It really shouldn’t work that way. The more people who are vaccinated, the fewer potential hosts to spread it. Combine that with the fact that antivaxxers and anti-makers for a near perfectly overlapping Venn diagram and vaccination is all upside.
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Same here. I registered 3 days ago and got the email prompt to schedule today. My first Moderna will be next Thursday at my doctor’s office.
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This really pisses me off. Requiring vaccination of our students is entirely standard; UT, for example, has required MMR vaccination and TB testing for decades. However, this one vaccine is being singled out for no reason other than the insane political conspiracy theories of some members of the GOP deathcult.
(On my own campus, the system president said that they wouldn’t be legally able to force students to be vaccinated, but I suspect that will change before August, especially since other state universities are gradually making this a requirement.)
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An observation in a small number of people is just that - an observation. It’s not actionable data. It would take a prospective randomized study to really get information that would be worth making decisions on.
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I feel like this is trying to put a happy face on the CDC decision, but damn… I thought there were six deaths, not six cases and one death.
| Fatality Rate | |
|---|---|
| Covid-19 | 2-3 in 100 |
| J&J Vaccine | 1 in 7,000,000 |
How many people are we killing by cancelling vaccinations each day?
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Got my vaccines booked!!!
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Latest local update:
Given that we only have around 1.2 million people age 16 and over, that’s pretty good.
Despite that, and despite being well past my 2nd shot, I’m still avoiding people, especially as we are starting to really fill up with tourists again.
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In yet another shocking development,
Red states on U.S. electoral map lagging on vaccinations - ABC News
Gee, I wonder how this came to be? (/s)
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May God have mercy on texan ICU workers
(NY Times reprint)
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As predicted:
That network went into action almost immediately after the pause in vaccinations was announced.
Robert Kennedy Jr., who is considered one of the top spreaders of vaccine misinformation in the U.S., posted the news to his 230,000 Facebook followers.
Rizza Islam, another prominent promoter of vaccine hesitancy especially within the Black community, tweeted conspiracy theories about the Johnson & Johnson news to his 54,000 followers on Twitter. (Islam was recently removed from Facebook.)
Even some state lawmakers used the news to imply vaccines aren’t safe. One Pennsylvania state legislator, Rep. Rob Kauffman, posted to his 13,700 Facebook followers that “we don’t fully understand these vaccines.”
Yup, better to let people die. 
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