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"The wonderful thing about Christmas is that Christmas is a wonderful thing"

For some reason my mind went to Tigger

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Virginia is still getting a little worse for infection spread and it sucks. Positivity rate has been about in the 10-12% range for weeks now.

So it's not getting as bad as acutely as other places have so the likelihood of the whole medical system getting overwhelmed is not as high. But it's still agonizingly prolonged.

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6/9/2069

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Fruitcake

Which I do enjoy.

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https://globalnews.ca/news/7535146/coronavirus-vaccine-variant-protection-who/

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Olive, the Other Reindeer

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Just English.

I went about halfway into learning French in high school and a little after before falling off. I started learning Japanese at the start of the year but idled on it through the summer before picking it back up. The time I spend on it is very irregular, which I know isn't a great practice.

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New Year's

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I wouldn't put it past the Bears to lose to the Jaguars next week. (and then the Browns lose to the Jets, too)

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I pictures two ducks at once. Both a white duck and a Rouen duck like this one



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Yeah, that's what the UK's health authorities are claiming based on figures of its spread in the South East region of England.

It would certainly explain the rampant U-turns that have been seen in several European countries when their increased controls appeared to be working in bringing down the daily case counts and then they suddenly... weren't working anymore.

And it of course got worse even faster for the countries who relaxed those controls even a little bit already.

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Esuriat posted...

It's good context to keep in mind considering the news of a variant identified in the UK.

With that in mind, I have little doubt it's basically everywhere now. Several countries in Europe are suspending travel to and from the UK because of it, but I'm already seeing reports that it's confirmed in Netherlands and Italy. Speculation is that it's around 70% more transmissible, no word on severity changes from the variant, it's likely the vaccines still work on it.

iiaattgg posted...

Everyone in my family is dying

I'm so sorry, Sess

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Hallmark channel

That's unfortunate.

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https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1340409968818671616

I really appreciate this thread from Trevor Bedford about what the future will look like as we get disparities in immunity levels worldwide from vaccine distribution, and antigenic changes the virus may have. If it seems a little dour at first, just keep reading because it's largely just precautionary and more in the realm of something for virologists and vaccine manufacturers to keep in mind across the next decade.

It's good context to keep in mind considering the news of a variant identified in the UK.

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I feel like this topic series will reach about 15 before we're truly done. Though maybe not since there seems to be a lot less conjecture to be made about the state of things than there were back from March-June.

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Reporting on the Oxford vaccine has been useless (and it's AstraZeneca's fault, their releases to the press have been so mixed and confusing) so I won't make a prediction one way or the other except to say that it's currently under review in the UK and a decision is expected by Chrismas.

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Yeah, I've been using that rationale a lot. There are so many potential side-effects from the virus itself that are exactly as unknown as anything that could come from the vaccine, and a whole bunch of confirmed known ones that it's insane to take your chances with the virus. In addition, two of the "highest risk" potential side-effects from the vaccine (GuillainBarr syndrome and transverse myelitis) are at least just as likely to occur with coronavirus infection as well. And it should be added that only two instances of transverse myelitis showed up in any trial so far that I'm aware of, both in the AstraZeneca/Oxford adenovirus vaccine, and one was confirmed to actually be multiple sclerosis that was unrelated. The second is still part of the data that's being reviewed now and I expect to also be cleared as not related to the vaccine.

The main thing of concern noted so far from the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been exceedingly rare allergic reactions that have all been handled readily with epinephrine.

And by exceedingly rare, I mean that out of millions already who have been vaccinated worldwide I believe the count is less than 10.

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South Korea

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Leonhart4 posted...

In a Snowbound Land

I know that's a song but my first visual thought was a DKC level with that song. I just couldn't think of a particular level name.

This, but I did think of Black Ice Battle at about the same time

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Glaceon

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Tickle Me Elmo, but on fire

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Charlie Brown

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I refrigerate the things I enjoy more when they're cold, like you, as long as I'm imminently going to open them. Otherwise I'll keep it elsewhere.

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1-1, yeah

Doom E1M1 also came to mind, but it's not it

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"Shall I give you despair?"

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Jingle Bell Rock

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Yes

Though I doubt it'll become available to me until maybe February or March. I'm also indifferent to which one I receive.

FL81 posted...

Undecided given that I probably already had the virus

I'd still recommend getting it since most indications are that the vaccines produce a stronger immunity than natural infection, and you could also look at it as being like a booster shot.

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Depression

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Goat

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Sakurai

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Votes muenster

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https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/12/04/get-ready-for-false-side-effects

This is definitely a concern moving forward, though, again potentially media driven. That's on top of the inevitable fake news that will come around. You can bet stories will be pouring out of Sputnik about people dying from the vaccine.

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Latest studies have been under 40% saying they won't get it. I suspect the majority of those will accept it after a month of availability and widespread approval (including from European agencies), since they're only responding that way because the media whipped them into a skepticism frenzy over the notion of it being "rushed."

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Today has been the deadliest day in the US since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Worldometer.

2,813, previous high was 2,744.

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Hoping for the best for you and your family, Waluigi

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Jeopardy

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There's a Library of Congress archive nearby and also a very highly esteemed whiskey and moonshine distillery.

There are also so many horses and cattle around here.

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Pumpkin

And it actually is! Well, at least alongside sweet potato.

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Several years ago I messed around in a Japanese SNES mahjong game (or it might have been PC-98, I don't remember) and kind of figured it out then. But I've forgotten a lot of it.

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I'm decent enough at chess, but I haven't played a full game in years. I enjoy chess puzzles more than actually playing a full game.

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Yes

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Star Trek

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Hikaru no Go

which I have not watched

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Not being dead

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Gravy

I dunno, as a kid I really hated gravy and it's still my first thought. Not really a dish of course.

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"sportsball"

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The results from the Oxford/AZ vaccine kind of make sense. People getting the full dose initially are probably developing antibodies to the adenovirus used as a vector rather than just the coronavirus specific proteins. So the half dose is causing less resistance to build and therefore the second dose is far more effective.

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I'm so sorry for your loss

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PotD

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Subaru

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