Covid-19

Gotta love elected Sheriffs!

Orange County sheriff says deputies won't enforce SoCal's new stay-at-home order​

"Compliance with health orders is a matter of personal responsibility and not a matter of law enforcement,'' Barnes said in a statement. "The Orange County Sheriff's Department will remain consistent in our approach.

"Orange County Sheriff's deputies will not be dispatched to, or respond to, calls for service to enforce compliance with face coverings, social gatherings, or stay-at-home orders only."

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Orange County sheriff says deputies won't enforce SoCal's new stay-at-home order
 
Blizzard said:
The absurdity of the covid response by government officials is reaching a crescendo.

The double standards and complete lack of consistency in applying mandates is maddening to me. Below is just the latest ex., though not local to me, I've seen very similar things. This must change but unfortunately I don't see the situation improving with the Biden administration and stimulus packages are not the answer!
https://twitter.com/x/status/1335027613820198914
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Now we're getting somewhere.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1335668957819375622


But Small Business Owners need to do that Stacy Abrams plan thing. Recruit and mobilize voters. Make things difficult for elected officials through protests, they approve a permit that's bullshit? Protest and throw tomatoes at attendees. Hold them accountable, recall them. Honestly, Gray Davis didn't need to be recalled when he was governor, but Newsome does. Garcetti needs to be recalled as mayor.
 
SaintKP said:
Mental health will continue to be a little to non discussed topic.
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Ironically, I got an email at work this morning that goes like this:

"In 2020, did you ever want someone to ask, "How ARE you?"

We’re asking that now.

Checking in with You – The 2020 Survey is now open for all Duke Health staff and faculty.

It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year like no other. This survey seeks to find out how that’s affected us, by measuring the specific impact on our work, physical and emotional health, and overall sense of well-being. Your answers will allow Duke Health to better support us all by preserving what’s going well and adjusting what needs improving.

To keep things short, we’re focusing on two areas: diversity and inclusion, and your well-being since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey does not take long, so please share your voice today...."

Survey follows. My skeptical naiveté says they want to use the data for a study and to publish.

In full disclosure my organization since March has been advocating taking PTO and taking care of family, and my boss still encourages us to work from home when we can, so they are trying.

All of that said, people are starting to wise-up that mental health is taking a HUGE pounding right up the ol' poop chute.
 
Devildoc said:
In full disclosure my organization since March has been advocating taking PTO and taking care of family, and my boss still encourages us to work from home when we can, so they are trying.

All of that said, people are starting to wise-up that mental health is taking a HUGE pounding right up the ol' poop chute.
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Glad to see that institutions are taking a hard look at it and at the very least are aware of what's going on, maybe this is the thing needed to bring mental health back into the public forum.
 
Dame said:
I heard @Muppet volunteered to be in the test group. How's that going? }:-)
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I have two co-workers who were in clinical trials; one believes she got it because she had the expected side effects after each shot; the other thinks she got the placebo because she felt nothing.

I told the former wouldn't it be funny if she got the placebo, but coincidentally got COVID around the same time....
 
Devildoc said:
Should last at least a year, pending additional studies of serial antibodies. Boosters may be required based on those studies.
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Thank you. It's likely the vaccine that I will be able to get but at this point, who knows. Canada ordered from so many different companies, it's like vaccine roulette. So far it looks like Pfizer and Moderna will be the first ones to be approved.

Canada's COVID vaccine tracker - Macleans.ca
 
RackMaster said:
Thank you. It's likely the vaccine that I will be able to get but at this point, who knows. Canada ordered from so many different companies, it's like vaccine roulette. So far it looks like Pfizer and Moderna will be the first ones to be approved.

Canada's COVID vaccine tracker - Macleans.ca
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We are definitely getting Pfizer to start, as early as maybe mid-week next week. Given the work I put into it I will be pissed yet unsurprised if they change directions. I also know that the plan is to get them from all four companies as they get released, which will be an educational and compliance nightmare.
 
Devildoc said:
I am now a certified (certifiable??) expert on the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. Let me know if anyone has any questions.
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What are the worst documented side effects of the vaccine, how common are they, and who is most susceptible to experiencing them?
What are the Pfizer mRNA-specific contraindications for taking the vaccine, if any? As in, beyond contraindications that apply to most vaccines?
What medical evidence exists to support an objection or outright refusal to taking the Pfizer mRNA vaccine?
 
Locksteady said:
What are the worst documented side effects of the vaccine, how common are they, and who is most susceptible to experiencing them?
What are the Pfizer mRNA-specific contraindications for taking the vaccine, if any? As in, beyond contraindications that apply to most vaccines?
What medical evidence exists to support an objection or outright refusal to taking the Pfizer mRNA vaccine?
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Side effects: The most frequent adverse reactions in participants >16 YO were pain at the injection site (>80%), fatigue (>60%), headache (>50%), mylagia (>30%), chills (>30%), arthralgia (>20%, and fever (>10%); usually mild-to-moderate, resolving within "a few days" after injection. No meaningful difference regarding first or second injection; symptoms somewhat milder after second. No specific group got side effects worse than/better than any other group.

Contraindication: Hypersensitivity to additives (mostly electrolytes)

Relative contraindication: Postpone vaccination in those with acute febrile illness, anticoagulant therapy that would otherwise contradict an intramuscular injection, Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant within 2 months after second dose, and mothers who are breast-feeding.

No evidence to support refusal for medical reasons except as noted above. FWIW, DNA vaccines may have been developed from cell lines of aborted fetuses, thus some people refuse those on moral grounds; mRNA vaccines do not.
 
Devildoc said:
Side effects: The most frequent adverse reactions in participants >16 YO were pain at the injection site (>80%), fatigue (>60%), headache (>50%), mylagia (>30%), chills (>30%), arthralgia (>20%, and fever (>10%); usually mild-to-moderate, resolving within "a few days" after injection. No meaningful difference regarding first or second injection; symptoms somewhat milder after second. No specific group got side effects worse than/better than any other group.

Contraindication: Hypersensitivity to additives (mostly electrolytes)

Relative contraindication: Postpone vaccination in those with acute febrile illness, anticoagulant therapy that would otherwise contradict an intramuscular injection, Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant within 2 months after second dose, and mothers who are breast-feeding.

No evidence to support refusal for medical reasons except as noted above. FWIW, DNA vaccines may have been developed from cell lines of aborted fetuses, thus some people refuse those on moral grounds; mRNA vaccines do not.
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What a great and comprehensive response. Thank you for this!
 
Devildoc said:
Side effects: The most frequent adverse reactions in participants >16 YO were pain at the injection site (>80%), fatigue (>60%), headache (>50%), mylagia (>30%), chills (>30%), arthralgia (>20%, and fever (>10%); usually mild-to-moderate, resolving within "a few days" after injection. No meaningful difference regarding first or second injection; symptoms somewhat milder after second. No specific group got side effects worse than/better than any other group.

Contraindication: Hypersensitivity to additives (mostly electrolytes)

Relative contraindication: Postpone vaccination in those with acute febrile illness, anticoagulant therapy that would otherwise contradict an intramuscular injection, Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant within 2 months after second dose, and mothers who are breast-feeding.

No evidence to support refusal for medical reasons except as noted above. FWIW, DNA vaccines may have been developed from cell lines of aborted fetuses, thus some people refuse those on moral grounds; mRNA vaccines do not.
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Honestly those side effects don't sound any worse then most vaccines.
 

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