outbreak! (ebola, sars, coronavirus, etc)

they're doing it now because as soon as people shout they will ask these questions:

"wait, don't the vaccines work?"
"wait, didn't you just say we can all have the vaccine in like two months?"
"wait didn't you say it's likely nobody's spreading it if they're vaxed?"
"aren't you saying the hospitalizations are dipping?"

and make it sound (to idiots) like Dem politicians are just introverts who want to shut the country down needlessly.

i would just like to note that i have been on the money

Biden: “We're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May.”

— Kate Sullivan (@KateSullivanDC) March 2, 2021

lol was wondering when you'd bring that up

It's just so fucking stupid to see it happening now, when there is a light at the end of the tunnel. But as with most things with the modern day GOP, this is more about grandstanding than actual governing.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, March 2, 2021 5:27 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm. just wait like 2-4 weeks! i assume this was because he wanted to beat florida with 2024 in mind.

Just...

If you smoke or have previously smoked at least 100 cigarettes, you will qualify for a COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina starting on March 24

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) March 2, 2021

I’ve never smoked a cigarette, not sure I can get through 100 in time. But I’m also across the country from North Carolina.

if you smoke chainsmoke 100 cigarettes in a row, you get a free duffelbag

Justin, reopen that border, I'm on my way.

Anti-vaper prejudice IMO

lol how are they gonna know the exact number u smoked historically

If you've kept track of the 99 you've had so far, you can still light up one right before your appointment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVsEWGLC9RI

Those 54 were superfluous imo.

lol how are they gonna know the exact number u smoked historically

they ask you to smoke a couple in front of them and see if you do it right. and even if you do, if you don't roll up your pack in your sleeve and say something iconic, no vaccine for you

that's why you gotta go in there with nothing but two smelly butts, one behind each ear, no pack, and tell them you smoked them on the way up the elevator

then you say "can i ash here", and you smear the ashes all over the signature lines of the vaccination paperwork

ahh i see,so u have to look cool when u light the cigarette, even more points if you can do it hands free, and when you put out your right arm, a hawk has to come and land on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxigNmhB5KM

what if you've seen half of 200 Cigarettes?

you are eligible in NYS if you have ADHD fwiw

https://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2021/03/02/0

Countdown to Twitch streams of people chainsmoking 500 cigarettes to get the vax.

no if you smoke 500 cigarettes you get 5 vaxes

500 cigarettes still gets you a duffelbag, i'm sad to say, but it is a big improvement over the 100 cigarette reward bag, with more pockets

And 200 Cigarettes gets you nothing.

truly wild to see these two tweets in rapid succession on my TL: pic.twitter.com/4PA6It24lo

— lil uzi veritas (@polumechanos) March 2, 2021

I'm surprised at how many people on Twitter are not getting that Biden saying we will have enough doses by May does not mean they will be in arms by May. I mean, it's great news regardless and accelerates our timeline, but... there are a large number of states that still need to get their shit together wrt equitable distribution.

the federal sites will be a big help. we're getting 4 in FL.

likewise I think this is where the CVSs/Walgreens and other commercial pharmacies are going to step up when they get an increased amount of the supply. they're used to scheduling systems for their MinuteClinics/etc at the back of the store.

you're right though that having access to does not = completion of vaccination by May.

Oh agreed, it's really good news, and I don't mean to diminish it. But I'm seeing so many people spinning this into "summer will be back to normal bay-beeee" and it's like, well, no. Let's keep some reality in check here.

They're doing vaccines at the CVS two blocks from me, but all the slots are booked and I'm not sure I qualify for one yet.

xpost honestly anybody rushing to make plans for the summer = premature, as we've learned throughout this pandemic, much of what we expected hasn't happened, and much of what we didn't expect has. we should be happy about the news but also sit back and...like...wait before we start planning May block parties lol.

my block party will be getting a haircut and going to the dentist

yeah, thanks to my changed living situation during the pandemic, my life is already not going back to what it was pre-pandemic. but the small pleasures will be back and i will be very thankful.

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has anybody gone to the eye doctor? I felt squeamish going last April when my contact lenses were running out, so I just re-ordered my last Rx and paid out of pocket, but now the Rx is expired so I have no choice. not as worried now that I have the stab and they might too, so I'm finally going on Monday.

Yep. I went in October. Quite safe.

I had just gone and gotten new glasses in December of 2019, so I'm feeling okay about that. It's the dentist that I need to get too.

Ugh, to. Autocorrect.

If you want assurance, call'em and ask about protocol.

I went to the dentist in early January. She's hyper-hygienic in normal times, so the extra protocols were cool. I waited in my car before getting texted to come, she made me wear a plastic face mask, and she was herself wearing one and double masked.

I've been wearing glasses from 1995 for the past year (thankfully my prescription hasn't changed much even if my sense of style most certainly has) while my last pair of disposable contacts sit unused behind a pane of glass with a little hammer hanging from a chain next to them.

Well, part of the issue is that my work changed insurance to kick off 2020 and I had yet to find a new dentist when shit hit the fan. I would feel really comfortable going to my old dentist, but that's not an option, so not even knowing where to start gives me a little extra pause.

I felt safer at my optometrist and dentist than I would've, say, at a bar.

I got a new glasses presciption pretty early in the pandemic. It does feel kinda weird, considering how close you have to be to the doctor, but as long as you're both masked I think you're probably OK. You have the vax so you're much safer regardless.

It will be interesting to see if coronavirus numbers go down in the northeast once the cicadas come and everyone is too paralyzed with horror to go outside.

I had a UK eye test and it was fine, but it is a bit weird wearing a mask throughout and being like "is the image clearer in the left lens or the right lens?" "it's completely steamed up again in the four seconds since you last wiped it to be honest mate"

J&J vaccine is rising to the occasion pic.twitter.com/yDsGg1JyQ6

— Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH (@JuliaLMarcus) March 3, 2021

(lol but also great news!)

I haven't had dental insurance or a vision plan since I turned 18, haven't seen a dentist in...a really long time. I was on the brink of resolving that when the pandemic hit— I might just go and pay out of pocket for a checkup. How bad can it be? (I know, pretty awful :-( )

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