Who doesn't like an Iron Lung?
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Shiftless2
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I tried the link in #1, nope.
It's difficult to imagine how one would actually respond, but I suspect if I had to decide:
- iron lung, or
- die
I'd find that 2nd option more appealing. btw, that's quite a grim pic in #2. I don't see any power cords, but believe there must be one for each cylinder. ghastly
It's difficult to imagine how one would actually respond, but I suspect if I had to decide:
- iron lung, or
- die
I'd find that 2nd option more appealing. btw, that's quite a grim pic in #2. I don't see any power cords, but believe there must be one for each cylinder. ghastly
Shiftless2
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#1 was a link to a Twitter thread re this
The more the Republican Party politicized the pandemic, the more the public confronted unwelcome consequences. On Capitol Hill and across multiple states, for example, a variety of GOP officials began condemning vaccine mandates — not just related to Covid, but all vaccines.
For Donald Trump, whose rhetoric about vaccines has long been dreadful, simply condemning vaccine mandates isn’t enough. As the former president reminded the public at a rally in Virginia over the weekend, the likely GOP nominee intends to go considerably further if ....
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Trump vows to cut federal funds for schools with vaccine mandates
It's become a standard line in Donald Trump's stump speech: He intends to deny federal funds to any school, at any level, "that has a vaccine mandate."The more the Republican Party politicized the pandemic, the more the public confronted unwelcome consequences. On Capitol Hill and across multiple states, for example, a variety of GOP officials began condemning vaccine mandates — not just related to Covid, but all vaccines.
For Donald Trump, whose rhetoric about vaccines has long been dreadful, simply condemning vaccine mandates isn’t enough. As the former president reminded the public at a rally in Virginia over the weekend, the likely GOP nominee intends to go considerably further if ....
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Thanks.
I doubt the Donald is all that personally committed to these issues.Seems to me Trump is pandering, seeking the power of the presidency not to accomplish political objectives, but to be in charge.
I'm not sure there's any explanation better than "mass hysteria" for Trump's continuing electoral popularity.
Shiftless2
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Cross posted from the photo thread
twits !
The FDA just approved the Novavax actual vaccine for covid.
It is a real vaccine, cultured in vats, and is not mRNA based.
It has a long success history in other countries.
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May 28, 2026
The FDA's vaccine advisors voted 8 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a monovalent XFG vaccine for COVID-19 shots for the 2026-2027 season.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) also discussed the need to target the long-simmering BA.3.2 variant, also known as "cicada," though most expressed confidence that targeting XFG was the right way to go.
"The XFG variant is the most common variant in the U.S. right now, and looking at the other JN.1 variants that may be coming up, I still think that the BA.3.2 variant is not as common. I think we have to keep surveillance very vigilant though," said Anna Durbin, MD, of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, adding that the "immunogenicity of the vaccines looks good, so I was very comfortable voting yes."
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD, of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, who chaired the meeting, noted that the World Health Organization recommended the LP.8.1 strain for next year's vaccines, which "would have been fine," he said. The currently available vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer target LP.8.1.
"I was also really swayed by the fact that Sanofi made the XFG vaccine," Perlman said. "They don't have LP.8.1, and given that the two are very similar, I think that for the U.S., having XFG is a good choice."
Perlman was referring to Sanofi's Nuvaxovid, the protein subunit vaccine acquired from developer Novavax that takes longer to develop and manufacture compared with its sister products, which use mRNA technology.
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https://www.medpagetoday.com/infect...&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Daily_News_Update_active
It is a real vaccine, cultured in vats, and is not mRNA based.
It has a long success history in other countries.
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FDA Panel Backs New COVID Vaccines Aimed at Dominant Strain
— Panelists favored a monovalent XFG-targeted vaccine
by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage TodayMay 28, 2026
The FDA's vaccine advisors voted 8 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a monovalent XFG vaccine for COVID-19 shots for the 2026-2027 season.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) also discussed the need to target the long-simmering BA.3.2 variant, also known as "cicada," though most expressed confidence that targeting XFG was the right way to go.
"The XFG variant is the most common variant in the U.S. right now, and looking at the other JN.1 variants that may be coming up, I still think that the BA.3.2 variant is not as common. I think we have to keep surveillance very vigilant though," said Anna Durbin, MD, of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, adding that the "immunogenicity of the vaccines looks good, so I was very comfortable voting yes."
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD, of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, who chaired the meeting, noted that the World Health Organization recommended the LP.8.1 strain for next year's vaccines, which "would have been fine," he said. The currently available vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer target LP.8.1.
"I was also really swayed by the fact that Sanofi made the XFG vaccine," Perlman said. "They don't have LP.8.1, and given that the two are very similar, I think that for the U.S., having XFG is a good choice."
Perlman was referring to Sanofi's Nuvaxovid, the protein subunit vaccine acquired from developer Novavax that takes longer to develop and manufacture compared with its sister products, which use mRNA technology.
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https://www.medpagetoday.com/infect...&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Daily_News_Update_active