Immunity to the Coronavirus May Persist for Years, Scientists Find.

This is what I expected, and predicted, based on how other similar viruses work. Those who were claiming differently…well, can you read? I can. I’m not an epidemiologist but I can read quite well. What I do is not hard, exactly, so why can’t many other people do it?

It’s been clear for a long time that SARS2 is not like the CVs that cause common colds, and has a far lower mutation rate. That’s why I said vaccine-based immunity would last at least 2-3 years in those with normal immune systems.

But I’m glad that it appears it might be longer. I’ll take that kind of good news any damn day.

Also, are there any literacy classes ya’ll can enroll in? Please do sign up.

Article in @washingtonpost by myself, @TracyBethHoeg, @KrugAlli and @drlucymcbride on returning children’s lives to normal now with clear metrics on how children can return to school unmasked in fall based on high adult vax rate + ~3 hospitalizations/100K https://t.co/OC6fmFeG1N

— Monica Gandhi MD, MPH (@MonicaGandhi9) May 26, 2021

The risks are very very low. Many people want to eliminate all risk. This is impossible and that fact is true with or without Covid.

Meanwhile, we’ve utterly destroyed the mental health of millions of children and some people want to…just keep doing that nearly eternally. Great idea.

Ohio sees 40% boost in COVID-19 shots after Vax-a-Million lottery announced.

People are not rational. Let’s use that for good for once and do this everywhere.

Also, fuck anti-vaxxers.

So You’re Vaccinated! How Can You Let People Know?

Well, here’s one way:

Was looking for a brand of T-shirt that I wanted to buy more of, and instead I got this:

Thank you, Amazon, that was definitely what I was looking for. Perfect. Yes, I removed it from my browsing history as I do not need more suggestions along those lines, thank you.

I remember reading a physical therapist who had worked on American football guys & gymnasts. Said the toughest athletes were teenage female gymnasts. Would perform on a wound that a football player would be taken out on a stretcher for. https://t.co/B1zuMopWQC

— Ian Welsh (@iwelsh) May 26, 2021

Damn. I’d have 38 broken bones and would be forced to spend a year in recovery if I fell like that. She just gets up and keeps going.

We dined in at a restaurant for the first time in 14 months this evening and it was pretty great. Peruvian place with some seriously good lomo saltado. They were out of several items (as are many places) and prices were 25%+ above last year. Definite inflation occurring (the real definition, not the fake econ definition).

But it was good to be out and not confined to a stupid mask that makes my brain effectively smaller than a beetle’s.

Highly recommend doing it when you can.