Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #101

[acutename]

US COVID-19 deaths in 2021 surpass last year's toll

Really surprised and sad to see this.

If you think about it, spread and lock downs did not occur until after March 2020, so 3 months into 2020. Then vaccinations were not available until several months into 2021 and if you look at the set of two vaccinations, people did not have those until mid 2021, so most of 2021 was "unvaccinated" time and we are only now getting younger children vaccinated though they have been in school, so 2021 was never universally safe.

 

[Turkeytrot]

I think of all who lost their lives, or loved ones, before a vaccine was available - including my best friend who lost her dad just weeks before the first vaccine rollout.

To now have people denying it's existence up until their last breath. It has to be a real mindf*ck to those who have been treating patients throughout the last couple years.

 

[acutename]

Michigan township closes schools due to staff having 'negative reaction' to COVID-19 booster shot

Appreciate the sharing.

Please continue to share your Covid booster shot side effects here. Thank you.

Unfortunately this article doesn't explain what these side effects are.

I had a head ache shortly (w/in 2 hrs) of getting a booster and I slept about 12 hrs that night (usually only sleep 6-7 hrs). I had a "work from home" day coincidentally the next day and I really felt bad- fatigue and headache. Definitely felt worse than after the first two shots.

 

[ilovewings]

It’s bizarre to see a Covid patient deny Covid exists while gasping for breath | ICU nurse

Here is a little more in depth article about patients gasping for breath and denying they have Covid- go freakin' figure!

 

[acutename]

Hospitalizations rising among fully vaccinated in U.S., Fauci says (nbcnews.com)

"What we’re starting to see now is an uptick in hospitalizations among people who’ve been vaccinated but not boosted."

As cases of Covid-19 rise throughout the U.S., health officials warn that an increasing number of fully vaccinated people are being hospitalized or going to the emergency room. The concern about waning immunity against severe Covid infection comes as the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster shot for all adults 18 and older.

“What we’re starting to see now is an uptick in hospitalizations among people who’ve been vaccinated but not boosted,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, said Tuesday in an interview. “It’s a significant proportion, but not the majority by any means.”...

yes but due to an abundance of caution, they have only approved the booster for most adults with such a short time frame that they will not be boosted before Thanksgiving, so.... not good, IMO.

 

[KALI]

I am anticipating a couple of days down with the booster shot. I have no knowledge of anyone dying from a booster shot.
I was hesitant at first to get another shot. But, I am now committed to doing so and emphatically begging my husband to follow my lead.

I had a head ache shortly (w/in 2 hrs) of getting a booster and I slept about 12 hrs that night (usually only sleep 6-7 hrs). I had a "work from home" day coincidentally the next day and I really felt bad- fatigue and headache. Definitely felt worse than after the first two shots.

 

[mickey2942]

Even last year, there was a huge bump in Covid cases after Thanksgiving. And that is when people were supposed to be social distancing in the United States.

The school schedule and university schedules are interesting, huge variances. My daughter's college is off until 12/6, I wonder if this is to give lag time for people, if they get Covid, at Thanksgiving, would have time to know if they had it, before going back to classes.

 

[CrimeAway]

I think of all who lost their lives, or loved ones, before a vaccine was available - including my best friend who lost her dad just weeks before the first vaccine rollout.

To now have people denying it's existence up until their last breath. It has to be a real mindf*ck to those who have been treating patients throughout the last couple years.

From what I'm reading on medical related forums online, that sense of burn-out and frustration is common.

Until a some months ago, I worked in veterinary medicine, so I didn't face anything near what those in human medicine have dealt with.

However, I can empathize even though I have dealt with less than a tiny percentage of what others have. I was exposed by clients who brought their animal for a non urgent "check up" while they were supposed to be quarantining, because they were currently infected with Covid. Another client wanted to bring feral cats in for rabies vaccines, while ranting that Covid vaccines are a government conspiracy, and they don't believe in vaccines.
The final straw was when I was physically assaulted by an angry customer. Some people have lost their minds!

 

[CrimeAway]

I have a few articles bookmarked to read, including this one, so I thought that I would share here

The tangled history of mRNA vaccines

 

[mickey2942]

It’s bizarre to see a Covid patient deny Covid exists while gasping for breath | ICU nurse

Here is a little more in depth article about patients gasping for breath and denying they have Covid- go freakin' figure!

This article is interesting, it mentions the "Cytokine Storm", something that there is no cure for, people may have Covid, but what really kills them is the "overdrive" of their immune system, which is responding to the Covid virus. That is the reason so many young, healthy people, who are dying.

It reminds me of that first Chinese doctor who died of Covid, he was in the ICU. And also the young girl here in Montana, she almost died. The over reaction of the immune system to Covid. Cytokine Storm.

What Should I Know About Cytokine Storm?

 

[Kaley Smith]

I have a few articles bookmarked to read, including this one, so I thought that I would share here

The tangled history of mRNA vaccines

Excellent article. As it stated, and many people don't get, "In reality, the path to mRNA vaccines drew on the work of hundreds of researchers over more than 30 years." It wasn't just invented out of the blue in a few months. That's a myth that is keeping so many from getting their shots.

 

[CrimeAway]

This article is interesting, it mentions the "Cytokine Storm", something that there is no cure for, people may have Covid, but what really kills them is the "overdrive" of their immune system, which is responding to the Covid virus. That is the reason so many young, healthy people, who are dying.

It reminds me of that first Chinese doctor who died of Covid, he was in the ICU. And also the young girl here in Montana, she almost died. The over reaction of the immune system to Covid. Cytokine Storm.

What Should I Know About Cytokine Storm?

IIRC it is thought that some of the deaths in the 1918 'flu pandemic were due to cytokine storm.

The "RECOVERY" trials in the UK identified dexamethasone as a potential treatment for severe Covid 19 (I believe due to the corticosteroidal anti-inflammatory and/or immune-mediating action of dexamethasone, which could alter cytokine expression). JMO

ETA: paper was published in 2020

Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save lives

ETA2: Information on the UK "RECOVERY" trials:

Welcome — RECOVERY Trial

RECOVERY 1 year on: a rare success in the COVID-19 clinical trial landscape

Covid-19: The inside story of the RECOVERY trial

AAAS

How the UK found the first effective Covid-19 treatment — and saved a million lives

 

[Lilibet]

The "RECOVERY" trials in the UK identified dexamethasone as a potential treatment for severe Covid 19 (I believe due to the corticosteroidal anti-inflammatory and/or immune-mediating action of dexamethasone, which could alter cytokine expression). JMO

I was very grateful to be given dexamethasone intravenously when I was in the hospital (not ICU) on oxygen with covid in early February. Having been on this thread for almost a year at that time, I knew the danger of a cytokine storm and that a strong anti-inflammatory could help prevent it. As steroids can do, it gave me a sense of well-being, increased my appetite (I had barely eaten anything for a week) and reduced arthritic pain in my joints while I was on it. Dexamethasone for the win!

 

[GRT]

Whoa....what's going on in Europe?

• Violence erupted in Vienna today as 10,000 protesters took to the streets after new lockdown was announced
• Two people were shot during an 'orgy of violence' amid anti-lockdown protests in Rotterdam Friday evening
• Police confirmed the injuries to the rioters, but did not clarify what type of ammunition was used against them
• Protesters also gathered in Amsterdam, the southern town of Breda to demonstrate against measures today
• The Netherlands entered a partial lockdown on Saturday, sparking a furious backlash against the government
• Austria on Friday reimposed a full winter lockdown and neighbouring Germany warned it may soon follow suit
  
  Europe's anti-lockdown hell: Violence breaks out in Vienna as 10,000 protesters take to the streets | Daily Mail Online

 

[Cool Cats]

Whoa....what's going on in Europe?

• Violence erupted in Vienna today as 10,000 protesters took to the streets after new lockdown was announced
• Two people were shot during an 'orgy of violence' amid anti-lockdown protests in Rotterdam Friday evening
• Police confirmed the injuries to the rioters, but did not clarify what type of ammunition was used against them
• Protesters also gathered in Amsterdam, the southern town of Breda to demonstrate against measures today
• The Netherlands entered a partial lockdown on Saturday, sparking a furious backlash against the government
• Austria on Friday reimposed a full winter lockdown and neighbouring Germany warned it may soon follow suit
  
  Europe's anti-lockdown hell: Violence breaks out in Vienna as 10,000 protesters take to the streets | Daily Mail Online

WOW!

AUSTRIA: Protesters carrying a banner reading 'Control the border. Not your people' at the anti-lockdown demonstration held by the far-right Freedom Party in Vienna today
THE NETHERLANDS: A scooter set on fire during a protest against the 2G policy in Coolsingel, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 19 November 2021. Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered to protest against the tightened coronavirus measures
ITALY: Demonstrators listen to speakers and show their mobile phones during a protest against restrictions for the unvaccinated, at Rome Circus Maximus, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021
DENMARK: A man waves the national flag of Denmark in front of the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen as more than a thousand people gathered to protest the reintroduction of the national health pass
NORTHERN IRELAND: Demonstrators take part in a protest against Covid certification in Belfast city centre. PA Photo. Picture date: Saturday November 20, 2021
CROATIA: Demonstrators march in the centre of Zagreb to protest against Covid-19 measures such as obligatory certificates for public sector on November 20, 2021
SWITZERLAND: Demonstrators protest against a planned coronavirus disease (COVID-19) law of the Swiss government, in Zurich, Switzerland November 20, 2021
NORTH MACEDONIA: People protest through downtown Skopje, North Macedonia, on Saturday, November 20, 2021

AUSTRIA: Demonstrators climb on a fence in central Vienna, Austria, to gain a better vantage point over protests over new restrictions today

AUSTRIA: Police officers detain a man during a demonstration on Vienna's Heldenplatz in which thousands of protesters gathered on the massive square. They used loudspeakers to tell protesters masks were required, but most did not wear them

 

[SouthAussie]

It is C Day here tomorrow .. the day when my state opens its borders to the infected states. Welcome in, Covid.
We went away (within the state) this weekend, because we are not sure how much we will be moving around for a while now ... with a 3-month old baby in the family to be concerned for. Will have to see how things develop and are managed.

Our Health Dept has developed an at-home kit, to allow Covid patients to be monitored from home.


South Australians who become infected with COVID-19 will soon have access to special care kits to help them treat the virus at home.
The new home COVID-19 kits are part of the state government's plan for health authorities to remotely monitor residents when borders reopen this week.

Specialised kits will be dropped off to people with COVID-19 isolating at home so they can check their oxygen levels and temperature.
The data will then be fed directly to the HealthCheck SA app, with a care team to monitor each patient remotely.

SA residents to be given care hits to treat COVID-19 at home

 

[Grouse]

$25? Can you claim that back from your insurance? I have a few boxes of them here, perhaps I should smuggle some over the pond!

It’s bad that you have to pay, so many people must not bother. How many cases are there in America really?

If Operation Rampdown is to be believed the tests won't remain free in the UK either.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

If Operation Rampdown is to be believed the tests won't remain free in the UK either.

If that happens I doubt the parents of school kids will continue testing them twice a week. I’ll probably have enough to get past spring anyway at the rate school keeps sending kits home Got 4 boxes (28 tests) last week so they must have plenty!

 

[Grouse]

If that happens I doubt the parents of school kids will continue testing them twice a week. I’ll probably have enough to get past spring anyway at the rate school keeps sending kits home Got 4 boxes (28 tests) last week so they must have plenty!

Yeah I've got a few in, can order them online for home delivery at the moment. The newer ones are nostril only, much easier.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Yeah I've got a few in, can order them online for home delivery at the moment. The newer ones are nostril only, much easier.

Thanks for the heads up, I shall order some more.

I did a test myself today, headachey and sniffly, thought I'd just rule it out for peace of mind as we've just been away from home. They are so useful, be a shame if cost puts people off.