COVID-19/Coronavirus Information and Support Thread (see OP for useful links)

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Joey D
While not over by any means, the WHO says COVID is no longer a global emergency:
apnews.com

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency

The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The announcement on Friday marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. WHO said that...
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7 million.
 
This is kind of wild.


While the article talks about a couple of different cases, the one that really stands out is the one just south of Columbus, OH. If the data is being interpreted correctly, there's one person who's had an unidentified strain of COVID for two years. If they're able to find this person, we might be able to get a better understanding of long COVID, which would be nice because I'm tired of still having issues more than a year after my initial infection.
 
My wife is still having GI issues 3 years after the initial infection, so it may be long Covid is not something that will be solved for a while. The way doctors and/or insurance companies seem to like to deal with things is that unless you’re close to dying they will do everything to avoid doing any additional testing to try to get to the bottom of what’s going on.
 
I tested myself for COVID on Friday after having some cold-like symptoms, but was negative.

However, a workmate of mine (who I met on Thursday) has tested positive for COVID this morning :ill: That said, he had been in Holland for the preceding 10 days, so he must have caught it there and not in Glasgow, but it's still a bit close for comfort again, not least as I'm going to Belgium on Tuesday...
 
Well our department is going through our 2nd Covid outbreak. The same anti-vax mother****er that gave it to two others in January of '22 has done it again. Except this time he's only infected one other employee so far. So from 5 we're down to 3 for the next several days. He was the one that it hit the hardest and apparently he didn't learn anything from it.

This Covid thing is not done. It might not be as common as it once was but it's definitely not disappeared.
 
A new formulation of the COVID vaccines will be available in September:
www.cnbc.com

New Covid vaccines are coming to the U.S. this fall, but uptake may be low — Here’s why

Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are slated to deliver new single-strain Covid shots targeting the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in September.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com

I get that the number of people getting them will likely be low, but it really should be just like the flu shot. Get it in the fall and be set for bit with protection from severe disease. You still might get COVID, but like how the flu shot typically helps you get over the flu quicker and have a less severe bout of it, chance are the COVID vaccine will do the same...if you get the disease at all.

We're also starting to see an uptick in cases:
time.com

What to Know About the U.S. Summer Uptick in Covid-19 Cases

Research from the CDC also shows that most Americans have some level of protection against the virus.
time.com time.com

And apparently, Rand Paul has referred criminal charges to the DOJ against Dr. Anthony Fauci. If you're interested here's an article because at the moment the only place I can find anything is on Fox News. I don't really listen to Rand Paul though because unlike his dad, Rand is an idiot.
www.foxnews.com

Rand Paul announces 'official criminal referral,' says email shows Fauci COVID testimony 'absolutely a lie'

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said a newly unredacted email "directly contradicts" Dr. Anthony Fauci's testimony about COVID-19 gain-of-function research.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
 
Joey D
A new formulation of the COVID vaccines will be available in September:
www.cnbc.com

New Covid vaccines are coming to the U.S. this fall, but uptake may be low — Here’s why

Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are slated to deliver new single-strain Covid shots targeting the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in September.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com

I get that the number of people getting them will likely be low, but it really should be just like the flu shot. Get it in the fall and be set for bit with protection from severe disease. You still might get COVID, but like how the flu shot typically helps you get over the flu quicker and have a less severe bout of it, chance are the COVID vaccine will do the same...if you get the disease at all.
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Best thing they could do to increase participation is to combine it with flu.
 
Danoff
Best thing they could do to increase participation is to combine it with flu.
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Novavax is currently testing with good results:
ir.novavax.com

Positive Phase 2 Topline Results Show Novavax's COVID-Influenza Combination, Stand-alone Influenza and High-dose COVID Vaccine Candidates Demonstrate Robust Immune Responses

Meet innovative vaccine technology from Novavax. Our biotech company prevents a broad range of infectious diseases through recombinant nanoparticle technology.
ir.novavax.com ir.novavax.com
 
jamanetwork.com

Excess Death Rates for Republican and Democratic Voters in Florida and Ohio During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This cross-sectional study examines the differences in excess death rates between Republican and Democratic voters in Florida and Ohio after the COVID-19 vaccine became available for all adults.
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Overall, the excess death rate for Republican voters was 2.8 percentage points, or 15%, higher than the excess death rate for Democratic voters (95% prediction interval [PI], 1.6-3.7 percentage points). After May 1, 2021, when vaccines were available to all adults, the excess death rate gap between Republican and Democratic voters widened from −0.9 percentage point (95% PI, −2.5 to 0.3 percentage points) to 7.7 percentage points (95% PI, 6.0-9.3 percentage points) in the adjusted analysis; the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters. The gap in excess death rates between Republican and Democratic voters was larger in counties with lower vaccination rates and was primarily noted in voters residing in Ohio.
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The new subvariant "Eris" has been added to the list of variants of interest/watch list:
www.usatoday.com

What to know about COVID Eris: Variant spreading in the UK and US this summer

EG.5.1, nicknamed Eris, is an Omicron subvariant currently spreading through the U.S. and U.K. Here's what you should know about the new COVID strain.
www.usatoday.com

Also, if you're wondering what "Eris" is, she's the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman counterpart is Discordia. It's also the name of a dwarf planet.
 
After 3.5yrs Covid finally entered the family home. My son came back from Laos with it (after a school expedition). He had no symptoms but we tested him because some other kids on the trip had already tested positive. He never never developed any symptoms at all and did not pass it on to anyone else in our home.

Covid is weird when it comes to infection - who it gets and why, and why do some never develop symptoms? FYI we live in the UK and have followed UK protocol which means our kids have had 2 jabs, my wife 3 jabs and myself 4 jabs (based on age).
 
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Ah.

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Nevermind that the administration is unlikely to feel such restrictions are necessary, much less have the appetite to try to impose them, there is no mechanism by which a president may unilaterally implement them nationally.

Only one president in recent history has discussed taking this sort of action, though with different motivation, and it was the twice-impeached, four-times-indicted bitch that Biden replaced. Indeed Trump discussed imposing martial law on two separate occasions--to quell rioting and undesirable protest related to police brutality and to quell uprising in the event that efforts to usurp the will of the voting public and retain office by force were successful.

Modern American conservatism is mental illness.
 
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As much as I could go for a good lockdown, there's exactly zero chance of that happening.

Also, never forget that Mike Lee had a private rendezvous with Putin. Whether it was for a booty call or to take illegal money, I can't say, but it did happen.
 
I'd say before any lockdowns happen, let me at lease fly to where I am going to go first and then lock down. So I can be stuck there. Well I would already be stuck there because I want to be there but to make it even better.
 
lol

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Raffi Melkonian (@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social)

The Fifth Circuit casts “animate dead” on a case by doctors who say they were injured by the FDA’s tweets urging people to knock it off with the ivermectin. The doctors might still lose on standing. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vbZ_QnddcaG_cGNu55-ypNTUa13NPBrQ/view?usp=drivesdk
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CA5 panel asserts that the FDA has no authority to endorse, denounce or advise on matters of medical care in response to a claim of injury from doctors over the FDA's speech which wasn't actually directed at doctors nor was it legitimate direction, seemingly unaware of the FDA's explicit authority and mandate, for good or ill, to approve or reject use of medical products for specific purposes.
 
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I finally ended up catching Covid. I flew to Melbourne for a concert last Wednesday, and started getting symptoms on Friday.

Friday night:
  • Shivers
  • Potential fever
Saturday:
  • (Mostly felt like a regular cold during the day, so only had half of the below symptoms occasionally)
  • Constant headache
  • Runny/stuffy nose
  • Fatigue
  • Shivers
  • Potential fever
Sunday:
  • Did a RAT as soon as I arrived home - instant positive result
  • Same as Saturday, but with a cough now
Monday:
  • Sore throat
  • Cold sweats
Tuesday:
  • Sore throat (recovering)
  • Cough
Thankfully, I seem to have gotten through the worst of it. Cutting it close because I'm travelling overseas to visit family tomorrow, though I think I'll be back at 100% by then.

I let my guard down and only used surgical masks instead of a P2/N95 mask, which might've saved me if I got it from the initial flight or concert. I had my last booster (fourth shot) during March and was one month away from getting the next one, but I had a good run of avoiding infection up until now.

In hindsight, I should've done a RAT as soon as I started feeling symptoms - though I was tripped up because it just felt like a regular cold during the day, which I put down to the weather.
 
@Joey D are you familiar with the airborne mRNA vaccine delivery that Yale (I think it's Yale) is working on and whether it's more like nasal spray vaccines currently available or non-consensual cropduster-style delivery that conservatives are screaming about?
 
TexRex
@Joey D are you familiar with the airborne mRNA vaccine delivery that Yale (I think it's Yale) is working on and whether it's more like nasal spray vaccines currently available or non-consensual cropduster-style delivery that conservatives are screaming about?
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Yes, it's Yale and I haven't actually heard anything about it since the beginning of the year. I don't know how good or bad it is outside of a paper or two I've seen saying it worked with animals. I think India has it approved for use though. But yes, it's like Afrin and/or cocaine where you shoot it straight up your nose.

As for the crop-duster style thing, it's linked to the chemtrails conspiracy where airlines are spraying chemicals over the population because they have the logistical ability to pull that off while simultaneously losing your bag or sending it to Cleveland for no apparent reason when you're going to Vegas. I was curious where the idea came from though because conservatives are often coming up with the most insane things and the earliest reference I've found is from last year in Australia which links it to an initial article published on an anti-vax FaceSpace page in 2014:
www.aap.com.au

Chemtrails vaccine claim is a flight of fancy - Australian Associated Press

An article shared on Facebook says Australia approved a mass vaccination program involving chemicals being sprayed from planes.
www.aap.com.au www.aap.com.au

It's actually not that hard to see how people come up with this though since there's a big overlap between people who think essential oils will prevent disease and anti-vaxxers. You diffuse oils into the air so you must be able to diffuse a vaccine.
 
God forbid there's a slight breeze and you and you end up vaccinating Toronto when you were aiming for Chicago.
 

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