Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #101

[weepingangel]

Clashes Break Out at Boston Common Anti-Mask, Vaccine Rally and Counterprotest
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A rally against the coronavirus safety measures of masks and vaccines on Boston Common Sunday attracted dozens of protesters and about twice as many counterprotesters.

The two sides clashed at least once, requiring police to break the sides up. Officers in riot gear were brought into the area where the protests and clashes were taking place.

 

[Lavender Moon]

I'm in the cough club, too, with cough-variant asthma. I always have a rescue inhaler in my purse and Jolly Ranchers that work better than cough drops. In indoor venues like a theatre, a tiny bottled water comes in handy whenever the HVAC is running. I immediately start to feel that tickle in my throat and do my best to quell it.

If your cough interferes with sleep, you might be interested in trying one of those slanted foam rubber pillows that fit under the mattress and thus elevate your head and chest. I used to be troubled by chronic coughing and that really helped me.

 

[Turkeytrot]

Christmas COVID surge: Vaccines and immunity could make it the last one

Reading that "this may be the last surge" (Christmas 2020) because of vaccines/immunity just makes me sad.

 

[weepingangel]

I’m hoping we only see relatively minor holiday/gathering related surges pop up in the lower vaxed areas. Fingers crossed.

I'm wondering if we'll end up having another post-thanksgiving surge in the US like we did last year. We usually travel (by car) for Christmas but decided to stay home last year. Not sure what our plans will be this year, I say we should stay home but not sure my husband will feel the same way.

 

[MimosaMornings]

The US is doing great, vaccination rates are high in many states, especially the southern ones. Nothing to worry about!

U.S. braces for surge of vaccinated international travelers — Reuters

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Nurse who allegedly faked giving teen a COVID vaccine charged with fraud

 

[GRT]

If your cough interferes with sleep, you might be interested in trying one of those slanted foam rubber pillows that fit under the mattress and thus elevate your head and chest. I used to be troubled by chronic coughing and that really helped me.

I think that's also helpful for snorers...

Not that I am one.

Maybe.

 

[GRT]

Nurse who allegedly faked giving teen a COVID vaccine charged with fraud

Oh boy.

I doubt that's the only incidence of this happening.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

U.S. borders reopen to many vaccinated international travelers (nbcnews.com)

America had barred air travelers from 33 countries — including China, India and much of Europe — and had also restricted overland entry from Mexico and Canada.

LONDON — Travelers prepared for emotional reunions with friends and family Monday after the United States lifted restrictions imposed more than a year and a half ago at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

At London’s Heathrow Airport, Gail and Paul Chamberlain said they looked forward to meeting their daughter’s fiancé in person as they prepared to catch a flight to Los Angeles.

“I’m so joyful I could cry,” Gail Chamberlain, 67, said. “I’m [going] wedding dress shopping. That I never thought I would be able to do with her.”

U.S. citizens and permanent residents have always been allowed to enter. However, the travel restrictions meant that tourists, business travelers and family members were prevented from entering...

 

[weepingangel]

Here why Ashish Jha says COVID-19 cases are trending better heading into this winter

 

[Deleted member 158085]

Here why Ashish Jha says COVID-19 cases are trending better heading into this winter

Finally some good news.

 

[anneg]

Here why Ashish Jha says COVID-19 cases are trending better heading into this winter

That's encouraging!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Singapore to bill unvaccinated COVID-19 patients as fresh infections surge across island

Unvaccinated patients in Singapore will have to pay their own medical bills from next month as the island nation tries to come to grips with a worrying COVID-19 caseload.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

What pediatricians want parents to know about the Covid vaccine for kids (nbcnews.com)

Pediatricians share the questions they’re getting and how they respond.

As the Covid-19 vaccine has been rolling out for children ages 5 to 11, questions for pediatricians have been rolling in.

Many parents are simply wondering where they can find the long-awaited vaccine locally — and fast. Plenty other questions are from parents with a range of concerns about safety and effectiveness in kids.

Here are some common questions from parents, with advice from pediatricians around the country...

 

[ilovewings]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/30-000-cases-detected-of-ay-4-2-covid-variant-that

 

[kath4557]

Oh boy.

I doubt that's the only incidence of this happening.

This is horrible. Why would a nurse fill the syringe and not administer it? I don’t get it! And she isn’t charged?

 

[Lavender Moon]

This is horrible. Why would a nurse fill the syringe and not administer it? I don’t get it! And she isn’t charged?

It is horrible. Seems to me she wasn't playing with a full deck. She should lose her nursing license.

 

[ilovewings]

This is horrible. Why would a nurse fill the syringe and not administer it? I don’t get it! And she isn’t charged?

What are you referring to?

 

[jjenny]

This is horrible. Why would a nurse fill the syringe and not administer it? I don’t get it! And she isn’t charged?

It sounds to me there were people who wanted to claim they were vaccinated but didn't want to actually get vaccinated (we have those people in US as well). So she would pretend to vaccinate them, for them to be able to claim they got the vaccine, when they didn't.

 

[jjenny]

That's encouraging!

Not really. The cases are starting to go back up in states with cold climate.