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posted by chromas on Monday March 25 2019, @12:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the vax-me dept.

oann.com/ups-eyes-in-home-health-services-with-u-s-vaccine-project

United Parcel Service Inc wants to get beyond U.S. doorsteps with a new push into healthcare.

The world’s largest package delivery firm is preparing to test a U.S. service that dispatches nurses to vaccinate adults in their homes, Reuters has learned, as the company and its healthcare clients work to fend off cost pressures and competitive threats from Amazon.com.

UPS did not disclose which vaccines it would be using in the project, but drug and vaccine maker Merck & Co told Reuters it is looking at partnering with the company for the initiative.

[...] Here is how the test, slated to launch later this year, will operate: Workers in UPS’ 1.7 million-square-foot healthcare complex at Worldport will package and ship the vaccine to one of the more 4,700 franchised U.S. UPS stores. A home health nurse contracted by UPS’ clinical trial logistics unit known as Marken will collect the insulated package, transport it the “last mile” to the patient’s home and administer the vaccine, which will target a viral illness in adults.


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday March 25 2019, @12:07PM (3 children)

    That's a brilliant idea! You send a call to them for a service and they come to your house. We could call it a housecall!

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    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday March 25 2019, @03:25PM (2 children)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @03:25PM (#819562) Journal

      A more brillianter idea!

      UPS drops off a box. When the anti-vaxxer picks it up, a needle is forced out through the cardboard, instantly vaccinating the person who picks up the package.

      What could go wrong?

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @05:16PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @05:16PM (#819630)

        Unfortunately they have no vacine for stupidity.

        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday March 25 2019, @09:14PM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday March 25 2019, @09:14PM (#819737) Journal

          Sure they do: one dose of Vitamin L at high speed, administered intercranially. Problem is, the side effects almost invariably include death.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:17PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:17PM (#819460)

    They shouldn't be just randomly fiddling with the epidemiology of these various viral diseases. They can cause a lot of damage by messing with the susceptible/infected/recovered ratio, even triggering epidemics.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by khallow on Monday March 25 2019, @12:48PM (3 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @12:48PM (#819466) Journal

      They shouldn't be just randomly fiddling with the epidemiology of these various viral diseases.

      Good thing then that vaccines aren't randomly fiddling, right?

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:52PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:52PM (#819469)

        If you have no idea how many people are currently infected, no idea how many are immune, no idea where you are in the seasonal cycle, no idea how fast immunity wanes after vaccine vs wildtype infection, it is basically randomly fiddling.

        • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday March 25 2019, @01:05PM (1 child)

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @01:05PM (#819475) Journal

          If you have no idea how many people are currently infected, no idea how many are immune, no idea where you are in the seasonal cycle, no idea how fast immunity wanes after vaccine vs wildtype infection, it is basically randomly fiddling.

          And if you do have such an idea, then it's not.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @01:10PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @01:10PM (#819477)

            They have no idea for the flu, and it gets worse from there.

    • (Score: 2) by NateMich on Monday March 25 2019, @07:16PM

      by NateMich (6662) on Monday March 25 2019, @07:16PM (#819688)

      They shouldn't be just randomly fiddling with the epidemiology of these various viral diseases. They can cause a lot of damage by messing with the susceptible/infected/recovered ratio, even triggering epidemics.

      This is just an alternative method of delivering existing vaccines to existing patients that would have received them anyway (hopefully).
      Vaccinating the entire population against certain diseases was already the goal.

  • (Score: 0, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:44PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:44PM (#819464)

    which will target a viral illness in adults.

    What the fuck is in those flu "vaccines" that they're that desperate to shoot into everyone?

    Or is this an anti-zombie vaccine, which is the only hope for mankind in the coming End Times?

    I mean... UPS? Really?

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday March 25 2019, @12:49PM (2 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @12:49PM (#819467) Journal

      What the fuck is in those flu "vaccines" that they're that desperate to shoot into everyone?

      Flu vaccine. Remember they're not doing it for free.

      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday March 25 2019, @03:39PM (1 child)

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @03:39PM (#819573) Journal

        The vaccinations are cheaper than the cost of chemtrails.

        Remember: they are out to get you!

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        • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday March 25 2019, @03:39PM

          by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @03:39PM (#819574) Journal

          I hope I didn't need an /s tag on that.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:54PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:54PM (#819471)

      It's not what is in the vaccines, its so they can covertly harvest a tissue/dna sample.
      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/11/cia-fake-vaccinations-osama-bin-ladens-dna [theguardian.com]

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @06:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @06:25PM (#819669)

        Ah yes, the ol' swab your cheek and send it back to us scam.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday March 25 2019, @03:33PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 25 2019, @03:33PM (#819570) Journal

      is this an anti-zombie vaccine, which is the only hope for mankind in the coming End Times?

      Is there any connection between Zombies and the End Times?

      See the CDC web site on Zombie Preparedness [cdc.gov]. (Yes, that is a thing.)

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      People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday March 25 2019, @05:55PM (2 children)

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday March 25 2019, @05:55PM (#819645) Journal

      What the fuck is in those flu "vaccines" that they're that desperate to shoot into everyone?

      Have you considered the radical hypothesis that the CDC is trying to prevent the thousands of yearly influenza deaths in the US? [cdc.gov]

      It's so crazy it just might be true!

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @06:43PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @06:43PM (#819677)

        That number is totally made up, there is no way to ever check their models are at all accurate.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26 2019, @01:07AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26 2019, @01:07AM (#819830)

        It's certainly possible that they're simply doing their best to prevent influenza, as you state. I judge it to be a very low probability.

        First, the idea that a government agency gives a fuck about any of the public seems laughable.

        Second, the CDC has put out studies on gun ownership, which is outside of their purview, which were nothing but a sack of lies. False in one, false in all.

        Third, more personally, a few years ago, my elderly father dutifully took the CDC recommended pneumonia vaccine. Weeks later, he died of pneumonia. (no, he didn't have pneumonia prior to taking the vaccine)

        I trust nothing they say, nothing they do, none of their "studies", and the only reason not to nuke their site from orbit is the possibility that one or two people inside the place aren't totally corrupt. Yet. Probably the interns.

        I judge it far more likely that even if the influenza vaccine is merely that and nothing more, that the real reasons they have for pushing it is due to kickbacks from the vaccine manufacturers, as well as getting the public used to the government injecting them each year -- so that if they want to put something in it later the system for doing so is well-established already.

  • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Monday March 25 2019, @01:37PM (1 child)

    by Alfred (4006) on Monday March 25 2019, @01:37PM (#819493) Journal
    Which is why I laughed so hard at the idea. With USPS in charge it will never work and they will botch it for sure, all while NOT saving money. UPS is better, but still...
    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @05:00PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @05:00PM (#819620)

      If they want a change at 100% participation, it'll have to be USPS. UPS and FedEx don't come to my door. They drop it off at the local post office and make them do the last leg.

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Monday March 25 2019, @03:35PM (1 child)

    by Bot (3902) on Monday March 25 2019, @03:35PM (#819572) Journal

    Imagine the UPS pickers, working in the land of milk and honey, carefully sorting packages while sipping tea: one flat screen tv here, one inflatable doll there, oh what's this, oh yes, ms. smith vaccine, nice lady, goes here.

    Now imagine reality.

    People will be injected with mouthwash by mistake, and this will be one of the lesser mistakes.

    But OK if you want to prevent skynet by removing meatbags yourselves...

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @03:56PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @03:56PM (#819589)

      And the syringes get smashed when the driver throws the box at your front door.

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