This reads like Pat's nightmares are materializing into real life dillemas.
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cbsnews.comPosted Jan 30, 2021, 2:16 AM UTC
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cbsnews.comMaybe I'm just being silly, but I don't care how lovely your vaccine is if you're handing it out on the highway. I'm patient. I can wait.
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Yes, you are a patient.
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Pat! That screaming hobo's syringe is full of COVID vaccines! What do you do?!
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I mean, the vaccine wouldn't help much if I lost my entire immune system to AIDS. so I'd still avoid a random hobo syringe.
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And the Healthcare Workers on the other side of the car have Red Bull, but it's the non-sugar-free Pear flavor! And the lids have what could be either mouse droppings or brownie crumbs!
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so just to give the other side of the problem, yes if they vaccines expire that's a waste and that's unfortunate, but vaccines need to be taken in 2 doses 3 weeks apart.
by giving these doses to healthy/young people you either wasted them anyway because they won't get the second dose or you forced the system into giving them another dose, essentially making doses that would have gone to at risk people be wasted on people that aren't in the at risk demographic.
so you doubled the amount of doses that actually did go to waste.
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Yeah, there are logistical problems that make this weird as a feel good story. Your points are valid, though I'd argue that at this point the demographics are mainly due to supply and production issues, and as many as are willing should be getting the vaccine eventually regardless. Even without the second dose the vaccines are fractionally effective (15-50% based on the brand).
But did they have a contingency plan to get any of these people stabilized if they presented with something like anaphylaxis? I feel there's a healthy dose of "alls well that ends well"
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yeah, i actually forgot about it but the vaccines actually have been shown to trigger a major allergic reaction in some people and i doubt they were ready to treat that. oh well, at least no major harm was caused.
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To be fair, this past couple of years has been a lot of peoples' nightmares made manifest, so it's only fair that Pat gets a turn.