Coronavirus

[Dropbear]

Associations of Depression, Anxiety, Worry, Perceived Stress, and Loneliness Prior to Infection With Risk of Post–COVID-19 Conditions​

Association of Psychological Distress Prior to Infection With Risk of Post–COVID-19 Conditions

This cohort study analyzes self-reported data from 3 large ongoing studies to determine whether high levels of psychological distress before SARS-CoV-2 infection are associated with increased risk of developing post–COVID-19 conditions, sometimes called long COVID.

jamanetwork.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Russell Brand Goes To Far Right Rumble After YouTube Censored Him

The comic got mad after YouTube dropped a video featuring misinformation he himself admitted was a mistake on his part.

uproxx.com

Hope pimpley can survive this

 

[Grand Potentate]

Covid infections rise by 14% in UK and now top a million

But there is no clear evidence of an autumn wave starting, says the Office for National Statistics.

www.bbc.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Munich Oktoberfest emerges as COVID superspreader event in Germany

While a new COVID wave is gathering pace in Germany, the federal and state governments are dismantling the last remaining mitigation measures and promoting a “live with the virus” strategy.

www.wsws.org

 

[Harrogate and his melons]

Edit - I’m on vacation and nobody cares anyway.

 

[Fwiffo]

Munich Oktoberfest emerges as COVID superspreader event in Germany

While a new COVID wave is gathering pace in Germany, the federal and state governments are dismantling the last remaining mitigation measures and promoting a “live with the virus” strategy.

www.wsws.org

Funny I was in the office with someone who came from attending Oktoberfest. He got selected for random coronavirus testing after landing and then a few days after seeing him at the office his PCR test result came back negative.

This virus created so many fashionable terms for politicians, media and bureaucrats to use. Flatten the curve. Social distancing. New normal. Out of an abundance of caution.

Now it is living with the virus which is simply code for we don't have the money nor willpower to continue this so people will just have to get sick and die. They could have called it capitulation but that wouldn't sound eloquent.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Dutch Covid hospital total and coronavirus infections both doubled in about 2 weeks

Hospitals in the Netherlands were treating 873 people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus on Tuesday afternoon, the highest total in two months. The figure increased by 38 percent in a week, and was more than double the total reported on 16 September. Any ambiguity about the arrival of the...

nltimes.nl

 

[Grand Potentate]

Covid has left a third of young people feeling life is out of control – study

Researchers also found more than 60% of 16-25-year-olds are scared about their generation’s future

www.theguardian.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Evangelical Christians were less likely to get COVID-19 vaccine after conversations with faith leaders

A VCU-led study also found that evangelicals whose health care provider asked them about the vaccine were more likely to get vaccinated.

news.vcu.edu

 

[Grand Potentate]

Michigan reports 12,880 new COVID cases, 143 deaths over past week

Michigan reported 12,880 new cases of COVID-19 and 143 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 1,840 cases per day.

www.clickondetroit.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Omicron BA.4.6 makes up nearly 13% of COVID variants circulating in U.S. - CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday estimated that nearly 13% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States were of the BA.4.6 subvariant of Omicron, as of the week ended Oct. 1.

www.reuters.com

 

[Fwiffo]

Omicron BA.4.6 makes up nearly 13% of COVID variants circulating in U.S. - CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday estimated that nearly 13% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States were of the BA.4.6 subvariant of Omicron, as of the week ended Oct. 1.

www.reuters.com

It doesn’t say whether my BA2 natural immunity helps or even the severity of this one.

 

[Grand Potentate]

It doesn’t say whether my BA2 natural immunity helps or even the severity of this one.

It’s escaping vaccines so unlikely

 

[Fwiffo]

Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats. The reason is up for debate.

Lower vaccination rates among Republicans could explain the partisan gap, but some researchers say mask use and social distancing were bigger factors.

www.nbcnews.com

The virus is blue.

 

[Grand Potentate]

go get your boosters people

 

[Dropbear]

COVID-19 origins 'most likely zoonotic', but experts find the world has 'largely failed' to prepare for the next pandemic

Almost three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of international experts says the world has still not dealt with what it says is the "most likely" cause of the virus: animal-to-human transmission.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Fwiffo]

Opinion | Covid is making us ungovernable

Pandemics fuel pre-existing prejudices, deepen social divisions and increase political tensions.

www.nbcnews.com

"The decline in Covid numbers, if it holds, will not reverse these developments after the November elections. Just as we may talk about societal comorbidity, societies may suffer from long Covid — an impaired functioning of democracy that may persist long after the contagion survives."

 

[Fwiffo]

How much protection do the omicron boosters provide? Pfizer offers early look at data

Experts were critical of the companies' announcement, however, pointing to a lack of data in their press release.

www.nbcnews.com

"The results are based on blood samples taken from adults one week after they received the updated booster. In those blood samples, Pfizer said, neutralizing antibodies against BA.4 and BA.5 were higher compared with the antibody levels seen before the person got the booster.

John Moore, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College, was critical of the announcement, calling it unhelpful."


More antibodies aren't helpful?

 

[Grand Potentate]

"Pretty troublesome": New COVID variant BQ.1 now makes up 1 in 10 cases nationwide, CDC estimates

The CDC said BQ.1 and one of its descendants, BQ.1.1, represent "a small but fast-growing subset of the Omicron variant."

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

World Faces New Threats From Fast-Mutating Omicron Variants

Since emerging in late 2021, the highly transmissible omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 has splintered into a dazzling array of subvariants that are now driving fresh waves of Covid-19 cases around the world. The proliferation of such a diversity of variants is unprecedented, and pits numerous...

www.bloomberg.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Experts warn new Covid variant could be widespread within weeks

The highly contagious Omicron subvariant BQ.1.1 has been detected in both a patient and wastewater in New Zealand.

www.1news.co.nz

 

[Grand Potentate]

Omicron boosters could arm you against variants that don’t yet exist

Worries that the immune system would get ‘stuck’ on the original SARS-CoV-2 strain are dispelled by laboratory experiments.

www.nature.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article267257427.html

Lying about COVID? Many Americans did so to feel ‘normal’ amid pandemic, study finds

 

[Grand Potentate]

BQ.1.1 is among the most immune-evasive COVID variants yet. It's coming in hot in the U.S.

BQ.1.1's extreme immune evasiveness "sets it up to be the principal driver of the next U.S. wave in the weeks ahead," a leading expert said Friday.

fortune.com

 

[Fwiffo]

BQ.1.1 is among the most immune-evasive COVID variants yet. It's coming in hot in the U.S.

BQ.1.1's extreme immune evasiveness "sets it up to be the principal driver of the next U.S. wave in the weeks ahead," a leading expert said Friday.

fortune.com

I get my BA1 booster in another two weeks. The US approved BA4/5 by the time the ball drops in Times Square. This next vaccine will be ready by spring break 2023

 

[Grand Potentate]

Dr Anthony Fauci: long Covid is an ‘insidious’ public health emergency

Exclusive: America’s top disease expert speaks to the Guardian about the dangers of long Covid and urges US Congress to avoid complacency

www.theguardian.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

I get my BA1 booster in another two weeks. The US approved BA4/5 by the time the ball drops in Times Square. This next vaccine will be ready by spring break 2023

We have a BA 5 booster now. What BA 1 booster? As far as I know there is no booster targeted at the new strain.

 

[güero]

We have a BA 5 booster now. What BA 1 booster? As far as I know there is no booster targeted at the new strain.

First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU - European Medicines Agency

First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU

www.ema.europa.eu

 

[Grand Potentate]

First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU - European Medicines Agency

First adapted COVID-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU

www.ema.europa.eu

Interesting. Dropbear are we getting this thing?

 

[Dropbear]

Interesting. Dropbear are we getting this thing?

How’s that different to what we already have?

Waste water testing hit a record low today - less Covid now than at any time since we started testing in May 2020.

I was deep into Ebola World until today - pulled back into Covidland to make sure the official after action report reflects what real happened and not some sanitised bullshit.

 

[Grand Potentate]

If you had COVID, several of your organs could be aging 3-4 years faster: Study

Study conducted from millions of Americans showed that several of their organs aged faster by three to four years, with the majority happening among those who were hospitalized, but also to some who had mild COVID symptoms.

abc7news.com

 

[Fwiffo]

Omicron subvariants reflect a 'viral evolution on steroids'

A new study suggests that the subvariant BA.4.6 can cause reinfections. A slew of other subvariants on the horizon may do the same.

www.nbcnews.com

BA4.6 is increasing!

 

[Fwiffo]

If you had COVID, several of your organs could be aging 3-4 years faster: Study

Study conducted from millions of Americans showed that several of their organs aged faster by three to four years, with the majority happening among those who were hospitalized, but also to some who had mild COVID symptoms.

abc7news.com

But you have to have long Covid. I aged about 3 years since Wuhan started.

 

[Fwiffo]

China anger over death of girl, 14, sent to Covid quarantine

Footage of the visibly ill teenager sparked anger online - relatives say pleas for help were ignored.

www.bbc.com

"Local Communist Party officials also declined to respond to BBC inquiries, saying: 'Please wait for an official announcement.'

China's Covid rules demand that anyone who is infected, or a close contact, must be sent to a state-run quarantine centre.
It's not clear if JinJin had Covid or if she had been placed in the quarantine site because she was a contact."

 

[Grand Potentate]

Covid: Number of weekly deaths in England and Wales jumps by nearly 40%

Rise in fatalities reflects a sharp increase in cases in the past month

www.standard.co.uk

 

[Grand Potentate]

Nearly half the students at a Virginia high school are absent with flu-like symptoms, district says | CNN

As US health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of this year's flu season, nearly half the students at a Virginia high school were absent with flu-like and gastrointestinal symptoms this week, according to the school district.

www.cnn.com

complete mystery what could be causing this

doghouse better get boosted and masked up quick

 

[Grand Potentate]

Covid might trigger diabetes in children

Kids who have had covid might be up to 77% more likely to develop diabetes

qz.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

In Cleveland and beyond researchers begin to unravel the mystery of long COVID-19

HIV researchers who have made the crossover to studying long COVID-19 are finding unmistakable similarities, but coronaviruses are not retroviruses like HIV, nor are they sexually transmitted like HIV.

www.cleveland.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Severe COVID-19 may increase the risk for schizophrenia

Researchers found that COVID-19 cases that resulted in hospitalization were associated with an 11% increase in risk for developing schizophrenia. ...

www.psypost.org

likely explains what happened to pimpernel smith

 

[Grand Potentate]

Remote work opened some doors to workers with disabilities. But others remain shut

Workplaces have generally become more accommodating for people with disabilities in the last five years, according to a new survey. But some disability rights activists say challenges persist.

www.npr.org

Among nearly 3,800 supervisors surveyed, 16.9% said they had a disability, said Andrew Houtenville, a professor at the University of New Hampshire and the report's lead author.


Forty percent of respondents said they had supervised someone with lasting physical or mental challenges associated with COVID-19.

that is an ASTONISHING amount of people if you extrapolate the numbers across the workforce.