Coronavirus

[Fwiffo]

I thought it was Washington Post. Reposting from Bloomberg

 

[Fwiffo]

China to de-activate national Covid tracking app

It's a further sign that Beijing is moving away from its controversial zero-Covid strategy.

www.bbc.com

The Times They Are A-Changin'....

 

[Fwiffo]

China Covid: Hospitals under strain in wave of infections

A wave of Covid infections hitting China as it opens up has put pressure on the healthcare system.

www.bbc.com

"Why didn't the government prepare for this earlier, with an expansion of hospital ICU capacity?

Why did Xi Jinping's administration allow the zero-Covid approach to cause so much damage to the economy more broadly and people's livelihoods more specifically?

A renewed vaccination push has started but it too should have come before China reached this stage.

The government says it is the virus which has changed, that newer strains are less dangerous and that this has meant the time was right to alter the response."

Check. Check. Check. Check. Welcome to 2022 China.

"Another reason restaurants are empty is that the city government still requires a negative PCR test result within 48 hours to dine inside. However, the majority of results are not coming through to health code phone apps."

No point to test if you can' get the results.

 

[Fwiffo]

Two years after Covid vaccines rolled out, researchers are calling for newer, better options

Despite the success of mRNA vaccines, researchers think a new generation of Covid vaccines could provide broader, longer-term protection in the future.

www.nbcnews.com

"Experts agree now, though, that protection from Covid shots fades too fast. Plus, a lack of access to vaccines in many countries allowed the virus to spread rampantly and mutate over time, which has undermined vaccines and treatments."

Back to this theory again...

"But unlike in 2020, the federal government’s motivation to fund Covid-related innovations is drying up. Whatever Covid vaccine comes next is likely three to five years off, Miller estimated — or perhaps longer, according to other experts."

Operation Warp Speed...Part 2.

 

[Dropbear]

Musk, Fauci, trust in science, and how to make it survive

Trust in public health is eroding, and the implications are far reaching. We, as a field, have to fix this. Over the weekend Any forward-facing scientist can tell you that receiving dangerous messages has been a common occurrence throughout the pandemic. But the hate, resentment, frustration...

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com

 

[Dropbear]

Can’t remember if I already posted this. Should be required reading for every covidiot out there with a half-baked view endorsing Musk:

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/221208_HSGACMajorityReport_Covid-19.pdf

 

[Dropbear]

Fauci responds to Musk’s Twitter attack and rates world’s COVID response

Public-health leader advises early-career researchers ‘not to be deterred’ by public vitriol.

www.nature.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

What If COVID Reinfections Wear Down Our Immunity? | The Tyee

Dr. Anthony Leonardi is a lightning rod for debate. If he’s right, this pandemic poses a greater threat than widely assumed.

thetyee.ca

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Grand Potentate]

Long Covid medical costs average $9,500 in first six months, as patients become 'health-system wanderers'

Long-haul symptoms of Covid-19 can be expensive for the average person to have diagnosed and treated, according to a new study by Nomi Health.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Fwiffo]

New York and L.A. meet CDC criteria for masking in public. How much will masks help this winter?

Even if people are selective about wearing masks this holiday season, some masking is better than none, disease experts say.

www.nbcnews.com

“The Philadelphia school district announced Wednesday that students and staff will be required to wear masks indoors for two weeks in January in an effort to slow transmission after the holidays.”

Bring on the China style lockdowns.

 

[Fwiffo]

Shanghai schools to go online as Covid spreads in China

The easing of strict lockdown measures has led to growing concerns in China.

www.bbc.com

It is not a lockdown. It's a voluntary school closure.

 

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Bring on the China style lockdowns.

Surely you exaggerate

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Grand Potentate]

Thread by jeffgilchrist: How even mild COVID-19 infection can damage your l... - PingThread

How even mild COVID-19 infection can damage your lungs Studies are finding damage in children and the virus in lungs a year after infection, causing T-cell infiltration, scarring, and a mechanism for lung injury. 🧵1/

pingthread.com

How even mild COVID-19 infection can damage your lungs

Studies are finding damage in children and the virus in lungs a year after infection, causing T-cell infiltration, scarring, and a mechanism for lung injury. 🧵1/

 

[Grand Potentate]

A quick update on the bivalent boosters

New CDC data on protection posted today

erictopol.substack.com

 

[Fwiffo]

Surely you exaggerate

Oh right. Even China doesn't lock down anymore.

I have a referral: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-arrivecan-app-spending-government/

"A Globe and Mail analysis of ArriveCan contracts found that the company that received the most federal work on the app – GCstrategies – is an Ottawa-area company with fewer than five employees that relies heavily on dozens of subcontractors."

 

[Grand Potentate]

Immune systems seriously weakened by COVID

Evolving research says COVID leaves many people at heightened risk for other infections

www.therecord.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Subscribe to read | Financial Times

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

www.ft.com

China estimates 250mn people have caught Covid in 20 days​

Figures presented at closed-door meeting are in stark contrast to low official case count

 

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[Grand Potentate]

Half of passengers on China flight to Italy have COVID - as US becomes fifth country to tighten restrictions on Chinese travellers

Beijing's announcement that it will issue ordinary passports and visas means millions of Chinese people could go abroad for next month's Lunar New Year holiday - and concerns that China opening up could lead to a new global spread of COVID are already being realised.

news.sky.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

The Case for Wearing Masks Forever

A ragtag coalition of public-health activists believe that America’s pandemic restrictions are too lax—and they say they have the science to prove it.

www.newyorker.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

New coronavirus variant, more adept at evading immunity, now dominates in the Northeast - The Boston Globe

The XBB variant's rapid spread shows that it is more adept than its predecessors at evading the immunity that comes from vaccines and infections.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

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[Grand Potentate]

Highly immune evasive omicron XBB.1.5 variant is quickly becoming dominant in U.S. as it doubles weekly

XBB.1.5 now represents about 41% of new cases nationwide in the U.S., according to CDC data.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Fwiffo]

China Covid: Celebrity deaths spark fears over death toll

News of public figures' deaths has sparked speculation about greater losses than officials have reported.

www.bbc.com

Hey now. The rest of the world also had its share of celebrity coronavirus deaths.

 

[Fwiffo]

China Covid: Young people self-infect as fears for elderly grow

Cases are surging as the country reopens after the sudden reversal of three years of restrictions.

www.bbc.com

The comeback of Covid parties.

 

[Fwiffo]

China reopens borders to tourists after three years of Covid closure

It comes as the world's largest annual migration event, Lunar New Year, begins.

www.bbc.com

"I'm so happy to be back, and breathe Chinese air. So happy, so happy".

Ventilator not included.

"Some local bus drivers at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge told the BBC they are worried they might get the virus from incoming travellers, and want their companies to provide them with more protection."

Don't forget to ask for hazard pay, subsidized transport to work for essential workers, and if you fall ill of the virus that they are paid sick days not depleting from your usual allotted amount of illness days. Learn from us.

 

[Fwiffo]

China Covid: More than 88 million people in Henan infected, official says

Some 89% of people in Henan province have been infected but visits to clinics have peaked.

www.bbc.com

"Meanwhile Chinese health officials said they would not include Pfizer's antiviral Covid medicine Paxlovid in its basic medical insurance schemes as a result of the high price quoted by the US firm.

The drug, temporarily covered by China's broad healthcare insurance scheme until 31 March, has seen a sharp increase in demand since China's Covid cases surged last month."

There are some cheap pre-bivalent Pfizer mRNA vaccines. 90% off.

 

[Grand Potentate]

90% of people in China province infected with Covid, says local health official

Data from the health commission for central Henan suggests 88 million people in the province may have had the virus

www.theguardian.com

Jesus

 

[Grand Potentate]

People who haven't had COVID will likely catch XBB.1.5 – and many will get reinfected, experts say

New COVID variant XBB.1.5 is very contagious, meaning everyone is at risk for infection even if you've already had COVID. Here's what that means.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Fwiffo]

China blocks S Korea and Japan visas over Covid

Beijing called S Korean restrictions on Chinese visitors unacceptable and has now retaliated.

www.bbc.com

"Last week, South Korea stopped issuing tourist visas for those coming from China, which the Chinese foreign ministry called 'unacceptable' and 'unscientific'.

Reacting to China's latest move, South Korea's foreign ministry told the BBC that its policy towards arrivals from China was 'in accordance with scientific and objective evidence'.

Japan meanwhile is currently allowing Chinese visitors into the country - provided they test negative for Covid.

According to South Korea's Disease Control and Prevention Agency, around a third of all arrivals from China tested positive for Covid prior to the visa restrictions being put in place."

To be fair, China dropped quarantine and other restrictions for entry into their country but still need the clean tests. Japan is just putting the same requirement on the Chinese.

The stoppage of tourist visas is retaliatory. Welcome to the world of travel restrictions based on I hate you, ...rather than on any notion of health.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Peter Hotez on new COVID XBB1.5 variant: 'People are saying this will be mild. It's not mild'

Dr. Peter Hotez discusses the new omicron variant, vaccine fatigue, bivalent booster and...

www.houstonchronicle.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/10/coronavirus-employees-health-missed-work/

The quiet cost of covid: A million people missing work each month​

 

[Grand Potentate]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/health/moderna-bivalent-transparency/index.html

 

[Grand Potentate]

Dropbear

 

[Dropbear]

Dropbear

That’s not good.

 

[Fwiffo]

'This will get better': Long Covid symptoms tend to ease within a year, new research finds

Ongoing fatigue, loss of smell, weakness and trouble breathing can be scary and debilitating following Covid. A new study suggests most people do get better.

www.nbcnews.com

But this one says everyone will get better in a year.

 

[Fwiffo]

Covid cases in China touch 900 million - study

This comes amid warnings from a top scientist that cases in rural areas will surge over the new year.

www.bbc.com

"It ranks Gansu province, where 91% of the people are reported to be infected, at the top, followed by Yunnan, (84%) and and Qinghai (80%)."

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

 

[The Shooman]

Things have really cranked up in China.

Virus Tsunami puts Shanghai into silence & Medical experts tell the truth/Positive for the 3rd time

#chinainsights#Chinacovid#Shanghaicovid<br>This is Shanghai on Jan. 6, 2023, where funeral operations were over capacity, and simple cremators were manufactured on the fly.<br>This doctor, a member of the Shanghai New Coronavirus Treatment Expert Group and the deputy director of a major hospital...

www.ganjing.com