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Tossing vaccine priority list, Biden tells states to open eligibility by May 1:
On the first anniversary of the global COVID-19 pandemic, US President Joe Biden announced that he will direct states to open vaccine eligibility to all American adults no later than May 1, a dramatic acceleration of the national immunization plan that has been sluggish and, at times, chaotic.
"That's much earlier than expected," Biden said in a televised, prime-time address. It doesn't mean every American over age 18 will have their shot by then, Biden cautioned, but you'll be able to get in line.
The announcement means that carefully crafted prioritizations for vaccines will soon no longer apply. The White House COVID-19 Response Team landed on May 1 for the deadline after concluding that national vaccination efforts would be far-enough along by the end of April to make the prioritizations obsolete anyway.
"If we all do our part, this country will be vaccinated soon," Biden said, "our economy will be on the mend, our kids will be back in school, and we'll have proven once again that this country can do anything."
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 13 2021, @09:23PM (9 children)
> a >99.5% survival rate
You make it sound like that's a good thing.. but 99.5% is not a very good survival rate. In more normal times, people get all worked up over fatal car crashes, and those only killed 30-50K per year in recent decades. Corona is 10x worse than that -- over 500K confirmed deaths in USA in the first year.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 13 2021, @09:54PM
So about on the order we consider acceptable wrt medical malpractice.
And we know that people with gunshots to the head really died of covid.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 14 2021, @07:41AM
While the birthrate is higher than the death rate, 0.5% is way too low! We should be actively working to reduce the human population to a sustainable level, with a sustainable lifestyle. More birth control, more education, more environmentally-induced anxiety! Deny this sick "society" your labor, and the future labor force!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 14 2021, @01:34PM (4 children)
This is disingenuous, whether you realize it or not. Car crashes affect all individuals equally. Corona has a near zero fatality rate for anybody below the age of 65, and a much higher fatality rate - approaching 10% for those 80+.
If people actually looked at Corona, in a vacuum, in terms of its effects on mortality it would be mostly irrelevant - at worst, a strong flu.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 14 2021, @04:09PM (3 children)
The flu doesn't leave young people permanently disabled, this virus often does.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 14 2021, @04:50PM
>> The flu doesn't leave young people permanently disabled, this virus often does.
Only the malingerers, who would otherwise be complaining about Long-Term Undiagnosable Lyme Disease or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Put me on mah welfare!
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 15 2021, @01:35AM
For sure, the young cripples are so numerous you don't know where to step.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 15 2021, @02:51AM
The flu is quite capable of leaving young people with permanent damage. A favourite target of some strains of flu is muscles - such as the heart.
"I need a heart transplant!"
"Why?"
"Flu."
"HAHAHAHHA ... wait, you're serious?"
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 14 2021, @06:27PM
"500K confirmed deaths in USA in the first year."
bullshit, you dumb fucking slave.
(Score: 1) by tropicislandexplorer on Friday March 26 2021, @12:47PM
Of those 500K, 95% of them were elderly and people with serious health conditions, most of which would have died in the next few years anyway. It is very tragic still, but we need to quit pretending that a health 18 year old is in serious danger if they hang out with their friends.