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I'm pretty sure every shot is supposed to be associated with a named person... but best of luck!
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They ultimately need to know if you've had the inoculation and, for some inoculations, if you're getting the second shot at the right time.
You can probably ask that they remove your name from the data lists afterwards and change it to "unknown person".
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Do you think they will ever make it so easy that they leave the vaccines on a table in a parking lot, with instructional signs? Basically, swab your arm, stick the needle in, throw used needle in refuse container, apply bandage, fill out vaccine card, and take a lollipop. Hope I don't have to wait for that. :|
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Second dose for me on Monday. Then wait three weeks and I "might" start to feel a bit safer out and about.
Provided I don't get a blood clot, that is.
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Shannon SteelSlave wrote:Do you think they will ever make it so easy that they leave the vaccines on a table in a parking lot, with instructional signs? Basically, swab your arm, stick the needle in, throw used needle in refuse container, apply bandage, fill out vaccine card, and take a lollipop. Hope I don't have to wait for that. :|
here in the uk, almost that.

There are a few localised "hot spots" with a higher-than-average "ethnic" population, who tend to be living in close proximity/multi-generational/possibly illegal immigrants (no, I am not prejudiced, it's a statement of fact) and so vaccination is being offered on an entirely anonymous basis, arrive and get vaccinated, no names, no addresses, no questions. It has been very successful.
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The question of our age. Very strong evidence that COVID originated in a lab:

"Although the double CGG is suppressed naturally, the opposite is true in laboratory work. The insertion sequence of choice is the double CGG. That’s because it is readily available and convenient, and scientists have a great deal of experience inserting it. An additional advantage of the double CGG sequence compared with the other 35 possible choices: It creates a useful beacon that permits the scientists to track the insertion in the laboratory.

Now the damning fact. It was this exact sequence that appears in CoV-2. Proponents of zoonotic origin must explain why the novel coronavirus, when it mutated or recombined, happened to pick its least favorite combination, the double CGG. Why did it replicate the choice the lab’s gain-of-function researchers would have made?"

Dr. Steven Quay and UC Berkeley emeritus professor of physics Richard Muller, in the WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-scienc ... i31IQF4ALU
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I understand there are other indicators for lab-based origin, quite apart from the satellite observations of the Wuhan laboratory showing it closed down for two weeks, and a massive drop in local mobile phone traffic over the same period.

It was perhaps unfortunate that Donald Trump made a big deal of it being the "Chinese Virus", so everyone decided he must be wrong (because he is Donald Trump) and the zoonotic explanation was accepted world-wide.

However, even if there were incontravertible proof of origin, what next?

Meanwhile, our UK politicians are trying to soften us up with hints that the promised removal of all restrictions on 21st June may not happen as there is a "surge" in cases of another variant. I'd mention that currently there are more hospitals than hospitalised covid cases, and almost all of those cases are people who have not had any vaccination.
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Post removed. Irrelevant, hypomanic, ect. I promise you, it will happen again. :facepalm:
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lj wrote:It was perhaps unfortunate that Donald Trump made a big deal of it being the "Chinese Virus"
Perhaps it is unfortunate that certain parties had to attack anything he said as electioneering. The most egregious example is probably the debacle about hydroxychloroquine, an EFFECTIVE prophylactic for COVID dismissed over a falsified article in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet, but the "lab leak theory as debunked conspiracy" is at least a close second. The double CGG is absolutely a smoking gun.
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Cases 174,972,721 , Deaths 3,775,556 , Vaccine Doses Administered 2,280,099,915 (It is worth noting that many states in the United States are becoming lax about updating death and case figures, pointing more attention to vaccination rates)
Mask mandates are lifting in some businesses, others have a "no vax, must mask" policy, and some indiscriminately still require masks. If in doubt, I would say assume masks are required, and if you wish to de-mask, you should observe posted signs or ask an associate of the business before removing your mask. Of course, always use your best judgement in all cases. Polite people will respect your wishes of masking and distancing if they plan to come close to you, but look out for the arrogant ones who don't. Be safe, and don't yet let your guard down, regardless of your vaccination status.
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I'll be getting my first vaccine dose (either Pfizer or Moderna) tomorrow. Second dose is already planned about a week before my vacation and Germany is slowly opening back up, so... Cautiously optimistic
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Gregovic wrote:I'll be getting my first vaccine dose (either Pfizer or Moderna) tomorrow. Second dose is already planned about a week before my vacation and Germany is slowly opening back up, so... Cautiously optimistic
I got my second vaccination yesterday. So in 14-21 days I can visit a friend who has Parkinson's. Of course still safety with a mouth mask.
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Obligatory statement: COVID is a real thing.

It's clear that we're beyond an effective herd immunity threshold in the US, with cases, hospitalizations, and deaths all down to levels last seen during the original ramp-up in late March. 65% of adults have at least one shot, and of gobs of people have naturally acquired immunity. Most major restrictions -- however, irrelevant they've proven to be -- have been lifted. So now we get fear porn about variants, warnings not to ease our levels of caution, with a little note at the end confirming that the vaccines appear effective against whatever the variant of the day might be. If one were to only intake the NYT and read only the first half of articles, you'd think we're still at peak COVID.

In retrospect it's clear that a certain point of view -- that dismissed and even silenced by the major media -- was completely true. COVID _was_ and is a lot closer to the flu in death rate than to early projections. Masks have very low effectiveness at preventing spread. Fomite transmission isn't a thing... but the makers of sanitizers and soaps certainly thank you for your participation. Hydroxychloroquine is an effective early treatment in combination with Azithromyacin, even if Orange Man said so early on. The single most brilliant thing done in the pandemic was Operation Warp Speed... clearing out the red tape throughout trials to emergency authorization for vaccine candidates, funding massive 30K+ Phase III clinical trials to expedite the process, and investing in manufacturing of a handful of promising Phase III candidates by purchasing hundreds of millions of doses.

Our remaining issues are those we inflicted upon ourselves... largely baselessly, it turns out. According to the Federal Reserve, two hundred thousand extra business closures were seen in the first 12 months due to our response to the pandemic, including 130,000 small businesses (the remainder are locations of chains and the like). It turns out that there's no good reason Walmart can thrive but the small pharmacy down the street cannot operate. Massive monetary distributions from the government continue to keep people from seeking employment, despite record high job openings. We've blown out debt and spending, and continue using the pandemic that isn't anymore as an excuse for massive borrowing and wealth redistribution.

And in the end major global forces work to keep the facts of the start of this virus from public knowledge. It's nearly certain that SARS-Cov-2 originated in the Wuhan lab, where it was the subject of gain-of-function research. In the history of the world, there's never been a virus that made the jump from animal to human ALREADY optimized to impact humans, as though it's already been cycled through a series of tuning mutations on human cells. There's never been a virus genome with a naturally occurring double CGG sequencing pattern... the exact pattern typically used in gain-of-function, and one seen in the COVID. Hell, there's never been a bat-originated respiratory coronavirus that first appeared right next to a laboratory now 100% known to be doing gain of function research on bat-originated respiratory coronaviruses. Will we ever confirm openly that the Chinese Communist Party caused a major world pandemic? Or will we skip over that and allow the fallout to substantial strengthen China on the world stage?
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Cases 184,803,266 , Deaths 3,996,325 , Vaccine Doses Administered 3,317,565,626
Is it strange to continue wearing a mask anywhere yet? Some places/events still require them.
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here in the UK "Freedom Day" was meant to be 21st June, but our Prime Minister was persuaded to delay it for another four weeks, We are now told it will be "irreversible" on 19th July, but "they" omitted to mention we will still have to self-isolate for ten days if we are in "contact" (as determined by proximity to an infected person, even if the person was on the other side of a wall - GPS location doesn't know this minor detail) for a month after that, or that you have had full vaccination. This may well kill off the hospitailty and entertainment businesses, empty schools and make the Health Service inoperable. Oh, and powers will still be in place to do the whole lockdown thing again anyway.

But that isn't important as the "cases" continue to rise. Strangely, we are testing millions of people more than last year, but that the proportion of "cases" identified compared to number of tests doesn't seem to matter, as the number of "cases" equates to a threat of catastrophe. Equally strange is the ignored fact that actual covid hospitalisations are a factor of ten less than those for people with good old influenza and pneumonia.

As far as masks are concerned, wear one if you wish, don't expect others to do so. There is something to be said for wearing a mask when you have a respiratory disease (as is often the case in countries like Japan, who have had direct experience of SARS before), to reduce the risk you will spread it - the heavier droplets you exhale will mostly be trapped, but unless it is a high-grade mask correctly fitted it won't stop you breathing in small aerosol droplets, so your own protection is very limited.
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