Coronavirus
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Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
30 pieces of silver?
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Got my appointment to get vaccinated this Thursday as part of an effort to get all teachers and administrators done. The goal is to go back to "normal" in-person classes as early as next semester. We're getting the Cansino, single dose, vaccine. NEVER heard of it. Here's to hopin'.
Midnight
The Ever-Present "It"
Taking a gamble on your health, I see.
Chinese one by the looks of things. Interesting. It's a viral vector vaccine, so not unlike AZ and Janssen. I remember a Chinese viral vector vaccine being among the first to get to advanced testing phase, but it was kind of overshadowed by the big annoucements about the mRNA vaccines
Edit: apparently they're considering a booster dose recommendation six months later. So many not a genuine single dose vaccine after all
Edit: apparently they're considering a booster dose recommendation six months later. So many not a genuine single dose vaccine after all
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
I think that's reasonable. If you're crowded, masks on. If you're inside, masks on. If you're outside...OK then.
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Not much of an option, unfortunately. It's free and it is a concerted effort by the government and the university.
Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
Nice pun.
Just looked it up, as I was curious. CanSino's one-dose vaccine is, according to Bloomberg, comparable to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine: it is less likely to protect people from getting mild symptoms than the two-dose vaccines offered by Pfizer and Moderna, but it is quite effective in protecting people from serious symptoms.
The best vaccine is the one you get soonest.
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Of course, it’s certainly reasonable...for anyone with a shred of reasoning or common sense.
However, people are going to take this (as well as the “I’m vaccinated!” line) to mean they never ever have to wear a mask outside. If they’re going out to eat and sitting on a patio, they won’t even bring a mask because “I’m outside!”
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Pretty much. At first I was planning on being picky, but at this point, the sooner the better and they're all just as effective against severe cases, so I'm game.
Wearing masks outside has never been a thing here. If people do it, it's personal choice or because they're popping in and out of shops and might as well leave the mask on. I have mixed feelings about it because it does look like outdoors is extremely low risk, yeah, people behave like dickheads, getting really close, sniggering if others step aside, or in the case of the dysfunctional local teenagers, get as close as possible to adults to intimidate then and cough at them for good measure
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
Completely agree with you. Most of teenagers think that the world belongs to them and the rules don't play with them. Smoking close to you, talking loud, spitting at the ground, and they don't have any kind of respect for the adults and even they're violent if you say something to them. They don't know how to behave in this society and they don't have empathy at all.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
You have just defined what being a teenager means most of the time!
Whilst a minority can be obnoxious, scapegoating the youth for the failures of our parents’ generation (and our failures) is not the way forward.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
I will get my first dose at the end of May, although it might be earlier than that if I get a message from my GP surgery.
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
GP?
I know everybody here like the acronyms a lot, but what's that?