COVID-19 - On the Ground

[NewtonHawk11]

Well the main ingredient, of course, is s’mores

S’mores are the best.

[TDub]

To be fair...poptarts dont introduce genetic data in mrna sequence into your body to encode a viral protein.


Nor has any other vaccine, ever.

[Deleted User 89]

what’s weird, and has no explanation as of yet, is difference in efficacy of the oxford (i think) vaccine

it is MORE efficacious if the first dose is a partial, followed by a full second dose...vs. two full doses

[TDub]

They recommend staying home for at least the day following the second dose

I'm curious to see what the longer term side effects might be

[Deleted User 89]

i imagine you’re in my boat, where we won’t even have the option to get any of the vaccines for another 6 months

it isn’t a ton, but more data is better

[TDub]

I think ill wait a year or so. Polio vaccine went over so well the first go

[Deleted User 89]

I think ill wait a year or so. Polio vaccine went over so well the first go

i can appreciate your sentiment

[Cascadia]

Not surprised TDub is an anti-vaxxer.....

[Deleted User 89]

Not surprised TDub is an anti-vaxxer.....

i am

at least until i see more data

[Cascadia]

Just make sure you analyze that data while wearing your tin foil hat.

[TDub]

Not surprised TDub is an anti-vaxxer.....

Im not. But i am cautious on this one....seeing how its a brand new delivery and a short development time.

[TDub]

If you lookes through the previous vaccinations thread you'd find my stance there.

[jhawks99]

This vaccine is about as new as it gets. I'm a little cautious, I won't be first in line. Mrs 99 will probably have to be.

[jfish26]

I'm not sure there's a better (realistic) way to do it, but "congratulations, seniors, at-risk and essential workers, your reward is to be the guinea pigs for healthy, relatively young people!" is quite a thing.

[ousdahl]

Offset that with, “congratulations seniors, at-risk, and essential workers, you’re dropping like flies while the rest of us refuse to take a pandemic seriously.”

and crazy that “essential worker” can be anything from an ER nurse to a dispensary budtender.

[jfish26]

Hey, the budtender is doing his or her part to keep people's asses on their living room couches. If that's not essential in these times, I don't know what is.

[PhDhawk]

Aren't the phase 3 and 4 clinical trial participants the guinea pigs?

[TDub]

Depends on how long the trial is...


Also, if natural immunity after contracrion is months(?) How will the vaccine be better? (Genuine question)

[MICHHAWK]

and crazy that “essential worker” can be anything from an ER nurse to a dispensary budtender.

But not school teachers.

[MICHHAWK]

I'm not sure there's a better (realistic) way to do it, but "congratulations, seniors, at-risk and essential workers, your reward is to be the guinea pigs for healthy, relatively young people!" is quite a thing.

Ain’t no law that says you have to take it. Don’t want it. Don’t take it.