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haresfur

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Posted: Jan 17, 2021 - 6:35am



 Ohmsen wrote:
Let me spell it our for all you smart commenters:

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?!
 

Patriotism 
islander

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Posted: Jan 16, 2021 - 3:45pm



 Red_Dragon wrote:


 BlueHeronDruid wrote:

The headline is misleading. Gates' name isn't mentioned anywhere in the article. The comments, though....
 


Breitbart 

 


Ohmsen


Red_Dragon

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Posted: Jan 16, 2021 - 1:13pm



 BlueHeronDruid wrote:

The headline is misleading. Gates' name isn't mentioned anywhere in the article. The comments, though....
 


Breitbart 
BlueHeronDruid

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Posted: Jan 16, 2021 - 12:40pm



 Ohmsen wrote:
 

The headline is misleading. Gates' name isn't mentioned anywhere in the article. The comments, though....
Lazy8

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Posted: Jan 16, 2021 - 7:57am

rhahl wrote:

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%.

https://twitter.com/SandhyaRamanat1/status/1349965093107187714


Good stuff.

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.
miamizsun

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Posted: Jan 16, 2021 - 7:00am

 rhahl wrote:

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%.

https://twitter.com/SandhyaRamanat1/status/1349965093107187714
 
good tip

wearing a mask improperly obviously defeats the purpose
rhahl

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Posted: Jan 16, 2021 - 5:53am

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%.

https://twitter.com/SandhyaRamanat1/status/1349965093107187714
haresfur

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 3:17pm



 rhahl wrote:
 

It would be really interesting to understand why there is a difference so other states can do better. Good job South!
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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 2:55pm


steeler

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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 — and sometimes delegated down to county or city — 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. 

Red_Dragon

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 1:54pm



 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.
steeler

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 1:40pm



 Red_Dragon wrote:


 steeler wrote:


Just curious: does that fall within your jurisdiction’s guidelines? 
 

I don't understand what you mean by jurisdiction...  


 
State or maybe county.

Red_Dragon

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 1:15pm



 steeler wrote:


Just curious: does that fall within your jurisdiction’s guidelines? 
 

I don't understand what you mean by jurisdiction...  

steeler

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 1:06pm



 Red_Dragon wrote:


 JrzyTmata wrote:

there is talk we may get it through work too.  but it probably won't happen until all the front line and at risk people are done.
 


P's employer has been allocated enough vaccine doses for family members; so I'll be getting mine, too!
 

Just curious: does that fall within your jurisdiction’s guidelines? 
R_P

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 1:04pm

Global coronavirus death toll reaches 2 million people
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 12:19pm



 JrzyTmata wrote:

there is talk we may get it through work too.  but it probably won't happen until all the front line and at risk people are done.
 


P's employer has been allocated enough vaccine doses for family members; so I'll be getting mine, too!
miamizsun

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 9:45am

 Proclivities wrote:
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.
 

it looks that way here

we get or can look at daily reports (fl website is very informative)

the focus seems to be on those older and infirmed and those that care for them
Proclivities

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 9:37am



 islander wrote:


 sirdroseph wrote:


 rhahl wrote:
 

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.

islander

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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 - 9:22am



 sirdroseph wrote:


 rhahl wrote:
 

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.


steeler

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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 — 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. 
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