TheSanDiegan Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 42 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said: Mind blowing what we were facing a year ago. Operation Warp Speed indeed. To better clarify: Germany funded Pfizer's development of the vaccine, not the US. The mRNA technology already existed, and is owned by Pfizer's parent company, BioNTech (another German firm), who supplied it to Pfizer. All the US did was to commit to buying the vaccine, who's development and production was funded by Germany. No one had to build new factories. Moderna's expedited rollout was due to outsourcing production to manufacturers who already had the infrastructure in place. Don't get me wrong - credit to the last administration for prioritizing the rapid roll out to state and local agencies. Imagine how much more ahead of the game we would have been if they hadn't ignored the 'last mile' of vaccine distribution channels or taken testing (and the virus) as seriously early on as they did the trailing end process of developing a vaccine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailingpermit Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, TheSanDiegan said: To better clarify: Germany funded Pfizer's development of the vaccine, not the US. The mRNA technology already existed, and is owned by Pfizer's parent company, BioNTech (another German firm), who supplied it to Pfizer. All the US did was to commit to buying the vaccine, who's development and production was funded by Germany. No one had to build new factories. Moderna's expedited rollout was due to outsourcing production to manufacturers who already had the infrastructure in place. Don't get me wrong - credit to the last administration for prioritizing the rapid roll out to state and local agencies. Imagine how much more ahead of the game we would have been if they hadn't ignored the 'last mile' of vaccine distribution channels or taken testing (and the virus) as seriously early on as they did the trailing end process of developing a vaccine. 2 billion > 445 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSF Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Today's Bob-like quote of the day: “I would ask you — because I’m addicted to truth, logic and common sense, and my common sense meter would demand the answer to — why weren’t we shut down for COVID-1 through -18? There was a COVID-1, and there was a COVID-2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -15, -16, -17, -18. COVID-1 through -18 didn’t shut anything down, but whoa, COVID-19, even though it’s 99.8 percent survivable. " - Ted Nugent Quote In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, RSF said: Today's Bob-like quote of the day: “I would ask you — because I’m addicted to truth, logic and common sense, and my common sense meter would demand the answer to — why weren’t we shut down for COVID-1 through -18? There was a COVID-1, and there was a COVID-2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -15, -16, -17, -18. COVID-1 through -18 didn’t shut anything down, but whoa, COVID-19, even though it’s 99.8 percent survivable. " - Ted Nugent Let it be known, today and forever more: Don't take medical advice from aging guitarists. ... Unless it is Keith Richards' secret to immortality. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSF Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, NVGiant said: Let it be known, today and forever more: Don't take medical advice from aging guitarists. ... Unless it is Keith Richards' secret to immortality. Yup...in a nuclear war only cockroaches and Keith will survive. 2 Quote In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, RSF said: Yup...in a nuclear war only cockroaches and Keith will survive. If Moderna and Pfizer were really smart, they'd just use Richards' DNA as a vaccine. Cure the world of all disease. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalinasSpartan Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 33 minutes ago, Bob said: You sound like someone who argues that seat belts don’t work because PeOpLe StIlL dIe In CaR aCcIdEnTs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast Aztec Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 11 hours ago, Bob said: And you sound like a dummy who still wears a mask like a good little sheep You copy paste from the same people and follow the orders from your masters on twitter without question. And that is just covid. Stop breaking your own windows 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 38 minutes ago, East Coast Aztec said: You copy paste from the same people and follow the orders from your masters on twitter without question. And that is just covid. Stop breaking your own windows Too late. That house is shattered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 12 hours ago, Bob said: And you sound like a dummy who still wears a mask like a good little sheep Somebody is taking advice from the wrong aging guitarist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgreg Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Quote People, not a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalCoug Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 15 hours ago, azgreg said: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Del Scorcho Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 4/10/2021 at 5:07 PM, azgreg said: I remember having COVID 11 it made me hate soccer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSF Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Celtics star Jayson Tatum told The Athletic he now has to take an inhaler to open up his lungs since he got COVID, something he never had to do before. Quote In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-oregon-6f7f919d27644d02c330da5a8648af95?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APWestRegion PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As states around the country lift COVID-19 restrictions, Oregon is poised to go the opposite direction — and many residents are fuming about it. A top health official is considering indefinitely extending rules requiring masks and social distancing in all businesses in the state. The proposal would keep the rules in place until they are “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.” Michael Wood, administrator of the state’s department of Occupational Safety and Health, said the move is necessary to address a technicality in state law that requires a “permanent” rule to keep current restrictions from expiring. Quote We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSanDiegan Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 So Example #4826 why India is f*cking retarded. In response to a ridiculous parabolic spike in infections and hospitalizations, the govt has "limited" indoor gatherings (like for parties, weddings, et al) to 100 people. So f*cktarded people are acting f*cktarded, returning to their lives and routines as if the pandemic is over. And this is the result: And it appears as if two of my wife's maternal aunts/uncles are among four family members now exhibiting symptoms after two of them went to a temple function, including O2 levels low enough my FIL had to sneak around and hunt for oxygen tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSanDiegan Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 4/10/2021 at 4:07 PM, azgreg said: Someone should rescind his Rhodes Scholarship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_SD_Dude Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 49 minutes ago, TheSanDiegan said: So Example #4826 why India is f*cking retarded. In response to a ridiculous parabolic spike in infections and hospitalizations, the govt has "limited" indoor gatherings (like for parties, weddings, et al) to 100 people. So f*cktarded people are acting f*cktarded, returning to their lives and routines as if the pandemic is over. And this is the result: And it appears as if two of my wife's maternal aunts/uncles are among four family members now exhibiting symptoms after two of them went to a temple function, including O2 levels low enough my FIL had to sneak around and hunt for oxygen tanks. I didn’t know there were so many old fat people in India. Maybe Bob can explain. 1 Quote Thay Haif Said: Quhat Say Thay? Lat Thame Say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSanDiegan Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 21 hours ago, Old_SD_Dude said: I didn’t know there were so many old fat people in India. Maybe Bob can explain. Bob? Explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...