The COVID-19 pandemic

[jeffster]

Hence why I used the word "If". And if it holds true that it IS 100% effective against serious illness, despite mutations, then it's a game changer. And since it's a standard vaccine, the blowhards can stop complaining. But, yeah, a lot of "Ifs". In including "If" the vaccine doesn't have serious side effects like the Astra-Zeneca one. Hopefully it's as good as they claim.

I'd be curious to know how many anti-vaxxers get this vaccine considering it has a different technology than the rest which are approved here. But sadly, I doubt it'll convince many people. Anti-vax people are dumb...very dumb
...like not even knowing how to tie your shoes dumb. Not knowing left from right dumb. Not knowing you need to drink water to survive dumb. These people are truly stupid. They'll still invent new reasons as to why Novavax will in fact kill everyone on the planet or how it's some great conspiracy which alien Reptilians and pharmaceutical companies are using it to turn us all into gay communists with dark skin or some other nonsense. There's always going to be a portion of the population we can't connect with and at this point it's pointless to really care about them. Dumb is dumb...just be content knowing these kind of people are able to cross the street without causing chaos.

I think this vaccine has more importance to the world in regards to distribution logistics. At this point, it's not the crack baby anti-vax conspiracy freaks with 7 brain cells left who we need to worry about. Those kind of people are too far gone to bother with. Instead, vaccines like this may become useful tools in vaccinating the developing world or nations where they may not have great access to sophisticated refrigeration (Mongolia or Bolivia, for example, where much of the population lives in rural areas). The more people vaccinated who live in harsher environments the better, because it means fewer chances of concernable mutations occuring.

Not sure if all these anti-vax people are dumb, they're more or less paranoid of government. I do know a couple doctors that are hell bent against mRNA vaccines, as they don't know the long term risks, 10, 20 years down the road. A lot of the anti-vax folks are afraid of the mRNA vaccines.

As for AZ, when one person in Ontario died from the vaccine, it was in the news for a couple weeks and all the focus was on the that death, and then it was no longer offered by 'the authorities'.

Hopefully the new vaccine will convince some unvaccinated people to get their shot. And, perhaps it can be given to people who have been already vaccinated with an inferior vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) -- if it holds true that it's 100% effective against serious illness.

But, big ifs. Real world is different than trials 99/100.

[danbrotherston]

I'd be curious to know how many anti-vaxxers get this vaccine considering it has a different technology than the rest which are approved here. But sadly, I doubt it'll convince many people. Anti-vax people are dumb...very dumb
...like not even knowing how to tie your shoes dumb. Not knowing left from right dumb. Not knowing you need to drink water to survive dumb. These people are truly stupid. They'll still invent new reasons as to why Novavax will in fact kill everyone on the planet or how it's some great conspiracy which alien Reptilians and pharmaceutical companies are using it to turn us all into gay communists with dark skin or some other nonsense. There's always going to be a portion of the population we can't connect with and at this point it's pointless to really care about them. Dumb is dumb...just be content knowing these kind of people are able to cross the street without causing chaos.

I think this vaccine has more importance to the world in regards to distribution logistics. At this point, it's not the crack baby anti-vax conspiracy freaks with 7 brain cells left who we need to worry about. Those kind of people are too far gone to bother with. Instead, vaccines like this may become useful tools in vaccinating the developing world or nations where they may not have great access to sophisticated refrigeration (Mongolia or Bolivia, for example, where much of the population lives in rural areas). The more people vaccinated who live in harsher environments the better, because it means fewer chances of concernable mutations occuring.

Not sure if all these anti-vax people are dumb, they're more or less paranoid of government. I do know a couple doctors that are hell bent against mRNA vaccines, as they don't know the long term risks, 10, 20 years down the road. A lot of the anti-vax folks are afraid of the mRNA vaccines.

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These "Doctors" should lose their license. If they don't understand enough about how vaccines work and how mRNA works to know this is a nonsensical fear, then they shouldn't be practicing medicine.

The mRNA "stuff" itself breaks down within days, any effect it has on you is done at that point. The ONLY remaining effects are from the vaccine's influence on your immune system through responding to the resulting spike protein and that is functionally identical to any other vaccine.

That being said, I have not heard that particular viewpoint from any MDs.

[jeffster]

Not sure if all these anti-vax people are dumb, they're more or less paranoid of government. I do know a couple doctors that are hell bent against mRNA vaccines, as they don't know the long term risks, 10, 20 years down the road. A lot of the anti-vax folks are afraid of the mRNA vaccines.

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These "Doctors" should lose their license. If they don't understand enough about how vaccines work and how mRNA works to know this is a nonsensical fear, then they shouldn't be practicing medicine.

The mRNA "stuff" itself breaks down within days, any effect it has on you is done at that point. The ONLY remaining effects are from the vaccine's influence on your immune system through responding to the resulting spike protein and that is functionally identical to any other vaccine.

They might be losing more than that after the announcements in Ottawa this week.

[JoeKW]

What announcements?

[taylortbb]

And, perhaps it can be given to people who have been already vaccinated with an inferior vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) -- if it holds true that it's 100% effective against serious illness.

But, big ifs. Real world is different than trials 99/100.

I believe Moderna was also 100% effective against severe outcomes during the trials, it was at least 100% effective at preventing death. When your sample size is small, and doesn't include profoundly immunocompromised people, it's not that hard to get 100%.

[jeffster]

What announcements?

Frozen bank accounts.

[JoeKW]

What does that have to do with the doctors mentioned above?

[jeffster]

What does that have to do with the doctors mentioned above?

I had been responding to Dan -- he had said that doctors who are anti-vax should lose their license. I had said they'll lose more than that (bank accounts) in reference to anyone, including doctors, that funded the trucker movement in Ottawa.

[jeffster]

Current 7-day Covid-19 cases per 100k

• Northwestern Health Unit 509.8
• Porcupine Health Unit 436.2
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit 354.1
• Algoma Public Health 305.0
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts 204.5
• Chatham-Kent Public Health 185.3
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health 179.1
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit 178.1
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health 170.9
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit 167.2
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit 155.9
• Timiskaming Health Unit 146.8
• Lambton Public Health 137.4
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 133.5
• Grey Bruce Health Unit 123.0
• Niagara Region Public Health 118.9
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 117.0
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit 114.8
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 114.3
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit 111.6
• Peterborough Public Health 108.1
• Ottawa Public Health 106.9
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit 103.1
• Huron Perth Public Health 98.0
• Southwestern Public Health 96.0
• Brant County Health Unit 93.4
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services 90.7
• Durham Region Health Department 90.0

• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 81.6

• Peel Public Health 79.8
• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health 78.5
• Toronto Public Health 72.0
• Halton Region Public Health 71.9
• York Region Public Health 61.8

• TOTAL ONTARIO 106.0

[jeffster]

Current 7-day Covid-19 cases per 100k

• Northwestern Health Unit 570.3
• Porcupine Health Unit 435.0
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit 332.8
• Algoma Public Health 295.4
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts 194.4
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit 176.5
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health 176.3
• Chatham-Kent Public Health 172.1
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health 160.2
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit 160.1
• Lambton Public Health 148.1
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit 144.9
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 133.9
• Timiskaming Health Unit 125.4
• Grey Bruce Health Unit 122.4
• Niagara Region Public Health 119.8
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit 114.8
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 112.2
• Ottawa Public Health 108.4
• Peterborough Public Health 107.4
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit 105.9
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 101.7
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit 97.6
• Southwestern Public Health 90.3
• Durham Region Health Department 89.6
• Brant County Health Unit 85.7
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services 85.4
• Huron Perth Public Health 83.0
• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health 71.2
• Peel Public Health 70.1

• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 69.1

• Toronto Public Health 68.6
• Halton Region Public Health 68.3
• York Region Public Health 60.6

• TOTAL ONTARIO 101.3

[jeffster]

Current 7-day Covid-19 cases per 100k

• Northwestern Health Unit 577.1
• Porcupine Health Unit 423.1
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit 336.1
• Algoma Public Health 297.1
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts 200.5
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit 187.3
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health 177.2
• Chatham-Kent Public Health 169.3
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health 163.2
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit 154.4
• Lambton Public Health 144.3
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit 134.5
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 131.6
• Grey Bruce Health Unit 124.2
• Niagara Region Public Health 116.8
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit 114.8
• Peterborough Public Health 111.5
• Ottawa Public Health 111.4
• Timiskaming Health Unit 110.1
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 108.0
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit 100.1
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit 94.8
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 94.8
• Durham Region Health Department 88.3
• Huron Perth Public Health 86.6
• Southwestern Public Health 85.1
• Brant County Health Unit 79.3
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services 78.7

• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 70.7

• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health 70.2
• Toronto Public Health 69.0
• Peel Public Health 64.8
• Halton Region Public Health 59.8
• York Region Public Health 57.0

• TOTAL ONTARIO 99.3

No updates tomorrow.

[jeffster]

First off, Happy 2's Day! 2-day is 2-22-22, and I had hoped to have posted this at 2:22 but I was doing some repair work at home!

Anyway, here is the current 7-Day Covid-19 cases per 100k!

• Northwestern Health Unit 512.1
• Porcupine Health Unit 412.3
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit 336.1
• Algoma Public Health 315.5
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts 207.0
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit 201.2
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health 192.7
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health 166.8
• Chatham-Kent Public Health 155.2
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit 140.9
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit 135.6
• Lambton Public Health 127.5
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 124.5
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit 112.2
• Grey Bruce Health Unit 108.3
• Niagara Region Public Health 107.1
• Ottawa Public Health 103.5
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 102.2
• Timiskaming Health Unit 101.0
• Peterborough Public Health 97.3
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 93.2
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit 93.0
• Huron Perth Public Health 86.6
• Durham Region Health Department 84.8
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit 81.0
• Southwestern Public Health 80.9
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services 75.3

• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 74.4

• Brant County Health Unit 70.2
• Toronto Public Health 65.1
• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health 61.2
• Peel Public Health 58.8
• York Region Public Health 54.1
• Halton Region Public Health 53.6

• TOTAL ONTARIO 94.3

[plam]

Another useful fact: Today's provincial positivity rate is just under 7%, which is a lot better than before.

[tomh009]

Another useful fact: Today's provincial positivity rate is just under 7%, which is a lot better than before.

Given how low (and variable) the number of daily tests is, the absolute numbers are pretty much meaningless. But the positivity rate is steadily trending downwards, from a peak of almost 25%, and that is indeed a good thing.

[jeffster]

Current 7-day Covid-19 cases per 100k

• Northwestern Health Unit 457.4
• Porcupine Health Unit 385.9
• Algoma Public Health 337.3
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit 324.8
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health 196.5
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts 195.5
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit 189.6
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health 144.2
• Lambton Public Health 135.2
• Chatham-Kent Public Health 127.9
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit 119.5
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit 115.7
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 115.1
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit 110.4
• Grey Bruce Health Unit 101.2
• Peterborough Public Health 98.7
• Niagara Region Public Health 95.5
• Ottawa Public Health 92.9
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 90.0
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 82.4
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit 81.5
• Durham Region Health Department 80.7
• Timiskaming Health Unit 79.5
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit 79.2
• Huron Perth Public Health 78.7
• Southwestern Public Health 73.8
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services 71.6

• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 67.1

• Brant County Health Unit 64.4
• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health 61.6
• Toronto Public Health 61.1
• Peel Public Health 53.2
• York Region Public Health 48.9
• Halton Region Public Health 47.3

• TOTAL ONTARIO 86.9

Good to see WR in the bottom ten consistently over the past week or so. Also below the Ontario average by about 25%.