Hmmmm, I think I need an explanation of how this is any different than what the right does to BLM. Lots of people show up to BLM protest that never riot or loot anything.
The problem is the best and quickest way to reach herd immunity traded off with making sure the most vulnerable are protected first, based on scarce resource distribution.
I wouldnât be averse to someone doing the math (which would be an estimate anyway) as to whether itâs better to make sure the people who are vaccinated get full immunity or whether to vaccinate twice as many people so they get to 50% immunity (or some mix in between).
Itâs not a totally stupid suggestion by DeSantis.
The drawbacks are
We are basing our knowledge off clinical trials that were geared towards success. The actual rollout to people is the true clinical trialâŚI donât think we can say 50% after one dose/95% after two doses is written in stone.
Logistics would be a challenge if we went the route of vaccinating more people and then titer tests showed a portion or a majority of people NEEDED to have two doses.
I think thatâs why they made this choiceâŚand the FDA approved it as a two dose regimenâŚwe canât suddenly switch gears like that.
Hate is eating them alive. They are so blinded by their hate that they can not see reality.
They not only hate trump they hate anyone who is a conservative and believe that they need to be destroyed.
Obama littered the government with his supporters before trump even took office to undermine what ever the next gop president did.
I also blame the media for pushing the hate.
They believe we are the enemy.
These are people who think nothing of using death as a tool to stay in power. The coronavirus has given them a tool to use to bring the american people to heel.
Just look at how they are ignoring the leftist who were in charge of protecting their citizens in their states. Leftist governors who are installing authoritative actions that should make any united states citizen stand up and shout stop.
It is amazing have affective they have been at getting over half the citizens in the United States to follow them. I canât believe how many people are willingly giving up their freedoms and turning against their neighbors.
I would think the problem here is that older people in their 70s and 80s do not get the full 90 to 94 percent effectiveness. They may only be somewhere around 85% if I remember correctly⌠So if they only get half the dose, that makes them around 45 to 50 % full effectiveness. Is that enough to protect those people.
It is my opinion based on all the medical information I have read and the studies on Moderna and Phizer vaccines is that people need to have both doses to obtain the full benefit. Now is not the time to be cutting corners.
And I believe that DeSantis has to stick with what the FDA says or he sets the precedent of becoming the defacto regulator over riding the FDA. At this point, Pfizer and Moderna could simply say sorry Florida we are not sending you hundreds of thousands of doses so you can screw around and make them fail. THese companies have a lot more than money riding on thisâŚthey have reputations at stake as well. And if all of a sudden we start seeing failures in Fl because DeSantis wants to go against the EUAâŚthen people start to question efficacy.
On the other handâŚif DeSantis wants to give out single doses to more people and Pfizer can guarantee that there will be the same amount of doses in 21 daysâŚthen maybe it should be looked at. But if they vaccinate say 100,000 people and there is not enough to do all those people in 21 days they stand to take a great deal of criticism and they may lose a great deal of efficacy in the process.
Trump knew Covid was deadly, and he lied to all of us. We know this because he was recorded telling Woodward about how dangerous and contagious it was, while contemporaneously telling the public it would be only a few people, it was like the flu, and everyone should go to church on Easter. Despicably poor leadership.