COVID-19

[meow]

Booster announcement coming today most likely. Target is immunocompromised. Maybe elderly. Maybe healthcare workers.

[willeyeam]

maybe just us pfizer losers that meow led astray

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I’d say that meow’s reputation is tarnished but I don’t think he had much to begin with

[meow]

Estimation that 3-5% of vaccinated population will be recommended to get booster. Being mentally retarded does not qualify (sorry ulf and mimh).

[NTP66]

The FDA approved it yesterday, so…

[count2infinity]

[faftorial]

I listened to meow and now I want my money back.

[meow]

Yes, but meow didn’t say it

[meow]

The target audience is very small (obviously). Organ transplant recipients. Advanced cancer patients. Certain autoimmune disease patients.

[NTP66]

The target audience is very small (obviously). Organ transplant recipients. Advanced cancer patients. Certain autoimmune disease patients.

That’s a good thing, IMO. To me it says that the rest of us don’t need it right now. If we did, I’m sure that there would be a lot of pushback, and more people would claim that the vaccines don’t work because we already need a booster.

[shmenguin]

Is the target audience small because of necessity or availability? CDC needs to be clear and consistent with this ongoing booster discussion.

[shmenguin]

Headline from a rando news site getting upvotes on Reddit:

“ 4 teachers died of COVID within 24 hours in Broward County, Florida. Schools there are defying Gov. DeSantis' ban on mask mandates.”

…school hasn’t started yet. Stop doing this. It’s scary enough.

[count2infinity]

The target audience is very small (obviously). Organ transplant recipients. Advanced cancer patients. Certain autoimmune disease patients.

They said something like 3-5% of the population right? I know that's small, but certainly not insignificant.

Is the target audience small because of necessity or availability? CDC needs to be clear and consistent with this ongoing booster discussion.

Necessity... CDC doesn't need to do sh*t. If you have half a brain and have read the absolute bare minimum, you know that the first two shots are not nearly as impactful on this population as the rest of the "normal" population. Studies showed a 3rd shot boosted it to good protective levels for many of them.

[shmenguin]

I still think they need to do sh*t. Like don’t mention how masks aren’t effective, when little kids could work out the logic that blocking someone else’s breath during a respiratory disease outbreak is actually good.

…I don’t have faith in the messaging, still.

[count2infinity]

I'm personally done trying to pander to numbskulls that don't get it anyways. They don't even need to announce this kind of thing. Give the people that need the 3rd dose, the 3rd dose and move on.

[shmenguin]

Headline from a rando news site getting upvotes on Reddit:

“ 4 teachers died of COVID within 24 hours in Broward County, Florida. Schools there are defying Gov. DeSantis' ban on mask mandates.”

…school hasn’t started yet. Stop doing this. It’s scary enough.

Aaaaand we’re viral.



…and I agree c2i. Just hush up and keep it simple.

[CBear3]

It can be true that this happened, and obviously have not been a case where it was spread at the school. Shows the vulnerability of the teaching population and the risk of running head long into the school year without a mask mandate.

[shmenguin]

My general preference these days is to see honest, non-manipulative reporting. They obviously want people to click the link and also tune into CNN to monitor the crisis that hasn’t happened yet.

What you’re saying tracks but it’s not important enough to justify this tactic.

[faftorial]

My general preference these days is to see honest, non-manipulative reporting. They obviously want people to click the link and also tune into CNN to monitor the crisis that hasn’t happened yet.

What you’re saying tracks but it’s not important enough to justify this tactic.

What is manipulative about that CNN tweet/video?

[meow]

Is that a serious question?

[Trip McNeely]

My general preference these days is to see honest, non-manipulative reporting. They obviously want people to click the link and also tune into CNN to monitor the crisis that hasn’t happened yet.

What you’re saying tracks but it’s not important enough to justify this tactic.

What is manipulative about that CNN tweet/video?

School hasn't even started yet and CNN is acting like the teachers got it from school children. Its just "4 people with jobs die of covid"

[PFiDC]

My general preference these days is to see honest, non-manipulative reporting. They obviously want people to click the link and also tune into CNN to monitor the crisis that hasn’t happened yet.

What you’re saying tracks but it’s not important enough to justify this tactic.

What is manipulative about that CNN tweet/video?

School hasn't even started yet and CNN is acting like the teachers got it from school children. Its just "4 people with jobs die of covid"

*3 (probably 4) unvaccinated people with jobs.

[shmenguin]

Do a report on dead parishioners too, then. Maybe more useful.

[skullman80]

Yeah that CNN tweet/headline helps no one, and does more harm than good. Its click bait.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I know we’ve been talking about this for months but holy **** these people are stupid

I can maybe understand somewhat if you’re under 40 and aren’t vaccinated but over that age and you’re just an idiot. There’s very little medical reasons to avoid the vaccine when COVIS has an infinitely higher morbidity rate

I recently learned one of my aunts and uncles are vaccine refusing Trump supporters. It depresses me that it’ll take someone in my family getting seriously sick or killed for them to realize that the vaccine is low risk, high reward