Ed Yong is still the best on the medical journalism beat. Another excellent perspective.
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Good article. I tried to make the point about "individual choice" not being individual when it comes to vaccination because when you choose not to get vaccinated, it not only puts you at risk, but it puts other at risk as well.Ed Yong is still the best on the medical journalism beat. Another excellent perspective.
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I know that there was some discussion about having unvaccinated Olympic athletes get their vaccination when they get to Japan. That could potentially mess with heir performance so getting it by April would have been smarter.Crazy we are having the ECs now, all over Europe. Anyway, I just read:
After the positive corona tests of Sergio Busquets and Diego Llorente, the Spanish national team should be vaccinated before the start of the European Championship. The Ministry of Health confirmed this to the AFP news agency on Wednesday. According to a spokesman, Health Minister Carolina Darias will announce in the afternoon that "the Spanish national team will be vaccinated". The decision to vaccinate the Spanish Olympic team for Tokyo, but not the national team, had previously been criticized. Spain start on Monday in Seville against Sweden in the EM. Because of the corona cases in the team, the Spaniards have formed a "B-squad" with 17 players, which is in its own bubble and could be used against Sweden in the event of a team quarantine.
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Maybe this belongs into the football thread. Anyway, now?? A few days before the start? Isn't that a bit nonsensical, because the effect should not be immediate, but surely some players will feel the side effects? None of my business, I was just wondering.
At least in the US, delta represents a pretty small minority of the sequenced viruses. What I think we will see over the summer might not be increased case counts due to delta, but an increase of the proportion of delta within the viral pool. By October, I think it will be the dominant strain in the US and that is when there will be issues in places with low vaccine uptake (i.e. rural and south). So, there is reason for optimism as you note, but delta really is a problematic variant for the future and bears watching. It already is picking up mutations associated with immune evasion.
I know that there was some discussion about having unvaccinated Olympic athletes get their vaccination when they get to Japan. That could potentially mess with heir performance so getting it by April would have been smarter.
When I saw that headline yesterday my thoughts were:Ahhhh, so shocking. And this was with vaccination requirements for all passengers and crew. There is no legitimate public health reason for re-starting the cruise industry at this point in time. It is happening because some of the regions need the tourist money (Greece, Alaska) and the big cruise ship lines feel like they are above health and safety regulations.
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All good points.When I saw that headline yesterday my thoughts were:
1- germ vessels!
2- vaccinated people aren't 100% safe.
---vaccine ~95%, they might have compromised immune systems...
3-were they really vaccinated?
Ahhhh, so shocking. And this was with vaccination requirements for all passengers and crew. There is no legitimate public health reason for re-starting the cruise industry at this point in time. It is happening because some of the regions need the tourist money (Greece, Alaska) and the big cruise ship lines feel like they are above health and safety regulations.
Yong earned a well deserved Pulitzer today for his pandemic work.Ed Yong is still the best on the medical journalism beat. Another excellent perspective.
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I would like to visit Portugal. It was in the plans for last May before covid. I still haven't left my state, so I doubt international travel is happening for me this year either. Maryland does make some port, but it isn't quite the same.Desperation in the travel industry makes it so especially in countries that rely on tourists so much. But more and more countries are about to open up or have plans to start soon so its not just going to be the cruise industry but why anyone would see the need to travel on a tourist ship at the moment is odd. Portugal was complaining about missing out on their regular tourists from the UK. The next 12 months should be interesting.
Desperation in the travel industry makes it so especially in countries that rely on tourists so much. But more and more countries are about to open up or have plans to start soon so its not just going to be the cruise industry but why anyone would see the need to travel on a tourist ship at the moment is odd. Portugal was complaining about missing out on their regular tourists from the UK. The next 12 months should be interesting.