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Lord Bear [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 12:08:44 PM  
41 votes:
I would go with:
1) Front line Responders
2) At risk individuals
3) Everyone else
4) Anti-maskers / anti-vaxxers
 
dennysgod
2020-12-01 12:29:45 PM  
18 votes:
Well there 73,966,932 people that can go right to the bottom of the list since they don't need a vaccine for a hoax.
 
Dodo David
2020-12-01 12:12:58 PM  
17 votes:

Lord Bear: I would go with:
1) Front line Responders
2) At risk individuals
3) Everyone else
4) Anti-maskers / anti-vaxxers


You should have stopped at 3)
 
FormlessOne [recently expired TotalFark]
2020-12-01 12:12:24 PM  
17 votes:
Bullshiat-cutting list:
1. It's not yet available.
2. None of the vaccines about which you've heard are approved yet by the FDA, and probably won't be for at least another month. The Trump admin is, as we speak, trying to force the FDA to provide emergency use approval, circumventing even the bare-minimum practices put in place for such.
3. The figures in the article are based on Azar's bullshiat, not reality.
4. The CDC voting only applies when the vaccine's available.
5. We probably won't be getting it first.

What you're seeing here is, quite simply, the entire Trump administration's determination to be the folks who brought you the COVID-19 vaccine. They don't care if it's effective, or even safe, and sure as hell couldn't give a shiat about you. It's all about giving Trump's ego a big ol' handjob, and the GOP a "win" that they can claim out of all of this before Biden's inauguration.

Be wary.
 
The Bunyip [recently expired TotalFark]
2020-12-01 12:11:31 PM  
16 votes:
Can't wait to see what happens when people start arguing over the definition of "essential worker" now.

/we should absolutely be prioritizing essential retail and logistics workers right now
 
iToad [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-12-01 12:40:43 PM  
12 votes:
There's one group of people who should be high up on this list. Anybody who has a job that requires them to interact with the general public. Cashiers run a much higher risk than office workers.
 
EvilEgg [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-12-01 11:30:14 AM  
11 votes:
OMG!  These are Obama's deathpanels!  Save us Trump!
 
DontMakeMeComeBackThere
2020-12-01 12:55:59 PM  
9 votes:
Here's what's going to suck: once a vaccine starts coming it still needs to be months of distribution, second shots, etc.,  until it becomes safe(r) to go out without masks, and meanwhile, all the maskholes will add screaming "There's a vaccine, if you're afraid of me, go get a shot!" and "I had my shot already!" (they didn't) to their stupid tirades.

Fun times ahead.
 
JJRRutgers
2020-12-01 12:34:09 PM  
8 votes:

FormlessOne: Bullshiat-cutting list:
1. It's not yet available.
2. None of the vaccines about which you've heard are approved yet by the FDA, and probably won't be for at least another month. The Trump admin is, as we speak, trying to force the FDA to provide emergency use approval, circumventing even the bare-minimum practices put in place for such.
3. The figures in the article are based on Azar's bullshiat, not reality.
4. The CDC voting only applies when the vaccine's available.
5. We probably won't be getting it first.

What you're seeing here is, quite simply, the entire Trump administration's determination to be the folks who brought you the COVID-19 vaccine. They don't care if it's effective, or even safe, and sure as hell couldn't give a shiat about you. It's all about giving Trump's ego a big ol' handjob, and the GOP a "win" that they can claim out of all of this before Biden's inauguration.

Be wary.


If the GOP is so eager to claim credit on a vaccine before January 20th, they sure as hell need to claim credit on all the American lives lost before January 20th.
 
ModernPrimitive01
2020-12-01 12:25:56 PM  
8 votes:

Gooch: Fighting over hastily produced, insufficiently tested garbage? You can have it. I'll wait a year, see how the rest are doing.


that's fine. I'll take your dose
 
Gooch [BareFark]
2020-12-01 12:20:30 PM  
8 votes:
Fighting over hastily produced, insufficiently tested garbage? You can have it. I'll wait a year, see how the rest are doing.
 
jtown
2020-12-01 12:23:50 PM  
7 votes:

EvilEgg: OMG!  These are Obama's deathpanels!  Save us Trump!


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dark brew [OhFark]
2020-12-01 12:23:35 PM  
7 votes:

BlackChickWhiteAccent: Let me see. It'll be all the billionaires, NFL/NBA/NBL/NHL athletes, Republican politicians, and the Kardashians. The exact muthafarkers who already have more than enough access to rapid testing and safety protocols.

So if they get vaccinated first, does that mean they get to walk around maskless? Will they have lots of parties to celebrate?

It is seriously some sick, sad, bullshiat that they even have to have farking meetings to figure out who needs the vaccines the most. Take care of the populace.Get folks back to work, and get money circulating to prop up this bullshiat economy. Otherwise I promise you, those of us still living will burn this muthafarker down.


What are you going on about?  There will be a limited supply of the initial batch of vaccines.  There has to be a determination of who should get it first.  That's the whole point, there isn't enough for the "populace," so decisions will have to be made.
 
Dodo David
2020-12-01 12:08:17 PM  
7 votes:
I doubt that a Covid vaccine will prevent Brady from throwing interceptions or forgetting what down it is.
 
medicalmiracle [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 1:16:24 PM  
6 votes:

Gooch: Fighting over hastily produced, insufficiently tested garbage? You can have it. I'll wait a year, see how the rest are doing.


I'm on the front line, and based on the conversations I've had with multiple experts in the fields of infectious disease, critical care, pulmonology, and immunology the data looks pretty promising. Most of us are planning on getting it when it becomes available, and we are probably first in line.

It's important to pay attention to the fact that none of the data came out before the election and it seems like the scientists, at least at Pfizer and Moderna, are following scientific method and the peer review process as well as they can given the accelerated timeline.  AstraZeneca is a good example of some scientists royally screwing up and then trying to salvage the data in a way that makes many scientists cringe.

In a couple of months, hopefully, I can go to work without fearing for my safety. We'll  still have masks on for the next year or so but that's not that big of a deal. You don't want to get it, fine, but don't mock people who are paying attention to the science and don't see as much of a doomsday scenario as you do.
Virology podcast about the vaccines. They are super nerdy and a little dry but very informative, and all experts in the field.
 
Reverend J
2020-12-01 12:51:48 PM  
6 votes:

FormlessOne: Bullshiat-cutting list:
1. It's not yet available.
2. None of the vaccines about which you've heard are approved yet by the FDA, and probably won't be for at least another month. The Trump admin is, as we speak, trying to force the FDA to provide emergency use approval, circumventing even the bare-minimum practices put in place for such.
3. The figures in the article are based on Azar's bullshiat, not reality.
4. The CDC voting only applies when the vaccine's available.
5. We probably won't be getting it first.

What you're seeing here is, quite simply, the entire Trump administration's determination to be the folks who brought you the COVID-19 vaccine. They don't care if it's effective, or even safe, and sure as hell couldn't give a shiat about you. It's all about giving Trump's ego a big ol' handjob, and the GOP a "win" that they can claim out of all of this before Biden's inauguration.

Be wary.


There's a snowball's chance in hell the FDA will fold on this, the head of the FDA used to run MD Anderson, so dealing with Trump's stupidity won't even register with him. I suspect that the approval will come before the end of the year, not because of political pressure, but because the FDA knows how critical the situation is. We're things accelerated? Of course, it's a pandemic, they always say, "Better, faster, cheaper, pick two". We went with faster and better and threw heaps of money at the problem.
 
BMFPitt
2020-12-01 12:30:05 PM  
6 votes:

Gooch: Fighting over hastily produced, insufficiently tested garbage? You can have it. I'll wait a year, see how the rest are doing.


You won't be missed.
 
FormlessOne [recently expired TotalFark]
2020-12-01 12:20:46 PM  
6 votes:
We have deals with Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZenica, and Novovax, if & when they produce an FDA-approved vaccine. Problem is, none of them have done so yet - Trump's trying to pressure the FDA into giving the first two emergency use auth because they're the front-runners in their clinical trials - and the Trump administration is desperate to do so before Biden's inauguration.

Even if you have to die, Trump wants a win. I'd laugh my ass off if it wasn't terrifying.
 
electricjebus
2020-12-01 1:10:22 PM  
5 votes:
Not an expert, but my vote would be
-all medical workers
-cops
-essential workers that deal with the general public
-elderly and at risk people outside those categories
-the rest of the essential workers
-the general population

I could flip the essential workers that deal with the general public and the elderly/at risk population, but I just think it makes more sense to vaccinate the gas station clerk or grocery store worker that comes into contact with 500 strangers a day first.  We can limit visits at nursing homes for a few more months.

You slow a disease by hitting the people that are most likely to spread it.

/two cents.
 
Eli WhiskeyDik [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 12:50:55 PM  
4 votes:

JJRRutgers: FormlessOne: Bullshiat-cutting list:
1. It's not yet available.
2. None of the vaccines about which you've heard are approved yet by the FDA, and probably won't be for at least another month. The Trump admin is, as we speak, trying to force the FDA to provide emergency use approval, circumventing even the bare-minimum practices put in place for such.
3. The figures in the article are based on Azar's bullshiat, not reality.
4. The CDC voting only applies when the vaccine's available.
5. We probably won't be getting it first.

What you're seeing here is, quite simply, the entire Trump administration's determination to be the folks who brought you the COVID-19 vaccine. They don't care if it's effective, or even safe, and sure as hell couldn't give a shiat about you. It's all about giving Trump's ego a big ol' handjob, and the GOP a "win" that they can claim out of all of this before Biden's inauguration.

Be wary.

If the GOP is so eager to claim credit on a vaccine before January 20th, they sure as hell need to claim credit on all the American lives lost before January 20th.


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Random Anonymous Blackmail [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 12:24:06 PM  
4 votes:

Gooch: Fighting over hastily produced, insufficiently tested garbage? You can have it. I'll wait a year, see how the rest are doing.


This is the exact concern with a lot of medical professionals.  I understand they do not have time for the clinical trials they need.
 
Moosedick Gladys Greengroin [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 12:08:16 PM  
4 votes:
Fark a buncha tom brady.
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Skeleton Man
2020-12-01 2:00:34 PM  
3 votes:
On a related note, I've seen a lot of people recently that seem to be accepting that masks work and are important wearing them with their nose hanging out or pulled down temporarily and whatnot. A lot of them doing touching their face or the important parts of their mask and risking infection.

I think one of the first things Biden should do is put someone on TV to explain how and why masks work, how to wear them properly, and the importance of keeping them on constantly when around people, especially in an enclosed space like the grocery store. Also a good lesson on handwashing, sterile procedure, cross-contamination, and so on. Make it as dumbed down as possible, with pictures, because a lot of our fellow Americans mean well but are basically morons.  Cover all the basics.

Making Fauci the presenter is probably a bad idea just because so many people have an incorrectly negative view of him now. Make it someone neutral, relatable, and evidently very intelligent and experienced but without an air of condescension or pomposity.

Make this broadcast preemptive. If you turn on the TV for that half hour, that's all you can see.
 
EatTheRich
2020-12-01 1:08:47 PM  
3 votes:
I'll say it....
1) Prisoners
Start with the worst, murderers, rapists, & those who harm children.  We taxpayers pay for their food and shelter so unless you want to be cut off, shut up and take the shot.

2) Then place COVID positive in their room

3) We wait.  If they grow a third arm, my bad.

Geneva Convention can take a time out due to mass virus outbreak.
 
dark brew [OhFark]
2020-12-01 1:06:47 PM  
3 votes:

Bandito King: Katie98_KT: One of the groups they're considering for vaccine priority (i.e. would get it before other people) is the morbidly obese.

Okay farkers, FIGHT.

That seems weird. You'd think we'd give it to the healthy at-risk population first. Just from a triage standpoint.

From a jerk standpoint, it's not like we need more fatties.


It's not weird at all.  When we get to the at risk population phase of the vaccine rollout, if there needs to be a prioritization of the list, it would make sense to rank it according to who is more likely to require hospitalization if they contracted Covid. If that makes the list go elderly, obese, diabetics, asthma/COPD, hypertension, pregnancy, then so be it.  Hospitals are being stretched thin in a lot of areas, reducing admissions and ICU patients is paramount.  If some of you need to biatch about fatties, fine, but it makes sense to prioritize them.
 
jake3988
2020-12-01 12:41:52 PM  
3 votes:

FormlessOne: Bullshiat-cutting list:
1. It's not yet available.
2. None of the vaccines about which you've heard are approved yet by the FDA, and probably won't be for at least another month. The Trump admin is, as we speak, trying to force the FDA to provide emergency use approval, circumventing even the bare-minimum practices put in place for such.
3. The figures in the article are based on Azar's bullshiat, not reality.
4. The CDC voting only applies when the vaccine's available.
5. We probably won't be getting it first.

What you're seeing here is, quite simply, the entire Trump administration's determination to be the folks who brought you the COVID-19 vaccine. They don't care if it's effective, or even safe, and sure as hell couldn't give a shiat about you. It's all about giving Trump's ego a big ol' handjob, and the GOP a "win" that they can claim out of all of this before Biden's inauguration.

Be wary.


1. They're voting on authorization next week for the Pfizer vaccine and a week after that for the Moderna vaccine, moron.  Not a month from now.
2. We need priorities for when they're approved.  They're already distributing the vaccines out to where they need to do.  As soon as they're approved, vaccines will be given almost instantly based on priority.
3. Who the freaking hell is 'We'?


Far as I had heard was the administration was leaving it up to the states to determine priority.  Did that change?

Most plans I've heard so far are:
1. Health Care workers
2. Elderly
3. Non-elderly vulnerable (asthmatics, diabetics, obese, etc)
4. Essential workers (ie, people that can't work remote)
5. Anyone else that's not a child

Children are not included in this, although Pfizer did test on kids down to age 12... with that said, they're the least vulnerable to the disease, so even once it's ultimately approved for them, they'll still be at the very bottom of the pecking order.
 
Johnny the Tackling Alzheimers Patient
2020-12-01 12:28:56 PM  
3 votes:
It better not be Republican politicians. Or any politician.
 
BigGrnEggGriller
2020-12-01 1:15:00 PM  
2 votes:

FormlessOne: Bullshiat-cutting list:
1. It's not yet available.
2. None of the vaccines about which you've heard are approved yet by the FDA, and probably won't be for at least another month. The Trump admin is, as we speak, trying to force the FDA to provide emergency use approval, circumventing even the bare-minimum practices put in place for such.
3. The figures in the article are based on Azar's bullshiat, not reality.
4. The CDC voting only applies when the vaccine's available.
5. We probably won't be getting it first.

What you're seeing here is, quite simply, the entire Trump administration's determination to be the folks who brought you the COVID-19 vaccine. They don't care if it's effective, or even safe, and sure as hell couldn't give a shiat about you. It's all about giving Trump's ego a big ol' handjob, and the GOP a "win" that they can claim out of all of this before Biden's inauguration.

Be wary.


Your inane rambling is getting spittle all over the inside of my screen. And you tinfoil hat is all askew.
 
valenumr
2020-12-01 1:06:50 PM  
2 votes:

BlackChickWhiteAccent: Let me see. It'll be all the billionaires, NFL/NBA/NBL/NHL athletes, Republican politicians, and the Kardashians. The exact muthafarkers who already have more than enough access to rapid testing and safety protocols.

So if they get vaccinated first, does that mean they get to walk around maskless? Will they have lots of parties to celebrate?

It is seriously some sick, sad, bullshiat that they even have to have farking meetings to figure out who needs the vaccines the most. Take care of the populace.Get folks back to work, and get money circulating to prop up this bullshiat economy. Otherwise I promise you, those of us still living will burn this muthafarker down.


It's not an easy problem really. If the goal is to minimize spread, then vaccinated essential workers who work in high risk environments. So, what? Airline stewardesses, prison guards, meat packers? If the goal is to minimize deaths, then vaccinated essential workers who work with high risk individuals. Hospice, icu, etc.

I'm just making up examples, but there are surely some difficult trade-offs that will be made early on.
 
iToad [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-12-01 1:05:46 PM  
2 votes:

Nana's Vibrator: Tom Brady drinks water, dummy.  He's immune to concussions, sunburns, and all forms of COVID, including the devastating COVID-87 to be unleashed by Baron in 2035.


Tom Brady does not fear COVID. COVID fears Tom Brady.
 
WTFDYW [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 12:47:34 PM  
2 votes:

FormlessOne: We have deals with Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZenica, and Novovax, if & when they produce an FDA-approved vaccine. Problem is, none of them have done so yet - Trump's trying to pressure the FDA into giving the first two emergency use auth because they're the front-runners in their clinical trials - and the Trump administration is desperate to do so before Biden's inauguration.

Even if you have to die, Trump wants a win. I'd laugh my ass off if it wasn't terrifying.


You do not hear or read much farking news do you?
 
buravirgil
2020-12-01 12:43:23 PM  
2 votes:
Nurses, who some proportion are through a cycle are sent by sanitized military plane to the tropical beaches with strict measures of quarantine the rich have afforded all this time-- for six weeks. All the perks.

They should have gone on strike, but they're farking amazing and fatalistic martyrs who need either to scream at the skies or meditate as they wish-- so a BIG farking resort.
 
backhand.slap.of.reason
2020-12-01 12:42:01 PM  
2 votes:
All the Republican politicians with their kids permabound to Trump's ass got theirs during the trial phase.  And in instances where it failed as a consequence of their recklessness, they got monoclonals.

Must be nice.
 
Gooch [BareFark]
2020-12-01 12:39:55 PM  
2 votes:

ModernPrimitive01: Gooch: Fighting over hastily produced, insufficiently tested garbage? You can have it. I'll wait a year, see how the rest are doing.

that's fine. I'll take your dose


I've fav'ed you; let's see how we're doing Dec 1, 2021! Best of luck.
 
Por que tan serioso [BareFark]
2020-12-01 12:12:25 PM  
2 votes:
How on brand. Fat people consuming all the valuable resources first.
 
NetOwl
2020-12-01 7:46:14 PM  
1 vote:

Katie98_KT: One of the groups they're considering for vaccine priority (i.e. would get it before other people) is the morbidly obese.

Okay farkers, FIGHT.



I'd better start eating if I want one of the first vaccines.  The BMI calculator says I need to gain 117 pounds in order to be morbidly obese.  That's only four months if I eat about 5500 calories per day and stop exercising, though that's not counting my metabolism speeding up slightly if I weigh more.

On the other hand, I'll be close to getting a vaccine in four months if I don't gain weight, so maybe I'll just forget the whole project.
 
valenumr
2020-12-01 5:09:57 PM  
1 vote:

valenumr: ColonelCathcart: valenumr: ColonelCathcart: valenumr: ColonelCathcart: valenumr: ColonelCathcart: valenumr: ColonelCathcart: BitwiseShift: Imagine a disgraced, former president seeking safety in another country, and all he has is a couple of hundred million vials of some room temperature stable vaccine with some semblance of effective power.

Would you let him in if you could barter the meds for something you want?

Except none of the vaccines are room temperature stable.

The Russian one needs a fridge. The American ones need Martian pole temperature cold (-70)

ZOMG! 200 year old technology is needed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ic​e
🥱🥱

LOL, you.

Dry ice is *constantly* needed - it's not hard to have dry ice in your warehouse in Michigan or Belgium (where Pfizer has it) or even to have some for the flight from ORD to wherever...

The hard part is having enough and maintaining the temperature for an extended period of time as you ship from Chicago to Timbuktu and god forbid there is a storm that makes the dirt road impassable. What are you going to do? Airlift ever single vaccine with helicopters to everyone?

There's a reason why many experts have said that much of the developing world outside of capital cities is likely going to have to wait for a different vaccine besides the American ones.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.c​om/changing-america/well-being/longevi​ty/527651-ups-is-making-dry-ice-and-su​pplying-portable-freezers%3famp

Have a nice day!

For the whole world? All 6 Billion people that live outside of USA, Canada, Western Europe, Russia and achina.

Do you realize how much money that will cost? Who can afford it? Surely not the countries who need it.

Again, they'll get a vaccine to a village in Laos or PNG or Mali - but it won't be the Pfizer one.

Okay, I get your point. We will neglect the poorer parts of the world initially. But ultimately they are probably doing a lot better with this as there is not as much movement among the people. You'd be surprised how long dry ice packed in styrofoam will last though. 3 days or so with basic refrigeration.

I will hold out hope that you are also correct.


My big concern is that I wonder how the fact that dry ice is -78 versus Pfizer recommending -70 degrees and how important that 8 degree difference is.

If -78 is as good as -70 then you may be right. However, if you need -70 +/- a degree (or whatever), then you need temperature management and now the cost skyrockets.

Thermodynamics. A closed system will come to equilibrium. A glass of ice water will reach very close to 0c quite quickly. Same with dry ice. The styrofoam insulation creates a mostly closed system. Everything will be minus 78 inside after a handful of minutes.

Yes. I get that. My point was:


Is -78 okay, or does it have to be -70 exactly (Pfizer says -70 but doesn't give "tolerances")

So if -78 is okay, just pack it in a shiatload of cheap dry ice and voila...however if it has to be really close to -70 now you have to expensively regulate the temperature.

Because they're shipping in special temperature controlled crates leads me to believe that it cannot be -78 (dry ice) but rather must be controlled close to -70.

Below -70.


I understand you concerns, but this is more like a situation where the upper limit is an issue, an may likely change. It's quite possible there is something that is "too cold", but it is probably well below -70
 
valenumr
2020-12-01 5:07:29 PM  
1 vote:

ColonelCathcart: valenumr: ColonelCathcart: valenumr: ColonelCathcart: valenumr: ColonelCathcart: valenumr: ColonelCathcart: BitwiseShift: Imagine a disgraced, former president seeking safety in another country, and all he has is a couple of hundred million vials of some room temperature stable vaccine with some semblance of effective power.

Would you let him in if you could barter the meds for something you want?

Except none of the vaccines are room temperature stable.

The Russian one needs a fridge. The American ones need Martian pole temperature cold (-70)

ZOMG! 200 year old technology is needed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ic​e
🥱🥱

LOL, you.

Dry ice is *constantly* needed - it's not hard to have dry ice in your warehouse in Michigan or Belgium (where Pfizer has it) or even to have some for the flight from ORD to wherever...

The hard part is having enough and maintaining the temperature for an extended period of time as you ship from Chicago to Timbuktu and god forbid there is a storm that makes the dirt road impassable. What are you going to do? Airlift ever single vaccine with helicopters to everyone?

There's a reason why many experts have said that much of the developing world outside of capital cities is likely going to have to wait for a different vaccine besides the American ones.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.c​om/changing-america/well-being/longevi​ty/527651-ups-is-making-dry-ice-and-su​pplying-portable-freezers%3famp

Have a nice day!

For the whole world? All 6 Billion people that live outside of USA, Canada, Western Europe, Russia and achina.

Do you realize how much money that will cost? Who can afford it? Surely not the countries who need it.

Again, they'll get a vaccine to a village in Laos or PNG or Mali - but it won't be the Pfizer one.

Okay, I get your point. We will neglect the poorer parts of the world initially. But ultimately they are probably doing a lot better with this as there is not as much movement among the people. You'd be surprised how long dry ice packed in styrofoam will last though. 3 days or so with basic refrigeration.

I will hold out hope that you are also correct.


My big concern is that I wonder how the fact that dry ice is -78 versus Pfizer recommending -70 degrees and how important that 8 degree difference is.

If -78 is as good as -70 then you may be right. However, if you need -70 +/- a degree (or whatever), then you need temperature management and now the cost skyrockets.

Thermodynamics. A closed system will come to equilibrium. A glass of ice water will reach very close to 0c quite quickly. Same with dry ice. The styrofoam insulation creates a mostly closed system. Everything will be minus 78 inside after a handful of minutes.

Yes. I get that. My point was:


Is -78 okay, or does it have to be -70 exactly (Pfizer says -70 but doesn't give "tolerances")

So if -78 is okay, just pack it in a shiatload of cheap dry ice and voila...however if it has to be really close to -70 now you have to expensively regulate the temperature.

Because they're shipping in special temperature controlled crates leads me to believe that it cannot be -78 (dry ice) but rather must be controlled close to -70.


Below -70.
 
abhorrent1
2020-12-01 2:49:37 PM  
1 vote:

Por que tan serioso: How on brand. Fat people consuming all the valuable resources first.


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They're like locusts, they're moving from planet to planet, their whole civilization. After they've consumed every natural resource, they move on. And we're next.
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2020-12-01 2:22:01 PM  
1 vote:

barneyrubble: All top democrats should get it first, starting with president elect xi jinping.


My god, you are hilarious!
 
barneyrubble
2020-12-01 2:16:11 PM  
1 vote:
All top democrats should get it first, starting with president elect xi jinping.
 
Pichu0102
2020-12-01 1:49:46 PM  
1 vote:
As someone mentally disabled, I'm terrified that there's only going to be enough vaccines for normal people next year and I might have to wait 2 or more years before one is made available to people like me.
 
medicalmiracle [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 1:45:52 PM  
1 vote:

Tall_Wookie: How long until some celebrity gets it and tweets about it before some party?


Probably not long.   I have a contact working on the logistics with the CDC and he wouldn't answer any specific questions about priorities but did say my guesses were pretty good:

1.  High level government (president, congress, supremes, etc)
2.  Active military
3. Front line emergency personnel (nurses in hospitals, fire, police, emt/paramedics)

I also believe there will be a side pool of richies/athletes that will get it early because of the money involved.  Kind of like how they were able to get rapid tests early on while our samples had to be flown to the CDC and had a 7 day turnaround.  Thus the instagram post and outrage from the plebeians, followed by a hasty non apology about how "they didn't think about regular people before posting".

After that it's a question if they go after essential workers or elderly.   I would lean towards grocery store workers and like first if I got to make the decision.  Even though obesity is being considered as a group of people that might get inoculated first, I would be shocked if that was the final determination because there are so many fat people in this country how do you differentiate who needs it and who doesn't.  Also do you go by the clinical definition of obese, because that is a very large segment of the population.
 
jaytkay [OhFark]
2020-12-01 1:37:37 PM  
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FormlessOne: We have deals with Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZenica, and Novovax, if & when they produce an FDA-approved vaccine. Problem is, none of them have done so yet -


RTFA. They are shipping.

"The Federal Aviation Administration said it supported the "first mass air shipment" of vaccines on Friday, as pharmaceutical companies and airlines prepare networks for broad distribution. United Airlines carried Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine from Brussels to Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Friday, people familiar with the matter told CNBC."
 
Tall_Wookie [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 1:31:43 PM  
1 vote:
How long until some celebrity gets it and tweets about it before some party?
 
big pig peaches
2020-12-01 1:31:11 PM  
1 vote:

Katie98_KT: One of the groups they're considering for vaccine priority (i.e. would get it before other people) is the morbidly obese.

Okay farkers, FIGHT.


We already had that fight, and quite frankly, we're still a bit winded
 
Bowen [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 1:17:14 PM  
1 vote:

6nome: I thought he was making a TB12 branded vaccine.


Deionized alkaline water that saw an avocado once.
 
WTFDYW [TotalFark]
2020-12-01 12:55:50 PM  
1 vote:

jake3988: FormlessOne: Bullshiat-cutting list:
1. It's not yet available.
2. None of the vaccines about which you've heard are approved yet by the FDA, and probably won't be for at least another month. The Trump admin is, as we speak, trying to force the FDA to provide emergency use approval, circumventing even the bare-minimum practices put in place for such.
3. The figures in the article are based on Azar's bullshiat, not reality.
4. The CDC voting only applies when the vaccine's available.
5. We probably won't be getting it first.

What you're seeing here is, quite simply, the entire Trump administration's determination to be the folks who brought you the COVID-19 vaccine. They don't care if it's effective, or even safe, and sure as hell couldn't give a shiat about you. It's all about giving Trump's ego a big ol' handjob, and the GOP a "win" that they can claim out of all of this before Biden's inauguration.

Be wary.

1. They're voting on authorization next week for the Pfizer vaccine and a week after that for the Moderna vaccine, moron.  Not a month from now.
2. We need priorities for when they're approved.  They're already distributing the vaccines out to where they need to do.  As soon as they're approved, vaccines will be given almost instantly based on priority.
3. Who the freaking hell is 'We'?


Far as I had heard was the administration was leaving it up to the states to determine priority.  Did that change?

Most plans I've heard so far are:
1. Health Care workers
2. Elderly
3. Non-elderly vulnerable (asthmatics, diabetics, obese, etc)
4. Essential workers (ie, people that can't work remote)
5. Anyone else that's not a child

Children are not included in this, although Pfizer did test on kids down to age 12... with that said, they're the least vulnerable to the disease, so even once it's ultimately approved for them, they'll still be at the very bottom of the pecking order.


I might add the Trump had not a farking thing to do with any of these three vaccines. There is a lot of Parker's on here climbing the Trump had something to do with these vaccines and when they're coming out. Trump has fark all to do with it.
 
Nana's Vibrator
2020-12-01 12:52:15 PM  
1 vote:

FormlessOne: Bullshiat-cutting list:
1. It's not yet available.
2. None of the vaccines about which you've heard are approved yet by the FDA, and probably won't be for at least another month. The Trump admin is, as we speak, trying to force the FDA to provide emergency use approval, circumventing even the bare-minimum practices put in place for such.
3. The figures in the article are based on Azar's bullshiat, not reality.
4. The CDC voting only applies when the vaccine's available.
5. We probably won't be getting it first.

What you're seeing here is, quite simply, the entire Trump administration's determination to be the folks who brought you the COVID-19 vaccine. They don't care if it's effective, or even safe, and sure as hell couldn't give a shiat about you. It's all about giving Trump's ego a big ol' handjob, and the GOP a "win" that they can claim out of all of this before Biden's inauguration.

Be wary.


I suppose it depends on who politicizes it.  Trump sure as hell isn't bringing us a vaccine.  Sh*t, the board and executives at Pfizer have little to do with it.  There are people right now knee-deep in activities directly related to vaccinating the world who will deserve the credit.  We'll never learn their names.
 
Bandito King [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-12-01 12:50:05 PM  
1 vote:

Katie98_KT: One of the groups they're considering for vaccine priority (i.e. would get it before other people) is the morbidly obese.

Okay farkers, FIGHT.


That seems weird. You'd think we'd give it to the healthy at-risk population first. Just from a triage standpoint.

From a jerk standpoint, it's not like we need more fatties.
 
Nana's Vibrator
2020-12-01 12:47:15 PM  
1 vote:
Tom Brady drinks water, dummy.  He's immune to concussions, sunburns, and all forms of COVID, including the devastating COVID-87 to be unleashed by Baron in 2035.
 
Katie98_KT
2020-12-01 12:06:59 PM  
1 vote:
One of the groups they're considering for vaccine priority (i.e. would get it before other people) is the morbidly obese.

Okay farkers, FIGHT.
 
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