Vacci-Nation [CLOSED DUE TO DISRESPECTFUL, INSULTING, POLITICAL POSTS
Just for you @Irace86.2.0. We can talk vaccines, the uniqueness of each type and the complexities of ministering such things...
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The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination.
Britain's medicines regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe to be rolled out. The first doses are already on their way to the UK, with 800,000 due in the coming days, Pfizer said. Elderly people in care homes and care home staff have been placed top of the priority list, followed by over-80s and health and care staff |
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/me...02-Dooling.pdf
The CDC has said that the vaccine will go to healthcare professionals first, but it did state that there are too many healthcare professionals for the first batch, so I am guessing it will go to frontline workers in care homes, SNF, assisted living facilities, ERs, ICUs and other critical care areas like the OR and cath lab, but we will see. Their recommendation is to make sure that we maintain our healthcare workforce, and the science suggests that healthcare workers are the most likely to transmit the virus in elderly communities through nosocomal infections. This is partially true because the elderly in these communities are more likely to isolate themselves and be successful at social distancing, but they need care providers to enter their bubble. I believe stage 2 will focus on the elderly and perhaps children. Children are less likely to die, but more likely to transmit the virus because of poor PPE usage and because of other reasons that go into how they interact with other children and their environment. It also allows them to get back to school, which has compounding effects. I believe adults 18 to 65 will get it last. From what I have read from brief headlines, New York will be rolling out the vaccine mid month. I have no idea if this thread will last, so here is a brief 101 on this vaccine: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ho-will-get-it Quote:
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Not sure why they have to wait until then, geez, can't they do a virtual meeting and get this rolling at this point? |
Around here I have already heard all the concerns that "It is going to change all of your DNA and mutations WILL happen".
I personally am hoping for invisibility but will take any decent power. Going to pick up some property just in case they are correct! https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...sjrxg&usqp=CAU |
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As for the vaccine, I think that they should target key workers, people who can't work from home and schools.. then start to widen the net. |
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I don't claim to know everything about this vaccine or about genetics, but I did take a genetics course in college as an optional elective. This vaccine uses mRNA and nanoparticle-sized, lipid envelopes to deliver the mRNA to the host cells. The body already uses phospholipid envelops to house our cell organelles making up the membrane and to transport things like fat and cholesterol that aren't water soluble around the body. https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/01/...vaccines-work/ The mRNA in the vaccine is no different than the mRNA in our own body, which was coded from our DNA in transcription and then sent to ribosomes (protein structures) on rough endoplasmic reticulum to be translated into proteins. In the case of this vaccine, the mRNA carries the amino acid sequence to translate the spike protein found on COVID. The idea is that if we produce the spike protein and not the rest of the virus, our immune system will recognize it and build a defense against it, so that when we are exposed to COVID, our immune system is already prepared to destroy the virus. Now, mRNA is also in something called a retrovirus like HIV, which reverse transcribes its RNA into the host cells DNA and then the host cell transcribes the DNA back to RNA to be translated into more viruses, which eventually destroy the cell and burst out to go find other cells to infect. But, these retroviruses also have unique enzymes for converting the RNA back to DNA. A normal cell doesn't normally have these enzymes. If it did then they would be constantly cloning copies of their own DNA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrovirus#Multiplication With that said, I am pretty certain it is impossible for this vaccine to convert and insert its sequence into our DNA permanently. Even if it did, this isn't going to turn us into zombies in an I Am Legend situation. In fact, retroviruses insert their DNA into the genome without destroying it, so there are protective measures the body has for repair, so this isn't some CRISPR scenario where this will run around inserting itself randomly in our DNA and cause massive havoc, cancer and/or death. While it is definitely reasonable to be cautious and skeptical, I don't know YET of any reason to think this wouldn't either work or just not work if the delivery system failed or the mRNA failed to code for the spike protein, but I could be wrong. Maybe a rouge prion could be produced that results in mad-cow-like zombies. |
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My understanding is that state governors will determine who gets vaccinated when after following initial CDC mandates. My governor laid out her plan, mostly identity politics, that will be in effect at least until 2030. Is it any wonder why you can't get a U-Haul or Pods around here? Quote from part of Gov. Kate Brown's "plan": Oregon’s plan to allocate and distribute COVID-19 vaccine is grounded in a commitment to health equity, which requires an examination of how power and resources are distributed. With this foundation, the vaccine plan presented here represents a starting point for the iterative, responsive work of co-creating this strategy in partnership with communities most impacted by longstanding health inequities and disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. This introduction presents the framework for Oregon’s approach to co-creation and community collaboration. <break> 1. Prioritizing Equity: Prioritizing equity and addressing racial disparities as we work toward recovery from COVID-19. 2. Addressing Health and Economic Impacts: Address underlying systemic causes of health and wealth inequalities especially for those most impacted. 3. Ensuring an Inclusive and Welcoming Oregon: Commitment for Oregon to be an inclusive and welcoming state for all. 4. Prioritizing Community: Commitment to prioritizing community engagement and recognizing the role communities should play, especially with communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and historical and contemporary racism, discrimination, and oppression, in our response and recovery efforts. 5. Addressing Power, Privilege, and Race: Address the roles power, privilege, and race play in our individual and collective responses to, and experiences of, the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as addressing structural racism and other forms of systemic oppression. 6. Sharing Power: Strive to identify, examine, and challenge where power lies in our system and to continually work to share power both internally as well as externally with our communities. |
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I think Tcoat was referencing Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. |
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