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Thx for the tip. I've got a non-forum friend who's looking for apptments for her parents,
Are you saying volunteers will get inoculated?
This study released last October by the American Society of Hematology says there is no evidence that having a specific blood type will determine the severity of Covid-19 symptoms, but it suggests people with Type O blood may be less likely to be infected with Covid-19 than people with Type A blood. The study is peer-reviewed.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
I think volunteers would have to be. They would be frontline medical workers at that point.
The move comes as California still is struggling to get enough vaccine to meet demand. Last week, state officials said it could take until June to get vaccinations to all those 65 and older. Los Angeles County In Los Angeles County, 500,000 doses would be needed per week in order to vaccinate all adults by mid-summer, chief science officer Dr. Paul Simon said Friday...In Los Angeles County, 500,000 doses would be needed per week in order to vaccinate all adults by mid-summer, chief science officer Dr. Paul Simon said Friday. But at the rate that current allocation is going, efforts would continue well into 2022.
CA announced yesterday that vaccination eligibility will now be strictly by age, and no longer by profession. So 65-older now, likely 50-older next, etc.
i'm sorry to hear that teachers & grocery store workers won't get priority.
IMO, that's the way it should have been from the start. Vaccinate based on vulnerability. Especially since many front line health care workers are refusing the vaccine. A couple of weeks ago, the CEO of a hospital group said that half his front line workers were refusing to take the vaccine.It turns out teachers don't need it. In a recent study, being in a well run school is substantially safer than being in the general population. It's the ordered environment with mandatory mask wearing. Grocery store workers, on the other hand, definitely do. Grocery stores are probably one of the most dangerous places to be. When the government released not just numbers, but where community outbreaks were happening, big box and grocery stores were up there.
Of course, if we're going _that_ route, then the govt. REALLY needs to hit the low economic zip codes just as hard as retirement communities. Of course, there needs to be a plethora of eduction for those folks, as our country has a myriad of incredibly awful history of the medical field doing unspeakably awful things to Native Americans and other POC (things such as forced sterilization, as one example). I've read of the massive distrust in many of those communities that it may be incredibly difficult to convince large populations to trust in the vaccine; hopefully part of Biden's plan includes education about the vaccine to the masses.But that's a whooooole other convo, I think
CA announced yesterday that vaccination eligibility will now be strictly by age, and no longer by profession. So 65-older now, likely 50-older next, etc.You can read about it in the SD Union Tribune: You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginAs detailed in the article, Bad news: US vaccine dispersal is horrible. The previous POTUS Administration had zero plan to get it out efficiently, we're woefully behind, and many of us could still be in a similar situation in a year waiting to get the vaccine.Good news: Biden has seemingly put the right people in charge that _could_ turn this around and expedite the process. While six months ago we were seemingly in a world of unknown for negative reasons, currently it feels like we're in an unknown of "_maybe_ things could improve now that experts are in charge. Now that Biden has enacted the Defense Production Act, it's plausible vaccines can be producers and distributed more rapidly than the current pace.I hate all of these unknowns, but such is our current life situation nowadays. Current numbers don't seem like the path to plausibly believe Comic-Con in-person will happen, but Biden seems to be taking steps to give us a possibility that some sort of in-person/(likely) hybrid version _MIGHT_ occur. San Diego numbers are dropping, with lowest new case number in about a month yesterday. We'll see deaths climb from the holiday peaks but it seems probably that San Diego has peaked and is stabilizing, if not dropping, in infection rates county-wide (with, of course, some zip codes being dangerously high still)
The modifications announced Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom leave unchanged the current priority list, which focuses on healthcare workers and residents 65 and older before expanding to teachers, farmworkers and first responders.But there will be shift in who gets the vaccine after them. Under the original plan’s tier structure, Tier 2 workers in manufacturing, transportation and commercial and residential settings along with incarcerated people and the homeless would be prioritized.
That study confirmed a Chinese study from last March. Which has been the pattern during covid. The Chinese publish a study. We doubt the results. We then conduct our own study that confirms it.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
LOL! I love the disclaimer at the end!Disclaimer: Microsoft News is unable to verify the legitimacy of this study.
Ah, and therein lies the rub: a "well run school." In my experience, my mom & pop-run martial arts studio is WAY more reliable as far as health standards than any school in the district I work for (FWIW I'm also a union leader so I know where A LOT of the skeletons are buried, so to speak; I also know it's incredibly easier to maintain high standards at a relatively tiny martial arts studio vs a 2,200+ student-populated HS).