Coronavirus (non political)

I had no issues whatsoever so maybe you'll be lucky

I'm back to 100% today, the last day and a half wasn't fun. I read that 1 out of 4 won't have a significant reaction to the 2nd shot. You were definitely lucky.

‘This Is a Catastrophe.’ In India, Illness Is Everywhere. (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/world/asia/India-delhi-covid-cases.html)

man this is bad

Getting my J&J vaccine Wednesday and rejoining Costco (that's where I'm getting it).

Normalcy here I fucking come baby. Someone book a concert a fucking sap.

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Nine fully vaccinated members of the New York Yankees — including one player and eight other staff — tested positive for the virus that causes covid-19 last week. To many, this may suggest the vaccines, which are extremely effective, don’t work as well as advertised. In fact, the Yankees outbreak is a case study showing how well the vaccines are working.

Let’s first note that data from tens of thousands of people enrolled in clinical trials — and hundreds of millions of other partially or fully vaccinated people — have shown that the vaccines administered in the United States are safe and effective. All the cases on the Yankees came from its traveling party — the group of players and other personnel who go to road games, about 50 to 60 people. That’s not enough to overrule the existing data.
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But even if we focus just on those 50 to 60 people, does this outbreak cast doubt on vaccines? No. Of the nine cases, at least seven showed no symptoms. The only one who has so far was the first case to appear, third-base coach Phil Nevin. It is possible we will find out the vaccine “failed” only once — in Nevin — allowing him to build up a high enough viral load to spread it to eight others, all of whose vaccinated bodies likely fought it off quickly before they could develop symptoms or transmit it.

That is the vaccines working as designed. While they don’t eliminate the possibility of becoming infected, they virtually eliminate the risk of severe disease and death by preparing your immune system to fight the virus so it can respond more quickly and strongly. Cases that would have been hospitalizations become colds, and symptomatic cases become asymptomatic. Most infections are avoided entirely. The vaccine works like a strong head wind from the outfield, turning homers into doubles and doubles into harmless fly outs. These effects may be the result of a more powerful immune response in vaccinated individuals, which is also thought to reduce viral loads and thus further spread of the virus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/17/yankees-covid-outbreak-vaccines-work/

^ amazing how many people out there don't understand you can still get covid even if you are vaccinated

^ amazing how many people out there don't understand you can still get covid even if you are vaccinated

Are we really surprised at this point? CDC has done a garbage job.

While trump def struggled and sucked with messaging, Biden administration hasn’t improved 1 damn bit.

Are we really surprised at this point? CDC has done a garbage job.

While trump def struggled and sucked with messaging, Biden administration hasn’t improved 1 damn bit.

Is it that hard to interpret what 90% efficacy means?

90 does not equal 100, simple math folks. The CDC has never said if you are vaccinated you'll never get sick.

Don't most vaccines completely wipe out things? Like so people still actually get measles or polio, etc., in the U.S.?

Most people get vaccinated when they are kids as well, so this whole thing is new to most American's.

So people that are not aware shouldn't be shamed (not saying that is happening here), the information just needs to be continously pumped out there.

I'm not getting the vaccine because I'm expecting 100% protection, it's moreso, so I just don't have to hear about it anymore. And once government starts mandating vaccine cards for things like flights, that I don't have to worry about it.

No vaccines are 100% effective. Take the flu vaccine for example. Does it prevent you 100% from getting the flu? No, never has. It's generally 30-40% effective and it will help reduce the severity if you do get it. Some vaccines are more effective than others. The idea is to get enough of the population vaccinated to reduce the spread and severity of the disease.

https://www.immune.org.nz/vaccines/efficiency-effectiveness

No vaccines are 100% effective. Take the flu vaccine for example. Does it prevent you 100% from getting the flu? No, never has. It's generally 30-40% effective and it will help reduce the severity if you do get it. Some vaccines are more effective than others. The idea is to get enough of the population vaccinated to reduce the spread and severity of the disease.

https://www.immune.org.nz/vaccines/efficiency-effectiveness

I guess people just need to be able to equate this vaccine to the flu shot.

Is the flu shot actually categorized as a vaccine? It's just always been called the flu shot, never really thought about it before.