Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #101

[Deleted member 158085]

A quick Google search shows links for states like Washington, California, Illinois, Wisconsin, etc. You're looking for IIS in your state. I can actually login to the illinois site and see my entire history. This is how they can find out if you really need a tetanus shot the next time you step on a nail.

But not all states have patient logins.

https://www.goodrx.com/blog/how-to-prove-vaccination-for-covid-19/

 

[Satchie]

Nearly five million people have died of this disease to date (and that's just the 'official' estimate)...

Coronavirus has killed at least 4,992,831 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a new estimate.

A tally from official sources compiled by Agence France Presse at 11am on Sunday also showed at least 246,316,520 cases of coronavirus have been registered.

The vast majority have recovered, though some have continued to experience symptoms weeks or even months later.

The figures are based on daily reports provided by health authorities in each country.

The World Health Organization estimates that the pandemic’s overall toll could be two to three times higher than official records, due to the excess mortality that is directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19. A large number of the less severe or asymptomatic cases also remain undetected.

On Saturday, 6,238 new deaths and 399,027 new cases were recorded worldwide. The countries with the highest number of new deaths were Russia with 1,158, followed by India with 446 and Romania with 413.

The United States is the worst-affected country with 745,670 deaths from 45,953,780 cases, followed by Brazil with 607,694 deaths from 21,804,094 cases, India with 458,186 deaths from 34,273,300 cases, Mexico with 288,276 deaths from 3,805,765 cases, and Russia with 238,538 deaths from 8,513,790 cases.

Covid live news: Russia reports record new cases; China rejects US intelligence report on virus origins

Thanks. I've been following the pandemic from this site, which agrees with the numbers you've posted:

COVID Live Update: 247,447,446 Cases and 5,014,779 Deaths from the Coronavirus - Worldometer

You can sort by all the columns, including cases/deaths per million population, as well as where cases are increasing or decreasing in the past week.

I find the 'waves' illustrated in the world cases graph very interesting and have been noticing in the last 2 weeks the downward slide has stalled and is showing signs of potentially becoming another wave, cases are going up in both eastern and western Europe, although they are going down in other places, like the US.

Freaky how uniform and regular the global waves have been, although they hit different places at different times.



ETA - there are definitely variations through the week, case counts are typically lower on the weekend.

 

[Cool Cats]

With COVID-19 rising among vaccinated, health experts urge booster shots

Oct. 31—Nearly a third of those hospitalized with COVID-19 in New Hampshire in recent weeks were fully vaccinated, according to the state health department.

Lori Shibinette, commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services, said last week that breakthrough cases among those vaccinated for COVID-19 are rising, as immunity from the vaccines wanes amid the spread of the aggressive delta variant.

That makes it all the more urgent, public health leaders say, for eligible adults to get booster shots.

Over the summer, Shibinette said, about 90% of those hospitalized for COVID-19 were unvaccinated.

"We watched that start to change over the last two months, so it was about 80-20 in September and it's about 70-30 in October," she said at a media briefing.

"We would expect that as we get more boosters out, we're going to see that move again the other way," she said. "That's the hope."

The declining protection the data show for COVID-19 vaccines is similar to that seen with other vaccines, notably the flu vaccine, he said.

So which booster should you get

If you received a Pfizer or Moderna vaccination, you can either get the booster from the same manufacturer or you can switch. But Calderwood said there's no added benefit to getting a different booster. "If you got two Pfizers, then you do well with a third Pfizer," he said.

That's not the case with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, however.

People who got the J&J vaccine will get the best continuing protection with a Pfizer or Moderna booster, which uses a different technology, called Messenger RNA (mRNA), from that in the J&J.

Getting a second J&J shot, he said, will provide about the same level of protection as the two-shot Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. But getting a Pfizer or Moderna booster instead, he said, will give you a higher level.

"So you're much better off, if you started with a J&J, switching to get your second shot with Pfizer or Moderna," he said.

But there are no data that indicate you should get a J&J booster if you got a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, he said.

 

[WildOrchid]

Dentists can now turn away patients not vaccinated against COVID-19 | WKBN.com

 

[Sundog]

COVID POSITIVE: White House press secretary reveals infection, details last contact with Biden

 

[MrX]

Perceived 'Invincibility' Threatens Herd Immunity Efforts

Interesting article- people who feel invincible against Covid--so they don't get vaccinated.

The article quotes a researcher saying:

"The U.S. has benefited from having less exposure to deadly outbreaks than some countries. And many people haven't experienced someone close to them dying from COVID. That's often the setback it takes to temper invincibility."

Of course, we know that U.S. is #1 in total deaths and in top 20 in deaths per capita, so it seems to dispute their conclusion that lack of group empathy is due, in part, to a lack of exposure to large scale consequences.

It seems like many researchers bend over backwards to find overly complex explanations for the obvious. We have seen people, around the world, resist mitigation measures because they perceive the hassle of masking/vaxxing/distancing to be worse than the risk of a negative Covid outcome. Hasn't it always been that simple? We see this in places that have a high sense of the collective, as well as U.S.

 

[weepingangel]

Despite being the most vaccinated state in the country, Vermont is experiencing a COVID spike
more at link
Throughout the pandemic, Vermont has been hailed for its success in keeping case counts low and vaccination rates high. Though positive cases dropped to almost nothing in early July, the numbers have been climbing since then — recently exceeding 200 new cases per day — and hospitalizations spiked in September.

So why a spike? experts say Vermont’s early vaccination success may have had a negative impact on other methods to limit transmission.

“It could be our success in vaccinations has undermined our investment in other measures,” such as masking, Dr. Tim Lahey, an infectious diseases physician and professor at the University of Vermont Medical Center, told The Boston Globe.

Lahey told the Globe that as the cold weather pushes people indoors, Vermont leadership may have grown complacent in mitigating transmission, especially in the face of the highly contagious delta variant.

 

[ilovewings]

With COVID-19 rising among vaccinated, health experts urge booster shots

Oct. 31—Nearly a third of those hospitalized with COVID-19 in New Hampshire in recent weeks were fully vaccinated, according to the state health department.

Lori Shibinette, commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services, said last week that breakthrough cases among those vaccinated for COVID-19 are rising, as immunity from the vaccines wanes amid the spread of the aggressive delta variant.

That makes it all the more urgent, public health leaders say, for eligible adults to get booster shots.

Over the summer, Shibinette said, about 90% of those hospitalized for COVID-19 were unvaccinated.

"We watched that start to change over the last two months, so it was about 80-20 in September and it's about 70-30 in October," she said at a media briefing.

"We would expect that as we get more boosters out, we're going to see that move again the other way," she said. "That's the hope."

The declining protection the data show for COVID-19 vaccines is similar to that seen with other vaccines, notably the flu vaccine, he said.

So which booster should you get

If you received a Pfizer or Moderna vaccination, you can either get the booster from the same manufacturer or you can switch. But Calderwood said there's no added benefit to getting a different booster. "If you got two Pfizers, then you do well with a third Pfizer," he said.

That's not the case with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, however.

People who got the J&J vaccine will get the best continuing protection with a Pfizer or Moderna booster, which uses a different technology, called Messenger RNA (mRNA), from that in the J&J.

Getting a second J&J shot, he said, will provide about the same level of protection as the two-shot Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. But getting a Pfizer or Moderna booster instead, he said, will give you a higher level.

"So you're much better off, if you started with a J&J, switching to get your second shot with Pfizer or Moderna," he said.

But there are no data that indicate you should get a J&J booster if you got a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, he said.

Despite being the most vaccinated state in the country, Vermont is experiencing a COVID spike
more at link
Throughout the pandemic, Vermont has been hailed for its success in keeping case counts low and vaccination rates high. Though positive cases dropped to almost nothing in early July, the numbers have been climbing since then — recently exceeding 200 new cases per day — and hospitalizations spiked in September.

So why a spike? experts say Vermont’s early vaccination success may have had a negative impact on other methods to limit transmission.

“It could be our success in vaccinations has undermined our investment in other measures,” such as masking, Dr. Tim Lahey, an infectious diseases physician and professor at the University of Vermont Medical Center, told The Boston Globe.

Lahey told the Globe that as the cold weather pushes people indoors, Vermont leadership may have grown complacent in mitigating transmission, especially in the face of the highly contagious delta variant.

The article states most cases involve the unvaccinated, mostly children under 9
years old

 

[ilovewings]

Our local pharmacy is taking names of individuals who will qualify for the 3rd Moderna vaccine. I'm disappointed that the 3rd Moderna dose will be a half dose.

Are you aware that the initial Moderna sho

Our local pharmacy is taking names of individuals who will qualify for the 3rd Moderna vaccine. I'm disappointed that the 3rd Moderna dose will be a half dose.

I don't know if you are aware, but Moderna dosage was much higher than Phizer: The first two shots of Moderna contained 100 micrograms per shot v Pfizer, with 30 micrograms per shot. I am perfectly comfortable with 1/2 dose---I will try and find a link for you.

The Differences Between the Moderna and Pfizer Vaccines Are Starting to Matter

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

The new faces of Covid deaths (nbcnews.com)

The most recent group of 100,000 deaths is very different from the first, showing how the disease has shifted. And most were preventable.

Younger, Southern, rural and white.

Those are increasingly the kinds of people who are dying of Covid-19, as the demographics of those hit hardest by the coronavirus have shifted since the pandemic first hit the United States. The country’s most recent, devastating Covid wave, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, showed the strength of the virus even in the face of mounting vaccinations, with more than 100,000 deaths reported in the past three months.

Many of those deaths were reported in places — and in populations — that had been largely spared the worst effects of the disease until now...

 

[Skigh]

Fully vaccinated air passenger infected with Covid is found dead on flight from Turkey to Germany | Daily Mail Online

 

[ilovewings]

The new faces of Covid deaths (nbcnews.com)

The most recent group of 100,000 deaths is very different from the first, showing how the disease has shifted. And most were preventable.

Younger, Southern, rural and white.

Those are increasingly the kinds of people who are dying of Covid-19, as the demographics of those hit hardest by the coronavirus have shifted since the pandemic first hit the United States. The country’s most recent, devastating Covid wave, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, showed the strength of the virus even in the face of mounting vaccinations, with more than 100,000 deaths reported in the past three months.

Many of those deaths were reported in places — and in populations — that had been largely spared the worst effects of the disease until now...

mostly unvaccinated and as pointed out: preventable. That really is mind-boggling: to think many of these deaths did not have to happen.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

AP report: CDC panel debates: Should all school kids get COVID vaccine? (clickondetroit.com)

Should all school-age kids get Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine? That’s the question before an influential government advisory panel Tuesday.

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized emergency use of kid-size doses for children ages 5 to 11. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also must sign off before widespread vaccinations begin in that age group.

CDC’s advisers are weighing who will get the most benefit as they deliberate whether to recommend the shots for up to 28 million more children, or perhaps only for those most vulnerable to serious illness. Their recommendation goes to the CDC's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, for the final say...

 

[sds71]

CDC advisers vote to recommend giving Covid-19 vaccine to kids ages 5 to 11 - CNN

 

[Orgona]

I recently went through a severe case of Covid 19 infection. I’m getting better every day, I don’t feel sick anymore except that I can’t stand up more than half an hour without getting dizzy or go up our stairs without feeling like I will faint.
Before this I was otherwise healthy, exercised a lot, I was eating very healthy (as did throughout my sickness too) and I’m at my second half of my forties.
Is here someone else with this profile who can tell me how long this phase (not being able to stand for long) has taken for them? I want my life back and want to do things again which were normal before. I don’t need pity, I need hope and perspective. How long it took to get back on your feet?

 

[sds71]

@josh_wingrove
Kids age 5 to 11 can start being vaccinated ASAP in the U.S.
@CDCDirector
just signed off on an advisory panel's vote today to authorize shots for that age group and recommend (rather than merely allow) that they get it.

Hartford HealthCare to start administering COVID vaccines to kids ages 5-11 tonight

 

[Cool Cats]

I recently went through a severe case of Covid 19 infection. I’m getting better every day, I don’t feel sick anymore except that I can’t stand up more than half an hour without getting dizzy or go up our stairs without feeling like I will faint.
Before this I was otherwise healthy, exercised a lot, I was eating very healthy (as did throughout my sickness too) and I’m at my second half of my forties.
Is here someone else with this profile who can tell me how long this phase (not being able to stand for long) has taken for them? I want my life back and want to do things again which were normal before. I don’t need pity, I need hope and perspective. How long it took to get back on your feet?

If I had severe Covid - you said yours was a severe case - and after 4 weeks was still experiencing dizziness and fatigue I would ask my doctor for Chest X-rays to help rule out lung problems and an Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) to help rule out heart problems.

You say:

"I don’t need pity, I need hope and perspective"

You will be able to find that with your health care providers.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

My friend has Covid right now, she texted me earlier saying “there’s a good reason we’ve been trying to avoid this for 18 months, it’s horrible and it hurts”. Double vaxxed with Pfizer and was about to get her booster.

It does feel like it’s wearing off, my friend got her initial jabs early via work, maybe Feb & April so it’s been about 6 months. This is a pattern I’m seeing, quite a few medical friends who got vaccinated early are becoming ill lately. Buckle up!

 

[MimosaMornings]

I recently went through a severe case of Covid 19 infection. I’m getting better every day, I don’t feel sick anymore except that I can’t stand up more than half an hour without getting dizzy or go up our stairs without feeling like I will faint.
Before this I was otherwise healthy, exercised a lot, I was eating very healthy (as did throughout my sickness too) and I’m at my second half of my forties.
Is here someone else with this profile who can tell me how long this phase (not being able to stand for long) has taken for them? I want my life back and want to do things again which were normal before. I don’t need pity, I need hope and perspective. How long it took to get back on your feet?

It’s good you’re feeling better.
Have you been checking your O2 levels? Might be experiencing a low level when you exert yourself after being very sick.
It varies on recovery, some take a few weeks to get back to some normalcy, I know some that it took 2-3 months plus some rehab/therapy.

 

[JerseyGirl]

DH and I received our Moderna booster today at Rite Aid. We scheduled it last week and we were in and out in less than 10 minutes. So far so good, but starting to feel like I got punched in the arm.