Conavirus......

[Tradd]

I don’t know if the prison staff have already be vaccinated. Was planning on researching that tonight.

[Yppej]

Some notes on Coronavirus vaccination in Israel.

About one-fourth of the population of Israel has received at least the first of two doses. The rate of vaccination in Israel is about 8 times greater then the USA, and 50 times the world average. The government's stated goal is to vaccinate the entire population (9.3 million people) by the end of March.

One week after receiving the second dose, Israelis will be issued "green passports", which will enable them to travel abroad, participate in one-time events where they would mingle with people, go into restaurants, and avoid quarantine after exposure to a person infected by the COVID-19 virus. The immunity passport expires after 6 months, but I gather that it will be renewable. Similar immunity passports are under consideration in the UK, Estonia, Italy, and Chile.

Israel has an agreement with Pfizer, a multinational manufacturer of one of the vaccines, to share medical and statistical information about Israelis; and the CEO of Pfizer has promised to speed up deliveries to Israel in the weeks ahead. Coincidentally, Pfizer has told European countries and Canada that they will temporarily reduce deliveries of vaccine. The company said the reduction will be temporary, as their manufacturing plant in Belgium "is scaling up production".

But they are not vaccinating any of the Palestinians in their occupied territories.

[bae]

But they are not vaccinating any of the Palestinians in their occupied territories.

The trolling never ends.

[Yppej]

Here is an article by Human Rights Watch about lack of Palestinian vaccination:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/01/17/...d-palestinians

[Yppej]

No surprise, a woman flying from the UK has brought the UK variant to my state now. Here comes another uptick, but the governor made sure to mandate I wear a mask hiking by myself while doing nothing about air travel. What a loser Charlie Baker is!

ETA To get to Logan Airport you have to go through a tunnel. Close the tunnel and close the subway blue line stop, it is not difficult.

[herbgeek]

while doing nothing about air travel.

A state cannot regulate international travel.

[iris lilies]

The newspaper from Hermann, a small town of 2500, has a column every week listing the known exposures to coronavirus.December 7 at the village market grocery store. December 14 at Hermanoff winery. Etc etc. Small town news at its best.

[Tradd]

Have prison staff already been vaccinated?
I tend to agree that people who are all jammed into small areas with no chance of escape--like meat packers--should be vaccinated sooner than, for exanple, I am.

As far as I can tell, corrections officers and those such as sheriff’s deputies who serve as CO in country jails have NOT been vaccinated yet, per the articles I found. It seems they might be vaccinated in the same distribution phase as the prisoners, but that’s not a given. Staff have priority over prisoners, IMO.

[Yppej]

I saw on the news at the current rollout rate it will take 7 to 8 years to vaccinate the US population. You read that right, years not months. My octogenarian parents cannot get a vaccine. Inmates are getting them instead of people who worked hard, paid taxes, and obeyed the law their whole lives. In over 60 years of driving my father got one speeding ticket and my mother not even that.

There is one giant football stadium set up to be a vaccination center, far from where they live and very intimidating even if/when they will be able to go there. Every city and town has a senior center. The centers have freezers because they serve meals. It should be easy to give vaccines locally.

My parents may not live another 7 to 8 years. I am starting to think maybe I should visit with them indoors, hug them, etc. Think of all the people who didn't visit their parents because nursing homes forbade it and they died anyways. It gives me thought.

[Tybee]

Yppej, if you can visit your parents safely, then that would be good.

I guess you guys are the only ones who can figure that out, what is a safe way to be in each other's pod.