COVID-19/Coronavirus Information and Support Thread (see OP for useful links)
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And we have another one
California Deputy DA who fought against vaccine mandates has died of Covid, go on, see if you can guess which party she supported?
www.thedailybeast.com
California Deputy DA who fought against vaccine mandates has died of Covid, go on, see if you can guess which party she supported?
Prosecutor Who Fought Vax Mandates Dead of COVID at 46
Kelly Ernby had reportedly spoken out against vaccine mandates at a Turning Point USA rally shortly before she became ill.
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A new COVID variant has surfaced in France with the designation B.1.640.2 and dubbed "IHU":
www.newsweek.com
If it gains traction, I'm not sure what Greek letter it'll get, but it'll likely be Sigma I'm guessing. Hopefully, it fizzles out as other VOCs have.
What We Know About 'IHU' COVID Variant B.1.640.2 With 46 Mutations
Experts say people should not be concerned about the variant that was detected in France towards the end of last year.
www.newsweek.com
If it gains traction, I'm not sure what Greek letter it'll get, but it'll likely be Sigma I'm guessing. Hopefully, it fizzles out as other VOCs have.
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So my co-workers who went to the Rose Bowl to see Utah choke in the second half pretty much all came back with COVID and don't understand how they got it since they're all vaccinated/boosted. It's basically a surprised Pikachu meme that writes itself:
Goes to a stadium with over 87,000 screaming people
Get's COVID
So now my team is down like 50% of its employees and I'm more or less over working long days, so I'm not thrilled to have to cover more than I normally do. At least it keeps me at home though so I don't have to deal with people.
Goes to a stadium with over 87,000 screaming people
Get's COVID
So now my team is down like 50% of its employees and I'm more or less over working long days, so I'm not thrilled to have to cover more than I normally do. At least it keeps me at home though so I don't have to deal with people.
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Absolutely staggering infection rates now widely across the UK and western Europe.
Ireland is currently reporting an amazing 57% positivity rate, and 50% positivity over the last 7 days.
Scotland is now running at 20,000 detected new cases a day and a positivity rate of ca. 35%, with much of England at the same rate.
A friend of mine slagged off modellers last week for daring to claim that Scotland would hit 25,000 daily new infections when the official figure was still 'only' 5000 cases per day - he hasn't bothered to post a retraction or apology, nor did any of his pals who replied along the lines of 'what a crock' and 'scaremongering scientists' etc. etc.
The fact that 'cases' =/= infections and that real infections are probably around 5-10 times higher than 'cases' is also something that he refuses to appreciate (modellers predict infections not cases)... Scotland is probably experiencing something nearer to 50-100,000 actual infections per day right now...
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This week has seen by far the most new infections since the pandemic began, with the global daily total topping over 1.8 million new cases, which is more than double any previous peak. The speed at which the new peak has been reached is phenomenal, rising over 1 million in under 2 weeks.
Ireland is currently reporting an amazing 57% positivity rate, and 50% positivity over the last 7 days.
Scotland is now running at 20,000 detected new cases a day and a positivity rate of ca. 35%, with much of England at the same rate.
A friend of mine slagged off modellers last week for daring to claim that Scotland would hit 25,000 daily new infections when the official figure was still 'only' 5000 cases per day - he hasn't bothered to post a retraction or apology, nor did any of his pals who replied along the lines of 'what a crock' and 'scaremongering scientists' etc. etc.
The fact that 'cases' =/= infections and that real infections are probably around 5-10 times higher than 'cases' is also something that he refuses to appreciate (modellers predict infections not cases)... Scotland is probably experiencing something nearer to 50-100,000 actual infections per day right now...
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This week has seen by far the most new infections since the pandemic began, with the global daily total topping over 1.8 million new cases, which is more than double any previous peak. The speed at which the new peak has been reached is phenomenal, rising over 1 million in under 2 weeks.
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Per John Hopkins, yesterday saw 2.44 million global cases which is even more alarming than the 1.8 million figure. I'm sure some of that is a delay from New Year's, but still, it's an incredibly high number, especially since the US made up about a million of that. Thankfully, without any real analysis other than a look at a graph, it appears that global deaths are going down which lends some support that Omicron is more infectious but less severe.
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I feel your pain. Our instigator, patient zero, or whatever you want to call him came back today for the first time in over a week. There's a chance that the delivery truck driver kid can come back either tomorrow or Thursday. But the 3rd one is in a little worse shape. I heard he's still having migraine level headaches, coughing a lot, and is very fatigued. But him being about 350lb, drinking about 6-8 energy drinks per day, slim jims, doritos, etc. etc. might also have something to do with why he's struggling so much. He's not in the hospital......yet.So my co-workers who went to the Rose Bowl to see Utah choke in the second half pretty much all came back with COVID and don't understand how they got it since they're all vaccinated/boosted. It's basically a surprised Pikachu meme that writes itself:
Goes to a stadium with over 87,000 screaming people
Get's COVID
So now my team is down like 50% of its employees and I'm more or less over working long days, so I'm not thrilled to have to cover more than I normally do. At least it keeps me at home though so I don't have to deal with people.
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I arrived at the first testing 45min before opening, it was full, was told to go to testing site in Dallas. I arrived here, still 30min before opening and was told I'd have at least a 3 hour wait. Oddest thing is that in just 90 min of waiting in the parking lot is I've already seen three trolls. First one was a car full of bogans, with a "Sheila" with half her body out the window pretending to cough loudly and laughing. Then another car went by shouting nonsense and the last one at least was somewhat funny by how stupid it was. It was just a car full of 20 year olds or so and as they drove through the parking lot started blasting their stereo. 🤷♂️.
Edit: and to make things even weirder a friend whom I had not seen in about six months ended up queuing on the file next to me haha. We just had a phone call as we waited.
Edit 2: That Djokovic muppet got himself a vaccine exemption to come play the Australian Open. What a day.
Edit: and to make things even weirder a friend whom I had not seen in about six months ended up queuing on the file next to me haha. We just had a phone call as we waited.
Edit 2: That Djokovic muppet got himself a vaccine exemption to come play the Australian Open. What a day.
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It would be classified as Pi.A new COVID variant has surfaced in France with the designation B.1.640.2 and dubbed "IHU":
What We Know About 'IHU' COVID Variant B.1.640.2 With 46 Mutations
Experts say people should not be concerned about the variant that was detected in France towards the end of last year.
If it gains traction, I'm not sure what Greek letter it'll get, but it'll likely be Sigma I'm guessing. Hopefully, it fizzles out as other VOCs have.
Although there is some hints that this is a sub-variant of Omicron. The WHO has said it's not a concern due to the hyper-transmissible omicron, but since it's been about a month since it was revealed it's not a VOI.
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We know Big Pharma is making a lot of money out of Covid vaccines ... but they are also making big money out of Covid testing. There was a time when Covid infections were relatively rare & "contact tracing" & then vaccines were seen as a way to control the spread of infections. Now Covid has found a way to escape fully, triple vaccinated individuals with relative ease. The Omicron variant is everywhere. We have given up on contact tracing, but still seem to be caught up in the vaccination/testing mode as an answer.
My daughter flew to Canada from the Netherlands before Christmas & had to take a PCR test to get on a plane to Canada, which cost her 120 Euros. On arrival she was given another PCR test at the airport (free) which also came back negative. To return to the Netherlands she had to get another PCR test in Canada (again negative), which cost her $150 Canadian - this is spite of the fact that community spread within the Netherlands is rampant. Her flight was cancelled, obliging her to take a flight two days later for which she needs to book another PCR test for another $150. What all this is supposed to achieve is hard to say, but one thing is for sure: the companies administering these tests are making a killing.
My daughter flew to Canada from the Netherlands before Christmas & had to take a PCR test to get on a plane to Canada, which cost her 120 Euros. On arrival she was given another PCR test at the airport (free) which also came back negative. To return to the Netherlands she had to get another PCR test in Canada (again negative), which cost her $150 Canadian - this is spite of the fact that community spread within the Netherlands is rampant. Her flight was cancelled, obliging her to take a flight two days later for which she needs to book another PCR test for another $150. What all this is supposed to achieve is hard to say, but one thing is for sure: the companies administering these tests are making a killing.
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Three pokes with the Pfizer, yet, here I am. Omicron is going to get all of you!
Christmas dinner was:
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One Baby
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That was Saturday evening. Tuesday, I got a runny nose. Wednesday, I had a runny nose and sore throat, that is when I scheduled a covid test. It took a whole week to get tested.
Symptoms have been pretty mild so far. Stuffy nose, and I usually wake up with a bit of a sore throat, but I suck on a zinc tablet for a few seconds before I swallow it, and it coats the back of my throat. Sore throat goes away pretty quickly after that.
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Glad you are feeling OK.
For the record, however, vaccination (obviously) does not prevent infection - it drastically reduces the vaccinated person's chances of getting seriously ill and also reduces the likelihood of infected people becoming infectious and transmitting the virus themselves.
Omicron probably will end up infecting most of us, hence getting as many vaccine shots as you are offered is a very good idea...
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Good call! Glad you're ok.
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I really hope the next booster I get offered is tweaked for Omicron (and perhaps B.1.640.2 as well). Happily had Pfizer booster to go on top of 2x Astra, as I believe the mix and match has its own benefits on top of the boosting effect, but not so sure I'd be quite as keen on another of the same. Reason I say this is the initial alarm about Omicron evading vaccines has turned out to be far less alarming when it comes to serious illness - partly because Omicron is less pathogenic, but also because even a single dose of vaccine seems to have been very effective (although the best data for that is regarding Delta). We seem to be at a point where the initial antibody response is far less relevant than the T-cell response, yet antibodies are easier to test for and generate headlines about when a new variant comes along.
Maybe some of that is wishful thinking that will be dashed by future findings, who knows
In any case, it is only going to get harder to persuade enough of the population to get boosters to make any significant difference in infection rates, after having gone through this enormous wave. While I might choose to have them, I might not feel able to be as vocal about others having them as I am for the inital vaccine doses.
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Timeline of recent events:
10:00am yesterday - chilled, but not horribly so. I attributed it to being cold from snowblowing during a blizzard.
2:00pm yesterday - I started getting one of the worst headaches I've had recently but didn't want to take anything for it because I wanted to check my temperature unmedicated to see if I had a fever.
4:15pm yesterday - Temperature was 97.6F. No fever. I took ibuprofen and acetaminophen and about half an hour later felt alright.
9:30pm - Went to bed.
10:30pm-5:00am - I woke up four times with the worst cold chills I've ever had. Shirt was drenched in sweat.
6:00am - Temperature was 97.4.
9:00am - Went in for a Covid test. Awaiting results.
10:00am yesterday - chilled, but not horribly so. I attributed it to being cold from snowblowing during a blizzard.
2:00pm yesterday - I started getting one of the worst headaches I've had recently but didn't want to take anything for it because I wanted to check my temperature unmedicated to see if I had a fever.
4:15pm yesterday - Temperature was 97.6F. No fever. I took ibuprofen and acetaminophen and about half an hour later felt alright.
9:30pm - Went to bed.
10:30pm-5:00am - I woke up four times with the worst cold chills I've ever had. Shirt was drenched in sweat.
6:00am - Temperature was 97.4.
9:00am - Went in for a Covid test. Awaiting results.
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Wait, did you take a Covid cure, or the vax? If it's the vaccination you took, that actually makes sense.
Two friends and I were exposed on the 23rd at my friends moms house as we were cleaning up for Christmas, and didn't find out until the end of day on the 24th. However, on the night of 23rd we had our Friends-Christmas so we unintentionally exposed more people, our group is very small, still, 3/10 people ended up getting sick. Rightfully so, my friends mom canceled Christmas. Since then, two of the friends have initially tested positive early last week, but have already since tested negative. However, my closest friend, who had the worst symptoms, is still dealing with it. Luckily for now it seems to be subsiding, but she never really had major symptoms at all, just mostly what you would associate to an actual cold, but not a severe one - She has had 3 Pfizer jabs so far.
I managed to get out of the ordeal scot-free. However, due to the holiday season, it was extremely difficult to find a test site until Wednesday last week, which turned out negative luckily. Unfortunately for me, there is no more government pay for covid related issues, so I had to use 5 days of my sick PTO, which was all of it, which I barely received in December(and I only receive them yearly.)
Cases in Los Angeles county are spiking out of control right now. We're well past the worst spike(and still flying higher each day) during holiday season last year, and compared to last year, our restrictions on outings is almost non-existent in a sense.
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I got my booster jab yesterday, but I've a nagging feeling that it's futile considering how contagious omicron is. We're setting record after record for daily cases here (23,817 for today, for example - just shy of 0.5% of the whole population), and have averaged 50.5% positivity from PCR tests over the past week. Oh, and under-40s are asked not to go for a PCR test unless they've had a positive antigen test (LFT), creating what I like to call a 3.6 Roentgens situation.
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Omicron appears to have been around since Late 2020 but it was unknown as it was in a host that wasn't tested.
Mice.
As research goes that the evidence almost fits the spike protein of the virus would fit almost perfectly in mice ACE2.
It also has no mutations of any other variant except B.1.1 (Original virus) There is no sub mutations of any Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Mu, Lambda.
Which gives it to make it even more concerning that we're now having hops between animals and humans making it even more of a concern that it will keep jumping.
Now granted most mutations are 0.45 per month.
Omicron made 1.5 mutations per month.
www.sciencedirect.com
Now there is some rough theories that it was created to have it mutate into a variant that is more infectious but causes less severity to end the pandemic.
Now who knows if that is actually true but given that Omicron stemmed from the Original type makes you think.
Mice.
As research goes that the evidence almost fits the spike protein of the virus would fit almost perfectly in mice ACE2.
It also has no mutations of any other variant except B.1.1 (Original virus) There is no sub mutations of any Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Mu, Lambda.
Which gives it to make it even more concerning that we're now having hops between animals and humans making it even more of a concern that it will keep jumping.
Now granted most mutations are 0.45 per month.
Omicron made 1.5 mutations per month.
Evidence for a mouse origin of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
The rapid accumulation of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant that enabled its outbreak raises questions as to whether its proximal origin occ…
Now there is some rough theories that it was created to have it mutate into a variant that is more infectious but causes less severity to end the pandemic.
Now who knows if that is actually true but given that Omicron stemmed from the Original type makes you think.
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