A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms €“ or none altogether €“ that they
didnt even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed €˜variants of
concern by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

Bod wrote

A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Yes.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed,

Thats bull****. Plenty got very serious illness, but werent killed by the
virus.

with many experiencing such minor symptoms €“ or none altogether €“ that
they didnt even realise they were infected.

Thats true of the elderly too.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed €˜variants of
concern by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Nope, they are mostly just more infectious in the case of the
kent variant and infect people who have previously recovered
from the wuhan strain in the case of the brazil variant.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

Thats bull****.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The real story has been utterly mangled by some fool journo.

On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 19:48:23 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:



A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Yes.

Idiot! ROTFLOL Just who do you think you are, you sociopatic moron?

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is an insecure and worthless individual who has discovered he can
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https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/r...d-faq.2973853/

On 4/8/21 2:54 AM, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with many experiencing such minor symptoms €“ or none altogether €“ that they didnt even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed €˜variants of concern by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826


Sounds like leftist fearmongering designed to keep people wearing face diapers.Â* The mask import business must be very lucrative.

On 4/8/21 2:54 AM, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with many experiencing such minor symptoms €“ or none altogether €“ that they didnt even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed €˜variants of concern by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826


Yah, the "CCP virus" has mutated into the "UK virus" and has been detected in Michigan.

I suspect Michigan's Governor Cruella De Vil will be shutting down hair salons and indoor dining soon.


https://www.ntd.com/246-fully-vaccin...ad_594001.html

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 6:36:30 AM UTC-4, jimmy wrote:
On 4/8/21 2:54 AM, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with many experiencing such minor symptoms €“ or none altogether €“ that they didnt even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed €˜variants of concern by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826
Yah, the "CCP virus" has mutated into the "UK virus" and has been detected in Michigan.

I suspect Michigan's Governor Cruella De Vil will be shutting down hair salons and indoor dining soon.

Oh, my God! It's the end of the world! Snowflake Jimmy will have to go back to
cutting his own hair and eating carryout! Woe! Woe! Woe!

Cindy Hamilton

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms €“ or none altogether €“ that they
didnt even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed €˜variants of
concern by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About 160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.

On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 07:54:00 +0100, Bod wrote:

A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms – or none altogether – that they
didn’t even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed ‘variants of
concern’ by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

Try to catch up. Bolsonaro's no-mask no-lockdown policy has
created the P2 variant.
90% more infectious and 100% more deadly than the common
strains. Our ICUs are full of 30-59 year old victims.
And it appears that most vaccines can only partially block it.
But stats on that are still being compiled. Not many people here have
received 2 doses.....
Source: RIGHT WING media here in Brazil(from a recent study
published by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation).
HTH
[]'s
--
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We have a new policy - Google 2012

On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 06:22:48 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms – or none altogether – that they
didn’t even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed ‘variants of
concern’ by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About 160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

Only 19.3% of the American population has been FULLY
vaccinated.
Stay safe.
[]'s

--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012

On 08/04/2021 14:22, trader_4 wrote:
On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms €“ or none altogether €“ that they
didnt even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed €˜variants of
concern by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About 160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.

I do hope you are right.

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:29:07 AM UTC-4, Shadow wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 06:22:48 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms €“ or none altogether €“ that they
didnt even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed €˜variants of
concern by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About 160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

Only 19.3% of the American population has been FULLY
vaccinated.
Stay safe.
[]'s


Yes, but good data out of Israel showed that the Pfizer vaccine was 90% effective
three weeks after the first shot. Nothing much happened in the first two weeks,
then in the third week immunity ramped up. to 90%. The second shot just boosted it a
bit more. Moderna is likely similar. So a lot more than 19% have a good deal of
protection. And with the above numbers rolling out and supply increasing further
the job is rapidly getting done. I doubt we're going to have the widely talked about
third surge wave here, but we'll see. I think by June or so we may have more vaccine
then people willing to get vaccinated. That remains a serious problem, about half
of Republicans say they won't get it and there are plenty of other anti-vaxers too.

On 08/04/2021 16:10, trader_4 wrote:
On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:29:07 AM UTC-4, Shadow wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 06:22:48 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms €“ or none altogether €“ that they
didnt even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed €˜variants of
concern by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About 160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

Only 19.3% of the American population has been FULLY
vaccinated.
Stay safe.
[]'s


Yes, but good data out of Israel showed that the Pfizer vaccine was 90% effective
three weeks after the first shot. Nothing much happened in the first two weeks,
then in the third week immunity ramped up. to 90%. The second shot just boosted it a
bit more. Moderna is likely similar. So a lot more than 19% have a good deal of
protection. And with the above numbers rolling out and supply increasing further
the job is rapidly getting done. I doubt we're going to have the widely talked about
third surge wave here, but we'll see. I think by June or so we may have more vaccine
then people willing to get vaccinated. That remains a serious problem, about half
of Republicans say they won't get it and there are plenty of other anti-vaxers too.



The anti vaccers/anti maskers might slow the recovery.

On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 08:10:52 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:29:07 AM UTC-4, Shadow wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 06:22:48 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms – or none altogether – that they
didn’t even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed ‘variants of
concern’ by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About 160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

Only 19.3% of the American population has been FULLY
vaccinated.
Stay safe.
[]'s


Yes, but good data out of Israel showed that the Pfizer vaccine was 90% effective
three weeks after the first shot. Nothing much happened in the first two weeks,
then in the third week immunity ramped up. to 90%. The second shot just boosted it a
bit more. Moderna is likely similar. So a lot more than 19% have a good deal of
protection. And with the above numbers rolling out and supply increasing further
the job is rapidly getting done. I doubt we're going to have the widely talked about
third surge wave here, but we'll see. I think by June or so we may have more vaccine
then people willing to get vaccinated. That remains a serious problem, about half
of Republicans say they won't get it and there are plenty of other anti-vaxers too.

What a difference a competent Presidential administration makes. Imagine
where we'd be if the previous Prez had been reelected.

"Shadow" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 06:22:48 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms - or none altogether - that they
didn't even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed 'variants of
concern' by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new
surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and
it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states
that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not
increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an
end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a
big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new
surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About
160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have
been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing
effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old
dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

Only 19.3% of the American population has been FULLY vaccinated.

You don't need to be fully vaccinated to get very significant protection.

On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 02:35:48 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


Only 19.3% of the American population has been FULLY vaccinated.

You don't need to be fully vaccinated to get very significant protection.

Someone gave that answer already, and with numbers, you obnoxious senile
subnormal idiot!

--
Website (from 2007) dedicated to the 86-year-old senile Australian
cretin's pathological trolling:
https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/r...d-faq.2973853/

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 8 Apr 2021 05:54:01 -0700 (PDT),
" wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 6:36:30 AM UTC-4, jimmy wrote:
On 4/8/21 2:54 AM, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with many experiencing such minor symptoms – or none altogether – that they didn’t even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed ‘variants of concern’ by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826
Yah, the "CCP virus" has mutated into the "UK virus" and has been detected in Michigan.

I suspect Michigan's Governor Cruella De Vil will be shutting down hair salons and indoor dining soon.

Oh, my God! It's the end of the world! Snowflake Jimmy will have to go back to
cutting his own hair and eating carryout! Woe! Woe! Woe!

Cindy Hamilton

You scoff, but if you read Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire, you'll see that when the emperor** closed the restaurants and
hair salons, it was the turning point for Rome. It's ascendanccy ended
within a year and its decline began within 8 years.

**I think it was Emperor Unkempt III.

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 8 Apr 2021 06:22:48 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms – or none altogether – that they
didn’t even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed ‘variants of
concern’ by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About 160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.

I think Sen. McFuddle (KS, Rep.) suggested vaccinating teens and 20's
first but in his proposed bill, they had to sign an affidavit that they
were stupid. In a poll, some refused to do that, and then equality
fanatics complained that the stupid ones would get priority over the
sensible ones.

The compromise was that every teen and 20 would take a standardized
test, the MCAT, the Maturity Conviction Assessment Test, which would
through objective standards decide who was stupid and who wasn't.

But then fiscal hawks said giving the test to so many people was an
unnecesary expense, and the government could tell who was stupid and who
wasn't just by looking at everyone's Usenet and Facebook posts.

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 08 Apr 2021 10:59:10 -0500, Jim Joyce
wrote:

On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 08:10:52 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:29:07 AM UTC-4, Shadow wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 06:22:48 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms – or none altogether – that they
didn’t even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed ‘variants of
concern’ by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About 160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

Only 19.3% of the American population has been FULLY
vaccinated.
Stay safe.
[]'s


Yes, but good data out of Israel showed that the Pfizer vaccine was 90% effective
three weeks after the first shot. Nothing much happened in the first two weeks,
then in the third week immunity ramped up. to 90%. The second shot just boosted it a
bit more. Moderna is likely similar. So a lot more than 19% have a good deal of
protection. And with the above numbers rolling out and supply increasing further
the job is rapidly getting done. I doubt we're going to have the widely talked about
third surge wave here, but we'll see. I think by June or so we may have more vaccine
then people willing to get vaccinated.

After applying two places and being ignored for months, I got an
invitation on a Monday for any day that week, from a private, large
hospital. Then they were running 5 days a week at 3 locations, but now
I think it's down to two days a week, half a day, at one location.

Then about a month later I got an invitation to go to the State
Fairgrounds. Out of curiosity I checked if they still had open slots
(Walgreens still sends me email and usually by the time I open the page
there are no slots in all of Maryland.) Well in the case of the county
(using the state fairgrounds) the invitation came on Monday or Tuesday
for two days later. I checked slots and the morning** was pretty
full, but starting at 2PM, there were 19 or 21 empty slots for most time
slots, each 2 minutes long. (Some slots only had 3 or 4 or none,
especially 4:30 iirc, when people who get off work at 4 can arrive.)

So it came to about 1000 empty slots for the day i was invited for.

I chacked the following afternnon and it was down to about 800. Early
the next morning, the day of the invitation, and about 800 then also.

I wondered if they would close the webpage, stop making appts. at 8AM or
9. But they sensibly kept it open all days and even at 4 that afternoon,
there were about 750 enpty slots. I felt like going again.

Now I suppose for every slot that goes unfilled, they save the vaccine
until tomorrow, and they wouldn't have so mnch vaccine, so many
available slots on Thursday every slot on Wednesday had been used.

So maybe this says little about vaccine availabilty but it sure seems to
say somehting about people's urgency. AFAIK there aren't many jobs
where they won't let you take off 2 hours to get a shot, if the
alternative is your coming to work sick. Most people in Balt. county
have cars or friends with cars, or taxis, and thee is even a light rail
station right at the fairgrounds. if you have to take public
transportation, at most 90 minutes to get there.

**That's what I thought, but later I think I learned they didn't open
until noon, so that's why no morning slots were listed.

The state fairgrouneds location in Md. was run by Balt. County, but I
think the state took over about a week ago. From a distance, I haven't
seen any change in operation however.


That remains a serious problem, about half
of Republicans say they won't get it and there are plenty of other anti-vaxers too.

What a difference a competent Presidential administration makes. Imagine
where we'd be if the previous Prez had been reelected.

I hate to think about it. Although the advantage woulud be tha the
problem would have been over by last February. Just ask him.