I'm going to be first in line. I'm tired of quarantining and just want to relax and stop worrying if today will be the day I catch it.What if the vacciine turns us into...
ZOMBIES!
One part of the foreseeable problem that the government has done little about.
Looks like we hit a milestone in my area, we are at 100 total cases now.
Porcupine Health Unit reports 100th COVID case Friday
Someone in Timmins has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the 100th case in the coverage area of the Porcupine Health Unit.northernontario.ctvnews.ca
This is good news, although Trump fans are probably wondering why they didn't announce preliminary results two weeks earlier:
Pfizer, BioNTech say Covid vaccine is more than 90% effective — 'great day for science and humanity'
Dr. Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, hailed the development as a "great day for science and humanity."www.cnbc.com
I think I heard on a radio newscast that it could be stored with dry ice.. Anyway I wonder how long the vaccine is stable at temps above freezing.. Obviously they cant inject with something too cold and cause something like frostbite or worse
Last test was negative.
I thought there were very few people wearing masks at the West Georgia Flea Market on Saturday, but then I drove a couple hours away to "Mountain Top Flea Market" in Alabama and couldn't believe it was so much worse. You could look at a sea of people and have trouble spotting a single one with a mask. Occasionally you'd see someone wearing a neck gaiter or something but they'd have it pulled down around their neck even when interacting with others. I had probably walked a mile and a half there before finally seeing a woman with a mask but her two children were mask-less... and then her husband or boyfriend or whoever showed up and embraced her without a mask. Their household obviously isn't doing much to slow it even if one person had a mask.
Strangely, when vendors see you wearing a mask at the Georgia flea market you will get harrassed to buy masks. They see you as one of the few potential customers. Only one vendor there seems to be vocally anti-mask and she does not fit the stereotype (minority; not a white Georgian redneck).
My previous post about it (before results) described that I had some FLI symptoms and needed to know if I had just passed it on to a food service employee.Out of curiosity, why do you take the test so frequently? I maybe missed something about your line of work or something.
Sneezing was the first sign but I had more symptoms in the morning so it was the least I could do.Well, I just got tested again this morning. Had mild congestion with a little blood in my mucous, some occasional sneezing, and a tickle in my throat. Testing was the least I could do after what happened last night:
I went through the McDonald's drive-thru. They handed me my food and no one was in front of me when I started moving forward, window down since I was still holding the food and managing a manual transmission. Before setting it down I felt to make sure both items were in there. Hands full, I glanced down to scout a place for the bag. At that moment I suddenly had to sneeze and did not have a free arm to sneeze into.
Since I'd already pulled forward enough to clear the pick-up window and there was just a brick wall next to me, I thought the coast was clear to sneeze out of the open window. I turned my head and sneezed just as I was reaching the corner of the brick wall, which should not have mattered since the lobby was closed and there shouldn't be customer traffic there (drive-thru only). Turns out, some McDonald's employee stepped out the corner door and into the line of fire right as I was projectile-sneezing directly at them from only a yards away... completely unstifled. I sneezed hard enough I probably sent rockets of spit hurling the full distance. Oops.
I think I heard on a radio newscast that it could be stored with dry ice.. Anyway I wonder how long the vaccine is stable at temps above freezing.. Obviously they cant inject with something too cold and cause something like frostbite or worse
A remote vaccination center could be very effective with a couple of large dry ice coolers (25lbs each, I'd say), some microfridges, and of course whatever sterile workspace/hood is required. I have no idea if these have to be prepared after thawing, or if it's just thaw and inject?
I'm calling BS on the claim that rural hospitals can't afford a $10-15k freezer. They ain't that poor and chances are that they already have one. College microbiology labs have deep freezers and their budgets are far lower than rural hospital budgets.
Train has been mostly OK, but as each week goes on, I'm noticing it get slightly more and more crowded, and with sketchier assholes just paying any fucking attention to distancing. Also, if I'm doing a half shift, that mid-day crowd is waaaaaay different than the rush hour, 9 to 5 crowd, lol. A lot more people, too. I've noticed this in the past. It's like we are two completely different societies from the labor perspective.
That $15k freezer probably costs $75k after medical markup...I'm calling BS on the claim that rural hospitals can't afford a $10-15k freezer. They ain't that poor and chances are that they already have one. College microbiology labs have deep freezers and their budgets are far lower than rural hospital budgets.
Again, this is how an idiot would reply.
By asking for proof?
Explain plz?
Many have gone bankrupt in recent years. As more people drift towards urban centers, there often isn't enough revenue coming in to support a hospital. So, without government support, their financial situation would be even worse if they had to buy ultra low temp freezers.I'm calling BS on the claim that rural hospitals can't afford a $10-15k freezer. They ain't that poor and chances are that they already have one. College microbiology labs have deep freezers and their budgets are far lower than rural hospital budgets.
CDC Director Robert Redfield has said Congress will need to provide up to $6 billion for vaccine distribution, but funding negotiations stalled ahead of the election. To date, the federal government has allocated 3% of that amount, $200 million, to the states to immunize the nation.
my wife is the capital purchaser for a large hospital system. About 6 weeks ago the feds started buying up those deep freezers and they lost the ability to purchase any.
Soon they'll be able to buy from Ivanka's Frozen Depot.Interesting. Wonder what the mark up will be when the states need them. Or if states in political favor will have first dibs at a discount