Have they been challenged at the SC level? I’m thinking not?
Just a little longer until all ages have access to a vaccine, though…as long as thr fda approves it.
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That would be great news, although it would be nice to see a study with more participants:There’s a business reason for Pfizer to produce and encourage boosters that specifically target variants. The vaccines may work too well. The hope for the pharma industry was that billions of people would take covid vaccines at least annually. Billions of dollars at stake. The below article discusses a study that shows the vaccines may last for years and that’s bad news for sales. Remember that back in Jan Pfizer also developed boosters for both the South African variant and the Brazilian variant but they were never used.
Could Pfizer and Moderna Now Face Their Second-Worst Scenario? | The Motley Fool
It's possible, but the dynamics of the fight against COVID-19 are changing rapidly.
I‘m suggesting vaccinated people still use common sense - we aren’t invicible just because we got a shot (or 2).
I think some people have lost the context of this discussion on a global basis. I was just reading something about the Olympics and they were saying Japan has potentially started a new wave going into the start of the Olympics and that they are only around 20% of the country with at least 1 shot. Let me say that again….20%. Japan is not a third world country or economically challenged. I am disappointed that we didn’t get more people vaccinated in the US quicker and that more people aren’t eager or even willing to get vaccinated but I think some people are ignoring the fact that we are approaching 70% of adults and have over 55% of the total population vaccinated with at least 1 shot. There are many parts of the world much worse off so naturally those places will see larger waves and more impact going forward. So we have not reached herd immunity and cases will continue indefinitely until enough people get naturally immune but this isn’t a binary process of yes or no, there are levels. There is a massive difference between community spread with nobody or 20% of the population vaccinated and community spread with 55% of the population vaccinated.
Nobody is "invincible" to anything. However, using the breakthrough case data on deaths and hospitalizations as well as the information from Orange County, FL regarding deaths, if you are fully vaccinated, you are protected from COVID-19 better than you are protected from hundreds of other things.
I am also firmly classically liberal (too bad neither major political party in the US really is anymore), although I tend to follow the strands of this philosophy that recognizes the important role of the government in maintaining, regulating and enforcing the use of the commons. Otherwise, if everybody is completely free, nobody is except those who manage to dominate the commons. Tying this in with Disney, the introduction to The Hall of Presidents once included a recitation of the preamble to the Constitution. Worth repeating:
We have 30,000+ people coming up on 1 full year in the Fall
Thank you for this. I love that people think the US is an island unto itself. We depend on tourism. What's going on in the rest of the world is our business.
Speaking of that topic, the US Travel Association (which Disney is a member of) released a “blueprint“ for reopening borders safely. In summary they are calling for an easing of broad travel restriction by July 15 to be replaced with a country by country framework that looks at each countries vaccination level. They are also proposing an expedited entry process for fully vaccinated individuals from non-high risk countries. From a Disney prospective this would likely open the door sooner for the return of guests from the UK and Canada given their high vaccination levels. The last of the closed Disney hotels is scheduled to reopen in December now. I wonder if that’s partially due to an estimate that these restrictions will be lifted by then and if so will they accelerate the reopenings if the rules are changed sooner.
Amazing that vaccinated individuals will be allowed in, but unvaccinated citizens here at home can merrily go about their business. Not talking constitutional anything here, just the grand comedy of irony.Speaking of that topic, the US Travel Association (which Disney is a member of) released a “blueprint“ for reopening borders safely. In summary they are calling for an easing of broad travel restriction by July 15 to be replaced with a country by country framework that looks at each countries vaccination level. They are also proposing an expedited entry process for fully vaccinated individuals from non-high risk countries. From a Disney prospective this would likely open the door sooner for the return of guests from the UK and Canada given their high vaccination levels. The last of the closed Disney hotels is scheduled to reopen in December now. I wonder if that’s partially due to an estimate that these restrictions will be lifted by then and if so will they accelerate the reopenings if the rules are changed sooner.
I am perfectly fine with opening International travel back up to fully vaccinated individuals from low risk countries. I think It’s too soon for full opening, but a good compromise is allowing fully vaccinated people in. Helps tourism and is pretty safe overall.
Two Dozen Industry Groups Release Blueprint to Reopen International Travel
A coalition of 24 trade organizations representing a large and diverse swath of the U.S. economy is renewing urgent calls to lift restrictions on international visitation to the United States, and on Wednesday released a policy blueprint for reopening borders safely.www.ustravel.org
I go for my 1 year in 2 months almost to the day. If a computer error hadn't happened 1 year would be in a month. More of an FYI
Speaking of that topic, the US Travel Association (which Disney is a member of) released a “blueprint“ for reopening borders safely. In summary they are calling for an easing of broad travel restriction by July 15 to be replaced with a country by country framework that looks at each countries vaccination level. They are also proposing an expedited entry process for fully vaccinated individuals from non-high risk countries. From a Disney prospective this would likely open the door sooner for the return of guests from the UK and Canada given their high vaccination levels. The last of the closed Disney hotels is scheduled to reopen in December now. I wonder if that’s partially due to an estimate that these restrictions will be lifted by then and if so will they accelerate the reopenings if the rules are changed sooner.
I am perfectly fine with opening International travel back up to fully vaccinated individuals from low risk countries. I think It’s too soon for full opening, but a good compromise is allowing fully vaccinated people in. Helps tourism and is pretty safe overall.
Two Dozen Industry Groups Release Blueprint to Reopen International Travel
A coalition of 24 trade organizations representing a large and diverse swath of the U.S. economy is renewing urgent calls to lift restrictions on international visitation to the United States, and on Wednesday released a policy blueprint for reopening borders safely.
You can make the argument that it slows the development of variants. Certainly if I'm a country with a heavily vaccinated population, I would want to have only vaccinated folks coming into the country.
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