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LogGrad98 said:
I love it when they anthropomorphize things like viruses or evolution. I get what he is saying, it just cracks me up to make it sound like there is some virus conference where they decide they need to kill less people.

"Look at the common cold people, it has a hold on this world. We need to be the new common cold! We need to become less deadly! Yes, I know we like killing people, but unless we can turn the dead bodies into vectors for infection...yes, that is a tall order...then our best bet is to emulate our cousins and tone it down, get more people to pass us along. We need to stop the kill!"

*crowd roars*

*someone throws a molotov ****tail...the revolution is in full swing*
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LOL. Nice.
 
In Michigan 3 out of 4 hospitalizations are the unvaccinated and 89% of patients in intensive care are unvaccinated. I assume the numbers are similar in other states.
 
str8line said:
In Michigan 3 out of 4 hospitalizations are the unvaccinated and 89% of patients in intensive care are unvaccinated. I assume the numbers are similar in other states.
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I still blame Biden for all of this. He’s so sinister. He planned this. By telling republicans to get vaccinated he knew that republicans would refuse to get vaccinated. So it’s really all On libs at this point. If you’re a doctor who’s tired of unvaccinated and sick MAGA flooding your ICU, do the responsible thing and blame a liberal who told others to get the vaccine.

Checkmate
 
The Thriller said:
I still blame Biden for all of this. He’s so sinister. He planned this. By telling republicans to get vaccinated he knew that republicans would refuse to get vaccinated. So it’s really all On libs at this point. If you’re a doctor who’s tired of unvaccinated and sick MAGA flooding your ICU, do the responsible thing and blame a liberal who told others to get the vaccine.

Checkmate
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Well thanks to Joeflation gas prices are so high that people, mostly Republicans, can't afford to drive their jacked up trucks to the vaccine clinic. It costs a lot to fill up a truck big enough to mount two dozen Trump flags.

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str8line said:
In Michigan 3 out of 4 hospitalizations are the unvaccinated and 89% of patients in intensive care are unvaccinated. I assume the numbers are similar in other states.
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The lowest I saw was 80% as I recall, with some in the high 90% range being unvaccinated, so clearly, even with drops in efficacy over times, the vaccine is working.

Pfizer today says that a 3rd shot is needed, which will to do a great job defending against severe illness/hospitalization against Omicron.
 
I saw this and thought it was pretty funny.
 

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“Should we just send one to every American?” I groaned as I watched a clip of White House press secretary Jen Psaki responding sarcastically to a reporter’s suggestion that there might be better ways to improve access to rapid coronavirus tests than letting Americans get reimbursed by insurance companies for their cost. Inwardly, I screamed.

That kind of lack of imagination about how health care can work is beyond frustrating to witness once you’ve experienced a system that takes a different approach — one that’s both simple to navigate and free at the point of service. One that, yes, provides free coronavirus tests to everyone.
I am a dual citizen of the United States and Britain, now living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and I am able get rapid antigen tests anytime I want to, at no cost and with no hoops to jump through. I know that Americans pay more than $20 for a package of two tests — if they’re in stock. Here you can walk into your local pharmacy, and they will just hand you packs of seven tests at no charge. In my neighborhood I can also go to the local recreational center and collect packs of tests free for my family, or swing by a coronavirus testing center.
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Why the **** are we charging people for tests? How does that encourage people to test? How does that aid in beating this pandemic?

Our health care system is so terrible. I just bought one yesterday $25 bucks. If we had a larger family, I could easily spend $50-$100. And now I’m only going to use this when I feel really sick rather than periodically check. This is stupid. Honestly, I wished I lived in Western Europe. I don’t need the gun violence and stupid health care system that we have here.
 
So, has anybody done antibody tests either after vaccination or after positive tests?

I did antibody test today in the morning and the result is 31680.0 AU/ml
Reference value is <50
 
Scat said:
Majority of omicron cases in the US are fully vaccinated individuals

www.yahoo.com

Most reported U.S. Omicron cases have hit the fully vaccinated - CDC

Most of the 43 COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant identified in the United States so far were in people who were fully vaccinated, and a third of them had received a booster dose, according to a U.S. report published on Friday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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Confusing info. If they are fully vaccinated ( two doses) then how to interpret the data of "1/3 received a booster?" Do they mean 3d booster? Good news - almost all of these cases are mild and no hospitalizations were needed - which is what vaccines are suppose to do.
 
Scat said:
Majority of omicron cases in the US are fully vaccinated individuals

www.yahoo.com

Most reported U.S. Omicron cases have hit the fully vaccinated - CDC

Most of the 43 COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant identified in the United States so far were in people who were fully vaccinated, and a third of them had received a booster dose, according to a U.S. report published on Friday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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43 cases? Small samples size. My guess it that the places that it has shown up most are bigger coastal cities (more flights from other countries arrive in bigger coastal cities) that happen to have very high vaccination rates. If that is the case then it would make a lot of sense for most of the cases to be found in people who are fully vaccinated. Also probably shows that the current vaccines dont protect against this variant particularly well so maybe the vaccine will have to be altered to better protect against the new variant. Hopefully the symptoms remain mild and omicron doesn't cause our hospitals to get overwhelmed. If thats the case then I dont think we would need a new vaccine for this new variant. Will be interesting to watch the data as the sample size grows.
Thanks for the info.
 
fishonjazz said:
43 cases? Small samples size. My guess it that the places that it has shown up most are bigger coastal cities (more flights from other countries arrive in bigger coastal cities) that happen to have very high vaccination rates. If that is the case then it would make a lot of sense for most of the cases to be found in people who are fully vaccinated. Also probably shows that the current vaccines dont protect against this variant particularly well so maybe the vaccine will have to be altered to better protect against the new variant. Hopefully the symptoms remain mild and omicron doesn't cause our hospitals to get overwhelmed. If thats the case then I dont think we would need a new vaccine for this new variant. Will be interesting to watch the data as the sample size grows.
Thanks for the info.
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He was so excited to tell us that more vaccinated people had it though. Why did you ruin it for him?
 
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