Wuhan virus 2020

[Skybird]

" a lung like a block of concrete" - an Austrian specialist has transplanted a lung from a Covid victim, and there is a picture of the Covid lung.






The first time this has been done outside China. Vienna is an international hotspot for lung transplantations, but so far only the Chinese have transplanted Covid lungs.

The organ consisted only of dead cells and was fully "molten" into the surrounding tissue, usually it hangs almost freely in the chest, fixed only with a few strings. That made the operation difficult, since the lung was stiff and hard and fully connected to the body, had to be carved out.

Its horrifying what this virus can do. Giger would hysterically giggle.



https://www.focus.de/perspektiven/24..._12720088.html

[Jimbuna]

[Rockstar]

Once approved by the FDA. Here is Marylands plan to administer the Vaccine. Seems we (Maryland) have a lower infection rate than other states so our initial supply of vaccines will reflect that fact.

https://phpa.health.maryland.gov/Doc...Plan_CDCwm.pdf

Appears that after phase 1 is complete we're not too specific who gets what and when

Phase 1: Limited Vaccine Availability: Target/Priority Group Determination for Vaccination (CDCPhase 1)Initial COVID-19 vaccination efforts will be made available to those at highest risk of developingcomplications from COVID-19 and those in critical workforce/infrastructure industries. Vaccinedistribution during Phase 1 will be limited to those employers/work sites (hospitals, long term care(LTC) and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), essential employee occupational health) and to Marylandlocal health departments (LHDs). CDC has engaged in direct negotiations with two national retail chain pharmacies to provide COVID vaccinations to residents and/or staff at LTC/SNF facilities that request assistance.

Phase 2 will begin based on:availability of COVID-19 vaccine notification by CDC and state authorities that the general public Phase can begin and/or achievement of targeted metrics for vaccination of high priority Phase 1 groups.

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

When will Americans get the jab?

Americans are wondering when they'll get a vaccine now that the Pfizer/BioNTech jab has been approved for use in the UK. Pfizer is a US company - its partner in the vaccine, BioNTech, from Germany.

It'll be down to the US regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to decide at a meeting next week.

Another vaccine, manufactured by Moderna, will be considered by the FDA a week later.

Vice-President Mike Pence said on Monday that Americans could start receiving the vaccine "as soon as the week of December 14".

US vaccine timetable:

8 Dec - White House summit with vaccine firms

10 Dec - FDA could approve Pfizer

14 Dec - rollout of Pfizer vaccine could begin this week

17 Dec - FDA could approve Moderna

The US has recorded a total of 13.6 million cases and some 270,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-55155953

[Rockstar]

Coronavirus: EU could green light two COVID-19 vaccines in December




European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that the vaccines could be approved before the end of the year, which would allow them to be distributed in Europe.


The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is "in daily discussions" with the FDA, its American counterpart, to "synchronise their evaluations of vaccines" against COVID-19, she told a press conference on Thursday.


https://www.euronews.com/2020/11/19/...es-in-december


What whaaa? "its American counterpart"?

[Rockstar]

The evil of COVID politics and the illusions of autonomy

Even the U.K. must wait until the European Union Medicines Agency approves COVID vaccines. Makes me wonder if that's why the British Government was trying to ram through their own homebrew vaccine from Oxford before testing was finalized. Pretty sad state of affairs when governments place people at risk for something that was later shown to be about as effective as snake oil.

Until the end of the year, when the U.K. exits a post-Brexit transition period, vaccines there must be authorized by the European Medicines Agency. But on Friday, Hancock said he invoked a special rule allowing Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to authorize a temporary supply of the vaccine Astra is developing with Oxford University if the data is robust enough, after it showed positive results in trials this week.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...oved-before-eu

[Jimbuna]

Forget about the UK being an EU member. We left eleven months ago and the only fragile link is the twelve month transition period which will not stop the vaccine being rolled out whether the EU like it or not.

Boris is as much use as Trump right now and certainly isn't strong enough to go against the will of Parliament and the UK population.

The vaccine will be rolled out next week or at the latest the week after.

[skidman]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/02/uk-a...e-for-use.html

"UK becomes the first to approve Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, rollout due next week"

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by skidman

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/02/uk-a...e-for-use.html

"UK becomes the first to approve Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, rollout due next week"

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...postcount=5598

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...postcount=5600

[Catfish]

"It's crazy to imagine the European Union or U.K. may approve a vaccine developed in the United States before us though, right?"
said a senior US official.

1) the vaccine wasn't developed in USA. It was developed in Germany by BioNTech.

2) The development of the vaccine was not funded by the USA.

3) US funding for vaccine to BioNtech's US partner Pfizer was directed at financing production and distribution capacity for US market (which is not the same as developing it b.t.w.).

Pfizer is going into production now to smooth out production glitches and build up stocks for release when approved. But only a fraction of Americans will get the initial 40 million vaccine doses covering 20 million people that are expected to be made available this month. Guess who. Guess who is to blame.

Not Trump. The EU!

[Rockstar]

Long live the Union!




edit: a fraction compared to the world population maybe. I'll have to look up where I read it but the U.S. placed a 2 billion dollar order with Pfizer for a 100,000,000 doses with another 500,000,000 due to be delivered by mid 2021. We're also buying from Moderna as well. So I'm thinking were covered and will not be lacking. But everyone should be aware nothing is going to happen over night there are over 7 billion people in the world that need to get vaccinated.


Whats really fascinating is according to a CDC study the regular flu vaccine reduced ones chances of catching the seasonal flu by only 40%-60%. This new vaccine from Pfizer and Moderna is at 90% and 94.5% That is some farking awesome technology at work.

Pfizer and BioNTech said they expect to produce up to 50 million vaccine doses globally in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses by the end of 2021.



Moderna said in a November 16 news release that it expects to have approximately 20 million doses ready to ship in the U.S. and remains on track to manufacture 500 million to 1 billion doses globally in 2021.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/moder...pfizer-5088193

[August]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I feel similarly Dave but in all honesty I'll probably end up taking the chance, for the granddaughter if nothing else

Well then I hope for yours and your granddaughters sake that my fears are unfounded.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Looks like I'll be in tier 6 and the wife in tier 7

Remember it takes two shots 30 days apart