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We get COVID alerts much more often than that ... typically one to three times per week. Also still have teachers disappearing now and then.we get an alert, about every other week, that someone at school has contracted covid. they don't say who it is, but the assumption, is that it's a kid.
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The way things look right this second ... the U.S. will struggle to get as many as 2 in 3 adults vaccinated. I wouldn't dismissively thing of "American adults" as an entirely-vaccinated class of people. Spitballing ... at this time next year, there's likely to be something like 60-70 million unvaccinated adults in the U.S. Even if half of them change their minds and come around ... still looking at north of 30 million unvaccinated adults.
Unvaccinated adults BY CHOICE? Thats on them. I couldnt care less about protecting them.
What do you mean by "linger indefinitely"?
When it gets down to a low enough number of unvaccinated ... sure. But not yet. Besides, even a year from now, there will be a significant percentage (spitballing: 10-15%) of American adults who want the vaccine but weren't able to get it for one reason or another. People will fall through the cracks and they will do so in numbers.
Well, you should. It has a direct impact on the functioning of the economy. We cannot force a vaccine on people that don't want it, but we can encourage parents to get their children vaccinated.
This. I do not want to shackle my kids with long term chronic health issues.
Sometimes 3-4 times per week here.we get an alert, about every other week, that someone at school has contracted covid. they don't say who it is, but the assumption, is that it's a kid.
eta: high school
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I bet there’s a decent overlap between folks that are buying into and spreading this and folks who scoff at the recent news that pollution may be significantly lowering healthy sperm counts and shrinking male genitals.Not sure which anti-American group started this baseless lie on social media, but its caused immeasurable damage.
There is no way a significant percentage of American adults who will want to get the vaccine but will be unable by this time next year short of pure apathy on their part in doing so. If they make any effort at all they will be able to get the vaccine. I can't imagine even 1% who want it and actively pursue it will be unable to get it in a year. I actually think by end of summer there is going to be hundreds of thousands of unused doses that go to waste.
I guess I should consider the receptionist at my GP, a front line Heath worker. But I don’t.
I think you underestimate the impact poverty has in this country. Maybe if employers allow people to get the vaccine on company time and get paid for it, that could help low-wage workers. We also will need many more mobile clinics in certain urban neighborhoods and rural areas.
You should. People who are unvaccinated by choice put immunocompromised people at risk and increase the likelihood that this thing will continue to spread and mutate.
That’s great news, although it’s hard enough to find appointments now for just 1A. Full opening is going to be a free-for-all.
I work with a guy who won't get it. He is married with 3 teenage sons. I'm sure they won't get it either.
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Ditto. 1pm. Can’t wait. Heard that the location is giving Pfizer, but really don’t care which it is.Finally getting my first one tomorrow. Not sure which two dose it is, not sure it matters
Ditto x2. Tired of the rat race in the Minneapolis metro so I was ecstatic when the wife found a distribution event up in the rural north, about 30 minutes from our cabin. Scheduled for 2 PM. It’s moderna - fine by me as I was hoping for either that or Pfizer. Can’t really imagine what it will be like actually rounding a bend on this thing.
Arm starting getting sore last night after shot one, but not too bad and way better than post-tetanus shot arm.
Haven't been able to choose much here in Ohio. The local county health department has clinics set up, but you get when they have. No choice. They DO list what each site has, but most have been Moderna or Phizer. I've been looking for a J&J one to sign my wife up for. She is reluctant to do Moderna or Phizer but willing to do the J&J.
I think DUI laws would be a more apt comparisonProbably because the goal is to limit the number of people getting very sick and/or dying. People that end up in the hospital end up putting a drain on resources for everyone. I guess it is kind of like seat belt laws. Not wearing a seat belt mostly only puts you at risk, but if you end up needing EMS and hospital resources unnecessarily, it is no long just the individual's problem.
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