NVGiant Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Meanwhile here at Bend’s lone hospital, which is the largest east of the Cascades and serves a large swath of Eastern Oregon… From the head of the ER, Dr. Nathan Ansbaugh: "It's frustrating that we're at the same place we were at the start when there's a prevention available. We're all pretty fried." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 hours ago, mysfit said: Some people are just too +++++ing stupid to live. I just wish their idiocy didn't impact others. If you want an adventure in drooling stupid - try twitter and go down the rat hole of hard core trumpers I'm honestly surprised some of these people can hold a menial mindless job much less drive, walk & wipe themselves My only hope is that the accounts are mostly bot accounts that appeal to the trump cult, because that's the only hope for the future of this country - But JFC, it's an adventure in drooling stupidity, racism, lies, conspiracies and itching for civil war of some sort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornontheblue Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 43 minutes ago, UNLV2001 said: If you want an adventure in drooling stupid - try twitter and go down the rat hole of hard core trumpers I'm honestly surprised some of these people can hold a menial mindless job much less drive, walk & wipe themselves My only hope is that the accounts are mostly bot accounts that appeal to the trump cult, because that's the only hope for the future of this country - But JFC, it's an adventure in drooling stupidity, racism, lies, conspiracies and itching for civil war of some sort Hard pass on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebels18 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Plan your booster shot appointments soon! 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysfit Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 58 minutes ago, UNLV2001 said: If you want an adventure in drooling stupid - try twitter and go down the rat hole of hard core trumpers I'm honestly surprised some of these people can hold a menial mindless job much less drive, walk & wipe themselves My only hope is that the accounts are mostly bot accounts that appeal to the trump cult, because that's the only hope for the future of this country - But JFC, it's an adventure in drooling stupidity, racism, lies, conspiracies and itching for civil war of some sort Comment sections on news articles are worse. I do my best to avoid all that crap. It's all just way too depressing. 1 Quote One of the Final Five.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebels18 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, mysfit said: Comment sections on news articles are worse. I do my best to avoid all that crap. It's all just way too depressing. you give off crazy cat lady vibes whose front yard is full of junk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Something that we should be paying attention to... Quote The number of very sick children admitted to Children's Hospital New Orleans with Covid-19 has exploded over the past two weeks — from zero to 20. "I've never seen anything like it," said Dr. Mark Kline, the hospital's physician-in-chief. "We are seeing children fall ill that we just simply didn't see in the first year of the pandemic, before the delta variant came along." Doctors at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Infectious Diseases in Florida have seen similar surges recently. "The last two weeks, cases have continued to increase," said Dr. Federico Laham, medical director for the hospital. "I don't think we have reached our peak." Despite the dramatic increase in cases, Laham and other pediatric infectious disease experts nationwide tell NBC News that there is no hard evidence yet that the delta variant has transformed the virus into something more dangerous in kids. "It's too early to tell," said Dr. Bernhard Wiedermann, an infectious diseases specialist at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. "It's going to take time and a collection of data from multiple sites to know" whether the delta variant is, in fact, more virulent in kids than previous versions of the virus. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/delta-variant-more-dangerous-children-growing-number-kids-are-very-n1276035 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 hours ago, UNLV2001 said: If you want an adventure in drooling stupid - try twitter and go down the rat hole of hard core trumpers I'm honestly surprised some of these people can hold a menial mindless job much less drive, walk & wipe themselves My only hope is that the accounts are mostly bot accounts that appeal to the trump cult, because that's the only hope for the future of this country - But JFC, it's an adventure in drooling stupidity, racism, lies, conspiracies and itching for civil war of some sort I thought they left Twitter for Parler or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maji Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Rebels18 said: Plan your booster shot appointments soon! Denominator blindness 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupslam1 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Looks like this thread may go for another 5-10 years or more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupslam1 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Rebels18 said: Plan your booster shot appointments soon! Here you go: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-covid-19-vaccine-booster-plan-could-be-ready-within-weeks-11628194767 Next I want my delta shot. Then my lambda shot. Then my ..... shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysfit Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Update on vax effectiveness with Delta from an epidemiologist. Some nuances in terms of transmission and levels of effectiveness. With the vax you are contagious for fewer days and much less likely to become seriously ill with Delta. But what comes after Delta? As long as this bug is able to move through people it's going to mutate. I foresee the need for boosters targeting some of these variants. That will be prolonged the longer it takes to reach herd immunity. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=343693350745644&id=100053149454347 Quote One of the Final Five.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Scorcho Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Del Scorcho said: This begs a very important question. Can you be a "star" punter? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTanked Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 9 hours ago, soupslam1 said: Here you go: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-covid-19-vaccine-booster-plan-could-be-ready-within-weeks-11628194767 Next I want my delta shot. Then my lambda shot. Then my ..... shot. So... kinda like the annual flu shot then? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSF Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 12 minutes ago, SharkTanked said: So... kinda like the annual flu shot then? That's one of the other things that grinds my gears. Back in October/November, when the vaccine was close to being available, the general consensus was just that - it was gonna end up being like the flu shot. And people were ok with that. Now? Bitching that it might end up like the flu shot. 3 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...
bornontheblue Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Joe from WY said: Just read a Facebook comment string of a bunch of health care workers (who work in respiratory care at that) out in the Valley who are anti-vaxxers going apeshit over a vaccine mandate at their hospital. hahaha. What a +++++ing strange world we live in. I know someone who is a respiratory therapist and he is bitching about the local hospital requiring vaccinations as a condition of employment. I have no sympathy for him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Joe from WY said: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/marjorie-taylor-greene-suggests-southerners-could-welcome-biden-s-police-n1276152 Yikes. Sure she'll get the airtime she craves for that statement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSF Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Just now, Joe from WY said: I'm just worried some yahoo is going to get ideas and blow the head off of some poor schmuck going door to door now. I put the odds of that happening somewhere in that part of the world at greater than 50/50 should the door to door thing come to fruition. These people are +++++ing crazy. "Good morning ma'am. I'm with Jehovah's Witnesses, and...." 1 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 August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Just now, Joe from WY said: I'm just worried some yahoo is going to get ideas and blow the head off of some poor schmuck going door to door now. I put the odds of that happening somewhere in that part of the world at greater than 50/50 should the door to door thing come to fruition. These people are +++++ing crazy. Oh yeah. That could happen. You won't find me volunteering to knock on doors in Eastern Oregon, I can tell you that much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...