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

[Optimus Prime]

New coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarm

The virus binds to humans in a similar way to the virus that causes COVID-19.

www.newsweek.com

So that makes this Covid 25?

 

[Sun Wukong]

So that makes this Covid 25?

No.

It's just one of many hundreds of coronaviruses, and one of a smaller number that exhibits a spike protein that allows infection in humans. There is nothing be alarmed about. There is no evidence it has infected anyone, is spreading, causes severe illness, etc. They literally just discovered a virus that has structural similarities to another virus in the same family. We know nothing else about it. Severity of coronaviruses ranges from the common cold to Covid to MERS (35% case fatality rate). It could fall anywhere on that spectrum, but until there's any evidence that anyone actually has it, there's no point in being concerned. There's lot of coronaviruses in animals out there. They discovered one in dogs years ago that can also infect humans. Most people that get MERS and die get it from camels.

This is of scientific and medical interest, but this is not significant news.

 

[Eeyore]

Today the funding was pulled for a covid vaccine pill and the committee that meets to decide which version of the flu will go into this year's flu shot was basically told to go away yesterday.

FDA cancels advisory committee meeting on flu vaccine strain selection

www.cidrap.umn.edu

 

[faceman]

Today the funding was pulled for a covid vaccine pill and the committee that meets to decide which version of the flu will go into this year's flu shot was basically told to go away.

FDA cancels advisory committee meeting on flu vaccine strain selection

www.cidrap.umn.edu

RFK JR. is the worst cabinet member in my opinion. He has serious competition though and that's a sad reflection
on our current state of affairs

 

[nolaspe]

Today the funding was pulled for a covid vaccine pill and the committee that meets to decide which version of the flu will go into this year's flu shot was basically told to go away yesterday.

FDA cancels advisory committee meeting on flu vaccine strain selection

www.cidrap.umn.edu

I saw that crap about the flu shot yesterday, the covid pill info is news to me. I want off this ride...

 

[The Nomad]

This whole administration is "If I don't believe it, it's not real. " Sad times for people who trust peer review.

 

[Eeyore]

I saw that crap about the flu shot yesterday, the covid pill info is news to me. I want off this ride...

They also have a bill on the floor that will stop all grants for all vaccine research.

 

[bonnjer]

Today the funding was pulled for a covid vaccine pill and the committee that meets to decide which version of the flu will go into this year's flu shot was basically told to go away yesterday.

FDA cancels advisory committee meeting on flu vaccine strain selection

www.cidrap.umn.edu

So it's just gonna get worse before it gets better then. It will get better, right?

 

[Rickboy]

Today the funding was pulled for a covid vaccine pill and the committee that meets to decide which version of the flu will go into this year's flu shot was basically told to go away yesterday.

FDA cancels advisory committee meeting on flu vaccine strain selection

www.cidrap.umn.edu

I guess I’ll have to wait until my next trip to Japan to get a flu shot.

 

[Eeyore]

She Felt Fine. So Why Had She Lost So Much Weight?

The underlying cause shocked the patient and confounded her doctors.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

Five years after the start of the Covid pandemicthat killed more than one million Americans and shut down the world, health experts are really ready to say that it’s over - at least, for now.

After evolving through multiple variants, including omicron, the virus has become more consistent with an ‘endemic’ disease, they say

“This pandemic did what pandemics usually do — settle into endemicity, which means constant vigilance on our part,” requiring ongoing vaccination and surveillance to keep the virus under control, Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at the University of California at San Francisco, told The Washington Post on Thursday.

The endemicity of Covid is largely agreed upon in the medical community, William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases and preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, told the publication.……

Five years after the Covid pandemic, health experts are ready to say that it’s over

With deaths and hospitalizations down, experts say vaccines and immunity from infection have helped turn the page on the Covid pandemic

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Sailorsaint]

... requiring ongoing vaccination and surveillance to keep the virus under control……

Five years after the Covid pandemic, health experts are ready to say that it’s over

With deaths and hospitalizations down, experts say vaccines and immunity from infection have helped turn the page on the Covid pandemic

www.independent.co.uk

Welp, we're screwed....

 

[Eeyore]

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6685208

 

[kewee]

I saw that crap about the flu shot yesterday, the covid pill info is news to me. I want off this ride...

Good luck, because unfortunately, I can see this being a very long ride.