aka FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out
SARS-CoV-2 is something I'd like to miss out on.
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SARS-CoV-2 is something I'd like to miss out on.
i have absolutely no doubt that vaccines are the way to go with this.
however, i have reasonable suspicions about the due process for these specific vaccines.
further, i have very little trust in my administration (particularly) handing and administering them in a safe and efficient manner, specially not in rushed campaigns.
and to nobody's surprise they're already screwing up as usual and aren't even done shooting the high risk groups, so it will take quite a while until they get to me
which works for me, have no hurry whatsoever.
one rule i have always followed in a lot of different contexts and has never failed me is this: never go with the crowd, even if it means getting late.
however, i have reasonable suspicions about the due process for these specific vaccines.
further, i have very little trust in my administration (particularly) handing and administering them in a safe and efficient manner, specially not in rushed campaigns.
and to nobody's surprise they're already screwing up as usual and aren't even done shooting the high risk groups, so it will take quite a while until they get to me
which works for me, have no hurry whatsoever.
one rule i have always followed in a lot of different contexts and has never failed me is this: never go with the crowd, even if it means getting late.
aka FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out
I read that as FOAMO (or foaming at the mouth?)
It is desirable, but it is necessary that the production of vaccines is at the level, and that the variants of the Covid do not change the problem.
It seems that the South African variant is more resistant to current vaccines and also more toxic than the English variant, from what I have read.
Yes it seems that this fact is confirmed again here.
But will there be enough hay to feed the herd ?
After the United Kingdom and South Africa, it is Japan's turn to seek to isolate a new variant of the coronavirus, recently detected in four people who arrived in the archipelago from Brazil, in order to be able to analyze it more, local authorities said on Tuesday.
This variant of SARS-CoV-2 results from an evolution of “a viral line from Brazil, which circulates in the Amazon”, provisionally called “B.1.1.28”, affirmed the Brazilian researcher Felipe Naveca, who collaborates with the 'Fiocruz institute.
Can we say here that there is the possibility of "cause and effect" ? Is the Amazon reacting to the countless destruction caused by humans ?
This variant of SARS-CoV-2 results from an evolution of “a viral line from Brazil, which circulates in the Amazon”, provisionally called “B.1.1.28”, affirmed the Brazilian researcher Felipe Naveca, who collaborates with the 'Fiocruz institute.
Can we say here that there is the possibility of "cause and effect" ? Is the Amazon reacting to the countless destruction caused by humans ?
Either that or places with lots of cases are more likely to develop new strains. Look to the USA next...
Oops, double post.
Anyhow, worth saying again.
Anyhow, worth saying again.
1,564 deaths recorded in 24 hours in the United Kingdom. Stop !
1,564 deaths recorded in 24 hours in the United Kingdom. Stop !
It’s going to get worse unfortunately. Infection rates look they might have started dropping today but there is normally a two week lag between the two things. We will probably see more than 2000 deaths per day before the death rate figures starts going down
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A personal post - for a change.
My father (UK, 90 years old) got his first injection today. I'm pleased about that!
My father (UK, 90 years old) got his first injection today. I'm pleased about that!
Good to here. Does he have a date for phase 2 yet?
I ask because: My neighbour who is from the same decade, can't get a date, for his 2nd jab yet.
Will he get a second dose in view of UK health policy and insufficient vaccine supplies ?
Again, it's getting drowned out by other events, but US data has over 3800 dead today, and a grim total mounting easily to cross 400,000 dead by the end of this week. At 220,000 per day new cases, we are not going to see this decline anytime soon. Here's the data:
total cases-todays cases- total deaths-todays deaths
The thing we should be doing is trying to stop this from worsening.
Having hundreds of troops camping within the Capitol is a nightmare situation for them, regarding the infection. Somehow, it's doubtful they are thinking of that a whole lot. What happens if the National Guard gets taken out of service by an epidemic of contagious illness this next few days?
3 Members of Congress are positive so far.
There still isn't any coordinated effort to sequence variants within the country, and zero interest in trying to suppress a 501 mutant outbreak.
This is a gigantic oversight, and it is multiple orders of magnitude bigger as a threat to life than anything else. There's no press coverage, no indication that leadership even acknowledges the issue. No plan.
Distractions couldn't be worse timed.
Update:
By midnight: US data.
total cases-todays cases- total deaths-todays deaths
| 23,600,451 | +220,400 | 393,631 | +3,801 |
The thing we should be doing is trying to stop this from worsening.
Having hundreds of troops camping within the Capitol is a nightmare situation for them, regarding the infection. Somehow, it's doubtful they are thinking of that a whole lot. What happens if the National Guard gets taken out of service by an epidemic of contagious illness this next few days?
3 Members of Congress are positive so far.
There still isn't any coordinated effort to sequence variants within the country, and zero interest in trying to suppress a 501 mutant outbreak.
This is a gigantic oversight, and it is multiple orders of magnitude bigger as a threat to life than anything else. There's no press coverage, no indication that leadership even acknowledges the issue. No plan.
Distractions couldn't be worse timed.
Update:
By midnight: US data.
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Situation Normal.
BBC has a positive story about the effect of this crisis on consumer patterns:
www.bbc.com
Would you say there's a difference in our own households?
Has coronavirus made us more ethical consumers?
Studies show shoppers on both sides of the Atlantic are more ethically and environmentally minded.
www.bbc.com
Would you say there's a difference in our own households?
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