that article talked about justifications like āmy body is a templeā. meanwhile most people are filling themselves up on hormone raised cow. or, they get āfree rangeā cow because itās ānaturalāā¦ but nothing about the situation is natural.
human society is post natural.
using itās not natural or itās not normal hasnāt been a great argument forā¦ 10,000 years(?). but they donāt have specific arguments against the covid vaccine because all the rational arguments lead to: get vaccinated already.
itās irrational fear. and they should admit itās an emotional argument so they can get the emotional support they need to get the job done
Just in case anybody needs an update on the evolving shitshow:
Dr. Beth Mole is truly a treasure, but I desperately long for her to be able to write articles about microbiology and health issues that are full of humor and puns like she used to.
The person who came up with this should get a raise.
My fav part of the boardās statement
āNothing in the Governorās Executive Order 38 states he has suspended Chapter 11 of the Texas Education Code, and therefore the Board has elected to amend its dress code consistent with its statutory authority.ā
āCitadel, a Chicago-based hedge fund, has $15.9 million in shares of Regeneron Pharmaceutical, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has donated $10.75 million to a political committee that supports DeSantis ā $5.75 million in 2018 and $5 million last Aprilā
Additional confirmation of the decreasing efficacy of current vaccines vs. delta, as regards acquisition of virus. Still exceptionally effective at keeping us alive and out of the hospital, though. For now. (This is from an assessment by ABC news, the original sources are below.)
Researchers analyzed weekly reports from thousands of nursing home facilities in the U.S. and found that mRNA vaccines were roughly 75% effective against preventing any infection in late winter/early spring of 2021, early in the mass vaccination rollout and prior to the emergence of the delta variant. By summer of this year, effectiveness against any infection had dropped to 53%.
Crucially, this doesnāt mean vaccines arenāt working for nursing home residents, but the significant drop in effectiveness from March to July may support the use of booster doses for them, according to the CDC report.
A second analysis found that the mRNA vaccines are holding up well against hospitalizations for COVID-19. The research, which was conducted across 21 U.S. hospitals, found that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines remained between 84% and 86% effective against potential hospitalizations from March to July of this year. A third analysis, conducted in New York State, found that all three authorized vaccines remained more than 90% effective at preventing hospitalization from early May to late June.
I think itās already pretty established that autoimmune disorders start with having certain gene mutations (inheritable) that ups your risk in general, but then itās the luck of the draw which cold/flu/etc. you catch and when in your life you catch it that causes it to turn into a specific manifestation.
Today one of our providers announced she was leaving for a teaching position, and one of our nurses left for a position in the school system. I canāt blame either one, and I wish them the best, but now we need to suck up that work, and damn, we are tired. And we have it much easier than the hospital based folks. Our local hospital went from 2 to 15 hospitalized covid patients in less than a week, and it is not looking to get better.
Toss a penny to your HCW.
To be fair, those arenāt even the best candidates to receive it, though. The best candidates are those who have very recently tested positive but are at high risk & unvaccinated (still not Abbott). By the time someoneās in the ICU, the MABs are too little, too late.
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