Is The Covid Vaccine Our Best And Only Shot Of Ending This Pandemic?

[MaryP]

1] toss big chunks of money at companies who said that they were going to do research (and could produce really neat looking presentations) WITHOUT any assurance that the US government would benefit in the least from tossing that money at the companies;

Who were those companies?

 

[mrjurrs]

Then don't complain when someone agrees with you.

I'm not complaining, I'm responding to a specific claim that djt prepaid for sufficient doses for ALL Americans. Your description kind of says that, I just wanted to be clear.

 

[Ethel2]

Its about time! And this is only the beginning. The justice department has already ruled that mandating vaccination as a condition of employment is perfectly legal. The avalanche has started!

New York (CNN Business)Get the shot or take a hike.
After months of reluctance, Corporate America is taking a stand on keeping its returning workers safe. A growing number of companies are requiring vaccinations for employees and in some cases, for clients and customers.

Silicon Valley is leading the way. Facebook and Google announced all employees returning to the office must be vaccinated.


Netflix (NFLX) is the first studio to mandate the vaccine. All actors who star in the streaming giant's programming and the employees who come in contact with them must have the shot.
Wall Street offices are filling up fast. And vaccines are required. The financial sector says get vaxxed or find a new job. BlackRock (BLK) and Morgan Stanley (MS) announced all employees must be vaccinated to return to the office.

Analysis: Corporate America to workers: Get vaccinated or get out

Get the shot or take a hike.

www.cnn.com

 

[TU Curmudgeon]

Its about time! And this is only the beginning. The justice department has already ruled that mandating vaccination as a condition of employment is perfectly legal. The avalanche has started!

New York (CNN Business)Get the shot or take a hike.
After months of reluctance, Corporate America is taking a stand on keeping its returning workers safe. A growing number of companies are requiring vaccinations for employees and in some cases, for clients and customers.

Silicon Valley is leading the way. Facebook and Google announced all employees returning to the office must be vaccinated.


Netflix (NFLX) is the first studio to mandate the vaccine. All actors who star in the streaming giant's programming and the employees who come in contact with them must have the shot.
Wall Street offices are filling up fast. And vaccines are required. The financial sector says get vaxxed or find a new job. BlackRock (BLK) and Morgan Stanley (MS) announced all employees must be vaccinated to return to the office.

Analysis: Corporate America to workers: Get vaccinated or get out

Get the shot or take a hike.

www.cnn.com

If Facebook and Twitter required proof of vaccination before their services could be accessed, the US vaccination rate would likely zoom. If you had to prove that you had been vaccinated before you could text someone, it would skyrocket.

 

[Variant]

Is The Covid Vaccine Our Best And Only Shot Of Ending This Pandemic?​

It was. Past tense. The quick emergence of a vaccine beating strain will mean we lose this fight and people like the OP cheered it on.

 

[Logophile]

Is The Covid Vaccine Our Best And Only Shot Of Ending This Pandemic?​

It was. Past tense. The quick emergence of a vaccine beating strain will mean we lose this fight and people like the OP cheered it on.

It needs to be eradicated in its airborne stage, which means a focus on technology - something we're really good at - not so much biology. Thanks!!

 

[Variant]

It needs to be eradicated in its airborne stage, which means a focus on technology - something we're really good at - not so much biology. Thanks!!

We already invented one sure fire cure and simply couldn't distribute it properly or get people to buy in.

What makes you think that reinventing how we live our lives via technology is likely to work a lot better than that?

Even technology that people objectively love (like cell phones and personal computers) takes decades to adopt and will only protect a percentage of the population anyway.