Vaccine/Antibody updates

[The Sultan]

Right.  And this all happened right after the J&J pause.  Just a massive coincidence.

Cmon....states started opening up to all adults 16+ a week or two earlier.  There SHOULD have been a massive surge in vaccinations.  Not a decrease.

[Hards Alumni]

Right.  And this all happened right after the J&J pause.  Just a massive coincidence.

Cmon....states started opening up to all adults 16+ a week or two earlier.  There SHOULD have been a massive surge in vaccinations.  Not a decrease.

I'm just offering another correlation without causation as well.  That's what you wanted, after all.

[tower912]

Just got exposed.   Patient who tested positive within  the last 48 hours. Going to be interested to see how the anti bodies plus two vaccines hold up.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Just got exposed.   Patient who tested positive within  the last 48 hours. Going to be interested to see how the anti bodies plus two vaccines hold up.

You have to have a Teflon immune system by now.

[tower912]

I hope so.

[pbiflyer]

I hope so.

If not, we are all screwed. Good luck and good health!

[GooooMarquette]

Just got exposed.   Patient who tested positive within  the last 48 hours. Going to be interested to see how the anti bodies plus two vaccines hold up.

Good luck. The stats on the vaccines' effectiveness give you a great chance to get by unscathed, and the fact that you had COVID should help even more.

[Jockey]

Just got exposed.   Patient who tested positive within  the last 48 hours. Going to be interested to see how the anti bodies plus two vaccines hold up.

I hope for, and expect a good result for you.

Just in case though, make sure your will is updated to include who should take over for game re-caps. 

[tower912]

Nah.  Next man up, ai'na?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Nah.  Next man up, ai'na?

Shut up and cough.

(Best wishes on a strong immune system.)

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Here is a chart that shows when supply started to exceed demand and the gradual building of excess doses. I am hard pressed to think 4/13 was the main catalyst with this view.  So many things go into vaccine hesitancy at this stage...

https://twitter.com/erictopol/status/1388885929809498115?s=21

[rocket surgeon]

Just got exposed.   Patient who tested positive within  the last 48 hours. Going to be interested to see how the anti bodies plus two vaccines hold up.

  any test yet?  stay healthy-we're all pulling for ya!

[mu_hilltopper]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html

Reaching 'Herd Immunity' Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe
Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here to stay...

Great, great great.   

[The Sultan]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html

Reaching 'Herd Immunity' Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe
Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here to stay...

Great, great great.   

Jeez you just lopped off the second half of the sentence.

"...but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy."

[mu_hilltopper]

Jeez you just lopped off the second half of the sentence.

"...but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy."

I err on the side of doom.

[forgetful]

Jeez you just lopped off the second half of the sentence.

"...but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy."

It still means the virus is here to stay. Which moving forward means a lot of unnecessary death and disability from something we have the capacity to eradicate.

[The Sultan]

It still means the virus is here to stay. Which moving forward means a lot of unnecessary death and disability from something we have the capacity to eradicate.

I don't believe the goal was ever eradication.

[Skatastrophy]

I don't believe the goal was ever eradication.

If you have a vaccine the goal is eradication.

[pacearrow02]

https://investor.regeneron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/phase-3-trial-shows-regen-covtm-casirivimab-imdevimab-antibody

Great news.  If vaccine hesitancy or refusal remains around 30% of population the monoclonal antibody work being done will go along way to treating/managing the low level of activity that does appear to be here moving forward.

Hopefully the general takeaway from the last 12+ months is to get healthy.  If you're overweight lose some lbs.  If you have underlying health issues because of bad diet or habits make the necessary changes. 

If you're healthy Covid is very manageable, not 100% obviously but what is in life.

[The Sultan]

If you have a vaccine the goal is eradication.

That's never been the goal for the flu.

[cheebs09]

That's never been the goal for the flu.

Based on where we are at, is future state going to be similar to what the flu is now? Can cause deaths to the elderly and those with health issues. Annual vaccine.

[forgetful]

That's never been the goal for the flu.

The flu is a very different beast, both from a genetics and epidemiological perspective. It is actually quite unreasonable to eradicate it.

SARS-COV2 could be, and should be eradicated.

[jsglow]

Chick and I were at an important social function this weekend, delayed exactly 364 days from when it had been originally scheduled.  There were many lifelong friends there we hadn't seen in person in over a year.  Most folks the topic came up with either had one or both shots in their arm already. A very few were choosing not to but to a person expected no special treatment from anyone.  It was the best social gathering we've had in over a year by far.  And it was about damned time.

[tower912]

Reports that Pfizer will be OK'd for 12-15 year olds.   As soon as it is official, we will be scheduling.

[Warriors4ever]

There have been people chomping at the bit on the Vaccine Hunters group for a while now wondering what's taking so long -I've been like dude, let them do the job right....
At least two people wondered if they could get their fifteen year olds vaccinated now with parental consent because 'they are very tall and look adult'..... We were like, Um, no, and don't try it...