Covid-19 News/Discussion

[sammymvpknight]

Nice to see that the NFL is adopting the policies that they should have adopted from the beginning instead of the carrot dangling and shaming strategy. The vaccine is fantastic at preventing serious illness and death but your still very capable of acquiring and spreading while vaxed. Their strategy was void of science. 

[TVScout]

People shouldn’t get the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine when the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots are available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

The recommendation, from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, came hours after members of the agency's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in favor of the guidance. The panel convened following an update from the Food and Drug Administration on the risk of rare but potentially life-threatening blood clots linked to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. 

[TVScout]

Boost it!

[Deadpulse]

8 minutes ago, TVScout said:

People shouldn’t get the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine when the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots are available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

The recommendation, from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, came hours after members of the agency's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in favor of the guidance. The panel convened following an update from the Food and Drug Administration on the risk of rare but potentially life-threatening blood clots linked to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. 

That's gonna be such a death knell to the J&J. If I am any org giving shots I follow that guidance to the letter and dont offer J&J until/unless there is no other choice. 

[WizeGuy]

Encouraging data out of SA:

 

 

[jetsfan4life51]

On 12/15/2021 at 9:35 PM, incognito_man said:

Ok, do you have a source that isn't a batschit crazy person who has been fired and sued by reputable medical professionals?

Then what do you think about Pfizer and the billions they've been sued in criminal lawsuits?

[ramssuperbowl99]

@incognito_man I logged into Twitter today and immediately got hit with Peter McCullogh's recent Joe Rogan Experience appearance. So I think we've solved the mystery of why every self-proclaimed "independent thinker" has decided to latch on to this idiot.

[MWil23]

1 hour ago, ramssuperbowl99 said:

@incognito_man I logged into Twitter today and immediately got hit with Peter McCullogh's recent Joe Rogan Experience appearance. So I think we've solved the mystery of why every self-proclaimed "independent thinker" has decided to latch on to this idiot.

He's currently D1.5 into a month long ban.

[ramssuperbowl99]

27 minutes ago, MWil23 said:

He's currently D1.5 into a month long ban.

Only the best posters get temp bans.

[TVScout]

WHO adds ninth vaccine to Covax repertoire.

The vaccine known as Covovax, or NVX-CoV2373, is safe and effective, with benefits that “far outweigh” any risks, the agency said in a statement. The vaccine is produced by the Serum Institute of India under license from Novavax.

 

 

South Africa’s health minister said the latest covid outbreak fueled by the omicron variant appears milder, and the government believes that vaccines and past infections could be contributing to this.

 

U.S. stockpiles monoclonal antibody for when omicron variant becomes dominant.

The decision to pause every-other-week shipments to states of the treatment, sotrovimab, shortly after Thanksgiving is part of a broader strategy to marshal the most effective tools to combat omicron, according to David Kessler, chief scientific officer of the White House covid-19 response team.

Omicron represents an estimated 3 percent of coronavirus cases in the United States, but in some states it is estimated to make up 13 percent of all cases, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Wednesday. Some hospitals are reporting even more concerning figures: At Houston Methodist, omicron grew from 13 percent of cases to more than 30 percent in four days. In New York, the percentage of positive tests doubled in three days — a key sign of accelerating spread.

 

 

[TVScout]

Free:

Children exposed to covid can safely stay in class with in-school testing, CDC says.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/17/school-covid-test-cdc-quarantine/

[Humble_Beast]

who got their booster? how was it like ?

[Xenos]

On 12/15/2021 at 8:46 AM, Leader said:

Dr. Anthony Fauci:

“Our booster vaccine regimens work against Omicron.” “At this point, there is no need for a variant-specific booster.”

That sounds like a good thing. Unless you think they should be making a variant specific booster. 

[Xenos]

20 hours ago, sammymvpknight said:

Nice to see that the NFL is adopting the policies that they should have adopted from the beginning instead of the carrot dangling and shaming strategy. The vaccine is fantastic at preventing serious illness and death but your still very capable of acquiring and spreading while vaxed. Their strategy was void of science. 

When they adapted it, the vaccine was extremely effective against infections and against spreading the virus with regards to the original strain and Alpha. Even against Delta, your chances of getting infected were smaller than the unvaccinated, thus better preventing spread. Other things included less transmission level despite the same viral load as well as the virus clearing your body sooner. It was the right decision to push everyone to be vaccinated because it was the best way to go back to normal.
 

Obviously, things have changed with Omicron. So the NFL should adapt accordingly.

[Xenos]

52 minutes ago, Humble_Beast said:

who got their booster? how was it like ?

I was fine. Didn’t have any issues with the first two shots though besides some body aches and headaches. This was Pfizer.

Edited December 17, 2021 by Xenos