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Tortoise wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:34 am

tomfoolery wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:53 pm Vaccines good people. Get vaccinated. Get everyone you love vaccinated. Donate to charities who facilitate vaccinations. We can win this, people. We're nearing the finish line.

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pp4me wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:20 pm

Tortoise wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:34 am

tomfoolery wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:53 pm Vaccines good people. Get vaccinated. Get everyone you love vaccinated. Donate to charities who facilitate vaccinations. We can win this, people. We're nearing the finish line.

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That brought tears to my eyes.

Haven't been moved so much since those "We are the world" commercials.

SomeDude wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 12:00 pmAt my work you have a choice now:

1. Get Vaxxed and get a special green sticker on your badge
2. Wear a mask in the office and cancel all future business travel.


I'm putting my own green sticker on my badge this weekend.

Background: Repurposed medicines may have a role against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The antiparasitic ivermectin, with antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties, has now been tested in numerous clinical trials.

Areas of uncertainty: We assessed the efficacy of ivermectin treatment in reducing mortality, in secondary outcomes, and in chemoprophylaxis, among people with, or at high risk of, COVID-19 infection.

Data sources: We searched bibliographic databases up to April 25, 2021. Two review authors sifted for studies, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias. Meta-analyses were conducted and certainty of the evidence was assessed using the GRADE approach and additionally in trial sequential analyses for mortality. Twenty-four randomized controlled trials involving 3406 participants met review inclusion.

Therapeutic Advances: Meta-analysis of 15 trials found that ivermectin reduced risk of death compared with no ivermectin (average risk ratio 0.38, 95% confidence interval 0.19–0.73; n=2438; I2=49%; moderate-certainty evidence). This result was confirmed in a trial sequential analysis using the same DerSimonian–Laird method that underpinned the unadjusted analysis. This was also robust against a trial sequential analysis using the Biggerstaff–Tweedie method. Low-certainty evidence found that ivermectin prophylaxis reduced COVID-19 infection by an average 86% (95% confidence interval 79%–91%). Secondary outcomes provided less certain evidence. Low-certainty evidence suggested that there may be no benefit with ivermectin for "need for mechanical ventilation," whereas effect estimates for "improvement" and "deterioration" clearly favored ivermectin use. Severe adverse events were rare among treatment trials and evidence of no difference was assessed as low certainty. Evidence on other secondary outcomes was very low certainty.

Conclusions: Moderate-certainty evidence finds that large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin. Using ivermectin early in the clinical course may reduce numbers progressing to severe disease. The apparent safety and low cost suggest that ivermectin is likely to have a significant impact on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic globally.

Xan wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:48 am

SomeDude wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 12:00 pmAt my work you have a choice now:

1. Get Vaxxed and get a special green sticker on your badge
2. Wear a mask in the office and cancel all future business travel.


I'm putting my own green sticker on my badge this weekend.

SomeDude, are you okay with lying to all your bosses and co-workers?

Children should not be vaccinated for the moment.

There is not yet enough evidence on the use of vaccines against COVID-19 in children to make recommendations for children to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Children and adolescents tend to have milder disease compared to adults. However, children should continue to have the recommended childhood vaccines.

flyingpylon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:00 am News from the WHO...

Children should not be vaccinated for the moment.

There is not yet enough evidence on the use of vaccines against COVID-19 in children to make recommendations for children to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Children and adolescents tend to have milder disease compared to adults. However, children should continue to have the recommended childhood vaccines.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease ... nes/advice

The COVID-19 vaccines are safe for most people 18 years and older, including those with pre-existing conditions of any kind, including auto-immune disorders. These conditions include: hypertension, diabetes, asthma, pulmonary, liver and kidney disease, as well as chronic infections that are stable and controlled.

tomfoolery wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:49 pm

flyingpylon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:19 am What happens on one's 18th birthday that makes the vaccines safe?

The same thing that makes them mentally capable to consent to sex and to own an AR15 fully automatic assault rifle.

Children and adolescents tend to have milder disease compared to adults, so unless they are part of a group at higher risk of severe COVID-19, it is less urgent to vaccinate them than older people, those with chronic health conditions and health workers.

More evidence is needed on the use of the different COVID-19 vaccines in children to be able to make general recommendations on vaccinating children against COVID-19.

WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) has concluded that the Pfizer/BionTech vaccine is suitable for use by people aged 12 years and above. Children aged between 12 and 15 who are at high risk may be offered this vaccine alongside other priority groups for vaccination. Vaccine trials for children are ongoing and WHO will update its recommendations when the evidence or epidemiological situation warrants a change in policy.

A CDC safety group said there’s a “likely association” between a rare heart inflammatory condition in adolescents and young adults mostly after they’ve received their second Covid-19 vaccine shot, citing the most recent data available.

There have been more than 1,200 cases of a myocarditis or pericarditis mostly in people 30 and under who received Pfizer’s or Moderna’s Covid vaccine, according to a series of slide presentations published Wednesday for a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:24 pmCapture.JPG

Xan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:28 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:24 pmCapture.JPG

I'm not sure that's particularly useful without some absolute numbers. Even if Covid goes to almost zero, there will be a "top 10 states for new cases".

Xan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:28 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:24 pmCapture.JPG

I'm not sure that's particularly useful without some absolute numbers. Even if Covid goes to almost zero, there will be a "top 10 states for new cases".

boglerdude wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:45 am "The speaker slammed President Trump, claiming, “His denial at the beginning was deadly.”
hmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFCzoXhNM6c

https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... sk-indoors

We're vaccinated. It's over. I dont know if LA Times has an agenda, or is so broke they resort to clickbait/fear-porn. I mean, millions of people DO want the lockdown to continue.

We measured means (SDs) between 13 120 (384) and 13 910 (374) ppm of carbon dioxide in inhaled air under surgical and filtering facepiece 2 (FFP2) masks, which is higher than what is already deemed unacceptable by the German Federal Environmental Office by a factor of 6.