My mom’s doctor wrote her a prescription to hug her granddaughter (1/2) pic.twitter.com/bNtCtlcS0s
— Jessica Shaw (@JessicaShaw) March 9, 2021
The US administered 1.6 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 93.7 million, or 28.2 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average declined slightly to 2.15 million shots per day. 18.4% of Americans have received at least one shot; 9.7% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/A44URSmFSR
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 10, 2021
Today's CDC guidelines on what fully vaccinated people can do are too timid, too limited & fail to tie reopening guidance with vaccination status.
As a result, we are missing a critical opportunity to incentivize Americans to be vaccinated. @Postopinions https://t.co/GZTAMIIVX7
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) March 9, 2021
From launching community vaccination centers around the country to deploying mobile vaccination units to hard-to-reach areas — the American Rescue Plan will help vaccinate America quickly and equitably. pic.twitter.com/j05KQLPti0
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 9, 2021
The US had +55,683 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 29.8 million. The 7-day moving average declined to 58,564 new cases per day, its lowest level since October 18. pic.twitter.com/TrXglcYNRd
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 10, 2021
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Bold (scary) statement from Britain:
EXCLUSIVE: A #COVID19 booster vaccine is likely to be rolled out in the autumn to avoid another winter surge, the deputy chair of the government’s vaccine advisory committee has told The BMJ. @emahase_ reports https://t.co/JZEdLiNjXO
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) March 9, 2021
NHS Test and Trace had 'no clear impact' despite £37bn budget, MPs warn https://t.co/xiy7xqE8VM
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) March 10, 2021
A top European Union official accused ex-member Britain of imposing an export ban of COVID-19 vaccines, setting off a diplomatic dispute. The U.K. government denies blocking "the export of a single COVID-19 vaccine," and summoned the EU envoy. https://t.co/2DZ0NvULL1
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) March 10, 2021
Germany plays down scale of vaccine boost in April https://t.co/3wThNBPtrP pic.twitter.com/T0vpA0UhTv
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 10, 2021
A 160-bed hospital in the northern Italian province of Brescia has no more space for COVID-19 patients stricken with the highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in Britain. Other hospitals in the area are on high alert. By @CollBarry https://t.co/CkB2U6Qisp
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) March 9, 2021
A wide resistance to vaccines of all types is hampering Ukraine's battle against COVID-19. Even medical workers who are at high risk of infection shy away from getting a jab. https://t.co/pTHwH02dq6
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) March 10, 2021
Russia on Wednesday confirmed 9,079 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total caseload to 4,351,553https://t.co/CMu1YPxVLc
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 10, 2021
India’s hunt for 'worrying' coronavirus variants https://t.co/yWwpyhUbKl
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 10, 2021
Sudan begins vaccinating health workers against COVID19. The country is the first in its region of Africa to receive vaccines through COVAX, a UN-led initiative that provides shots to poor countries, according to the children's agency UNICEF pic.twitter.com/6nDF0amhfI
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 9, 2021
Australia sees no concern with pace of COVID-19 vaccination drive https://t.co/B0YGlmSZIk pic.twitter.com/un2zG8RNQL
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 10, 2021
'Ticket to recovery': Australia to offer subsidised flights to support tourism https://t.co/j9KbnIw1gX pic.twitter.com/K33ETq5IHe
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 10, 2021
The coromavirus variant that 1st emerged in Brazil infected many who had already recovered from Covid19. The 1st detailed studies of the so-called P.1 variant show how it devastated a Brazilian city. Now scientists want to know what it will do elsewhere https://t.co/Gzj8BfS55A
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 9, 2021
I spoke with nine experts here, and not one of them thought Brazil could pull itself out of this mess quickly enough to avert a humanitarian catastrophe that could ultimately imperil other countries.https://t.co/HE9YhY4w5U
— Terrence McCoy (@terrence_mccoy) March 9, 2021
Mexico has made a huge bet on Chinese vaccines. The Mexican government signed contracts for 12 million doses of the yet-unapproved Sinopharm vaccine and 20 million doses of the Coronavac dose made by China's Sinovac. https://t.co/7Due2iSvkB
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 9, 2021
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Strategic air purifier placement reduces viral spread in music classrooms. The discovery is reported in the journal Physics of Fluids. HEPA filters were studied after music professors at U of Minnesota voiced concern about 1-to-1 instruction https://t.co/TuplGQUtrQ
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 9, 2021
A modeling study of #SARSCoV2 vaccine strategies reports receiving one dose of a two-dose vaccine decreases infections in the short-term if it produces a strong immune response, but may increase potential for “escape” mutations if one-dose immunity is weak https://t.co/0fCjeghimj pic.twitter.com/PNr74wmvBO
— Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) March 9, 2021
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VACCINE NEWS: Alaska just became the first state in the nation to open up vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 and older.
— Andy Slavitt (@aslavitt46) March 10, 2021
Alaska makes vaccines available to those 16 and older, becoming 1st state to remove eligibility. The state has become a leader in quickly vaccinating its residents, benefiting from relationships with tribal health organizations. requirements https://t.co/ZIgp9on2AW
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 10, 2021
Have noticed this with my mom and her peers as well. Learning that her friends (of wide ranging political and religious beliefs) were planning to be vaccinated made her feel much more at ease. Now that she’s fully vaccinated she’s trying to convince everyone to get one!
— Mary Featherstone (@MFeatherstone) March 10, 2021
Opinion | Vaccine hesitancy is not the problem among people of color. It’s vaccine access. https://t.co/RbwKFSGWxY
— Craig L. Ph.D. (@CL2Empower) March 10, 2021
Volunteers at vaccination distribution sites often get a shot in return for their work. That raises questions when vaccine supplies are limited. But medical ethicists say volunteers are key to the public health effort. https://t.co/ZlO5ucB1EX
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 9, 2021
Vaccine-hesitant Republicans could decide whether the U.S. reaches herd immunity. Almost a third of GOP voters tell pollsters they "definitely won't get vaccinated" https://t.co/fOC48tlpQg pic.twitter.com/dVh5ri4huM
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 9, 2021
I ordered pizza the other day. When the delivery guy arrived, I went to the door. My 15 yo daughter told me to “mask up!” “Why? I’m fully vaccinated” I asked. “We don’t want to freak out the delivery guy, but, more importantly, we don’t want him to think we are Republicans.”
— DoctorTitanium (@Phormio2013) March 9, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY yesterday:
New cases = 92. Now at 1166 deaths, up from 1159.
Positivity at 1.6%
146 cases in the hospital, 43 in the ICU
41% hospital beds available, 37% ICU beds available.
We’re losing about 2% of the confirmed cases.
Today NYS is opening up eligibility to 60 year olds.
I wonder if the local pharmacies will adjust their age limit down as well. I’d love to get a shot earlier and closer to my home than the one I’ve got scheduled in April.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 1,448 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 317,717 cases. He also reports five new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,191 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.40% of resolved cases.
There are currently 18,010 active and contagious cases; 151 are in ICU, 72 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 2,147 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 298,516 patients recovered – 94.0% of the cumulative reported total.
Five new clusters were reported today: Parit Penyengat Darat and Pona in Johor; Dagang Permai and Sungai Puteh in Selangor; and Melor in Sarawak.
Sungai Puteh and Melor are community clusters. Pona is a shipboard cluster. Parit Penyengat Darat and Dagang Permai are workplace clusters.
1,438 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 559 local cases: 275 in older clusters, 11 in Dagang Permai and Sungai Puteh clusters, 198 close-contact screenings; and 75 other screenings. Johor reports 265 local cases: 45 in older clusters, 123 in Parit Penyengat Darat cluster, 46 close-contact screenings, and 51 other screenings. Sarawak reports 199 cases: 58 in older clusters, two in Melor cluster, 96 close-contact screenings, and 43 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 103 cases: 37 in existing clusters, 21 close-contact screenings, and 45 other screenings.
Penang reports 99 cases: 41 in existing clusters, 25 close-contact screenings, and 33 other screenings. Perak reports 83 cases: 71 in existing clusters, eight close-contact screenings, and four other screenings. Sabah reports 54 cases: one in an existing cluster, 39 close-contact screenings, and 14 other screenings. Kedah reports 20 cases: one in an existing cluster, seven close-contact screenings, and 12 other screenings.
Kelantan reports 19 cases: seven in existing clusters, five close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings. Melaka reports 11 cases: five in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and five other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 10 cases: nine close-contact screenings, and one other screening. Terengganu reports eight cases: three in existing clusters, four close-contact screenings, and one other screening. Perlis reports seven cases: two in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and four other screenings. And Pahang reports one case, a close-contact screening.
Labuan and Putrajaya report no new cases today.
10 new cases today are imported: two in Selangor; and eight in Johor, all in Pona cluster.
The deaths reported today are a 43-year-old man in Melaka with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; a 71-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes and intestinal cancer; a 65-year-old man in Sabah with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 72-year-old woman in Selangor with chronic kidney disease and stroke; and a 48-year-old man in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and peripheral vascular disease.
Soapdish
Thank you always for your hard work on this.
is anyone else surprised at the CDC recommendation of only needing two weeks after the J&J vaccine?
satby
I don’t usually agree with Tom Nichols but this resonates with me based on both dealing with the public and trying to manage millenials:
YY_Sima Qian
On 3/9 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Imported Cases
On 3/9 China reported 5 new imported confirmed cases, 16 imported asymptomatic cases, 3 suspect cases:
Overall in China, 8 confirmed cases recovered, 11 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & none were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 206 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 177 active confirmed cases in the country (172 imported), none in critical/serious condition, 251 asymptomatic cases (all imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 4,699 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
On 3/10 Hong Kong reported 8 new cases, 2 imported & 6 domestic (3 of whom do not yet have source of infection identified).
sab
March 9. Still haven’t gotten my last Feb paycheck. Why should I bother with March work.? Company or Post office? I don’t know and I don’t care.
JR
Questions from who? Fuck whoever those people are.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
Greece today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwG4F-16Tno
3215 new cases yesterday, 46 dead, wastewater analysis shows viral load increasing, ICUs at 91% capacity. Vaccines are still only for healthcare workers, 60-64 for Oxford/AstraZeneca, and 75-and-up for Pfizer and Moderna.
The lockdown doesn’t seem to be holding. The B117 variant appears to have gotten out.
sab
@satby: Tried to order soap. Internet thought my 10 yo adddress was invalid. Weird, huh.
Geo Wilcox
I have to say who ever set up the vaccine roll out in my tiny town in Indiana did a marvelous job. It’s done at the city garage bays, two lines that move very fast.
They give you forms to fill out, ask for id, then direct you to the line where you wait in your car for the shot. Everyone is masked, everyone is polite, and it goes so fast they need more parking for folks to wait the 15 minutes after the jab.
I can’t wait to go back for my second shot in three weeks!
evap
@JR: That’s how I got mine. They have to make 6 doses at a time, so if the number of people getting vaccines is not a multiple of 6, there are doses left over. It just makes sense to use them rather than toss them.
A friend in AZ says that if you volunteer there you are guaranteed a vaccine. If this helps recruit volunteers, why not? Plus you don’t want your volunteers to catch the virus.
Soprano2
@satby: You shouldn’t be surprised – after all, we had a spoiled, whiny toddler as president for 4 years. It’s going to take a long time to undo the damage that example did to young people.
WereBear
@satby: I still loathe the man because he was the supporting the party that wouldn’t let generations of Americans actually LIVE.
Group living, gig economy, marginal health care…
rikyrah
That first tweet ????
OzarkHillbilly
@satby: I don’t know why anyone would tolerate that behavior from another person.
Baud
If Trump had won, we’d be Brazil right now.
Baud
Me on the street in six months: Where did all these people come from?
satby
@sab: email me at skinluvvers (at) gmail.
As far as your check, I would bet post office. Today I have to hand deliver a replacement of 20 bars of soap to someone who just lives in Battle Creek, MI because her order last month got all the way to her local PO, then was returned to sender (me, in IN) by way of Augusta GA. It’s now left GA and been “in transit” since 2/22. Which means it’s sitting in an unloaded truck at some distribution site. DeJoy needs to go to de jail for a long prison term. Fortunately, she has business in town here today, so I can hand the replacement directly to her.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: Traffic and people being out has pretty much returned to normal here in SoCal.
Baud
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Oh wow. Where is everyone going?
Amir Khalid
I’d be absolutely fine with vaccinating vaccination-centre volunteers. They’ve earned it.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@satby: Yeah, I ordered some batteries from China(via Amazon) and the USPS site says they cleared customs a month ago in New York and no updates. Don’t think they’ll ever arrive.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: Good question.
MagdaInBlack
@Amir Khalid: Seems like a no brainer to me too. But, probably makes too much sense.
satby
Quoted for truth. And back on topic, I hired another person yesterday who’s already had dose one of a vaccine. Not a long term hire, kid’s got a MS in public policy, but he needs a job and I need a better staff, so serendipity. He gets paid for work while he looks for a better job! And I hope that more vaccinated people in staff get the laggards motivated.
satby
@Soprano2: it’s not just young people, all ages have decided to opt out of responsible adulthood, especially on the red side of the political devide.
Baud
@satby:
I know I’ve been free riding on your efforts.
Thank you BTW.
satby
@OzarkHillbilly: People who depend on decent reviews from the public, like an Uber driver, often put up with a great deal of abuse. Especially if they have dependants to feed and no particular skill that’s in demand.
raven
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Before Christmas I ordered a pad to keep my recliner from sliding on the floor. The amazon tracking says it is in Atlanta but the company finally threw up their hands and gave me my money back.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
2 months ago, 4500 people were dying per day. Yesterday it was down to 1700. That’s a decline of 62%.
satby
@Baud: ??
raven
@Baud: Hahahahaha, in LA????
debbie
@rikyrah:
The 2/2 tweet of the actual hug was ?❤️
?BillinGlendaleCA
@raven: I’m not worried about Amazon giving me a refund, I really do need the batteries(they’re for my headlamps). I ordered them in mid January.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@raven: Heh, nowhere slow.
debbie
@satby:
Did the anti-vaxers quit?
SFAW
@satby:
@satby:
Apparently the CDC has a new plan to get RWMFs vaccinated.
satby
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: still too high a number and probably mostly preventable deaths, if the traitor hasn’t made sensible precautions a political issue.
Another short story of how lovable I am IRL: yesterday I also worked at the market in the morning, where another vendor got into a conversation with me, during which he disclosed he had been gone for a few weeks because he had had covid, and he said it was the sickest he had ever been in his life. Younger guy, his kids are little. I asked him what he had expected: he never wore his mask properly and it was at that minute under his nose… And did he think 500k DEAD PEOPLE were faking it? At least he pulled his mask up.
satby
@debbie: nope, but they’re starting to wonder about all these extra people I’m hiring ?
Steeplejack
Well, I’m getting my first vaccination (Pfizer) tomorrow morning! I thought I was in the running to be the last geezer in the DMV to get shot, but the Fairfax County registry came through for me. I was also signed up with Kaiser, my Medicare Advantage provider, who kept peppering me with “updates” that basically said, “Don’t worry, man, you’re on our list, but we’ve got nothing right now, and, oh, here’s a ‘Sit and Be Fit’ video you can look at.” They must be having problems, because their last one said, “Yeah, maybe you should sign up other places, if you can,” and gave links for the Virginia state registry and the Fairfax County one (separate from the state), where I had already signed up.
Anyway, last night I got a text and an e-mail from Fairfax County saying that I could schedule an appointment. The program is being handled through Inova Health. Had to go to their website to create an account, then use that to go into a different portal to actually schedule the appointment. Lots of (electronic) paperwork all around. But it’s on! I’ll report on the actual experience.
Also, for people still looking, I heard from a friend that Walgreens is a good place to check. In at least some areas they seem to have more appointments available than the other pharmacy chains. Anecdata, I know.
SFAW
@satby:
No, they think that the lie-beral media are juicing the numbers, ascribing deaths to COVID that should have been “credited” to other causes. No, I’m not kidding.
ETA: In the movie Out of Sight, J-Lo has a collapsible baton that she sometimes needs to use, to show certain miscreants the error of their ways. I’m thinking you might benefit from having on out those.
MagdaInBlack
@satby: Comes a point in growing older where we have no fucks left to give and just say it. I’m all in favor of it, as thats been me most of my life ?❤️
debbie
@satby:
Nice! ?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@SFAW: You forgot about the hospitals and doctors making bank on ID’ing any patient as having COVID.
OzarkHillbilly
@satby: He didn’t put up with it either. From the Guardian:
I’d say he demonstrated remarkable restraint. And for whatever it’s worth:
Over the years I walked off a number of jobsites because of abusive people. Maybe it was easier for me than it would be for others because I was a union carpenter and the difference between getting laid off and walking off was only a matter of timing.
SFAW
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Thanks for reminding me.
The insanity and evil of the RWMFs always amazes me.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Steeplejack: CVS also had a good vaccine locator site (link) (scroll down)
(recheck frequently)
rikyrah
@Baud:
I know that’s right ?
rikyrah
@sab:
Post office
Wrote before
I live in an Urban area. The Post Office where my mail is distributed from is literally 6 blocks away from my house. Last month, I went 14 days without a single piece of mail.??
DeJoy needs to be in De JAIL???
Steeplejack
@sab:
My landlord (in Florida) still hasn’t received my March rent check (from Virginia). I send them so that they usually arrive late in the month before. He agrees that it is probably a USPS thing, and he has been willing to hold on, but if it doesn’t arrive in the next few days I’m going to have to look at Venmo, PayPal or something. And then of course the check will show up the next day.
Zzyzx
The order of operations in the Seattle area is:
1) Every morning around midnight – 1 AM Rite Aid goes live for 6 days later
2) If you can drive, Prepmod.doh.wa.gov has tons of opening in the central WA Trump counties where there’s less interest
3) Monday mid afternoon Fred Meyer goes live for the week at their locations
4) Safeway/Costco should be checked every few hours.
It was when the pharmacies went live where finding a vaccine here became very easy.
SFAW
@rikyrah:
As a wise woman sometimes says: “No lie told.”
raven
@?BillinGlendaleCA: They made me go to the vendor because I was outside the refund window.
rikyrah
@Steeplejack:
Yeah ??
rikyrah
@Zzyzx:
Thanks for the helpful hints
satby
@Bruce K in ATH-GR: horrifying! Stay safe Bruce.
@Steeplejack: yay, and I’ve also heard that about Walgreens.
@MagdaInBlack: NFLTG is so me now. I always tended that way, but now (virtually) on steroids. And a quieter, kinder approach might be more effective, but it’s just not in me any more.
Sloane Ranger
Yesterday in the UK we had 5766 new cases. This is an increase of about 1000 from the day before but a decrease in the rolling 7-day average of 24.5%. Tuesday numbers are usually higher due to weekend admin delays. New cases by nation,
England – 4894 (up @900)
Northern Ireland – 240 (up @100)
Scotland – 466 (down 35)
Wales – 166 (up 2).
Deaths – There were 231 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 33.2% in the rolling 7-day average. New deaths by nation, England -207, Northern Ireland – 2, Scotland – 19 and Wales – 3.
Testing – On Monday, 8 March 1,529,525 tests were conducted. The estimated testing capacity reported by labs on that date was 771,932. This is an increase of 45.6% in the rolling 7-day average. The number of tests conducted on this day is probably down to increased testing of schoolchildren due to school re-opening in England on that day.
Hospitalisations – There were 9418 people in hospital on Sunday, 7 March and 1356 on ventilators on Monday, 8th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions is down by 29.8%.
Vaccinations – By 8th March, a total of 22,592,528 people had received the 1st dose of a vaccine and 1,181,431 had received both doses.
Geminid
@Steeplejack: My friend Joan lives in Charlottesville, Va., but when a Valley friend tipped her off last weekend, she made an appointment at a CVS in Harrisonberg, drove over and got her jab. And saw some pretty country roads on the way back.
Ian R
Am I the only one annoyed at the doc in the first tweet for making it a zero-refill prescription?
Steeplejack
@satby:
“Preventable deaths.” I was talking to a friend last night, and it came up how much the Biden administration has been able to accomplish on COVID-19 in, what, 50 days? And my friend said, What if that 50 days had started, say, sometime last summer? Where would we be now? Ugh.
Jay
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-outbreak-covid-bc-care-home-1.5941508
Steeplejack
@Ian R:
Good point!
Matt McIrvin
@satby: It’s bullshit. Tom Nichols sees the result of racist/lib-owning right-wing propaganda turning people into monsters, and all he can do is interpret it in conservative, “civilization declined because peace and comfort made us soft” terms. It’s not that, it’s the weaponization of hate.
The Nazis didn’t do what they did because Germany had gotten soft. They’d been hit by World War I and economic devastation. But they did this same kind of garbage, and worse.
Jim Crow and lynch mobs didn’t happen because America got soft, either. We’d been through some shit.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@Steeplejack: Our friend Lucy helped me get an appt. for my wife. This friend likes to help others find shots while she drinks her coffee very early in the am. I got a call from her at 6:45 am last Friday that she had gotten an appointment slot Tuesday Mar 9th at a CVS not too far away! It was for the 1 shot J&J Fauci ouchie. I gave her the info to register my wife over the phone and the shot occurred yesterday with no problems (or fanfare which it seems like there should have been after a year of this pandemic!)
Our county has no vaccine program yet (no allocation from the PA Dept. of Health yet), but I’m on waiting lists for two local hospitals, but haven’t gotten any notification yet. There are no other waiting lists to get on here in Pennsylvania. I’ve been doing the pharmacy “vaccine Games” thing though. However, last Sunday I managed to get an appointment for myself at a RiteAid about 30 minutes away from our house for tomorrow afternoon! I had been using the Finadashot.org and then the RiteAid and CVS websites. On the RiteAid site several times I’d gotten in to it far enough to pick a time slot only to get a message that it’s “just been selected by another customer” and when I got it this time I just kept checking (going out and coming back) to make sure that customer followed through and completed the appointment and they didn’t, so suddenly on the 4th or 5th try I got it! So tomorrow afternoon I’ll get my first shot. I don’t know if it is Moderna or Pfizer yet and I don’t care. This whole system is ridiculous, but at least the shots aren’t going to the Governor’s big donors like in Florida.
sab
@satby: When Bush won my brother’s best friend (Brazilian) said ” we all live in favelas now” so my brother went to the dark side and joined the oligarchs. I don’t think that is what she meant,
I have tried to talk to him a couple of times, not to convince him, but just to talk. Until I realized he wants significant parts of my family dead, just because he is a racist. Hard to talk beyond that.
Another Scott
@Steeplejack: Thanks for the NoVA report. We’re still in Steerage, but it’s good to know that things are moving.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Scott.
sab
Today we get our second Moderna. Two weeks later we get to hug autistic grand-daughter, who wanted to hug us almost a year ago but Covid.
I don’ t normal follow the Royals since I am an American, but I do love Megan/Meghan Merkle. Such a brave and classy lady.
OldDave
I’m not – the recommendation has been two weeks after the final jab. It’s just with J&J that’s only the one jab.
satby
@Matt McIrvin: Ok, so I took that comment of Nichols to apply to the insane way some people have reacted to the pandemic and the modest precautions of social distancing and wearing masks, because he was linking to a video of abuse around that. Context matters; and in this context as I grapple daily in a doctor’s office with people who have never lived in a world without vaccines (and can’t even imagine it) so they feel free to be antivax , I said it resonated with me. YMMV but it wasn’t a global comment and I don’t agree with him, like ever, usually.
Scout211
We had our second Moderna shot on Monday. I had a fairly strong reaction (flu-like symptoms, fever) for about 36 hours. My husband had very mild aches and a sore arm but no fever and no flu-like symptoms.
Here in California, as the state takes over the vaccination program with Blue Shield in charge, there is a growing tension between the state and some of the counties. The counties with large populations and well-funded public health departments are wanting to opt out of the Blue Shield program because their counties are doing well vaccinating their citizens and know their population better than the state.
On the other hand, counties like the one we live in have been limping along at a snail’s pace and have had problems getting even the 75 and older seniors vaccinated. My county started the state program Monday and already scheduled a pop-up clinic set for this week. Most of the higher elevation parts of the county are now on the state’s list of areas in need of outreach for vaccinations. Hopefully, with the state program helping out, our county can get more people vaccinated at a quicker pace.
Scout211
@Scout211:
I forgot to add: None of my over 65 neighbors were able to get vaccinations through our county public health. We are still on a wait list.
We all were able to get our vaccinations in the next county through CVS or our doctor’s offices.
Uncle Cosmo
@SFAW: “[T]he CDC also hoped to discourage travel amongst conservatives by claiming without evidence that Delta Airlines gives discounted rates to Planned Parenthood members.”
ROTFLMAO!
arrieve
Late to the thread but NY opened up eligibility to 60+ today, and I got an appointment for April 19th at the Javits Center!
And of course, immediately started thinking about looking around for an earlier opportunity. The (retired) IT person in me is appalled by the system. The NY state website only allows you to look for appointments at state-run sites (including the Javits.) And the NYC website only covers city-run sites. There are pharmacies now offering shots but you have to register with each chain separately.
I know this is old news to most of you, and I kind of knew this was how it worked, but attempting to navigate it for myself was an eye-opener. It’s a nightmare for the non-tech savvy, and highly annoying for everyone else.
J R in WV
@Uncle Cosmo:
That’s great news, I’m a Planned Parenthood member, along with Wife! And a regular Delta flyer as well — hurray ! ! ! ;~)
Uncle Cosmo
I feel for yinz. Maryland’s rollout has been FUBAR but we can point to PA & mutter, At least we’re not in their shoes.
Just for general information, I got my first jab (Moderna) via dumb luck last Saturday after 40 flailing daze of eligibility, but since then have gotten notices from 3 different sources that “appointments are available, come sign up!” So now it’s a PITA to have to reply declining. But it beats the living crap out of the former situation.
Uncle Cosmo
I had a similar reaction as your husband’s to the first
PaleolithicaAntiquaModerna jab: mild aches & slight chills for the first 18 hrs, sore upper arm just now dissipated 3.5 days post-jab. I tend to sleep on my left side & that probably exacerbated the soreness, so next dose I’m doing it “right” (for the chess nuts in the audience, a kingside fianchetto).SFAW
@Uncle Cosmo:
Charlie Baker* says “Hold our beer.”
* MA Gov
Origuy
NB especially for Amir: Today’s Google Doodle in the USA highlights Dr. Wu Lien-teh, a Malaysian physician who invented and promoted the surgical face mask.
Soprano2
I saw this column in the WaPo highlighted on Twitter and thought it was germane. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/09/weve-adjusted-pandemic-life-now-we-face-anxiety-leaving-it-behind/ I think some people have become pretty comfortable with “pandemic life”, and don’t want it to end. Like I’ve said in another thread, and lots of other people have said, this pandemic has done a lot of psychic damage to a lot of people. Me, I can’t wait to be able to go out and about and know that I won’t die or be severely ill if I get Covid again (unlikely, but could happen), and that my mother and husband also cannot get severely ill or die from Covid. There is never going to be zero risk from Covid ever again, and I think some people are going to have a hard time accepting that. If I were “vaccine queen”, I would open up eligibility to “everyone over 16 who wants a shot”, because IMHO it’s better to go fast than to be picky about exactly which arms get a shot first. I want all my employees at the pub to get shots, but they’re mostly young with no pre-existing conditions so probably way down the list. Why?
J R in WV
@Soprano2:
That seems very strange!
I thought food handlers were on the short list, as well as many “essential worker” people working with the general public.