Brian Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 17 minutes ago, Joe said: I'm trying to get an appointment for a friend of the family and they are pulling this Pfizer only bullshit on me. So frustrating. Tell them it’s for Pfizer and when they find it isn’t when they arrive, they will still get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 In other news, while legitimately high (the last time I felt like this I was taking Vicodin after I got my wisdom teeth taken out), I asked my boss to make me full time which includes a huge bump in pay, better benefits, more vacation time, and sick time. The cartoon dancing bear gave me a thumbs up. Or at least I think it was a thumbs up because I poked myself in the eye with my glasses after cleaning the lenses while talking to my boss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, MarSolo said: In other news, while legitimately high (the last time I felt like this I was taking Vicodin after I got my wisdom teeth taken out), I asked my boss to make me full time which includes a huge bump in pay, better benefits, more vacation time, and sick time. Did you get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Spork3245 said: Just got stuck with the first shot. Waiting for the 15 minutes to pass... my penis is tingling. Normal side effect? 🍆 💦 Oops! Pfizer gave you the Viagra shot instead of the covid shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 “The Day that Sports Stood Still” on HBO is a good covid documentary to check out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Jason said: Did you get it? Oh, yeah. Full time now even though I was already working full time hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 US COVID cases “disturbingly high” as Michigan sees dire spike ARSTECHNICA.COM Michigan's increases in cases, hospitalizations, deaths may be bellwether for country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jason said: US COVID cases “disturbingly high” as Michigan sees dire spike ARSTECHNICA.COM Michigan's increases in cases, hospitalizations, deaths may be bellwether for country. Quote Some experts have questioned whether the Biden administration should send a surge supply of vaccines to the state to try to head off the variant and the spike in cases. Currently, the federal government largely doles out doses based on each state and jurisdiction’s population. But last month, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had asked for a boost in supply to avert the state’s surge. The White House declined the request, however, according to The Washington Post. This will likely be seen as a mistake looking back. Gottlieb has been advocating for this idea for over a month and his rationale seemed very sound. Because of how quickly the vaccines start giving some level of protection you can deploy surge vaccines in particular communities and head off the astronomic rises we are seeing in localized populations. Hopefully the White House changes course on this and embraces this idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Just now, sblfilms said: This will likely be seen as a mistake looking back. Gottlieb has been advocating for this idea for over a month and his rationale seemed very sound. Because of how quickly the vaccines start giving some level of protection you can deploy surge vaccines in particular communities and head off the astronomic rises we are seeing in localized populations. Hopefully the White House changes course on this and embraces this idea. It's what we're doing in my province. My city is the main hotspot, so they are diverting extra doses here for younger groups than allowed elsewhere. Seems to make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 minute ago, CitizenVectron said: It's what we're doing in my province. My city is the main hotspot, so they are diverting extra doses here for younger groups than allowed elsewhere. Seems to make sense. Infectious disease spread will always be asynchronous and you have to account for that when dealing with scarce resources! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Getting shot #1 on Monday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nokra Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 36 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said: Getting shot #1 on Monday. Awesome, congrats! Where and how did you end up finding an appointment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Nokra said: Awesome, congrats! Where and how did you end up finding an appointment? Through @Joe's site he linked to, apparently Safeway/Albertson's must have got a big round of doses coming or something. While booking, it didn't tell me whether it was Pfizer or Moderna, but I don't care. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SuperSpreader Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Get vaxxed then hire hookers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Fizzzzle said: Through @Joe's site he linked to, apparently Safeway/Albertson's must have got a big round of doses coming or something. While booking, it didn't tell me whether it was Pfizer or Moderna, but I don't care. Mine was through Safeway also. I was shocked when a ton of appointments showed in my area. It was a terrible operation though. There was one guy running the whole pharmacy and he was the same guy doing the shots. I was the 2nd person in line for a 10:15 appointment and didn't get it until 10:40. I hope your experience is better. Mine was Moderna BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, 69los said: Mine was through Safeway also. I was shocked when a ton of appointments showed in my area. It was a terrible operation though. There was one guy running the whole pharmacy and he was the same guy doing the shots. I was the 2nd person in line for a 10:15 appointment and didn't get it until 10:40. I hope your experience is better. Mine was Moderna BTW. Chain pharmacies have been always criminally understaffed, it has nothing to do with the pandemic. Now we're getting to the point where it's best to distribute vaccines to as many points of access as possible but this is why it was so dumb that the Trump administration was pushing states to partner with big chain pharmacies early on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 25 minutes on line to receive a life-saving vaccine?! Why I never! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 17 minutes ago, 69los said: Mine was through Safeway also. I was shocked when a ton of appointments showed in my area. It was a terrible operation though. There was one guy running the whole pharmacy and he was the same guy doing the shots. I was the 2nd person in line for a 10:15 appointment and didn't get it until 10:40. I hope your experience is better. Mine was Moderna BTW. 1 minute ago, Jason said: Chain pharmacies have been always criminally understaffed, it has nothing to do with the pandemic. Now we're getting to the point where it's best to distribute vaccines to as many points of access as possible but this is why it was so dumb that the Trump administration was pushing states to partner with big chain pharmacies early on. FWIW the Walgreens I went to said they were running on a skeleton crew because of the pandemic, though I don't know what exactly that means for them. Still, I had my appointment at 6:30 and I got there at 6:15 and was walking out the door to go home by around 7:15, even including the 15 extra minutes I waited after the shot (i.e. 30 minutes total) because nobody told me how long to wait and I'm a good little rule-follower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Joe said: 25 minutes on line to receive a life-saving vaccine?! Why I never! It probably got worse as the day went on doe if it was so understaffed. Plus it's stupid to have to hang around indoors for potentially a long time to get the vaccine for the disease that makes being indoors for long periods of time with lots of other people a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I don't mind waiting a bit. It's not like I have anything better to do that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, Jason said: It probably got worse as the day went on doe if it was so understaffed. Plus it's stupid to have to hang around indoors for potentially a long time to get the vaccine for the disease that makes being indoors for long periods of time with lots of other people a bad idea. My mom had to wait 4 hours for her vaccine at the Meadowlands Megasite. Anyone that was in and out in an hour or less was ecstatic. 25 minutes is literally nothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 7:25 AM, Jason said: I love how people are still going apeshit insisting that the schools HAVE to reopen ASAP. I guess I got it in January but now it's April, what the fuck is the point for like 3 or 4 weeks of school? ha, my school district had kids return this week so i have some kids M/T and some more TH/F. some of them are staying online only. apparently the district is going to try and change it so all kids (besides online only) come to school 4 days a week. we spent a decent amount of time preparing for what we are doing and it feels like a waste now. whole returning thing feels pointless. i’m pretty sure districts want to come back even for just a few weeks because of the funding schools will get from the states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, johnny said: ha, my school district had kids return this week so i have some kids M/T and some more TH/F. some of them are staying online only. apparently the district is going to try and change it so all kids (besides online only) come to school 4 days a week. we spent a decent amount of time preparing for what we are doing and it feels like a waste now. whole returning thing feels pointless. i’m pretty sure districts want to come back even for just a few weeks because of the funding schools will get from the states. Is Wednesday no students so they can do a deep cleaning of the school between cohorts? Was hearing about that on NPR today about how LA schools are doing this (maybe CA schools in general?) and how it's basically a waste of time since surface transmission just really isn't that big of a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, Jason said: Is Wednesday no students so they can do a deep cleaning of the school between cohorts? Was hearing about that on NPR today about how LA schools are doing this (maybe CA schools in general?) and how it's basically a waste of time since surface transmission just really isn't that big of a deal. yeah wednesday is all online. i doubt the deep cleaning is even that good. i think just use a spray and spray down the desks real quick. kids have to wipe down their desks before they sit down. i have over ten tubs of wipes.... it’s a lot of wipes. district has essentially said they don’t care if we actually teach them. we can sit at our desk (6 feet away) and have them work on online assignments. so it’s definitely not about doing what’s best for the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I just got my 2nd vaccine a few minutes ago. So far so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I’m scheduled for next Wednesday. I was this close to just packing up the kids and driving down to the mass vaccination site in the D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 My province just pwned vaccine-shopping boomers so hard. So, in order to supress the variant outbreak, the province had shipped big quantities of AstraZeneca doses to my city. They set up a drive-thru clinic, and a few weeks ago allowed anyone from 58-64 to get a shot. There was big demand. This week, we got another shipment (US shipment) so they set them up again, this time for anyone 55+...and after the first day the lines were empty. Boomers were staying home because they would rather wait for their turn at Pfizer/Moderna appointments than get the AZ dose immediately. So what did the province do? They swapped the drive-thru doses to Pfizer and opened it up for people under 55, and re-allocated the AstraZeneca doses to the online appointments for people 55+. The goal is to get as many shots into as many arms as quickly as possible, regardless of vaccine type or age. So if someone 59-years-old wanted to wait a few weeks and get a "better" vaccine...fuck them. All of them are good and serve the greater goal of protecting society. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 UK regulator finds a 0.00006% risk of blood clots with AZ vaccine WWW.THELONDONECONOMIC.COM The London Economic | It is unclear whether the 30 cases identified occurred as a result of the jab or would have happened naturally| News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 COVID-19: EU regulator reviewing possible links between Johnson & Johnson jab and blood clots NEWS.SKY.COM During trials, a single shot of the jab proved completely effective at preventing hospital admissions and death from COVID-19. Adenovirus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Emails show Trump officials celebrate efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM Political appointees also tried to blunt scientific findings they deemed unfavorable to Trump, according to new documents from House probe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Joe said: COVID-19: EU regulator reviewing possible links between Johnson & Johnson jab and blood clots NEWS.SKY.COM During trials, a single shot of the jab proved completely effective at preventing hospital admissions and death from COVID-19. Adenovirus! It really shows how superior mRNA vaccines are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Just now, Air_Delivery said: It really shows how superior mRNA vaccines are. Eh, we don’t really know for sure that they don’t cause a similar issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Jesus fuck The only good news is that deaths are not skyrocketing yet like the previous two waves since most older people have been vaccinated. However, ICU and hospitalizations are increasing rapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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