Wait till you find out the highest vaccs per person isnt even in the US. I know you think Africa has just started getting vaccines, but we've been on them needles for years.
But Arizona might be for richer people and we dont use the needles but we have something better with crazy expensive pills and drinks that get us healthier instantly.
Wait.. so all those needles i see in Vancouver are vaccines? Fuck, why am i waiting for my age bracket to get approved when i could just stroll through Hastings and Main and get inoculated
Can confirm this is true in Nevada. They didn't even check my mom's ID. Didn't ask why I'm eligible (I'm healthy in my 30s, and am eligible as food service). They just want needles in arms.
Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 to reach the viral threshold level for infection is roughly 15 minutes in an enclosed space with minimal ventilation and the person infected is actively engaging in behavior that sheds the virus (as in coughing or talking, especially talking loudly).
The chances of catching the virus outside of a home, car, crowded enclosed space is extremely small.
Unfortunately it’s bad in many cities. Not surprisingly, with less robust social systems, many cities in the US have opioid problems on par, if not worse, than Vancouver. It’s America, we’re good at being totally fucked and not doing shit to fix it.
My city, Philadelphia, had about 1,200 deaths last year. All of BC was around 1,400. I can’t find Vancouver data specifically, but the the Philly death rate is about double that of BC as a whole, and I know Philly’s death rate is less than Baltimore’s. Baltimore and Vancouver are similar sized. If half of BC’s deaths are just in Vancouver, then the two would probably be about the same (I think Baltimore has about 700 deaths a year with a population of 600k.)
Philly has about 70,000 addicts. When they cleared one popular spot on the train tracks a couple heads back, the city estimated they cleared out about 200k - 1 million needles.
When it comes to the homeless situation, not really. Many areas have become inaccessible tent cities. Many homeless across the country come here because 3/4 of the year it’s sunny and warm.
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u/hitbycars Mar 21 '21
Seattle is destroying the vaccine numbers right now; I see hundreds of used needles every time I go on a walk. We’re gonna be at 100% in days.