@nessisonett It does seem to have that aspect to it, right? To me it's literally akin to bragging about not using condoms.
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Any of you received the COVID vaccine yet? How is the vaccine being rolled out over there in the UK and Europe?
Just wondering what we have to look forward to in the US over the next few weeks
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@JohnnyShoulder Ok, I had heard it was a limited initial intro of the vaccine; the article there says just 800K for now. I think the US rollout is going to be similar, as far as Healthcare workers and seniors are getting the first crack at it. I seemed to recall there was someone or another on here mentioned they worked in healthcare and so wondered if they got the vaccine yet in this first release.
It is ironic how the vaccine rollout seems to be paralleling the PS5 launch 😄. There is going to be a scarcity of supply for a while unable to meet the demand. (Only I suspect there won’t be hoarding by scalpers of the vaccine to profit off of the secondary market 😅)
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution You say that, but there has been warnings that gangs might try to get hold of it and sabotage the transit of the vaccine. Which has been reported of happening with the new consoles too.
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@JohnnyShoulder Oy Vey, I hadn’t heard that but, somehow I’m not surprised. Disappointed in humanity, yes — but not surprised. There is no depth to which people will not stoop it seems.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
So the vaccines stateside... I suspect insurance covers this but what about the trillion* uninsured in this country... do they just pay out of pocket or are these things free?
*So it's not actually a trillion but i don't have time to be hunting down the actual figures, I just know it's a lot of people.
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@nessisonett it's looking far less likely now (civil war that is) but I won't feel at ease until inauguration day goes off without issue.
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@zupertramp I don’t know about the coverage of the vaccine over here, but I assume it will somehow be subsidized eventually. I think I saw something in an article somewhere about one of the companies (Pfizer maybe?) not charging for it. That article linked by Johnny had an internal link: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55228422
that I followed to an article about the Oxford vaccine and it had a nice table at the bottom which shows comparisons to some of the different vaccines coming out and their cost per dose. At $20 per dose, I sure hope some entity (the government or otherwise) will pick up the cost in order to save the hundreds of thousands of dollars that a single critical care hospitalization would cost the system.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution Well Trump is trying to strongarm the vaccine companies into prioritising the US which, y’know, isn’t how it works. I wouldn’t hold your breath on getting the vaccine until a certain event in January.
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