Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #92

[LadyL]

I have cut my own hair since March. I just pull it to the nape of my neck and chop it off. I have a hairdresser daughter who lives 200 miles away from me, who is apalled. She is worried that our friends will think that she cut it.

LOL!

 

[LadyL]

His breakthrough helped millions get their results quickly in the early days of the pandemic, when tests were scarce and lines were long.

Andrew Brooks, a research professor at Rutgers University who developed the first saliva test for Covid-19, died on Jan. 23 in Manhattan. He was 51.

The cause was a heart attack, his sister, Janet Green, said.

Andrew Brooks, Who Developed a Covid Spit Test, Dies at 51

 

[ilovewings]

I think you can do car travel without a huge amount of risk, but you have to keep masking and sanitizing; do not talk to anyone. Hold your breath in the service station bathroom. Stay in a condo or hotel that you air out, mask sanitize. Do not eat out; no maid service any where. No visiting any one. You could go walk on the beach 1o ft away from people. Get your sun/vitamin D. The thing is, it is not really relaxing or "fun" the way a vacation used to be. There is no vacation from COVID. We took one car vacation this year and went to a local beach in the fall a few times. It was OK , but you still have COVID hanging over your head. If you would normally go boating or fishing, you could do that by yourselves. I think that normally people visit on vacations, dine out, shop more, talk to locals, have breakfast buffet...etc. and that is all not safe, but the masked trip to the grocery store in FL is probably the same as the trip in MI, IMHO.

For me there is simply too much virus floating aroumd out there to consider a car
ride across the country--- too many precautions-- can't afford slip ups--no doubt lots
of people we would come across at the interstate gas stations wont necessarily be masked--

 

[ilovewings]

His breakthrough helped millions get their results quickly in the early days of the pandemic, when tests were scarce and lines were long.

Andrew Brooks, a research professor at Rutgers University who developed the first saliva test for Covid-19, died on Jan. 23 in Manhattan. He was 51.

The cause was a heart attack, his sister, Janet Green, said.

Andrew Brooks, Who Developed a Covid Spit Test, Dies at 51

That is pretty shocking and awful---he was so young and so brilliant

 

[mickey2942]

we have legislators who were asking that curfews (10pm) be relaxed for Super Bowl Sunday and for Valentine's Day so that restaurants and bars could do more business. All I could think was: "super spreader event; only takes one evening." I am thinking about how crowded restaurants and bars used to be- recall waiting in a line or getting one of those buzzers to be seated for dinner. At this point, if the pandemic is ever over, I am not sure I can go back to what used to be normal life.

You know, in a way, I sort of understand the frustration of the "flat earth" crowd. They state that they can't go to church, but here we have the Super Bowl, and bars planning to be packed on Super Bowl Sunday.

If folks can go out to the bar, they should be allowed to have church services.

 

[SouthAussie]

We were just sailing along with no Covid community transmission for 10mths and now this guy has literally been to some of the most busiest places in Perth...with what they think is the UK strain...oh lord...and he has 2 housemates...sh** is about to hit the fan me thinks...

The snap hard lockdown is the best thing that can happen for you all. Remember, they did that for us when we had a covid issue? And it worked. And it seriously is not hard to get through (although I empathise that you have little ones to keep distracted and happily busy, while maintaining your sanity).

 

[Gibbo214]

You know, in a way, I sort of understand the frustration of the "flat earth" crowd. They state that they can't go to church, but here we have the Super Bowl, and bars planning to be packed on Super Bowl Sunday.

If folks can go out to the bar, they should be allowed to have church services.

I thought that the SC ruled that church services could go ahead.

 

[SouthAussie]

what kind of places are the "12 places?" stores? bars? transit? curious. I thought that the last problem with a quarantine hotel was a maid and then there was another guard who was also a pizza delivery person, right? So the "weak point" for the quarantine hotel is the staff.

In this situation (while still looking at how the guard caught the virus) they think it could be hotel ventilation ... especially as it is the more virulent UK strain. The guard worked on the same floor as infected quarantined people.

Bringing Aussies home from infected areas is definitely our weak point.

From a list I saw, the guard had been to supermarket, shopping centre, car dealer, KFC, convention centre, multiple petrol stations, dr office, hair salon ..... (in linked article).
There have been unofficial reports that he doubled as an Uber driver.

Large parts of WA now in five-day lockdown after hotel security guard tests positive, possibly to UK variant

 

[Colorado303]

Has there been any discussion as to whether a person’s secreter status plays a part in how sick a person w/COVID will get?

“Secreters” have antigens marking their ABO blood type in all body fluids, not just blood. An estimated 80% of people are secreters (not sure if that’s a us or global stat) and studies have indicated secreter status may affect likelihood of certain health conditions including a particular stomach flu, ulcers, IBS and perhaps diabetes.

I was watching Prime Suspect and they mentioned the perp was a “secreter” . I’ve heard the term before but never investigated what it meant until just now. Interesting stuff. Here’s a basic overview:

Understanding Genetics

ETA: This article suggests that while A blood types have increased risk of cardiovascular complications from COVID, People w/type A blood are less likely to have these complications if they are non-secreters. Good to know the scientific community is looking at this.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.19.20248172v1.full.pdf


I’m type A+ so now I’m curious about my own secreter status. Is there an easy way to tell?

 

[margarita25]

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[24Roses]

Iowa numbers for Sat. Jan. 30 and Sun Jan 31: IMO many of the 250 deaths reported today, date back particularly to Nov. where there were as many as 50-75 deaths per day on more than one day. However, I'll admit I had to read twice when I first read the number reported today.
Jan. 30: Iowa reports 74 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,065 new cases reported
Jan. 31: Iowa reports 250 more COVID-19 deaths, 757 new cases reported
Iowa Coronavirus Information The chart on here shows number of deaths on specific days (scroll down).

 

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[Gibbo214]

Has there been any discussion as to whether a person’s secreter status plays a part in how sick a person w/COVID will get?

“Secreters” have antigens marking their ABO blood type in all body fluids, not just blood. An estimated 80% of people are secreters (not sure if that’s a us or global stat) and studies have indicated secreter status may affect likelihood of certain health conditions including a particular stomach flu, ulcers, IBS and perhaps diabetes.

I was watching Prime Suspect and they mentioned the perp was a “secreter” . I’ve heard the term before but never investigated what it meant until just now. Interesting stuff. Here’s a basic overview:

Understanding Genetics

ETA: This article suggests that while A blood types have increased risk of cardiovascular complications from COVID, People w/type A blood are less likely to have these complications if they are non-secreters. Good to know the scientific community is looking at this.

I’m type A+ so now I’m curious about my own secreter status. Is there an easy way to tell?

Very interesting article.

 

[Colorado303]

Has there been any discussion as to whether a person’s secreter status plays a part in how sick a person w/COVID will get?

“Secreters” have antigens marking their ABO blood type in all body fluids, not just blood. An estimated 80% of people are secreters (not sure if that’s a us or global stat) and studies have indicated secreter status may affect likelihood of certain health conditions including a particular stomach flu, ulcers, IBS and perhaps diabetes.

I was watching Prime Suspect and they mentioned the perp was a “secreter” . I’ve heard the term before but never investigated what it meant until just now. Interesting stuff. Here’s a basic overview:

Understanding Genetics

ETA: This article suggests that while A blood types have increased risk of cardiovascular complications from COVID, People w/type A blood are less likely to have these complications if they are non-secreters. Good to know the scientific community is looking at this.

I’m type A+ so now I’m curious about my own secreter status. Is there an easy way to tell?

And this article suggests that non-secreter status also lessens likelihood COVID patients w/type A blood will have respiratory complications severe enough to require ventilation and decreases overall in-hospital COVID mortality rate:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/trf.16130

ETA excerpt: “Therefore, we next assessed the impact of the rs601338 G>A FUT2 variant, the main determinant of nonsecretor phenotype in Europeans, on the main study outcomes in the models reported in Table 1. Although the variant was not associated with development of severe COVID‐19 with respiratory failure (P  .62), it protected against the requirement of mechanical ventilation and ICU admission (adjusted OR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.37‐0.87; P = .007). This was related to a specific interaction and protection in carriers of blood group A (P = .035). Although there was no significant association with the risk of thrombotic events (stroke, myocardial infarction, and venous thromboembolism), remarkably the nonsecretor phenotype was associated with lower in‐hospital mortality”

 

[Colorado303]

Popping my head up from the rabbit hole just long enough to say this “non-secreter” thing is a thing. Secreter status appears to affect what antibodies, etc mothers excrete in breast milk, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and a number of other things that effect our health.

Back down I go .....

How to check your genes to see if you are a non-secretor, FUT2 gene

 

[acutename]

His breakthrough helped millions get their results quickly in the early days of the pandemic, when tests were scarce and lines were long.

Andrew Brooks, a research professor at Rutgers University who developed the first saliva test for Covid-19, died on Jan. 23 in Manhattan. He was 51.

The cause was a heart attack, his sister, Janet Green, said.

Andrew Brooks, Who Developed a Covid Spit Test, Dies at 51

idiotically, I am relieved that he did not die of COVID
but it would have been better for everyone if he lived a lot longer

 

[Tutter]

Florida, florida, florida.......... 15,000 cases Saturday. And the highest number of UK variant cases in the US.
And virtually no restrictions, anywhere.

Florida posts highest 1-day COVID-19 increase in last 2 weeks

what are the hospital and death rates in Florida? Not cases....

 

[dixiegirl1035]

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Wisconsin pharmacist who sabotaged COVID-19 vaccines is a conspiracy theorist who doesn't believe coronavirus is real, thinks the vaccine is "microchipped" and believes the Earth is flat

https://www.scribd.com/document/492786728/Brandenburg-Search-Warrant

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Very sad news.


Captain Tom Moore in hospital with coronavirus and pneumonia

Oh no! I hope he is getting the TOP care!

 

[MsJosie]

Covid is a destroyer. Yes, Besides friends and family being sick with it, some have died from it. There is another way Covid is destroying people. It destroys friendships. I no longer have 20 friends.
Some have had Covid but refuse to admit that’s what they had even after that were medically told they had Covid. They would come to meet in large groups knowingly exposing themselves to others because they were just a little sick. They refuse to self distance, they gather in large groups and refuse to wear masks.
I made the decision to no longer associate with them because of them being unsafe. Their comment was “we don’t wear a mask and don’t get sick”....ahh but some have, with one having to go by ambulance to the ER after passing out while meeting with the large group. I found out about it and others who have had Covid. The other people decided just to go along with the group. So Covid kills friendships. Their choice. It’s really sad that they have such little care for life.