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 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

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

Let’s see if that’s going to happen. 👀 Hopefully they will get it under control.

Well, after two years of avoiding it and not even going out (and being masked), I have tested positive.

Sorry to hear that @Liberty City. Hopefully you are feeling okay and will make a swift and complete recovery.

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Sorry to hear that @Liberty City. Hopefully you are feeling okay and will make a swift and complete recovery.

Thank you @DramatistDreamer! I'm doing meh today; shakes, sneezing, cough, headache, body ache, etc.

Uh-oh...... 

Langya: New virus infects 35 people in eastern China

The mess at the CDC began at the very beginning of the coronavirus’ entry in the U.S. in early 2020 when they failed to communicate how people could protect themselves and others by making a simple face-covering and using proper hygiene and allowed this to be taken over by Trump who politicized the issue and made it about “freedom”.🙄 Of course, Walensky didn’t make things any better with repeated missteps and mixed-messaging.

I found this article, paywall-free thanks to the generosity of a random subscriber.

It is refreshing that a governmental agency can admit error! #wtpBLUE
Check out this article from @nytimes. Because I'm a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. https://t.co/bNXss1eXtv

— Pat Fuller #wtpBLUE #IWillVote She/Her (@bannerite) August 17, 2022

 

  

David Wallace-Wells: 'The inadequacy of the stories we told about the pandemic' -- read for free "https://t.co/089bzF84vK

— Jan McVicker (@JanMcVicker) October 13, 2022

 

  

Thread re: Julie Powell’s untimely passing at 49 from cardiac arrest six weeks after a COVID infection:

 

Many people are puzzling over how this has gone so poorly and so quickly because China had about three years to get their COVID-19 remediation strategy into effect and they clearly didn’t. Those of us who have been consistently reading about what has been going on in China these last few years are aware that their domestically produced vaccines have been shown as less effective than others around the world and their rate of vaccination among the elderly and most vulnerable of their citizens has been abysmal. And for much of the pandemic, the Chinese government has been intent on shoving COVID-19 positive people into crowded mass quarantine centers instead of seeing whether some might be able to safely quarantine at home. They never adapted their strategy.

Medical staff are outnumbered and working sick as the nation’s health care system buckles under the strain of a spiraling crisis. https://t.co/47weIhnjnG

— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) December 27, 2022

 

  

A reminder that the virus has NOT become “mild”.

Many of us have been able to take advantage of vaccines to better protect ourselves, but this pandemic isn’t over, “endemic” isn’t benign, and prevention is better than treatment.

No paywall https://t.co/MpTB316OO6

— Patrick Hickey, MD (@pwhickey) January 15, 2023

The world's elite at the Davos forum are enjoying every possible protection from Covid, including PCR testing, air filtration, UVGI light.
Why isn't this being offered to everyone else?
Every school, every workplace should have the same protections as the rich and powerful. pic.twitter.com/AxTkuHuDKD

— Kashif Pirzada, MD (@KashPrime) January 18, 2023

Those lights are regular lights though. No special filters that I can see but I have been wondering for years why no proper air filtration systems have been installed in schools and public buildings. Hospitals seem to be the only public buildings where there is any filtration system in place.