Charho-oh Virus Thread

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:34 pm

fine I guess I will take another dose from this big box labelled "send to canada"

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Post by Crunchums » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:11 pm

my second shot is schedule for 19 days and 3.5 hours after my first one
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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:20 pm

leaving aside the, uh, practical issues, I wonder what would happen if you administered the two doses continuously over the course of a few weeks rather than in two spikes

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Post by Khaos » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:24 pm

i would guess you would feel like absolute garbage for a few weeks and that might have other side effects?

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Post by seathesee » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:25 pm

i heard microvaxxing is pretty popular with tech bros and goop moms right now
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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:30 pm

Khaos wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:24 pm i would guess you would feel like absolute garbage for a few weeks and that might have other side effects?
maybe you'd just feel like 5% garbage for a few weeks instead though

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Post by Khaos » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:33 pm

Jeb Bush 2012 wrote:
Khaos wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:24 pm i would guess you would feel like absolute garbage for a few weeks and that might have other side effects?
maybe you'd just feel like 5% garbage for a few weeks instead though
yeah i have no idea

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Post by haplo » Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:40 am

Sounds like we might be getting the ol' hockey team back together at the end of May. Should be about time for that sort of stuff, I suppose.

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Post by Shiny Days » Wed May 05, 2021 8:19 am

"Alberta continues to post the worst per-capita COVID-19 numbers in North America"

We're number one! We're number one!

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Post by Shiny Days » Wed May 05, 2021 8:27 am

More than 500 air passengers fined for defying hotel quarantine rules after landing in Vancouver and Toronto

The government couldn't provide CBC News with a total number of people who've violated its rule that passengers entering Canada be tested for COVID-19, then quarantine in a hotel while waiting for their results.

And when CBC tried to track down the total number of hotel quarantine violators, it found no evidence of fines being issued to passengers who landed in Calgary or Montreal — two of the four cities, along with Vancouver and Toronto, where international flights are allowed to land during the pandemic.

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) told CBC News last week it was "aware" of 513 tickets being issued to air passengers who arrived in Toronto or Vancouver between Feb. 22 and April 25 and refused to go to a quarantine hotel.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hotel- ... -1.6010444

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Doug » Wed May 05, 2021 4:14 pm

In a survey of Americans, when asked what they think the percentage is of Covid patients who require hospitalization, the vast majority of Americans grossly overestimate the percentage, which is a complete failure of media and social media


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Post by Khaos » Wed May 05, 2021 4:18 pm

my wife is getting the vaccine cause she's a teacher

yay!

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Post by Khaos » Wed May 05, 2021 4:19 pm

Doug wrote:In a survey of Americans, when asked what they think the percentage is of Covid patients who require hospitalization, the vast majority of Americans grossly overestimate the percentage, which is a complete failure of media and social media


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kinda a useless statistic. it's like 0% if you're young and then higher as you get older

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Post by Doug » Wed May 05, 2021 4:21 pm

Khaos wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 4:19 pm
Doug wrote:In a survey of Americans, when asked what they think the percentage is of Covid patients who require hospitalization, the vast majority of Americans grossly overestimate the percentage, which is a complete failure of media and social media


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kinda a useless statistic. it's like 0% if you're young and then higher as you get older
Lots of things are useless and yet still ridiculous for you not to know or grossly to misapprehend
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Post by Rylinks » Wed May 05, 2021 4:51 pm

district court strikes down the CDC's eviction moratorium

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Post by Khaos » Wed May 05, 2021 5:12 pm

Doug wrote:
Khaos wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 4:19 pm
Doug wrote:In a survey of Americans, when asked what they think the percentage is of Covid patients who require hospitalization, the vast majority of Americans grossly overestimate the percentage, which is a complete failure of media and social media


Spoiler!
The correct number is 1 to 5 percent
kinda a useless statistic. it's like 0% if you're young and then higher as you get older
Lots of things are useless and yet still ridiculous for you not to know or grossly to misapprehend
i dunno. how gross are we talking here

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Doug » Wed May 05, 2021 5:23 pm

Khaos wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 5:12 pm
Doug wrote:
Khaos wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 4:19 pm
kinda a useless statistic. it's like 0% if you're young and then higher as you get older
Lots of things are useless and yet still ridiculous for you not to know or grossly to misapprehend
i dunno. how gross are we talking here
For example, 28 percent of Republicans thought that 50 percent or more of Covid patients required hospitalization
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Post by Khaos » Wed May 05, 2021 5:41 pm

lol

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Post by Khaos » Thu May 06, 2021 4:12 pm

alberta to start vaccination bookings for ages 12+!!

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Who's eligible in Phase 3
Every Albertan born in 1991 or earlier (30+), starting May 6
Every Albertan born in 2009 or earlier (12+), starting May 10

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Rylinks » Thu May 06, 2021 11:28 pm

zvi mowshowitz on the patent stripping:
What’s The Worst Possible Thing You Could Do?

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There’s a simple solution to the problem of intellectual property if you wanted to make the situation better rather than worse. You could buy the intellectual property rights from the companies involved. So, basically, this:
I talked to lots of extremely reasonable experts about the intellectual property/vaccines thing and will write a summary of their responsible expert views but my irresponsible non-expert personal opinion is we should imply give Pfizer, Moderna, J&J, etc 100 billion dollars each.
It’s not that much money, everyone would be happy, and the precedent would be excellent. Pay enough, and they’ll even aid you in technology transfers. Even better, you could repeat this process with other drugs. Buy out the monopoly at its economic value, remove protections, and the people save many times that much money in costs. It’s a great idea.

Doing this without compensation is about the worst thing one could do. If your new ideas outright save the world, we’re going to reward you by confiscating them, voiding the contracts and promises agreed upon and informing you that we are not a nation of laws. That’s exactly how not to get vaccines next time there’s a crisis, or anything else next time there’s a crisis, or really anything else useful at any time for any reason.

The message we’ve sent, loud and clear, is that we are not a nation of laws and we do not reward those who deliver the goods for us. Instead, we retain protections on things like insulin that are pure rent seeking, while taking away protections that are doing exactly what patents are designed to do: reward those who produce world-changing positive innovations via temporary ability to profit.

We are a nation of a person in charge, and if that person decides to confiscate your property because it’s good politics, well, tough.

It’s a horrible, horrible precedent. We will pay for it in money, will pay for it with our freedom, and we will ultimately pay for it in blood.

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Fry Guy » Fri May 07, 2021 2:25 am

But we should strip the protections on insulin.

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Post by Dantes » Fri May 07, 2021 2:50 am

Fry Guy wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 2:25 am But we should strip the protections on insulin.
The first thing we should do is kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight.
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Post by Ashenai » Fri May 07, 2021 8:00 am

Yeah I have to agree with Zvi, this is an extremely stupid and/or malicious move.

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Post by Dantes » Fri May 07, 2021 12:03 pm

Ashenai wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 8:00 am Yeah I have to agree with Zvi, this is an extremely stupid and/or malicious move.
Entwine. The worst part about it all is that it's being done out of 'benevolence'.
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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Crunchums » Fri May 07, 2021 5:46 pm

(to the tune of Lollipop) politics, politics, oh poli politics
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Post by Doug » Fri May 07, 2021 5:48 pm

But I just saw an interview with Bill Gates where he said there are sensible reasons not to waive the patents
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Post by Dantes » Fri May 07, 2021 6:02 pm

Crunchums wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 5:46 pm (to the tune of Lollipop) politics, politics, oh poli politics
The funny thing is that either version has a creepy Lolita vibe.
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Post by Doug » Fri May 07, 2021 6:07 pm

Dantes wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 6:02 pm
Crunchums wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 5:46 pm (to the tune of Lollipop) politics, politics, oh poli politics
The funny thing is that either version has a creepy Lolita vibe.
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Post by Skeletor » Fri May 07, 2021 8:12 pm

Doug wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 5:48 pm But I just saw an interview with Bill Gates where he said there are sensible reasons not to waive the patents
I thought that interview only said that it wouldn't speed anything up
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Khaos » Mon May 10, 2021 2:35 pm

very close friend of mine is not getting vaccine due to *reasons*

current thought is that i'm just going to tell them i don't really want to talk to them or hang out with them, because i am just too upset by it. and it's true. but if things ever return to normal times, where people can interact without fear of death due to herd immunity, then maybe we can return to normal times as well

on the one hand this feels petty but on the other hand i feel like i don't have any obligation to be friends with someone who doesn't give a shit if old people die, regardless of how long or strong that friendship has been until now

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