Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Unions never do that!!
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Jrb1979
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I'm surprised hearing about shortages. So far here there hasn't been any. The only bad thing is our price of gas. It's almost $5.50 a gallon.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
I know you are not joking! My kids love them (good for on the go situations) and we have issues finding the ones they like. I haven't been able to track down a bologna launchable at our grocery store in months. We do curbside grocery pickup, and they also have to replace the lunchables we select with another kind, or give us the same kind even when we asked for three different ones.
How about when they are under oath in front of Congress? If it's classified, I don't think the course of action is to lie about it. How about saying it's classified and decline to answer?
Vegas Disney Fan
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Is the Starbucks open? That and fries from the McDonalds and we’re good.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Closed sessions exist for that purpose.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Supply chain issues are impacting grocery stores
Shoppers and business owners are being impacted by supply chain issues.
Supply chain issues causing prescription drug shortages
The American Medical Association is calling it an urgent public health crisis. Supply chain issues are to blame.
www.wbtv.com
Supply-Chain Crisis Fuels Latest Retreat From Globalization
Nothing embodied the promise of globalization more than the humble supply chain, but that is now under siege, threatening to end an era of low costs and endless variety.
www.wsj.com
Christmas trees, sweaters, gifts in shipping mess: How supply chain issues will affect holiday shopping
The 2021 holiday shopping season is expected to be undermined by supply chain challenges, including shipping issues such as port backlogs.
www.usatoday.com
Supply Chain Issues: Port Of Oakland Officials Issue Plea For More Cargo Ships To Unload
While freighters languish in the waters off the Southern California coast, Port Of Oakland officials issued a plea Tuesday to shipping companies, asking them to reroute their vessels to the docks of their massive facility.
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
Food shortages are the next supply-chain crunch
There's plenty of food but transportation delays are rising.
www.pressherald.com
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Canada concerned about supply chain issues, watching ports 'closely'
Canada is concerned about the challenges facing global supply chains and is watching the country's ports very closely, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
Bank of Canada, Liberals watching supply-chain issues weighing on economic rebound
The head of the Bank of Canada is warning that the faster pace of price increases may persist longer than first thought, and slow the pace of Canada's economic recovery, as global supply-chain issues weigh on the domestic economy.
Wendy Pleakley
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I just find it vague.
"We'll fully reopen if things are good. If things are not good, we won't re-open".
Kind of stating the obvious?
Most of the provincial plans released prior to this summer at least had some specific goals in terms of case counts and vaccination rates.
I also worry it's a case of history repeating itself. Things look good, restrictions lift, and then things get worse again.
My personal preference would be to keep vaccine passports in place for leisure locations indefinitely. Announcing that they'll be stopped means a lot of people will just wait it out, instead of getting vaccinated.
Jrb1979
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I don't think it will get that bad. They did say the expect to see 90% vaccinated including kids. The big difference this time is the majority are vaccinated.
Heppenheimer
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To change the subject (getting a little political here again)...
I'm doing my annual CME (at home on my computer, thanks to COVID). Some interesting tidbits about the disease du jour...
Ivermectin should never even have been a candidate for treatment. The original in vitro study from Austrialia showed that ivermectin inhibits viral growth at a concentration at or above 5 μM (they were basically tossing anything into test tubes to see what happened). The known safety limit for ivermectin's concentration in vivo is between 0.08-1.6 μM. So, to match the concentration at which ivermectin inhibited viral replication in vivo, patients would have needed to take up to 62 tablets of the medication 2-3 times a day. This is far beyond the therapeutic safety index of the drug.
The best study so far on the efficacy of vaccines versus prior infection at preventing future severe illness came from Singapore, Unfortunately, they only compared unvaccinated to those who had received one dose, but even here, the benefit of the vaccines in preventing death and hospitalization was about twice the prior infected but unvaccinated indviduals.
Treating early with monocloncal antibodies and the upcoming oral antivirals is important because there's really two stages to COVID infection. Most of the symptoms in the early stages are due to uncontrolled viral replication, whereas by the time the person becomes hypoxic (and thus needs to be hospitalized), most of the damage is being done by uncontrolled immune response. So, the medications used to reduce the viral load don't work late in the disease, and the medications used to blunt the inflammatory response have no benefit early. Even more reason why those hospitalized patients demanding ivermectin are really misplacing their hopes. Even if the medication did effectively and safely reduce viral loads, by the time they end up in the hospital, it's too late for this treatment strategy.
There is no reduction in initial viral load in a vaccinated person who is infected versus someone unvaccinated, but after 1-3 days, viral load rapidly declines compared to the unvaccinated.
Besides molnupiravir, there are several other oral medications on the way, all for treating the early viremic stage of the disease. Dexamethasone remains hospitalized patient's best chance, although trials of other, existing immunomodulators are in the pipeline.
We will likely need 95-98% vaccination rates to achieve herd immunity against the delta variant, unless by some miracle the virus burns itself out (not a scenario we should rely on).
I'm doing my annual CME (at home on my computer, thanks to COVID). Some interesting tidbits about the disease du jour...
Ivermectin should never even have been a candidate for treatment. The original in vitro study from Austrialia showed that ivermectin inhibits viral growth at a concentration at or above 5 μM (they were basically tossing anything into test tubes to see what happened). The known safety limit for ivermectin's concentration in vivo is between 0.08-1.6 μM. So, to match the concentration at which ivermectin inhibited viral replication in vivo, patients would have needed to take up to 62 tablets of the medication 2-3 times a day. This is far beyond the therapeutic safety index of the drug.
The best study so far on the efficacy of vaccines versus prior infection at preventing future severe illness came from Singapore, Unfortunately, they only compared unvaccinated to those who had received one dose, but even here, the benefit of the vaccines in preventing death and hospitalization was about twice the prior infected but unvaccinated indviduals.
Treating early with monocloncal antibodies and the upcoming oral antivirals is important because there's really two stages to COVID infection. Most of the symptoms in the early stages are due to uncontrolled viral replication, whereas by the time the person becomes hypoxic (and thus needs to be hospitalized), most of the damage is being done by uncontrolled immune response. So, the medications used to reduce the viral load don't work late in the disease, and the medications used to blunt the inflammatory response have no benefit early. Even more reason why those hospitalized patients demanding ivermectin are really misplacing their hopes. Even if the medication did effectively and safely reduce viral loads, by the time they end up in the hospital, it's too late for this treatment strategy.
There is no reduction in initial viral load in a vaccinated person who is infected versus someone unvaccinated, but after 1-3 days, viral load rapidly declines compared to the unvaccinated.
Besides molnupiravir, there are several other oral medications on the way, all for treating the early viremic stage of the disease. Dexamethasone remains hospitalized patient's best chance, although trials of other, existing immunomodulators are in the pipeline.
We will likely need 95-98% vaccination rates to achieve herd immunity against the delta variant, unless by some miracle the virus burns itself out (not a scenario we should rely on).
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Timmay
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You also can’t get the Caramel Apple Spice at Starbucks…so that’s pretty much my whole fall down the toilet.
Well I got offically boosted today. Due to a lack of shots in my area I also crossed over and got the Pfizer booster (after getting Moderna for my first two.) As I was already 9 months out from my second shot, I didn’t want to wait and besides here’s hoping it produces a larger variety of antibodies and not give me such bad side effects. Nearly 6 hours in I just have a sore arm (similar to Tetanus.)
Save room for that 50th food!
Animaniac93-98
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Jrb1979
Well-Known Member
Possibly. All the more reason they will follow through with the plan.
Animaniac93-98
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I think they'll follow through with it, and certainly we're in a better position now to reopen fully than before,
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Jrb1979
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The difference now is the amount of people vaccinated.
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It’s also possible that staffing issues will make this worse if vaccine mandates kick in for FedEx, UPS and DHL.Supply chain issues are impacting grocery stores
Shoppers and business owners are being impacted by supply chain issues.www.wfsb.com
Supply chain issues causing prescription drug shortages
The American Medical Association is calling it an urgent public health crisis. Supply chain issues are to blame.Supply-Chain Crisis Fuels Latest Retreat From Globalization
Nothing embodied the promise of globalization more than the humble supply chain, but that is now under siege, threatening to end an era of low costs and endless variety.Christmas trees, sweaters, gifts in shipping mess: How supply chain issues will affect holiday shopping
The 2021 holiday shopping season is expected to be undermined by supply chain challenges, including shipping issues such as port backlogs.www.usatoday.comSupply Chain Issues: Port Of Oakland Officials Issue Plea For More Cargo Ships To Unload
While freighters languish in the waters off the Southern California coast, Port Of Oakland officials issued a plea Tuesday to shipping companies, asking them to reroute their vessels to the docks of their massive facility.Food shortages are the next supply-chain crunch
There's plenty of food but transportation delays are rising.Canada concerned about supply chain issues, watching ports 'closely'
Canada is concerned about the challenges facing global supply chains and is watching the country's ports very closely, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday.Bank of Canada, Liberals watching supply-chain issues weighing on economic rebound
The head of the Bank of Canada is warning that the faster pace of price increases may persist longer than first thought, and slow the pace of Canada's economic recovery, as global supply-chain issues weigh on the domestic economy.www.ctvnews.ca
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