Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

mr merlin

EOG Master
Lots of whining going on from states that dont seem to eager to give shots anyway, here in MN they announced a deliberative approach, meaning they're "taking their time", we supposedly got like 9K doses and in 3 days they've given about 1K. They say they're going to ramp it up next week, which of course is ridiculous, how hard is it to go to a hospital and actually give shots to however many want it on a shift?
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
Lots of whining going on from states that dont seem to eager to give shots anyway, here in MN they announced a deliberative approach, meaning they're "taking their time", we supposedly got like 9K doses and in 3 days they've given about 1K. They say they're going to ramp it up next week, which of course is ridiculous, how hard is it to go to a hospital and actually give shots to however many want it on a shift?
If you work in a regional hospital far away from the first supply, I can see where it would be a logistical problem.
 

kane

EOG master
Judging this by the past 4 years, the rollout of the vaccine will probably be a shit show, we should all wait until Jan 20 when the grifting criminals leave the WH and the adults take over
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
If you work in a regional hospital far away from the first supply, I can see where it would be a logistical problem.
Meanwhile ND and SD have already vaccinated 1/2 of 1%, of their population They're at just under 4K each, MN is whining about future doses when we're far behind that.

Well run states dont F around.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
I thought they were just using herd mentality?
they do the smart thing in all circumstances, when the vaccine wasn't around you do the best you can, when it is you actually give the shots, that's the way smart, republican, white people think.

Anyway this moderna one was just officially approved, , another 6 million should be heading out immediately. Have you heard that the libs dont want to vaccinate old people in nursing homes? They're using the justification that they're mostly white, but another powerful reason is that if they did that the pandemic would collapse in weeks, they dont want that.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
Hospitalizations are down close to 50% across the entire midwest and near west the last month, ND and IA down close to 60%, today IA lifted their last restrictions on bars and restaurants, they can now stay open till 1 am(normal hours). In 4-6 weeks the pandemic will be completely gone from the midwest.
 

Bushay

NHL Expert
they do the smart thing in all circumstances, when the vaccine wasn't around you do the best you can, when it is you actually give the shots, that's the way smart, republican, white people think.

Anyway this moderna one was just officially approved, , another 6 million should be heading out immediately. Have you heard that the libs dont want to vaccinate old people in nursing homes? They're using the justification that they're mostly white, but another powerful reason is that if they did that the pandemic would collapse in weeks, they dont want that.
Failing to send out vaccines to people in need for no good logical reason is smart. You must have gone to another school to get smart than I did. Most refer to that as negligent.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
The pfizer vaccine was approved over a week ago, it arrived most places mon or tues, millions of doses, today they said 130,000 people have been vaccinated nationwide.

Some warp speed, huh? And then they dare say "where's that next shipment, we're raring to go", LOL.
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
The pfizer vaccine was approved over a week ago, it arrived most places mon or tues, millions of doses, today they said 130,000 people have been vaccinated nationwide.

Some warp speed, huh? And then they dare say "where's that next shipment, we're raring to go", LOL.

Do you think Trump is holding some back against blue states?
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
Do you think Trump is holding some back against blue states?
No, but i wish he would, if they're going to send these states hundreds of thousands of doses and they wont use them, then send them where they will. MN received 90K doses and they said as of yesterday we gave 925 shots. But they'll get around to it, no rush.
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
No, but i wish he would, if they're going to send these states hundreds of thousands of doses and they wont use them, then send them where they will. MN received 90K doses and they said as of yesterday we gave 925 shots. But they'll get around to it, no rush.
If you or I wanted to get one tomorrow, we can't. Have to go in order of priority.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
If you or I wanted to get one tomorrow, we can't. Have to go in order of priority.
I dont want it anyway, but yea, at age 60 I'm mixed in with the general population. As of today they have vaccinated about 560K per the CDC, they've still only used up a tad over 20% of what they received, and now they'll be getting far, far more this week with the addition of Moderna.
Keep in mind they are not holding back to allow for the 2nd dose in 3 weeks, the CDC already has done that.
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
I dont want it anyway, but yea, at age 60 I'm mixed in with the general population. As of today they have vaccinated about 560K per the CDC, they've still only used up a tad over 20% of what they received, and now they'll be getting far, far more this week with the addition of Moderna.
Keep in mind they are not holding back to allow for the 2nd dose in 3 weeks, the CDC already has done that.
The moderna is probably better in the less populated areas as it doesn't have to be kept as cold as the Pfizer.
 

Ray Luca

EOG Master
AOC getting the vaccine already is outrageous.
Why the hell does she get it before any of our parents or front line workers.
Pissed off !!!!
 

alfie

EOG Dedicated
some one i know tested positive with no symptoms. 3 weeks later new test and positive again no symptoms.

anyone know of this? doctor say's stay home, no hospital.
 

TobyTyler

EOG Dedicated
some one i know tested positive with no symptoms. 3 weeks later new test and positive again no symptoms.

anyone know of this? doctor say's stay home, no hospital.
In NJ when you are positive with instant test the still do the swab and send it out to reconfirm. State confirmed both positives are included in their totals lol.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
some one i know tested positive with no symptoms. 3 weeks later new test and positive again no symptoms.

anyone know of this? doctor say's stay home, no hospital.
Could be 1 false positive, could be 2, or he could have it but the test is too sensitive, that's why the cycle threshold of PCR tests needs to be released, if it's too high it's detecting random genetic fragments of the virus, meaning if he did have it, he doesn't now.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
Where is the guy that knows 6 people who got it multiple times? I love that guy. He should post more.
Look at all these politicians and athletes that get false positives, way, way more than the supposed 2-3% rate we hear about.

Most normal people would not get retested, they would accept it, quarantine and think they are lucky they have no symptoms, then they get it for real months later and think WTF, I got it twice.
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
Look at all these politicians and athletes that get false positives, way, way more than the supposed 2-3% rate we hear about.

Most normal people would not get retested, they would accept it, quarantine and think they are lucky they have no symptoms, then they get it for real months later and think WTF, I got it twice.
Why would athletes not get retested? They have a lot of money on the line in performance bonuses. OTOH, people are begging out of work so they can get two weeks off with pay because they may have come in contact with someone.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
Why would athletes not get retested? They have a lot of money on the line in performance bonuses. OTOH, people are begging out of work so they can get two weeks off with pay because they may have come in contact with someone.
They do get retested, that's how they know it's a false positive,most people dont, if you work somewhere the virus has hit and they test everyone and you test positive - you're going to go home on paid leave and if you never show symptoms you will never get a retest.

If you have a single positive test there is a very high likelyhood you do NOT have it.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
Todays vaccine report from the CDC. total vaccines distributed - 4.6 million, vaccines actually administered - 614K.

It's been 9 days, warp speed.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
It’s been over 200 days since you’ve continually told us it’s over

Warped brain
The ND gov lifted his limitations on bar hours - they were closing at 10pm, now back to normal, when you properly handle the virus, you can get back to normal much quicker.
 

TobyTyler

EOG Dedicated
The vaccine is now here and it appears that only 35-40% of hospital workers are willing to take it, that's about right.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/hospital-workers-turn-down-covid-vaccine-theres-too-much-mistrust
A NJ top hospital director_VP told a reporter only half of his staff is comfortable taking it and story was buried , this was cple weeks ago

Reuters front page


Some Black pastors, key players in COVID education, hesitant to push vaccine
Health officials hope Black faith leaders will help alleviate strong skepticism among African Americans about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines, but many pastors interviewed feel their participation will be viewed as “joining forces with the system” that historically used their community “as guinea pigs” for vaccines made in record time
 
A NJ top hospital director_VP told a reporter only half of his staff is comfortable taking it and story was buried , this was cple weeks ago

Reuters front page


Some Black pastors, key players in COVID education, hesitant to push vaccine
Health officials hope Black faith leaders will help alleviate strong skepticism among African Americans about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines, but many pastors interviewed feel their participation will be viewed as “joining forces with the system” that historically used their community “as guinea pigs” for vaccines made in record time
Some dems want prisoners and Blacks to go first.
 

Chi_Archie

EOG Veteran
North and South Dakota now both in top 5 deaths per million.

God bless em!

If Noem isn't on the 2024 GOP ticket as a VP, I'll be pissed.
 

mr merlin

EOG Master
North and South Dakota now both in top 5 deaths per million.

God bless em!

If Noem isn't on the 2024 GOP ticket as a VP, I'll be pissed.
Except they're done...fini, it's ova!

ND active cases down from 11K to 2.3K in a month, hospitalizations from 330 to 118 with both continuing to fall.

SD cases down 70%+, hospitalizations down from roughly 610 to 315 in a month.

And the best part is they remain open to all, restaurants, bars, casino's, health clubs, all open. ND will likely drop it's mask mandate when it expires as well.

They have also both vaccinated over 1% of their pop(almost 2%), about the highest in the nation to go along with their highest immunity in the nation - prob 45-50%.
 
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