#get the vaccine

[toshootforthestars]

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[harocat]

I have a theory about gen z and millennials, so please help me out with this poll.

Please make sure to vote as to whether you got vaccinated as a child or not, if you did not get chicken pox. Take care, spread this around, and vaccinate your fucking kids. Poll is not exclusive to any country. Vote no matter where you're from.

[fiendish-gremlin]

What am I

Actually

Like what if

the doctors are just government agents

and the pills they give me

are just brain control thing

And getting sick is just

So I come back so they can check

If it’s still working

[gumjrop]

This year’s flu shot will be missing a strain of influenza it’s protected against for more than a decade.

That’s because there have been no confirmed flu cases caused by the Influenza B/Yamagata lineage since spring 2020. And the Food and Drug Administration decided this year that the strain now poses little to no threat to human health.

Scientists have concluded that widespread physical distancing and masking practiced during the early days of COVID-19 appear to have pushed B/Yamagata into oblivion.

This surprised many who study influenza, as it would be the first documented instance of a virus going extinct due to changes in human behavior, said Dr. Rebecca Wurtz, an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

“It is such an interesting and unique story,” Wurtz said, adding that if it were not for COVID, B/Yamagata would still be circulating.

One reason COVID mitigation efforts were so effective at eliminating B/Yamagata is there was already a fair amount of immunity in the population against this strain of flu, which was also circulating at a lower level, said Dr. Kawsar Talaat, an infectious disease physician at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

In contrast, SARS-CoV-2 was a brand new virus that no one had encountered before; therefore, masking and isolation only slowed its transmission, but did not stop it.

The absence of B/Yamagata won’t change the experience of getting this year’s flu shot, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends to everyone over 6 months old. And unvaccinated people are no less likely to get the flu, as B/Victoria and two influenza A lineages are still circulating widely and making people sick. Talaat said the disappearance of B/Yamagata doesn’t appear to have lessened the overall burden of flu, noting that the level of illness that can be attributed to any strain varies from year to year.

The CDC estimates that between 12,000 and 51,000 people die every year from influenza.

However, the manufacturing process is simplified now that the vaccine is trivalent — designed to protect against three flu viruses — instead of quadrivalent, protecting against four. That change allows more doses to be produced, said Talaat.

Ultimately, the costs of continuing to include protection against B/Yamagata in the flu shot outweigh its benefits, said Talaat.

"If you include a strain for which you don't think anybody's going to get infected into a vaccine, there are some potential risks and no potential benefits," she said. "Even though the risks might be infinitesimal, the benefits are also infinitesimal."

Scientists and public health experts have discussed for the past couple years whether to pull B/Yamagata from the flu vaccine or wait for a possible reemergence, said Kevin R. McCarthy, an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Vaccine Research. But McCarthy agrees that continuing to vaccinate people against B/Yamagata does not benefit public health.

Additionally, there is a slight chance of B/Yamagata accidentally infecting the workers who manufacture the flu vaccine. The viruses, grown in eggs, are inactivated before being put into the shots: You cannot get influenza from the flu shot. But worker exposure to live B/Yamagata might occur before it's rendered harmless.

That hypothetically could lead to a reintroduction of a virus that populations have waning immunity to because B/Yamagata is no longer making people sick. While that risk is very low, McCarthy said it doesn’t make sense to produce thousands of gallons of a likely extinct virus.

It is possible that B/Yamagata continues to exist in pockets of the world that have less comprehensive flu surveillance. However, scientists aren’t worried that it is hiding in animals because humans are the only host population for B lineage flu viruses.

Scientists determined that B/Yamagata disappeared in a relatively short period of time, and this in and of itself is a success, said McCarthy. That required collaboration and data sharing from people all over the world, including countries that the U.S. has more tenuous diplomatic relationships with, like China and Russia.

“I think the fact that we can do that shows that we can get some things right,” he said.

Sarah Boden is an independent health and science journalist based in Pittsburgh.

[wow-itsme]

i’m not saying that we should be all be microchipped

buuuuuuuut, if we were, then they could make a map of everywhere you’ve been throughout your life and then you could see exactly how your soulmates’ paths crossed yours before you knew them

[cracklewink]

Part 4/5 of my MLP Infection AU!!

This was the part I was most excited for, I literally drew this whole thing just to explain my fan pony species lol

[rheeses-pieces]

Fun fact, I've been sick with the big bad Covid for the past week. It sucks like hell, but this past week I was on medications that made it better. Today I run out of those, though. Soooooo I'm gonna be getting a lot more miserable.

Wish me luck, y'all. This cough is brutal, and I'm not looking forward to it getting worse.

[froody]

child mortality rates were so high in the 1840s and 1850s that when I see record of someone who’s (documented) children all survived into adulthood I’m like “wow. how the fuck did you do that.”

also there is this idea that parents just cared less about their children back then because they died so often but the many many many accounts of mothers and fathers holding their gravely ill children all night not sure if their next breath would be their last. that loss was the greatest fear then just as it is now and just as it seemed to be in Paleolithic times. they compartmentalized their grief to survive but that didn’t mean they felt it any less keenly.

[courtneysmovieblog]

I am so fucking tired of antivaxxers.

Lots of us got the shot, we didn’t get heart problems. Some of us didn’t even had side effects.

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

so… how does autism even happen? they say “there’s only in increase in numbers because they have better ways to diagnose” but I’ve seen two, normal and brain healthy adults have severely autistic kids. not to be “that person” but I genuinely believe it could be due to over vaccinating or all the chemicals we consume in food and products on a daily basis.

so are they just using the better ways of diagnosing as an excuse to why autism is increasing so they don’t have to admit they’re poisoning us? is it really a true statement that the amount of people born with autism has stayed the same and it is just because of better diagnostics?

I just can’t comprehend how two healthy adults, with no familial history of autism or anything like it, is at all possible. it must be what we consume, because the amount of chemicals and bioengineered products we consume daily now is absolutely mind blowing. I could totally see how a mother consuming these things whilst pregnant, and before, could lead to her birthing a child with brain issues.

i’m not trying to be ignorant - I just think autism (severe case - can’t be touched, can’t speak, can’t regulate emotions..) is really really really hard to deal with, for the individual yes but also for the parents. I couldn’t imagine not being able to touch or talk to my child, and I would feel absolutely awful if I caused that by what I consumed.

id like to be a mother someday, I have no family history of autism, nor does my partner. but… I know my limits, and having an autistic child would be quite the battle for me. even though mine and my partners bloodline is clean, is it still a likely risk?

Before getting started: I am NOT going over something like this again, so please do NOT send questions like this.

Question 1:

so... how does autism even happen? they say "there's only in increase in numbers because they have better ways to diagnose" but l've seen two, normal and brain healthy adults have severely autistic kids. not to be "that person" but l genuinely believe it could be due to over vaccinating or all the chemicals we consume in food and products on a daily basis.

Answer: two healthy people can have an autistic child. The same way two healthy people can have Down syndrome. Autism itself is a neurodevelopment disorder that affects how we learn and communicate. These disorders affect both the brain and spinal cord. If you do some actual research, the autistic brain is actually a bit larger than a neurotypical one. We have a smaller amygdala however, which helps regulate emotions. That could explain the emotional dysregulation. This disorder literally affects how the brain works. It’s not the same as a neurotypical one. We’re called neurodivergent for a reason.

Question 2:

so are they just using the better ways of diagnosing as an excuse to why autism is increasing so they don't have to admit they're poisoning us? is it really a true statement that the amount of people born with autism has stayed the same and it is just because of better diagnostics?

Answer: Autism itself is a complex disorder and was barely understood years ago. There’s no sign that vaccines are raising. If it were, then mostly everybody would be autistic. But this is not this case.

Here’s an article about the “autism epidemic” as people like the call it:

Question 3:

I’m not going into this part, because this is where you start to get delusional. Like I said before, it’s a developmenttal disorder that ANYONE can have regardless of family history. Yes, Autism tends to run in families, but there can be some where autism doesn’t run in families. Anyone can have autism. It doesn’t matter if it runs in families or not.

We have gotten better with diagnostics because of our more advanced technology. Autism isn’t rising. We’re just getting better at diagnosing and understanding the disorder. It’s still unknown what exactly causes it or how it happens. Some say it’s environmental, others say it could be genetics.

Yes, autism can be hard and difficult to live with. And the fact that you are insinuating that you wouldn’t or like to have neurodivergent child, then you probably shouldn’t be a mother. I would love my child and take care of them, no matter the circumstances. Even if they couldn’t talk, that wouldn’t make me love them less.

Do some research, spend some time talking to autistic people and parents to see their experiences and thoughts. We’re human beings, just like you.

[bigbigtruck]

This is Barry Bluejeans. As of noon today, he is neutered and vaccinated against FIV, FELV, and Rabies. He is the most social cat I have ever trapped. Most strays I TNR are feral and get re-released where they came from; this little duder took a week to warm up to me outside and then last night straight up walked into our house and set up shop on the cat tree in my studio. As of midnight on September 25, he has discovered laps and gives them an 8/10 so far.

If you are in the Austin area and looking to adopt a wonderful young, affectionate, talkative cat, please HMU in an Ask (not Direct Messages; they don't load properly for some reason). He's approximately 1YO, 10lbs, and friendly with other cats. Medium-short coat and fluffy tail, solid build. He's a honk-squeaker. Talks a lot when nervous but calms down fast. Gives headbutts on your forehead, loves to cuddle. Got a few videos of him over on my Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/bigbigtruck.bsky.social/post/3l4ucrh4i6x2g

[dawnbreakersgaze]

My favorite part of the beat up version of Rafayel's Sea God outfit is that we can see the body markings are paint, rather than tattoos

Which clearly means that some lucky sonofabitch gets to paint him.

Imagine that being your job.

Imagine waking up in a utopia and knowing every day/every other day you get to go and paint Rafayel's freaking body. Because there is no way he's doing it on his own with how intricate the back details are.

So yeah. If ever you wondered what the best job in Lemuria would have been, I've definitely found it.

[cripple-woe]

“I can’t get the vaccine bc it makes me feel kinda sick” “I can’t get it because I’m scared of needles” if it’s not life threatening or going to disable you or otherwise something that GENUINELY EXEMPTS YOU I’m gonna chase you with a covid vaccine myself.

I got it yesterday, barely managed to get up today to visit nana, got home, got into bed and am now unable to get up. My arms are spasming from pain and muscle tension, I’m running a fever, I have the worst nausea I’ve had all year, every time I sit up to try and go pee I get a sharp head pain, and if someone told me I had to get an extra shot tomorrow I’d roll up my sleeve and get it.

Vaccines save lives and if you can get them and CHOOSE NOT TO you will instantly lose any respect I have for you. It’s my standard no matter what. If my IRLs choose to go ‘vaccine-free’ I cut contact and stop interacting with them. I have a barely functional immune system, I have friends with even worse immunocompromised systems than I have (and mines BAD), I have friends who CANT get the vaccine and are more vulnerable to it thanks to people who refuse to get themselves jabbed. I’m not putting myself or others at risk so you can have a dick measuring context with other antivaxxers about how brave you are standing up to smallpox with your vaccine-less stupid meat sack body.

[halorvic]

[sofiaruelle]

He's a lil confused about cuffing season but he's got the spirit

[bringbackgoth]

So this wretched little fleabag came onto my porch last night.

We're calling her Daisy and she's really a VERY sweet and also EXTREMELY scared girl.

She had a collar on but when I gave her a bath this morning she dripped red from all of the flea-dirt on her body. Lucky for her, I had extra flea treatment on hand, so she should be fixed up now.

She's SO soft and SO scared I don't think she's ever been in a building before. She was probably just a yard-dog.

I don't really want to foster a dog right now but I don't think I could live with myself if I just dropped her off at the humane society.