Anybody want a Corona?

[Bi_3]

Speaking of institutional distrust on covid:

[spike]

hairs are splitting

[B]

Speaking of institutional distrust on covid:

I'm not sure if the problem is the press overhyping arbitrary numbers or the health department playing down what is obviously a crisis. It's not like the total was under 100 for the day.

[tree_]

I prefer bipoc

[surfndestroy]

I prefer bipoc

tree_ for the win. Black, Indigenous, People of Colour.

[McParadigm]

[verb_to_trust]

It certainly seems to be working on you McTweetfeed

[LetMeSleep]

Jab 1 in my arm finally.

[Rangi Guy]

Jab 1 in my arm finally.

Already? I've got to wait till September sometime....

[LetMeSleep]

Jab 1 in my arm finally.

Already? I've got to wait till September sometime....

Im not the only older Aussie to have a dose so far.

[surfndestroy]

He is one half POC. One of the Triggerometry videos he details his background and why he doesn’t identify his maternal/paternal ethnic background. Paraphrasing, he feels where he grew up and where he immigrated to more accurately define him.

[Bi_3]

Speaking of institutional distrust on covid:

I'm not sure if the problem is the press overhyping arbitrary numbers or the health department playing down what is obviously a crisis. It's not like the total was under 100 for the day.

The numbers dont matter as much as the reactions. They fundamental dont trust each other and want to broadcast that (reply comments to the tweet make that even more clear) as one side was quick (excited?) to believe there was an overnight doubling, the other wants to attack them for it even though for a matter of time those actually were the official numbers, and you're right that both of them distract from the actual medical crisis (of which DeSantis is partially culpabable) in the state where millions will be traveling to for their August vacation.

The article S&D posted is summary of larger instances of such interactions over the last few years and what it all adds up to really does matter. Not in the sense that sometimes reporters and bureaucrats do make 'mistakes' on purpose or because it fits a narrative, but in the sense that for many people when they hear something that confirms what they want to believe they stop listening (i.e. the Big Lie). We all do it. There is not a single poster in this forum that hasn't done just that many, many times. So when we talk about institutional distrust and anti-vax sentiment, as this is the most serious impediment to a return to normalish, we have to understand it's real and it has roots. Perhaps a better example of this is that the low vax rate amoungst Black people is often explained as a reaction to the Tuskegee experiments, that they have a reason not to trust the US government telling them to take a shot. Well... same shit, different melanin level.

[verb_to_trust]

Find me a young black male living in Englewood who has any clue what the Tuskegee experiments were.

[B]

Find me a young black male living in Englewood who has any clue what the Tuskegee experiments were.

I'm guessing you mean Inglewood, not the affluent Denver suburb of Englewood.

And Thomas Uwal. https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... ealth-care

[spike]

Speaking of institutional distrust on covid:

I'm not sure if the problem is the press overhyping arbitrary numbers or the health department playing down what is obviously a crisis. It's not like the total was under 100 for the day.

The numbers dont matter as much as the reactions. They fundamental dont trust each other and want to broadcast that (reply comments to the tweet make that even more clear) as one side was quick (excited?) to believe there was an overnight doubling, the other wants to attack them for it even though for a matter of time those actually were the official numbers, and you're right that both of them distract from the actual medical crisis (of which DeSantis is partially culpabable) in the state where millions will be traveling to for their August vacation.

The article S&D posted is summary of larger instances of such interactions over the last few years and what it all adds up to really does matter. Not in the sense that sometimes reporters and bureaucrats do make 'mistakes' on purpose or because it fits a narrative, but in the sense that for many people when they hear something that confirms what they want to believe they stop listening (i.e. the Big Lie). We all do it. There is not a single poster in this forum that hasn't done just that many, many times. So when we talk about institutional distrust and anti-vax sentiment, as this is the most serious impediment to a return to normalish, we have to understand it's real and it has roots. Perhaps a better example of this is that the low vax rate amoungst Black people is often explained as a reaction to the Tuskegee experiments, that they have a reason not to trust the US government telling them to take a shot. Well... same shit, different melanin level.

Also, lots of people see math and turn their brains off. It’s too complex, so we could blame the educational system here too, heh.

Which is frustrating that cold, hard numbers are unable to convey the situation to so many. Ripe to be politicized, I guess.

It’s almost that the data should be abandoned at this point, and have the messaging focus on things not being normal again til more people get vaccinated. Simplify it to the extreme, carrot and stick - which we’re starting to see more and more.

[Bi_3]

Here's some examples of good communication:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/herd-im ... s-say.html

Mass, successful vaccination programs have meant deadly, contagious viruses and diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles have been largely eradicated in parts of the world or greatly suppressed by vaccination programs and the herd immunity they foster.

Pollard noted on Tuesday that Covid, and the current virulent delta variant, are different. "The problem with this virus is [it is] not measles. If 95% of people were vaccinated against measles, the virus cannot transmit in the population,” he told the U.K.’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on the coronavirus.

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“I suspect that what the virus will throw up next is a variant which is perhaps even better at transmitting among vaccinated populations and so that’s even more of a reason not to be making a vaccine program around herd immunity.”

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“The delta variant is highly transmissible meaning that the proportion of people needing to be fully vaccinated for herd immunity is probably not achievable,” he said. “The vaccines provide very effective protection against severe disease/hospitalisation/death but are less effective in preventing infection, mild disease and transmission, especially for the delta variant.”

These are important, objective, science-backed points that need to be better communicated in the US. The measles vaccine comparison in particular as, at least in the media I consume, that crucial distinction is nearly completely absent, so when the hesitent portion of our domestic population sees other first-world nations being open about these things it bolsters the idea that our government is hiding something. We are still at the point where a significant portion of the media is laser focused on #vaccination and only alludes to waning immunity with weasel works like "some studies show.." while other nations are being far more transparent:

Israel, 80% Vaccinated, Suffers Another Covid-19 Surge

There has been a jump in Israel in cases of severe illness caused by the virus since the start of August, doubling to 400 in a population of 9 million, with 240 of those patients already having been vaccinated. Patients over 50 years old account for 90% of the severe cases, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday.

“I ask every Israeli citizen over 50 to be very careful in the coming weeks,” he said.

Though the number of severe cases remains low, the rate of growth has raised concerns. Hospitals are preparing for an influx of patients similar to the early days of the pandemic, with a seven-day average of nearly 4,000 new coronavirus cases now being recorded daily.

To head off the outbreak and prevent larger numbers of vaccinated Israelis falling ill, Israel last month became one of the first countries to begin offering a third Pfizer dose to people 60 years old and over—without any clinical evidence that it would be effective. The decision came after preliminary data made available to medical experts advising Israel’s government showed that protection against severe illness for vaccinated people in the age group had dropped to 81% from 97% in mid-April.

Israeli experts said it wasn’t yet clear whether the apparent drop in protection was due to the Delta variant, waning immunity or a combination of the two.

[Bi_3]

It’s almost that the data should be abandoned at this point, and have the messaging focus on things not being normal again til more people get vaccinated. Simplify it to the extreme, carrot and stick - which we’re starting to see more and more.

I don't believe you've thought this through.

[verb_to_trust]

Find me a young black male living in Englewood who has any clue what the Tuskegee experiments were.

I'm guessing you mean Inglewood, not the affluent Denver suburb of Englewood.

And Thomas Uwal. https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... ealth-care

As a connoisseur of all things black you should know I meant Englewood (Chicago)

[verb_to_trust]

It’s almost that the data should be abandoned at this point, and have the messaging focus on things not being normal again til more people get vaccinated. Simplify it to the extreme, carrot and stick - which we’re starting to see more and more.

I don't believe you've thought this through.

He's so close

[B]

Find me a young black male living in Englewood who has any clue what the Tuskegee experiments were.

I'm guessing you mean Inglewood, not the affluent Denver suburb of Englewood.

And Thomas Uwal. https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... ealth-care

As a connoisseur of all things black you should know I meant Englewood (Chicago)