Oso planning to go pro
14 year old scheduled for tomorrow
My 15yo got it last night. Sore arm today. That’s it.
14 YOS got it last night. Arm is not even sore this morning. Kids suck.
What are the morals/ethics on removing IP protections for the covid vaccine so other countries have access? I've heard it called "genocidal" to deny other countries access to manufacture this vaccine.Thoughts?
People vastly overuse the term genocidal. And also have no idea the true cost of researching and developing drugs. I’m not saying they shouldn’t remove IP protections, but it’s not cut and dry and simple and refusal to do so isn’t necessarily just money grubbing and selfishness
Interesting polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that economic class is the main dividing line between those who are getting vaccinated and those who aren'tFrom the NYT:It is common to hear about two different demographic groups that are hesitant to receive a Covid-19 vaccination: Republican voters and racial minorities, especially Black and Latino Americans.The two groups seem to have different motivations. For Republicans, the attitude is connected to a general skepticism of government and science. For Black and Hispanic Americans, it appears to stem from the country’s legacy of providing substandard medical treatment, and sometimes doing outright harm, to minorities.These ideas all have some truth to them. But they also can obscure the fact that many unvaccinated Republicans and minorities have something in common: They are working class. And there is a huge class gap in vaccination behavior.As you can see, working-class members of every group are less likely to have received a vaccine and more likely to be skeptical. “No matter which of these groups we looked at, we see an education divide,” Mollyann Brodie, who oversees the Kaiser surveys, told me. In some cases, different racial groups with the same education levels — like Black and white college graduates — look remarkably similar.This poll did not break out Asian-Americans, but other Kaiser surveys have, and it’s consistent: Asian-Americans have a higher median income than Black, Hispanic or white Americans and also a higher vaccination rate.All of which points to the fact that the class divide is bigger than the racial divide.
Interesting polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that economic class is the main dividing line between those who are getting vaccinated and those who aren't
Great if these findings hold on durability of vaccine efficacy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/health/coronavirus-immunity-vaccines.html
If you look at that chart, if we can get 90% of the yellow area to get their vaccine we will be sitting pretty and not need the red area. If a small portion of the yellows get their vaccine, I think next winter will suck again.
DeSantis orders cruise ships to allow unvaccinated passengers.