COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.] (4 Viewers)

[Eeyore]

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

You were so young

 

[Taurus]

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

Unless Long Covid rates are the same.
We really need to get a better handle on that.
If enough people lose their sense of taste, the McRib might come back and not leave.

 

[buzd]

Unless Long Covid rates are the same.
We really need to get a better handle on that.
If enough people lose their sense of taste, the McRib might come back and not leave.

Nobody wants that.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

FWIW the claims of the DeSantis 'whistleblower' that everyone was very excited about for a few months about manipulated data were found to be not-credible.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...dence-desantis-critics-claims-covid-rcna30647

A prominent critic of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Covid response made “unsubstantiated” claims that state health officials had fired her because she refused to present manipulated data online, according to an inspector general’s report obtained by NBC News on Thursday.

The 27-page report from the Florida Department of Health’s Office of Inspector General said it found "insufficient evidence" to support Rebekah Jones' accusations that she was asked to falsify Covid positivity rates or misrepresent them on the state’s dashboard she helped design. The report also "exonerated" officials accused by Jones of wrongdoing because they removed a data section from the website to ensure that private individual health information was not released publicly.

The independent report paints a portrait of an employee who did not understand public health policy or the significance of epidemiological data, did not have high-level access to crucial information and leveled claims that made professional health officials "skeptical."

 

[Optimus Prime]

COVID hospitalizations and deaths may be down from their surge peaks, but the nation's hospitals and clinics still face a population in crisis: the healthcare workers themselves.

Overworked medical professionals, who risked their health and their families' well-being to help patients through the pandemic, are now dealing with a public that is increasingly distrustful in a politicized environment where hospital violence is not uncommon. Staffing shortages and the administrative demands of an increasingly complicated medical system have also created frustration for those who see care for fellow human beings as their calling.

Professional burnout and frustration, pre-existing conditions before COVID, were aggravated by the pandemic, resulting in mental health challenges for some healthcare workers; resignations and early retirements for others; and a jolt to morale overall. Although the severity of hospitalizations and deaths has subsided, cases are rising in many parts of the country and there's a cumulative cost now coming due, medical professionals said.

"The first two years of the pandemic, you could liken that to an adrenaline rush. And then the sheer exhaustion and emotional fatigue that comes after that is what we're in right now," said Karen Grimley, chief nursing executive for UCLA Health in Los Angeles. "With the death and the prolonged illness and the inability to let family members in to comfort their loved ones, being the person who held that patient's hand while they passed away because nobody else could, those were devastating blows to some of our best nurses."

If doctors and nurses aren't feeling in tip-top condition, that could put the country's healthcare system at risk, according to the nation's top doctor, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

"Health worker burnout is a health crisis for all Americans and it has to be addressed as a national priority," Murthy told USA TODAY. "I've been worried about the burnout crisis that's taking place among our health workforce. It's one that preceded the pandemic... but COVID has made things dramatically worse."

The well-being of the nation's highly trained health force is so concerning that Murthy last week issued a surgeon general's advisory, a call for attention and action reserved for urgent public health issues. The title states the situation plainly – "Addressing Health Worker Burnout" – and the report, released during Mental Health Awareness Month, details the challenges and proposes solutions. It continues a focus on mental health problems exposed or aggravated by COVID and follows a December surgeon general advisory on the youth mental health crisis.

Burnout is characterized by physical and emotional exhaustion and can lead to anxiety and depression, as well, Murthy said. Healthcare workers are strong and resilient, he said, but heavy administrative demands, lack of support in some areas and all the damage wrought by the pandemic make him concerned about the mental health of the medical workforce...............

Doctors, nurses risked their lives to battle COVID. Now they're facing a mental health crisis

 

[Saint_Ward]

FWIW the claims of the DeSantis 'whistleblower' that everyone was very excited about for a few months about manipulated data were found to be not-credible.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...dence-desantis-critics-claims-covid-rcna30647

I figured. When I dug in, it seemed like a simple email misunderstanding that she tried to capitalize on. Almost like she was hoping for her politics moment. I dunno.

I wanted her to be right, but it was pretty obvious she wasn't.

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

We crossed the 1 million U.S. deaths in mid-May. We've had 3,800 deaths since then. Are we now at a rate comparable to influenza? Maybe still a bit above?

 

[superchuck500]

We crossed the 1 million U.S. deaths in mid-May. We've had 3,800 deaths since then. Are we now at a rate comparable to influenza? Maybe still a bit above?

Is that three weeks or four?

If three weeks, that's an annual rate of 65K - If four weeks, that's a rate of 49K. That would represent a fairly bad flu year, especially the 65K, but I think yes, that would be much closer to flu.

Of course, May isn't typically a bad flu month so if the idea is Covid might begin to behave like the flu, you would have to compare those 3,800 deaths to any year for flu, at the same time of year. If the actual average flu deaths for three or four weeks of May into June is much lower than the mean (total/12) monthly average, then it's a different story.

Hard to say, still not enough data, I don't think.

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

Is that three weeks or four?

If three weeks, that's an annual rate of 65K - If four weeks, that's a rate of 49K. That would represent a fairly bad flu year, especially the 65K, but I think yes, that would be much closer to flu.

Of course, May isn't typically a bad flu month so if the idea is Covid might begin to behave like the flu, you would have to compare those 3,800 deaths to any year for flu, at the same time of year. If the actual average flu deaths for three or four weeks of May into June is much lower than the mean (total/12) monthly average, then it's a different story.

Hard to say, still not enough data, I don't think.

It looks like the most accurate date and backed by Johns Hopkins, 17MAY2022 looks like the day we crossed the 1M threshold. So less than a month and probably still comfortably ahead of the flu in annual deaths.

 

[Saint_Ward]

Is that three weeks or four?

If three weeks, that's an annual rate of 65K - If four weeks, that's a rate of 49K. That would represent a fairly bad flu year, especially the 65K, but I think yes, that would be much closer to flu.

Of course, May isn't typically a bad flu month so if the idea is Covid might begin to behave like the flu, you would have to compare those 3,800 deaths to any year for flu, at the same time of year. If the actual average flu deaths for three or four weeks of May into June is much lower than the mean (total/12) monthly average, then it's a different story.

Hard to say, still not enough data, I don't think.

Currently for this 'season', Oct 2021 to end of may 2022.

 

[faceman]

Currently for this 'season', Oct 2021 to end of may 2022.

but but but

It's like the flu warm weather will kill it. Sais a previous Potus .

 

[NewOrleansFan]

Kid tested positive for Covid last weekend. Fully vax. Their only symptom was high fever. Tried switching between Advil and Tylenol didn’t work. However, Paxlovid worked.

 

[DaveXA]

Kid tested positive for Covid last weekend. Fully vax. Their only symptom was high fever. Tried switching between Advil and Tylenol didn’t work. However, Paxlovid worked.

My oldest son tested positive last week. The rest of us have managed to avoid catching it from him so far. He just felt crummy for a few days. He used the Binax rapid test and that turned up positive. All of us were vaxxed last August.

 

[antipop]

Kid tested positive for Covid last weekend. Fully vax. Their only symptom was high fever. Tried switching between Advil and Tylenol didn’t work. However, Paxlovid worked.

Yeah, that stuff had me feeling better quick…the metal taste for days was awful but worth it

 

[efil4stnias]

Kid tested positive for Covid last weekend. Fully vax. Their only symptom was high fever. Tried switching between Advil and Tylenol didn’t work. However, Paxlovid worked.

My BiL also caught last week. Fever and headache only symptom. Doc said was too far into to get paxlovid.

He owns/operates landscape/lawn care. Worked thru it - i guess it pays to be young cuz its been 90+ degrees here and AINT NO WAY im working from 8 am to 8pm out in that heat with as much as a sniffle lolol.