@axtremus said in New York is #1 … most corrupt states:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/11/six-most-corrupt-states/

I think Jolly and I will disagree.

WaPo only counts if you were caught, LOL.

While New York governors are great at resigning due to scandal, Illinois governors might be the best at actually being convicted of crimes.

If they ask if it’s your first shot, it is! Of Moderna, at least!

Give it two weeks and they’ll be authorizing shot #3 for everyone.

I've seen a 1200 glucose walk in off the street and hold a conversation.

The body can do some amazing things...

Naval hospital ships are associated with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cuomo. Bad vibes.

That “shift” is predicated on people getting the vaccines. Singaporeans generally embrace vaccinations and they generally wear masks when are under the weather (be it for the ok or the flu or whatever).

This “shift” won’t work where large portions of the populations are anti-vaccination and/or anti-mask.

I didn't want them to change Windows 98 SE, Windows XP, and particularly Windows 7, but if they followed my advice we'd still be using Win 98, and things have got a lot better since then.

@lufins-dad said in If Trump had won...:

Why would our penises shrink?

Chronic excessive cologne use.

@catseye3 said in Antivaxxer madness:

@george-k I'm not following the story of the various vaccines' history that closely, but my impression is that real-world efficacy has been variable. Y'all would know more about that than I would. If the outcomes of the vaccines are predicted based on trials and the real-world result ends up different from what was predicted, then a new set of trials would seem indicated.

Not that I'd know.

The moderna and Pfizer trials both published in New England where randomized 1 to 1 with placebo. There are various reasons that real world data differs from clinical trials. Clinical trials are very regulated and strict and often don’t reflect the chaos of real world data.

@george-k said in Vaccine protection update:

Have a nice day.

I was supposed to have lunch with a bunch of my former partners on Sunday.

I got the Pfizer vaccine.

However, the rise of delta made me paranoid, so I passed.

Is your area a hot spot for Delta now?

Political bloodbath in 2022.

@loki said in 10%:

If you were President and you had a state of the union tonight what would you say?

As messages go, I would consider shame and blame casting at the vaccine hesitant to be counter-productive. I wouldn't want to pile onto the notion that they are de facto mass murderers and destroyers of civilization. I would keep the numbers to what is true and demonstrable, and which, if true, should be sufficient to convince anybody that getting vaccinated is good for themselves and everybody else. I would attempt to establish a basic human understanding of vaccine hesitancy. Maybe I would request an intelligence briefing about the most influential anti-vax ideas out there, and respectfully refute them.

See, when I say things like this, I'm accused of not supporting anybody and therefore of being a nihilistic wanker.

I'm a victim of the two party system! Bloody oppressors.

The FDA Fact Sheet indicates some ranges of samples. Varies by system and sample even within the Roche devices, but my number isn't as bad as I thought. Low positives are in the 1.x range, and positive samples averaged anywhere from <5 to 20. Not inconsistent with Bach's results.

This is for the Cobas e 401
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Idiots

@klaus said in Best optical mindfuck I've seen:

Looks like Monica Lewinsky to me.

Idiot

@jolly said in Robbed:

Oh, well...I'm sure Saudi Arabia will still celebrate cold-cocking an Iranian...

They awarded him about $2.4M for his performance.

@doctor-phibes said in What, worry about COVID?:

@jolly said in What, worry about COVID?:

Going to be some mighty cold Brits...

I'm sure they'd be happy to move to warmer climes - how do you feel about getting a bunch of English neighbours? You could learn about decent beer and proper whisky!

We used to have a bunch of English nurses at Tulane. They were quite popular...