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Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

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Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

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Post by totony »

codeulike wrote: post #670
totony wrote: post #669

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>I'm not convinced that anti-vaxxers are on the increase I didn't mean they were on the increase, I was saying the people against them have been more outspoken because of the pendemic, to the detriment of people that are skeptic (but not anti-vaxxer). The issue isn't about the anti-vaxxers, it'd be more about radicalizing more center people.

Right but thats more or less the same thing. Why worry about it? We've got bigger fish to fry right now.

>The anti-vaxxers aren't going to change their minds either way.

But this is false for anyone not super anti vaxxer

>Why worry about it? We've got bigger fish to fry right now.

It's important to weigh all the effects of our policies as a nation. If we can accomplish 99% of the result without some side effects it's better than trying for 100% with possible future problems. I think it's fair to see how policies will affect the population/its divide (i.e. it's not a small enough fish to disregard).

Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

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Post by qaz_plm »

JamisonM wrote: post #647
warmwaffles wrote: post #638

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The corona virus it self has been around for a long time. The strains we are seeing now are newer obviously. But it's known virus.

This is a confusing series of statements, what do you mean?

Sounds like they're saying Coronaviruses aren't a new thing, just that new types pop up. The CDC lists human Coronaviruses were first found in the mid-1960s [0]

[0] - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html

Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

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Post by alexchamberlain »

dane-pgp wrote: post #660
alexchamberlain wrote: post #628

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To continue the pedantry, the archipelago is called The British Isles.

While you're right that it is called that (by many), some people object to it: > In Ireland, the term "British Isles" is controversial, and there are objections to its usage. The Government of Ireland does not officially recognise the term, and its embassy in London discourages its use. Britain and Ireland is used as an alternative description, and Atlantic Archipelago has also seen limited use in academia. https://e…

I guess that's reasonable, though it appears the name goes back to the 1st century, so the UK is named after the Isles, rather than the other way around?

Has anyone proposed a viable alternative?

Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

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Post by tubularhells »

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #663
tubularhells wrote: post #592

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Look at the way people communicate here, how little empathy they show, the complete sense of humour, how anal they can be about not about the big picture that the other person is arguing for but, say, choice of words, someone's formulation of a sentence, use of the oxford comma, whatever really. Then tell me if this site is not the largest community for autistic software developers, diagnosed or not. This is in no wa…

Look at the way people communicate here, how little empathy they show, the complete sense of humour, how anal they can be about not about the big picture that the other person is arguing for but, say, choice of words, someone's formulation of a sentence, use of the oxford comma, whatever really. There are too many commas in your sentence :)

I'm not a native English speaker. Fun fact: In my comma-heavy mother tongue I almost completely exclude its use. Not sure how this came to be.

Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

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Post by jeofken »

YaarPodshipnik wrote: post #47

I had COVID-19 early in the year, and so did my Wife (not sure about my Daughter, harder to tell with kids). I would really like to know whether I should get the vaccine or not? All the info that's out there says that immunity to C19 is temporary, so a vaccine after having gone through it doesn't seem redundant. Does anyone know if there's been any research on effects of the vaccine on the people who got C19 and reco…

COVID-19 reinfection is negligible. Only 26 cases worldwide are reported - sad for them but they are extreme abnormal cases. Immunity seems to work with this virus as well.

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/08/covid-19-reinfection-t...

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Post by adrianmonk »

djsumdog wrote: post #441
abootstrapper wrote: post #435

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Risk of long term covid side effects seems greater to me than long term vaccine side effects.

Why do you believe this out of curiosity? Every single "long term covid" symptom study I've read are case studies. The UK one from the publication in Charlottesville covered 60 distinct people and they were all either high risk workers or over 55. We don't know what "permanent damage" is actually happening. I remember having pneumonia in the 90s and it took my lungs over 3 months to recover, and that's from a normal…

Isn't it pretty well established[1] that COVID-19 causes blood clots? Blood clots can kill tissues in ways you might never recover from.

For example, if one happens in your brain, that's a stroke. Which is known to happen with COVID-19 patients[2].

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[1] https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas...)

[2] https://www.thelancet.com/article/S1474-4422(20)30272-6/full...

Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

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Post by warmwaffles »

qaz_plm wrote: post #672
JamisonM wrote: post #647

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a confusing series of statements, what do you mean?

Sounds like they're saying Coronaviruses aren't a new thing, just that new types pop up. The CDC lists human Coronaviruses were first found in the mid-1960s [0] [0] - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html

This is exactly what I am saying. They aren't new. Lysol used to advertise that it killed the corona virus on its disinfectants back in the 90s.

Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

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Post by dane-pgp »

alexchamberlain wrote: post #673
dane-pgp wrote: post #660

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While you're right that it is called that (by many), some people object to it: > In Ireland, the term "British Isles" is controversial, and there are objections to its usage. The Government of Ireland does not officially recognise the term, and its embassy in London discourages its use. Britain and Ireland is used as an alternative description, and Atlantic Archipelago has also seen limited use in academia. https://e…

I guess that's reasonable, though it appears the name goes back to the 1st century, so the UK is named after the Isles, rather than the other way around? Has anyone proposed a viable alternative?

> the UK is named after the Isles

Great Britain may have been named after one of the isles, but the controversy arises because the UK spans (part of, but not all of) the two main isles.

> Has anyone proposed a viable alternative?

I don't know what would count as "viable" if you reject "Britain and Ireland" and "Atlantic Archipelago".

Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

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Post by jtms »

DanBC wrote: post #534
napier wrote: post #520

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Some people’s insecurities make them allergic to (admittedly tenuous) attempts at humor in face of absurdities and so they downvote as if they’re on Reddit.

Alternate reading; you're just not funny.

This was funny - upvoted!
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