A coalition of tech and health organizations including Oracle, Microsoft, and the Mayo Clinic, is reportedly working to develop a digital COVID-19 vaccination passport that would allow businesses, airlines, and governments to check if individuals have received the vaccine.
Whaddaya think, if anything - is behind these first mentioned three names?!
Dr Sandhya Ramanathanâs Quick Tip: Improving the seal of a surgical mask
Study showing simple modifications can improve mask effectiveness. For example, tucking in the corners of a procedure mask & tying the loops increased filtration from 39% to 60%. Covering the mask with a nylon stocking increased it to 80%.
If you wear a cloth mask you can increase its effectiveness with a filter insert. Here's how:
People are using all kinds of things here—coffee filters, shop rags, what have you—but I found a 5 micron polyester filter cloth available in bulk for cheap. This is what I use.
Dr Sandhya Ramanathan’s Quick Tip: Improving the seal of a surgical mask
Study showing simple modifications can improve mask effectiveness. For example, tucking in the corners of a procedure mask & tying the loops increased filtration from 39% to 60%. Covering the mask with a nylon stocking increased it to 80%.
Dr Sandhya Ramanathan’s Quick Tip: Improving the seal of a surgical mask
Study showing simple modifications can improve mask effectiveness. For example, tucking in the corners of a procedure mask & tying the loops increased filtration from 39% to 60%. Covering the mask with a nylon stocking increased it to 80%.
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
Posted:
Jan 15, 2021 - 2:04pm
Red_Dragon wrote:
steeler wrote:
State or maybe county.
My wife's employer is the local ambulance company - first responders and staff. The company contracts with the city, so it's a pseudo-government employer. They were issued enough doses for all their employees and "at-risk" family members. I am over sixty and have cardiovascular disease, so I guess that qualified me.
Yeah, each state â and sometimes delegated down to county or city â has its own guidelines for prioritization phases. Most are approximately following CDC guidelines, but CDC itself recently changed its guidelines to recommend opening to 65 and above and not just 75 and above in phase 1B. Most states are now following that. Before, 65-74 and those with high-risk conditions were in phase 1C. Phase 1A pretty much everywhere has been for health care workers and nursing home residents and staffs. As I commented earlier, phases 1B and 1C really will be conflating, making it somewhat of a free-for-all for getting vaccination appointments.
My wife's employer is the local ambulance company - first responders and staff. The company contracts with the city, so it's a pseudo-government employer. They were issued enough doses for all their employees and "at-risk" family members. I am over sixty and have cardiovascular disease, so I guess that qualified me.
As far as I've read, the distribution of the vaccine to the states was based on populations, not rates of infection. I would imagine that the administration of the vaccine is handled by State or local (county, city, etc.) authorities.
My parents get theirs Monday, almost everyone I know has either got or is getting it very soon. I will wait a bit more and see if they live and stuff. Our part of the world has handled this whole thing with aplomb, grace and order to be such ignorant hicks that we are.
Admirable for sure. I am a bit curious as to the reasons. Infection rates and death rates are still way too high across the entire bottom half of the country.
As far as I've read, the distribution of the vaccine to the states was based on populations, not rates of infection. I would imagine that the administration of the vaccine is handled by State or local (county, city, etc.) authorities.
My parents get theirs Monday, almost everyone I know has either got or is getting it very soon. I will wait a bit more and see if they live and stuff. Our part of the world has handled this whole thing with aplomb, grace and order to be such ignorant hicks that we are.
Admirable for sure. I am a bit curious as to the reasons. Infection rates and death rates are still way too high across the entire bottom half of the country.
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
Posted:
Jan 15, 2021 - 9:17am
From my vantage point here in metropolitan DC, it seems to be chaotic. Like many jurisdictions, DC, VA, and MD now essentially are conflating priority phases, leaving only 2 weeks or sometimes even only one between the start of one phase and the addition of another. There is not enough vaccine available to complete those vaccinations for a prioritization group in such short time frames â not even close.The eligibility pool will expand greatly with the addition of a new phase and appointments essentially are first-come, first-served by phone or online, so a lot of the prior prioritization evaporates at that point.
