SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

mrs b just came back from her physical, only one covid patient in the hospital

 

I was a chain smoker once. (But I quit a long time ago in my early twenty while in college.) But if I am still a heavy smoker now, it would be more incentive to get vaccinated.

 

but only from a reformed point of view

 

when my niece and family were living in paris on a teaching sabbatical, they were very restricted in movement, and had to carry papers when out for whatever was allowed. much different than here, but i never asked about vaccine hesitancy, although she's kind of neurotic herself, so it might be a moot point.

 

Yeah, I must have had a death wish when I was younger. Heavy smoking, no seat belt, and nightly bar hopping. LOL Now I am enlightened.

 

i think most of us did. i'm 66, so that put me squarely in the late 60's early 70's

 

We're a lot closer to the finish line than we were back then....

 

There has been a lot of vaccine hesitancy here in Australia after mixed messages from the Govt and a total sh*tte show regarding the whole vaccine roll out with our fearless leader, ScMo, frantically trying to shove off responsibility for anything that isn't good news ...... but anything even close to good news then it's all because of his great leadership even if it was nothing to do with anything the govt did .... the usual story eh :lol:
Now we have yet another outbreak and a state lock down and people are falling over themselves trying to get an appointment for any vaccine .... but now the p*ss poor organisational skills of our fearless leader and his mates has come to the fore ...... the vaccines might be in the country but not where they need to be, in the vaccination clinics ...... ya gotta wonder how these people survived all these yrs, their mums must have been following them everywhere to make sure they knew how to dress themselves etc

T1 Terry

 

Good Times!

but back in our day - the medical industry touted a miracle drug called thalidomide, a miracle drug, until female user's babies were born with flippers instead of arms. Not necessarily a knock on all the vaccines coursing through the veins of yours truly, but a bit-o-caution goes a long way - sometimes.
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agreed. we won't know about long term effects until long term. for me, i prefer the risk of the vax over the virus. but everyone should get to make their own choice. the good news is that whatever you choose, you'll be with 50% of the population

 

Except one of those groups will probably shrink faster than the other.

Mike

 

I'm not sure how one group is going to be able to grow itself back up to 50%. It has already shrunk to barely 40% of the eligible (age12+) population. And continues to shrink.

 

An interesting way to encourage people to get vaccinated - State of Ohio

'A whirlwind': 1st Ohio vaccine lottery winners speak out - The Washington Post

The first winner of Ohio's first $1 million Vax-a-Million vaccination incentive prize was driving to her family’s home in suburban Cleveland when she received a call about the good news — from Gov. Mike DeWine.

 

cvs is raffling superbowl tix, not sure who is footing the bill, but these desperate attempts are an interesting idea. i wonder what percent they will tack on to the current total

on the other side of the ledger, what kind of person won't get a vax without incentive? the same that sells their blood?

 

everything open here, rain drove everyone inside for memorial day weekend. will be watching the numbers around june 15th, should be a pretty good indicator for this fall/winter

 

There is about 2-3 orders of magnitude between the cost of a COVID-19 case versus incentives to get the remaining population vaccinated. For example, my wife spent ~5 hours in the ER and insurance covered $20k and we had a $550 copay. That $20k would buy a lot of arms to vaccinate.

Bob Wilson

 

Just curious how how the COVID-19 virus might be traced to a zoological host? For that matter, influenza too?

Any recommendations?

Bob Wilson

 

Same way they solve other crimes......

...DNA.