a) 1/4 to 1/3 of hospital patients w/ covid19 got it after they went to the hospital
b) For the majority of hospital patients w/ covid19 , they are not at the hospital because of covid19
c) Vaccines reduce the likelihood of infections, they do not prevent it
d) Anti virals have long been used to treat a wide variety of viruses. Not only do they help defeat active infections, they leave the patient laregly immune from future infections from the virus. Vaccinations are not the only means for ending Covid19.
It's clear that there are some people who have not taken the vaccination. If we truely cared about protecting them - or hell, ourselves - we'd have a conversation about what we can do to address that.
a) What vaccination strategies can we implement for encouraging but not bribing people to take a vaccination?
b) For those eschewing a jab, can we use this as an opportunity for phase 3 testing of several safe, effective anti-virals?
c) What can hospitals do to mitigate the virus from spreading in their hospital? N95s + P100s? There are several studies showing use of those almost 100% stops the spread of covid19 infections in hospital staff. The few cases that do occur appear in all likelihood. Why aren't local hospitals acting on this information?
d) Do people think it's only about age? ~85% of deaths w/ covid19 have been people over age 65. Maybe younger people are rationalizing tehy're not at risk. Some of them really are not; they're at high risk. Running around jabbing teenagers makes for great press but it's pretty wasteful. But we need to find ways get those at high risk, people in their 20s with Type 1 diabetes, obese people in their 30s, people w/ asthma in their 40s, anyone with heart problems, et al.
e) How do we get LTC workers to vaccinate?
There's a lot than can be done. Sitting around doing the same ol, same whinging and pontificating about if you don't take the Facui Juice you're killing granny may make y'll feel good, but it does jack shit to help solve the problems at hand. You're preaching to the choir.
So what can be done? We've known since last dec / Jan that LTC workers as a whole were against getting vaccinated. And here we are 7 - 8 months later and..... we're still at square one with them. While a few facilities have required vaccinations ( some arguably doing it for PR and gving easy outs for workers, btw ), the state - hell most states in the US - are full of LTCs w/ maybe 10 or 28% of workers vaccinated.
And this is important because we know with these - like with hospitals - viruses can spread fast and --- most importantly -- they spread quickly in the facility VIA THE WORKERS. Not a hundred percent. But it's the diff between spreading fast in a couple days and half the residents dieing and it being contained to a handful of cases.
There's some interesting things to learn, ideas to be explored, et al. Are y'll up for it? Or y'll just hear to peacock about, trying to impress the choir?
