President Voice of God has spoken!
"I'm not a doctor, but I trust science. And I’m told that, for some reason, people trust me … If you trust me, you’ll get the vaccine," Morgan Freeman said. https://t.co/kXy789fSh7
— The Hill (@thehill) April 5, 2021
The US administered 1.4 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 169 million, or 50.8 doses per 100 people, covering 26.0% of the population. The 7-day moving average declined back to slightly below 3.0 million shots per day. pic.twitter.com/rqt1d50d7n
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 7, 2021
US isn’t seeing a “surge” in coronavirus, Dr Fauci said on @msnbc this morning.
“I don't want to say surge because surge means you've got a really high increase. We’re seeing it start to creep up now.”
"Certainly there are upticks in cases in multiple states, that's for sure." pic.twitter.com/R38tbK4V0p
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) April 6, 2021
The US had +62,283 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 31.5 million. The 7-day moving average remained largely unchanged at over 65,000 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/8dDRlHFFzV
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 7, 2021
The White House keeps getting asked about vaccine passports, and Jen Psaki keeps saying the same thing: no federal mandate, no federal database, and the private sector will take the lead. pic.twitter.com/RBgwL3VdX9
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 6, 2021
We send them abroad, and resume a leadership position in the world. https://t.co/P0tqsEmmG4
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 6, 2021
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America: Do we have humility to learn from others & control #COVID19?
Some countries "managed not just to flatten the curve but to keep it flat, albeit w/a few small flare-ups. We count 39 countries that have only experienced one wave of disease…"https://t.co/dfECbTK7bG— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 5, 2021
New IMF reserves could fund vaccinations for low-, middle-income countries: report https://t.co/8qqNbB4cst pic.twitter.com/N9j9mhQH1W
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 6, 2021
New trend analysis for global #COVID19 frm @WHO clearly shows a surge is underway that has reached levels last seen in Nov2020 & it's driven by 2 regions: Europe & the Americas. Deaths/day now (black line) = late Oct2020.
11% ^ in global deaths in ONE WEEK. pic.twitter.com/TJ1s3lI6nv— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 6, 2021
India has reported a record daily surge in new coronavirus cases for the second time in four days, while New Delhi, Mumbai and dozens of other cities are imposing curfews to try to slow the soaring infections. https://t.co/KeBMyhmfRD
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 7, 2021
"We are doing everything we can, but we don't have the same mental strength we had last year."
Doctors tell @BBCVikas that they are already feeling overwhelmed as #COVID19 cases rise sharply in the countryhttps://t.co/7EDYJKLX9A
— BBC News India (@BBCIndia) April 7, 2021
"Over all in #Sweden 13,000 people have died from #Covid19. In #Norway, where stricter lockdowns were enforced, abt 700 have died. It’s likely that some simple policy changes…wld have saved lives. And the…Swedish G.D.P. fell by around three per cent.."https://t.co/fZi3XbLQam
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 6, 2021
France’s hospital system is under heavy pressure from the pandemic, with the number of people treated in intensive care units for COVID-19 at the highest in almost a year https://t.co/mlObOb74Bk
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 7, 2021
Covid: Brazil has more than 4,000 deaths in 24 hours for first time https://t.co/V9QjYrSgJr
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 7, 2021
'A biological Fukushima': Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists forecast https://t.co/taZlA9VNf7
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 7, 2021
Toronto schools shutdown amid third wave of infections https://t.co/wRxD3gZ9Zd
— The Independent (@Independent) April 7, 2021
With no word from the CDC on when U.S. cruises will restart, one company is offering its own plan for July.https://t.co/sUILqiCnDw
— Hannah Sampson (@hannahbsampson) April 5, 2021
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A surprising number of #Covid patients go on to be diagnosed with psychiatric or neurological illnesses in the months after their infection, a new study shows. @cooney_liz reports. https://t.co/2aZFxc5jBr
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) April 7, 2021
NEW—One in three #COVID19 survivors received a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis within six months of infection, an observational study of more than 230,000 patient health records published in @TheLancetPsych estimates. Read https://t.co/995Qs1TQzj pic.twitter.com/fkTqh6LZP8
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) April 6, 2021
Today @ACS mtg @pfizer will release Phase 1 data on its alleged universal #coronavirus drug that, taken at onset of 1st symptoms, is supposed to block disease progression. It's a protease inhibitor & company says it blocks all variants + SARS & MERS.https://t.co/9vixMZdyx6
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 6, 2021
This is important lesson for future pandemics, and a smart pivot by Biden team. As we get saturated with vaccines, we will bump up against more hesitant populations and their preferences. It also suggests that for kids, pediatricians offices may be best.https://t.co/6SHOP7uQ0p
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) April 5, 2021
Many children with serious inflammatory syndrome had no #Covid symptoms. Pediatricians should be vigilant, experts say, after the release of the largest U.S. study of the syndrome—MIS-C—that can strike young people weeks after #coronavirus infection https://t.co/Kj2hZqQ4mb
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 7, 2021
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The B.1.1.7 Covid19 variant has spread to all 50 states. Experts worry it could send cases surging https://t.co/xigHewhbOs
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 6, 2021
Five states account for nearly half of new U.S. coronavirus infections. The situation is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots. https://t.co/A8HibFIz2n
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 6, 2021
… New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of the nation’s new COVID-19 infections, or nearly 197,500 new cases, in the latest available seven-day period, according to state health agency data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Total U.S. infections during the same week numbered more than 452,000.
The heavy concentration of new cases in states that account for 22% of the U.S. population has prompted some experts and elected officials to call for President Joe Biden’s administration to ship additional vaccine doses to those places. So far, the White House has shown no signs of shifting from its policy of dividing vaccine doses among states based on population…
at least in the US the restrictions were never that strict even at the worst points of the pandemic, politicians gave carve-outs promiscuously or personally flouted their own rules, and almost everything had to do with private rather than public mandates. https://t.co/FbVUukQcqj
— https://tinyurl.com/shibewall (@Aelkus) April 6, 2021
Americans fearing virus much less … per @Gallup survey, concerns of catching virus have plunged pic.twitter.com/qBPCpXNBFO
— Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) April 6, 2021
California will fully reopen its economy on June 15 if COVID-19 hospitalizations are low and stable, and vaccine supplies are plentiful enough for everyone over the age of 16 who wants to be inoculated, Governor Gavin Newsom said https://t.co/NKx9QbaEwp pic.twitter.com/UPpi4uVPAW
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 7, 2021
Alaska is one of the better states for vaccinations (35% have at least one shot) but it's seeing a rise in cases (103% in 2 weeks) and now the 4th US region impacted, at least in part, by variants @CovidActNow pic.twitter.com/jn0w7u2AIc
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 7, 2021
And, not coincidentally, Michigan reports the highest percentage of new infections due to B.1.1.7 variant form of #SARSCoV2 . Also called "the UK variant," it is 50% more transmissible than wild type #COVID19 virus. https://t.co/KkIYZedyP9
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 7, 2021
As of March 28, Boston is averaging 246.4 positive #COVID19 cases per day, a 64% increase since March 14. Our positivity rate is now 5.2%: https://t.co/1l99tE7Llo
We need your help, Boston. Wear a mask, keep your distance, get tested, and get the vaccine when you're eligible. pic.twitter.com/QSUXF6WqDH
— City of Boston (@CityOfBoston) April 6, 2021
Northeastern makes Covid-19 vaccination a requirement for attendance this fall https://t.co/mcoTKleH2c
— Adam Gaffin (@universalhub) April 6, 2021
A Florida bar owner didn’t get in trouble for banning masks. But a strip show landed him in jail. https://t.co/0nrgy5m9ni
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 5, 2021
sab
Side effect of Ohio Gov DeWine’s vaccine program. Favor rural areas. But they love Trump. So people of color are going out to the boondocks to get vaxxed. Appointments are available because the locals do not want them.
My grand-daughter went to Warren. My hairdresser’s assistant went to Bucyrus. Gym Jordan country. She didn’t even know how to pronounce the town name.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY stats:
New cases = 147
Confirmed active cases = 2744
2.6% test positivity
Deaths at 1207
37.5% of Monroe County has had at least 1 vaccine dose.
24% are totally vaccinated.
According to the local news we’re having another wave because of a youth hockey tournament last week.
sab
I am still feeling guilty about getting vaxxed. Nephews at risk in other states still waiting. Jackals in other states still waiting.
Pa and Mi jackals.: try Ohio grocery pharmacies. Giant Eagle on PA border. DeWine doesn’t care about residency. Tell them you are from PA and a smoker, and you go to the front of the line.
Mary G
Orange County had 131 new cases, positivity is at 1.6%, only 107 people in hospital/ICU. Two measurements down in the yellow tier.
Gov. Gav said we’ll reopen in June, but people should keep wearing masks and distancing even so.
Baud
@sab:
Nothing to feel guilty about. You didn’t take a vaccine away from anybody else.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Mary G: I noticed that the positivity rate here in LA County ticked up from 1.4% to 1.5%, I hope it’s not a trend.
Amir Khalid
I’ve just registered for my ouchies by the Government vaccination website, and I await the text message bearing news of my appointment.
MagdaInBlack
@sab: I’m feeling guilty I haven’t tracked one down yet. I’m at work or commuting to and from, 11 hours a day. Locations near work are booked, locations near home are booked. I’m not in the position to drive hours to get one. So I keep trying.
Glad you got yours ❤️
Mary G
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Easter seems destined to cause at least a small bump, at least based on the traffic on the I-5 here. At least there are plenty of people willing to be vaccinated.
mrmoshpotato
Oh Floriduh!
Mary G
@MagdaInBlack: That’s awful. I hope you luck out soon.
ETA: And don’t feel guilty. They should send more doses and personnel to your area from red areas that are refusing.
mrmoshpotato
@Amir Khalid: Spoiler alert!
It’s next to painless. A paper cut or cutting your lip while shaving hurts a lot more.
MagdaInBlack
@Mary G: I’m of the opinion that my company is big enough that HR could put their heads together and put together a clinic for those of us running the shops. We are, after all, essential ( to the company making money ?)
Cermet
@Amir Khalid: Don’t overlook local Pharms! Nor nearby states (if not too far as one poster mentioned.) Get the shot asap. The illness causes too many later issues to risk waiting.
sab
@Baud: My baby sister and spouse still at risk in Boston.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@mrmoshpotato: Sure, until the tail starts growing, that’s a bit painful.
sab
@MagdaInBlack: Do you have a friend to help? My husband spent the last month on line getting appointments for friends and relatives. 12 hours a day typing away.
Central Planning
@sab: Here’s some reasons I don’t feel guilty about getting my shots:
MagdaInBlack
@sab: Not locally. I’m confidant it will open up here very soon. I’m not stressing over it, but it is annoying me ?
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
With God on our side
sab
@?BillinGlendaleCA: So you got the prehensile tail? No such luck for me. Which vax did you get? I guess I just got the Bill Gates or George Soros tracking device. They will be very bored.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 1,139 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 354,468 cases. He also reports four new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,304 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.38% of resolved cases.
There are currently 14,097 active and contagious cases; 194 are in ICU, 86 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 1,199 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 339,967 patients recovered – 95.65% of the cumulative reported total.
10 new clusters were reported today: Jalan Simpang Balak and Jalan Keretapi in Selangor; Sungai Kluang Empat and Jalan Padang Benggali in Penang; Jalan Bangunan Kerajaan and Sungai Kawi in Sarawak; and Persiaran Indahpura Utama, Jalan Persiaran Putri, Tembok Choh Dua, and Highline in Johor.
Sungai Kawi and Jalan Persiaran Putri are community clusters. Highline is an import cluster on board a ship. Tembok Choh Dua is a prison cluster. The rest are workplace clusters.
1,126 new cases today are local infections. Sarawak tops the list again with 331 local cases: 36 in older clusters, 125 in Jalan Bangunan Kerajaan and Sungai Kawi clusters, 115 close-contact screenings, and 55 other screenings. Selangor reports 294 cases: 44 in older clusters, 27 in Jalan Simpang Balak and Jalan Keretapi clusters, 168 close-contact screenings, and 55 other screenings.
Johor reports 98 local cases: 28 in older clusters; 15 in Jalan Persiaran Putri, Persiaran Indahpura Utama, and Tembok Choh Dua clusters; 37 close-contact screenings; and 18 other screenings. Penang reports 93 cases: 14 in older clusters, 22 in Jalan Padang Benggali and Sungai Kluang Empat clusters, 21 close-contact screenings, and 36 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 77 local cases: five in existing clusters, 48 close-contact screenings, and 24 other screenings. Sabah reports 59 local cases: 15 in existing clusters, 23 close-contact screenings, and 21 other screenings.
Kelantan reports 38 cases: nine in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and 15 other screenings. Kedah reports 35 cases: eight in existing clusters, wight close-contact screenings, and 19 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 30 cases: seven in existing clusters, 13 close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. Perak reports 24 cases: five in existing clusters, 12 close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings. Pahang reports 23 cases: 11 in existing clusters, nine close-contact screenings, and three other screenings.
Melaka reports 13 cases: nine in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and three other screenings. Terengganu reports 10 cases: four in existing clusters, three close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. And Labuan reports one case, found in other screening.
Perlis and Putrajaya report no new cases today.
13 new cases today are imported: seven in Kuala Lumpur, four in Johor, one in Sabah, and one in Sarawak.
The deaths reported today are a 61-year-old man in Sarawak with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, gout, heart disease, and chronic kidney disease; a 75-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with hypertension and bladder cancer; an 87-year-old woman in Sarawak with diabetes, hypertension, hypothyropidism, chronic kidney disease, tuberculosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and a 76-year-old woman in Johor with hypertension, heart disease, and stroke.
Drdavechemist
@sab: Tomorrow, my son is driving three of his friends from UMich into hated Ohio in order to get their first doses, and I heard the same story about the offspring of another acquaintance. We didn’t inquire too closely about how students living in Michigan were eligible in Ohio. Shots in arms don’t need to be especially targeted now that most of the oldest folks are protected.
mrmoshpotato
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Pfizer or Moderna? 1st or 2nd dose?
rikyrah
@sab:
Gotta do what you gotta do
Folks need to tell others, and go in groups.
Gotta get vaccinated.
Know someone without a car?
Offer up space in yours as you both go get vaccinated
rikyrah
@sab:
Don’t feel guilty.
You being protected is important
Work on helping others get appointments
rikyrah
@Amir Khalid:
Yessss ????
oclib
Got my first Moderna shot on Feb 12, shortly after the Long Beach VA open it up for 65+. Got my second on Mar 12. A recent email from the Long Beach VA stated it is now wide open to any Vet, whether registered with the VA or not, plus spouses and maybe close relatives (don’t remember the wording on that). Check it out if applicable…..they are also doing the J&J now….
mrmoshpotato
@Drdavechemist: Good luck to them, and Go Blue!
Amir Khalid
@Cermet:
It’s organised differently here in Malaysia. I am in Phase 2 of the vaccination exercise, covering older people and those with co-morbidities, which begins 19th April. The Health Ministry will text me soon with appointment details. I don’t have to go hunting online for a vaccination centre or an appointment.
There are plans to let private hospitals and clinics become vaccination centres. General practitioners in private practice have been invited to sign up as vaccination providers. But as far as I know, no pharmacies or pharmacists.
wvng
@?BillinGlendaleCA: a bit painful to start, but it’s prehensile, which is cool.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@sab:
The city of Warren is hardly Trump countr
Also you have nothing to feel guilty about
Amir Khalid
@mrmoshpotato:
I get stuck every few months anyway, when the hospital collects a blood sample ahead of my next doctor’s appointment, so the needle bit is no biggie. But I shall consider myself forewarned.
sab
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): So might we glimpse you at Giant Eagle for shot two?
No masks visible in Bucyrus.
Matt McIrvin
@sab: I’m feeling a little guilty about having to turn down a dose I was offered yesterday, which probably went to waste (because I’d gone and gotten an unrelated vaccination and am under CDC-directed doctor’s orders to wait two weeks)!
It’ll all work out. Biden just directed the whole country to open vaccination to all adults on April 19th, which is less than two weeks from now. My plans were based on being unable to get the shot before the 19th.
Cermet
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Really? God has nothing to do with this nor even if such a mythical thing existed, it would never take a side – likely only kill and destroy all those that dared to disbelieve and then put them into hell until, like all things, even such a deity would cease to exist like the universe will someday.
Cermet
@Amir Khalid: Good points!
mrmoshpotato
@Amir Khalid: As for the tail growth I’m hearing about…
Amir Khalid
@mrmoshpotato:
… I can always buy new pants.
Matt McIrvin
@Cermet: You seem to have encountered Protestant Evangelical God. They got all kinds.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@sab: I’m not personally interested in trying to jump the line. I was already ok with waiting my turn before, but esp now that they’ll open for everybody on Apr 19.
Watching the stats it looks to me like the PA cases are creeping upward a lot faster than the US as a whole and that’s kind of worrisome. It affects my decisions on how much normal to return to even after vaccination. Certainly I won’t come out of lockdown till full CDC-blessed immunity, two weeks after 2nd dose.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@sab:
Oh, lol, I don’t live up there. I live further south. I just know the city itself didn’t vote for Trump. Good luck with your second shot ?
Amir Khalid
I find myself wondering: flu season is a big seasonal concern in the US. Last year there was barely any flu outbreak at all because masking up and social distancing kept it at bay. Will Americans learn to mask up and keep their distance in flu seasons to come? It has long been common practice in places like Japan.
YY_Sima Qian
On 4/6 China reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all in Yunnan Province. There are currently 65 domestic confirmed & 27 domestic asymptomatic cases in the Province.
Imported Cases
On 4/6 China reported 10 new imported confirmed cases, 8 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 8 confirmed cases recovered, 13 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 4 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 901 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 248 active confirmed cases in the country (182 imported), 1 in critical/serious condition (imported), 295 asymptomatic cases (268 imported), 1 suspect case (all imported). 7,550 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 4/6, 145.392M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 2.59M doses in the past 24 hrs. The the last 3 days formed a Tomb Sweeping Day long weekend in China, which probably explains the reduced vaccination rate.
On 4/7, Hong Kong reported 8 new cases, 6 imported & 2 domestic (neither has source of infection identified).
mrmoshpotato
@Amir Khalid:
No. See exhibits A through infinity – stupid, selfish assclowns who think masks violate their FREEDUMBS.
Sloane Ranger
On Tuesday, the UK had 2379 new cases. This is a decrease of 35.7% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,
England – 1937 (down @300)
Northern Ireland – 57 (down 32)
Scotland – 259 (up 11)
Wales – 126 (down 63).
Deaths – There were 20 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 45.2% in the rolling 7-day average. Deaths by nation, England – 15, Northern Ireland – 3, Scotland – 0 and Wales – 2.
Testing – Still not updated since last Wednesday.
Hospitalisations – Not updated since 1 April.
Vaccinations – As of 5 April, a total of 31,622,367 people have had the 1st shot of a vaccine and 5,496,716 have had both. This means that 60% of all adults in the UK have had 1 shot and 10.4% have had both. By nation,
England – 60.5% 1 shot, 9.9% both
Northern Ireland – 54.1% 1 shot, 11.4% both
Scotland – 58.1% 1 shot, 10.5% both
Wales – 59.2% 1 shot, 18.6% both.
General – Just been reported that the 1st shot of the Moderna vaccine has been administered in the UK (in Wales if anyone is interested). This gives us 3 authorised vaccines. Also that the British and European Regulatory Authorities are due to report on the possible link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots later today.
rikyrah
@MagdaInBlack:
Keep on trying ????
rikyrah
What the PHUCK is happening in Michigan???
Matt McIrvin
@rikyrah: Excellent question, I’m wondering that too.
J R in WV
@wvng:
My tail itches a lot!!
More seriously, I saw my doctor briefly yesterday, and we had time to chat as it was late in his schedule. I told him my side effect from my second Moderna shot was heavy sleep for two days, followed by severe muscle cramps in places I had never had them before.
He’s treated me for spasms and resulting pinched nerves for 40 years now, but this is different. Evidently that’s a fairly common side effect. It is slacking off a little bit now, comes and goes.
He told me he had several patients who had serious mental issues after apparently recovering from the viral infection. One guy suddenly was totally incompetent, couldn’t sign his name, didn’t know where he was, what was going on. His son moved back home to take care of him and his affairs. Then one day months later he sat up and said “Hey, what’s going on? Where am I? Why are you here, son?” and had made an apparent full recovery. Another patient had to go to a rehab facility to learn how to walk again.
Doc said after his second Moderna shot he had a strange tingling sensation that shot down his body, followed by a hot flash from his neck down while his head was cold. Then the opposite sensation, his head flushed and felt hot while his body felt chilled. Not real temperature changes, neurological issues. Back to normal after a few minutes.
But still, like he said, either of us would take the vaccination again in a heartbeat. He has lost several patients, and said it’s a horrible way to go.
J R in WV
@Amir Khalid:
I certainly intend to. I hate colds and really don’t want another case of the flu. But when I have mentioned my intention to wear a mask out in public for the foreseeable future, I get strange reactions from people I surmise are conservative Republicans.
“Why would you do that?” To not catch colds or flu I say, and they say “Well, get a flu shot!” which I do every year, have for decades now. It isn’t nearly as foolproof as the covid vaccine appears to be.
And many of these folks work in health care! Not doctors or nurses, but still. Just not willing to hear what we already know about the respective vaccines.
WaterGirl
@sab: You can’t control anything or anyone but yourself. By getting vaccinated, you are making the world safer from COVID.
You not getting vaccinated helps not at all.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Cermet: Take your snark detector into the shop, it has obviously blown a fuse.The first line of this post says “the voice of God” in reference to Oscar winner Morgan Freeman, who in addition to asking skeptics and luddites to get vaccinated, has portrayed God in 2 different movies.
Ruckus
@Amir Khalid:
Over half of the US won’t mask up for a pandemic that has killed almost 600K, and maimed a fair number more, why would they for the flu?