this may apply to anyone who has been in a rct study as well
also if you have been in a study and aren't sure if you had the real vaccine you can schedule an appointment to take a vaccine publicly and at that point if you call the study sponsor theywill break the blind and let you know one way or the other
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?!
The first two are for-profit software* companies, the third is a nonprofit healthcare provider. What do I see behind it? Simple: vaccines are the single most effective tool we have to fight disease. Unvaccinated people are going to be vulnerable to covid until it dies out in the population and need special precautions to reduce the risk of infection. Those precautions are burdensome and costly.
Vaccinated people don't require those precautions. If we know who is vaccinated and who isn't we know who requires precautions and who doesn't. This is an information problem, and these companies have a great deal of expertise in gathering and making use of information.
The covid pandemic has both direct effects (400K deaths and climbing just in the US, dog knows how many hospitalizations, huge numbers of man-hours spent recovering, and long-term health consequences we are still learning about) and indirect effects (lost productivity and revenue due to restrictions to prevent disease transmission). These companies are trying to help solve that problem using the tools they have.
Why, what do you think is behind it?
*Microsoft also sells hardware, but it's less than a third of its revenue.
I do not have a problem with this. Only if it should become a mandatory requirement.
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?!
The first two are for-profit software* companies, the third is a nonprofit healthcare provider. What do I see behind it? Simple: vaccines are the single most effective tool we have to fight disease. Unvaccinated people are going to be vulnerable to covid until it dies out in the population and need special precautions to reduce the risk of infection. Those precautions are burdensome and costly.
Vaccinated people don't require those precautions. If we know who is vaccinated and who isn't we know who requires precautions and who doesn't. This is an information problem, and these companies have a great deal of expertise in gathering and making use of information.
The covid pandemic has both direct effects (400K deaths and climbing just in the US, dog knows how many hospitalizations, huge numbers of man-hours spent recovering, and long-term health consequences we are still learning about) and indirect effects (lost productivity and revenue due to restrictions to prevent disease transmission). These companies are trying to help solve that problem using the tools they have.
Why, what do you think is behind it?
*Microsoft also sells hardware, but it's less than a third of its revenue.
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?!
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?!
Despite that tests aren't worth much (as for false positives and negatives), and vaccinations still not known to give immunity, nor known to inhibit any virus-spread. Yes, we need to keep flying around the world like ever. Board them planes and off we go... Why address the cause, when symptoms are all, we're really after? Let's keep banging our heads against the wall...
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.
