Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[crazy canuck]

So apparently Canadian Catholic bishops have issued a warning to their parrishioners for them to avoid the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, claiming that they're made with stem cells obtained from abortions. 

This is North American culture wars - US and Canadian bishops are dividing on this.

The Vatican's adopted a different and more nuanced position but it's not hard line enough for some North American bishops

Certainly ties in with the discussion we were having in the other thread about North American Christian fundamentalism.

[Barrister]

Novavax's vaccine was 100% effective at preventing severe Covid-19 and had a 96.4% efficacy rate against the original strain of the virus, even higher than the BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna shots, according to analysis of its trial

Also apparently there were trials in the UK and it is similarly effective against the new UK variant/B117

But only 55% effective in preventing the South African variant (although still effective at preventing serious outcomes).

This is the vaccine that's been licensed to produce in Canada... whenever the government new manufacturing facility if built and certified.

[celedhring]

That's great news. How good are the other vaccines at preventing shitty outcomes for variants?

[HVC]

So apparently Canadian Catholic bishops have issued a warning to their parrishioners for them to avoid the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, claiming that they're made with stem cells obtained from abortions. 

This is North American culture wars - US and Canadian bishops are dividing on this.

The Vatican's adopted a different and more nuanced position but it's not hard line enough for some North American bishops

Protestants ruin everything. even Catholicism . i blame their influence in NA.

[Barrister]

Protestants ruin everything. even Catholicism .

WAD

[Sheilbh]

That's great news. How good are the other vaccines at preventing shitty outcomes for variants?

I think they're all very successful at preventing hospitalisation and death across all strains. The main issue is their effectiveness at stopping mild infections.

Protestants ruin everything. even Catholicism . i blame their influence in NA.

Right?!

[HVC]

Protestants ruin everything. even Catholicism .

WAD

Didn't you go to a jesuit school? thought you were one of the god guys?

[alfred russel]

So apparently Canadian Catholic bishops have issued a warning to their parrishioners for them to avoid the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, claiming that they're made with stem cells obtained from abortions. 

This is North American culture wars - US and Canadian bishops are dividing on this.

The Vatican's adopted a different and more nuanced position but it's not hard line enough for some North American bishops

Certainly ties in with the discussion we were having in the other thread about North American Christian fundamentalism.

It seems weird to consider a hard line stance on use of vaccines developed from certain stem cell lines to be christian fundamentalism. You really need to strain to get to that point of view from biblical literalism.

[Barrister]

Protestants ruin everything. even Catholicism .

WAD

Didn't you go to a jesuit school? thought you were one of the god guys?

It's like you don't even know me at all.

[Grey Fox]

The Bishops are also spinning it that it's encouraging vaccination & were misinterpreted.

In Quebec, you don't get to pick your vaccine. So, good luck to the crazy catholics who care.

[HVC]

Protestants ruin everything. even Catholicism .

WAD

Didn't you go to a jesuit school? thought you were one of the god guys?

It's like you don't even know me at all.

thought you were Ukrainian catholic, like malthus' inlaws

[Admiral Yi]

Protestants ruin everything. even Catholicism . i blame their influence in NA.

An obvious exception is the EU, which Catholics tried to ruin.

[HVC]

Protestants ruin everything. even Catholicism . i blame their influence in NA.

An obvious exception is the EU, which Catholics tried to ruin.

which catholics? the brits are protestants, so again protestants ruin everything haha


*edit* oh, you mean the PIGS?

[Barrister]

Protestants ruin everything. even Catholicism .

WAD

Didn't you go to a jesuit school? thought you were one of the god guys?

It's like you don't even know me at all.

thought you were Ukrainian catholic, like malthus' inlaws

Nah.  My Ukrainian-Canadian didn't grow up with much religion, so when we went to Church it was with my mom to a United Church.

My wife and I kind of... stopped going to Church when it conflicted with hockey so much  but we were going to an Alliance Church.

[HVC]

you make baby jesus cry