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Post by c on Feb 27, 2021 4:52:22 GMT
US found a way to solve that nasty anti-vax issue. Since most of the US is not right to work, employers will likely soon mandate workers be vaccinated as a condition of employment. As soon as a vaccine is formally approved by the FDA, and not just for emergency use, they have a legal right to do in most of the US. Looks like a third of companies recently surveyed, employing a total of 6 million plus employees said they will likely move to require vaccines when they can. Jobs most likely affected will be national chains, healthcare jobs and service industry jobs. So the jobs that the low income people who oppose vaccinations are likely to have that live in red states with no right to work, will be the same people who will likely be forced to get the COVID vaccine or be fired. Better jobs, like those that require a college degree, will likely bring in nurses to vaccinate in return for incentives.
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Post by nath45 on Feb 27, 2021 8:07:09 GMT
The South's unemployment rate is about to double in that case.
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Post by c on Feb 27, 2021 8:28:48 GMT
Nope. Most Southern states do not believe in social support programs for abled bodied adults after 30 to 90 days. My food stamps as someone deemed unable to work was only 13 bucks a month. They either will get the vaccines or face homelessness and/or starvation as the jobs that do not require vaccinations fill up fast.
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Post by c on Feb 28, 2021 6:22:03 GMT
One shot vaccine approved for us in the US today. By June should have a 100 million doses available.
Also finding the two shot vaccine is effective at a dose of one shot when the person getting it has already had COVID.
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Post by 🤯 on Feb 28, 2021 12:13:08 GMT
One shot vaccine approved for us in the US today. By June should have a 100 million doses available. Also finding the two shot vaccine is effective at a dose of one shot when the person getting it has already had COVID. So part of the key to success is to first ditch masks and social distancing so that we can get our first round of COVID under our belts?
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Post by c on Feb 28, 2021 13:36:13 GMT
New vaccine can vaccinate a third of the country alone by June. The US will likely continue to mask in many places until 2022 at least. Likely to be doing social distancing and masks until we hit 70% vaccination rates in areas.
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Post by 🤯 on Feb 28, 2021 13:53:14 GMT
America needs a Todd. Shit c is posting lately feels too good to be true, way too optimistic. I miss my doom and gloom and paranoia fueled conspiracy theories. So much of me also still wants the world to burn so bad.
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Post by c on Feb 28, 2021 17:43:22 GMT
Well it depends on where you live. Recent polls show in general, Republicans against vaccination, with only about 30 percent saying they want to take it. This is contrasted to 90 percent of Democrats. So half the country will vaccinate and the other half will not. But that will get us to 60% to starve the virus out in most places. The more liberal the area the better and most cities are liberal.
Yet the GOP in Northern states are pushing to have Biden reopen the border and demand Canada does the same so Americans can freely visit again. Needless to say Trudeau is like fuck no we do not want you disease spreading motherfuckers in our country.
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Post by Ness on Feb 28, 2021 17:53:58 GMT
Well it depends on where you live. Recent polls show in general, Republicans against vaccination, with only about 30 percent saying they want to take it. This is contrasted to 90 percent of Democrats. So half the country will vaccinate and the other half will not. But that will get us to 60% to starve the virus out in most places. The more liberal the area the better and most cities are liberal. Yet the GOP in Northern states are pushing to have Biden reopen the border and demand Canada does the same so Americans can freely visit again. Needless to say Trudeau is like fuck no we do not want you disease spreading motherfuckers in our country.I wish politicians really talked like this. Well they do in private to donors, but on camera would be amazing.
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Post by Jake on Mar 1, 2021 17:58:33 GMT
Woo, I get the first dose of the Covid vaccine this Friday!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2021 14:08:18 GMT
In the UK this week, the Pfizer & AstraZeneca vaccines have been found to reduce hospitalisation risk in over 80s by 80%, three weeks after the first dose. Efficacy as younger age groups are vaccinated, and booster jabs are delivered, will markedly improve. This is particularly embarrassing for European leaders, including Macron, who publicly decried the AstraZeneca vaccine with no basis and now face a population unwilling to take it. It really can't be overstated how remarkable it is that there is a vaccine this effective, in this age group, at half dosage. Even the eternal optimists at the MHRA would not have predicted this level of success for one dose. I read an interesting comment today from the head of immunisation at Public Health England that there is growing confidence that the vaccines cause sterilising immunity - the most important piece of puzzle as far as obtaining herd immunity. Given how this virus behaves and has behaved since its inception (asymptomatic spread), I've always found it unlikely that this could happen. Such a statement from Dr. Mary Ramsey should inspire tremendous confidence that a world where Covid is an afterthought is not too far away. Article - www.standard.co.uk/news/health/covid-vaccine-results-public-health-england-b921793.html
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Post by 🤯 on Mar 2, 2021 14:57:21 GMT
In the UK this week, the Pfizer & AstraZeneca vaccines have been found to reduce hospitalisation risk in over 80s by 80%, three weeks after the first dose. Efficacy as younger age groups are vaccinated, and booster jabs are delivered, will markedly improve. This is particularly embarrassing for European leaders, including Macron, who publicly decried the AstraZeneca vaccine with no basis and now face a population unwilling to take it. It really can't be overstated how remarkable it is that there is a vaccine this effective, in this age group, at half dosage. Even the eternal optimists at the MHRA would not have predicted this level of success for one dose. I read an interesting comment today from the head of immunisation at Public Health England that there is growing confidence that the vaccines cause sterilising immunity - the most important piece of puzzle as far as obtaining herd immunity. Given how this virus behaves and has behaved since its inception (asymptomatic spread), I've always found it unlikely that this could happen. Such a statement from Dr. Mary Ramsey should inspire tremendous confidence that a world where Covid is an afterthought is not too far away. Article - www.standard.co.uk/news/health/covid-vaccine-results-public-health-england-b921793.htmlSounds great. I still don't want to go back to the office.
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Post by c on Mar 3, 2021 1:16:08 GMT
In time for Spring break Texas is lifting the mask order next week. Sure nothing bad could possibly come of this. Mexico probably wondering where that wall the US promised to build is now to keep these plague bearers away from them.
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Post by @admin on Mar 3, 2021 22:59:37 GMT
In the UK this week, the Pfizer & AstraZeneca vaccines have been found to reduce hospitalisation risk in over 80s by 80%, three weeks after the first dose. Efficacy as younger age groups are vaccinated, and booster jabs are delivered, will markedly improve. This is particularly embarrassing for European leaders, including Macron, who publicly decried the AstraZeneca vaccine with no basis and now face a population unwilling to take it. It really can't be overstated how remarkable it is that there is a vaccine this effective, in this age group, at half dosage. Even the eternal optimists at the MHRA would not have predicted this level of success for one dose. I read an interesting comment today from the head of immunisation at Public Health England that there is growing confidence that the vaccines cause sterilising immunity - the most important piece of puzzle as far as obtaining herd immunity. Given how this virus behaves and has behaved since its inception (asymptomatic spread), I've always found it unlikely that this could happen. Such a statement from Dr. Mary Ramsey should inspire tremendous confidence that a world where Covid is an afterthought is not too far away. Article - www.standard.co.uk/news/health/covid-vaccine-results-public-health-england-b921793.htmlSounds great. I still don't want to go back to the office. The downside of no cases here is that we're being forced back into the office. I'm back every second day starting tomorrow, and likely full time in April. Time to start looking for a new job that allows WFH!
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Post by Gyro LC on Mar 3, 2021 23:01:17 GMT
The downside of no cases here is that we're being forced back into the office. I'm back every second day starting tomorrow, and likely full time in April. Time to start looking for a new job that allows WFH! I'm not looking forward to the office either. I love saving two hours of commuting each day.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2021 11:20:53 GMT
I'd like a balance. The thought of working from home indefinitely is horrible to me, it doesn't feel healthy at all. Likewise, I don't think five days a week in the office is really necessary to be productive either. Some more good news over the last day or so: - The biggest existing threat, the UK variant, is neutralised by existing vaccines. - Worrying variants with key mutations, P.1 (Brazil) and B.1.1.28 (South Africa), evade antibody response but not cellular immunity. The second point is critical. This is the principle that allows the common cold to circulate in the way that it does, evading 'immunity' constantly but never causing a great deal of harm due to the framework that cellular immunity against other common colds has given us in the past. This is an extreme comparison because coronavirus will clearly always be more deadly than the common cold. But retained cellular immunity should over time weaken the disease that it causes. It may mean that these variants make people unwell, but will not seriously impair or kill many people at all. This is because cellular immune response is not as quick as antibody response, therefore it cannot prevent the onset of symptoms as well, but it does work quickly enough to prevent severe outcomes. I've mentioned that this is a likelihood in the past, but it's good to see some real evidence on it. It renders the risk of a variant suddenly evading every vaccine and killing at a spring 2020 rate is extremely small, and not worth worrying about for anybody other than those working in the field. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.27.433180v1
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Post by iNCY on Mar 4, 2021 23:01:47 GMT
I bought an office for my business because of the dramas involved in WFH. It's a great concept for people who don't have small children.
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Post by 🤯 on Mar 5, 2021 0:55:58 GMT
I bought an office for my business because of the dramas involved in WFH. It's a great concept for people who don't have small children. I thought you didn't have employees? And daycare is supposed to mitigate the small children problem, no?
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Post by c on Mar 5, 2021 3:47:54 GMT
CT just announced we basically beat COVID an are opening up in two weeks. People are freaking the fuck out.
We did hit 20% vaccination rates though.
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Post by iNCY on Mar 5, 2021 7:51:21 GMT
I bought an office for my business because of the dramas involved in WFH. It's a great concept for people who don't have small children. I thought you didn't have employees? And daycare is supposed to mitigate the small children problem, no? I have two girls aged 7 and 3 but when I started my business my first daughter was just born and I'd be in the backyard in the rain negotiating deals on the phone... So we got the office. Before I had two employees working out of the office, but now just one.
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Post by 🤯 on Mar 5, 2021 12:38:20 GMT
I thought you didn't have employees? And daycare is supposed to mitigate the small children problem, no? I have two girls aged 7 and 3 but when I started my business my first daughter was just born and I'd be in the backyard in the rain negotiating deals on the phone... So we got the office. Before I had two employees working out of the office, but now just one. Weren't your employees your dad and wife? I thought I recall you mentioning your wife helped with the bookkeeping aspects or something, and your dad was the only one you trusted to be a sorta stand-in "you" in a pinch. Maybe I'm misremembering though. Not trying to bust balls, just so curious how the literal small family business is different, as it does seem like it would add a whole other layer of challenges that other small businesses might not necessarily face. Also, I'd be way less anti-office if my office was just for myself or one to two others. It's the cubicle farm hellscape and dull breakroom soap operas so perfectly captured in Office Space that make we never want to go back. An office is one thing if it allows for privacy to focus on work and be productive, as well as a space for in-person meetings when those are deemed needed and are sure to be worthwhile. But working remote for a year during the pandemic has proven to me most meetings never needed to happen in-person to be productive, are often more productive virtually, and as long as you have a private space away from kiddos... Home is just as good as some rented space in an office park that I have to commute to.
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Post by Jake on Mar 5, 2021 21:14:05 GMT
Well, I'm Vaccinated, no side effects so far.
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Post by Jake on Mar 6, 2021 14:49:24 GMT
Well, I'm Vaccinated, no side effects so far. This should really read as I've had my first dose of the vaccine (Astrazeneca). Some side effects today, aching muscles and feeling a bit lethargic, nothing a few paracetamols can't help combat. Otherwise, I'm good.
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Post by Ness on Mar 6, 2021 20:13:44 GMT
Well, I'm Vaccinated, no side effects so far. This should really read as I've had my first dose of the vaccine (Astrazeneca). Some side effects today, aching muscles and feeling a bit lethargic, nothing a few paracetamols can't help combat. Otherwise, I'm good. Famous last words before you grew titties and 🤯 starts wanting to clap them cheeks.
Speedy recovery brother.
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Post by Jake on Mar 6, 2021 23:57:09 GMT
This should really read as I've had my first dose of the vaccine (Astrazeneca). Some side effects today, aching muscles and feeling a bit lethargic, nothing a few paracetamols can't help combat. Otherwise, I'm good. Famous last words before you grew titties and 🤯 starts wanting to clap them cheeks.
Speedy recovery brother.
I have now grew the titties
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Post by Ness on Mar 7, 2021 0:00:30 GMT
Famous last words before you grew titties and 🤯 starts wanting to clap them cheeks.
Speedy recovery brother.
I have now grew the titties Start an onlyfans but hide your face. Show the world those titties and you never have to work again!
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Post by Jake on Mar 7, 2021 18:44:27 GMT
I have now grew the titties Start an onlyfans but hide your face. Show the world those titties and you never have to work again! All side effects are gone now, so it's definitely worth getting the vaccine when offered. Now just the wait for my second dose.
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Post by pduh on Mar 7, 2021 18:46:29 GMT
Start an onlyfans but hide your face. Show the world those titties and you never have to work again! All side effects are gone now, so it's definitely worth getting the vaccine when offered. Now just the wait for my second dose. No super powers? You haven’t become the incredible Hulk yet?
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Post by Jake on Mar 7, 2021 22:34:20 GMT
All side effects are gone now, so it's definitely worth getting the vaccine when offered. Now just the wait for my second dose. No super powers? You haven’t become the incredible Hulk yet? I'm guessing that comes with the second dose, or as I am calling it the covid patch.
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Post by c on Mar 9, 2021 15:31:34 GMT
CDC saying now vaccinated groups do not need social distancing or masks. Businesses in the US I assume will be pushing employees to vaccinate now.
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