Coronavirus outbreak

[squeekness]

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

DeSantis wants to kill as many as he can.

 

[blueharvest]

DeSantis wants to kill as many as he can.

I think that's one of his goals, yeah.

 

[blueharvest]

Mask policies return in US as respiratory viruses threaten to strain hospitals

Covid, flu and RSV rates creep up as vaccination rates for all three remain low, worrying healthcare providers

www.theguardian.com

 

[:eek:]

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaros-vaccination-records-are-false-authorities-say-2024-01-19/

 

[blueharvest]

In a break with CDC, California quietly changed its Covid isolation guidelines

People in California no longer need to stay home if they’re symptom-free. Oregon implemented the same guidance in May.

www.nbcnews.com

Country music star speaks out on COVID-19 vaccine, and some folks won’t like what he said

The chart topper weighed in on the vaccine this week.

www.pennlive.com

 

[blueharvest]

Covid killed 170,000 in nursing homes. Most residents still haven’t gotten the latest shot.

The Biden administration says the facilities need to do more. Home executives say vaccine hesitancy requires a new government message.

www.politico.com

 

[blueharvest]

Newest COVID shots are 54 percent effective in preventing symptoms, CDC finds

Studies coming out later this year will assess how effective the shot was at preventing symptoms severe enough to send patients to a doctor's office or hospital.

www.pbs.org

 

[squeekness]

54% doesn't sound that great.

 

[blueharvest]

Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, appeals court says

A federal appeals court has shot down claims that there's a First Amendment right not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak

abcnews.go.com

 

[squeekness]

Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, appeals court says

A federal appeals court has shot down claims that there's a First Amendment right not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak

abcnews.go.com

Should have ruled this a long time ago.

 

[Morg]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/health/aging-discrimation-kff-partner-wellness/index.html

Thousands of seniors are still dying of Covid-19. Do we not care anymore?​

 

[blueharvest]

Wonder if they've all been vaccinated or if they just have weakened immune systems or something?

 

[squeekness]

Could be both. I do know of people who got vaccinated originally but then never yearly boosted. I assume that could lessen your defenses. That and elderly in care will always be more at risk than those who don't have a lot of contact with others.

 

[blueharvest]

Could be both. I do know of people who got vaccinated originally but then never yearly boosted. I assume that could lessen your defenses. That and elderly in care will always be more at risk than those who don't have a lot of contact with others.

You're probably right.

 

[blueharvest]

'Robodebt of medicine': Patients are catching COVID and dying in hospitals, doctors say

Hospitals have become a strange new battleground in the fight against COVID, with doctors and public health experts concerned that too many patients are catching the virus — and an alarming number are dying — as a result of inadequate infection control.

www.abc.net.au

 

[blueharvest]

CDC: Long COVID linked to quadrupled risk of chronic fatigue

The study showed that post-COVID fatigue was more common among women than men.

www.wsbtv.com

 

[Morg]

Florida defies CDC in measles outbreak, telling parents it's fine to send unvaccinated kids to school

 

[blueharvest]

Florida defies CDC in measles outbreak, telling parents it's fine to send unvaccinated kids to school

Yet another reaon to avoid states like Florida. They're actively trying to kill as many people as possible, aren't they?

 

[squeekness]

Florida defies CDC in measles outbreak, telling parents it's fine to send unvaccinated kids to school

So glad I don't live in that state.

 

[Morg]

West Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements


Let's see how thoughts and prayer works when you catch the measles....

 

[blueharvest]

West Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements


Let's see how thoughts and prayer works when you catch the measles....

West Virginia showing the rest of the country why they're ranked 47th overall in education.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

No it's not 'fine' to send your vulnerable kid to diseased school.

 

[Babillygunn]

West Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements


Let's see how thoughts and prayer works when you catch the measles....

I’m sympathetic to faiths that genuinely have bona fide challenges to certain practices. BUT I am not sympathetic to faiths that have been co-opted by any particular political ideology such that it replaces the faith practice.

 

[Morg]

Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science

 

[blueharvest]

Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science

Far-Right media and far-Right politicians telling people not to get either themselves or their children vaccinated. What could go wrong?