Uh, from memory to when I got Rabies shots, Rabies is a death sentence if not treated early (through a well known vaccination process shortly after the bite which works wonders), very different proposition from covid and its related vaccines "Rabies has the highest mortality rate -- 99.9% -- of any disease on earth. The key is to get treated right away if you think you've been exposed to an animal that has rabies.May 18, 2021" https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-rabies#:~:text=Rabies has the highest mortality,an animal that has rabies.
By the way for any asshole who uses the excuse that the vaccine was developed too quickly, it has been 20 years: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...19-vaccine-nearly-20-years-making/3873247001/ --------------------------------------- This week's Herman Cain Darwin Award winner is: "A Texas man who led a group of “Freedom Defenders” against mask restrictions died of COVID-19 on Saturday at age 30." https://www.mlive.com/news/2021/08/texas-anti-mask-freedom-defender-dies-of-covid-at-age-30.html
That excuse was first debunked by the Trump administration. Everybody on his side of the fence understood and believed it. The "vaccines developed too fast" was initially pushed by a few Republicans but Trump and the gang quickly shut that down quickly when they begin signing those contracts of payment to the vaccine companies but the Democrats tried to push the "vaccines developed too fast"...the White House then wasn't having any of that. It was this announcement by the U.S. Army that caused some initial fears because the Army was involved (funding research) even though many do not know that the Army has some very smart scientists and were involved also in the initial research about 20 years ago. It was boring news and there was other more important research occurring 20 years ago with other diseases. In fact, it was China that initially tried to spin the tale that it was the U.S. Army that created the Covid-19 disease conspiracy theory along with saying the U.S. already had a vaccine in early 2020. It wasn't until Trump lost the U.S. election that Fox news, many prominent Republicans, Qanon, and conspiracy theorists overseas (especially those from the UK) push the "vaccines developed too fast" theme again. Ironically, it was Trump, his family, and many Republicans that were fully vaccinated in secrecy in January and February...they didn't want to piss off their constituents. wrbtrader
Lots of good numbers here: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-in-virginia/covid-19-cases-by-vaccination-status/ Out of the fully vaccinated 0.2% caught it, 0.009% got hospitalized and 0.0017% died.
I follow about a dozen states in the United States...its shocking / mindboggling the Covid infections, hospitalizations, ICU admission, and deaths differences between those Vaccinated versus those Not Vaccinated. It's the same here in Canada too. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/four...vaccine-herd-immunity-delta-variant-1.6156437 wrbtrader
I've been saying this for months. Plenty of letters left in the Greek alphabet. They're gonna' take this all the way to Omega.
Amazon blocks autocomplete searches for ivermectin amid COVID misuse By Brett Molina and USA Today September 2, 2021 https://www.smh.com.au/business/com...mectin-amid-covid-misuse-20210902-p58o3k.html Amazon said it plans to block some autocomplete responses to address concerns over ivermectin, an unproven treatment for COVID-19, coming up as a suggestion when users type “iv” in the shopping platform’s search bar. “Amazon’s autocomplete responses are driven by customer activity,” said Amazon spokesperson Craig Andrews in an email to USA TODAY. “We are blocking certain autocomplete responses to address these concerns.” Some people have been taking veterinary ivermectin (a South African brand is pictured) to treat COVID-19 even though there’s no evidence that it works or is safe. Credit:AP Ivermectin is an anti-parasite treatment for humans and animals, such as horses, which some people have misused to treat COVID-19. When a user types “iv” in an Amazon search, the top results include “ivermectin,” “ivermectin for horses” or “ivermectin paste.” However, when users search “ivermectin for humans” or “ivermectin for COVID,” they get no results, but instead find a message advising “against the use of ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19” along with a link to the Food and Drug Administration website. The FDA warning was issued following multiple reports of hospitalisations due to people “self-medicating” with the drug. Tech companies have grappled with how to slow the spread of misinformation about COVID on their platforms. In July, US politicians introduced a bill to hold companies such as Facebook and Twitter accountable for misinformation spread about a public health emergency like the COVID pandemic. Bloomberg
New publication in The Lancet Infectious Diseases: 1.2 million British adults The new study drew on data from more than 1.2 million British adults. Some of them were (partly) vaccinated, some unvaccinated. They reported their symptoms, test results and vaccination status via a special app between 8 December and 4 July (Covid Symptom Study). Of the fully vaccinated (almost one million of the participants) only 0.2 percent were found to still contract an infection. Moreover, they had an asymptomatic infection twice as often as those who had not been vaccinated. The chance of hospitalization was 73 percent less. Long-term Covid was also studied and the risk of long-term symptoms - which persisted for at least four weeks after infection - was found to be 49 percent lower than in the unvaccinated group. “Since the chance of contracting an infection is already significantly reduced if you are vaccinated, the total risk of developing long-term Covid is actually a lot lower,” said Dr. Steves. She hopes the results will encourage even more people to get vaccinated.
DrColon "I am a G.I. doctor in an area with poor vaccination rates. We’ve had to cancel elective procedures and surgeries for the last four weeks. I have several patients with masses on CT scans which I cannot do an egd/colonoscopy to get a diagnosis so they can start treatment. My surgical colleagues also have a list of patients with cancer who are waiting for tumor removal. These are the vaccinated people who are suffering because medical resources are taken up by our covid cases. Also my hospital system sends out daily statistics. Our hospitalized unvaccinated rate is somewhere between 97% and 99%. It is beyond frustrating."