Coronavirus outbreak

[squeekness]

Mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China: Hospitals overwhelmed with ill children

Scarily familiar....

 

[:eek:]

JN.1: Should we be worried about the COVID variant in the run-up to Christmas?

Although virus levels have been decreasing week on week, positivity rates are creeping up again as we start to socialise more in the run-up to 25 December.

news.sky.com

 

[Iceman]

JN.1 Covid variant: WHO charts its rapid global spread

Covid and other infections could rise in many parts of the world this winter, the experts warn.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[squeekness]

JN.1 Covid variant: WHO charts its rapid global spread

Covid and other infections could rise in many parts of the world this winter, the experts warn.

www.bbc.co.uk

Covid is never going away.

 

[blueharvest]

Oh, Covid is definitely never going away, unfortunately.

 

[blueharvest]

Massachusetts COVID cases rising again, according to wastewater tracking

Wastewater collections show COVID cases are rising again in Massachusetts.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Massachusetts COVID cases rising again, according to wastewater tracking

Wastewater collections show COVID cases are rising again in Massachusetts.

www.cbsnews.com

Not good news for my state. I'm glad I got this year's booster shot.

 

[blueharvest]

Less than 5% of US preschool cohort hospitalized for COVID were fully vaccinated, study finds

www.cidrap.umn.edu

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during Covid, study finds

Former US President Donald Trump said: ‘What do you have to lose? Take it.’

www.politico.eu

 

[squeekness]

Massachusetts COVID cases rising again, according to wastewater tracking

Wastewater collections show COVID cases are rising again in Massachusetts.

www.cbsnews.com

Medical workers are starting to wear masks again. I'm glad I got vaccinated recently.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

If people would have just worn a mask and went someplace to get the Covid vaccine and boosters, we wouldn't be having this problem now.

 

[Morg]

Why fears over a ‘tripledemic’ are surging

Why fears over a ‘tripledemic’ are surging​

 

[blueharvest]

FDA leaders say thousands of Americans likely to die this winter because too many don't trust vaccines - NKyTribune

By Dr. Peter Marks and Dr. Robert Califf Republished from the Journal of the American Medical Association Vaccination is one of the most highly effective public-health interventions, responsible for saving millions of lives each year. In the U.S., authorized or approved preventive vaccines must...

nkytribune.com

 

[:eek:]

Nearly 10,000 died from COVID-19 last month, fueled by holiday gatherings and new variant, WHO says

The head of the U.N. health agency says holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

That's not good. Wonder if most of the 10,000 were from unvaccinated people.

 

[Dr.]

On this date in 2020... Municipal health officials in Wuhan announced the first recorded death from COVID-19. Google says the current world-wide death toll from COVID is ~6,966,714 (which most authorities assume is a severe underestimate).

 

[blueharvest]

Cannabis Holds Potential To Prevent And Reduce Severity Of COVID-19, While Treating Long-Term Symptoms, Study Finds

Cannabis and its compounds hold the potential to limit the “susceptibility and severity of infection” from COVID-19, while also showing promise in the treatment of long COVID symptoms such as anxiety, depression and decreased appetite, according to a new study. Researchers at Dalhousie...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

[squeekness]

That's not good. Wonder if most of the 10,000 were from unvaccinated people.

Sounds like it, the guy said this level of "preventable" deaths is unacceptable. Unless he meant areas that don't have access to vaccines.

 

[squeekness]

On this date in 2020... Municipal health officials in Wuhan announced the first recorded death from COVID-19. Google says the current world-wide death toll from COVID is ~6,966,714 (which most authorities assume is a severe underestimate).

I say it's low because I think China has severely under reported their cases and deaths, considering that's where covid broke out first.

 

[blueharvest]

COVID hospitalizations increase for 9th straight week: CDC

CDC data updated Friday shows COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen for the ninth straight week while flu hospitalizations decreased for the first time in weeks.

www.google.com

 

[theastsunnn]

Any concerns about the heart issues and cancers I’ve read or is it just politics?

 

[squeekness]

Any concerns about the heart issues and cancers I’ve read or is it just politics?

Haven't heard anything in a while so I'm guessing not.

 

[theastsunnn]

Haven't heard anything in a while so I'm guessing not.

A Florida surgeon came out recently about the stopping of the vaccine. Saying it could harm you. And Russell brand did recently. I know I shouldn’t worry because I’ve already got it, but stuff like that scares me.

 

[blueharvest]

New Florida laws ban COVID mandates, allow health care to be denied

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bills, cementing his stance on pandemic practices.

www.tampabay.com