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[–]ryanstrikesback 1889 points1890 points  (70 children)

Can’t wait to go back to licking strangers

[–][deleted] 539 points540 points  (39 children)

I too am a cat.

[–]YourWebcamBoosted! ✨💉✅ 389 points390 points  (30 children)

I am not a cat

[–]re-ignition 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Hang in there

[–]biggersausage 13 points14 points  (1 child)

when i was a boy in bulgaria...

[–]dekeypuckhockey 69 points70 points  (2 children)

Brad Marchand's burner account?

[–]sandman8727 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Are you Brad Marchand?

[–]ilCannolo 48 points49 points  (2 children)

🎵we’re licking strangers so we don’t lick the ones that we looove🎵

[–]ColonelBy 30 points31 points  (1 child)

I've spent a goddamn year now having to import pre-handled doorknobs from a plant in the Philippines, and while the value for a pallet has been difficult to beat they just can't replicate the flavour of a good public knob

[–]ryanstrikesback 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Public knob....he he he he

[–]VegetableSupport3 25 points26 points  (2 children)

You stopped?

[–]ryanstrikesback 28 points29 points  (1 child)

Only licking within my pod

[–]91hawksfan 1213 points1214 points  (177 children)

Article is behind a paywall, but does it say if J&J can start shipping out doses now then? And does it say how many doses they currently have on hand?

[–]nabuhabu 1092 points1093 points  (105 children)

Shipping first doses on Monday. 4 million on hand, 37m by the end of March. 100m by June

edit: wrong about “37m by end of March” - see below

edit 2: credit u/ceryliae for catching the error: 4m to start, 16m more by the end of March. 37m was the original commitment, which they’re going to miss, but they’re promising 100m by end of June.

[–]spader1 532 points533 points  (15 children)

"Four million units are ready, with one hundred million more well on the way."

[–]Stinkmop 71 points72 points  (3 children)

Your clones are very impressive. You must be very proud.

[–]Ceryliae 262 points263 points  (34 children)

I thought it was 20m by the end of March

[–]JExmoorBoosted! ✨💉✅ 19 points20 points  (0 children)

According to the linked article, you're right.

Only a few million doses will be shipped to states in the days immediately after authorization, though production will ramp up in coming weeks, with 20 million doses to be delivered by the end of March and 100 million total in the first half of the year, according to the company.

From the linked article (minus paywall).

[–]nabuhabu 44 points45 points  (5 children)

My mistake. 37m is size of their initial contract, which they will be late to fulfill. 4m to start, 16m by end of March. 100m by “end of June”.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (4 children)

Close enough;) I think the 100 million is the big number here, which should quickly shift the fight.

[–]JExmoorBoosted! ✨💉✅ 193 points194 points  (27 children)

It is a testament to the amazing progress that's being made that my reaction reading the J&J estimates is like, "Oh, one hundred million doses by June. That's pretty good, I guess."

[–]jfal11 42 points43 points  (25 children)

So envious. I’m Canadian and our vaccine program is a nightmare. We’ve given out less than 2 million doses and “normal” looks farther away than ever. Our timetable for widespread vaccination is September if we’re lucky.

[–]maxerickson 32 points33 points  (8 children)

It's pretty likely that Canada will get a lot more vaccines once the US contracts are satisfied (or sooner, once the US supply on hand exceeds demand).

[–]mntgoat 30 points31 points  (5 children)

Does that mean j&j alone should make us increase the daily vaccination rates by 1 million? Aren't Moderna and Pfizer also increasing their production? Hopefully this means we'll break 3 million a day in early March.

Edit: the 1 million a day was because of the ~37 million figure but I guess that was wrong.

[–]nabuhabu 16 points17 points  (2 children)

With 20m promised by the end of March we’ll be close to that.

[–]Vlad_Yemerashev 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Most likely in the 500-750k / day range on average over a month if it's in the 16-20 million range. That would be an equivalent of the entire population of Baltimore city proper's worth of people PER DAY VACCINATED IN ADDITION TO Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

[–]MotivatedsellerCT 44 points45 points  (6 children)

We expect to have 30,000 doses in CT by Tuesday

[–]IanMazgelis 392 points393 points  (50 children)

What's amazing is that even with the expectation that 20,000,000 doses of this vaccine will be available in the United States throughout March, that likely won't even be a majority of the administered vaccines this upcoming month. To put that into perspective, only three countries have distributed over 20,000,000 doses altogether- The United States, the United Kingdom, and China.

And it probably won't even be a majority of what we do in one month. Warp speed ahead. What an outstanding achievement this has been for the United States. Much like the space race and the world wars, we came in late but we came in hard and fast. It's almost difficult to believe after the pessimistic sentiment of the last year, but America is back and it's doing well.

[–][deleted] 130 points131 points  (28 children)

As a Canadian, I am both jealous and delighted at all of my American friends and family who have already been vaccinated!

My province plans to begin vaccinating 80-year-olds in mid-March. Sigh.

[–]purple_ombudsman 57 points58 points  (22 children)

Chin up, fellow Canuck. Things are about to go warp speed (ugh) for us fairly soon. The supply chains have been restored and AZ has just been approved, giving us another tool in the toolbelt.

Canada loves to shit on itself a lot with the "woe is me" crap, almost as much as it loves shitting on the United States, but people forget that we have yet to miss an actual delivery target based on contract milestones.

[–]treple13Boosted! ✨💉✅ 8 points9 points  (2 children)

Honestly I expect we will "finish" top 10 or so by the time this is all over

[–]TheyCallMeStone 68 points69 points  (1 child)

America is a freight train. Once you get her going, boy howdy watch out.

[–]PhilosopherKoala 39 points40 points  (5 children)

Yeah, when we put our minds to something, we can get things done. At warp speed. One things Americans are pretty good at, is management -- which really makes our ineptitude at the beginning of this crisis so much more galling. Like how many lives could have been saved if we had a President who had taken COVID-19 seriously from day one? Its infuriating, we had the resources to keep this thing from being the absolute catastrophe that it turned in to, and we just didnt do it, for political reasons.

[–]pudding7 16 points17 points  (2 children)

I just had drinks with some friends of mine who have recently volunteered at a mass vaccination site in Phoenix. They said during the intro/training session, some FEMA guy told them to "prepare for this to be an emotional experience. America hasn't come together like this for a positive event since the moon landing". Basically pointing out that all recent memory of "coming together" has been in the face of tragedy, rather than joy. Not that COVID isn't a tragedy, but the nationwide vaccination effort is a positive collective experience.

Almost as amazing was that all five of us in our 40's have received at least one shot of the vaccine! It's happening!

[–]ozzie35 46 points47 points  (3 children)

We came on everyone

[–]sungazer69 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes asap. Cali getting up to 400k next week.

[–][deleted] 1520 points1521 points  (55 children)

Let's fucking go! Vaccination rates to the moon!

[–]Scyhaz 303 points304 points  (1 child)

Diamond needles!

[–]agentfancy 406 points407 points  (17 children)

WE LIKE THE VACCINE

[–][deleted] 300 points301 points  (15 children)

WE LIKE THE VACCINE

[–]whiskeynwaitresses 108 points109 points  (5 children)

I’m not fucking....wait, I’m definitely fucking getting the vaccine

[–]Sovereign_Curtis 68 points69 points  (2 children)

If he's getting it, I'm getting it!

[–]ohseven1098 23 points24 points  (1 child)

Apes vaccinate together.

[–][deleted] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

WE LOVE THE VACCINE

[–]RustyAperture 20 points21 points  (2 children)

When I was a young cat in Bulgaria...

[–]MountbattenYachtClub 35 points36 points  (0 children)

My doctors boyfriend is gonna love this!

[–]Fumblerful-Boosted! ✨💉✅ 24 points25 points  (1 child)

DIAMOND NEEDLES

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[–]runrunrunaway12[S] 470 points471 points  (9 children)

🚀🚀

[–]BFowler555 303 points304 points  (8 children)

🚀🚀💎💎

[–][deleted] 267 points268 points  (7 children)

🚀🚀💎💎💉💉💪💪

[–]dmolin96 41 points42 points  (6 children)

If someone posts a fire/crash emoji to this I swear to god I will find out where you live

[–]Arsenic_Trash 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Don't threaten me with a good time

[–]dewhashishI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 145 points146 points  (0 children)

my wife's boyfriend is getting his soon, this isn't medical advice

[–]hypermarv123 29 points30 points  (1 child)

SELL YOUR C0VID SHARES

[–]lasersloths 22 points23 points  (1 child)

🦍 🦍 🦍

[–]1_Bar_Warrior 31 points32 points  (0 children)

HODL!!!!

[–]jfio93 657 points658 points  (89 children)

Folks we are reaching a point I didn't think we would ever get to.. The end of the fucking pandemic

[–][deleted] 87 points88 points  (2 children)

Yesssss

[–]Guinness 48 points49 points  (7 children)

Not the end of the pandemic, but the end of lockdown. I fully expect new varients will still exist, but the current vaccine will slow it down enough that we can go back to normal as long as we keep an eye on things.

[–]CaptainRAVE2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We’ll also have boosters along with the infrastructure to manufacture and deliver them.

[–]the_war_won 324 points325 points  (7 children)

The One-Shot Johnson!

[–]CPAlum_1 99 points100 points  (2 children)

The only time when it’s good to come fast!

[–]Unkie_HerbI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 356 points357 points  (20 children)

Brilliant news.

Cannot wait for this to be over. Strangely, since the vaccines have been rolling out, I’ve become less patient with managing my way through this debacle. Would have hoped it’d be the opposite, but suppose it’s because the end is so close that it needs to hurry up.

Last year has been a rollercoaster for sure.

[–]draxsmon 245 points246 points  (8 children)

It’s like when you are out and have to pee and your hanging in ok and then you get right to your door you’re putting the key in the lock and you like really really really gotta pee so much worse

[–]screamqueenjunkie 116 points117 points  (3 children)

We really have been holding a collective piss for over a year with no toilets in sight.

That’s just about the most accurate thing I’ve read thus far.

[–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (1 child)

Happened to me the other day after going out for a walk. I had to pee beginning about halfway through my walk, but nothing urgent. Made my way back home, and in that half hour, the need to pee increased steadily from about a 3/10 to a 7/10. Then it suddenly jumped to a 10/10 just after I got back inside and while I was untying my shoes. I got my shoes off and ran to the bathroom and felt the inner floodgates start to open just as I began to pull my pants down. It was a photo finish, but miraculously I held on until I was securely over the toilet and commenced to take the most relieving pee I've had in recent memory.

[–]hemlockecho 48 points49 points  (2 children)

Yeah, I’ve been getting lockdown senioritis too. We’ve been very diligent about staying home and staying safe the last year, and have kept our chins up about it. But for the last few weeks I have been READY to get this over with. Let’s go vaccines!

[–]megano998I'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 23 points24 points  (0 children)

its the adult version of "are we there yet."

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Haha, I read that as lockdown señoritas at first haha and thought you haven’t had it too bad why are you in a hurry!

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just human nature, I reckon. I've become less patient with the crappy job I'm leaving as I'm getting closer to being full time at a job I love.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Same. I think it's also because winter keeps us even more cooped up (can't do much indoors from the pandemic, can't do as much outdoors with the cold) and now they're both slowly drawing to a close. I get this feeling consistently every year, it's just multiplied now by 100.

[–]theipodbackup 729 points730 points  (124 children)

I’ll be honest: I’m fucking ready for this to be over.

[–]screamqueenjunkie 584 points585 points  (93 children)

We ALL are. I’m an introvert’s introvert, and I’m practically clawing at the walls.

I can only imagine what extroverts are feeling.

[–][deleted] 370 points371 points  (38 children)

Just my experience, but all of my extrovert friends have been practically ignoring the rules since last summer anyway.

[–]LaboratoryManiac 207 points208 points  (9 children)

For real though, I thought lockdown last year would be a breeze. I don't like group activities, I don't like travelling - staying home and playing video games sounded like a dream.

I am fucking over it, and I want to go to a party with friends and take a vacation on the coast. Anything to get away from the house. I haven't left my county in almost a year now.

[–]MarsNirgal 21 points22 points  (0 children)

My mom hasn't left her house in a year. Since she's in all the risk groups (over 60, overweight, high blood pressure, kidney issues, pre-diabetic) she's been locked at home and my brother has been getting food for her.

[–]screamqueenjunkie 57 points58 points  (1 child)

I’m going to sing disco at karaoke for hours and hours and hours in the most outrageous costume I can find.

If the first party ain’t this, then I don’t want it, sis!

[–]Luna_Lovelace 53 points54 points  (2 children)

I can only imagine what extroverts are feeling.

It’s not great!

[–]screamqueenjunkie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I already sent the link to this in my first reply, but I’m gonna give this to you as well.

I hope your first outing in a post-Covid world is pure magic.

[–]j33 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No, it's not great, but I've been following the rules. We extroverts aren't having a good time (edit, TBH I've been mostly following the rules, but I did break a few of them that were stupid, like going to the beach by myself even though it was closed, but they were all solitary, I don't party, gather, or eat/drink indoors and always make sure to wear masks).

[–]2Cuil4School 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I've basically been dead inside (my soul but also my apartment lol) for a full year. Online interaction does very little for me compared to in person, especially since my favorite social hobbies either don't translate at all (group trips to events like concerts and cons) or actively frustrate me (TTRPG web platforms have come a LONG way, but for the games I play and the ways I enjoy Peopling, they mostly just make me feel impatient and annoyed). I desperately miss seeing my friends. Genuinely broken down crying routinely, and I'm a great big hairy 34 year old dude. I went from hanging out with people 3-5 nights a week to seeing a friend drop stuff off on my building's stoop from 10 feet away once every couple of months.

And I consider myself very lucky regardless, because I've got an awesome partner who has put aside her own strong introvert preferences to basically hang out with me 24/7 if that's what I need. If she hadn't been here, I literally can't imagine having made it through this.

[–]neonblue01 51 points52 points  (5 children)

Yuuuup, I can stay home for days maybeee weeks on end but there’s a HUGE difference when you don’t want to go out and being TOLD not to go out.I miss eating out with friends, shows, etc. up until November and December it was breeze. Now, it’s taking hits

[–]screamqueenjunkie 41 points42 points  (3 children)

CONCERTS. Drag brunch. Shitty bar gigs. BBQ’s. I miss them all.

And you’re right, it’s the choice of that being taken away from us that just sucks. I wouldn’t do all of those things every weekend, but once or twice a month? You betcha!

[–]evanthegirl 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I’m fucking dying. My internet commenting has skyrocketed by 300%.

[–]ecdc05 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I’m an introvert full of cracks about avoiding humans, loving my books more than people, you name it. But I volunteer at my county’s mass vaccination site and let me tell you, actually talking to other people is a goddamn treat.

[–]OGScheib 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty extroverted, but I’m also extremely paranoid so I’ve been locked down pretty hard. I started getting stir crazy around October and at this point I feel absolutely insane.

[–]santawarrior9 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I miss going out for pleasure. I miss not being repulsed by merely being in a store.

[–]Zorseking34 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’ve been ready since last summer!!!!

[–]dmolin96 108 points109 points  (9 children)

If this was 2020 r/coronavirus you'd be downvoted right now 😂

[–][deleted] 73 points74 points  (8 children)

“What’s so hard about staying at home and not doing anything???”

[–][deleted] 59 points60 points  (4 children)

Day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day

[–]ronpaulus 56 points57 points  (3 children)

Got my shot of Pfizer today. Let’s get this over with. Keep up the good work and keep up your defenses!

[–]TheyCallMeCajun 111 points112 points  (23 children)

Just tested positive yesterday. This can't come soon enough

[–]yingyangyoung 114 points115 points  (3 children)

Cook some meals right now while you still have the energy and freeze them so all you have to do is defrost and heat them up.

[–]ZonatedSilver 38 points39 points  (2 children)

Solid advice right here. I barely had energy to stand, let alone cook a whole ass meal when I was sick with it.

[–]feetofire 51 points52 points  (10 children)

This is a game changer for most of the world who can’t do double doses ... great news.

[–]bang_the_pots 372 points373 points  (120 children)

This is the beginning of the end.

[–]Wizmaxman 205 points206 points  (79 children)

We're like mid end game already. This shit over in the US in like 2 to 3 months (minus kids and anti vaxxers)

[–]khornflakes529 64 points65 points  (23 children)

Hard to believe when around here we have been stuck on group 1A since the vaccine rollout. My wife is 1B due to an autoimmune disease, I'd kill a man to get her vaccinated.

[–]1_Bar_Warrior 59 points60 points  (3 children)

2 months and this pandemic atleast in the US will be over for the most part

[–]toadfan64 142 points143 points  (7 children)

No more tears

[–]lowlife_highlife 95 points96 points  (32 children)

Getting my J&J vaccine this week. So excited

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

How do you know which vaccine you’re getting?

[–]lowlife_highlife 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The faculty I work for has only acquired J&J vaccines, and I had to sign up for the J&J trial through the Sisonke programme

[–]thinpileBoosted! ✨💉✅ 125 points126 points  (16 children)

Looks like around 800k doses are going directly to pharmacies initially as well.....

[–]xTHEKILLINGJOKEx 54 points55 points  (3 children)

Can’t wait to go back to eating ass

[–]Rollingbeatles75 75 points76 points  (3 children)

Put those two Johnsons in me! I wanna go out to nice dinners.

[–]call_me_zero 89 points90 points  (3 children)

FDA: "We like the vaccine"

[–]cuzimmathug 100 points101 points  (6 children)

I made this 😁

I'm a vaccine manufacturer working on the J&J vaccine. My coworkers and I have been putting in 90+ hour weeks for months to get these doses made and I'm just so proud of us and excited that it got approved and I needed to tell the world 💃🏽💃🏽 and we are not slowing down 😎 LETS CELEBRATE

[–]sirkarrdeI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I work for a competitor and our vaccine is just not out yet, but I'm so happy and proud of you guys! I know the pharma world has been crazy the past 10-12 months; thanks for pulling those 12+ hour days. Hopefully you guys can rest a bit now and celebrate properly!

[–]theboxturtle57Boosted! ✨💉✅ 55 points56 points  (5 children)

INJECT THIS INTO MY ARM ASAP

[–]WeHaveIgnition 25 points26 points  (1 child)

I would put it my ass if it was a pine cone suppository. I’m so ready.

[–]beecums 54 points55 points  (1 child)

I've hardly seen anyone of the opposite sex ina year, let alone socialize. It's going to get weird out there.

[–]tonystarkduh 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Please help our country after you guys are done. Philippines

[–][deleted] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

LETS FUCKING GO!

[–]chehsu 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This news made my week.

[–]flarpy_blunderguffs 82 points83 points  (16 children)

My JNJ stonks better go to Mars on Monday 🚀🚀🚀

[–]FrostedSapling 55 points56 points  (6 children)

It’s priced in

[–]Hard_on_Collider 32 points33 points  (3 children)

It's also a 400B company so they could vaccine a billion people on their own but that ain't gonna make them 🚀🚀🚀🚀

[–]zevzev 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yup it takes a lot to move jnj

[–]GanonsfootI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 38 points39 points  (0 children)

What is this emotion I'm experiencing? It's almost like the opposite of shame ... Is ... Is this hope?

[–]OTGASTD 31 points32 points  (4 children)

Anyone know how they’re planning to distribute this one? Will it be the same method at the other two? I imagine some people won’t want this one, but will there be a choice? Might be state by state or county by county, eh? I’ll be very curious to see how it rolls out. I’d get it tomorrow, if offered.

[–]phostyle 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It really depends on state and county. I would think the overall principal won't change, but I did read that some places might have a J&J specific vaccine drive in order to make people not feel like they "drew the short straw".

[–]fokaiHI 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm ready. Give my family and me some shots.

[–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

LETS GO SCIENCE

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (6 children)

What's most likely candidate for a fourth vaccine after this? Novavax?

[–]MatSciePhDI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 6 points7 points  (4 children)

Does anyone here know if grad students teaching courses at a university are eligible under phase 1B??

[–]feralparakeet 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depends on your state. In Michigan, everyone in higher ed is counting on finding extra doses at clinics in the evening because we aren't considered 1b like other states, yet are expected to go to full in person learning this fall.