AstraZeneca Blues

This may be a death knell for the AZ vaccine, in Europe and the US anyway:

Germany suspends use of AstraZeneca’s Covid shot for the under-60s, dealing another blow to drugmaker

Germany has suspended use of the coronavirus vaccine created by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford in the under-60s, due to renewed concerns over reports of blood clots.

The move comes after the country’s medicines regulator found 31 cases of a rare type of blood clot in a small number of people immunized with the coronavirus vaccine produced by the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker. The suspension is likely to deal yet another blow to its vaccine’s reputation.

It seems like only yesterday the Euro regulators were only allowing the AZ vaccine for the under-65 crowd, saying the data for oldsters was too sparse. But that was late January!

Well. No one will blame these bureaucrats if thousands die of COVID and this action may even prevent a few dozen deaths from a weird clotting disease. Weird the Brits aren't seeing it in there much larger vaccinated population, but do we trust them to tell the truth?

As to the US, AZ is preparing their trial data but has not yet applied for an EUA. As I understand it, the US vaccine supply situation is already in good shape between Pfizer, Moderna and J&J. We bet on a lot of horses, a lot have crossed the line, and we may not need the AZ product (which people won't take anyway.) And Novavax is lurking in the wings!

For the rest of the world, this is a blow. AZ used refrigerator storage, which made distribution easier in less developed countries.

BONUS SPECULATION: My understanding is that if the US approves an EUA for the AZ vaccine they are contractually obliged to deliver (and the US to pay for) 300MM doses. Or that may be a US option to buy, and we could decline.

I suppose we could buy them and donate them to the global organization, COVAX. Or we could quietly suggest to AZ that a US rejection of their EUA is likely, so just hold off.

Comments

[henry]

Whatever the science says, Xiden will do the opposite.

[henry]

Gee, Xiden pushing shutdown and masks doesn’t help the economy. Who (besides Xiden and the left) didn’t expect that?

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/adp-employment-data-disappoints-march-service-sector-jobs-soar

[rse]

Day 8 in ATL with pollen at extremely high, red alert, levels. Previous record was 6 days in a row.

Today's count is 5,031, more than twice yesterday's level. No walking outside for me.

[Len]

Congrats, SBW, on your son being recognized for quality work.

[Narciso]

Congrars sbw

[Narciso]

As pointed out in the last threas szechuan swallwell didnt get a security screening

[Narciso]

Thread, miss mogadishu gets a pass,

[jimmyk]

Gee, Xiden pushing shutdown and masks doesn’t help the economy.

It's worse than the numbers. How much of the economy is now engaged in worthless activities under the guise of fighting the scary pandemic? It wouldn't surprise me if 10% of GDP is being devoted to the equivalent of paying people to dig holes and then to fill them up again.

[MissMarple2]

sbw,

Congratulations on your son's being on that list! I know you are extremely proud of him, and rightfully so!

[Jim Eagle]

Excellent news, sbw!

[Neo]

I would trust a negotiator named "Blinken" about as much as I would trust anybody named "Madoff" to handle my finances.

[Momto2]

sbw - Congratulations! I know you are so proud of your son.

rse - I'm counting on today's rain forecast to wash away some of the pollen. I also meant to comment awhile ago about our local radio station. I'm ready to remove WSB from my car's pre-set button! (I used to keep it there 90% of the time.)

[Neo]

Just want to mention that besides Novavax, there is a new round of the Sanofi and GSK's adjuvanted recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine working it's way through late Phase 2. Their original candidate vaccine didn't produce a strong enough antibody reaction.

[Melinda]

Ah, peripheral vision brings all into sudden focus:

Sissy Willis @SissyWillis
8m
"She said he was a sicko.” Interesting @nytimes article suggesting @mattgaetz was involved in sex trafficking comes out same day as this apparent revelation about Hunter Biden.

Kathleen McKinley @KatMcKinley
Their poor kids. :( twitter.com/kjtorrance/sta…

twitter.com/KatMcKinley/status/1377249039109001217

Kathleen McKinley
@KatMcKinley
Replying to @SissyWillis @nytimes @mattgaetz
There was actually a LA times article (I think it was LA) where Hunter put all this all there during the campaign to get ahead of it.

https://twitter.com/KatMcKinley/status/1377253528918491136

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Y'all are welcome to come on down and avoid that pollen.

The pool heater install was completed yesterday and the water was 86 in about 2 hours. Can't wait to see the electric bills with that heater. LOL Yikes!

[Old Lurker]

willowed:

Small thing, perhaps, but it irritates me no end these last few days as I read, even from friendly sources, that Biden intends to announce a 7% increase in Corporate Income Taxes from 21% to 28%.

7% on 21% is a 33% increase for heaven's sake.

This is what happens once even basic skills and critical thinking standards are removed from a population.

What was that phrase? Dark Age A'comin.

[MissMarple2]

Mozilla's "update" has caused my on-line banking site to refuse my screen name and password.

That means I am going to have to go through getting my screen name sent to me with a code number, entering that, and then resetting my password, which will mean getting another email with a code number.

I think I will wait to do this after lunch. I am in cleaning mode and already have 3loads of laundry done, plus I want to mop the kitchen.

[GUS]

I thought that KAVANAUGH was the GOP's OFFICIAL sex traffic operator.

The war is getting closer. Every single day, the COMMIES shit on America.

[MissMarple2]

Biden's border policies encourage illegal border crossing & human trafficking & put lives in danger. This 6-month-old baby is lucky to be alive after being tossed in the river by the smugglers. Thanks to Texas Rangers! #BidenBorderCrisis#BidenPoliciesKillhttps://t.co/6csCJ4d0Db

— Catt (@CattHarmony) March 31, 2021

Link goes to Washington Examiner article with photos.

[Narciso]

The thread i noticed last night

https://mobile.twitter.com/HeywoodFloyd10/status/1373761707500257280

[jimmyk]

7% on 21% is a 33% increase for heaven's sake.

To paraphrase Ross Perot, that giant sucking sound you will hear will be the sound of capital exiting the US for friendlier regimes. Remember what happened to wages when Trump cut that rate? It's not hard to see what will happen when the cut is reversed. But Biden is a friend of the working man, right?

[GUS]

You WHITE SUPREMACISTS NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Kameltoe was driving that BORDER PATROL BOAT that saved the child.

TOE, was quoted as saying. If only they had government funded abortion in ol Meheeeco.

[Narciso]

Shirley

https://mobile.twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1377245717190836224

[Narciso]

So thwy want to deprive us capital of reliable energy of anything but 'approved' speech and personal self defense, but were suppose to care about some dodgy vaccine.

[Narciso]

Dont make it so obvious tony
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/30/following-alaska-fiasco-blinken-suggests-china-right-on-u-s-human-rights-record/

[Old Lurker]

Narc, I think Iggy would note that if they can deprive the country of "actual old fashioned" capital, then they can use Unicorn Dollars derived from their MMT printing press to fund those enterprises they want.

[Narciso]

Its still monopoly money, maybe with a little pink bills

[henry]

OK. Now what? Are we open?

@wilawliberty

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules 4-3 @GovEvers violated law with multiple emergency declarations.

"The question in this case is not whether the Governor acted wisely; it is whether he acted lawfully. We conclude he did not."

https://twitter.com/wilawliberty/status/1377259301161553928?s=21

[Narciso]

Of course not, heney that waa then now it totes fine.

[henry]

Local health NAZIs can still issue orders. What a CF.

[GUS]

Henry, there was NEVER EVER any doubt that TONY EVIL and his gal pal Maggie were acting ILLEGALLY.
The GOP allowed this to go on.

[Narciso]

Henry, eech ni san chi...(counting to twn in japanese)

[Narciso]

Tony cadaver (insert julian beck portrait)

[Neo]

G. Gordon Liddy, unrepentant Watergate burglar who became talk show host, dies at 90 on Tuesday.

Liddy lived a long time ago, when it was illegal for the President's men to spy on the opposition party's presidential campaign.

[Narciso]

Say what now

https://www.dailywire.com/news/threat-of-terrorism-charge-dismissed-but-3-men-will-face-trial-in-whitmer-kidnapping-plot

[henry]

Maybe we need to boycott theses firms, along with any others pushing vote fraud.

@cnbc

'There is no middle ground' — Black CEOs urge companies to oppose restrictive voting laws

[MissMarple2]

I missed the first hour of Bannon's show due to a couple of phone calls.

Second hour is Mike Lindell. His web site is coming out the week of April 12.

[henry]

Classy kids, classy pets, classy admin there Xiden.

@amber_athey

One of Biden's dogs pooped on the floor of the White House this morning, per WH print pool

[henry]

The same board that refused to purge voter rolls under court order. There is no law in WI anymore. Nothing but thugs.

@maciverwisc

Meagan Wolfe from WEC says she cannot address whether Green Bay's relationship with Facebook-funded Dem operatives allowing them to run its election was legal. Only the board can decide that. #WIright

[henry]

Testifying at the WI Assembly. This person should be banished from the state.

@maciverwisc

Meagan Wolfe from WEC says Milwaukee asked her to share Facebook-funded, Dem operative's contact info with other cities. She sent it to Racine, Kenosha, Green Bay, and Madison because they're the largest jurisdictions because they had similar challenges. #WIright

[Jim Eagle]

Stephanie,

Do you get natural gas or propane? If so, they have pool heaters that use gas instead of electric and it is miles cheaper.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Happy sixth birthday, Chester!

[Jane]

Happy Birthday Chester! (Is that your dog?)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Yes, Jane.

[Jane]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/huge-president-trump-announces-thinking-holding-rally-soon-let-everybody-know-hope-future/

Trump’s gonna hold a rally! Yippee!

[Neo]

One of President Joe Biden's dogs allegedly pooped on the floor of the White House on Wednesday, according to a pool report. The incident took place outside the Palm Room doors in front of the Diplomatic Room, the report said. "There was dog poo on the floor. It's unclear which dog was responsible for it," quoted CBS White House reporter Kathryn Watson.

This seems to be the first major foreign policy achievement of the Biden Administration.

[MissMarple2]

Jane,

Did you see his interview on Rumble that I linked on the last thread? He said something about it to Lara.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Bought a massive, rare, left hand, custom magnum rifle action that isn't made anymore from a guy in Tennessee.
An out of state dealer has to get the go ahead from CA to send a firearm to a CA dealer. CA told him not to ship because of some technical glitch. It's a glitch because all my stuff is current.
Emailed the CA DOJ two days ago. No response.
Called them yesterday. Took me 15 minutes to get to the menu to talk to a human being. Spent 45 minutes on hold waiting for a human being until I had to go.
Spent 15 minutes this morning maneuvering like a spider monkey through their phone tree to finally get to the button where I can talk to a human being again. No hold this time. It's a holiday! What holiday is on a Wednesday in March you might ask? Why it's Cesar Chavez's birthday.

What a joke.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Are we sure it was a dog and not Joe?

[sbwaters]

7% on 21% is a 33% increase

It’s amazing the sense of accomplishment you feel when you don’t care whether your policies work or not.

[jimmyk]

Yes, sbw, it seems their only objective is to undo whatever Trump did. Out of spite.

Congrats on the new digs.

[Old Lurker]

SBW "It’s amazing the sense of accomplishment you feel when you don’t care whether your policies work or not."

I have always been much more cynical than you, SBW, so I would suggest that these policies are probably going to accomplish exactly what THEY want. Your mistake is attributing to them a desire to do GOOD for the country.

How quaint.

:-)

[Narciso]

Well it depends on whom they are working for, if you want america to be uncompetetive, who does that benefit?

[Narciso]

But the hive mind still claps as atop the library tower in independence day.

[Narciso]

She passed the i q test, much less security screening
https://nypost.com/2021/03/31/aoc-says-calling-border-crisis-a-surge-pushes-white-supremacy/

[Old Lurker]

For example, wait until you see what forcing the payment of hypothetical Cap Gains taxes on unrealized but speculated increased value of illiquid assets at the time of death, on top of whatever they do to the death taxes themselves, does to small business and real estate holdings.

Ask CC how her kids will pay what her share of the hypothetical value of her share of the hardware store is when she dies but her co-owners survive.

They are playing with fire.

[Old Lurker]

Narc. Simple. If your world view is that the pie is one fixed size and most of it is owned by old white people who manipulate the laws to protect their interests alone...

[Narciso]

Teh

https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/03/29/on-electoral-redistricting-panels-hr-1-would-require-racial-gender-discrimination/

[Narciso]

Horror, its like pinheads puzzlebox

[Jim Eagle]

OL,

They are qualified insane to raise cap gains tax while still in a semi-recovery. Talk about counter productive. Its almost as if they don't even teach basic Economics anymore.

[Neo]

Dozens of Washingtonians test positive for COVID-19 after full vaccination, DOH says

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/doh-vaccine-breakthrough-cases-confirmed-washington/UXIAR3OU4JB63GQQRHTSK45QAA/

The Department of Health said scientists identified these as “vaccine breakthrough” cases, and that they are expected with any vaccine.

Out of one million Washingtonians who are fully vaccinated, epidemiologists report evidence of 102 breakthrough cases since Feb. 1. This is about .01% of vaccinated people in the state.

[Narciso]

It doesnt mean anything except how they calibrate the gauge

[henry]

Its almost as if they don't even teach basic Economics anymore.

fify

They teach envy instead.

[anonamom]

It looks as though Major is as demented as his owner.

[Narciso]

Its a cry for help, anyone understands that, he is the mcmurphy of pooches

[henry]

Thread

@maciverwisc

“Proposals to reinvigorate the nondelegation doctrine are often met with warnings about the adverse impact on the government's ability to operate efficiently. Governmental efficiency can never be allowed to trump the people's liberty.” - @JudgeBradleyWI

https://twitter.com/maciverwisc/status/1377294790379892736?s=21

[Jim Eagle]

henry,

I need to remember "envy" as a factor for the next rsk analysis I do?

[Narciso]

Define efficiency.

[jimmyk]

Some of us teach basic economics, but whether it penetrates the skulls of the students sufficiently to offset all the other propaganda they are getting is an open question. "Econ major" AOC is a case in point.

[henry]

Doing my part to keep #nevertrump addicted to antacids:

During the 18-minute interview, Trump also spoke about running for President again in 2024.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9422559/Trump-signals-supporters-run-President-2024-interview.html

[jimmyk]

"Governmental efficiency can never be allowed to trump the people's liberty.”

This. I remember thinking I could make an economic argument to justify Kelo on efficiency grounds, but then had exactly the above thought.

Now do vaccine passports.

[henry]

JiB, envy is the only factor that matters... just plan a rainbow of subcontractors, prohibit math in the specs, and you are good to go.

[henry]

Hah! Open records applies to the Dem Vote fraud effort.

@maciverwisc

From the assembly hearing: Did Green Bay hire Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein to help with the election? If so he's subject to open records. If not, he was only an observer and not allowed to have keys to central count.

[henry]

The purge continues.

@cnbc

EPA dismisses key science advisors appointed by Trump administration

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I think one of our primary problems is the rational have a hard time understanding how easily the irrational can go from here to there.
To a rational person an actual communist or a Nazi is like an alien being because we know our minds would never get to that point.
But to an ideologue who spends his life being pulled back and forth on the clothes line of transitory political fashion such shifts are not only possible they are inevitable...and, in their heart of hearts, desirable. At some level all ideologues know to reach true nirvana will eventually require the liquidation of the kulaks and they've made their peace with that by convincing themselves the kulaks are preventing nirvana for the rest of mankind.

And since the political equation of the true believing ideologue is always "if A does not give the results desired, A² will. And if A² doesn't, A³ will....and so on until we reach A∞, if my fellow recalcitrant humans prove less than receptive to A in any form" we find ourselves in periods of accelerating idiocy and irrationality, such as the present.
There is no "here" that "it" can't happen when people are in the grip of the scourge of mankind, which is ideology of whatever form. All of the mortal sins can produce bad things, but it is the disordered personality writ large onto a mass population that ideologies represent, that unleashes the irrational blood letting that the 20th century brought to a new level.
Seems the 21st may be rolling up its sleeves and looking for someone to hold its beer.

[Neo]

"The question in this case is not whether the governor acted wisely; it is whether he acted lawfully. We conclude he did not," Justice Brian Hagedorn wrote for the majority.
https://apnews.com/article/legislature-madison-wisconsin-coronavirus-pandemic-strikes-9f05a7331f7957721799b23ea381fead

[Narciso]

Until like syme they get liqudated in turn

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Ig, the answer to your question about the dog and Joe is Depends.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Drove the fiancé's car from OC to Seattle over 2 days and got back last night. Once you're past Sacramento it is beautiful country.

It's hard to believe what has happened in just 2 months. Biden bombs Syria; Syrian crazy murders 10 people. Russian troops on the Ukrainian border. China and Iran sign massive pact. China pisses on Blinken's leg. China super aggressive in South China Sea and with Taiwan.

And crickets from the media.

A massive humanitarian crisis on the border. H.R. 1, 3 trillion in graft for the oligarchs. huge corporate tax hike.

And crickets.....

Douchebags in the media and academia and now the military focused on demonizing anyone who disagrees with them. Poke the bear and bear the consequences.

Things are going to blow up at this rate and it isn't going to be pretty.

But UCLA and the Zags are in the Final Four, so we got that going for us.

[Narciso]

Ja vohl

https://mobile.twitter.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/1377317352866516992

[sbwaters]

O.L. Your mistake is attributing to them a desire to do GOOD for the country.

O.L. I’m surprised you understood what I said, with my tongue planted so firmly in my cheek. ;-)

[Narciso]

Oh

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-asian-womans-suspected-attacker-paroled-murdering-monther-sources

[Jane]

https://thefederalist.com/2021/03/31/its-important-to-be-honest-about-what-todays-media-actually-are/

Mollie Hemingway’s latest is Very good.

[jimmyk]

How does a guy get out on parole after murdering his mother? Mercy for being an orphan? [old joke, I know]

[Old Lurker]

Me too, SBW.

[Jim Eagle]

Small glitch in today's George Floyd trial. Early dimissal since the tv monitors in the off court rooms for family members (Floyd's or Chauvin's??) went kaput.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I think this story was linked before but I don't know if the video or the interview with the gal was;
Cathloic priest tells pregnant Catholic mother "No room at the inn, beeyotch. Say hello to my little Sanhedrin."

For not wearing a mask this modern day Caiaphas sics the cops on one of his own parishioners literally as she is taking communion.
The alleged shepherd as a wolf upon the fold.

[Neo]

Thru the grapevine:

A man who was filming a documentary about Philadelphia gun violence for Netflix was shot multiple times and killed on the 1900 block of West Page Street near the Strawberry Mansion area.

This is Philadelphia’s 119th homicide this year.

[Neo]

The murder location was barely in Strawberry Mansion -- perhaps the very southeast corner. Maybe they didn't want to suggest that it was near Temple.

[MissMarple2]

I am going to have to go to the ATM to check my damn account balance. Grrrr.

HOWEVER, ray of sunshine: I explained the vaccination "passport" the feds were discussing. My daughter started bitching because she doesn't want to have one more thing to keep track of. HA!

[Narciso]

Have you used brave, mozilla seems sketchy

[Jim Eagle]

From the sublime to the ridiculous:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/31/bowls-bosses-roll-new-rules-allow-transgender-players-compete/

[henry]

There goes Nahncee’s attempt to steal another seat.

@mzanona

🚨JUST IN: Democratic candidate Rita Hart has withdrawn her challenge of the Iowa-2 race before the House Administration Committee

[Neo]

Martin Kulldorff @MartinKulldorff

When making unscientific claims, media often refer to "health officials" or "experts" without citing anyone. I challenge @Twitter
to name vaccine experts believing that everyone, including children and those with prior immunity from natural infection, MUST be Covid vaccinated.
https://twitter.com/MartinKulldorff/status/1376292359718248452

Harvard professor of medicine Martin Kulldorff, a member of the COVID-19 vaccine safety subgroup that advises the CDC, FIH, and FDA

[sbwaters]

Bowls? — I didn’t read the paywalled article?

Does gender really matter at that age?

Aren’t they just grateful to be able stand and to bend a knee? I know I am.

[Pinandpuller]

Sounds like Presidential Timber:

This Foucault scandal has led me to read about the sexual deviancies of other figures of the postmodern left. JP Sartre and de Beauvoir not only passionately promoted pedophilia, but they were child rapists. Keep this in mind when you read about the worldview they defend.

https://twitter.com/carthadasht/status/1377365512246718473?s=21

[Pinandpuller]

It’s so weird seeing couples walking around the Kroger’s unequally masked.

[henry]

Trump on Xiden’s tax increases.

https://twitter.com/sharylattkisson/status/1377367666504122369?s=21

(Typhuspad doesn’t like attkisson’s website)

[MissMarple2]

Want to Kroger where they were out of several advertised items, but I did manage with digital coupons tho cut my bill from $89 to $68!

Now sitting in the car while daughter picks up some vegetarian stuff at the Indian/Chin/Burmese grocery down near my old farm.

[Pinandpuller]

“I am not happy about the rebirth of the Jesuits...Swarms of them will present themselves under more disguises ever taken by even a chief of the Bohemians, as printers, writers, publishers, school teachers, etc. If ever an association of people deserved eternal damnation, on earth and in hell, it is the Society of Loyola. Yet, with our system of religious liberty, we can but offer them a refuge.”—John Adams

“Like you [John Adams], I object to the Jesuits reestablishment which makes light give way to darkness.”—Thomas Jefferson