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. 

On 3/9/2022 at 3:26 PM, DRW50 said:

Sadly, not a surprise.

 

I've read that some of Congress want a breakdown on what the previous allotments have been spent on.. and I don't think that's out of the question.  Where are we going to get all this money, because I'm not seeing anyone asked nor answer this question.

And Covid will always have variants, so lets ramp up treatment development and capacity so that the people unable to benefit from vaccines can be helped.

More On DeltaCron:

Delta and omicron spawn ‘deltacron’ exists and is being monitored but probably won’t gain traction: health experts

 

https://www.aol.com/delta-omicron-spawn-deltacron-exists-014637909.html

Chise, what about the preprint out of Japan regarding BA.2 severity? WELL, it turns out if you read the study and look at the antigenic data, they only show an antigenic difference when they used RODENT sera. When they tested human sera, there was NO DIFFERENCE in severity.

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 (@sailorrooscout) March 8, 2022

Not only does this fit in with at least two other preprints, it fits in with REAL-WORLD data out of the UK, Denmark, and South Africa who have found NO DIFFERENCE in risk of hospitalization or severe disease for BA.2 vs BA.1. https://t.co/4v6hpsnJjH

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 (@sailorrooscout) March 8, 2022

Yeah, just what the pandemic needed: a merger, lol.

1 hour ago, Khan said:

Yeah, just what the pandemic needed: a merger, lol.

Yeah it doesnt spread as fast and doesnt infect the lungs. COVID is real and is here to stay but Im sick of all these fear-mongering click bait articles. It seems journalists wanna jump on the COVID 19 train to be revelant rather than actually knpw what they write about.

^{Regarding Deltacron}

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20 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

 

  

People magazine doing clickbait for a worldwide total of 17 cases

On 3/11/2022 at 2:36 PM, janea4old said:

People magazine doing clickbait for a worldwide total of 17 cases

Sadly sonme so called Journalists are using people's fear of COVID 19 to get clicks for their stories. Their Stories are either all conjecture with zero facts or facts buried in the last paragraph. Either way, the headlines are usually false or Eggsagerated

Guys. Heads up. BA.2 isn’t “new.” It isn’t “stealth”- that’s outdated. Since last November it was known that Omicron existed as three genetically distinct varieties. At the time, the most common was BA.1, but now you’re hearing more about BA.2. Why? Here’s all you need to know.🧵

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 (@sailorrooscout) March 14, 2022

Open this twitter thread. Great info on OMICRON BA-2

 

Also a good Read

https://www.nytimes.com/article/omicron-variant-ba2.html?

Edited March 14, 20223 yr by John

Even if you believe that COVID-19 is somehow 'winding down', why wouldn't you want to at least ensure a proper infrastructure and distribution system for future endemics/pandemics, so that nations won't be caught flat-footed again.

Honestly, I don't understand this.

NEW: The White House is warning it will have to wind down a program that pays to test, treat and vaccinate uninsured people for COVID-19 because the administration has run out of money for the program, which Congress failed to include in funding legislation.

— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) March 15, 2022

It is, like so much of American policy, out of sight, out of mind. They want to just forget the death and illness, even though it is still ongoing. They also bow to pressure again and again, as shown with the vote yesterday calling for the end of mask mandates on planes. 

An older woman who is a friend of the family talked recently about when she went to the store, wearing her mask, and some teenagers were laughing at her, and coughing near her  or on her. It's so demoralizing, because, as so often happens in this country, hate won, bullies won, cowardice won, misinformation won.

Great Thread on OMICRON BA 1 & 2 and Vaccine/Booster Effectiveness Aganist Disease & Hospitalizations

I have a thread coming up on a large study out of Qatar that found NO discernible differences in protection against either Omicron subvariants BA.1 or BA.2 AND shows effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalization and death was >90% after a booster dose with NO significant waning.

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 (@sailorrooscout) March 16, 2022

The fact remains that this variant is indeed spreading at a clipped pace. It may turn out to be no more lethal than omicron but the speculation and prognostications that pose as fact are irritating to me personally. I'm still going to wear my mask, because how many times have people been wrong during the course of this pandemic? I'm not saying to panic (what good has that ever done?) but please use wisdom. 

https://t.co/WHDmPVe7m4

— MSN News (@MSNNews) March 19, 2022

13 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

The fact remains that this variant is indeed spreading at a clipped pace. It may turn out to be no more lethal than omicron but the speculation and prognostications that pose as fact are irritating to me personally. I'm still going to wear my mask, because how many times have people been wrong during the course of this pandemic? I'm not saying to panic (what good has that ever done?) but please use wisdom. 

Yep I agree to the mask wearing still

In My state of MI we had a two day total of 2,770 Cases on Friday and 825 of those were backlogged from weeks ago the State covid site reported

However 

1) No News Outlet in MI spoke of the backlogged #s

2) Detroit has its own COVID 19 Lab 

3) Detroit was where most of the backlog was

4) However most COVID data sites do not seperate the Detroit Lab from The Wayne County labs

So Wayne County looks like it doubled in two days when it hasnt. 

 

That kind of bad reporting about COVID #s, Positivity  etc get me just as upset as do the relaxing of Masking indoors & I see that kind of reporting as a way to stole fear & panic.  Its like you said, we do not need fear and Panic. I agree, we need facts. 

 

 

Edited March 20, 20223 yr by John

11 hours ago, John said:

Yep I agree to the mask wearing still

In My state of MI we had a two day total of 2,770 Cases on Friday and 825 of those were backlogged from weeks ago the State covid site reported

However 

1) No News Outlet in MI spoke of the backlogged #s

2) Detroit has its own COVID 19 Lab 

3) Detroit was where most of the backlog was

4) However most COVID data sites do not seperate the Detroit Lab from The Wayne County labs

So Wayne County looks like it doubled in two days when it hasnt. 

 

That kind of bad reporting about COVID #s, Positivity  etc get me just as upset as do the relaxing of Masking indoors & I see that kind of reporting as a way to stole fear & panic.  Its like you said, we do not need fear and Panic. I agree, we need facts. 

I'm really talking about the government, not really the public at this point. I do not want to revisit the situation we had in 2020 where there weren't even enough PPP for frontline workers. This goes beyond optics.

I live in the Northeast, where we are the first to feel any effects of new variants and changes and it is not the same as in the Midwest, which is generally last to experience any changes. It is a different story here.

Panic won't help matters but people need to go into this emerging situation with open eyes. I just don't think it's a good idea to shift COVID money to Ukraine at this point. Government preparedness is different from public anxiety. What I am talking about is preparedness. If anything goes left, people will inevitably blame the government, even those who claimed that everyone had been overreacting six weeks prior. I also think there hasn't been much thought given to the disabled and immunocompromised these days.