Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

The willow is too close to the house.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Let there be snark.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday / Saturday, Sept. 10-11

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U.S. heath regulators said children in clinical trials testing COVID-19 vaccines should be monitored for at least two months for side effects, suggesting that the agency is considering a quicker path to authorize the shot for emergency use than full approval.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was looking to complete the data review as quickly as possible, likely in a matter of weeks rather than months…

The agency is under pressure to approve a vaccine for children below 12 years of age amid a surge in infections fueled by the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant, which has disrupted the reopening of schools…

Pfizer said it expects to report data needed for approval in five and 11 year olds sometime this month and could potentially submit an application for emergency use shortly after. The drugmaker said data for kids aged two and under five could arrive soon after.

For children between six months and two years, Pfizer has said it could have a safety and immunogenicity data as early as October or November.

Moderna on Thursday said it has fully enrolled participants in a trial testing its shot in children between six and 11 years and that it was still conducting dose selection studies for younger age groups.

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Three U.S. studies suggest COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection against hospitalization and death, even in the face of the highly transmissible Delta variant, but vaccine protection appears to be waning among older populations, especially among those 75 and older…

In that study of more than 32,000 visits to urgent care centers, emergency rooms and hospitals, Moderna’s vaccine was 95% effective at preventing hospitalization compared with 80% for Pfizer and 60% for J&J.

Overall, the findings, released on Friday in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly report on death and disease show that vaccines continue to offer strong protection from COVID-19.

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  1. 1.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY:

    NYS Dept of Health says 205 new cases for 9/9; the Monroe County site says 231. Holy crap!

    Another reason for panic, I have 2 nieces and a nephew going to Liberty right now (don’t ask).

  3. 3.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 9/10 China reported 1 new domestic confirmed cases & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Guangzhou in Guangdong Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine since 9/4. There currently are 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all associated w/ leak at a quarantine hotel for overseas arrivals.

    Putian in Fujian Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The 2 initial cases were identified during screening of all elementary school pupils returning to school. Contact tracing have uncovered further 4 cases so far, another pupil & 3 parents. One of the parents had returned from Singapore on 8/4, lading at Xiamen, passed through the 14 days of centralized quarantine. Upon release from quarantine on 8/19 the case returned to Putian via high speed rail & re-entered 7 days of centralized quarantine, & tested negative 3 more times. The case returned home on 8/26, it is unclear if there further home quarantine. The case is deemed an imported confirmed case, though it has been 40 days since entry into China. 5 villages are under lock down & 3 villages have been designated as Medium Risk.

    Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 1 village in Ruili remains at Medium Risk. 

    Jiangsu Province did not report any new positive confirmed cases. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 4 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.

    • At Nanjing there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both moderate) cases.
    • At Yangzhou 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases (both moderate) in the city.

    Hunan Province did not reported any new domestic positive cases. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently are 57 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Xiangtan there currently is 1 domestic asymptomatic case.
    • At Zhuzhou 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed cases.
    • At Zhangjiajie 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 51 active domestic confirmed cases in the city.

    Henan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 22 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.

    • At Zhengzhou 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 10 active domestic confirmed cases.
    • At Shangqiu there currently are 12 active domestic confirmed cases.

    Hubei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 5 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 20 active domestic confirmed (9 mild & 11 moderate) & 14 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Huanggang there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases.
    • At Jingzhou there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case.
    • At Jingmen 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently 11 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • At Wuhan 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 8 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • At Ezhou the domestic confirmed case recovered.

    Shanghai Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed cases in the city.

    Imported Cases

    On 9/10, China reported 24 new imported confirmed cases (5 previously asymptomatic), 16 imported asymptomatic cases, 2 imported suspect cases:

    • Yunnan Province (locations not specified) – 13 confirmed cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Myanmar; 5 asymptomatic cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from Laos & 2 from Myanmar; all via land border crossings
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 3 confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 1 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Shanghai Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from the UK (via Paris CdG) & Argentina (via Frankfurt); 2 suspect cases, no information released
    • Putian jn Fujian Province – 2 confirmed case, 1 Chinese national each returning from Cameroon & Singapore; the case from Singapore was identified via contact tracing of domestic cases, having already gone through 21 days of centralized quarantine; no information released yet for the case from Cameroon
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), a Chinese crew members off a cargo ship w/ last port of call in Indonesia
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), coming from Turkmenistan; 1 asymptomatic case, 1 each coming from Nigeria & Turkmenistan, off flights that landed at Guangzhou
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national coming from Kenya (via Jakarta)
    • Taiyuan in Shanxi Province – 1 confirmed & 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), a Chinese national returning from Thailand; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Algeria
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from Egypt, Surinam & Per
    • Wuhan in Hubei Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Singapore

    Overall in China, 50 confirmed cases recovered (30 imported), 19 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (18 imported) & 5 were reclassified as confirmed cases (all imported), & 1,197 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 731 active confirmed cases in the country (606 imported), 7 in serious condition (all imported), 371 active asymptomatic cases (345 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 12,090 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 9/10, 2,135.24M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 5.407M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 9/11, Hong Kong report 4 new positive cases, all imported (from Canada, Japan, the Philippines & the UAE, all had been fully vaccinated). 

  4. 4.

    Cermet

    While anyone still needing a covid shot should first and foremost get that started and finished, getting the flu vaccination is now essential for all of us covid vaccinated people; besides making your immune system stronger the very last thing you would want is end up in the hospital with a flu related/caused infection in your lungs among all those stupid shelf inflected covid victims.

    I intend to get my in the next couple days now that I know its available.

  7. 7.

    sab

    @germy: Am I misreading her tweet ( the underlying facts, not her intentions)? It seems to me that 27 fewer anti-vax officers in the Air Force is a good thing.

  10. 10.

    germy

    @sab:

    Note to Lara Logan:

    The Defense Secretary didn’t send a text to the whole military. Pilots didn’t quit en masse. The Air Force is making people get vaxxed by early November, not 10 am. Don’t get your news from bodybuilder monologues or sites that say Tom Hanks was executed. https://t.co/63PMfKzBOM— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 11, 2021

  13. 13.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 19,550 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,960,500 cases. It also reports 341 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 19,827 deaths – 1.02% of the cumulative reported total, 1.17% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 242,161 active and contagious cases. 1,247, including 936 confirmed cases, are in ICU; 667 of them, including 453 confirmed cases, are on ventilators. Meanwhile, 21,771 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 1,700,733 patients recovered – 86.7% of the cumulative reported total.

    28 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 5,087 clusters. 1,446 clusters are currently active; 3,641 clusters are now inactive.

    21,172 new cases today are local infections. Sarawak reports 3,743 cases.

    Selangor reports 2,416 cases. Johor reports 2,282 cases. Sabah reports 2,163 cases.

    Penang reports 1,865 cases. Kedah reports 1,390 cases. Perak reports 1,354 cases. Kelantan reports 1,320 cases.

    Terengganu reports 953 cases.

    Pahang reports 722 cases.

    Melaka reports 490 cases.

    Negeri Sembilan reports 198 cases.

    Perlis reports 73 cases. Putrajaya reports 24 cases. Labuan reports two cases.

    Seven new cases today are imported.

    I know this is incomplete compared to what I normally report. The Ministry of Health has neglected today to post a complete set of information.

  15. 15.

    Nicole

    @Cermet: Excellent reminder about the flu vaccine!  And yeah, now is approaching the prime time to do it, so the antibodies peak at about the peak of the flu season.  Recommendation is to get it in September or October. ETA- as OzarkHillbilly said, October is ideal, but September is okay.  Older folks probably should wait until October.

    And oh, I’m so hopeful about the EUA coming sooner than November for the Pfizer vaccine for kids!  I had a long “discussion” with a fellow parent at my kid’s school who is objecting to the vaccine requirement of all eligible students.  Her family had Covid, so her objection is that they don’t need it (she quoted the Cleveland Clinic study from last year to me).  It was frustrating, especially when she started talking about “super antibodies.”  She insisted she wasn’t anti-vax, but then also brought up the HPV vaccine and I thought, “Ah, there it is.”

    (FWIW, the Cleveland Clinic ran a study that showed a group of health care workers who had had Covid but did not follow up with vaccination did not catch Covid again during the 5 month study.  They put out a follow-up statement saying they recommended all eligible people get vaccinated as their study was done before the rise of Delta. But I had to google this after I got home because I’d not heard of the Cleveland study.  It’s like the arcade game, batting gophers, with anti-vax folk’s reasoning- they just keep popping up new “facts” until you’re exhausted).

  16. 16.

    sab

    How did Lara Logan ever get to the front of the line on US immigration? What skills does she have that thousands of US citizen journalist wannabes don’t have?

  17. 17.

    New Deal democrat

    Some really good news, I think. It’s increasingly likely that the Delta wave peaked one week ago. Most impressively, CA has been on a downward slope for 2 weeks, and at roughly 20 new cases per 100,000 is on par with the Northeast and Midatlantic. Which is the other good news: with the exception of PA, the Delta wave also looks like it has peaked in these heavily vaccinated States as well, at low levels equivalent to the best levels NYS had last year. And also noteworthy: in the earliest hard hit States of the Deep South, new cases now dropping precipitously.

    It looks like Delta has burned through the dry tinder.

    What comes next is complicated, but I think we can appreciate a little good news today.

  18. 18.

    Mousebumples

    Thanks for the info on childhood vaccine updates. My coworker (with an 11 yo with asthma) appreciates any news I can pass along. And I’m anxiously waiting for the 2yo approval. We’re hoping to go to AZ in November for my MIL’s birthday, and would prefer to get her vaccinated first since mask usage is not perfected yet. (working on it…)

  19. 19.

    Amir Khalid

    @dr. bloor:
    We should blame Tom Wolfe for The Bonfire of The Vanities before we blame anyone else. There was just no way to make a decent movie out of that hot mess of a novel.

  21. 21.

    Ken

    @New Deal democrat: t looks like Delta has burned through the dry tinder.

    Not nice for the dry tinder, though, even if largely self-selected.  I’m reminded of an episode of WKRP where someone says “We’ll just have to <X> and let the chips fall where they may,” and Johnny says “Wait — I’m the chips!”

  22. 22.

    rikyrah

    9 days until the September 20 booster opening.

    The booster shot isn’t the question.

    Can we mix shots is the booster question.

     

    Can Team Pfizer get a booster from the House of Moderna??

  25. 25.

    Scout211

    @rikyrah:

    How many weeks between A COVID SHOT and the FLU SHOT should be taken?

    CDC guidelines

    Although data are not available for COVID-19 vaccines administered simultaneously with other vaccines, extensive experience with non-COVID-19 vaccines has demonstrated that immunogenicity and adverse event profiles are generally similar when vaccines are administered simultaneously as when they are administered alone. COVID-19 vaccines were previously recommended to be administered alone, with a minimum interval of 14 days before or after administration of any other vaccines. This was out of an abundance of caution during a period when these vaccines were new and not due to any known safety or immunogenicity concerns. However, substantial data have now been collected regarding the safety of COVID-19 vaccines currently approved or authorized by FDA.

    COVID-19 vaccines may now be administered without regard to timing of other vaccines. This includes simultaneous administration of COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines on the same day, as well as coadministration within 14 days. It is unknown whether reactogenicity of COVID-19 vaccine is increased with coadministration, including with other vaccines known to be more reactogenic, such as adjuvanted vaccines or live vaccines. When deciding whether to coadminister an(other) vaccine(s) with a COVID-19 vaccine, vaccination providers should consider whether the patient is behind or at risk of becoming behind on recommended vaccines, their risk of vaccine-preventable disease (e.g., during an outbreak or occupational exposures), and the reactogenicity profile of the vaccines.

  26. 26.

    New Deal democrat

    @Ken:Not nice for the dry tinder, though.

     

    I understand. I just figure we could use a little bit of grounds for optimism among all the DOOOM. Vaccination works! The Northeastern States can be proud of themselves.

  27. 27.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — There were 4,298 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday (Friday) with ten new reported deaths of someone who had tested positive. Test positivity rate is 10.9%. ICU bed occupancy numbers are 83, up one from yesterday while hospitalisations for COVID-19 related illnesses are 985, up eight.

    There were about 9,300 vaccinations carried out in Scotland yesterday with about 25% of them first-doses. This brings the total in the adult (16+) population to 90.7% first-dose and 82.9% fully vaccinated. The first-dose vaccination rate for 16 and 17-year-olds is now 61.8%.

    There’s still no decision on whether to offer vaccinations to 12-15 year olds, based on the JCVI advice that the medical benefits and downsides are about equal. If it can be shown that COVID-19 is spreading widely at schools this may prompt a change in thinking by the chief medical officers in the four devolved health services, the ones who have the final say. There’s a good explanation about this on the BBC website here.

  28. 28.

    Sloane Ranger

    Friday in the UK we had 37,622 new cases. This is an increase of 11.5% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,

    England – 26,653 (down 396)

    Northern Ireland – 1687 (down 144)

    Scotland – 6815 (down 21)

    Wales – 2467 (up 170).

    Deaths – There were 147 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 18.7%. 114 deaths were in England, 6 in Northern Ireland, 22 in Scotland and 5 in Wales.

    Testing – 1,241,334 tests took place on Thursday, 9 September. This is an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 31.3%. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on the date was 762,132.

    Hospitalisations – On Wednesday, 8 September there were 8098 people in hospital and 1060 people on ventilators. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was up by 3.6% as of 6 September.

    Vaccinations – As of Thursday, 9 September, 48,370,340 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 43,805,608 had received both. This means that, as at that date, 89% of all UK residents aged 16+ have had 1 shot and 80.6% were fully vaccinated.

  29. 29.

    Another Scott

    @Baud: From your link:

    Among adults hospitalized with COVID-19–like illness (14,636; median patient age = 65 years, interquartile range [IQR] = 48–77 years), laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections were identified among 18.9% (1,316 of 6,960) of unvaccinated and 3.1% (235 of 7,676) of fully vaccinated patients. Overall, VE against COVID-19 hospitalization was 86% (95% CI = 82%–89%). VE was significantly lower among adults aged ≥75 years (76%) than among those aged 18–74 years (89%) (Table). The difference in VE point estimates between age groups was similar for Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. Across all ages, VE was significantly higher among Moderna vaccine recipients (95%) than among Pfizer-BioNTech (80%) or Janssen (60%) vaccine recipients.

    (Emphasis added.)

    1. Get vaccinated with any available vaccine.

    2. Especially if you’re over 75, get vaccinated.

    3. Don’t get Delta. Get vaccinated.

    4. COVID-like symptoms can often (80% of the time) be something else. Get vaccinated.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  31. 31.

    Cermet

    As for timing between Covid and Flu, both virus are bad but Covid – esp. for older (>30) can be very bad; interestingly, flu is much more dangerous for <13 than Covid. But I’d wait two weeks after the last covid vaccine before getting the flu vaccine (personally not based on medical results.) For all we know, Covid + flu (same day or so) vaccines equal greater protection against one or both illnesses. But ALWAYS get the Covid if you need it regardless of any flu vaccine – don’t wait. I got a double vaccine (a flu and tetanus vaccines) and suffered terribly – very sore arm for over a year and a half, and almost unusable due to extreme pain for 6 months (has never fully recovered and still can’t sleep on that arm) – nearly put me in the hospital I got so ill, too – baffled why; maybe a contaminated batch. MD’s (including specialist) were at a lost, as well. So, I am warry about double vaccines but I am still getting the flu vaccine this weekend (but singular).

  32. 32.

    VOR

    I had a thought the other day that much of anti-masking and vaccine hesitancy is a question of whether you treat COVID as a serious threat or not. My view back in early 2020 was that COVID is the equivalent of a war. A big war, like WW2, where everyone has to sacrifice and which requires a sustained national effort. The medical community worldwide mobilized. Doctors and nurses in the field worked their asses off, with too little support. Researchers put work into overdrive and delivered several amazingly effective vaccines in record time. Back in March 2020 I couldn’t find masks anywhere, now you can buy them practically everywhere, from Home Depot to a corner gas station.

    But some people don’t see it as a serious issue. The virus only kills 0.1%, or only kills people with pre-existing problems, or they are exaggerating the deaths.  Masks are useless or overrated. Not serious enough to sacrifice going to the bar, dining out, or require changing behavior.

    And a lot of this is just plain conspiracy thinking. The libs are hyping this because they hate Trump. Or hate the economy. Or they want to control the population. Something.

    One of the key things different is we had a leader, TFG, who encouraged the conspiracies. His narcissism meant he focused on himself rather than others. Somehow, a global pandemic was all about him and millions of deaths worldwide less important than his daily appearances on TV. He was supported by media organizations who also knowingly spread mis-information. People viewed short-term political gain as more important than the health of the entire community.

    I have a co-worker who is rabidly devoted to Fox News and all the mis-information. He has consistently claimed COVID is all a hoax, a “plandemic”, no worse than a minor cold. Now he and his immediate family have COVID. One of his friends is in the ICU. Now he’s saying “every day has been a ride. it is the weirdest virus ever, turns and twists every day, not sure when I will be out of the woods”. Yes, exactly. That’s why the people who took COVID seriously have been worried about the epidemic.

    I hope he and his family recover. But I don’t know if he can make the conceptual leap to questioning the people and institutions who have consistently lied to him about COVID, the people who did not take COVID seriously.

  33. 33.

    J R in WV

    Local (next door county) Health Dept had a large batch of vaccines that were about to expire. So they opened up for third vaccinations as well as first or second shots for all comers. They were able to look up our first two shots in the state database. In and out in 20 minutes or so. Volunteer EMTs ask which vaccine, came back with a loaded syringe, alcohol wipe and tiny bandaid.

    Week ago last Friday. Have heard they got some static from know-nothings about should have shipped those shots to somewhere else that needed it more than we needed it, CDC-FDA haven’t allowed 3rd shots yet, etc, etc.

    People, it IS a fuckin’ PLAGUE — perhaps we should be a little bit willing to tweak/bend regs to get shots in arms? Maybe? Treat it as a plague that it is, instead of saying it is almost like a plague. No sweetie, it IS a Plague!!!

    I’m thinking too much “These are the regs!” and “We have a SOP we MUST follow!” and not enough get with it gumption at the FDA and the CDC when it is a real, actual plague killing people by the hundreds of thousands.

  34. 34.

    lowtechcyclist

    I may skip the flu shot for the second year in a row. While I’m sure we’ll have a flu season this year (unlike last year when we really didn’t have one), I still expect my likelihood of exposure is minuscule, compared with any year in the Before Times.

    My wife and I are still working from home, which will remain the case for at least another year; the kid’s back in school, but masks are required for everyone in the building, which should minimize flu transmission there; we don’t have much face-to-face social life to speak of, we haven’t eaten at an indoor restaurant in a year and a half, we wear our masks anyplace we’ll be indoors among strangers, and so forth.

    On top of that, I really expect that this will be a very light flu season around here. Between all the people still working from home (lots of Federal workers around here) and all the kids (and teachers and staff) being masked up at school, there are going to be way fewer people spreading the flu to begin with.

    So if I’m somewhere where I can just walk in and get the flu shot, I’ll probably do it, but otherwise, I doubt I’ll bother. In past years, I got the flu shot at work, but that’s not happening.

  35. 35.

    Ksmiami

    @VOR: why should we care if they get better at this point? Your co-worker et al is taking up space and health resources that could have been used for others who are more deserving … I’m looking forward to an American renewal without these horrible citizens.

  36. 36.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Cermet: IIRC seasonal flu vaccine protection (even assuming the vaxmakers have guessed right on which strains to immunize against) wears off in ~4 months.

    In which case, getting it now would leave you unprotected around mid-January, which is usually near the height of the season. Is that wise?

    My thought is to wait another 5-6 weeks for the flu shot, then cast about for a Moderna booster in early December (8 months out from jab #2). YMMV

  37. 37.

    Cermet

    @Uncle Cosmo: while your logic is sound I am more worried about getting the flu early before I get the covid booster shoot. I want to avoid a cold before that shoot since it might cause unnneded testing or isolation and a lot of worry. I’m due a booster (if they open it) come Nov and would like to be cold free before that so as not to interfere with that shoot, also. But if one isn’t gonna get the booster, waiting for ideal time frame is logical.

  40. 40.

    Soprano2

    @New Deal democrat: That’s what’s happening here,  although the numbers are still high. We still aren’t to 50% fully vaxxed; it was 48% when I checked on Friday. The deaths in July and August were high. ? So much unnecessary death….

  41. 41.

    Chris Johnson

    @Ksmiami: Work on being less fucked up, or get used to resembling a hardworking russian troll punching a clock and doing his level best to go into any given community and make it want to kill some other American community, by any means necessary.

    srsly. Learn 2 civilization.

    ALL calls to polarization and genocide are suspect including those coming from ‘inside the house’.

  42. 42.

    Martin

    Don’t tell students if their classmates get coronavirus, University of Delaware warns faculty

    Just to make this clear – we have the same policy. Faculty don’t have access to the information they need to do this correctly. The administration will notify students.

    It’s not a policy against notifying students, it’s a policy about who can do it without violating the rights of the students.

  43. 43.

    jeepers

    The agency is under pressure to approve a vaccine for children below 12 years of age

    Under pressure by whom? Nobody is named or quoted because nobody in a meaningful position of authority is actually pressuring the FDA. This is manufactured controversy. This is the kind of bullshit view from nowhere reporting that destroys public confidence in institutions.

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