Oso planning to go pro
In a Massachusetts poll this week, 38 percent of respondents said they were unlikely or very unlikely to get a vaccine.A Gallup poll last month showed 42 percent of Americans were unwilling to take a COVID-19 vaccine, even if it were FDA-approved and free. Other polls have showed similar reluctance nationally and at the state level, although the numbers have improved since news of successful vaccine trials broke in the past month.
People say one thing and will do another when they get a taste of normality.
I had a routine doctor's appointment yesterday.My doctor said they would offer COVID vaccines for the general public starting April because he said they're a part of Yale Health System and Yale Health will be receiving vaccines. He said he expects the vaccines will be available sooner to the public because "there are too many stupid people who won't take the vaccine, so there will be vaccines available to the public sooner."He also said he preferred the Moderna vaccine based on the temperature storage issue.
Personally, I will take whichever I can get first. Having said that, Moderna is not my favorite company.
Moderna: Because Moderna has never brought a product to market before? Or that it's based on mRNA technology and the first ever mRNA therapy was approved in 2019?I'm not that confident that production + logistics is going to go as smoothly as people are expecting.
Once we all start getting vacines, are we still gonna have to wear masks? Like, if I get mine in April, but most people dont until June, am i the asshöle for not wearing a mask. Or do i get a hat or a sticker to wear, "vaccinated", and then I'm good?Part sarcasm but part serious question.
Maybe we could get one for each vaccine we've received and then just pin them to our shirts like pieces of flair?
Someone stated on CNN last night that there's talks of an Vaccination ID that people will receive. I would guess that would cover you to not wear a mask
Quite simply. Yes. We don't know if you can be a vector for disease spread still after vaccination. But you would be more likely to have a asymptomatic case. Which means, if you can still be a disease vector, you may be more likely to be a super spreader. So masks are still absolutely necessary for those that get vaccinated, unless you only care about your self, and don't give a damn if you spread this to dozens of others.
I wouldn't mind wearing a mask after getting the vaccine, even if its only purpose was to make other people more comfortable to be around me.And I do hope they have a vaccine ID. I think it would open things up more quickly. For example, they could start letting people into basketball games, but you would have to show your vaccination ID as well as your ticket to get in.
So the mask-related value projecting pissing match of 2021 is going to be about threading the needle between "the vaccine has been available long enough that anyone that wanted one has gotten one so you can take off your masks" and "the immunity of the first people to get vaccines might be wearing off so put your masks back on"? Looking forward to it.
This is really cool .. shows a guess where you are in line for the vaccine:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/03/opinion/covid-19-vaccine-timeline.html