Thank goodness! The old implants were awful!
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I hope she was taking small sips! Otherwise, she’s going to be dealing with a whole different kind of sickness. 
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The more specific a law, the easier it is to prosecute violations. It’s actually hard to craft a good statute. Broad enough to encompass what’s desired, narrow enough to avoid unintended consequences.
I can’t think of anything off the top of my head that would cover vaccine card fraud. Most fraud statutes have an element of pecuniary gain. There is probably something, but it would be an awkard fit and that would give the suspects too much wiggle room. A very specific law will allow more rapid charging of suspects and less shenanigans when prosecuting
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In a way. The IDSA (Infectious Diseases Society of America, which is main group of ID docs in the US) puts COVID severity into a few buckets. Roughly, with a bit of simplification on my part, these are:
Critical- on ECMO or mechanical ventilation (intubated)
Severe - requiring supplemental oxygen (e.g. nasal cannula, high flow NC, face mask, BiPAP) but not one of the more invasive requirements that would define critical disease
Non-severe/Mild-to-moderate - Not requiring supplemental oxygen (beyond baseline requirements - ambient air for most people, routine supplemental O2 for folks with chronic lung disease)
Some folks with non-severe disease may be hospitalized, but that’s not very common.
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Great, my 84 year old mom lives in an assisted living place, she has a very nice apartment with a private entrance and an entrance to a common hall. She just texted me asking if I have any N95 masks because at a get together Monday everyone was exposed. She did not attend because she’s been social distancing from people her whole life but she is a little nervous.
She has all 3 shots so she will be good but why oh why would a senior complex filled with high risk people endorse a public gathering especially this week after what we are learning about Omicron? The place is owned and operated by one of the largest hospital systems in our state.
They did say no more congregating in the halls for at least 20 days.
She’s not a mask person so for her to ask specially for N95 tells me people are getting really nervous.
Thank goodness I have plenty of N95s of different styles so she can find one that fits best. Christmas day fitting my mom with a mask.
2021, was a very crappy year. It’s not going to be a better 2022 is it?
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Just FTR, did you see this?
It might - just might - explain why it seems that early indications exists that series length is shortened with the Omicron variant.
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If you see one of your younger relatives sulk a bit today at the family christmas gathering today, you might understand why after reading this
Update: At least three members
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Thanks for the information, now it makes sense for me.
I was not aware that us laws required that, because my country’s don’t.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if the agency didn’t take the need very seriously initially and assigned inexperienced reviewers. The rounds our questions would be consistent with that. Once you’re stuck with a n00b reviewer, you either need to train them or you’re in for a long, painful review process.
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There’s been all sorts of interesting connections with the disease, genetics and upper respiratory health
Since i’m already making a comment, here’s a reprint of an NYT article
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Ahahaha oh yes! Gather around everyone… we’re about to bare witness to a days long shitshow
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“People oftentimes forget that, like, how old Trump is,” she said. “He comes from a generation—I’ve seen a lot of people who are older, have the exact same perspective, like, they came from a time before TV, before internet, before being able to conduct independent research. And everything they read to them that was in a newspaper that was pitched to them, they believed that that was a reality.”
Of course, Candace. We used to talk via tin-can telephones in the 80s, and nobody had ever heard of libraries or universities. Since there was no television, we used to just bang rocks together for entertainment. 
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If there was one skill Donnie had; it was manipulating twiter.
That and grifting is about it.
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too true. these days i do all my research by reading facebook and nextdoor. it’s great that i can get information straight from my neighbors and crazy relatives rather than scientists and journalists who’s lives and livelihood depend on getting facts right.
progress. /s
( i know a few people id like to pitch. grumble grumble )
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The theory: Due to omicron’s high rate of transmission and danger to unvaccinated and non-boosted people, hospitalizations and deaths could rise significantly in the coming weeks and months — but survivors could emerge with a degree of so-called “natural immunity” that could help protect against Covid’s next variant of concern.
God bless us everyone!
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The comparison with influenza, while sort of accurate, is aggravating.
What data do we have on conditions like long covid, or lasting damage to heart, lungs, brains in people who have been vaccinated or previously infected?
I’m guessing: WDKS.
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