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Jan 31 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Yup. That.
Get the #COVID #vaccine already.
For a point of reference. The death rate from car accidents in the general population is about 12.
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And here you can see where #COVID deaths fall by age group. Great chart.
2/
 news-medical.net/news/20210415/….
Here is where the US currently stands with vaccinations. Just a touch over 64% of us are fully vaxxed. (Data is a bit wobbly because it relies upon states reporting regularly, which they do not always do.)
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usafacts.org/visualizations…
And here are vax rates by country. Places with higher vax rates than the US include Iran, Mongolia, El Salvador and Greece. At current rates of vaccination, the US - the home of the vaccines - will slip below the global average w/in a month.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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That last dig isn't entirely fair. We now know the China vaccines are nearly worthless, so countries that initially started with it (Chile, UAE, Cambodia, etc) have to more or less start over.
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Jan 31
Short personal story. Im immunocompromised & I am vaccinated and boosted. Got my Covid shots as soon as I could. Vaccination in March and April of last year, booster in September. 10 days ago I woke up with a sore throat. Tis flu season so I didn't think much about it.
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But the next day was… Less fun. Bodyaches, chills, fever, bit of a cough. I've certainly been sicker in my life, but it's not something I aim for. I speak to groups of people for a living, so being patient zero for any sort of outbreak is a big no-no.
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Day 3 was pretty miserable. Called the doctor and was told it would be five days before I would be able to get in. The system was totally overwhelmed and they had no Covid tests. They also said they would not see me without a Covid test.
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Nov 2, 2021
1/
 Quick US military thread:
Military COVID vaccine deadlines start today (active duty Air Force) and continue on service-by-service, active-then-reserve, into next June.
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 The U.S. military is the most vaccinated population on the planet, and the mandate isn’t so far meeting meaningful resistance.
There 2.1m servicepeople. So far only a small single-digit thousand have applied for exemptions.
3/
 Zero religious exceptions have been granted as <no> religions represented in the military have a problem with vaccines.
<All> medical exceptions granted are temporary (pregnancy, undergoing surgery, etc). Once the temporary conditions are passed, the mandate kicks back in.
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Oct 13, 2021
1/
 I had the opportunity during the past couple of days to have lengthy chats with both #United and #Southwest pilots. So this is both a bit of an explainer for what happened with Southwest’s weekend from hell as well as corporate #VaccineMandates writ large.
2/
 Southwest has had just as many problems restaffing since May as the other carriers. (Note: the airline w the worst record on this is American. They sold tickets as if everything was going to be normal, but failed to staff to meet demand. The worst seems to be behind them now)
3/
 Southwest always runs a lean ship. They have very few extra crews to step in when there is a problem. They also count on crews picking up extra shifts, because oftentimes pilot earns double pay. #NiceIfYouCanGetIt
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Oct 2, 2021
1/
 A #China-centric #demographics chain:

Demographics are about the balance between young and old. Young folks do the work and raise the kids. They are the consumers.
2/
China had scads in that group in the 2000s. When Americans look at this they see waves of cheap workers stealing global jobs. When the politburo looks they see waves of consumption overturning global norms. Both were right. Were. Past tense.
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20 years later not only is everyone 20 years older, but the Chinese had very few kids during the intervening 20 years. China's labor costs are now skyrocketing, and in productivity-adjusted terms are well below American workers. & the Mao generation is moving into retirement.
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Sep 9, 2021
1/ Here is what I've been waiting for: major institutions doing away with the test-test-test option and simply forcing vaccinations. The legal niceties are firmly on the institutions' side, but...
msn.com/en-us/news/us/…

msn.com/en-us/money/co…
2/ ...we'll still have fast court challenges that will culminate in a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling that cites the 1905 precedent which formally enabled all companies and all governments at all levels to mandate the smallpox vaccine.
3/ The whole process will be loud and unpleasant, but this is the way forward...and the way out of COVID.
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Mar 8, 2021
1/4
 That this is such a minor story in the #UnitedStates is a testament to how little the United States cares about global #energysecurity
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
2/4
 With #oilprices back above $70 we will see a big surge of activity in the #shale fields. At a minimum there will be 500 KBPD that comes from the #Fracklog in short order.
3/4
 The attack came from #Yemen - which is much farther away from #RasTanura (the worlds largest oil loading facility) than #Iran. #SaudiArabia now has no option but to significantly expand its strike capabilities.
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