Vaccine or not?

[kiddiedoc]

Also from the paper:

Questions remain about other possible changes in menstrual cycles, such as menstrual symptoms, unscheduled bleeding, and changes in the quality and quantity of menstrual bleeding.

 

[evillawyer]

I sure am glad we're spending a bajillion dollars developing an Omicron shot since it will have completely run its course long before the shot is available.

(1) omicron largely evades the current vaccine, at least with respect to preventing infection (the vaccine, based on the original strain, is still good for preventing hospitalization and death, especially when folks are boosted)
(2) omicron has almost completely supplanted Delta and the other variants. This will only become more pronounced as omicron continues spreading.
(3) given omicron's global dominance, any future variant will likely evolve from omicron.
(4) accordingly, a vaccine based on omicron seems like a smart idea.

Or are you saying we're on the verge of herd immunity and need no vaccine update? I seem to recall this argument from somewhere. Can you help a sister remember who made this argument?

 

[kiddiedoc]

It's already happening, honey.

 

[davethevol]

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It's already happening, honey.

That’s a sharp drop and it looks like it’s happening way faster this round. Good sign.

 

[kiddiedoc]

That’s a sharp drop and it looks like it’s happening way faster this round. Good sign.

Hospital communication had indicated that most expected a precipitous decline by the 4th week of January and a rapid fall to low-level endemic spread. ICU admits continue to fall, despite the high case numbers. Statewide admits have plateaued. Looks like the end of Omicron is in close sight.

 

[NorthDallas40]

(1) omicron largely evades the current vaccine, at least with respect to preventing infection (the vaccine, based on the original strain, is still good for preventing hospitalization and death, especially when folks are boosted)
(2) omicron has almost completely supplanted Delta and the other variants. This will only become more pronounced as omicron continues spreading.
(3) given omicron's global dominance, any future variant will likely evolve from omicron.
(4) accordingly, a vaccine based on omicron seems like a smart idea.

Or are you saying we're on the verge of herd immunity and need no vaccine update? I seem to recall this argument from somewhere. Can you help a sister remember who made this argument?

Here we go again

 

[NorthDallas40]

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It's already happening, honey.

Wow that looks just like Texas! Crazy how both states made this up it looks too similar

And what’s really telling is the death count. Omicron peaked in TX around 3.2x previous peak case wise. Death rate peaked around a third of the previous death rate. Plodding along toward endemic status as intended.

 

[tnmarktx]

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

Wow. The elite leftists are out of hand.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Wow. The elite leftists are out of hand.

This is what they will be able to do when we transition to the digital dollar. They will just shut off or freeze accounts of those that push back against them.

 

[AshG]

Wow. The elite leftists are out of hand.

Private company makes private company decision. Film at 11.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

Private company makes private company decision. Film at 11.

Doesn't make it right and they still look like the biggest POS ever.

 

[tnmarktx]

Private company makes private company decision. Film at 11.

You think it's ok for go fund me to withhold money given by people for a specific project. I'd say it goes against what it exists for. If this gets widely shared, go fund me could be done.

 

[ButchPlz]

This is why Libertarianism is a failing idea.

"Just go start your own version of GoFundMe!"- except the companies that own the backbone infrastructure needed will just ban you themselves (credit card processors, hosts, ISPs, etc., as shown several times the last several years).

The consolidation we have all over the place is absolutely terrifying and the fact that people won't acknowledge it is even worse.

 

[tnmarktx]

This is what they will be able to do when we transition to the digital dollar. They will just shut off or freeze accounts of those that push back against them.

Only if they develop it. Our government hates crypto currency because it's hard to control. Holders of crypto can burn the supply in many cases. I'd say digital currency as it stands now, scares them.

 

[ButchPlz]

Only if they develop it. Our government hates crypto currency because it's hard to control. Holders of crypto can burn the supply in many cases. I'd say digital currency as it stands now, scares them.

But the digital currency they'd deploy would be the opposite of crypto. It would be fully tracked, and I am sure that there would be a push to totally ban crypto trade.

 

[evillawyer]

Ain't this Clay Travis' man crush?

 

[tnmarktx]

I am sure that there would be a push to totally ban crypto trade

They would love to do this.

 

[DC_Vol]

Only if they develop it. Our government hates crypto currency because it's hard to control. Holders of crypto can burn the supply in many cases. I'd say digital currency as it stands now, scares them.

Digital currency is a bureaucrat’s wet dream.

 

[ButchPlz]

Digital currency is a bureaucrat’s wet dream.

Think that $600 IRS deal was too much? Wait til there's automated checking on every cent you spend or receive.

And imagine the weaponization potential. Somebody under reports just a bit, and you don't like their politics? Boom, hammer.

But the IRS would never act like this.

 

[tnmarktx]

Digital currency is a bureaucrat’s wet dream.

Our government detests it.

 

[ButchPlz]

Our government detests it.

Incorrect.

They don't like crypto as it is now. A fed-issued conversion of paper money (hard to trace) to digital currency (totally tracked, not on some anonymous blockchain) is what they're studying to do as we speak.

 

[tnmarktx]

Incorrect.

They don't like crypto as it is now. A fed-issued conversion of paper money (hard to trace) to digital currency (totally tracked, not on some anonymous blockchain) is what they're studying to do as we speak.

Crypto and digital currency that would be developed by our government would be like comparing apples to oranges.

 

[ButchPlz]

Crypto and digital currency that would be developed by our government would be like comparing apples to oranges.

Yes, and that's why I say the government doesn't "detest" digital currency, just crypto (digital currency =/ crypto). Digital currency is, as @DC_Vol said, their wet dream.

 

[tnmarktx]

Yes, and that's why I say the government doesn't "detest" digital currency, just crypto (digital currency =/ crypto). Digital currency is, as @DC_Vol said, their wet dream.

Fair enough. Our government hates a financially independent populous. They will do anything possible to ensure all stay as poor as possible.