Received my second shot of Moderna Friday shortly after noon. Saturday evening and Sunday morning I felt a bit off, not really any specific symptoms just not 100%. So I only rowed ~4 km instead of the usual ~10.5 km on Sunday. However, I rowed extra hard. Felt 100% after rowing and today. Can't wait for enough people to be vaccinated so that it will be safe to actually go places without a lot of paranoia.
In India - they are seeing the start of a second wave. Wonder how much of that is because of B.1.1.7Wikipedia has a good summary of the global spread of B.1.1.7.
Also worth noting is that variants that include the E484K protein modification, which resists antibodies to the original virus, now represents 30-40% of new infections in New York City. This is mostly due to a local B.1.526 variant rather than the B.1.351 (South Africa) or P.1 (Brazil) variants.
I don't know whether this is completely obvious. Risk is basically additive at low levels. More exposure routes aren't a good thing (just because you're exposed at your job doesn't meant that being exposed by your kids is no big deal). In the end, things are going well in the US (in my opinion) because we have managed to effectively cut off some of the nexuses of disease transmission (health care, elder care, other frontline work) through our robust vaccination program - and our vaccines are VERY effective. School is in session in a lot of places already (mostly smaller communities, etc.), but in those places where it is not, adding it back into the mix is going to start the mixing process again. That's going to increase risk. It's basically taking the risk level of the worst-case person in that disadvantaged community and spreading it to all the other parents in that community. Lowest common denominator, or whatever you want to call it. This might increase the risk to many individuals by substantial amounts. A lot of transmission happens in the home - kids bringing it home is a very high risk, relative to being at a workplace, masked, with precautions in place.
Yes - the question is what the kids are doing if the parents are off to work. I've no idea - but I'd assume they are not self-isolating ... I've not seen any NYT portraits of such families. Child care for poor folks is the most under-reported story in US.
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I meant Pfizer here. Moderna not expected to ramp until end of month. Pfizer was supposed to be at 13 million or so mid-March but seem to be lagging. New allocations will publish tomorrow (allegedly, but looks like it already updated) so hopefully we will see the promised step change. They are at just 9 million. Big shortfall vs. commitments (though could be a lag from factory to gov’t warehouse).
Pfizer or Moderna. The trial data says it did better, even (very limited data) for one shot. We don’t know what the reason for the difference is (given the time of the trial, it could have been variants, virus quantity (maybe higher viral loads at a time of higher infection prevalence make more infectious), etc.). But, the difference is there. So I go with what I know.
For CVS, walked into the store and asked about it. They had a list and so I put my name on it. Then I called a few other CVS pharmacies, navigated the phone system, spoke to the and got on their wait lists. Not sure how long they are now.
No idea about waitlist, but my wife tells me to go stand in the RiteAid store around 6 pm when they finish with scheduled vaccinations and they will ask customers if anyone wants a shot of the leftover, assuming there is any leftover. She's had a few patients who told her that's how they got it.
Avg BMI for San Diego is 27.8. Do you have different eligibility criteria for different cities/counties in CA ? In WA it is uniform ...
