Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #101

[ilovewings]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cdc-reveals-the-real-risk-of-dying-from-covid-19-if-you-re-

There is a line that jumped off the page for me- Dr. Scott Gottlieb stated the following:

" I think the twin threats of this pathogen and the flu circulating every winter, as
coronaviruses settle into a more seasonal pattern, is going to be too much for society to bear. I think we are going to have to readjust how we live our lives". Dr. Gottlieb is the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

So we have to ask ourselves what it means to readjust ourselves-- I know I haven't dined in doors since Feb 2020 and based on that statement I can't see myself eating indoors in the near future---

 

[weepingangel]

more at links
Montana sees new hospitalization record; Minnesota's statewide transfer system offers little help: 5 COVID-19 updates
While new virus cases, hospitalizations and deaths drop nationally, some areas and states are still facing high volumes of COVID-19 patients.Below is a snapshot of the situation in five states with the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rates over the last two weeks, as of Oct. 15. Data is from HHS and tracked by The New York Times.


Supply chain woes are hitting school cafeterias, leaving administrators scrambling to put meals together
Logistical backups at shipping ports, driven in part by worker shortages and Covid outbreaks, have doubled the time it takes for some products to make their way from Asia to the U.S.


COVID super-immunity: one of the pandemic’s great puzzles
People who have previously recovered from COVID-19 have a stronger immune response after being vaccinated than those who have never been infected. Scientists are trying to find out why.

 

[weepingangel]

Nursing Schools See Applications Rise, Despite COVID Burnout
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Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge.

Among them is University of Connecticut sophomore Brianna Monte, a 19-year-old from Mahopac, New York, who had been considering majoring in education but decided on nursing after watching nurses care for her 84-year-grandmother, who was diagnosed last year with COVID-19 and also had cancer.

“They were switching out their protective gear in between every patient, running like crazy trying to make sure all of their patients were attended to,” she said. “I had that moment of clarity that made me want to jump right in to health care and join the workers on the front line.”

Nationally, enrollment in bachelor's, master’s and doctoral nursing programs increased 5.6% in 2020 from the year before to just over 250,000 students, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

 

[jjenny]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cdc-reveals-the-real-risk-of-dying-from-covid-19-if-you-re-

There is a line that jumped off the page for me- Dr. Scott Gottlieb stated the following:

" I think the twin threats of this pathogen and the flu circulating every winter, as
coronaviruses settle into a more seasonal pattern, is going to be too much for society to bear. I think we are going to have to readjust how we live our lives". Dr. Gottlieb is the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

So we have to ask ourselves what it means to readjust ourselves-- I know I haven't dined in doors since Feb 2020 and based on that statement I can't see myself eating indoors in the near future---

Mask wearing is likely a major thing. Social distancing. Like you said, avoiding situation where you are in close proximity to other people without masks, such as indoor restaurant dining.

 

[ilovewings]

Mask wearing is likely a major thing. Social distancing. Like you said, avoiding situation where you are in close proximity to other people without masks, such as indoor restaurant dining.

I agree with you but if you look around now most people are not wearing masks - I can see the flu being big time this season--- I don't see people going back to wearing masks - many people are living life like there is no pandemic.

 

[ilovewings]

Nursing Schools See Applications Rise, Despite COVID Burnout
More at link
Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge.

Among them is University of Connecticut sophomore Brianna Monte, a 19-year-old from Mahopac, New York, who had been considering majoring in education but decided on nursing after watching nurses care for her 84-year-grandmother, who was diagnosed last year with COVID-19 and also had cancer.

“They were switching out their protective gear in between every patient, running like crazy trying to make sure all of their patients were attended to,” she said. “I had that moment of clarity that made me want to jump right in to health care and join the workers on the front line.”

Nationally, enrollment in bachelor's, master’s and doctoral nursing programs increased 5.6% in 2020 from the year before to just over 250,000 students, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

These are the kind of people you want taking care of your loved ones: The nurses that are bailing out because they refuse a vaccine are obviously in the wrong career.

 

[MimosaMornings]

more at links
Montana sees new hospitalization record; Minnesota's statewide transfer system offers little help: 5 COVID-19 updates
While new virus cases, hospitalizations and deaths drop nationally, some areas and states are still facing high volumes of COVID-19 patients.Below is a snapshot of the situation in five states with the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rates over the last two weeks, as of Oct. 15. Data is from HHS and tracked by The New York Times.


Supply chain woes are hitting school cafeterias, leaving administrators scrambling to put meals together
Logistical backups at shipping ports, driven in part by worker shortages and Covid outbreaks, have doubled the time it takes for some products to make their way from Asia to the U.S.


COVID super-immunity: one of the pandemic’s great puzzles
People who have previously recovered from COVID-19 have a stronger immune response after being vaccinated than those who have never been infected. Scientists are trying to find out why.

That would be interesting to know because the immunity doesn’t seem to last very long?

Our local fire station and regional LE staff had a huge outbreak in January before vaccinations and in April a huge amount of those unvaccinated got it again. Still happening, there were 5 deaths last month just amongst those groups!

It’s horrible when children lose both parents.

 

[ilovewings]

That would be interesting to know because the immunity doesn’t seem to last very long?

Our local fire station and regional LE staff had a huge outbreak in January before vaccinations and in April a huge amount of those unvaccinated got it again. Still happening, there were 5 deaths last month just amongst those groups!

It’s horrible when children lose both parents.

There are too many orphaned children due to Covid ---- sadly

 

[Cool Cats]

Judge reverses order forcing Ohio hospital to give ivermectin to COVID-19 patient

A Butler County judge sided with a local hospital and reversed a previous court order forcing it to honor a prescription of ivermectin, which infectious disease experts have warned against as a COVID-19 treatment, for a patient who has spent weeks in the ICU with the disease.

After two days of testimony and arguments, Common Pleas Judge Michael Oster issued an order Monday siding with West Chester Hospital. He said the hospital bears no duty to honor a prescription written for Jeffrey Smith, 51, for ivermectin, a drug used as a dewormer in horses and an anti-parasitic in humans.

“This Court is not determining if ivermectin will ever be effective and useful as a treatment for COVID-19,” Oster said.

“However, based upon the evidence, it has not been shown to be effective at this juncture. The studies that tend to give support to ivermectin have had inconsistent results, limitations to the studies, were open label studies, were of low quality or low certainty, included small sample sizes, various dosing regiments, or have been so riddled with issues that the study was withdrawn.”

Julie Smith brought the lawsuit on behalf of her husband, Jeffrey Smith, who tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to the ICU July 15, where he remains today. He has been sedated, intubated and on a ventilator since Aug. 1.

The hospital refused to honor the prescription, prompting the lawsuit. On Aug. 23, another judge wrote an order demanding the hospital administer the ivermectin as prescribed. Monday’s order nixes the August order.

Julie Smith testified that neither she nor her husband were vaccinated against COVID-19. She said it was “experimental,” so she didn’t trust it.

“We didn’t feel confident it had been out long enough,” she said during a hearing Thursday.

She later connected with Dr. Fred Wagshul, a founding physician of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, a nonprofit that touts ivermectin as a wonder drug. Wagshul is a licensed physician but is not board certified within any specialty and hasn’t worked in a hospital for 10 years, according to his testimony.

He prescribed Jeffrey Smith 21 days’ worth of ivermectin without reviewing Jeffrey Smith’s clinical information or talking to any of his treating physicians. He said the pharmaceutical industry and U.S. government have smeared ivermectin and “censored” its allegedly undeniable beneficial value.

However, when asked if it had benefitted Smith, he hedged.

“I honestly don’t know, but the rule of thumb is, when something is working, you don’t stop it,” he said.

 

[MimosaMornings]

The Staggering Number of Kids Who Have Lost a Parent to COVID-19 — The Atlantic

According to an estimate published recently in the journal Pediatrics, at least 140,000 American children had lost a parent or caregiver because of the coronavirus by the end of June—meaning that one of roughly every 500 children lost one of the most important adults in their life. Susan Hillis, a co-author of the study and an epidemiologist at the CDC, told me that as of earlier this month, the total had reached at least 170,000.

Fully grasping this complicates some of the standard narratives about the tragedy of the pandemic. It is not only the number of lives cut short by COVID-19 that should mark the scope of our losses, but also the millions of people who had a loved one die. And it is not just older Americans who suffer—even if kids are less vulnerable to the virus itself, they are no less vulnerable to the loss it causes.

In a typical, non-pandemic year, many children lose a parent, but globally, an additional 1.5 million children were estimated to have lost a parent or caregiver from March 2020 to April 2021. And in the U.S. alone, the number of people who have lost a close relative—whether a child, sibling, spouse, parent, or grandparent—to COVID-19 is thought to be about 6.5 million.

 

[ilovewings]

Lawsuits demand unproven ivermectin for COVID patients

 

[ZoriahNZ]

Some positive news from New Zealand (Auckland is still on level 3 alert due to the tenaciousness of the Delta variant). We have been focusing on trying to get at least 90% of the eligible population vaccinated.

So we held a Vax-a-thon and called it Super Saturday. Telethons used to be a big thing in our country, often coupled with the 40-hour famine community fundraising events. Lots of nostalgia involved. So this was definitely in our collective wheelhouse.

NZ sports and entertainment celebrities including Taiki Waititi, Lucy Lawless and Lorde took part in the event.

And we smashed the 100,000 vaccinated goal by an extra 30,000 by 8 p.m. Fantastic effort!!!

Covid 19 coronavirus Delta variant: Super Saturday Vaxathon vaccination drive sees record numbers jabbed - NZ Herald

Covid ‘vaxathon’: over 2.5% of New Zealanders get jabbed in one day

Super Saturday Vaxathon sees biggest-ever one-day vaccine update for Māori

 

[CharlestonGal]

Some positive news from New Zealand (Auckland is still on level 3 alert due to the tenaciousness of the Delta variant). We have been focusing on trying to get at least 90% of the eligible population vaccinated.

So we held a Vax-a-thon and called it Super Saturday. Telethons used to be a big thing in our country, often coupled with the 40-hour famine community fundraising events. Lots of nostalgia involved. So this was definitely in our collective wheelhouse.

NZ sports and entertainment celebrities including Taiki Waititi, Lucy Lawless and Lorde took part in the event.

And we smashed the 100,000 vaccinated goal by an extra 30,000 by 8 p.m. Fantastic effort!!!

Covid 19 coronavirus Delta variant: Super Saturday Vaxathon vaccination drive sees record numbers jabbed - NZ Herald

Covid ‘vaxathon’: over 2.5% of New Zealanders get jabbed in one day

Super Saturday Vaxathon sees biggest-ever one-day vaccine update for Māori

Thank you for posting this! It is awesome to see positive progress being made in the containment of this contagion. Good job!

 

[musicaljoke]

Biggest Ontario universities are seeing high vaccine coverage ahead of immunization deadlines

Most of Ontario's universities are reporting vaccination coverage rates of 95-99%.

 

[perfectingpink]

I agree with you but if you look around now most people are not wearing masks - I can see the flu being big time this season--- I don't see people going back to wearing masks - many people are living life like there is no pandemic.

I agree, many people out and about are not wearing masks. I find it interesting (and also frustrating) that since I have been fully vaccinated, my mask seems more uncomfortable and where I was not constantly aware of my mask prevaccination, I am now. (How do you say psychosomatic without saying "psychosomatic"?) So, I do understand just wanting to move past this pandemic but this isn't the way.

Now, I have to brag. Our little grandpink, is now 3 and completely aware people need to give him space and that his mask is to keep him safe. If someone comes too close, that child skedaddles to safety and will often let people know they need to keep their distance just to make sure they get it. I just love our little guy!!!!!!

 

[weepingangel]

Remember this guy? Brought to CT from FL for ECMO treatment
A Florida dad who got Covid-19 care 1,200 miles away is going home months later. Here's what he wants you to know

 

[weepingangel]

‘Get the Shot': Unvaccinated Virginia Parents of 4 Die of COVID-19
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A Virginia husband and wife in their 40s died of COVID-19 this month, leaving four children without parents. Their relatives had urged them to get vaccinated against the virus but they refused. The family now wants to try to help others.

Kevin and Misty Mitchem met in high school and married 17 years ago. They were raising their four younger children in Stafford County. Kevin also had an adult daughter and his first grandson.

 

[weepingangel]

Beloved longtime nurse and community coach dies from COVID-19, inspires others to get vaccinated
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A beloved longtime nurse and community coach passed away from COVID-19 Monday, leaving behind four children but also inspiring others to get vaccinated.

John Michael Garcia was 51 years old and had been in the nursing profession at Floyd Medical Center and formerly at Redmond Regional Medical Center for over two decades.

He’d put off getting vaccinated COVID-19 and tested positive on Sept. 15. His death came as a shock; he’d been getting play by plays through texts of his children’s football games even on Saturday.

“He has made us aware of how dangerous and deadly this virus actually is after hitting so close to home,” said Emily Wallace, a certified medical assistant who worked with him at Floyd in the Pre-Operational Evaluation Unit.

It’s also convinced some of his co-workers to get vaccinated.

“We want to disregard everything that’s happening, but until it hits your home and you see the deaths that it has caused — it makes you realize how important it is to be vaccinated,” said Brittney Dorries, a surgical liaison in the Pre-Operational Evaluation Unit.

 

[ilovewings]

I agree, many people out and about are not wearing masks. I find it interesting (and also frustrating) that since I have been fully vaccinated, my mask seems more uncomfortable and where I was not constantly aware of my mask prevaccination, I am now. (How do you say psychosomatic without saying "psychosomatic"?) So, I do understand just wanting to move past this pandemic but this isn't the way.

Now, I have to brag. Our little grandpink, is now 3 and completely aware people need to give him space and that his mask is to keep him safe. If someone comes too close, that child skedaddles to safety and will often let people know they need to keep their distance just to make sure they get it. I just love our little guy!!!!!!

Brag away, your little guy sounds so adorable- I believe that children will follow the lead of their parents: if the parents make mask wearing something awful and terrible, the child will follow that lead and if the parents make mask wearing part of their lives and understand it will keep them safe, they will respond positively---- I have to say I hate wearing my mask- this is going on two years and I just hate it- but I wear it because I understand it keeps me and others safe if I wear it (just like your little guy)----I am truly appalled at how we as a society are living our lives like there is no pandemic. So many unnecessary deaths.

 

[ilovewings]

Biggest Ontario universities are seeing high vaccine coverage ahead of immunization deadlines

Most of Ontario's universities are reporting vaccination coverage rates of 95-99%.

That is great