COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.] (10 Viewers)

[SaintInBucLand]

WHO has changed their designation for a confirmed COVID infection.

 

[DaveXA]

Just a thought, today is a milestone of sorts as this marks the one year anniversary of the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the US. Longest year ever, sheesh.

 

[bclemms]

WHO has changed their designation for a confirmed COVID infection.

That is dumb. Like testing isn't overwhelmed enough and asymptomatic spread has been shown repeatedly. I highly doubt US makes changes based on this

 

[Saint by the Bay]

WHO has changed their designation for a confirmed COVID infection.

The actual article won't come up and I can't find this news anywhere else. I know people are looking for any "I tOLd uZe so!" moment, but I'll need to see details behind the guidance. Three days ago I read the guidance that the concern was behind false negatives not false positives with the rapid test.

Changes in Guidelines for COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing

A plethora of new studies has provided the data needed to evaluate the types of tests, and types of samples collected, in order to make informed recommendations.

www.contagionlive.com

 

[gboudx]

The actual article won't come up and I can't find this news anywhere else. I know people are looking for any "I tOLd uZe so!" moment, but I'll need to see details behind the guidance. Three days ago I read the guidance that the concern was behind false negatives not false positives with the rapid test.

Changes in Guidelines for COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing

A plethora of new studies has provided the data needed to evaluate the types of tests, and types of samples collected, in order to make informed recommendations.

www.contagionlive.com

I was able to bring up the article, and also the PDF they are using for guidance. I'm not a healthcare expert, and mostly skimmed through the PDF, but the way I read it is if the test result is in question due to reasons such as poor sample, too much time in transit or some others, then do the test again. Don't just state it's a positive result.

Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2

This document provides interim guidance to laboratories and other stakeholders involved in diagnostics for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It covers the main considerations for specimen collection, nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT), antigen (Ag), antibody...

www.who.int

 

[SaintInBucLand]

The actual article won't come up and I can't find this news anywhere else. I know people are looking for any "I tOLd uZe so!" moment, but I'll need to see details behind the guidance. Three days ago I read the guidance that the concern was behind false negatives not false positives with the rapid test.

Changes in Guidelines for COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing

A plethora of new studies has provided the data needed to evaluate the types of tests, and types of samples collected, in order to make informed recommendations.

www.contagionlive.com

Here it is from the WHO themselves: https://www.who.int/news/item/14-12-2020-who-information-notice-for-ivd-users

 

[bclemms]

Round 1 done.

 

[Saint by the Bay]

Man, for some reason nothing from who.int will come up for me. I’m a sad panda.

 

[saintmdterps]

Read somewhere that Maine had 16k doses get ruined. In all honestly though, the ruined vaccines are by far the smallest issue in the rollout.

Did call a covid vaccine distributor in Tyler, Tx today. The Tx website showed they have 200 Moderna vaccines available. I was told they are being reserved for healthcare workers and family members. Another in SE Tx has 100 moderna vaccines at a local doctors office, those are reserved for patients of the clinic. I'm guessing if the people answering the phone are so cavalier about distributing the vaccine against protocols that they will admit to it on a cold call that a huge percentage of the vaccines are not going out as intended and there is almost no oversight.

We just had the second dose this past Monday, and CVS will return to our facility for the third and final time on Feb 8. So far 40% of staff has gotten the vaccine which leaves 60% who have refused. The reasons I've heard for refusing range from "We want to see if you die" to (and I **** you not) "Covid is God's vengeance on humans, and the vaccine is the mark of the beast" I reminded this particular nurse that vaccines have existed for over 200 years since Edward Jenner invented the Smallpox vaccine in the late 1700's. She did not seem aware of this historically significant event.

We're in deep doodoo as long as superstition is more popular than science.

I had minimal side effects from the second dose, but the peace of mind it brings is substantial.

 

[saintmdterps]

Round 1 done.

How ya feelin'?

 

[bclemms]

How ya feelin'?

Lost 20lbs and my penis is swollen.

Just got and feel no different. Doubt I have any side effects. Get flu vaccine every year and only side effect is I dont get the flu.

 

[livefromDC]

Lost 20lbs and my penis is swollen.

Nice.

 

[saintmdterps]

Lost 20lbs and my penis is swollen.

Your wang isn't supposed to be the injection site

 

[DaveXA]

Your wang isn't supposed to be the injection site

Wang and injection in the same sentence? Ermmm.

 

[Rickboy]

My son's COVID test came back negative, so he can go back to school on Monday.