Coronavirus Thread v.2

[hunnus2000]

I understand that, but people have not been getting mRNA vaccines like this before.  The tech is not new, but people actually getting the shots is new.  Having said that, things like the J&J kind of rule out that excuse.

The sad part if the timing of COVID is that it was 2021 that this mRNA technology would be pushed for a whole myriad of diseases but COVID took precedent.

Look at 2022 when mRNA vaccines will rule the headlines. Until the disinformation campaigns kick in. 

[cramx3]

I understand that, but people have not been getting mRNA vaccines like this before.  The tech is not new, but people actually getting the shots is new.  Having said that, things like the J&J kind of rule out that excuse.

The sad part if the timing of COVID is that it was 2021 that this mRNA technology would be pushed for a whole myriad of diseases but COVID took precedent.

Look at 2022 when mRNA vaccines will rule the headlines. Until the disinformation campaigns kick in. 

mRNA may potentially be the biggest medical breakthrough in our lives

[jingle.boy]

Hare, meet tortoise.

Over 50% of all Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Over 57 per cent of the population that’s eligible for the vaccine — Canadians aged 12 and up — are fully vaccinated.
The number of people who have received at least one dose, meanwhile, is slowly approaching 70 per cent of the total population, or almost 80 per cent of the eligible population.  Second dose inoculations continue to climb at a steady pace in Canada, nearly tripling over the past 30 days.
On Saturday, the share of the Canadian population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 surpassed the United States for the first time. In the U.S., just 48.6 per cent of all Americans have received both doses, only growing by 0.2 per cent since the weekend.
...the seven-day average of new infections stands at 395 per day — a 95-per cent drop from the height of the record-setting third wave in April.  Hospitalizations also fell below 500 patients nationwide over the weekend for the first time since late September 2020. During the third wave, there were close to 5,000 patients in hospital.

Cautiously

My hope is that we get to >70% *total* population vaccinated, and/or 80% of eligible population, by the end of Aug.  Hopefully that gets the country close enough to the fabled 'herd immunity' so that when schools go back in, workers continue to return to the office, and Fall weather kicks in, the inevitable rise in cases will not be drastic or problematic.

[lonestar]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots soon.

[ErHaO]

An estimated 94% of the Dutch population is willing to be vaccinated at this point in time, which makes me hopeful for my country in general. The vast majority is inclined to at least take medical professionals seriously.

[King Postwhore]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots (hosers) soon.

[jingle.boy]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots (hosers) soon.

True, but that wall is closer to the 80% mark ... not 50%.   

[Grappler]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots soon.

My town's school board held a meeting last night and a few parents got up to speak about whether the board would require masks in schools or make them optional.  One dad is a raging conservative, but came prepared with citations of studies and some info about other local school boards' decisions.  I disagree with a lot of the stuff this dad rages against, but he's not ill-informed.

The next mom got up, held up a map of Illinois and showed how it is a blue state, surrounded by red states with no school mask requirements and claimed that our state is "using her children politically" by forcing them to wear a mask and she would move to Wisconsin if masks are required by the schools - all because we live in a blue state.  Then she quoted Fauci from early 2020 when he stated that cloth masks don't work.  GTFO.

Seriously, we're now rehashing crap that is a year and a half old, as if a medical professional isn't allowed to change their mind after new data is available to them?  That kind of stuff drives me crazy.

 

[King Postwhore]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots (hosers) soon.

True, but that wall is closer to the 80% mark ... not 50%.   

I've got to say though I don't see the anti vaccine people bragging about it of late on Facebook.  They've seem to go into hiding of late.

[lonestar]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots (hosers) soon.

True, but that wall is closer to the 80% mark ... not 50%.   

*insert laugh into cry gif*

[cramx3]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots (hosers) soon.

True, but that wall is closer to the 80% mark ... not 50%.   

I've got to say though I don't see the anti vaccine people bragging about it of late on Facebook.  They've seem to go into hiding of late.

It's all over twitter and tiktok.  My mom said she is concerned because her tiktok feed has a lot of anti-vax propaganda.  I had to tell her it's BS and that I'm glad she got vaccinated.

[King Postwhore]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots (hosers) soon.

True, but that wall is closer to the 80% mark ... not 50%.   

I've got to say though I don't see the anti vaccine people bragging about it of late on Facebook.  They've seem to go into hiding of late.

It's all over twitter and tiktok.  My mom said she is concerned because her tiktok feed has a lot of anti-vax propaganda.  I had to tell her it's BS and that I'm glad she got vaccinated.

I'm talking about those who brag not taking the vaccine.  I honestly haven't seen the regular "Don't tread on me" friends bragging of late.

[cramx3]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots (hosers) soon.

True, but that wall is closer to the 80% mark ... not 50%.   

I've got to say though I don't see the anti vaccine people bragging about it of late on Facebook.  They've seem to go into hiding of late.

It's all over twitter and tiktok.  My mom said she is concerned because her tiktok feed has a lot of anti-vax propaganda.  I had to tell her it's BS and that I'm glad she got vaccinated.

I'm talking about those who brag not taking the vaccine.  I honestly haven't seen the regular "Don't tread on me" friends bragging of late.

Maybe because they are like my sister who is still sick from covid after being all against the vaccine.

[King Postwhore]

I tend to think when one is quiet, they realize they were wrong.

For me, when I'm in a funk, I tend not to post. So it makes me wonder what's going on with my friends who are real hardcore left wing when it comes to the vaccine they defiantly rallied against.

[Stadler]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots soon.

Frustrating.   Let's just focus on the one metric that fits the world view.  Republicans!  Goddamn Republicans!   (Let's ignore that only 49% of the unvaccinated identify as Republican, 29% identify as Democrat, and of the vaccinated, 31% of Republicans ARE vaccinated).  If you look at the differentials, age and insured are far bigger differentials than "political party" and education and race are close behind.   

This is NOT a one-variable equation.

I don't mean to knock you, personally, Lonestar, because I tend to think you might be joking, and of course, you're not the only one saying this and perpetuating this.   We've got a problem, and it's not JUST those damn Republicans [Plus, insert all those other things I've posted regarding getting the recalcitrant to change their minds].

[hunnus2000]

So it's football season (thank goodness) .

The Cowboys report to training camp and have only a 70% team vaccination rate. The NFL cannot mandate vaccinations but teams can enforce other rules like - the Cowboys unvaccinated cannot travel on the same plane as vaccinated players. They have to get tested everyday as opposed to once a week for vaccinated players. They have to wear masks everywhere on campus and socially distance in meetings. And I can see a scenario where teams  cut players or not sign them because they may have limited availability (like a team not signing a player because of injury history). You have to wonder if this season will become a blueprint for larger societal changes.

For instance, they brought us back to the office but all of us are lumped together not knowing who got vaccinated or not. If you get COVID and your job is cannot be done remotely then you have to take sick leave. If you have been vaccinated and you get COVID and your job cannot be done remotely then you have to take sick leave. Seems a little unfair.

[Dublagent66]

Why are people commenting on political affiliations in this thread?

[Skeever]

Rising cases in all 50 states. Wooohooo

[bosk1]

Can we please stop derailing the thread with these off-topic discussions and get back to discussing onions?

[lonestar]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots soon.

Frustrating.   Let's just focus on the one metric that fits the world view.  Republicans!  Goddamn Republicans!   (Let's ignore that only 49% of the unvaccinated identify as Republican, 29% identify as Democrat, and of the vaccinated, 31% of Republicans ARE vaccinated).   If you look at the differentials, age and insured are far bigger differentials than "political party" and education and race are close behind.   

This is NOT a one-variable equation.

I don't mean to knock you, personally, Lonestar, because I tend to think you might be joking, and of course, you're not the only one saying this and perpetuating this.   We've got a problem, and it's not JUST those damn Republicans [Plus, insert all those other things I've posted regarding getting the recalcitrant to change their minds].

I knew I'd hear from you on that one.

I'm coming mostly  from personal experience, in that every smidgen of antivax rhetoric I've seen has been coming from an idiotic, conservative direction.

[lonestar]

Can we please stop derailing the thread with these off-topic discussions and get back to discussing onions?

I garnished my enchiladas and frijoles today with green onions, just to spite Tim.

[bosk1]

I've seen enough of your Facebook posts to understand that you truly hate conservatives.  (and have often thought that I must have done something to REALLY ingratiate myself to you to have somehow not been unfriended by now)

EDIT:  And green onions are great on SO many things.

[lonestar]

I've seen enough of your Facebook posts to understand that you truly hate conservatives.  (and have often thought that I must have done something to REALLY ingratiate myself to you to have somehow not been unfriended by now)

EDIT:  And green onions are great on SO many things.

I don't though, and I have plenty of conservative FB friends. I enjoy intelligent discourse, something I learned to enjoy here . I do despise what Trump did to conservatives, and any that follow his lead and blindly attack my friends on my post get deleted quickly.

[Stadler]

I've seen enough of your Facebook posts to understand that you truly hate conservatives.  (and have often thought that I must have done something to REALLY ingratiate myself to you to have somehow not been unfriended by now)

EDIT:  And green onions are great on SO many things.

I don't though, and I have plenty of conservative FB friends. I enjoy intelligent discourse, something I learned to enjoy here . I do despise what Trump did to conservatives, and any that follow his lead and blindly attack my friends on my post get deleted quickly.

I'm not sure I would use EXACTLY the same language, but if it matters to you, I despise Trump and his legacy as well (there's no snark or sarcasm or innuendo in that statement).

[Stadler]

I'm sure you guys will hit your wall of conservative idiots soon.

Frustrating.   Let's just focus on the one metric that fits the world view.  Republicans!  Goddamn Republicans!   (Let's ignore that only 49% of the unvaccinated identify as Republican, 29% identify as Democrat, and of the vaccinated, 31% of Republicans ARE vaccinated).   If you look at the differentials, age and insured are far bigger differentials than "political party" and education and race are close behind.   

This is NOT a one-variable equation.

I don't mean to knock you, personally, Lonestar, because I tend to think you might be joking, and of course, you're not the only one saying this and perpetuating this.   We've got a problem, and it's not JUST those damn Republicans [Plus, insert all those other things I've posted regarding getting the recalcitrant to change their minds].

I knew I'd hear from you on that one.

I'm coming mostly  from personal experience, in that every smidgen of antivax rhetoric I've seen has been coming from an idiotic, conservative direction.

And I respect that; I just have a different personal experience.  I know some, but very few, of those stereo-typical "Republicans", but I know a lot that don't fit the mold, and I know people that are anti-vaxx with no political undertone to it.   Maybe it's the north east (again, being dead serious). 

Just on my street I have Trump flags literally right next door to the "In This House, We Believe: [insert liberal agenda]" signs. 

[Stadler]

I've seen enough of your Facebook posts to understand that you truly hate conservatives.  (and have often thought that I must have done something to REALLY ingratiate myself to you to have somehow not been unfriended by now)

EDIT:  And green onions are great on SO many things.

I like them in my mashed pertaters.   

[King Postwhore]

I've seen enough of your Facebook posts to understand that you truly hate conservatives.  (and have often thought that I must have done something to REALLY ingratiate myself to you to have somehow not been unfriended by now)

EDIT:  And green onions are great on SO many things.

I've never seen you flaunt green onions as absolutes on Facebook.  An onion extremist.

No posters on Facebook saying, "Green Onions: 2024.  Make Onions Great Again."

Now that's where you'd cross the "RJ" line.

[cramx3]

I've seen enough of your Facebook posts to understand that you truly hate conservatives.  (and have often thought that I must have done something to REALLY ingratiate myself to you to have somehow not been unfriended by now)

EDIT:  And green onions are great on SO many things.

I like them in my mashed pertaters.

Potato skins with green onions ftw

[lonestar]

I can literally feel Tim cringing.

[cramx3]

 

[Lonk]

I garnished my enchiladas and frijoles today with green onions, just to spite Tim.

EDIT:  And green onions are great on SO many things.

I have never heard Scallions being referred to as green onions until today, but it makes sense I guess 

[King Postwhore]

I can literally feel Tim cringing.

Imagine onion in a carriage returned to tie corral?  :mindblown:

[TAC]

[lonestar]

 

[bosk1]

Best thing about green onions is that they hit that sweet spot of (1) adds great flavor to almost anything, and (2) incredibly easy to grow.  On point #2, you can be the worst ever at gardening, stick some of these in the ground, and still end up with a never-ending abundance.  Once you start, you never have to shop for them again.  Anytime you need some, you've got fresh ones to harvest at any given moment.