FL Governor tells CDC to get its act together

nickys

Premium Member
I hope they do genome sequencing for variants. I’d put my money on it being the Delta variant.

Recent figures for the U.K. showed that 12 out of the 42 deaths from the Delta variant here were in fully vaccinated people who were all more than 2 weeks post 2nd shot.
 

G00fyDad

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could two tests, probably from the same batch, ever produce false positives?
Maybe but it would be highly unlikely. A false negative from the same batch, sure. But not typically to false positives from the same batch. It's just the way those tests are designed.
 

Wendy Pleakley

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I am well aware. No vaccine is 100%, everyone is different, etc, etc. What raises a red flag for me is it was 2 people in the same room. This made me start thinking that they either got vaccinated a few days before the cruise or they were not vaccinated.

The article described guests as being fully vaccinated. It's safe to assume that means they didn't accept anyone who wasn't two weeks post vaccine. Nor is there reason to suspect they faked their status.

Vaccines are not 100% effective. The range is 72 to 95 percent effective at stopping infection (J&J vs Pfizer).

It would not be shocking to learn 5 out of every 100 passengers on a cruise caught COVID. This ship had 500 passengers, so 2 is actually a good result.

Some infections is also an expected result. Therefore there's no reason to conclude the guests somehow faked their vaccination status. The results are consistent with a fully vaccinated roster.

The ship did stop in ports, so guests were not restricted to a COVID free bubble. There were also unvaccinated children on board.
 

G00fyDad

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The article described guests as being fully vaccinated. It's safe to assume that means they didn't accept anyone who wasn't two weeks post vaccine. Nor is there reason to suspect they faked their status.

Vaccines are not 100% effective. The range is 72 to 95 percent effective at stopping infection (J&J vs Pfizer).

It would not be shocking to learn 5 out of every 100 passengers on a cruise caught COVID. This ship had 500 passengers, so 2 is actually a good result.

Some infections is also an expected result. Therefore there's no reason to conclude the guests somehow faked their vaccination status. The results are consistent with a fully vaccinated roster.

The ship did stop in ports, so guests were not restricted to a COVID free bubble. There were also unvaccinated children on board.

But weren't the two they found on that trip together? Highly unlikely that two people from the same group were found to have been infected after taking the vaccine.
 

cmwade77

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But weren't the two they found on that trip together? Highly unlikely that two people from the same group were found to have been infected after taking the vaccine.
Actually, it would be highly likely that the two cases would be from the same party. After all, if they share a cabin, they will have been in close proximity to each other for extremely extended periods of time, such as a total of 24+ hours. It is also equally likely that they are false positives or that one of the two is a false positive. They could also have contracted it just before their final dose of the vaccine. Another possibility is that the antibodies themselves caused a positive result. We don't know which if the vaccines they received, we also don't know for sure they got the vaccine in the U.S. and some have been known to cause false positives for as long as 3 months after the final dose.

Statistically speaking out of 500 people, assuming they all had the Pfizer vaccine, we would expect at least 10 people to be infected, as it.is only 98% effective. If some had Moderna that number should be higher and even some had Johnson and Johnson, it should be higher still.

So 2 out of 500 is doing extremely well statistically. Additionally, those 2 cases would be a lot less severe than if they weren't vaccinated, remember it isn't a out completely eliminating COVID, it is about making sure cases are at manageable level.
 

G00fyDad

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Actually, it would be highly likely that the two cases would be from the same party. After all, if they share a cabin, they will have been in close proximity to each other for extremely extended periods of time, such as a total of 24+ hours. It is also equally likely that they are false positives or that one of the two is a false positive. They could also have contracted it just before their final dose of the vaccine. Another possibility is that the antibodies themselves caused a positive result. We don't know which if the vaccines they received, we also don't know for sure they got the vaccine in the U.S. and some have been known to cause false positives for as long as 3 months after the final dose.

Statistically speaking out of 500 people, assuming they all had the Pfizer vaccine, we would expect at least 10 people to be infected, as it.is only 98% effective. If some had Moderna that number should be higher and even some had Johnson and Johnson, it should be higher still.

So 2 out of 500 is doing extremely well statistically. Additionally, those 2 cases would be a lot less severe than if they weren't vaccinated, remember it isn't a out completely eliminating COVID, it is about making sure cases are at manageable level.

Two people? From the same party? With the same 5% or less chance of getting the virus? At the same time?

Can you pick my next lottery numbers?
 

G00fyDad

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One passed it to the other. What is so hard to believe about that if they were a couple?
Because if you take the two most popular vaccines you have a 5% to 6% chance of getting the virus. 5% to 6%. Five. To. Six. Percent. I'm just saying that the odds that two people from the same household passed it on to one another is highly unlikely. It's more likely that both of them were full of it and lied about taking the vaccine in the first place. But yeah, I guess maybe, just possibly, in a remotely possible scenario they might have passed it on to one another. Because we know that no one has been lying about taking the vaccine so far. People are completely 100% honest. 🙄
 

nickys

Premium Member
Because if you take the two most popular vaccines you have a 5% to 6% chance of getting the virus. 5% to 6%. Five. To. Six. Percent. I'm just saying that the odds that two people from the same household passed it on to one another is highly unlikely. It's more likely that both of them were full of it and lied about taking the vaccine in the first place. But yeah, I guess maybe, just possibly, in a remotely possible scenario they might have passed it on to one another. Because we know that no one has been lying about taking the vaccine so far. People are completely 100% honest. 🙄
None of the vaccines are showing as good efficacy against the Delta variant.

I know you guys aren’t using AZ but that is down to 60% against Delta, Pfizer is around 85% instead of 95% against other variants.

Plus the Delta variant is spreading rapidly and easily, and children are getting it in greater numbers than at the peak of our second wave - we can’t compare to the first wave because kids just didn’t get tested nearly as much then. ( schools were virtual from before Easter to either just before the end of term for some kids in England, to August for kids in Scotland

We really are in a third wave, only this time those affected are younger and generally less likely to get seriously ill.

So going back to this story, if one of them had been exposed to the Delta variant the chances are actually reasonably high they would have passed it onto the other.
 

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
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Because if you take the two most popular vaccines you have a 5% to 6% chance of getting the virus. 5% to 6%. Five. To. Six. Percent. I'm just saying that the odds that two people from the same household passed it on to one another is highly unlikely. It's more likely that both of them were full of it and lied about taking the vaccine in the first place. But yeah, I guess maybe, just possibly, in a remotely possible scenario they might have passed it on to one another. Because we know that no one has been lying about taking the vaccine so far. People are completely 100% honest. 🙄
That's not what the 5% number means.

Here's an example:

Let's say a trial had 100 people vaccinated, and the placebo group had 100 unvaccinated people.​
Then, let's say that in the vaccinated group, one person got sick with COVID, and in the unvaccinated group, 10 people got sick with COVID.​
The vaccine reduced cases from 10 to 1, it is then considered 90% effective.​
BUT... only one in a hundred of the vaccinated got sick... that's 99% effective for them.​

So, it would be incorrect to say that with a 90% efficacy, that we expect every 10 out of 100 to get sick.​

Likewise, it would be incorrect to say that Pfizer's 95% efficacy means that every 5 out of 100 people will get sick.

Also note, I will say it again, tho everyone will say, "Yeah, I know!!" -- and still miss the point -- you most definitely can be reinfected with COVID after being vaccinated. But people forget that the efficacy is about keeping people from getting seriously ill, not from simply testing positive while asymptomatic.

Without a cause for a test (like getting on a cruise ship), people aren't aware of all the times they're getting reinfected, and that's because their body is primed to immediately fight the virus. COVID already has high incidences of being asymptomatic, and being vaccinated will only raise the incidences of that happening.

The difference is that those already vaccinated and reinfected are a lot less contagious than the unvaccinated (and unlikely to get surprise long term effects like damaged organs).
 

Master Yoda

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But weren't the two they found on that trip together? Highly unlikely that two people from the same group were found to have been infected after taking the vaccine.
This^^^

A whole bunch of things has to line up perfectly for 2 unrelated people to have been fully vaccinated and become infected. Sure, it is possible but not all that probable.

Two unrelated people lying about their vaccination status; not so much.
 

aliceismad

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I know a couple who got covid after being vaccinated. Different vaccines too. No travel. Just out eating and shopping and working like normal people do.

Eight members of the Yankees organization got covid, all while vaccinated. Is it just coincidence that they work together in close quarters?
 

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
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I know a couple who got covid after being vaccinated. Different vaccines too. No travel. Just out eating and shopping and working like normal people do.

Eight members of the Yankees organization got covid, all while vaccinated. Is it just coincidence that they work together in close quarters?
Not surprising at all for people who get tested regularly to find they've been (re)infected.

No vaccine prevents infection or reinfection, it just gets your immune system ready to fight the virus immediately.

This isn't news unless a fully vaccinated person is hospitalized.

The 95% effectiveness of vaccines measure preventing getting seriously ill, not getting asymptomatically (re)infected.
 
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Bob Harlem

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Judge rules in favor of Florida over the CDC (at least as filing an injunction against the CDC order.

Primary bit of info here. The injunction is stayed until July 18, at which time the Conditional Sail Order will only stay as a non-binding consideration, recommendation or guideline, and not the law.


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AmishGuy91

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Judge rules in favor of Florida over the CDC (at least as filing an injunction against the CDC order.

Primary bit of info here. The injunction is stayed until July 18, at which time the Conditional Sail Order will only stay as a non-binding consideration, recommendation or guideline, and not the law.


Wow I imagine this would more or less have played itself out in a month or so anyhow but still shocking Florida actually won this
 

MaryJaneP

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Yay! So the cruise operators cannot ask for proof of vaccination nor can they require that their passengers nor their crew are adequately vaccinated. Big win?
 

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