Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Is that good?

 

It's better than 0% effectiveness of not being vaccinated.

 

True.
If you could choose any vaccine out there, knowing they have different levels of efficacy and different numbers of required shots, which one would you take?

 

The mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) seem to be better than the traditional ones (all the others). It's not a huge difference, but it's there.

That said, I hate having appointments and having to drive to them, so the one-shot Johnson and Johnson would be awfully tempting.

 

The running 7-day average for doses delivered in the US is up to 900k/day, or a smidge under 2% of the population per week.

Given that we still are in limited supplies and don't have all the vaccines approved we would like, that's really not bad. The first few weeks were a stumble, but the US is a logistical juggernaut once it gets moving.

 

Total US hospitalized down 4% today over the same day last week, and down 6.5% over what appears to have been the peak on Jan. 6.

If that's the peak, that's 12 days after Christmas, which lines up perfectly. Reading the tea leaves of the graphs now, I think we were starting to slow down and maybe reach a peak in November, then the holidays pushed things back up temporarily, and now we're starting to come down even more aggressively.

Unless something unexpected happens (more contagious variant becomes a big deal? People start holding lick-and-cough parties because they feel overconfident?) I expect this trend to accelerate.

 

Ironically, the best thing that could happen is if no one realizes this is happening. It would be ideal if everyone remains convinced that everything is worse than ever for another month or two.

 

The ol “The Soviets have 12 times the nuclear weapons” approach.

Biden will take care of ya on this. The media too.

 

Yes, how dare people preach responsibility and safety. Would much rather continued assurances that it's no big deal.

 

Are there shots for the common cold? That's basically what COVID is. You get one grab at the brass ring and that is it.

 

You are responding to an imaginary post.

 

Oh God. I thought I'd never have to read that sentence again.