Just thought I'd create a thread for updates and discussion on the Coronavirus.  As of right now there's about 120,000 cases worldwide with 4300 deaths. 

1 minute ago, Taoboi said:

Hehehe. Here we go again...

I was lucky once. Maybe I will be again.😉

4 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I was lucky once. Maybe I will be again.😉

Yeah, that's good luck.

 

According to early reports, if you've had a previous infection, or been vaccinated...if you get the Omicron variant...you will have a mild case like the flu.

However, if unvaxxed...well...chances of hospitalization increases.

So if vaxxed...relax and enjoy your holiday.  If unvaxxed, proceed with caution.  Sadly the reverse will happen

I just heard on the news that Cleveland Clinic is at 95% capacity. UGGGGGH.

1 hour ago, amybrickwallace said:

I just heard on the news that Cleveland Clinic is at 95% capacity. UGGGGGH.

My cousin lives there with his husband. I'm sure they are fully vaccinated.

 

 

Apparently the first tweet caused a kerfuffle because people misinterpreted it as being anti-vaccine, which it's not.
Trevor's intention was simply, maybe the current vaccine will work as a booster, and he asked do they really need to revise/update the vaccine?
But he is totally pro-vaccine.  If you listen to the whole thing, he says to listen to public health experts.  I guess people listened to only the first sentence and then started quoting him out of context.

Anyhow, due to the misinterpretation of the first tweet, he posted the second tweet.

Edited December 6, 20213 yr by janea4old

The idiot FORMER gh actor Ingo was commenting yesterday on his instagram story his approval of Trevor Noah's statement.
Obviously he didn't listen to the entirety of Trevor's statement.

Just another example of Ingo
 trying to co-opt/misinterpret things in order to advance his irresponsible agenda.

And so, it begins.

 

Health authorities say a sample from Houston's wastewater system tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Monday.https://t.co/tqDBpj2xx5

— Chron (@chron) December 7, 2021

11 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

And so, it begins.

 

Apparently they have been testing wastewater for the COVID-19 virus since spring 2020.  It's not new to finding the virus in wastewater.

https://news.rice.edu/news/2021/houston-refines-hunt-covid-wastewater

 

The news is that this is the first time the Omicron variant has been found in Houston wastewater. -- and it was discovered there before being diagnosed in any person in Houston.  So people have it but don't know it yet.

Edited December 8, 20213 yr by janea4old

6 hours ago, janea4old said:

 

Apparently they have been testing wastewater for the COVID-19 virus since spring 2020.  It's not new to finding the virus in wastewater.

https://news.rice.edu/news/2021/houston-refines-hunt-covid-wastewater

 

The news is that this is the first time the Omicron variant has been found in Houston wastewater. -- and it was discovered there before being diagnosed in any person in Houston.  So people have it but don't know it yet.

Yes, I know. The Universities were the first to conduct testing in the U.S., which was already behind other industrialized countries in testing wastewater.

I meant that this likely means the Omicron variant is more widespread in the U.S. than is being reported. Delta was turning up in wastewater systems before it became the dominant strain of COVID-19.

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Yes, I know. The Universities were the first to conduct testing in the U.S., which was already behind other industrialized countries in testing wastewater.

I meant that this likely means the Omicron variant is more widespread in the U.S. than is being reported. Delta was turning up in wastewater systems before it became the dominant strain of COVID-19.

Oooh! I hadn't known any of that.  Thanks.

54 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Oooh! I hadn't known any of that.  Thanks.

It's frustrating tbh, to see events repeating, over and over. Hopefully this variant turns out to consist of the mild symptoms that researchers believe. 

I got my booster shot on Tuesday through my employer (federal government/military). It was fine. I like the way the medics in the military give them. They give them so quickly and effortlessly; I barely notice when they administer the shot and don't really feel it. It must be the way they are trained to give it. I honestly would rather go to them to get vaccines than a pharmacist. 

I hope everyone here and elsewhere who wants to get their booster shots get them in a timely manner. 

Edited December 11, 20213 yr by xtr