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Pfizer just released that their vaccine is 91% effective vs south african variant which was once thought to be much lower. It looks like the vaccines really do well vs every variant so far. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pfizer-says-trials-suggest-covid-vaccine-works-against-south-african-n1262710

Thats despite all the medical advancements we've made in the last 100 years. Can you imagine what the death toll would be with the same virus back in the early 19th century?

I feel like that metric is the only real one we can go by in terms of overall covid impact. What is the excess death since covid started for the entire globe? Are those statistics even available? Worldometers has us at 2.8 million globally. I was thinking the real death toll is 4-5 million so far? This would put us at by far the worst pandemic in a century

Welcome to the worst month of the year around here. Hopefully we can get some 60s and sun for the majority of it.

The vaccine definitely works Nursing homes see 96 percent drop in COVID-19 cases with vaccine https://cbs6albany.com/news/coronavirus/nursing-homes-see-96-percent-drop-in-covid-19-cases-with-vaccine

The vaccine definitely works Nursing homes see 96 percent drop in COVID-19 cases with vaccine https://cbs6albany.com/news/coronavirus/nursing-homes-see-96-percent-drop-in-covid-19-cases-with-vaccine

My mom has advanced stage 4 cancer and she just got her second shot of Pfizer today, they approved it a few weeks ago for all cancer patients.

My mom has advanced stage 4 cancer and she just got her second shot of Pfizer today, they approved it a few weeks ago for all cancer patients.

Looks like we're getting another top 10 warmest month on record. I think we get one nearly every other month.

We really wanted this thing to merge with the trough instead of get shunted off to the east

A high of 30 tomorrow on April 1st, quite remarkable.

That is not the case for all the variants discovered so far, and who is to say they don't evolve further away from the original covid-19 variant. I believe Pfizer and Moderna only have 35-40% efficacy vs the south african variant. The quicker everyone gets vaccinated the quicker this thing is over. If the virus has no host to spread to its impossible to mutate. https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210309/s-african-variant-challenges-pfizer-moderna-vaccines The key finding: The percentage of positive antibodies that neutralized the South African variant was 12.4 fold lower for the Moderna vaccine than against the original coronavirus and 10.3 fold lower for the Pfizer vaccine, the study says.

The problem with this thinking is that if everyone felt that way, as I am also similar to you. I have gone to gym 5 days a week for 7 years and play sports every weekend is that we won't reach herd immunity and the variants can cause major problems. We are in a time crunch with variants vs vaccinations currently. The variants are more transmissible and more deadly based on recent studies. If they mutate quick enough and evolve enough to counteract the vaccines, we're right back at square one. People who don't get vaccinated will be the cause of another outbreak.

Buffalo at +6.1 for March...One thing is for sure you can almost guarantee above normal temps every month for years to come.

We have to prepare ourselves for next season. Nothing is locked until 24 hours and even with some nowcasting events. They've struggled with miller a, bs, fronts, clippers, lake effect, they've sucked with everything this winter.

They are so bad lol 300 mile shift within a few days

Cannot wait. Bills have 9 home games and hope to go to most of them.

My boss just got moderna shot and is pretty sick, anyone else with similar side effects?

Is that a rattle?

Hit 73 here today.

Nothing is wrong with it, requiring a vaccine to go everywhere is what I have a problem with. People should have a choice. I have my shot scheduled for next Saturday.