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. 

35 minutes ago, Tonksadora said:

OOooooo @Tonksadora my condelences. *HUGS* 

Ohhhh! Thanx so much! 2020 & 2021 & now 2022 have been years of death for me. I lost my last uncle, a cousin I was very close to, my next to last aunt, the BFF & chosen sister I wrote about, an ex that I was once with for 18 yrs & another bestie that I had known since 1972. i've just been beside myself. And I believe in hugs!

Awwww I cannot say 2022 has been as bad as 2020 and 2021, but I feel this. 

 

Well....hugs are good things.  

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

Awwww I cannot say 2022 has been as bad as 2020 and 2021, but I feel this. 

 

Well....hugs are good things.  

Yes, let us say thanks for hugs!

 

 

Awesome Thread

Let me fix this for you.

“Possible”- in the sense that anything is possible in certain circumstances.

“Each reinfection confers no immunity”- a flat out lie and blatant misinformation at best.

I’m not finished. This article is just plain wrong and needs to be challenged.🧵 pic.twitter.com/zYpz3zjhUe

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼 (@sailorrooscout) July 6, 2022

Another Great Thread on BA.4 & BA.5

Just a friendly reminder. Despite what you might hear, there has yet to be a variant that isn’t susceptible to the vaccines.

Let’s stop the misinformation and look at the data, shall we? Yes, this includes BA.5. Let’s talk about that.🧵⬇️

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼 (@sailorrooscout) July 8, 2022

Encouraging news with UPDATED DATA! Moderna's Omicron bivalent booster vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273.214, has demonstrated significantly higher neutralizing antibody responses against ALL variants of concern INCLUDING Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5! Let’s talk about that! 🧵

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 (@sailorrooscout) July 11, 2022

It’s good that CBS keeps this in mind.

Americans with disabilities say they feel “forgotten” as states lift pandemic-era restrictions that leave millions of immunocompromised people vulnerable: “To hear that, that the death of someone like me was considered encouraging news, I think was also very painful.” pic.twitter.com/LrosI4hmp0

— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) July 11, 2022

@DramatistDreamer That was sobering to watch. Logically I've known from the start that most do not care just how many are sick and dying, and likely see it as a good thing in the long run if those people are not in perfect physical shape to begin with, but it still leaves me crestfallen to remember just what a norm this callousness is.

This podcast covers some of the same ground.

 

Folks have stopped wearing masks and this is what’s going on now.

BREAKING: President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, the White House says. He is experiencing "very mild symptoms" and is taking Paxlovid for treatment. https://t.co/RdYLvfcKDu pic.twitter.com/DLngHcjV4K

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 21, 2022

Edited July 21, 20223 yr by janea4old

With all the rabid antivaxxers out there I knew it was only a matter of time until this happened.

New York health officials on Thursday reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade.

Polio was once one of the nation's most feared diseases until it was eradicated by vaccines. It was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 1979. https://t.co/0sYyNTEyx4

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 21, 2022

COVID-19 outbreaks have hit Los Angeles International Airport with at least 400 confirmed cases among Transportation Security Administration staff and workers at American and Southwest airlines, according to county health officials.https://t.co/pbJT3ixQRf pic.twitter.com/MkQAMyEt7K

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 26, 2022

 

  

Too much sake in the karaoke bars. And Japan was showing such discipline until this latest variant.

12 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Too much sake in the karaoke bars. And Japan was showing such discipline until this latest variant.

And the ATP has scheduled a tournament this fall in Japan.😂