COVID-19

[JohnRoberts]

I read in yesterday's newspaper that China's new covid cases are easing.

JR

 

[JohnRoberts]

Talking heads say new Covid BA.2 variant is more transmissible than omicron but not more severe, so brace yourselves for another round of the sky is falling. Like omicron the faster they spread the faster they burn out.

JR

 

[ruffrecords]

You haven't been keeping up on this thread...this is impossible, because masks do nothing to stop the spread and are ineffective except for choking children and babies yada yada....

You are right, I have not been keeping up on this thread. Masks are still mandatory in UK hospitals so I am unsure how much truth there is in your comment.

Cheers

Ian

 

[JohnRoberts]

It appears that the new BA.2 variant is more contagious but suppressed by natural immunity from regular omicron, and/or existing vaccines/boosters. So if anything this should drive herd immunity even faster.

But I am always optimistic.

JR

 

[iturnknobs]

I am a healthy individual. I have received all 3 shots. I'm on day 7 with Covid. Better now, but it's not "just the flu", as some uneducated people(not doctors) claim. I cannot imagine not having been vaccinated given the data available these days. I would suggest that those who haven't, do so...before the federal funding for free shots is ended very soon.

 

[scott2000]

Better now, but it's not "just the flu", as some uneducated people(not doctors) claim

When this thread started, actually on the first page, I mentioned a friend's daughter being diagnosed with H1N1. She was hospitalized and spent 2 weeks in bed. Younger person.
I've never been tested for flu so wouldn't know how bad some of them can be. Apparently hers was a near death one from what I understand.

just found this so, guess it's not unusual to hear of this. Wonder if she was vaccinated...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health...834/flu-strikes-younger-adults-hard-this-year

 

[JohnRoberts]

The FDA authorized a second booster for imuno-compromised individuals over 50YO,

JR

 

[hodad]

It's official: ivermectin is completely ineffective in fighting COVID. So we can put that nonsense to bed.

Effect of Early Treatment with Ivermectin among Patients with Covid-19 | NEJM

 

[crazydoc]

The FDA authorized a second booster for imuno-compromised individuals over 50YO,

JR

Anyone over 50 more than 4 months out from their last booster is eligible. Immunocompromised people over 12 can get theirs - for some it will be their 5th covid shot, as their initial series was 3 doses.

 

[scott2000]

It's official: ivermectin is completely ineffective

You'd think but there's already a bunch of debate on the protocols used. Timing,etc..

 

[crazydoc]

It's official: ivermectin is completely ineffective in fighting COVID. So we can put that nonsense to bed.

That's bullshit! It's obviously very effective - most horses get ivermectin twice a year, and there's no evidence of of a horse contracting covid-19. Dogs, cats, and some wild animal species can get it - the difference obviously is ivermectin.

 

[JohnRoberts]

That's why they call the practice of medicine "practice"...

 

[JohnRoberts]

Omicron is reportedly spreading in large Chinese cities. Reportedly some 26M Shanghai residents are locked down. Testing is revealing a large fraction of symptomless cases, probably why this is so hard to contain. There are a large number of incompletely vaccinated elders that can be hit harder by this. China is moving in replacement health workers when infected workers get quarantined, some workers don't want to go into these venues and risk exposure.

JR

 

[user 41968]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...ayers-suffering-cardiac-arrest-just-23-video/

 

[JohnRoberts]

They shouldn't run wearing masks...

JR

 

[crazydoc]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...ayers-suffering-cardiac-arrest-just-23-video/

It's pretty clear that these are cases of interplanetary cardiomyopathy, produced by the passage of Comet Neowise close to the earth in mid 2020. Material from the comet interacted with solar cosmic rays, spreading clouds of noxious gases through our atmosphere. Here's a photo I took of the phenomenon.

 

[Matador]

It's pretty clear that these are cases of interplanetary cardiomyopathy, produced by the passage of Comet Neowise close to the earth in mid 2020.

Libtard lies! There is only one guaranteed 100% effective COVID treatment:

 

[JohnRoberts]

China's "zero covid" policy is resulting in massive lockdowns in multiple cities with very few if any reported deaths. Of course statistics from China are suspect.

This will not help the world's supply chain and inflation issues.

JR

 

[crazydoc]

Hard to find good China data, but deaths are a lagging indicator, so since this surge only appears to be weeks old, deaths may climb if good data appears. Or it may be that the variant causing these cases has low morbidity, so a very low serious illness and death rate.

 

[JohnRoberts]

Hard to find good China data, but deaths are a lagging indicator, so since this surge only appears to be weeks old, deaths may climb if good data appears. Or it may be that the variant causing these cases has low morbidity, so a very low serious illness and death rate.

all the reporting I've seen so far is single digit deaths which seems low for 10k average daily infections but who knows about the data?

JR