Believe it or not after failing for days to even schedule a shot anywhere on Lawnguyland from state or counties, I may have lucked into a Moderna shot this Friday just over the line in the Rotten Apple. Will post details AFTER my supposed 2PM appointment. Cynical, doubtful, you betchya. (Like our DoD motto doing national security background investigations, "In God We Trust, All Others We Investigate.")
I told ya queens.
I mean who’s not wearing a mask when they’re out in general public around others? I’ve been wearing a mask everywhere since March 15th 2020 and will continue to do so.
You'd be surprised.
I had 3 storm out of the store today, cuz I asked em to pull up their masks.
If they don't want to be treated like kids, they should stop f'n stop acting like one. ;) ?
Guys you can steam the K95 masks. My wife does it with her clothing steamer and you can also do it over a boiling tea kettle.
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Dead after recieving his second Pfizer vaccine.
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Dead after recieving his second Pfizer vaccine.
Glad I am supposed to get the Moderna Friday, lol !
OK guys the last 11 post had nothing to do with COVID science or questions. I'll let these sit here, but from now on I will immediately delete them. Post this sort of jibber jabber in the Coronavirus thread. You want to talk science this is the place. You want to bitch about not being able to schedule a vaccine, you have my sympathies, but take it to the general Coronavirus thread.
[SIZE=6]Capire?? Oh, for my NY friends, and my family too - KA-PEESH???[/SIZE]
If you have the time and inclination, here's an interesting read about how the search for effective COVID-19 treatments was subjected to multiple Catch-22 scenarios...
[HEADING=2]How the Search for Covid-19 Treatments Faltered While Vaccines Sped Ahead[/HEADING]
Vaccine development exceeded everyone’s expectations. But the next few months will still bring many sick people — and doctors have woefully few drugs with which to treat them.
Read it here: [How the Search for Covid-19 Treatments Faltered While Vaccines Sped Ahead]('https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/health/covid-drugs-antivirals.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage')
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[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/cancer-drug-may-reduce-symptoms-severe-covid-19[/URL]
Could this COVID vaccination become an annual event as is the current Flu vaccination. I realize that much more data needs to be reaped but could you softly, I hate to use the word, speculate just a bit?
No speculation need since nobody really knows and we won't know for sure until enough time passes that we start seeing vaccinated folks getting sick again. Will it happen next year or 5 years from now? Also will the variants start showing significant resistance to the current vaccines so will we need periodic boosters that address variants?
My best guess is YES to annual Covid vaccinations. Moderna is already working on a combo Flu/Covid vaccine that will be given annually.
From what I have read about past pandemics, it will take 2 years to get this under control. We are currently in the 15th month or there about.
Thats telling for all those Vaccine naysayers.
I am getting concerned about this NYC variant that is showing up. Its resistant to the monoclonal antibody therapy and possibly the vaccine. We'll need to watch that closely.
As a smart man once said, "It aint over till its over"!
[HEADING=2]In boost for COVID-19 battle, Pfizer vaccine found 94% effective in real world[/HEADING]
By [Maayan Lubell]('https://www.reuters.com/journalists/maayan-lubell'), [Ari Rabinovitch]('https://www.reuters.com/journalists/ari-rabinovitch')
6 MIN READ
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The first big real-world study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is highly effective at preventing COVID-19, in a potentially landmark moment for countries desperate to end lockdowns and reopen economies
In boost for COVID-19 battle, Pfizer vaccine found 94% effective in real world
Is there currently a way of measuring the level of antibodies in a vaccinated or Covid recovered individual; not just the presence?
Just checked the FDA website, and as I surmised, there are not any EUA Quantitative Assays out there to measure the amount of circulating COVID-19 Antibodies. There are ~70 or so EUA Qualitative Assays for the detection of COVID-19 Antibodies out there.
That being said, you can be sure that every vaccine company has more than one of these assays to determine and track antibody development in vaccinated folks. Unlike the qualitative assay which just look for the presence of IgM and/or IgG that react with different COVID-19 specific antigens, the R&D assays that the vaccine companies utilize are probably focused on the the amount and reactivity of antibodies to their COVID-19 construct, in all the current cases, the spike protein. In addition to actual antibodies, the vaccine companies are also looking at Helper T-cells.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://nypost.com/2021/03/03/china-makes-covid-19-anal-swabs-mandatory-for-foreigners/[/URL]
Maybe a rambling question, but serious. What does 95% efficacy mean as it relates to the Covid vaccines. Does that mean that a fully vaccinated indiividual has a 95% chance that they will not be infected. Or a 95% chance that if infected they will not have any symptoms. Or if infected they will have a 95% chance of only mild symptoms. Or if infected they most likely will not die.
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