COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States (27 Apr, as of 06:00 AM ET)

CDC ^ | 27 Apr 2021 | CDC

[BeauBo]

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update)

(A big drop (half speed) in the number of shots given - No J&J yet - Cases and Hospitalizations now heading distinctly downward at the National level)

Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 297,543,635 (17,642,250 J&J)

Administered: 232,407,669 (8,097,650 J&J)

People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 141,751,857

Fully Vaccinated: 96,747,454

[BeauBo]

For the 24 hours since the prior report:

Doses Delivered: 6.9 Million (Very Strong) (1,100 J&J - almost nothing yet)

Total Administered: 1.6 million (Trainwreck slow - there is some problem) (10,000 J&J)

New People Receiving 1st Dose: 782,000 (Very Very Weak)

People Fully Vaccinated: 859,000 (Very Very Weak)

Strong inventories on hand (65 million).

% Total Population with at least a First Shot: 42.7% (up 0.2)

Those ≥ 18 Years of Age (Adults): 54.2% (up 0.3)

Those ≥ 65 Years of Age: 81.8% (up 0.1) (67.9% - up 0.2)

Cases downward.

New Hospitalizations down even more sharply on this report. They now seem to have clearly inflected downward, and are dropping faster.

492 New Deaths reported (flat).

First shots have slowed significantly over the last week. There seems to be a very distinct slowing of administering shots.

[BeauBo]

I got my second Pfizer yesterday.

No bad side effects. (Seemed to sleep better, reduction of fine lines and wrinkles, higher libido and some hair regrowth)

[Gene Eric]

Vaccines along for the ride of an already declining trend that began precipitously prior to the vaccine rollout.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographicsovertime

[Repeal The 17th]

The Mrs. and I have had both pfizer shots w/ no ill effects.

Regarding the low numbers...
Perhaps we have passed the peak in demand?

[monkeyshine]

higher libido and some hair regrowth

The Idiocracy Prophecies.

[bagster]

(Seemed to sleep better, reduction of fine lines and wrinkles, higher libido and some hair regrowth)

Look at this stuff
isn't it neat
wouldn't you say
my collections complete
wouldn't you say
I have everything.

[monkeyshine]

A week or two ago I asked if peak demand was starting to materialize. Didn’t seem to be in the numbers at the time. Wondering myself, again.

Now you can get a free cocktail, free donuts, a free uber ride, and $25 in slot play at the casino.

[BeauBo]

“Perhaps we have passed the peak in demand?”

Maybe so.

KLBJ Radio reports: Williamson County (TX) to Close Mass Vaccination Sites

“in the county, with approximately 56.6% of adults and 16 and older having received their first shot.”

“Williamson County discontinued keeping a centralized waitlist earlier this month due to decreased numbers of new registrations. Instead, individuals can schedule their COVID-19 vaccination directly with the provider of their choice. Currently, there are 25 vaccine providers in Williamson County.”

https://www.newsradioklbj.com/austinlocalnews/williamson-county-to-close-msss-vaccination-sites/

[2aProtectsTheRest]

We’ve made our way through vaccinating the highly motivated. Next up are those without any objection, but who are not particularly motivated to run out and grab it the first chance they have.

The lack of significant increases in cases or deaths provides additional headwinds for motivation. I think the vaccination numbers will undulate for a while before tapering off somewhere around August when most already have it. If a new variant makes its way into the population causing any significant rise in the case and death numbers, bet that the trend of vaccinations will rise sharply. But out of sight, out of mind for many.

[monkeyshine]

Also, should be noted, that some states imposed a pecking order on who could get vaccinated and when. That should have created a backlog but I think most states have opened up to everyone now that there is plenty of supply available and more coming. I agree, the highly motivated people already went.

We are going to get past this, vaccines or no vaccines, one way or another. I’ll just repeat what I have said for about a year. It’s a damn shame that no serious money has been thrown at studying treatments. Vaccines may be great and all, but it’s going to take two years to vaccinate the entire planet. All those who can’t, don’t, or won’t get vaccinated are left to the whims of their local politicians and institutional physicians.

[BeauBo]

This article speculates that in addition to people that don’t want the vaccine, there also significant numbers of disinterested, low information, or just otherwise busy people; who would take it, if it was easier.

[bagster]

You and Kovak need to team up. You guys got a two horsemen of the apocalypse vibe goin' on.

I'd buy a ticket.

[BeauBo]

Once again, with link:

This article speculates that in addition to people that don’t want the vaccine, there also significant numbers of disinterested, low information, or just otherwise busy people; who would take it, if it was easier.

https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/27/vaccinations-are-plateauing-dont-blame-it-on-resistance/

[2aProtectsTheRest]

Monoclonal antibody therapy (the same treatment President Trump got in the hospital) works pretty well. It’s just expensive and it’s not a magic cure-all.

A lot of different possible treatments have been tried. Some have been found to have some value. Most have been found to have little or no value. Nearly all have no value once the person is at the stage of being hospitalized. And no treatment has yet been found that’s nearly as effective at saving lives and keeping people out of the hospital as the vaccines are. When it’s trained in recognizing and responding to the particular threat, even a fairly unhealthy person’s immune system can win the fight. An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure.

[monkeyshine]

There is something sketchy about going to some county drive through facility, sitting in line in your car, rolling down the window and rolling up your sleeve so someone you don’t know, never met, may have dubious credentials sticks a needle in your arm. And then next month you go back and do it again.

I get that these vaccines are not easy to ship and store, which is probably why they are not doled out to general practitioners. But still. If they want greater acceptance, maybe a little more transparency is in order.

[2aProtectsTheRest]

At some point, I would guess we’ll see mobile vaccination units meeting people where they are and doing vaccinations on demand.

Also, a lot of the busy people will be fine doing it when they’re able to just walk into Walgreens and get it any time without any waiting or appointment. The actual number who will refuse it no matter what are tiny.

[ransomnote]

I wrote a thread about vax and stroke data in VAERS. If you want to skip the article and just skim the VAERS data I'll put the direct link here: (freerepublic.com).

CDC VAERS and Covid-19 ‘Vaccines’: Under Reporting Adverse Events, Hiding Stroke Data? 
freerepublic.com ^ | 4/25/2021 | vanity

Posted on 4/25/2021, 8:08:42 PM by ransomnote

EXCERPT: There are a total of 2254 'stroke' events reported to VAERS for all vaccines in the database. 886 of them are reports for Covid-19 'vaccines' (approx 5 records are not classified by manufacturer). That's 39% of all published reports of strokes for all vaccines in the VAERS database. And the CDC is far behind in uploading COVID-19 reports to it's database - more than 75% of the reports it received for Covid-19 are not uploaded to the database.

[kaktuskid]

The J&J and future NovaVax shots can be handled like any other vaccines-no special refrigeration

[monkeyshine]

Some have been found to have some value. Most have been found to have little or no value. Nearly all have no value once the person is at the stage of being hospitalized.

Well therein lies the rub. There has been a lot of study, but all very small and scattered around the world by clinicians. There has been a lack of uniformity in the studies. The trials that show lack of statistical meaningful results often don't use the same protocols as the studies that seem to show benefits. Nearly all of these potential treatments (and I stress potential, recognizing few if any were large randomized studies) need to be given as early in the disease cycle as possible - e.g. upon positive test and/or onset of first symptoms even before PCR test confirms.

So again my point is, no interest in actually enrolling a 10,000-30,000 person study for anything that would be fast and cheap to produce to help those who are actively infected. This thing is rampaging throughout the world and little hope to produce enough vaccines in any meaningful quantities to stop it.

[monkeyshine]

Yeah. And funny how one of those isn’t on the market yet and the other one was “paused” for two weeks over a one in a million chance of blood clots.