COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.] (2 Viewers)

[DaveXA]

Don't look now...but China is looking at a new outbreak. They're definitely trying to keep this thing contained, but with them locking down large areas, it could potentially cause supply chain issues yet again. Might be nothing, but might be something too.

 

[Goatman Saint]

At some point it’s going to explode in China. They have kept it so locked down that it’s never really gone through the country. (That we know). Also, from what I’ve read, and feel free to correct, the vaccines being used there are considerably less effective.

 

[bclemms]

At some point it’s going to explode in China. They have kept it so locked down that it’s never really gone through the country. (That we know). Also, from what I’ve read, and feel free to correct, the vaccines being used there are considerably less effective.

Considerably less effective than the ineffective vaccines we have here against contagion. Yeah, China's going to blow up. Xi was hoping to get through a formal reelection before easing up on the zero covid policy. I'm one of the few that thinks they have been honest about the numbers. Hard to lie about numbers and have a zero covid policy. So I'm confident they have little in the way of immunity from disease, only from vaccination and a vaccination that isn't very effective.

 

[ChrisinNOLA]

Do we need to get another booster? This morning on one of the morning show they were discussing when you should get the 4th shot etc.

 

[gboudx]

Do we need to get another booster? This morning on one of the morning show they were discussing when you should get the 4th shot etc.

I think you're referring to the Pfizer news. It's "recommended" for 50+ with some underlying condition like heart disease, diabetes, and of course for folks who are immunocompromised.

 

[0rion]

I think you're referring to the Pfizer news. It's "recommended" for 50+ with some underlying condition like heart disease, diabetes, and of course for folks who are immunocompromised.

And 4 months since last booster. I'm losing track of when and how many shots I've had haha. I'm probably eligible for this one but have to dig my card out and see the dates

 

[0rion]

We need to merge this thread with the Ukraine and will Smith threads into 1 mega "end of the world" thread.

 

[where yat brah]

my (57 y/o obese caucasian male-mild hypertension) second booster (3rd shot) was around christmas.
I figure that I'm good until weather cools in late Oct/Nov. depending on spread at that time.

 

[ChrisinNOLA]

We need to merge this thread with the Ukraine and will Smith threads into 1 mega "end of the world" thread.

And the Nola weather threads

 

[Optimus Prime]

GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. (AP) — To administer this COVID test, Todd Kautz had to lie on his belly in the snow and worm his upper body into the narrow den of a hibernating black bear. Training a light on its snout, Kautz carefully slipped a long cotton swab into the bear’s nostrils five times.

For postdoctoral researcher Kautz and a team of other wildlife experts, tracking the coronavirus means freezing temperatures, icy roads, trudging through deep snow and getting uncomfortably close to potentially dangerous wildlife.

They’re testing bears, moose, deer and wolves on a Native American reservation in the remote north woods about 5 miles from Canada. Like researchers around the world, they are trying to figure out how, how much and where wildlife is spreading the virus.

Scientists are concerned that the virus could evolve within animal populations – potentially spawning dangerous viral mutants that could jump back to people, spread among us and reignite what for now seems to some people like a waning crisis.

The coronavirus pandemic has served as a stark and tragic example of how closely animal health and human health are linked. While the origins of the virus have not been proven, many scientists say it likely jumped from bats to humans, either directly or through another species that was being sold live in Wuhan, China.

And now the virus has been confirmed in wildlife in at least 24 U.S. states, including Minnesota. Recently, an early Canadian study showed someone in nearby Ontario likely contracted a highly mutated strain from a deer………

Into the wild: Animals the latest frontier in COVID fight

Wildlife experts are searching for the virus that causes COVID-19 in deer, bears, moose and wolves in Minnesota's north woods.

apnews.com

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

Another recent study on Ivermectin.

Ivermectin does not prevent COVID-19 hospitalization, a new study says

The Food and Drug Administration has long warned against using the cow and horse dewormer to fight COVID-19, warning it can cause serious, adverse effects.

www.npr.org

 

[Saint_Ward]

We need to merge this thread with the Ukraine and will Smith threads into 1 mega "end of the world" thread.

No.

 

[faceman]

GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. (AP) — To administer this COVID test, Todd Kautz had to lie on his belly in the snow and worm his upper body into the narrow den of a hibernating black bear. Training a light on its snout, Kautz carefully slipped a long cotton swab into the bear’s nostrils five times.

For postdoctoral researcher Kautz and a team of other wildlife experts, tracking the coronavirus means freezing temperatures, icy roads, trudging through deep snow and getting uncomfortably close to potentially dangerous wildlife.

They’re testing bears, moose, deer and wolves on a Native American reservation in the remote north woods about 5 miles from Canada. Like researchers around the world, they are trying to figure out how, how much and where wildlife is spreading the virus.

Scientists are concerned that the virus could evolve within animal populations – potentially spawning dangerous viral mutants that could jump back to people, spread among us and reignite what for now seems to some people like a waning crisis.

The coronavirus pandemic has served as a stark and tragic example of how closely animal health and human health are linked. While the origins of the virus have not been proven, many scientists say it likely jumped from bats to humans, either directly or through another species that was being sold live in Wuhan, China.

And now the virus has been confirmed in wildlife in at least 24 U.S. states, including Minnesota. Recently, an early Canadian study showed someone in nearby Ontario likely contracted a highly mutated strain from a deer………

Into the wild: Animals the latest frontier in COVID fight

Wildlife experts are searching for the virus that causes COVID-19 in deer, bears, moose and wolves in Minnesota's north woods.

apnews.com

Putting a swab into a hibernating bear? All I can say he is a crazier man then me

 

[Eeyore]

Ivermectin worthless against COVID in largest clinical trial to date

The antiparasitic failed to reduce hospitalization and all other severe outcomes.

arstechnica.com

 

[Taurus]

Ivermectin worthless against COVID in largest clinical trial to date

The antiparasitic failed to reduce hospitalization and all other severe outcomes.

arstechnica.com

This is a perfect example of the Gish Gallop. It takes so much more time and effort to disprove complete bullshirt than it does to spew it. There was never any reason to take Ivermectin seriously for Covid.