Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

local news







also local news

zegermans posted:

Should I just get a moderna vaccine and lie about ever having gotten janssen

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Any stupid rear end in a top hat could have predicted this outcome.

Lacrosse posted:

Truly incredible the federal government is doing not a single solitary thing beyond shouting GET VACCINATED from behind closed bunker doors

fosborb posted:

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Hospitalizations didn’t start spiking last year until late September iirc? We’re already riding that rollercoaster and deaths are absolutely going to follow soon.

Imho this is all on the CDC telling everyone the pandemic was essentially over in may. Any stupid rear end in a top hat could have predicted this outcome.

Schnorkles posted:

it's starting to spread to powerful people. the second some of them start dying (even if vaccinated) is when it gets serious

until then, we're on our own.

Schnorkles posted:

it's starting to spread to powerful people. the second some of them start dying (even if vaccinated) is when it gets serious

until then, we're on our own.

Schnorkles posted:

the reality is that number would have a rough time with another major shutdown, so we're just throwing people into the meat grinder instead

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

iirc when the CDC released their horrible stoplight "pandemic's over for the vaccinated and liars" guidance back in May this thread caught fire over the sheer stupidity of it

T-Paine posted:

i'm in the same boat and i'm about to walk into a walgreens and get the moderna

FizFashizzle posted:

Hospital numbers

Around 120 current covid patients in hospital. Highest it's been was 160 back in january. They just shut down the ortho floor and are turning it into a covid wing, however.

42 patients in the ICU
38 patients on vent

Currently 61 employees infected with 36 having been vaccinated.

Positive tests among age groups are fairly evently distributed, but this doesn't really get into to fine a detail. it's 0-24, 25-44, 45 to 64, then 65+.

all our internal stuff is screaming for employees to get a booster.

Had a patient this morning. Immunocompromised. Getting his first shot. Told him to hold his mycophenolate 4-7 days post jab as tolerated.

hope everyone else's morning is going good and you're staying safe.

FizFashizzle posted:

the only reason we shut down the first time is the powerful didn't yet know this was an illness that will primarily effect the people they don't care about anyway. Once that was made clear it was full steam ahead.

now with delta though...

FizFashizzle posted:

the only reason we shut down the first time is the powerful didn't yet know this was an illness that will primarily effect the people they don't care about anyway. Once that was made clear it was full steam ahead.

now with delta though...

quote:

‘This feels great’
A preview from Georgia about how America might reemerge from the coronavirus: Eating, drinking, touching and throwing caution to the wind
By Stephanie McCrummen
MAY 17, 2020

On the sprawling green plaza, people began gathering elbow-to-elbow on blankets and lawn chairs, opening beers and bottles of wine.

“I think you have to live life,” said Jeff Lampel, taking a sip of beer.

“When you start seeing where the cases are coming from and the demographics — I’m not worried,” agreed his friend Scott Friedel.

“I know what people are going to say — 'Those selfish idiots are killing our old people!’ ” said Lampel.

“How do you give up a day like this — really, how?” Friedel said, enjoying the last rays of sun as the music kept playing and the crowds kept coming.

Schnorkles posted:

open biden

euphronius posted:

mastershakeman posted:

we havent even had the coastal and upper midwest states get hit yet. ny, cali, illinois, michigan, ohio, pa all can take the hospitalizations to the moon once the it spreads more outside the SEC states

euphronius posted:

Pryor on Fire posted:

what city is this in?

Nocturtle posted:

Throw another one on the Moderna supremacy pile:
https://twitter.com/Goldammerfeder/status/1427989777354211335

Seriously though one of the latter comments is relevant:
https://twitter.com/Goldammerfeder/status/1428379232015724551

The difference could just be declining effectiveness over time or older people disproportionately receiving Pfizer before Moderna was available and their crappy immune systems making Pfizer look worse. Don't think these numbers were age corrected.

meet girls at the store posted:

Consent manufacturing machine go brrrrrr

Lansdowne posted:

https://twitter.com/charles_gaba/status/1428541317940920322

a thrid of all students and faculty out sick already, jesus

I haven't been following the school biz as closely this year since my mom (thankfully) retired from teaching before going back to the covid mines, but this is the first I'm hearing about states outright disallowing remote and forcing them to use snow days. everything is so stupid.

meet girls at the store posted:

Consent manufacturing machine go brrrrrr

meet girls at the store posted:

Consent manufacturing machine go brrrrrr

durrneez posted:

does anyone else know anyone who still uses cloth masks? I know a couple people who do and it’s just…. motherfuckin WHY?????

Kreeblah posted:

What happens in a couple weeks when they're out of inclement weather days to use?

meet girls at the store posted:

Consent manufacturing machine go brrrrrr

quote:

Geisinger introduces customizable zero-interest payment plans for out-of-pocket medical expenses

AI-backed payment solution offers patients custom options to conveniently pay medical bills on their schedule


DANVILLE, Pa., Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Furthering its mission to make better health easier for the communities it serves, Geisinger is introducing a new AI-backed, customizable approach to medical billing where patients have the power to select zero-interest payment plans that can be paid over a timeline of their choosing.

Partnering with fintech startup PayZen, Geisinger is the first major health system in the United States to implement this AI-backed financing solution to create customized billing solutions that will help patients more easily afford out-of-pocket medical expenses within their personal budgets. With this partnership, patients receiving Geisinger bills for out-of-pocket expenses will be invited to pay the bill in one lump sum, or over many months, on a timeline that works for their personal financial situation. If they elect to pay their balance over time, they can choose from several customized payment plans, all without fees or interest. The payment plans will be made available to all Geisinger patients with out-of-pocket balances over $250 after insurance payments.

"Everything we do at Geisinger is done in an effort to make better health easier for our patients, members and communities. This includes making it simpler to afford and pay medical bills with no-interest plans on friendly, customizable terms," said Robert Dewar, Chief Revenue Officer at Geisinger. "We understand that everyone's financial situations are different and it's our obligation to make sure our patients don't avoid or put off necessary care for financial reasons."

This new approach has proven popular. During the initial rollout, 82% of patients enrolled after receiving their customized monthly payment plan, with an average monthly payment of $52. Geisinger and PayZen are enrolling hundreds of patients in the program each month.

"Out of pocket medical bills can put a strain on any patient's household budget. PayZen seeks to address that strain with technology that allows us to customize payment plans that meet whatever a patient's budget requires," said Itzik Cohen, PayZen CEO and co-founder. "Geisinger is an early adopter of this technology that has the potential to revolutionize health care payments to better meet the needs of patients."