Official live update of spread of COVID19

[Irreligious Atheist]

Everybody is after their 15 minutes of fame.  Yes, it could have come from the lab in Wuhan.  Is there good evidence that it did? No, but on the other hand the Chinese government hasn't been very transparent.  A more thorough investigation is warranted.  But at the same time, it's false that no other potential vector has been identified.  The market in Wuhan is fed by animal traffickers from the area where coronavirus samples in bats have been found, and provides a compelling counter-narrative to the lab theory.

https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did...arket.html

The first case of SARS-CoV-2 didn't emerge from a Wuhan wet market, according to experts at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

[Angrboda]

Everybody is after their 15 minutes of fame.  Yes, it could have come from the lab in Wuhan.  Is there good evidence that it did? No, but on the other hand the Chinese government hasn't been very transparent.  A more thorough investigation is warranted.  But at the same time, it's false that no other potential vector has been identified.  The market in Wuhan is fed by animal traffickers from the area where coronavirus samples in bats have been found, and provides a compelling counter-narrative to the lab theory.

https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did...arket.html

The first case of SARS-CoV-2 didn't emerge from a Wuhan wet market, according to experts at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

The article you cited doesn't really help. Do you have a citation for the second sentence.

[Irreligious Atheist]

https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did...arket.html

The first case of SARS-CoV-2 didn't emerge from a Wuhan wet market, according to experts at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

The article you cited doesn't really help.  Do you have a citation for the second sentence.

https://www.wionews.com/world/covid-19-d...sts-301426

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-rules...1590517508

https://www.businesstoday.in/current/eco...32201.html

[Angrboda]

The article you cited doesn't really help.  Do you have a citation for the second sentence.

https://www.wionews.com/world/covid-19-d...sts-301426

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-rules...1590517508

https://www.businesstoday.in/current/eco...32201.html

None of the articles you've cited provide any evidence that the virus didn't at some point traverse the wet market. Failure to find evidence for that vector isn't evidence against the theory. And as noted, information coming out of China, including the Wuhan lab, has a big asterisk attached to it.

[Silver]

I have an appointment to get my first shot during the morning of the sixteenth.

[Silver]

Other than a sore arm where they jabbed me, and a slightly stuffy nose, I am not having any noticeable adverse effects from the first shot.

[HappySkeptic]

Other than a sore arm where they jabbed me, and a slightly stuffy nose, I am not having any noticeable adverse effects from the first shot.

Great.  I had the Astra Zeneca, and it seems to give a fever and general blah feeling the day after, for 24 hours.

[Silver]

Millions Appear to Be Skipping Second COVID-19 Vaccine Shot in the U.S.
slate.com

Millions of Americans appear to think that one was enough. More than five million people, accounting for almost 8 percent of those who got a Pfizer or Moderna shot in the United States, have not gone in for their second dose, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, reports the New York Times. That is almost double the rate of of people who appeared to miss the second dose through mid-February. The number shows how health authorities don’t just have to work to convince those who refuse to get vaccinated in the first place, they also need to work to make sure people go in for their second shot.

Reasons for missing the second shot vary. Some didn’t want to risk the side effects and others said they thought one shot gave them enough of a protection against COVID-19. It’s likely that some, though, didn’t make the decision but just faced too many hurdles to get the second dose and decided to simply give up in frustration.

[Fake Messiah]

So this is where karening originates from

Fox host urges viewers to call Child Protective Services on kids wearing masks

On Monday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson's segment went completely off the rails when he urged viewers to call child services on parents who are masking up their kids to protect them from COVID-19.

"Masks have always been incompatible with a free society," said Carlson. "Masks are for the guilty. They're signifiers of shame and submission."

He went on to suggest that parents who have their kids wear masks outside are unfit and engaging in child abuse.

"As for forcing children to wear masks outside, that should be illegal," said Carlson. "Your response when you see children wearing masks when they play should be no different from your response to seeing someone beating a kid at Walmart. Call the police immediately. Contact Child Protective Services. Keep calling until someone arrives. What you're looking at is abuse, it's child abuse, and you are morally obligated to attempt to prevent it."

https://www.rawstory.com/amp/fox-news-masks-2652788033

[Silver]

The risks unvaccinated Americans are weighing
abcnews.go.com

Still, many Americans who are still wary of the vaccines say the ultimate persuader will be time.