Hmm...

Except Tennessee, where kids are unvaccinated

Covid cases in kids are soaring. In Tennessee, most remain unmasked and unvaccinated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/10/04/kids-covid-cases-tennessee/

https://news.yahoo.com/mississippi-news-anchor-off-air-003127915.html

...I would posit that you cannot have an "informed and prayerful" decision.  You either made the decision based on information, and the prayer is outside of that as it should be, or the "praying" influenced your decision, and it can no longer be called an informed decision.  It's just a decision at that point, with both informed and uninformed factors involved.

The blocked list is longer than the Bible itself

    IM Bacon,...... here's one for you.  Nurse needs a transplant in Colorado. Says she won't get the vaccine because of what they do to the stem cells.   So the hospitals say,.."Ok, you won't get the transplant".  By any other rational, this is suicide.                                                                                                                             https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/newsvideos/colorado-woman-who-wont-get-vaccinated-denied-transplant/vi-AAPhDbR                                                                        

Yep, there's dirt on every shoe.

Meanwhile...45 million cases in the US.  The dubious milestone of 50 million is almost assured now with anti-vaxxers running around.

I do know there are certain religious beliefs that forbid medical intervention.  I assume that she belongs to this group?  I didn't watch the video, so im only assuming here. 

But to give and uneducated opinion?  Its her right to not get vaccinated, just like its the hospitals right to deny the transplant.  Ahhhh...the weekend is here and on vacation next week.

My ex-wife's family were some religion that did not believe in blood transfusions.  She was born with the wrong blood type (or something like that) and needed a blood transfusion.  He parents agreed to it, and were given the boot from the church. 

I got a letter from a religious instituition in regard to the vaccine!

Anyhow is this justified that "other" people cannot do certain things but voila religion and you get these certain "options".

A great topic for a different thread.

Scientists are providing facts and numbers about this global pandemic. That medical information is nearly the same everywhere. However, authorities and media react differently, from area to area.

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This video gave me another culture shock. I don´t want to talk about the argument by which the Colorado woman rejected the vaccination. But I need more information, which is probably too self-evident in America, and no one would ask for it.

culture shock 1

Although my local health authority recommends that organ transplant patients get vaccinated, it also warns of the possibility that vaccination might not lead to the desired effect because an organ transplant recipient takes medications that suppress his/her immune system. I understand this in this way - Vaccine stimulates immune system of recipients. If there is only a weak immune system in patient´s body, the vaccine cannot work sufficiently.

UCHealth requests transplant recipients to be vaccinated for the same reason that the vaccine may not work (drugs that suppress immune system).

Does anyone know more about what would happen in the case of taking immunosuppressive drug and vaccine at the same time?  Is there any observational studies?

culture shock 2

The BioNTech/Pfizer-vaccine was developed by BioNTech. i.e., in Germany. However, German government prohibits experiments that use cells from aborted foetuses. Although this ban hinders German scientists from making a successful career in international competition, it looks like most German agreed with this rule because they feel fear and disgust at the use of human stem cells.

German media proudly mention …almost every day that successful vaccine is made in Germany. Is there an unpleasant fact they don´t want to know?

Could someone please explain, what role stem cells played in the development of this vaccine?

            *Oops! It seems that someone has returned from muting! I edit with the link.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/moderna-racing-profits-keeps-covid-120021019.html

Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps COVID Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating: tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty, while the number of undernourished people, currently estimated at nearly 690 million, could increase by up to 132 million by the end of the year.

Millions of enterprises face an existential threat. Nearly half of the world’s 3.3 billion global workforce are at risk of losing their livelihoods. Informal economy workers are particularly vulnerable because the majority lack social protection and access to quality health care and have lost access to productive assets. Without the means to earn an income during lockdowns, many are unable to feed themselves and their families. For most, no income means no food, or, at best, less food and less nutritious food. 

Fortunately, the pandemic is almost over in my place (Uruguay). Around 150 cases a day (in proportion, they would be around 15000 in the USA). Almost 80% got the vaccines, now they are giving Pfizer to those who were vaccinated twice  with a Chinese vaccine.

The pandemic has been affecting the entire food system and has laid bare its fragility. Border closures, trade restrictions and confinement measures have been preventing farmers from accessing markets, including for buying inputs and selling their produce, and agricultural workers from harvesting crops, thus disrupting domestic and international food supply chains and reducing access to healthy, safe and diverse diets. The pandemic has decimated jobs and placed millions of livelihoods at risk. As breadwinners lose jobs, fall ill and die, the food security and nutrition of millions of women and men are under threat, with those in low-income countries, particularly the most marginalized populations, which include small-scale farmers and indigenous peoples, being hardest hit.

Millions of agricultural workers – waged and self-employed – while feeding the world, regularly face high levels of working poverty, malnutrition and poor health, and suffer from a lack of safety and labour protection as well as other types of abuse. With low and irregular incomes and a lack of social support, many of them are spurred to continue working, often in unsafe conditions, thus exposing themselves and their families to additional risks. Further, when experiencing income losses, they may resort to negative coping strategies, such as distress sale of assets, predatory loans or child labour. Migrant agricultural workers are particularly vulnerable, because they face risks in their transport, working and living conditions and struggle to access support measures put in place by governments. Guaranteeing the safety and health of all agri-food workers – from primary producers to those involved in food processing, transport and retail, including street food vendors – as well as better incomes and protection, will be critical to saving lives and protecting public health, people’s livelihoods and food security.

     The pandemic started by affecting individuals.  Now its affecting whole industries...... transportation---Southwest Airlines cancelling hundreds of flights.   Labor obviously.....no one wants to go back to work.  Shipping......shortages of store items while ships are backed up at ports.  The price of crude oil is going up causing gas prices to follow. There's probably a few other industries I haven't mentioned. 

   Not sure if this is gonna help but I got my flu shot today......didn't even have to get out of the car.

In the COVID-19 crisis food security, public health, and employment and labour issues, in particular workers’ health and safety, converge. Adhering to workplace safety and health practices and ensuring access to decent work and the protection of labour rights in all industries will be crucial in addressing the human dimension of the crisis. Immediate and purposeful action to save lives and livelihoods should include extending social protection towards universal health coverage and income support for those most affected. These include workers in the informal economy and in poorly protected and low-paid jobs, including youth, older workers, and migrants. Particular attention must be paid to the situation of women, who are over-represented in low-paid jobs and care roles. Different forms of support are key, including cash transfers, child allowances and healthy school meals, shelter and food relief initiatives, support for employment retention and recovery, and financial relief for businesses, including micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. In designing and implementing such measures it is essential that governments work closely with employers and workers.

Countries dealing with existing humanitarian crises or emergencies are particularly exposed to the effects of COVID-19. Responding swiftly to the pandemic, while ensuring that humanitarian and recovery assistance reaches those most in need, is critical.

Now is the time for global solidarity and support, especially with the most vulnerable in our societies, particularly in the emerging and developing world. Only together can we overcome the intertwined health and social and economic impacts of the pandemic and prevent its escalation into a protracted humanitarian and food security catastrophe, with the potential loss of already achieved development gains.