California to throw away 330k doses of vaccine because 10 people got badly sick from it.

you okay buddy? you've never sounded this agitated before.

Kvothe wrote:

https://www.snopes.com/ap/2021/01/18/california-moderna-vaccine-reactions/

I'm starting to dislike this state. From the half as'ed response to covid to all event cancellations and the destruction of the performing arts, this is just the most ridiculous thing yet. Beaches are packed every day but oh no a couple hundred people can't run a race - thats an event, so it must be double super dangerous. Then restaurants are take out only, unless they don't want to be. I'm starting to see this is a state for people who lie to act like they're making a difference without actually taking the steps to do so and those whose only concern is being carefree and going to the beach or hiking when they're off work.

Who would have thought electing a dyslexic ken doll as our governor could have turned out so badly?

The left hates the vaccine because the FDA relaxed regulation to allow the vaccine to come to the market only a year after it was developed. They are such disgusting, subhuman trash that they would rather see millions die than the "system" undermined.

Disgusting. We administered a little over 1,000 doses on day #1 last week and only had about 30 go to waste at the end of the day due to slightly over estimating. Day #2 we did about 800, and on day #3 we did around 300, exhausting our supply. So we lost about 1.4%. We did our best to find people to give the last 30 doses to but people either already had the shot earlier (like myself) or did not want to take it. I was a little bothered that we lost over 1% but after reading this about California I feel like we did a pretty good job.

Come on. First of all, an uncertain number of the 330k have been used. Second, they are not, that I can tell, discarding them. Just investigating. Third, who gets their primary news from snopes?

sdfkjbndsbvksndfklvnskdfvkj;sdfnvdfslvbn wrote:

you okay buddy? you've never sounded this agitated before.

I guess. I moved to Southern California a year or so ago for work. Just frustrated that a) the response to the pandemic is half as'ed. I heard on the radio that CA isn't doing too bad for tax dollars due to tourism last year. Great - the stay at home orders didn't work. Are we trying to slow a pandemic or generate revenues here?

It just makes it more frustrating that the area on the east coast I came from is having racing again without a hitch. I haven't heard of anyone in the running community getting sick from attending a road race. If someone treated a race like a party and got sick from that, I wouldn't care about them because I view running as a sport not a social activity.

I just entered a race that I have to travel to via plane, stay in hotels, rent a car, etc. The cost of doing all this will end up being around 1k, of which $45 I will lose if the race gets covid axed. I'll lose $125 if they decide to postpone to some weekend I can't go with no option to defer to another year. Its hard to get time off at work and I can be required to work any weekend on short notice. Most professionals don't work any weekends, so when races decide to go willy nilly with their dates, it sucks for me whereas others are like ya, cool, whatevs, I'll change my plans.

we're screwed wrote:

Kvothe wrote:

https://www.snopes.com/ap/2021/01/18/california-moderna-vaccine-reactions/

I'm starting to dislike this state. From the half as'ed response to covid to all event cancellations and the destruction of the performing arts, this is just the most ridiculous thing yet. Beaches are packed every day but oh no a couple hundred people can't run a race - thats an event, so it must be double super dangerous. Then restaurants are take out only, unless they don't want to be. I'm starting to see this is a state for people who lie to act like they're making a difference without actually taking the steps to do so and those whose only concern is being carefree and going to the beach or hiking when they're off work.

Who would have thought electing a dyslexic ken doll as our governor could have turned out so badly?

If a nonTrump ally republican runs against Newsom with an actual plan for combatting the pandemic I will vote for him or her.

The usual solution to this problem is to have two viable political parties so that bad governance gets the governor voted out of office. Unfortunately, California Republicans went all-in on crazy 30 years ago and no longer represent a plausible alternative. If they would pull their heads out and try winning over voters with sanity and good ideas, they'd probably win some statewide offices.

real info wrote:

The usual solution to this problem is to have two viable political parties so that bad governance gets the governor voted out of office. Unfortunately, California Republicans went all-in on crazy 30 years ago and no longer represent a plausible alternative. If they would pull their heads out and try winning over voters with sanity and good ideas, they'd probably win some statewide offices.

Yup. People here are pretty centrist, not overly liberal. All it would take would be a republican who adopted a common sense stance to social issues to win over people.

yeah the situation in CA is pretty frustrating right now with the never-ending uncertainty. i think you, as a distance runner, possess the necessary skills to successfully endure.

i hope your race itinerary goes as planned, and that you may obtain a PR. what distance will you be racing?

real info wrote:

The usual solution to this problem is to have two viable political parties so that bad governance gets the governor voted out of office. Unfortunately, California Republicans went all-in on crazy 30 years ago and no longer represent a plausible alternative. If they would pull their heads out and try winning over voters with sanity and good ideas, they'd probably win some statewide offices.

Sanity never works in California or New York because they pretty much always elect the Democrat. Why do you think people are fleeing those states in droves. They are legislating away their economies with insane laws and taxes.

sdfkjbndsbvksndfklvnskdfvkj;sdfnvdfslvbn wrote:

yeah the situation in CA is pretty frustrating right now with the never-ending uncertainty. i think you, as a distance runner, possess the necessary skills to successfully endure.

i hope your race itinerary goes as planned, and that you may obtain a PR. what distance will you be racing?

half

I've got a marathon wtihin driving distance late spring/early summer time frame, but I expect it will get cancelled in the next month or so, since that's the trend here, cancelling races 4-6 months in advance (except for one that "postponed to indeterminate date" a week out - like thanks).

die left wrote:

The left hates the vaccine because the FDA relaxed regulation to allow the vaccine to come to the market only a year after it was developed. They are such disgusting, subhuman trash that they would rather see millions die than the "system" undermined.

The left hates the vaccine... Huh..

Any actual data, like polls or something that shows lefts are more anti vaxxers than the right?

I mean, in general I guess there are more anti-vaccine "my body is my temple" health freaks on the left, but I sort of also assume there are quite a few "covid is a hoax" people on the right that obviously wouldn't take a vaccine since it isn't real or thye've put tracking devices in it or whatever..

My guess would be the latter is bigger than the former...

Hey, Nate Silver, Do a poll!

God, california's covid response is so f'ing retarded. Almost a million more active cases than the state with the 2nd most, we hit 3 million cases today and will probably be in the top half of cases per capita by state by the end of next week.

California is a mess, beautiful state but their politicians are pure and utter trash. They are among the worst states in the Union (#46) in actually getting vaccines into people’s arms. The bureaucracy and red tape there just seems to be outstanding.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/states-ranked-by-percentage-of-covid-19-vaccines-administered.html

Kvothe wrote:

God, california's covid response is so f'ing retarded. Almost a million more active cases than the state with the 2nd most, we hit 3 million cases today and will probably be in the top half of cases per capita by state by the end of next week.

Have you thought that a good percentage of the CA #'s are due to the mass amount of poor people who have multi-generations living under one roof? Most of these people don't have the option of working from home.

Then you have folks like my in-laws who are big Trumpers and live in rural CA. They didn't believe Covid was serious and if they did get it, then God would take care of them. They spent a combined 6 weeks in the hospital since Thanksgiving.