The Coronavirus thread

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-monoclonal-antibodies

Remember when Babs and some of her cohorts were donating antibodies for this project, back in the day?

Looks like Az. needs a truckload of them?

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I woke up with a slightly swollen eye yesterday and today it is almost completely shut. As far as I know I didn't do anything to it. Hopefully not a Covid symptom.

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Most likely a bite. Spider? Mosquito? Alligator? I’m betting spider.

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Quote: ChumpChange

Since it's behind a paywall, I can't read the rest of the article. But I'm gonna go with underserved communities of color.
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The issued guidelines are here
http://www.mssnyenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/122821_Notification_107774.pdf

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"Oral antiviral treatment is authorized for patients who meet all the following criteria:
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• Able to start treatment within 5 days of symptom onset
• Have a medical condition or other factors that increase their risk for severe illness.
o Non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity should be considered a risk factor, as
longstanding systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an
increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19

So, the guidance takes as fact, that Non-whites are socially and medically disadvantaged, thus at greater risk and thus in need of positive discrimination in treatment.
It's not listed AS a qualifying criteria, but it IS listed as a decision influencer.
I'm pretty sure that would be illegal advice in the UK or most of Europe. Expect it to be challenged in your courts.

Hmmmmm. Pragmatic way to allocate resources, but begging for a racial discrimination accusation.
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The Supreme Court on Monday issued a revised transcript of oral arguments over a Biden administration vaccine rule that clarified a statement Justice Neil Gorsuch made about the number of annual flu deaths.

The original, uncorrected transcript quotes Gorsuch as saying he believes the flu kills "hundreds of thousands of people every year."

This erroneous transcription prompted legions of tweets and at least one media report that tut-tutted Gorsuch and pointed out the actual number of annual flu deaths, according to a Centers for Disease Control estimate, is between 12,000 and 52,000 - well below hundreds of thousands the conservative justice purportedly cited.

On Monday, however, the Supreme Court's press office issued a corrected transcript showing that Gorsuch actually said he believes the flu kills "hundreds, thousands of people every year."