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)

[buzd]

I had about 48 hours of tired for my third booster. I’m contemplating my next one.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

So it turns out being around young children and the various common cold viruses that comes with that leads to better protection against COVID.

Francois Balloux, director of the Genetics Institute at University College London, whose work focuses on the epidemiology of infectious diseases, said cross-protection — that is, exposure to the common-cold coronaviruses triggering greater immune protection against COVID — had long been the subject of quiet speculation by experts. “This hypothesis was aired since the beginning of the pandemic but was viewed as dangerous,” he said. “People avoided talking about this in polite circles.”

Why Spending Time With Kids Might Actually Help Protect You From COVID

Two studies find an immunological downside for adults who stay away from children.

nymag.com

 

[saintmdterps]

Man I need to get my Rona booster but I don’t want to deal with the monstrous headache the day after

Got mine on a Thursday, was tired AF on Friday afternoon but ran 5 miles that Saturday.

 

[Sailorsaint]

Got mine on a Thursday, was tired AF on Friday afternoon but ran 5 miles that Saturday.

Was someone chasing you?!

 

[saintmdterps]

Was someone chasing you?!

Just the ghosts from my past

 

[Optimus Prime]

ƒMasking can feel like a thing of the past in the US, even in cities such as New York and Los Angeles that once embraced the precaution.

But as healthcare facilities grapple with a “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses – with Covid, flu and RSV surging simultaneously – experts are once again urging the public to don face coverings.

“I would not go into a grocery store without a mask,” says John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases and vaccinology at the University of California, Berkeley.

“I wouldn’t go into rapid transit without a mask. I wouldn’t go into an airplane or be in an airport without a mask,” nor would he attend a crowded outdoor event such as a concert without one, Swartzberg says.

Still, after nearly three years of mixed messaging from officials, with many Americans seeming to have moved on from Covid – and a president who has said “the pandemic is over” even as hundreds die every day – will anyone listen?

As of 2 December, the CDC reported a seven-day average of 4,201 Covid hospitalizations and 254 deaths. Meanwhile, the flu and RSV seasons have come unusually early, with flu hospitalizations at their highest in a decade.

On 2 December, the agency reported 8.7m cases of the flu, including 78,000 hospitalizations and 4,500 deaths, this season. And we haven’t seen the worst yet, given that it’s been less than two weeks since Thanksgiving, with many more holiday gatherings to come, Swartzberg says.

The good news: “Masks work against Covid, masks work against RSV, masks work against influenza and masks work against other respiratory viruses,” Swartzberg says. “They really do work to help prevent people from getting infected and the consequences of that infection.”…….

Masking could fight the ‘tripledemic’, experts say. Will anyone listen?

Masks can feel like a thing of the past in the US – but experts are once again advising them as Covid, flu and RSV surge simultaneously

www.theguardian.com

 

[bonnjer]

Potential New Treatment for “Brain Fog” in Long COVID Patients

While the number of patients they studied is too small for their results to be definitive, Yale researchers—using their extensive experience with two existing

medicine.yale.edu

 

[Eeyore]

Potential New Treatment for “Brain Fog” in Long COVID Patients

While the number of patients they studied is too small for their results to be definitive, Yale researchers—using their extensive experience with two existing

medicine.yale.edu

Repeated slaps upside the head?

 

[bclemms]

Man, I've stayed away from this thread for a while now. Hate jumping back in it.

It's starting to look like China was right with Covid Zero policy. At least, I think they are about to try and make it appear that way. I was really hopeful that China would come off Covid zero policy during the summer months to let some spread run through the country prior to the winter season. Nope! Instead they have removed all restrictions heading right into the peak season. Now they are overwhelmed with cases and most modeling is showing millions of new cases daily and likely lasting for months.

China is the perfect breeding ground for a nasty mutation.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Nearly every adult ICU bed in Oregon is occupied, driven by an uptick in respiratory viruses.

Portland-area hospitals are operating at a “crisis” level for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The dire picture has prompted state health officials to implore people to slap their masks on, once again, to protect against a triple threat of covid, flu and RSV as people travel and gather indoors this holiday season.


But like nearly every community confronting a third pandemic winter, the entreaty is just that — a plea.

Not a mandate.

Health officials in a state that was among the last to end an indoor mask requirement in March now characterize mandates as a distraction. Instead, they are counting on Americans to voluntarily don one of the most effective tools for avoiding sickness.


Mandates “have been extremely politicized, polarized and divisive,” said Rachael Banks, director of the Oregon Health Authority’s public health division. “We’re really trying to focus on the behavior and not getting caught in the crossfire of that particular mandate.”

Officials in New York and Los Angeles are also strongly recommending people cover their faces, without new requirements for anyone to actually do so. New York Mayor Eric Adams (D), who has resisted bringing back mask mandates, put on a mask Tuesday as he urged others to do the same.

A community college on Long Island attempted to issue a mask mandate this month but has since pulled back.

Just a handful of public institutions are reimposing such mandates, including the Philadelphia school system, Passaic schools in New Jersey, the State University of New York at Purchase and Oakland, Calif., for government buildings……..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/22/mask-mandate-covid-tripledemic/

 

[Sun Wukong]

Nearly every adult ICU bed in Oregon is occupied, driven by an uptick in respiratory viruses.

Portland-area hospitals are operating at a “crisis” level for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The dire picture has prompted state health officials to implore people to slap their masks on, once again, to protect against a triple threat of covid, flu and RSV as people travel and gather indoors this holiday season.


But like nearly every community confronting a third pandemic winter, the entreaty is just that — a plea.

Not a mandate.

Health officials in a state that was among the last to end an indoor mask requirement in March now characterize mandates as a distraction. Instead, they are counting on Americans to voluntarily don one of the most effective tools for avoiding sickness.


Mandates “have been extremely politicized, polarized and divisive,” said Rachael Banks, director of the Oregon Health Authority’s public health division. “We’re really trying to focus on the behavior and not getting caught in the crossfire of that particular mandate.”

Officials in New York and Los Angeles are also strongly recommending people cover their faces, without new requirements for anyone to actually do so. New York Mayor Eric Adams (D), who has resisted bringing back mask mandates, put on a mask Tuesday as he urged others to do the same.

A community college on Long Island attempted to issue a mask mandate this month but has since pulled back.

Just a handful of public institutions are reimposing such mandates, including the Philadelphia school system, Passaic schools in New Jersey, the State University of New York at Purchase and Oakland, Calif., for government buildings……..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/22/mask-mandate-covid-tripledemic/

It should be noted that for whatever weird reason, Oregon has the fewest hospital beds per capita in the country, which is probably most of the issue.

 

[DaveXA]

Well, apparently, China is getting hit hard.

 

[efil4stnias]

Well, apparently, China is getting hit hard.

China culling the herd.

idiots.

 

[efil4stnias]

Man, I've stayed away from this thread for a while now. Hate jumping back in it.

It's starting to look like China was right with Covid Zero policy. At least, I think they are about to try and make it appear that way. I was really hopeful that China would come off Covid zero policy during the summer months to let some spread run through the country prior to the winter season. Nope! Instead they have removed all restrictions heading right into the peak season. Now they are overwhelmed with cases and most modeling is showing millions of new cases daily and likely lasting for months.

China is the perfect breeding ground for a nasty mutation.

a petri dish the size of a country called China.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Well, apparently, China is getting hit hard.

And if that the number China is reporting the real number could be much higher