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    This is hella promising [COVID]

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    • EssExTee
      EssExTee last edited by

      Pfizer is reporting a 90% effectiveness in its vaccine trials

      The person reading this is a doo-doo head

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      • rctothefuture
        rctothefuture last edited by

        It's very promising, but the logistics will be a nightmare

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        • Smallbear
          Smallbear last edited by

          That's true, but considering the alternative is live with COVID, I don't see that logistics really matter. "You'll get it when we're able to send it, and that could be a while" is still waaaaaaay better than "You ain't getting it".

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          • ttyymmnn
            ttyymmnn @Smallbear last edited by

            @smallbear I was talking about this to my boys today. Like the flu we have now, we will have Covid forever. We have to build up some herd immunity to it and add the vaccine to our annual inoculations. People will still die from Covid, just like they still die from the flu. That said, I think we are still a year away from not having to wear a mask. The 1918 pandemic lasted for two full years, though that was without a vaccine.

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            • Smallbear
              Smallbear last edited by

              @ttyymmnn I'd have to say I'm more optimistic. My bet is on a roughly even year... so say March/April. Vaccines are arriving shortly, and frankly (at least around here), people are sick of the restrictions and just starting to live their lives again. Cases are rising and not responding to additional efforts by authorities to lock things down harder. My guess is that will continue unless hospitalizations and deaths also start spiking again, which they haven't so far. All of which suggests to me that between the vaccine becoming available and the strong possibility of it being complimented by herd immunity, it shouldn't be too much longer now.

              That said, I think the masks will still be recommended... I just doubt they'll still be mandated. And I think most other restrictions, like gathering sizes, will be gone entirely.

              Here's hoping.

              Four out of five dentists surveyed recommended playing hockey.

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              • ttyymmnn
                ttyymmnn @Smallbear last edited by

                @smallbear Here's hoping. It will feel weird going out without a mask again. I just want to play a concert in a hall with an audience. This virtual crap is for the birds, but at least we're still working.

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                • DipodomysDeserti
                  DipodomysDeserti @ttyymmnn last edited by

                  @ttyymmnn We didn't lock down during the 1918 pandemic. Probably would have lasted a lot longer if they had. To be honest, I'd much rather have my kids wear masks than get injected with a brand new type of vaccine that was only tested for a few months.

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                  • ttyymmnn
                    ttyymmnn @DipodomysDeserti last edited by

                    @dipodomysdeserti We will not be early adopters. My guess is that those in the military will be the first to receive the vaccine in large numbers.

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                    • DipodomysDeserti
                      DipodomysDeserti @ttyymmnn last edited by DipodomysDeserti

                      @ttyymmnn I have a sneaky suspicion that a good portion of the 30k Americans involved in this phase three trial were in the military.

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                      • RallyDarkstrike
                        RallyDarkstrike last edited by

                        This is good news, although I seem to think I read somewhere that transporting this will be a tricky pain because it has to be transported and stored at a really low temp?

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