Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #112

[Mo Thuairim]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Though he probably doesn't know where he contracted Covid from, I sincerely hope it wasn't from one of his medical appointments. It frustrates me how many clinics and hospitals (much less doctor's offices) dropped masking as soon as they could.

Thank you. He hadn't been out and about in public too much over the last few years and his family say he caught it in hospital when he was in for something else. This is the big worry for people with chronic illnesses who are in and out of hospital for treatments and check-ups. The Covid destroyed his lungs. He never had any lung problems before.

 

[Inthedetails]

Thank you. He hadn't been out and about in public too much over the last few years and his family say he caught it in hospital when he was in for something else. This is the big worry for people with chronic illnesses who are in and out of hospital for treatments and check-ups. The Covid destroyed his lungs. He never had any lung problems before.

So sorry to hear this. Condolences to you and your family.

 

[Teche]

My uncle just died of Covid. It's so sad. He had two forms of cancer that were being managed well and responding to treatment over the last several years. But the Covid was too much for him to overcome. Any time someone tells me it's 'just a cold', I will tell them about this. His prognosis had been quite good before the Covid infection. A lovely man.

I’m sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[sds71]

The AAP is strongly recommending COVID-19 shots for children ages 6 months to 2 years. Shots also are advised for older children if parents want their kids vaccinated, the AAP said.

That differs from guidance established under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which doesn’t recommend the shots for healthy children of any age but says kids may get the shots in consultation with physicians.

US pediatricians' new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations.

apnews.com

 

[meanmaryjean]

The AAP is strongly recommending COVID-19 shots for children ages 6 months to 2 years. Shots also are advised for older children if parents want their kids vaccinated, the AAP said.

That differs from guidance established under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which doesn’t recommend the shots for healthy children of any age but says kids may get the shots in consultation with physicians.

US pediatricians' new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations.

apnews.com

I'll take my advice from the qualified physicians who actually treat patients, and KUDOS to the AAP for standing up to this unqualified Secretary.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

U.S. pediatricians' new Covid shot guidance differs from CDC's in major departure

It's the first time in 30 years the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations.

www.nbcnews.com

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations.

The group’s new Covid-19 recommendations — released Tuesday — come amid a tumultuous year for public health, as vaccine skeptics have come into power in the new Trump administration and government guidance has become increasingly confusing.

This isn’t going to help, acknowledged Dr. James Campbell, vice chair of the AAP infectious disease committee.

“It is going to be somewhat confusing. But our opinion is we need to make the right choices for children to protect them,” he added...

 

[Inthedetails]

The AAP is strongly recommending COVID-19 shots for children ages 6 months to 2 years. Shots also are advised for older children if parents want their kids vaccinated, the AAP said.

That differs from guidance established under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which doesn’t recommend the shots for healthy children of any age but says kids may get the shots in consultation with physicians.

US pediatricians' new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations.

apnews.com

The AAP is stepping in to fill the space the CDC has been yanked from.

On one hand, good. On the the hand, a sad happening.

jmopinion

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Doctors say medical misinformation has gotten worse, survey finds

86% of physicians surveyed said they'd encountered more misinformation among patients within the last five years than in years before.

www.nbcnews.com

A survey of doctors released Wednesday showed how pervasive medical falsehoods have become — not only online, but also within the walls of medical exam rooms where doctors and patients talk.

The survey from the Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit research group, found that 61% of doctors said they encountered patients influenced by misinformation or disinformation a moderate amount or a great deal of the time over the past year.

An overwhelming majority of physicians, 86%, said the incidence of such falsehoods among patients had increased over the past five years, a period that includes most of the Covid pandemic, with 50% saying it had increased significantly.

The survey is a rare look into how often doctors encounter pseudoscience in their everyday practice of medicine, and it indicates how their jobs are changing in response to a new information environment in which distorted health claims spread easily online and sometimes have the backing of government authorities...

 

[Stunned]

I went to my local pharmacy today to get my Covid and Flu shots and they won't have them in until mid September. So I guess I wait!

 

[Gemmie]

I went to my local pharmacy today to get my Covid and Flu shots and they won't have them in until mid September. So I guess I wait!

Yep, it's been ~mid-September for years for the Covid vaccine.

 

[Stunned]

Yep, it's been ~mid-September for years for the Covid vaccine.

I never realized that!

 

[dmac55]

Health warning: Flu shot urged in NC amid a slight uptick in influenza and COVID-19 cases, Medical experts say | abc11.comMedical experts recommend not waiting to get a flu shot amid a slight uptick in COVID-19, flu cases

 

[Teche]

I was born pre MMR vaccine (I’m old). I shop at Costco frequently and received my recent Covid and flu vaccines at their pharmacy department. The pharmacist said that the MMR is available and I would meet the criteria as long as my dr. provided an order/no titer required. I better do it be for the guidelines change.

 

[Stunned]

Health warning: Flu shot urged in NC amid a slight uptick in influenza and COVID-19 cases, Medical experts say | abc11.comMedical experts recommend not waiting to get a flu shot amid a slight uptick in COVID-19, flu cases

That's why i went today, I live in NC.

 

[chuppa74]

I went to my local pharmacy today to get my Covid and Flu shots and they won't have them in until mid September. So I guess I wait!

My local CVS got the flu vaccine in last week, and the Covid vaccine is there a couple days a week. As I was told, the demand for the Covid vaccine is high and they go through their supply in about two days, until the next supply comes in.

 

[gremlin444]

I tried on my CVS account on the app and on my Costco app--they stated right up front that they aren't accepting appts for Covid vax until the new ones arrive this fall. I live in IL.

 

[Lilibet]

I made an appointment for a Mammogram Nov. 7 and was told not to have the covid or flu vaccine within 6 weeks of the mammogram. Apparently, some providers say that and others don’t. So I will need to get my shots before late Sept or postpone the imaging.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I made an appointment for a Mammogram Nov. 7 and was told not to have the covid or flu vaccine within 6 weeks of the mammogram. Apparently, some providers say that and others don’t. So I will need to get my shots before late Sept or postpone the imaging.

I had my annual mammogram on July 31. For the first time in four or five years, no one inquired about whether or not I had gotten a vaccination recently. During the pandemic, when calling to schedule my appointment, schedulers at the imaging center always cautioned about not getting the vaccine within 4-6 weeks of your mammogram. Upon arrival for your appointment, patients were asked when they had a Covid shot to make sure that enough time had elapsed so the lymph nodes in underarms were not swollen and could skew results. My annual mammogram is usually in July or August, so I've never had to worry about scheduling too close to a Covid or flu shot.

 

[Teche]

I made an appointment for a Mammogram Nov. 7 and was told not to have the covid or flu vaccine within 6 weeks of the mammogram. Apparently, some providers say that and others don’t. So I will need to get my shots before late Sept or postpone the imaging.

My mammogram office told me last year that because I was having a diagnostic mammogram with an ultrasound, I didn’t have to wait. Don’t know if this will change for my upcoming exam.

 

[Gemmie]

US COVID-19 survivors are at higher risk for type 2 inflammatory diseases (T2IDs) of the airways, such as asthma, hay fever, and chronic sinusitis (sinus infection), a risk that can be mediated by vaccination, a group of international researchers suggest in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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COVID-19 survivors were at a 65.6% higher risk of asthma, as well as at an elevated risk for allergic rhinitis (27.2%) and chronic rhinosinusitis (74.4%).

Vaccination may reduce elevated risk of airway diseases in COVID survivors

www.cidrap.umn.edu