Vthokieq said it best months ago- some people act using reason -- WestEndHokie39 02/15/2021 9:59PM
Been trying to understand the clamoring to vaccinate everyone for covid -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 3:08PM
Woof.... ** -- Gobbler-100 02/15/2021 7:56PM
Law of large numbers -- lchoro 02/15/2021 6:45PM
More people who can get it, more it can mutate -- WestyHokie 02/15/2021 5:28PM
What assumptions? ** -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 5:54PM
An appeal to logic? Pfft, that's so 2014. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/15/2021 4:34PM
So it doesn't mutate beyond the vaccine's ability to suppress it ** -- hoosnowahokie 02/15/2021 4:19PM
I believe mutation is a wild card. ** -- scoop76cs 02/15/2021 6:04PM
Yep, preventing variants requires a global vaccination program immediately. -- RUHokie 02/15/2021 8:18PM
Not sure that is realistic in the real world, but at least it's a theory -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 4:35PM
About 10 of us here gave you that answer. ** -- Stork 02/15/2021 6:38PM
I get your point, but the "if all the people at risk are vaccinated" part -- Tafkam Hokie 02/15/2021 3:57PM
In Virginia it should be getting close ... -- vt90 02/15/2021 4:12PM
Not here. We are 1b and have not been able to get an appointment yet. -- UTPr0sim 02/15/2021 4:42PM
We're nowhere close to being in a lockdown. -- hoosnowahokie 02/15/2021 4:35PM
I guess you are enjoying all these ridiculous, arbitrary rules??! -- Hokiehouse7 02/15/2021 6:32PM
Never said I enjoyed them. Imagine not being able to go -- hoosnowahokie 02/15/2021 9:23PM
Can’t go to Church. Bar’s close@10. The 24hr Walmart closes @8:30.** -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 5:52PM
My kid hasn’t been in school for almost a year ... -- vt90 02/15/2021 5:36PM
It’s ridiculous. ** -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 5:58PM
You really just need to move out of VA. ;-) ** -- vthokieq 02/15/2021 5:47PM
Trust me those conversations take place regularly ... -- vt90 02/15/2021 6:14PM
First I left Arlington, then I left Virginia Beach. Now, I am close to -- Coach McGuirk 02/15/2021 8:36PM
We are looking at ... -- vt90 02/15/2021 9:18PM
My son has been talking about Portugal, too. Panama is another (he already -- Coach McGuirk 02/15/2021 9:33PM
50% of VA population fits in categories 1A and 1B, so still -- 133743Hokie 02/15/2021 4:30PM
Something wrong with those numbers... -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 4:56PM
I'm saying that 50% of the states population fits into categories 1A and 1B -- 133743Hokie 02/15/2021 7:35PM
1a and 1b incudes a LOT of people -- Beerman 02/15/2021 7:00PM
Don't forget the obese and smokers. Yep, those are boxes to qualify for 1B. -- RUHokie 02/15/2021 7:56PM
Paranoia’s increasing! Legalized weed’s increasing! Paranoia, weed, hmm! � ** -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 4:25PM
I predict you are right -- Tombo 02/15/2021 4:23PM
I don’t see this with some tidy resolution. -- GreenvilleVT 02/15/2021 5:31PM
Once ‘the masses’ start getting vaccinated ... -- vt90 02/15/2021 5:41PM
I think part of that is that the gov just wants to err on the safe side. -- IB4TECH 02/15/2021 6:01PM
There are those that are urging others -- Tombo 02/15/2021 5:33PM
That is probably the perfect example of my OP -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 4:29PM
I can tell in this thread who watches the -- Tombo 02/15/2021 4:32PM
Who? Name names? -- vthokieq 02/15/2021 4:55PM
Something isn't adding up -- Tafkam Hokie 02/15/2021 4:22PM
Somethings everyone needs to consider -- chemhokie 02/15/2021 3:55PM
Is there a concensus yet about whether... -- MP4VT2004 02/15/2021 5:21PM
If you are interested, this blog is really informative -- chemhokie 02/15/2021 6:32PM
Thanks...I will check this out. -- MP4VT2004 02/15/2021 6:51PM
Ha! Yeah, I am pretty sure he has mentioned that before ** -- chemhokie 02/15/2021 6:56PM
That's a great question. -- chemhokie 02/15/2021 6:00PM
Both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccine use an exact mRNA process -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 3:58PM
Ok, I should have made that clearer -- chemhokie 02/15/2021 4:07PM
True re: a new strain, but should that have been a reason for not -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:09PM
It is a known weakness for sure -- chemhokie 02/15/2021 4:16PM
But we didn't know about new strains from the get-go. How would the -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:19PM
@hoosnowahokie is right -- chemhokie 02/15/2021 4:47PM
Modifying the current vaccine to tackle the new variants -- hoosnowahokie 02/15/2021 4:32PM
No, but maybe we should be also focusing on treatments as much -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 4:14PM
Unfortunately, I think wack-a-mole is a good analogy for life in general -- chemhokie 02/15/2021 4:27PM
Do you believe treatment research is not underway? Doesn't trying to -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:17PM
Of course, but this almost irrational "stop the virus" movement rules ** -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 4:21PM
Ignoring it is rational? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:22PM
It's not ignoring it, it's accepting you can't stop it and managing risk -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 4:26PM
Sometimes viruses can be stopped -- chemhokie 02/15/2021 4:34PM
I'm right there also. The administration of healthcare procedures has been -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:31PM
I’m not on a side but your question regarding the unknown long term effects -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 3:53PM
In a 24-hour news cycle world, and millions already vaccinated, -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 3:55PM
No, not at all ** -- 133743Hokie 02/15/2021 4:32PM
You still can't read my facetiousness, after all this time. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:38PM
Didn't seem that way. Try harder ! ** -- 133743Hokie 02/15/2021 7:32PM
Not my job to wise you up. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 8:22PM
Not my job to read between the lines of your posts ** -- 133743Hokie 02/15/2021 8:35PM
You sure seem to want in on it, though? -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 8:41PM
It’s only been around for a little over a year so I’ll go with no but I’m -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 4:10PM
The shutdowns were not just because the virus is out there, it was because -- IB4TECH 02/16/2021 07:30AM
Very few got in that situation & I don’t think any are now. Even the -- Hoakie82 02/16/2021 08:16AM
There are always unknowns for every pandemic, but what's known -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:15PM
I’m not anti vaccine but the original point was once the most susceptible -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 4:35PM
We've never taken that "every last person" approach w/ any other vaccines. -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:38PM
"elderly (60+)" ??? You're joking, so I won't comment. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 3:38PM
Old Fogey ** -- Stork 02/15/2021 3:39PM
If it ends the ridiculous lockdowns and I can go back to concerts and games -- vt90 02/15/2021 3:35PM
I agree. My parents and mother in law has gotten -- GreenvilleVT 02/15/2021 3:30PM
My wife and I got both shots -- AirborneHokie96 02/15/2021 5:12PM
Lining up that inheritance $$$ for out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 3:54PM
Yes I expect the massive inheritance will -- GreenvilleVT 02/15/2021 4:24PM
In ** -- GreenvilleVT 02/15/2021 4:21PM
Herd. ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/15/2021 3:25PM
The variants. Vaccination shuts down the variants that are -- Stork 02/15/2021 3:21PM
How do you stop all the variants that are being made across the world? -- RUHokie 02/15/2021 8:12PM
OK, tell me the risks, not just what they are, but the numbers -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 3:30PM
Here - -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:06PM
That's what is known based on like 2 months of experience -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 4:11PM
Would you rather wait for 1-5-30 years of animal experiments to proceed -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:20PM
Before I get it, or my kids, yes...my parents, no -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 4:23PM
That's entirely your call. If you're all in good health you're fairly -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 4:24PM
Or become patient zero of a more lethal mutation ** -- WestyHokie 02/15/2021 5:29PM
I think your questions are fair ones -- No Clue 02/15/2021 3:46PM
I think Vienna's point isn't so much the risk of Covid vs. the risk of the -- Tafkam Hokie 02/15/2021 4:15PM
Agreed! ** -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 4:37PM
Listen, if anyone is stupid enough at this point, to not understand -- Stork 02/15/2021 3:34PM
Wow...touched a nerve I guess...I didn't question the need for vaccines -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2021 3:38PM
Your info about the type of vaccine ignores the synthetic version(s) ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/15/2021 3:43PM
Where's my popcorn? ** -- vthokieq 02/15/2021 3:19PM
Yea, Here we go. Same sides in the daily bitch session. ** -- Stork 02/15/2021 3:22PM
Go get ‘em. You live for this! -- vthokieq 02/15/2021 3:29PM
I’d say you & Stork both live for this. ** -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 4:00PM
Nope...you have me confused with someone else. -- vthokieq 02/15/2021 4:09PM
& you love the drama so you can cheer it on with your popcorn. ** -- Hoakie82 02/15/2021 4:13PM
Dont look for logic. ** -- ColoVT82 02/15/2021 3:16PM
This right here ** -- HokiesBill48 02/15/2021 7:14PM
I have to have it for traveling overseas -- AirborneHokie96 02/15/2021 3:14PM