Will You Take The Vaccine?

Are you going to take the corona virus vaccine?

  • No.

  • Yes.


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sarahJane211

Well-Known Member
I'm retired with a corporate pension. Who'd you rip off for your money and are you living in SE Asia to avoid US taxes and alimony payments to your first wife?
Me too, but it only took me 10 years to earn my corporate pension (and 10 years to get the job that provided the pension).
I'm living in Asia because I like women that weigh less than 50Kg and are in their 20s and 30s.
I still pay UK tax, deducted at source from my pension payments.

As for COVID vaccine,
The country has only vaccinated 1% of their population (Sinovac) and the vaccine isn't available to foreigners (even if you wanted it).
 

hanimmal

Well-Known Member
Me too, but it only took me 10 years to earn my corporate pension (and 10 years to get the job that provided the pension).
I'm living in Asia because I like women that weigh less than 50Kg and are in their 20s and 30s.
I still pay UK tax, deducted at source from my pension payments.

As for COVID vaccine,
The country has only vaccinated 1% of their population (Sinovac) and the vaccine isn't available to foreigners (even if you wanted it).
 

CunningCanuk

Well-Known Member
Me too, but it only took me 10 years to earn my corporate pension (and 10 years to get the job that provided the pension).
I'm living in Asia because I like women that weigh less than 50Kg and are in their 20s and 30s.
I still pay UK tax, deducted at source from my pension payments.

As for COVID vaccine,
The country has only vaccinated 1% of their population (Sinovac) and the vaccine isn't available to foreigners (even if you wanted it).
 

DIY-HP-LED

Well-Known Member

COVID vaccines can block variant hitting Asia, lab study finds
Assays using live SARS-CoV-2 offer hope that the vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna will protect against a viral strain first seen in India.
Gold-standard experiments on two COVID-19 vaccines suggest that they confer immunity against a subtype of the SARS-CoV-2 variant tearing through India. But the research also hints that this subtype is more resistant to antibodies than are other forms of the virus.

“These vaccines are working,” says Mehul Suthar, an immunologist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, who led the research1. Still, the results underscore the need to continue monitoring vaccine response to SARS-CoV-2 mutations, which often affect the all-important spike protein that the virus uses to infect cells. “Because of the spectrum of mutations that have accumulated within the spike protein, the antibodies just don’t work as well,” says Suthar.

First detected in India last October, the variant B.1.617 was this year linked to a rapid rise in cases in a handful of Indian states and has now been found in more than 40 countries. The subtypes B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 have both been detected with increasing frequency in India in the past few months; both carry two mutations linked to increased transmissibility. Because of their quick spread, scientists are keen to find out whether the various forms of B.1.617 undermine COVID-19 vaccines.

Other research has analysed how well the vaccine made by Pfizer in New York City and BioNTech in Mainz, Germany, fares against B.1.617. But that work did not use actual SARS-CoV-2; instead, it used other viruses engineered to have key mutations found in B.1.6172,3.

For their experiments, Suthar and his team used B.1.617.1 itself, making their assay a ‘gold standard’ test for vaccine efficacy. The researchers combined the virus with antibody-laden blood serum from people who had received either the Pfizer vaccine or that made by Moderna of Cambridge, Massachusetts, both based on mRNA. This allowed the team to study how well antibodies induced by vaccination could ‘neutralize’ the virus, or block it from infecting cells.

The team’s data show that antibodies generated by vaccination are seven times less effective at blocking B.1.617.1 than at neutralizing the coronavirus strain that circulated early in the pandemic. But antibodies from all 25 vaccinated people were able to neutralize B.1.617.1 to some extent.
 

Unclebaldrick

Well-Known Member
Since our version of Typhoid Mary came down with hers 16 days ago, we have had four other cases. Two have recovered, two have not. The last two were working in the facility last Friday.

I have been chastised twice for asking about their symptoms when they call off.

Management's unofficial position is "if we don't ask about their symptoms then this is just an HR issue, not a public health one."

My boss should be fired.
 

Dr.Amber Trichome

Well-Known Member
Since our version of Typhoid Mary came down with hers 16 days ago, we have had four other cases. Two have recovered, two have not. The last two were working in the facility last Friday.

I have been chastised twice for asking about their symptoms when they call off.

Management's unofficial position is "if we don't ask about their symptoms then this is just an HR issue, not a public health one."

My boss should be fired.
Your too good for that dump! Can you find another job?
 

Unclebaldrick

Well-Known Member
Your too good for that dump! Can you find another job?
This is not a good place for me. Everything good about me is a liability here.

I'm dealing with a health issue that has yet to be diagnosed. CAT scans tomorrow are likely to answer some questions. The answers to those questions will determine my options. Right now, the most important thing is insurance continuity (because... America)

I might be ok or I might be very, very fucked. Fingers crossed.

Oh, and that dump is a Fortune 100 company.
 

TacoMac

Well-Known Member
This is not a good place for me. Everything good about me is a liability here.

I'm dealing with a health issue that has yet to be diagnosed. CAT scans tomorrow are likely to answer some questions. The answers to those questions will determine my options. Right now, the most important thing is insurance continuity (because... America)

I might be ok or I might be very, very fucked. Fingers crossed.

Oh, and that dump is a Fortune 100 company.
Good luck.
 

schuylaar

Well-Known Member
Congrats! Did you get any side effects?
nope, just the sore arm but no more than if you had been lifting some weights..definitely felt it 'we just took out a new bottle from the refrigerator and you're the first to get it'. got a rush for some reason but i stayed there for the 15 minutes i brought my inhaler and they had epi-pen just in case.

most i've been talking to; Moderna is the one with more side effect; all the Pzizer people seem to not be affected except for the sore arm. I had choice of Pzizer or J&J and they didn't even ask- i grabbed her arm 'this is Pzizer right'?:lol:
 
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Unclebaldrick

Well-Known Member
nope, just the sore are but no more than if you had been lifting some weights..definitely felt it 'we just took out a new bottle from the refrigerator and you're the first to get it'. got a rush for some reason but i stayed there for the 15 minutes i brought my inhaler and they had epi-pen just in case.

most i've been talking to; Moderna is the one with more side effect; all the Pzizer people seem to not be affected except for the sore arm. I had choice of Pzizer or J&J and they didn't even ask- i grabbed her arm 'this is Pzizer right'?:lol:
I think they both have equal side effects if your sample is large enough.
 
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