OFFS!
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Mr. Blisset already published this news. Hah. Too lateâŚ
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Itâs not surprising in the context of ECHR jurisprudence. They give a lot of room for governments to promote public policy and they donât step in even in situations you imagine they would. Which this is not one of.
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Upside of the lock-down (or was it âGray Level Plus Stay-At-Home Unless You Donâtâ), at least here in Mississauga, is that Iâve been acknowledged to be in a âHot Spotâ and will be eligible on Friday for vaccination.
Iâve already had to tell my Toronto business partner heâs too old for me to adopt.
This, however, is unlikely to spare Ontario 
's Doug Ford the hard-earned wrath of the peopleâŚ
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Just got my J&J shot
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Cheers to you and everyone who has received their vaccinations, have appointments to get their vaccinations, or is patiently waiting to make their appointment for their vaccinations (we need to cheer you on, too!).
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According to the UK medical regulator, the MHRA, 79 cases have been identified, and 19 people have died.
This is out of a total of more than 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine which have been given in the UK.
I guess it seems to me that Europe, which largely (UK and Sweden excepted) tried to approach the pandemic responsibly, and put their money on the AZ vaccine, is now getting spikes from lockdown fatigue while being hit with this speedbump with side effects (rightly or wrongly), while the US, which was wildly irresponsible, and bet on Pfizer, is at least able to steamroller ahead with vaccinations, even as mitigation is collapsing. Reverse the vaccines and you have wildly different outcomes.
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One and done!
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Noting that helps to put any short pause or restrictions on who gets AZ vaccine in Europe into perspective. It was the main vaccine, but fuck all has been delivered so itâs no major headache to pause it for under 65 women say until further information. Realistically it wonât effect the number being vaccinated.
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Brazil this week became just the third country, after the U.S. and Peru, to report a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths that exceeded 4,000. India hit a peak of almost 127,000 new cases in 24 hours, and Iran set a new coronavirus infection record for the third straight day, reporting nearly 22,600 new cases.
No one should be shocked by this. A more contagious variant coming to dominate, covid fatigue and a feeling that âthe vaccine is here, so itâs all over,â and, of course, political assholery all combine to set the stage for another huge surge.
And then, of course, there is this kind of stuff: âIn Brazil, less than 3% of 210 million people have received both doses, according to Our World in Data, an online research site.â
We are a stupid, panicky and easily misled species. I often wonder if bonobos or octopuses would be better suited to run the place.
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Unhelpful:
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In light of that, if you canâŚ
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Despite the J&J setback, we are rapidly leaving the period of âget shots in armsâ and entering the period of âget arms to shootâ.
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Yup in San Diego same thing. My wife told our handyman about it at 2pm and he was vaccinated by 4:30.
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I wish we were.
I am not expecting to be able to even register until May. Meantime, I have just been told I need to resume 5 days a week at the office.
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What state is that?
It has been interesting to me that what category a state has moved to vaccinating doesnât seem to bear much relation their vaccine percentage, so I fear the states opening registrations up are doing so because a high percentage of older people are not getting vaccinated.
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Province of British Columbia.
And I donât blame my employer. There are reasons they need me in the office: some issues I actually pointed out have come to a head. They actually want to move to a 3-in, 2-out system (or something like) even after the pandemic, for those who want it and itâs feasible, so part of me going in right now is so we can be confident in moving to that in the long term.
The problem with staying low-level and avoiding any kind of authority is sometimes you find yourself as the only one left with institutional memory.
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I heard that on the local NBC station this morning. They cut to their reporter on the scene (6:45 am), who then clarified that nope, you still need an appointment for the super site.
Tweets now claim the CSULA site got overwhelmed and retracted the invitation. So it may or may not be by appointment only.
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