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)

[bonnjer]

The state epidemiologist was a guest on WWL. today. He reinforced what has been said many pages ago. Hospitalizations
are the key stat. We'll know more within a few weeks. Omnicron so far has not been the killer Delta was

Oh yes, totally agree. I've been watching the hospitalizations, as well. Those have been steadily increasing, too. As you said, it's not a massive wave, but I hate seeing any increases at this point. I realize that we'll never really be done with this stuff, but like everyone else, I'm just tired of it.

 

[SaintJ]

Man, I hope this article manages to finally gin up some traction on Long Covid.

40% of the country didn't get traction on the one that was obviously killing people, so I'm not too optimistic.

Especially in a culture where people have an attention span of 22 seconds, and the primary mental state is denial.

 

[faceman]

Oh yes, totally agree. I've been watching the hospitalizations, as well. Those have been steadily increasing, too. As you said, it's not a massive wave, but I hate seeing any increases at this point. I realize that we'll never really be done with this stuff, but like everyone else, I'm just tired of it.

I am so tired of it as well. The word I heard today is Keesler will activate indoor masking again very soon.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

very slight rise in hospitalizations in LA compared to prior waves. Everyone I know had a breakthrough omicron infection in December/January, so maybe we'll miss this wave

 

[literature]

You're in the army.

Most soldiers in the army have body armor on, but some don't.

You start to take on volleys of rifle fire. Almost everyone gets hit.

Only a few of the soldiers with body armor on are killed by the rifle fire. However, most of the soldiers not wearing body armor are killed.

Then, there's another round of rifle fire. Everyone gets hit again. But this time, the only people left to get hit have body armor on.

"Look at how few deaths there are" says your commanding officer. "These bullets are much milder and weaker than the first bullets. It's ok to get hit by them. Get back to work."

 

[Lustmord]

finally got me this week- 2 years working in jails, trip to Europe, a game in the dome- nada- a metal show in rural Iowa got me.

felt like allergies (im vaccinated)

 

[Optimus Prime]

In the early months of the pandemic, as lawmakers toiled on an aid package for shuttered concert halls and other performance venues, a major company lobbied to be included in the relief.


Live Nation Entertainment — the corporate parent of Ticketmaster and a dominant force in the entertainment industry — urged Democrats and Republicans in Congress to let it be directly eligible for the $15 billion emergency relief program, according to five people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.


Congress was wary of allowing grants to publicly traded companies such as Live Nation, worrying that the funds could be used to bail out stock market investors. In the end, lawmakers wrote the law to exclude public companies, as well as firms they own or control.

But the parameters set by Congress and the Small Business Administration, which disbursed the funds, allowed several companies in which Live Nation has significant investments to receive grants: Nearly $19 million went to firms listed as subsidiaries on Live Nation’s 2022 securities filings or in which Live Nation has a substantial, though not majority, ownership stake, according to a Washington Post review of Securities and Exchange Commission filings, state corporate documents and SBA data, as well as interviews with executives at companies that received grants.

The grants do not appear to have violated the law or any rules set by the SBA.
Nevertheless, the revelation demonstrates how a large company with stakes in hundreds of smaller businesses could, while following the rules, reap a benefit that some legislators didn’t want. And it shows that how agencies implement a law can be just as important as the way it is written by Congress.

“When we wrote this, we specifically didn’t want these publicly traded companies — Live Nation foremost among them — to get their hands on this money,” said Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a key co-sponsor of the relief legislation. “I did not want Live Nation getting a nickel.”…….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/22/live-nation-pandemic-aid/

 

[antipop]

Woke up this morning feeling like a pile of doo…tested positive after 2 years of avoiding this crap…

I feel bad but not completely miserable…

I went to several concerts and movies over the last few months and never caught it…pretty sure i got from someone at work who recently had it

Oh well, day off tomorrow

 

[antipop]

My doctor put me on paxlovid, an antiviral med

Yesterday was probably the worst day. Today isn’t as bad. I can’t imagine how i would feel if I wasn’t vaccinated

 

[faceman]

. I can’t imagine how i would feel if I wasn’t vaccinated

You may not have been here to type this statement. Omnicron may not be as serious as Delta,but it's still killing people.
Once again, if you are not vaccinated please do so.

Omicron Death Rate Higher Than During Delta Surge

www.webmd.com

 

[bigdaddysaints]

People are getting laxed because they "are tired of it". Covid doesn't care. with the unvaxxed rate still pretty high, it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

 

[LonghornSaint]

My doctor put me on paxlovid, an antiviral med

Yesterday was probably the worst day. Today isn’t as bad. I can’t imagine how i would feel if I wasn’t vaccinated

Have you experienced the transient metallic taste side effect? I got that about an hour after taking those pills, and it would last about a couple hours. It was like I was sucking on some pennies for a while. Happened every time I took them. Not unexpected though, but a bit weird.

 

[Optimus Prime]

People are getting laxed because they "are tired of it". Covid doesn't care. with the unvaxxed rate still pretty high, it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

HONOLULU (AP) — A high school prom in Hawaii where masked dancers weren’t allowed to touch. A return to virtual city council meetings in one Colorado town after the mayor and others tested positive following an in-person session. A reinstated mask mandate at skilled nursing facilities in Los Angeles County after 22 new outbreaks in a single week.

A COVID-19 surge is underway that is starting to cause disruptions as the school year wraps up and Americans prepare for summer vacations. Many people, though, have returned to their pre-pandemic routines and plans, which often involve travel.

Case counts are as high as they’ve been since mid-February and those figures are likely a major undercount because of unreported positive home test results and asymptomatic infections. Earlier this month, an influential modeling group at the University of Washington in Seattle estimated that only 13% of cases were being reported to U.S. health authorities.


Hospitalizations are also up and more than one-third of the U.S. population lives in areas that are considered at high risk by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Northeast has been hit the hardest.

Yet vaccinations have stagnated and elected officials nationwide seem loath to impose new restrictions on a public that’s ready to move on even as the U.S. death toll surpassed 1 million people less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak…….

Pandemic-weary Americans plan for summer despite COVID surge

Surges in COVID-19 cases are causing disruptions in many parts of the U.S., but as the school year wraps up and Americans prepare for their summer vacations, many people have returned to their pre-pandemic routines.

apnews.com

 

[antipop]

Have you experienced the transient metallic taste side effect? I got that about an hour after taking those pills, and it would last about a couple hours. It was like I was sucking on some pennies for a while. Happened every time I took them. Not unexpected though, but a bit weird.

Yeah, I didn’t even know it was from the pills until i read this… definitely had a weird taste for a while

 

[faceman]

Hospitalizations are also up and more than one-third of the U.S. population lives in areas that are considered at high risk by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Northeast has been hit the hardest.

Pandemic-weary Americans plan for summer despite COVID surge

Surges in COVID-19 cases are causing disruptions in many parts of the U.S., but as the school year wraps up and Americans prepare for their summer vacations, many people have returned to their pre-pandemic routines.

apnews.com

Yeah, hospitalizations is the stat we need to watch closely. They lead to deaths which is obviously the most important
stat.