outbreak! (ebola, sars, coronavirus, etc)

Release the vaccine in vape form and I promise no one will ask what is in it

— Caitlin (@caithuls) December 6, 2020

nyt. . . thank’s

Change in Headline pic.twitter.com/uy7wf2r6ZD

— Editing TheGrayLady (@nyt_diff) December 7, 2020

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/12/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-design.html

there are some surprising errors in this article (for example, the assertion that HCQ increases the risk of death, which has not been shown in RCTs), but it’s a very sobering and interesting read

I say sobering purely due to the fact that it’s existed so long. but it certainly hasn’t been “available” (ie, manufactured at scale) that long, and while I have a lot of respect for folks like krammer and rasmussen, there’s a lot of speculation there

still amazing to think there's been a viable vaccine designed since before a single American died of covid and there's people who won't take it a quarter of a million deaths later because it's been "rushed"

xp kevinK:

In the meta-analysis of randomized trials of HCQ (through 16 Oct), randomization to HCQ treatment did significantly increase mortality by about 11%

The combined OR on all-cause mortality for hydroxychloroquine was 1.11 (95% CI: 1.02, 1.20; I2=0%; 26 trials; 10,012 patients)... We identified no subgroup effects. We found that treatment with hydroxychloroquine was associated with increased mortality in COVID-19 patients.

oh here we go

ha, definitely don't mean to turn this into an HCQ discussion. hadn't seen that preprint actually, skimmed the abstract (and the authors, lol) though and that's consistent with what most of the big trials had been reporting, so I'm not too surprised

So the second person to officially receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is a Mr. William Shakespeare... from Warwickshire! I suppose being 456 years old puts him in the 'at risk' catergory.

That would have something of a Boris wheeze about it if the first person hadn't been some old dear from Norn Iron.

This is cool. The Pfizer/BioNTech looks like its effective 10 days after the first dose:

https://i.imgur.com/9x1LWx7.jpg

what a mess https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/business/covid-vaccine-oxford-astrazeneca.html

Ugh, this is just gross:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/10/decomposing-mink-in-denmark-may-have-contaminated-groundwater

Thrilled to see LA county close outdoor playgrounds while keeping indoor shopping malls open btw.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, November 28, 2020 5:51 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

obviously stupid order rescinded

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-09/california-playgrounds-stay-open-covid-19-restrictions

Though several aspects of California’s latest regional stay-at-home order have come under fire since Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled it last week, the closure of playgrounds sparked particular backlash — with parents expressing outrage and confusion about why their children’s play areas would be off-limits while places like malls remain open.

The state “received feedback from the community and heard their concerns about the lack of outdoor spaces for children if playgrounds remained closed under the new regional stay-home order” and decided those areas could stay open “with modifications that include masking, social distancing and following other recommendations,” said Ali Bay, a representative for the California Department of Public Health.

Advisory panel approval feels like a milestone worth noting!

Breaking —> White House orders FDA chief to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Friday or submit his resignation, ⁦@jdawsey1⁩ and ⁦@lauriemcginley2⁩ report https://t.co/6dKqAFMp2f

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 11, 2020

great idea

the vaccine authorization was going a little too smoothly, it was far past time to inject some politics in it, just to amp up the distrust in the process a little

Wait I thought the virus was a hoax and was just like, a cold?

so fucking stupid

seriously, i know i always mention this, but trump and his croneys couldn't even run a fucking office depot or long john silvers or a t-mobile strip mall outlet. so incompetent

The mob tactics are terrible for trust in public
health, but the FDA were leaking that they were going to authorise it on Sunday or Saturday. they’d made up their mind and 3000 people are dying every day while they do paperwork.

fuck the FDA, fuck Trump, fuck America, fuck our flag, fuck Columbus, and fuck God

fuckfest!

(Aimless now qualifies as a bona fide internet influencer!)

what's an extra 3000 deaths or so? it's not something you'd start a war in an unrelated country over, that's for sure

i'm going to show up to the airport and refuse to take my shoes off or take my laptop out of a bag.

FREEDOM

fuck the FDA, fuck Trump, fuck America, fuck our flag, fuck Columbus, and fuck God

― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Friday, December 11, 2020 11:42 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

fuckfest!

― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Friday, December 11, 2020 12:04 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

But my bussy's fulla beans!

now singing that to the tune of "My Uzi Weighs A Ton"

USA death toll quietly surpasses 300,000...

FDA has approved emergency use of Pfizer vaccine

officially

Shoot it into my veins

Hydroxychloroquine speedball, baby. The only way to go.

I being way too paranoid in worrying that Trump might seize doses made in the US but intended for other countries?

I'm afraid he's gonna issue an EO saying that they can only be distributed via Happy Meals

for nerds:

On Monday, @HHSGov released the most detailed data about COVID-19 hospitalizations yet. We dug into the details here: https://t.co/MqWhlAMlhx

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 12, 2020

the part about COVID denialism that makes the least sense is how they account for the overwhelming explosion in hospitalizations. which is still the part worrying me the most about the next few months

I guess "the masks cause the hospitalizations" is the rationale

i'm not going to say "i know the secret truth", but i basically do. all i can say is this: follow the money. all this covid-19 is making hospitals a lot of money. know who else is a famous person with money? bill gates.

his name is even BILL ffs

it's ironic that all those medicine makers are still just commercial enterprises who will be sourcing their basic ingredients from the cheapest suppliers, i.e. China.

( https://theconversation.com/amp/the-world-needs-pharmaceuticals-from-china-and-india-to-beat-coronavirus-138388 )

his name is even BILL ffs

true billheads know him as william henry gates III

that's right. there's three of him, at least

I know I shouldn’t be surprised at all, and on some level I’m probably not, but livid that this entire administration will be getting the vaccine before the vast majority of healthcare workers. These assholes directly caused the deaths of thousands and half of them still think it’s a hoax, but they push their fat asses to the front of the line for a vaccine they don’t actually believe in. I’m so angry.

I know I shouldn’t be surprised at all, and on some level I’m probably not, but livid that this entire administration politicians in general will be getting the vaccine before the vast majority of healthcare workers. These assholes directly caused the deaths of thousands and half of them still think it’s a hoax, but they push their fat asses to the front of the line for a vaccine they don’t actually believe in. I’m so angry.

ftfy

Thanks! Fair point too, but esp galling that the fucking COVID deniers will be among the first.

Yeah, realized that might have seemed a little snarky, didn't mean it to be! I am also infuriated!

no matter how angry we are, let's not resort to bodyshaming. let's be better than that. just say they push their asses of equally beautiful shape and size to the front of the line.

Fair play, sorry for that. It’s been a hard day and hearing about the White House getting the vaccines set me off. My uncle unexpectedly passed away last night, not due to
COVID, and I’m definitely on a short fuse tonight.

Especially because the shit job this administration has done for months meant my aunt couldn’t even be with him.