Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #93

[tabitha111]

Her face looks so puffy in her work picture, wonder if there were underlying unknown issues.

MOO- she worked for plastic surgeons, I am sure she has fillers or cheek implants and whatever, I know a lot of nurses that work for them and they get all that suff pretty much free. Like I said MOO...but I have cheek fillers myself and they are supposed to make you look somewhat puffy

 

[weepingangel]

A coworker told me yesterday. Yesterday. In regards to people moving about the country. “It’s not even bad in Florida” oooo Mk. Alternate universe I swear. *sigh*


Mass seems to being improving the vaxing a bit. A new (another) online system started Friday. Everyone can preregister now.
35 percent of us will decline the shot.
UMass/WCVB poll shows mistrust for COVID Vaccine and mixed marks for Baker


A feel good bit from last week
Couple who got engaged at Fenway Park in 1971 get vaccinated there 50 years later

As Spring Break arrives, FL's Positivity Rate increases.

https://twitter.com/MiamiHerald/status/1370821066831110147

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Yes, it does.


The administration’s hesitation (in sending these vaccines to other places) is at least partly related to uncertainties with vaccine supply before a benchmark of late May laid down by President Biden when he promised enough vaccine doses to cover every adult in the United States.

“If we have a surplus, we’re going to share it with the rest of the world,” Mr. Biden told reporters on Wednesday, speaking generally about the U.S. vaccine supply.

The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs

A lot is covered in daily pressers from the WH that are missed in MSM. Here are google MSM re such

Australia commits $100m to Covid vaccine deal at Quad meeting

grouping of Australia, the United States, India and Japan – has ended with a promise to boost manufacturing of the Covid-19 vaccine to help low-income countries and to keep international climate goals within reach.

The Quad countries say they will co-ordinate with COVAX – the international buying facility for vaccines – and raise manufacturing capabilities in India through that country’s Bio E vaccine manufacturing company.

The US Development Finance Corporation will fund increased capacity at Bio E to produce at least 1 billion doses of vaccines by the end of 2022. Australia will commit $100m to buy vaccines for south-east Asian countries.





Quad Leaders Announce Effort To Get 1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccines To Asia

The leaders of U.S., Japan, Australia and India met at a virtual summit today where they announced a major initiative to get 1 billion vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Asia.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

A family channel my daughter sometimes watches on YouTube from the UK, have already flown out to Florida...and they have 5 kids...and a Disney content channel. I have tried to explain to my daughter why I don’t think she should watch them anymore but she’s only 7 and we live in WA, Aus. where life has been pretty much normal, so it’s a hard concept. There is a us based channel that travel a lot as well, and I often wonder how many sheeple they are influencing...scary.

We're not allowed to travel put of the UK at the moment unless it's for certain specific reasons. I dont think Mickey Mouse is on the list

 

[SoCalDavidS]

4.6 Million Vaccinations Today. This is what "turning the corner" looks like.

https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1370922006846263304

 

[Deleted member 158085]

The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs


The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs

I hope the administration will change its mind. We are going to have a major surplus here.

ETA - should have read the full article. I'm anxious for the day we can send some to Australia, who seems to be getting a raw deal after having done everything right.

 

[Deleted member 39678]

I hope the administration will change its mind. We are going to have a major surplus here.

ETA - should have read the full article. I'm anxious for the day we can send some to Australia, who seems to be getting a raw deal after having done everything right.

I agree. There's no reason to hold on to this vaccine when other countries could use it ASAP and save lives.
There is the possibility that these doses could expire before they are used.

Federal officials have also emphasized in the discussions that AstraZeneca’s vaccine should not be stored indefinitely in Ohio or Maryland, since it, like all vaccines, has a limited shelf life. The vaccine can be kept at refrigerator temperatures for six months, and some countries are giving the two doses spaced up to three months apart — raising the risk that the doses could go bad if they sit too long.

The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs

 

[Deleted member 39678]

AstraZeneca to seek U.S. authorization for Covid vaccine this month or early next

The AstraZeneca vaccine, developed in collaboration with Oxford University, has been authorized for use in the European Union and many countries but not yet by U.S. regulators.

AstraZeneca to seek U.S. authorization for Covid vaccine this month or early next

 

[Deleted member 39678]

Other Countries Have Authorized AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Vaccine—Why Hasn’t The U.S.?

All of these setbacks have influenced the company’s progress in the vaccine race, putting it behind Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, and until it has positive phase 3 data from its U.S. clinical trials, AstraZeneca won’t submit an EUA application to the FDA. Once AstraZeneca applies, experts at the agency will review all the vaccine data in a process that can take several weeks and includes public committee hearings. Only after all that has been finished could another Covid-19 vaccine be available in the U.S.

If AstraZenaca waits until early April to file for EUA in the United States and it will take another several weeks before FDA approval, the many millions of doses that have been produced and are siting in storage for the past months will be no good by the time they can be shipped out and delivered to people who need them. JMO

Other Countries Have Authorized AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Vaccine—Why Hasn’t The U.S.?

 

[Gibbo214]

I sincerely doubt Biden will send any significant number of doses out of the country until anyone who wants to be vaccinated in the US has had the opportunity to do so. If he does, he would be crucified (rightfully so) among US citizens who still have no clue when they will be able to get vaccinated. Those doses were manufactured by the US for US citizens. Lord knows we’ve screwed up so much with this virus, but vaccines aren’t one of those screw ups.

Really?

 

[Deleted member 39678]

Really?

Yep. This is what he said.

“If we have a surplus, we’re going to share it with the rest of the world,” Mr. Biden told reporters on Wednesday, speaking generally about the U.S. vaccine supply. “We’re going to start off making sure Americans are taken care of first.”

The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs

 

[Gibbo214]

Yep. This is what he said.


The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs

Did you miss the part where he said 'If we have a surplus'? If? And this, “We’re going to start off making sure Americans are taken care of first.”
What objections do you have for that?

 

[SouthAussie]

I hope the administration will change its mind. We are going to have a major surplus here.

ETA - should have read the full article. I'm anxious for the day we can send some to Australia, who seems to be getting a raw deal after having done everything right.

Thanks, JE.

Yes, it is pretty crappy the hand that we are being dealt. The way things are going, they say it will be the end of 2021/beginning of 2022 before Aussies are all vaccinated.
Hopefully NZ are doing a little better. I haven't heard their vaccine news.

We'll just have to keep up the quarantining, the snap lockdowns, all of the expensive precautions.


Scott Morrison has blamed international supply issues but is hopeful vaccination rates will ramp up in the coming weeks.
"In these early phases, that has obviously been impacted by the fact that we had anticipated to have some 3.8 million vaccines imported from overseas. That's been 700,000."
Health boss 'pretty confident' most Australians will get at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine by October

 

[GRT]

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, these gatherers were in violation of Covid restrictions. On the other hand, they were attending a vigil of a young woman who was raped and murdered by a police officer and many claimed they could relate because they felt fear and intimidation as well.

They all appeared to be wearing masks, but the police stormed the stage, grabbed them, and put them in wagons to take them away. To me, this almost suggested support for the officer who murdered the young woman. I don't know. The women fear the virus but they also fear physical harm and murder. I'm not sure manhandling them reduced the risk of virus infection.

This is a sad event (and story) all the way around.

Crowd shouts 'Shame on you' as London police break up a peaceful vigil for Sarah Everard

 

[GRT]

Did you miss the part where he said 'If we have a surplus'? If? And this, “We’re going to start off making sure Americans are taken care of first.”
What objections do you have for that?

That creates a conundrum. On the one hand, it's a defendable thing to say on the surface, but according to a Census Survey, just 71% of those over 65 said they would get the shot, 51% of those 45-64 said they would get it, and only 41% of those under 45 have agreed to get it. That puts Americans at an estimated 54% agreeing to get the vaccine. Those numbers could, of course, change slightly.

If we stockpile enough vaccines in the US for every American, we're going to have more than 100 million doses that are never used.

That might be defensible if no one else in the world wanted the vaccine, but we know that's not the case. We know millions upon millions want and badly need the vaccine. Not later after all Americans have had a chance and did or didn't get one. NOW!

The AstraZenica doses haven't even been approved in the US, so there's no reason we're keeping them from going to other nations. We're administering doses as fast as we can now. Due to our population, we can't really go any faster and still maintain safe procedures. As our rollout continues, we have plans for multi-millions of more vaccines to be produced, so it's not like we'll run short.

Somebody's advising Biden poorly. Hopefully, they'll reconsider soon, because a whole lot of people around the world will see the truth behind his comment.

 

[GRT]

Thanks, JE.

Yes, it is pretty crappy the hand that we are being dealt. The way things are going, they say it will be the end of 2021/beginning of 2022 before Aussies are all vaccinated.
Hopefully NZ are doing a little better. I haven't heard their vaccine news.

We'll just have to keep up the quarantining, the snap lockdowns, all of the expensive precautions.


Scott Morrison has blamed international supply issues but is hopeful vaccination rates will ramp up in the coming weeks.
"In these early phases, that has obviously been impacted by the fact that we had anticipated to have some 3.8 million vaccines imported from overseas. That's been 700,000."
Health boss 'pretty confident' most Australians will get at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine by October

That's just unacceptable. Number-wise as I pointed out in my last post, the US simply does not need to retain vaccines that aren't approved. We have so many millions in the pipeline--we're fine. We have limited medical personnel to give the shots anyway.

Australians should not be punished because they've taken heavy precautions. What is the lesson here? If you fly fast and loose, but you're an American, you're more important? But, if you play by the rules, yet you're Australian, move to the back of the line? Just over half of Americans have indicated they'll take the vaccine, and I'm guessing that number will drop further as the infection rates drop and it's time for the younger ones to get a shot.

Not many things make me frustrated, but this does. There's no logistical defense for this.

 

[tabitha111]

95% protection is NOT 100% protection. That leaves the question of how the "protection gap" between 50%-in this case 95%-and 100% will look like. Will it give room to more dangerous variants ?

3 fully vaccinated Hawai'i residents contract COVID-19, DOH repo - Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather - KITV Channel 4

A vaccine that is 95% effective will protect 95 out of 100 people, meaning 5% may still contract the virus if exposed


One break through case involved a healthcare worker who visited multiple cities in the U.S. then tested positive after returning to Oahu. Dr. Melinda Ashton, Chief Quality Officer with Hawaii Pacific Health says that's an example of why traveling may increase risk of infection.


"Absolutely you need to be careful during those times when you’re in the airport, on the airplane, with other people in larger groups," Ashton said.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Just came across this VERY moving MSM piece and thought to share here at WS.

Teens on a Year That Changed Everything

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Fauci was on Fox news this am... Here is clip and short quote... 3:14 minute clip (Entire link is part of his interview)

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[Sprockett7701]

We're not allowed to travel put of the UK at the moment unless it's for certain specific reasons. I dont think Mickey Mouse is on the list

Well, that’s what I thought. But they definitely posted a new video yesterday at the airport...how happy they were to be going to Florida finally. I’d link but pretty sure it’s not allowed ;-)