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) May 26, 2021

It's the combo of infection and vaccination that is powerful here. The results will most likely not apply to those who never had Covid and were vaccinated, because immune memory is not consolidated the same way after vaccination as it is after infection.

— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) May 26, 2021

Is this true even for people that had only mild or totally asymptomatic cases?

I'm bulletproof! *plays in traffic*

Doesn't say traffic-proof!

based on that study alone, yes for mild, no evidence either way for asymptomatic. sample was 77 people most of whom had "mild" symptoms.

sample was 77 people

straight-up trolling ilx0rz there

Ugh, and I wanted to believe.

Went to the pub last night for the first time in living memory and, bearing in mind I've barely touched a drop since last March, drank quite a lot but didn't get drunk, the friend I was with was pretty pissed by the end of the night, and not a trace of a hangover this morning.

that's the vaccines imo

Had my 2nd jab today actually!

I flew to NY just to see a friend who had business in town. Had dinner out, saw a movie, went for a jog through Chelsea. It was all very weird! The town feels different, I haven't been away this long in decades. But it was amazing! To see a movie, to have dinner with a friend, to be doing stuff!!

need the world to know that my library is open for the first time in over a year, blessings 2 all

now that's a sea-change!

Vax-a-Million winner Jonathan Carlyle of Toledo is overwhelmed but said he’s hoping to use the $ to pay bills and buy a house.
“I kept hemming and hawing about (getting the vaccine)...and when the Vax-a-Million thing started I immediately went down there and got it.” @toledonews pic.twitter.com/BmkiwUIWnn

— Kaitlin Durbin (@njKaitlinDurbin) June 3, 2021

That’s from https://www.toledoblade.com/local/Coronavirus/2021/06/02/Ohio-trails-national-average-vaccinations/stories/20210602106

That is good.

Got my second AstraZeneca jab yesterday afternoon. Needle was bigger but the injection site is less sore today. I had some side effects today but nowhere near as much as after the first jab.

awesome :)

i had pretty much zero side effects from the second one. my wife just got hers today and feels pretty groggy though.