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NON_POLITICAL China Coronavirus THREAD

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Red Squirrel said:
China just released a new rapid test. Available at local Chinese Restaurants.

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that's funny but it could only come from the western market. Fortune cookies are not a Chinese thing (they were invented in San Francisco by some whitey Nabisco account manager)
 
zinfamous said:
that's funny but it could only come from the western market. Fortune cookies are not a Chinese thing (they were invented in San Francisco by some whitey Nabisco account manager)
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The story I always heard was that it was invented by Chinese migrants to the US. So not a Chinese tradition, but not a white dude's invention either.

(Rather like Balti was invented by Kashmiri migrants to the UK).

Edit - groups will exoticise themselves if it pays the rent!
 
dasherHampton said:
For the first time since this started I almost lost my cool.

I was in line paying for my groceries and this hippo pulled her cart up right behind me. No social distancing, no fucking mask, blathering about stuff with her hippo husband. I could feel their breath.

I bothered me to a great extent. I wanted to say something but her hippo husband was like 6'3" 300 lbs and it's not something I want to get into.

Fucking Covidiots.
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Were it me, I'd have changed lines. Trade 5 minutes for peace of mind and maybe your health or even your life. Plus they might have gotten the message, if only subconsciously.
 
manly said:
Rest of world depends on AstraZeneca's $4 vaccine to successfully complete its trials, get approvals, and be mass-produced and distributed.
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J&J also has an adenovirus vector vaccine in trial...which Slaoui just said has accrued a lot of cases so they could be about ready to say something.

Also Gen. Perna says the CDC dashboard for vaccines administered is 72-96 hours behind.
 
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pmv said:
Always felt that Februrary was the most depressing month. By that time one is getting utterly sick of winter, all the novelty of snow has worn off, and all the celebrations are over. Move Christmas to the end of Feb, I say.
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True, February does kinda suck. There's a long period of time for days off where i work. New Years - Good Friday is a long time.
I was thinking more along the lines of celebrating Xmas after we can all be vaccinated and/or be outside, hence the Xmas in July thought.
 
shortylickens said:
Thats great for America but what is the rest of earth going to do?
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manly said:
Rest of world depends on AstraZeneca's $4 vaccine to successfully complete its trials, get approvals, and be mass-produced and distributed.
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Is the US buying all the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines? I think other countries have been buying them too. Some got sent to the UK before the US approved those 2.
Plus there are other vaccines still in the works.
 
Spacehead said:
Is the US buying all the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines? I think other countries have been buying them too. Some got sent to the UK before the US approved those 2.
Plus there are other vaccines still in the works.
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Canada bought some 414M doses from all the possible vaccines. Trudeau commited to donating whatever we don't need to the global vaccine program COVAX.
 
jpiniero said:
apnews.com

Pfizer to supply US with additional 100M doses of vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer said Wednesday it will supply the U.S. government with an additional 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine under a new agreement between the pharmaceutical giant and the Trump administration.
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Pfizer deal for another 100M doses approved.
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On TV news last night that Pfizer agreed based on the administration's confirmation that they would make necessary supplies/materials available.
 
Spacehead said:
Is the US buying all the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines? I think other countries have been buying them too. Some got sent to the UK before the US approved those 2.
Plus there are other vaccines still in the works.
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Singapore did purchase a bunch from Pfizer and the first shipment was delivered by air to Changi Airport a few days ago . I can't remember exact value or dosages.

www.channelnewsasia.com

First shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Singapore

SINGAPORE: Singapore received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday (Dec 21) evening, making it the first country in Asia to take in the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.The shipment was transported on flight SQ7979 via a Singapore Airlines (SIA) 747-400 freighter, which
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Poor countries are worrying that they will be left out in the cold.
 
Spacehead said:
True, February does kinda suck. There's a long period of time for days off where i work. New Years - Good Friday is a long time.
I was thinking more along the lines of celebrating Xmas after we can all be vaccinated and/or be outside, hence the Xmas in July thought.
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At least February has fewer days than other months, so there's that. In recent years Feb. has been warmer than usual, sometimes downright spring-like here (Berkeley, CA).
 
February is a tough month but I find the stretch of March through May the hardest. By that time I'm tired of winter, but there is still lot of it left, and we keep getting teased with spring with small stretches of nice days but it's not actually spring. The up and down weather makes it worse. And when it's finally nice enough to start going for walks, the sidewalks are full of slush, jagged ice, and water puddles you have to try not to step in or slip in, then add all the dog poop to the mix. Makes it very hard to walk anywhere. Same with all the trails. So much dog poop.
 
This is the 22nd consecutive day that the US has remained above 100,000 current hospitalizations. The CDC now projects up to 419,000 Covid-19 deaths in the US by January 16th. We just hit 323k deaths in America from COVID:

www.cnn.com

December 23, 2020 coronavirus news

The coronavirus pandemic has brought countries to a standstill. Meanwhile, vaccinations have already started in some countries as cases continue to rise. Follow here for the latest.
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And yet:

www.cnn.com

Kirk Cameron organized these caroling protests, defying stay-home orders | CNN

"Growing Pains" actor Kirk Cameron held a Christmas caroling event to protest stay-at-home mandates in California. The protest attracted dozens of people, who were mostly maskless.
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Zooming out, this is such an odd situation, i.e. the disconnect that people have. California is getting hit pretty hard & the maskless caroling activity is a potential super-spreader event. One of my friends is a nurse at the local hospital & has people dying on her every day. Another one of my friends is in the hospital & just got bumped to 4 liters of oxygen due to COVID. I know people are antsy, but going out in the middle of the height of the second wave of COVID, which is spread primarily by respiratory droplets, to sing...just seems like we could wait a few months until most people have the vaccine & revisit some of our traditions.
 
I think the best news right now is the vaccine being out and starting to circulate. I really hope this puts an end before the other strains start to take over.

I do hope that things do in fact go back to normal though, like not needing to wear masks anymore or social distance etc. They could potentially keep that in place in case other new viruses come out. Not a HUGE deal, but I do miss the idea of just walking into a store with no mask and not worrying how close I am to people.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I think the best news right now is the vaccine being out and starting to circulate. I really hope this puts an end before the other strains start to take over.

I do hope that things do in fact go back to normal though, like not needing to wear masks anymore or social distance etc. They could potentially keep that in place in case other new viruses come out. Not a HUGE deal, but I do miss the idea of just walking into a store with no mask and not worrying how close I am to people.
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We just crossed 1 million Americans vaccinated, which is awesome:

www.cnn.com

US passes 1 million people vaccinated for coronavirus | CNN

The nearly yearlong coronavirus pandemic has been full of gloomy numbers but Wednesday brought an encouraging one -- more than 1 million people have received their first shot of a Covid-19 vaccine.
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Hopefully summer will get back to normal!
 
Spacehead said:
Is the US buying all the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines? I think other countries have been buying them too. Some got sent to the UK before the US approved those 2.
Plus there are other vaccines still in the works.
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NY Times (unfortunately paywalled) has all the info:
www.nytimes.com

With First Dibs on Vaccines, Rich Countries Have ‘Cleared the Shelves’ (Published 2020)

The U.S., Britain, Canada and others are hedging their bets, reserving doses that far outnumber their populations, as many poorer nations struggle to secure enough.
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To over-summarize, most vaccines are committed to high-income or upper-middle-income countries. Poor countries really need the AstraZeneca and Novavax vaccines to succeed, or as sdifox noted, for rich countries to donate leftover doses.

Earlier when I said "rest of world," I was implying all the countries that can't afford either the Pfizer ($20 per dose) or Moderna ($36 per dose) vaccines.
 
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Red Squirrel said:
February is a tough month but I find the stretch of March through May the hardest. By that time I'm tired of winter, but there is still lot of it left, and we keep getting teased with spring with small stretches of nice days but it's not actually spring. The up and down weather makes it worse. And when it's finally nice enough to start going for walks, the sidewalks are full of slush, jagged ice, and water puddles you have to try not to step in or slip in, then add all the dog poop to the mix. Makes it very hard to walk anywhere. Same with all the trails. So much dog poop.
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Move to San Diego. Nice all year. 🙂
 
Muse said:
Move to San Diego. Nice all year. 🙂
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That would require living in the states. 😛

Actually BC and GTA is nice too, but I prefer living in a small city. Even my city feels so busy sometimes, I would not mind living in a smaller one.


So looks like the vaccine is coming even in my region sooner than I thought. They are thinking January.

www.mytimminsnow.com

Still a while before we can be vaccinated against coronavirus: MOH : My Timmins Now

It will be several weeks if not longer before vaccination against COVID-19 begins in our district. Porcupine Health Unit medical officer of health Dr. Lianne Catton says planning for it is ongoing. “We are not likely going to see vaccines locally until later in January and then we are looking at...
www.mytimminsnow.com www.mytimminsnow.com

At this point though they do need to concentrate on the big areas like the GTA, that's where all the cases mostly are. We have a little over 100 cases in our region so far. The GTA is getting 100's per day.

Originally the time line seemed to indicate that we should not expect anything until like September so they are well ahead of schedule.
 
I'm watching a playthru of the original Dues Ex. Seems they had it right 20 years ago. This virus, and the special treatment the wealthy are getting. How people in the video game thought that the virus was man made. A few NPCs make this comment in the game. Do video games initate real life?
 
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