I was thinking the same thing. How do we know they didn’t have cognitive impairment prior to having Covid. It would be really interesting to see the NCAA run a study like this since they have a lot of baseline data stored for athletes due to concussion protocols. They could look at the pre and post Covid brain function of athletes who tested positive.
They are running trials for this right now. Israel jumped the gun IMO but I won't judge. They are looking at elderly and immunocompromised right now vs younger too to see if it's needed. I had my third shot a week ago with Pfizer-BioNTech. Pretty convinced it was the real thing, but I'll eventually be unblinded and we'll go from there as needed. Pfizer-BioNTech has been excellent about making sure the needs of those in their trials have been met.
Eventually yes. But I will not guess when.
Yup! Though some innocent bystanders so to speak will be affected too. Hopefully not bad.
What irks me is that some I know who refused to get the vaccine are now going about their daily lives - unmasked.
A lot of them were doing this, or trying to do this, as much as possible prior. Look at the maskholes being jerks on airlines still as an example. Some people I fear will never learn. What bothers me most is the risk they are to others with lessened immune systems. One cousin by marriage keeps putting their own parent undergoing cancer treatments at risk without care. Their parent couldn't vaccinate while doing certain treatments. (Edit: to add the parent has been since vaccinated but it took until late spring to be okay)
Agreed. Basic math tells us this is true. Unless a mutation occurs that defeats the vaccines and/or natural immunity the number of people who are not immune shrinks every time someone either gets vaccinated or gets infected. As the base of potential victims shrinks the outbreaks will get smaller and smaller over time. It may not be linear but the trend will be that outbreaks or waves are getting shorter and the peaks are lower. As I’ve said for a while now, a lot of people have chosen the hard way to get immune. We will not stop seeing these new waves that overwhelmingly impact the unvaccinated until enough people get immune one way or the other.
Israel has some data but it is dirty ( Confounded by other factors so the results from that data are in question)
Nah, we will end up with a smaller, educated and critically thinking population.I have a horrible prediction by fall. This COVID-19 pandemic will get worse in US than last year, as the surges, spikes and waves will getting harder as Delta variants as other future variants will be hard to beat so bad even fall and winter comes, we are so screwed up as indoor masks or mask mandates will return for even LONGER for years because Delta variant is so hard to end it the pandemic because as the unvaccinated people as full vaccinated people will get infecting and die so years to come...This is the end of the world to come people, we are never gonna beat COVID-19 pandemic for years to come, even the restrictions will be longer as possible many many many years to come.....
We went to the one in MA once because hubby's boss gave us passes. We were there 15 minutes and haven't been back. No shade ANYWHERE. (Disney could learn a thing or two about what NOT to do from them.)
It's wasn't meant as you personally. From the top down everyone has the good enough attitude.
I know not me personally and really my question is for all out there. What can we really do to make a big dent in the unvaccinated?
I don’t think that will help much at this point. It’s pretty simple to create a fake vaccine card. All that has stopped the mass production of the fakes is a need. If you start restricting people widespread they will just get the fake cards. If someone doesn’t trust the government enough to not get a life saving vaccine the government forcing it on them (even indirectly) is not going to motivate them. The anti-Vaxx movement would love to see a vaccine passport implemented, it would swell their ranks. This isn’t just my opinion either. There was a study out of Israel I posted many pages back which showed their vaccine passports were highly effective at getting businesses re-opened and the economy going but that they hurt the overall vaccination effort due to more backlash against government control. The US has more anti-government sentiment than Israel already so the effect could be worse.
They have some of the better rides for a Six Flags park.
The fact is the best you can do is get vaccinated and encourage those around you that will actually listen to you to go in. That’s about it. I live in PA where 78% of adults are vaccinated and I have my shots. Someone who lives in Mississippi where 48% of adults are vaccinated that has their own vaccine done has done just as much as I have. It’s not their fault that others around them are not vaccinated. I don’t get this attitude that if someone is from an area with high vaccination they have somehow “done better” than someone who lives in a less vaccinated area. I just consider myself lucky to live in an area with a high level of vaccination since my youngest isn’t eligible yet. All we control is our own actions and maybe our kids.
It's too late for that unfortunately. I don't think making it FDA approved will make much a dent. As soon as CDC screwed up with the masking guidelines it was over. IMO it should have been masks are to stay in place til a certain percentage of people are vaccinated.
Meh. Just not worth it. The lack of relief from the sun reflecting off of the pavement was really, REALLY bad.
You know what I'm tired of? People blaming the CDC on this. They are very clear on their guidelines. Our policy makers screwed it up by not making unvaccinated still mask.
