Coronavirus
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Over 99% of new COVID cases are still from the Delta variant. All this fear mongering by the fake news, xenophobic travel bans, and threats of lockdowns do nothing except to cause premature panic. We need to wait for the real science in a couple of weeks to determine what the testing results show us. Right now, all that I've been hearing is that the Omicron variant is milder than the Delta and MIGHT be easier to transmit. We will all know soon enough just how bad this new variant is or if the current vaccines are ineffective.
One of my friends (ex-roommate from university days) got Shingles and he said it's utterly brutal. We both had chickenpox together and he said shingles was much worse than chickenpox.
So he advised me to get the vaxx asap. The older shingles vaxx was barely 50% effective but the latest one (Shingrix) is 90%+ effective. I highly recommend you get it. I got mine despite not meeting the age cutoff.
In December I will have my third dose of Pfizer's anti-covid vaccine, because another variant has just appeared.
My mother, a few years before she died, had shingles.
She suffered a lot, she had a lot of pimples and pain in her back.
She told all these children that it would be better to take the vaccine. And all of us got vaccinated.
Luckily the new 2-dose vaccine had just been released.
My mother, a few years before she died, had shingles.
She suffered a lot, she had a lot of pimples and pain in her back.
She told all these children that it would be better to take the vaccine. And all of us got vaccinated.
Luckily the new 2-dose vaccine had just been released.
Do you have a backyard? Well some Americans think it's lovely for warding off COVID, among other things. Hey our COVID deathrate is 1/3 of America's so maybe our secret is in the dirt. Make some money, help an American, everybody is happy!
Apprendre à vivre avec le virus. Je crois que plusieurs personnes interprètent mal ce message. Plusieurs l'interprètent qu'il faut accepter que le virus est là pour longtemps et qu'il faut reprendre la vie comme avant sans plus aucune mesure et accepter qu'il y aura des personnes infectées et malades. Apprendre à vivre avec le virus signifie que l'on doit intégrer dans notre façon de vivre les différentes mesures sanitaires appropriées selon l'évolution de la situation. Toutes espèces humaines doit sa survie à sa capacité à s'adapter à une situation. Certaines espèces le font par instinct d'autre comme la notre sont dotées d'une intelligence leur permettant de réfléchir et de penser à mettre en place des solutions. Malheureusement certaines personnes pensent que tout va se régler tout seul; c'est notre capacité à s'adapter ce qui implique des changements de comportements qui peut nous sauver.
NYC to require all private sector employees to be vaccinated. First city in the states to do this. It probably wont last, but it's a sign of bad things to come.
nypost.com
‘Blindsided’: Fury in NYC as de Blasio gives firms just 3 weeks to get vaxxed
Mayor Bill de Blasio called the policy a “pre-emptive strike” against an expected surge in COVID cases this winter amid the emergence of the Omicron variant of the virus.
nypost.com
Booster shot protects against the omicron variant. Let's see how the fake news decides to spin this:
Delta drives surge in US cases before omicron gains foothold; 75% of US infections by new variant among vaccinated: Latest COVID-19 updates
Even before omicron establishes a firm foothold, infections are soaring,\u00a0including in highly vaccinated regions like New England. Latest COVID news.
www.usatoday.com
Booster shot protects against the omicron variant. Let's see how the fake news decides to spin this:
Delta drives surge in US cases before omicron gains foothold; 75% of US infections by new variant among vaccinated: Latest COVID-19 updates
Even before omicron establishes a firm foothold, infections are soaring,\u00a0including in highly vaccinated regions like New England. Latest COVID news.
What is more annoying and full of shit
- The fake news screaming the world is coming to an end
- The Moderna CEO saying the world needs the latest and greatest version of the Moderna vaccine
- The people that don't understand the basic of statistics, screaming "see the vaccine doesn't work"
Tough call.
Données sur la COVID-19 au Québec
Situation au Québec en lien avec la COVID-19 : le nombre de cas, d'hospitalisations, etc. ainsi que les scénarios de l’évolution de la COVID-19.
www.quebec.ca
Today in Quebec, 1,807 new cases and the vast majority are children and unvaccinated people.
Oui...et DUBÉ ne serait pas surpris que l'on puisse atteindre 3,000 cas/jour...plus de 500 foyers d'infection en milieu scolaire primaire....la vaccination des enfants devrait aider.....peut-être pas lieu de paniquer MAIS peut-être quand même s'inquiéter et
surtout demeurer prudent/ne pas baisser la garde.
surtout demeurer prudent/ne pas baisser la garde.
If only there was some way to prevent all of this human suffering...some way to train the immune system to recognize and destroy the viruses.
Welp, time for more thoughts and prayers.
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One year ago today, because of operation Warp Speed, the COVID vaccine became available to people in the US:
www.usatoday.com
History made, millions saved: One year later, 'surreal' moments of COVID-19 vaccine debut live on
A year ago, trucks rolled out of Pfizer's Portage, Michigan plant carrying the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be delivered in the U.S.
www.usatoday.com
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The UK is losing their shit over Omicron:
www.theguardian.com
The growing threat means the urgent twin imperatives of all policy now are to save lives and prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed by what Boris Johnson in his televised address called “the tidal wave of Omicron coming”. The UK Health Security Agency has already warned that the new variant could produce 1m infections a day by New Year’s Eve.
So the question is: what are we doing?
UK’s 1m a day booster rollout is strategy of short-term pain for long-term gain
Analysis: next few weeks will be tough for anyone who relies on the health service as well as those who work in it
www.theguardian.com
The growing threat means the urgent twin imperatives of all policy now are to save lives and prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed by what Boris Johnson in his televised address called “the tidal wave of Omicron coming”. The UK Health Security Agency has already warned that the new variant could produce 1m infections a day by New Year’s Eve.
So the question is: what are we doing?
Yes Wetnose,
www.independent.co.uk
UK omicron cases estimated at 200,000 infections every day, Sajid Javid says.
It comes as the NHS’ Covid alert level was raised to four, the highest possible level.
The number of daily Omicron infections in the UK has been estimated as being at 200,000, Sajid Javid has said as he warned omicron cases are going to “dramatically increase”.
UK omicron cases running at 200,000 a day, Sajid Javid says
It comes as the NHS’ Covid alert level was raised to four, the highest possible level
www.independent.co.uk
UK omicron cases estimated at 200,000 infections every day, Sajid Javid says.
It comes as the NHS’ Covid alert level was raised to four, the highest possible level.
The number of daily Omicron infections in the UK has been estimated as being at 200,000, Sajid Javid has said as he warned omicron cases are going to “dramatically increase”.
Beyond Omicron: what’s next for COVID’s viral evolution
The rapid spread of new variants offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months.
www.nature.com
“There’s this assumption that something more transmissible becomes less virulent. I don’t think that’s the position we should take,” says Balloux. Variants including Alpha, Beta and Delta have been linked to heightened rates of hospitalization and death — potentially because they grow to such high levels in people’s airways. The assertion that viruses evolve to become milder “is a bit of a myth”, says Rambaut. “The reality is far more complex.”
In Denmark & Norway:
The transmissibility of the virus was showcased after a corporate Christmas party in Norway's capital of Oslo resulted in at least 140 infections.
Held by renewable power company Scatec on November 26, the most recent numbers suggest around 120 guests were in attendance, with an additional 400 to 500 patrons also attending the same restaurant that night.
As of December 9, the FHI reported that 70 per cent of Scatec's guests were infected with Covid (111 guests), with an additional 60 customers from the restaurant also testing positive. This is despite the fact all partygoers were fully vaccinated and had returned a negative Covid test within three days of the party.
The transmissibility of the virus was showcased after a corporate Christmas party in Norway's capital of Oslo resulted in at least 140 infections.
Held by renewable power company Scatec on November 26, the most recent numbers suggest around 120 guests were in attendance, with an additional 400 to 500 patrons also attending the same restaurant that night.
As of December 9, the FHI reported that 70 per cent of Scatec's guests were infected with Covid (111 guests), with an additional 60 customers from the restaurant also testing positive. This is despite the fact all partygoers were fully vaccinated and had returned a negative Covid test within three days of the party.
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