I'm signed up to get the Pfitzer vaccine on February 10th

Although I will say that all the scare-mongering by the WACCO antivax wackos has given me a tiny bit of concern about becoming autistic

The first 22M Americans have been vaccinated for COVID-19, and initial safety data shows everything is going well, CDC says

"Vaccinated people have suffered major health crises and even death...

You pushed (the boundaries of respectful and factual communication) too hard. And yet, I haven't banned you. (But there's still time!)

I guess you are right... I am a failed fascist!
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The LA Times has the best coverage I have seen so far and does so by county as well. Thank you all for posting this important info. As this site is closing, you might want to get your info there. LA...

Some more related numbers in today's PD:...

When, as a nurse, do you recall refrigeration trucks lined up outside of hospitals for the purpose of storing dead bodies because the morgues were beyond capacity?

When, in your lifetime, do you...

Good article in the PD on Sonoma County numbers:

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Sonoma County hospitals avoid autumn surge of coronavirus patients...

Ah, if it were only that simple!
Unfortunately, the maskless are not killing themselves, they are killing the elderly, the essential workers, the medical staff, and disproportionately people of...

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Opinion
When the World Seems Like One Big Conspiracy
Understanding the structure of global cabal theories can shed light on their allure...

Ironic when a small minority that has neither science or logic on their side call the others a "cult"

I want all the time of my life I wasted watching that drivel back...

And let/s see- after...

there's a more likely theory that not all covid deaths are being recorded as covid deaths. I haven't personally vetted the data to vouch for that theory; does that make me different than you, with...

Overly long, but very good, look at Sonoma County's Covid-19 situation: (There are some very helpful graphics in the Chronicle story but I couldn't reproduce them for WACCO. See original article on...

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“PCR tests work by detecting specific genetic material within the virus. Depending on the type of PCR on hand, health care workers...

no, it's all us monkeys milling about. "Government" is one of the self-organizational things we do, by no means the only one. Wanna pick on religion for a while, for example?I have no idea where some...

I don't know whether it's worse these days than it's been. I tend to think not, but it sure feels that way. The emotional appeal of knowing that you're seeing through the lies of the world, not...

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Dear spiritual friends,

A few important talking points by Jason Hine:

Fictional conspiracy theories such as Qanon, and conspiracy theories about the imaginary "deep state" are cooked up by...

CNN: He was an athlete in the best shape of his life. Then Covid-19 nearly killed him

To me the real interesting thing in this article is a one sentence throwaway mention that this guy tested...

EEEK! Apparently this is true!

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Mutation Allows Coronavirus to Infect More Cells, Study Finds. Scientists Urge Caution.

By Benedict...

Alex: respectfully, chain link fences may be needed to keep folks away who may carry a virus but are unable to understand that they may be asymptomatic (I assume you know what that means). Cloth face...

Peggy stating that 'we are no longer in an emergency phase, that we are in a recovery phase' which is debatable

the way this recovery phase was kicked off was by Trump panicking and pushing for...

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oh, it's having quite an impact, just not killing as many people.

It does seem like these huge numbers aren't really being grasped by a lot of the people you see wandering around casually. ...

Man, you do go on. In the realm of Science, peer review by experts in a given field is essential in evaluating new *evidence*. An Hypothesis will graduate to Theory status when a critical mass of...

Here is the text of an email I sent today to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, County Administrator and County District Attorney, as well as local media:

Dear Chairperson Gorin,
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This woman tries to make it as scary and invasive as it can be. And it is invasive, but so is dying from covid.

I don't have a problem with contact tracing. It's an important tool that help lock...

ICU beds is where the rubber meets the road! Numbers of new cases is not that informative because as testing increases "new" cases will increase.

Remember the key reason for the lock down was the...

I'm ready to read certain things, such as the article Chauncey Gardener cited, and completely got wrong, with regard to polio. Most of the stuff you guys link is utter bullshit and I'm not going to...

"Almost all conspiracy theories can be dispelled by applying the principle known as Hanlon's Razor: "Do not attribute to malice that which is more easily explained by stupidity."

"However, I...

I have a question because I don't know any better. I am not a doctor or a lawyer. I do have a master's in political science so, those are my credentials, if applicable.

Getting a vaccination is...

The impression I'm getting, all over the country, is that people have basically decided to switch from Shelter-In-Place to the Herd Immunity model, consequences be damned. It's exactly what happened...

Coincidence does not prove causation. There is one chance in 365 per year that autism symptoms will develop the day after a vaccination. What pray tell is the mechanism? Where, pay tell, are the...

Don't pay any attention to Rossman. This is a good, very helpful thread and we don't need to gum it up with nonsense.

Are you serious about that, Rossmen? Or is that your way of expressing disgust and frustration with the situation? If it is the latter, I sympathize with you. It has been hard on all of us, one way...

As we look at the daily changes in the total number of cases, active cases, and recoveries—and I confess that I keep the Sonoma County "dashboard" open all day and look at each day's numbers every...

As I write this, I am staying home, wearing a mask when in public, observing extreme (but prudent) sanitation protocols and following scientific/local government guidance. Our household contains...

Here's the Elephant in the room.

For a long time the harshness of life kept the human specie fit and able and there was evolution.

The fact there are enough people in America to vote trump to...

Here's the thing. The only reason the cure is so bad is because we won't do it right. The cure is not to impoverish everyone and destroy business. The cure is to prevent people from coming into...

this was the point of my followup. Trump and his whole administration are a bunch of amateurs and hangers-on who were kept out of the kitchen till recently. Bush got ripped, legitimately so, for...

My take on what we can expect:

49067The shelter is place is all about "flattening the curve", basically it's about slowing the rate of new infections so at the peak of the contagion the health...

It's basically just a 1/3rds Aloe Vera Gel to 2/3 99% Isopropyl alcohol mixture. You can add essential oils if you wish.

Frustratingly - most Isopropyl alcohol sold locally is 70%, and even at...

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It's sad that in order to make ends meet people are working that much. You could buy a house and put three kids through college on one union job working only 40 hours/week back in the '50s and '60s,...

it's worth taking a close look at why hundreds of people would rather live in terrible circumstances in the cold, wet winter rather than take a bed in an emergency warehouse shelter.
i think it...

For the many, many of us who prefer to see the Palm Drive Hospital taxes used to provide health services as we voted for, I recommend voting for Smith and Colthurst, who have worked tirelessly and...

From Dan Smith:These are thoughtful questions that deserve a thoughtful response so here goes:


AAMG is a for-profit entity and it would not be legal for the district to use tax revenue to...

I haven't seen anything about this here, but maybe I missed it. This is from Nov 18,2017

Sonoma County did not consider using mass cellphone alerts to warn of fires, top emergency official says
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yep, even if we CalExit we'll still have people who can't agree on what's factual. It's not just flyover folks and coastal elites who have different sets of facts they accept as reality.

Check out: https://www.yescalifornia.org/

Their platform:

The 2019 #Calexit Independence Referendum

In the Spring of 2019, Californians will go to the polls in a ...

This sweet surprise greeted me in today's Press Democrat Letters Page:

EDITOR: Jonathan Greenberg is plugged in. To what, you might ask. To us, and to our well-being. He must spend 12 hours a...