BK The Great
Veteran
Didn't he take the vaccine though?
Donald Trump: Coronavirus Vaccine Is 'Great,' but 'Nobody Should Be Forced'
Donald Trump: Coronavirus Vaccine Is 'Great,' but 'Nobody Should Be Forced'
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As much as I love Japan, they really need to pull the plug. Olympics are not happening.
Dillah810
Flat Girther
Day 2 after the 2nd shot of Pfizer and I'm shocked that the side effects haven't worsen. I still only have a sore arm. However, the pharmacist that gave me the shot told me that Moderna people seem to be the ones that get the worst side effects after the 2nd shot.
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
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Dillah810
Flat Girther
I have access to 6G speedsHow’s your cell coverage tho?
#microchipgang on another level
AquaCityBoy
Veteran
EDC 2021’s Failure to Launch: How a Plan to Bring 200,000 People to Vegas Fell Apart (msn.com)
Just as I thought, they had to push it back to Q4. May was way TF too early for something like this.
EDC 2021’s Failure to Launch: How a Plan to Bring 200,000 People to Vegas Fell Apart
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Electric Daisy Carnival
For 12 days, it appeared as though Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas — the world’s biggest dance music festival — would be the first major live music event to happen since the coronavirus pandemic shut down live concerts last March.
That excitement proved short-lived when Pasquale Rotella, founder and CEO of EDC producer Insomniac Events, announced late Tuesday night that the festival would have to be postponed until October, citing an added provision to Clark County’s Proposed Local Mitigation and Enforcement Plan that will require 60% of Clark County residents to be vaccinated before events can occur at 100% capacity and without social distancing.
According to state records, under Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s emergency rule issued March 12, Rotella could have applied for a permit to stage Electric Daisy Carnival at 50% capacity at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where the festival has been held annually since 2011 (with the exception of last year). That would have put attendance at 100,000 fans. Instead, based on presented capacity estimates in documents reviewed by Billboard, it appears the company initially pushed forward with a plan for 200,000 fans to head to EDC 2021 for what would have been one of highest-attended events Insomniac has ever staged at the Speedway. This would be the first of two plan proposals submitted by Insomniac to the Nevada Office of Business & Industry.
(Sources familiar on the situation note that from a financial perspective, it would be difficult to make EDC financially viable with a 100,000-person attendance cap.)
Insomniac’s first Large Gathering COVID-19 Preparedness & Safety Plan, submitted to the Nevada Office of Business & Industry on April 8, acknowledged the state’s 50% capacity rules, but offered to instead mitigate the risk with by verifying that each attendee or staff member be either fully vaccinated or have tested negative for COVID-19. The plan also promised mandatory mask wearing and the use of canines capable of detecting COVID-19, in addition to other safety precautions.
The plan noted that “EDC is a non-seated outdoor event and will not implement social distancing as its method for health safety” given its proposed vaccination and testing verification methods.
State officials immediately rejected the proposal, citing Sisolak’s emergency order. A representative from the Nevada Department of Business & Industry confirmed to Billboard that Insomniac did submit a second safety plan on April 15 and that that plan was rejected on April 16. A source close to Insomniac confirms the submission of this second plan, which outlined provisions to abide by the Governor’s 50% capacity mandate and which would have put total capacity for EDC 2021 at 100,000. B&I did not respond to Billboard’s request for comment on why this second plan was rejected. According to Clark County’s own Mitigation and Enforcement Plan, plans approved by B&I before May 1 would have been allowed to happen between May 1 and June 30, regardless of current County protocols.
The Clark County Board of Commissioners had its own proposal to allow large events to return at 80% capacity, if 50% of local residents had been vaccinated. That would have put the festival’s capacity at 160,000. After May 1, Rotella could withdraw his event application from the state and submit it to the county, which had already vaccinated 45% of attendees, according to a local report, and would likely meet the 50% threshold in time for Electric Daisy Carnival on May 20.
That changed on Tuesday, when county officials announced they were updating their plan to raise the local vaccination rate requirement from 50% of residents to 60% of residents, amid concerns from health officials and local hospital administrators about a possible new surge in cases. With Insomniac’s second plan rejected and it appearing unlikely that 60% percent of residents would be vaccinated by May 20, Rotella announced the festival was being pushed to October on the evening of April 20, hours after the county commission voted to approve the increased vaccine requirements.
For fans, the cancellation news was a swift about face, given Rotella’s April 8 announcement the event was on and that fans should “book your flights, hotels and shuttles.” Reaction to this initial announcement had been mixed, with many people leaving social media comments expressing confusion about how EDC would take place safely. (Rotella’s social media posts announcing EDC was happening have since been deleted.)
“If you look at those reactions and the conversations in the comment sections,” says a source close to the event, “it didn’t look like fans were ready.”
But the artists were. While it was initially unclear if international acts would be able to enter the country to play the festival, a manager that had several acts on the lineup tells Billboard that international travel visas for the show were granted two weeks ago, which would have made it possible for EDC to host its standard-sized lineup of 200-300 acts. This same manager says that their office wasn’t notified that EDC would be postponing until an hour before Rotella’s announcement was posted. It is assumed that this same lineup will now roll over to the October event.
“This was all happening very quickly,” says the source close to Insomniac, “we were doing everything and giving everyone updates in real time.”
In the end, the endeavor looks to be a gamble that didn’t pay off. Several sources note that while Insomniac has hosted a successful run of drive-through and drive-in events and livestreams during the pandemic, when it came to returning to live shows, the reality of logistics, and bureaucracy, simply outweighed ambition.
Just as I thought, they had to push it back to Q4. May was way TF too early for something like this.
They are discussing how things should go down right now. Sounds like they are leaning towards reinstating J&J but I just tuned into the 4-5 hr meeting lol
^^^ I'm waited with baited breath because:
1) I had a J&J appt two days before their shots were postponed
2) Earlier this week, I saw that next day vaccinations for Pfizer/Moderna, but figured it will take 1 month to be fully vaccinated. If J&J is immediately reinstated, I can be back in these streets quicker.
3) As a result, with today's meeting, I'm hoping to see J&J shots resumed ASAP or else I played myself and my gamble pushed back my ability to socialize by at least 1-2 weeks.
1) I had a J&J appt two days before their shots were postponed
2) Earlier this week, I saw that next day vaccinations for Pfizer/Moderna, but figured it will take 1 month to be fully vaccinated. If J&J is immediately reinstated, I can be back in these streets quicker.
* Also since I'm low risk and trust the science, I figured I should take the vaccine people will be hesitant about (doesn't hurt that it'll be likely less people in line for it too).
3) Rechecking the vaccination aggregation sites today and all the Pfizer/Moderna vaccinations are taken for the immediate future.3) As a result, with today's meeting, I'm hoping to see J&J shots resumed ASAP or else I played myself and my gamble pushed back my ability to socialize by at least 1-2 weeks.
This + universities requiring vaccination is gonna cut into that anti-vax talk. shyt's all fun and games til you cant participate in society
Oxygen gets armed escort in India as supplies run low in COVID crisis
Oxygen gets armed escort in India as supplies run low in COVID crisis
Alasdair Pal
3 minutes read
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An empty tanker is seen outside an oxygen plant, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sirens wailing, a police convoy escorting a tanker carrying oxygen reached a hospital in India’s capital just in time, to the huge relief of doctors and relatives of COVID-19 patients counting on the supply to stave off death.
India on Friday posted the world’s largest daily COVID-19 caseload for a second day, with 332,730 new cases and 2,263 deaths, as the pandemic spiralled out of control.
A dire shortage of oxygen - essential for the survival of critical COVID patients - has meant states are closely guarding their supplies and even posting armed police at production plants to ensure security.
Several hospitals, including Shanti Mukand in the west of the New Delhi with 110 COVID patients, said they had almost exhausted their oxygen supplies on Thursday. The prospects for patients and their distraught families was disastrous.
"The hospital came to us and told us to make our own arrangements," said Bhirendra Kumar, whose COVID-positive father was admitted 10 days ago.
"We're not an oxygen company - how can we make our own arrangements?"
Earlier in the day, the hospital's chief executive, Sunil Saggar, choked back tears as he described the decision to discharge some patients because the lack of oxygen meant there was nothing his hospital could do to help.
At the hospital's oxygen supplier, Inox in Uttar Pradesh state about an hour from the capital, a line of a dozen trucks from cities across north India waited to fill up.
Half a dozen drivers told Reuters they had been waiting for as long as three days to get their trucks filled, as surging demand from hospitals in the capital and elsewhere outstripped supply.
Vakeel, who goes by one name, has been working as a driver for Inox since 1994. He said the level of demand was unprecedented.
"Every hospital wants three or four times what they did before," he said.
'LEARN TO MANAGE'
The Inox plant has seen frequent visits from government officials and police, some wielding assault rifles, ensuring that there is no disruption of any kind to supplies.
An Uttar Pradesh police officer said they had been given orders to escort trucks to waiting hospitals.
Welcome though the extra security is, a supervisor at the facility said it was impossible to meet demand.
"Even if we build another five plants here we won't be able to," said the supervisor, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the situation.
Eventually, a truck left the plant, reaching the New Delhi hospital late on Thursday evening.
A relieved crowd of doctors and relatives who had gathered outside to wait for the truck's arrival headed back in.
"Some things in life are difficult," hospital chief Saggar said as the needle on the hospital's storage tank ticked back up from close to zero. "You have to learn to manage."
But the reprieve is only temporary.
"Every day is like this now," Saggar said.
In less than 24 hours, the hospital will have to do it all over again, as the needle sinks back towards empty with new supplies, hopefully, on the way.
Oxygen gets armed escort in India as supplies run low in COVID crisis
Alasdair Pal
3 minutes read
1/5
An empty tanker is seen outside an oxygen plant, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Sirens wailing, a police convoy escorting a tanker carrying oxygen reached a hospital in India’s capital just in time, to the huge relief of doctors and relatives of COVID-19 patients counting on the supply to stave off death.
India on Friday posted the world’s largest daily COVID-19 caseload for a second day, with 332,730 new cases and 2,263 deaths, as the pandemic spiralled out of control.
A dire shortage of oxygen - essential for the survival of critical COVID patients - has meant states are closely guarding their supplies and even posting armed police at production plants to ensure security.
Several hospitals, including Shanti Mukand in the west of the New Delhi with 110 COVID patients, said they had almost exhausted their oxygen supplies on Thursday. The prospects for patients and their distraught families was disastrous.
"The hospital came to us and told us to make our own arrangements," said Bhirendra Kumar, whose COVID-positive father was admitted 10 days ago.
"We're not an oxygen company - how can we make our own arrangements?"
Earlier in the day, the hospital's chief executive, Sunil Saggar, choked back tears as he described the decision to discharge some patients because the lack of oxygen meant there was nothing his hospital could do to help.
At the hospital's oxygen supplier, Inox in Uttar Pradesh state about an hour from the capital, a line of a dozen trucks from cities across north India waited to fill up.
Half a dozen drivers told Reuters they had been waiting for as long as three days to get their trucks filled, as surging demand from hospitals in the capital and elsewhere outstripped supply.
Vakeel, who goes by one name, has been working as a driver for Inox since 1994. He said the level of demand was unprecedented.
"Every hospital wants three or four times what they did before," he said.
'LEARN TO MANAGE'
The Inox plant has seen frequent visits from government officials and police, some wielding assault rifles, ensuring that there is no disruption of any kind to supplies.
An Uttar Pradesh police officer said they had been given orders to escort trucks to waiting hospitals.
Welcome though the extra security is, a supervisor at the facility said it was impossible to meet demand.
"Even if we build another five plants here we won't be able to," said the supervisor, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the situation.
Eventually, a truck left the plant, reaching the New Delhi hospital late on Thursday evening.
A relieved crowd of doctors and relatives who had gathered outside to wait for the truck's arrival headed back in.
"Some things in life are difficult," hospital chief Saggar said as the needle on the hospital's storage tank ticked back up from close to zero. "You have to learn to manage."
But the reprieve is only temporary.
"Every day is like this now," Saggar said.
In less than 24 hours, the hospital will have to do it all over again, as the needle sinks back towards empty with new supplies, hopefully, on the way.