Octopus Overlords

Daehawk wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:46 pm Too bad targeted diseases dont insta kill assholes.

El Guapo wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:32 am

Smoove_B wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 8:58 am I'm sure it will start making the rounds today, but last night Newsweek released their cover art for their 11/05 issue. It can only be described as an attempt to sell magazines while undermining public health. The role the media has been playing during this pandemic is really disappointing. I expected this from Fox, but Newsweek? Unreal.

Oh, Newsweek is completely in the crapper - they're trading a bit on their prior reputation (as long as that will last), but they are a zombie magazine that's been hijacked to launder right wing nonsense.

Daehawk wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:02 am Immunocompromised may need a fourth Covid-19 shot, CDC says

Moderately to severely immunocompromised people include those who are in active cancer treatment for cancers of the blood or for tumors, certain organ transplant and stem cell recipients, people with advanced or untreated HIV, and those who take a high-dose corticosteroids or other drugs that may suppress their immune systems. The CDC estimates about 9 million people who live in the US, or about 2% of the population, fall into this category.

Ralph-Wiggum wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:33 am I mean, we're all gonna need a fourth booster at some point. Makes sense that that time would come early for the immunocompromised.

LordMortis wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:24 pm Also my prediction, irrespective of vaccination, two weeks until the autumnal uptick starts kicking in in the northern states. Had to too much shopping this week. No patrons masked anywhere.

Smoove_B wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:51 pm But yes, I agree completely - we're entering the time of year now where we would expect

I still have ~56% of people 12+ fully vaccinated in my corner of NJ, which is concerning as we head into winter. In July we had ~3 cases in a population of about 90K. Now we're up to about 41 - steadily increasing since August. And yet, you'd never know. Everything is super terrific.

The only hospital to require COVID-19 vaccines in Chattanooga says less than 1% of its staff has resigned over the mandate.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday decided it would not step in to block a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in Maine, which does not offer religious exemptions.
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The court gave no reason for its decision, as is usual with rulings on emergency applications. But in a brief concurring opinion, Justice Amy Coney Barrett warned against the court making momentous decisions "on a short fuse without benefit of full briefing and oral argument."

Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote Friday's dissenting opinion and was joined by justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

In the opinion, Gorsuch contrasted Maine's lack of religious exemptions with those offered by other states and said those who would prefer a religious exemption option believe the state's requirement "violates foundational principles of their religious faith."

Unagi wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:09 am So, I was expecting the Newsweek cover to be much much worse. And I think maybe I'm missing what everyone else is seeing...

My first reaction to the 'cute girl with teddy bear' and the question of 'would I give her a shot' is a quick, Yes.... and then the cover goes on to say that "Health Experts strongly back a COVID vaccine for children".

I mean, I see that as an attempt to get people to vaccinate their kids (never mind the white blonde girl part)...

Again, I'm sure I'm totally missing something here. What is it?

Kasey Chang wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:47 pm There are signs that COVID can cause brain swelling which leads to decreased self-control, anger management issues, bipolar-like mood swings, and increased paranoia. There was a UCSF Children's Hospital paper released last week about 3 cases they saw in 2020.

The increasing irrational rhetoric from the holdouts is somewhat worrisome. It seems every other day we get some weird rant about "want children to turn in their parents", "classrooms teaching cannibalism", and other incoherent rants from antimaskers and antivaxxers.

Unagi wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:09 am So, I was expecting the Newsweek cover to be much much worse. And I think maybe I'm missing what everyone else is seeing...

My first reaction to the 'cute girl with teddy bear' and the question of 'would I give her a shot' is a quick, Yes.... and then the cover goes on to say that "Health Experts strongly back a COVID vaccine for children".

I mean, I see that as an attempt to get people to vaccinate their kids (never mind the white blonde girl part)...

Again, I'm sure I'm totally missing something here. What is it?

Among COVID-19–like illness hospitalizations among adults aged ≥18 years whose previous infection or vaccination occurred 90–179 days earlier, the adjusted odds of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 among unvaccinated adults with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection were 5.49-fold higher than the odds among fully vaccinated recipients of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine who had no previous documented infection (95% confidence interval = 2.75–10.99).

This represents about 6% of the entire workforce.

Judge Blocks Firing Of NorthShore Nurses Who Decline Vaccination

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against NorthShore University HealthSystem on behalf of 14 unvaccinated employees.

Daehawk wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:25 pm Chicago - "So I see you have chosen death"

BREAKING - After threats that 10,000 NYPD officers could quit the force over the NYC vaccine mandate, the actual number going on unpaid leave today was 34.