Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #94

[Teche]

Was wondering if it was Petechiae.

Perfect for us Websluthers.

 

[Cool Cats]

America may be close to hitting a vaccine wall

This is when there is more vaccine than there is demand for it.

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[Cool Cats]

COVID-19 vaccine passports sound innocuous until you think about the consequences
Fri, April 16, 2021

But the problem behind a vaccine passport is multifold. The best of intentions all too often produce a flawed system which fails to provide the safety it promises and creates unintended consequences.

A vaccine passport assumes everyone has an android phone, but estimates are 20 percent of American adults do not own one. A vaccine passport based on this flawed assumption excludes a large minority of the population from participating in everyday life.

A vaccine passport works only if it belongs to its rightful owner. That can only be verified with a photo ID. There is no law that mandates a person must carry a valid photo ID when going about their daily business. Any attempt by a public-facing business to require photo ID as a condition of entry is ripe for litigation.

Our haphazard state-by-state approach to the pandemic is guaranteed to continue. This may have financial repercussions for states following the New York model.

Imagine a major concert performer where the contract guarantees the performer 25 percent of all ticket revenues on the tour. Where will you maximize revenue? States without vaccine passports, or New York? The only way for the New York concert venue to compete in such an environment is to increase its ticket prices.

New Yorkers will cross state lines to attend the next performance for a fraction of the cost. New York thus loses out on the revenue – and the concomitant sales tax.

People have become accustomed to draconian security at airports but imagine the logistical nightmare of installing COVID-19 security in every grocery store, restaurant, and retailer. Many stopped flying post-9/11 – not out of fear from terrorism, but from disgust at so many security procedures.

Lastly, why stop at COVID-19? Why not include a mandatory influenza vaccine to the passport? Childhood MMR boosters? Why not all your biometric data?

 

[SouthAussie]

America may be close to hitting a vaccine wall

This is when there is more vaccine than there is demand for it.

File not working see article for map

"Vaccination rates will then slow, and Surgo's projections show that only around 52% of Americans will be vaccinated by July. When combined with people who have already been infected, the immunity rate overall may be around 65% by then — still not high enough for herd immunity."

 

[SouthAussie]

COVID-19 vaccine passports sound innocuous until you think about the consequences
Fri, April 16, 2021

But the problem behind a vaccine passport is multifold. The best of intentions all too often produce a flawed system which fails to provide the safety it promises and creates unintended consequences.

A vaccine passport assumes everyone has an android phone, but estimates are 20 percent of American adults do not own one. A vaccine passport based on this flawed assumption excludes a large minority of the population from participating in everyday life.

A vaccine passport works only if it belongs to its rightful owner. That can only be verified with a photo ID. There is no law that mandates a person must carry a valid photo ID when going about their daily business. Any attempt by a public-facing business to require photo ID as a condition of entry is ripe for litigation.

Our haphazard state-by-state approach to the pandemic is guaranteed to continue. This may have financial repercussions for states following the New York model.

Imagine a major concert performer where the contract guarantees the performer 25 percent of all ticket revenues on the tour. Where will you maximize revenue? States without vaccine passports, or New York? The only way for the New York concert venue to compete in such an environment is to increase its ticket prices.

New Yorkers will cross state lines to attend the next performance for a fraction of the cost. New York thus loses out on the revenue – and the concomitant sales tax.

People have become accustomed to draconian security at airports but imagine the logistical nightmare of installing COVID-19 security in every grocery store, restaurant, and retailer. Many stopped flying post-9/11 – not out of fear from terrorism, but from disgust at so many security procedures.

Lastly, why stop at COVID-19? Why not include a mandatory influenza vaccine to the passport? Childhood MMR boosters? Why not all your biometric data?

<Sigh>

 

[Cool Cats]

Exclusive: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Shuts Down Speculation of Tokyo Olympics Delay

It's already decided that the Games will take place," Japanese Prime Minister Suga
told Newsweek. "So based upon [that] decision, preparations are underway."
Pressed by Newsweek on any possibility there could still be a delay or cancellation of the Olympics, Suga reiterated that was no longer an option on the table.

Suga's remarks come just days after a senior official in Japan's ruling party, Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said he was open to canceling the Olympics due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus.

"What would be the point of an Olympics that spread the infection?" Nikai asked reporters last week.

Japanese public health officials have stepped up virus prevention measures across six regions this month after a record amount of cases emerged in urban areas including Tokyo and Osaka.

 

[SouthAussie]

Exclusive: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Shuts Down Speculation of Tokyo Olympics Delay

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It's already decided that the Games will take place," Japanese Prime Minister Suga
told Newsweek. "So based upon [that] decision, preparations are underway."
Pressed by Newsweek on any possibility there could still be a delay or cancellation of the Olympics, Suga reiterated that was no longer an option on the table.

Suga's remarks come just days after a senior official in Japan's ruling party, Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said he was open to canceling the Olympics due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus.

"What would be the point of an Olympics that spread the infection?" Nikai asked reporters last week.

Japanese public health officials have stepped up virus prevention measures across six regions this month after a record amount of cases emerged in urban areas including Tokyo and Osaka.

The United States headlines the list of nations aiming to vaccinate their entire Olympic team before the Games.

Australia has been working with Pacific Island countries to try to ensure their Olympians are also vaccinated.

Australia’s athletes could miss out on vaccines, even as rival nations race ahead with inoculations for their Olympians before the rescheduled Tokyo Games start on 23 July.
Carroll added the Games had been “designed to be held without a vaccination, vaccination is a bonus”.
“Introverts are going to be the winners here. We’re going to spend a lot of time in our rooms, so being able to distract yourself and switch off in your room will be important.”

New Zealand started administering vaccinations to its more than 200 athletes on Wednesday, said New Zealand Olympic Committee chief executive Kereyn Smith.

Olympians risk being barred from competition if they contract Covid-19, while even being a close contact of a confirmed case could ruin five years of hard work.

‘Prepare for the worst’: Australian Olympians await Covid-19 vaccine

 

[SouthAussie]

Pennsylvania is reporting an average of 4,922 cases a day, up from roughly 2,515 a month ago, according to a New York Times database. Hospitalizations have also climbed by about 16 percent in the past two weeks, and the state now has one of the highest per capita daily case counts in the United States.

B.1.1.7 is now the most common source of new coronavirus infections in the United States. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 28 percent of Pennsylvania’s cases involve that variant, and it is spreading in a vast majority of two dozen other states with high caseloads.

In Michigan, more than 57 percent of cases involve B.1.1.7 - in Tennessee, the figure is over 60 percent.

New Jersey and New York, where the variant accounts for roughly 30 percent of cases .... are starting to see case counts drop.

Covid-19: Virus Surge Strikes Pennsylvania as Variants Spread Across U.S.

 

[GRT]

Why are so many babies dying of Covid-19 in Brazil?

Heartbreaking story, and it should serve as a warning to all nations.

More than a year into the pandemic, deaths in Brazil are now at their peak. But despite the overwhelming evidence that Covid-19 rarely kills young children, in Brazil 1,300 babies have died from the virus. One doctor refused to test Jessika Ricarte's one-year-old son for Covid, saying his symptoms did not fit the profile of the virus. Two months later he died of complications from the disease.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

heard on the radio recently that the clots from birth control can be treated with anticoagulants (heparin) which I imagine is like the aspirin effect- BUT these new 6 possibly vaccine (?) related clots are accompanied by low platelets, so you do not want blood thinners for them. I am not a dr so IMO, see what news you hear- I will check for a citation.

[USA TODAY: Latest World and US News - USATODAY.com › story › news › 2021/04/14
3 hours ago — Blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines: How scientists are starting to unravel ... The Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which has been delivered to more than 6.8 ... taking the blood-thinner heparin, almost certainly got sick from the vaccine, he said. ... "If you mistreat it, people die," she said, "and if you don't treat it, ...]

counter intuitive...

It's analougous to in the beginning of COVID, Dr. Seheult said they were treating it as ARDS... IIRC incorrectly.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

On the topic of what employers can make a person do in the US:


It's more like pin pricks. No raised anything. When I press on it, the area around it turns pale, it does not.

I'm doing great otherwise. I do wonder about longer term side effects of my vaccine - my DH has had a mild to moderate headache nearly every day since his second dose, which was 2.5 weeks ago now, and otherwise feels great.

These pinprick type spots were on the top of my right foot and the top of my right hand - I sleep on my right side, usually, so it did occur to me that circulation + vaccine might be the issue.

(DH just took a picture, I can see that there are more of them just under the skin. If they are clots, they are in the capillaries, so I'm likely to continue to ignore it. However, I think it's important that those of you who have had the vaccine report on any odd symptoms (to us and to your doctor).

I am glad I got the first set of shots when my immune system is still so active (I took Vitamin D, Zinc regularly even before the pandemic, because research showed that those things ward off the flu as well as flu shots do - but I got a flu shot this year, to prime my immune system). Then I added NAC a couple of days before the vaccine and only just stopped taking it. DH says NAC is the only thing that helps with his headaches, so surely his headaches are an immune response?

Top 9 Benefits of NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine)

On a purely psychological note, my mood is so much better and I'm sleeping better after the vaccine. We had our granddaughter over for an entire day - and it was weird, almost as if we all had to get acquainted again. She was subdued, although did a lot of running around in the backyard (she doesn't have a yard) and sat and hugged her favorite dog while they both watched 101 Dalmations (dog howls along and barks to send messages to the dogs on screen - she finds this hilarious, so do we).

That's when I realized that I've been mildly to moderately depressed for an entire year. Memories from more than a year ago, of things left unsaid and undone at work, flooded back. It's so weird - even driving around time seems weird. We used curbside pick-up instead of house delivery for the first time - great experience. But I feel less young, less adaptable. Am slowly getting more...interested in life again?

I suspect many of us are going through similar. And those of us still shielding (we're still avoiding many circumstances, various reasons) are still trapped in some way by this disease. When my county's new case rate gets a little lower, I'll feel much better.

I only learned of NAC, with doctors taking it and recommending it for immune protection against Covid. I hope they continue to research it more, since it does seem to have extensive benefit.

I did notice this list, however, and thought of your pin pricks!!

The side effects of NAC supplementation are usually mild and may include:

diarrhea
eye irritation
fatigue
nausea
a skin rash
vomiting

In my mind, moderate depression is such a given, given what this year has been for us all. I continually wonder if it is also driving the horrendous social problems we are seeing every day. I suspect the whole world is significantly depressed.............

 

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[nhmemorymaker]

March 18, 2021

These children had covid-19. Now, they have long-haul symptoms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/18/virus-longhaul-coronavirus-children/

“A growing number of medical centers — Boston Children’s Hospital, Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, National Jewish Health in Denver and Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville — are setting up multidisciplinary clinics to try to better understand and treat these patients. And a research project funded by the National Institutes of Health that is getting underway will explore the range of impacts covid-19 has had on children.

“One of the most difficult things about caring for these patients is they have a lot of questions about short- and long-term effects, about what to expect,” said Dongngan Truong, a pediatric cardiologist at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, where Madilyn is being treated. “And right now, we don’t know what to expect.”“


March 22, 2021

MIS-C: Doctors fighting back on rare COVID-19 complication in kids

“Patients will visit the Riley Clinic two weeks after discharge. They'll come back for six-week, six-month and one-year check-ins. At each clinic visit, patients undergo tests to check their heart function and see a cardiologist, rheumatologist and infectious disease specialist.

“It may be overkill right now to follow them that far out but we’re still learning about after-effects,” said Dr. Samina Bhumbra, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Riley’s Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease and Global Health.”

[...]

“Doctors can’t answer why some people develop this but most do not. They do know MIS-C appears slightly more often in boys. More than two-thirds of those who have been diagnosed have been Latino or Black children. Most children who fall ill are between 1 and 14 years old.

Unlike with an acute COVID-19 infection, the lungs do not tend to be as involved when a child develops MIS-C, Bhumbra said. Instead, because this is an inflammatory disease, the heart tends to be more involved.“

Note*
“At first the doctors thought Richard Barnes had appendicitis.“


March 27, 2021

8 Alaska youths experienced a rare and serious inflammatory syndrome after COVID-19 infections

April 2, 2021

CMU College of Medicine Professors Lead Research into MIS-C in Children - 9 & 10 News

“Now, some professors at Central Michigan University are seeing if saliva could hold the key to preventing severe MIS-C infections.“

[...]

The study is one of just eight fully funded by the National Institutes for Health, looking at ways to quickly identify children at risk for MIS-C.”


April 7, 2021

Most Children Who Developed MIS-C Initially Had Few Signs Of Covid
The study of children who developed the serious inflammatory illness included almost 1,800 cases reported to the CDC from March 2020 through mid-January.


April 12, 2021

COVID-19 cases rising in children, health officials warn of more hospitalizations, MIS-C

Rare COVID-19 complication is putting kids in Michigan's ICUs


April 14, 2021

ADHS: 3 deaths linked to COVID-related condition in kids called MIS-C

“The Arizona Department of Health Services told ABC15 there have been 116 confirmed MIS-C cases in Arizona.

"Every time we had a surge of COVID-19 cases, that surge of COVID-19 cases was followed by a surge of MIS-C cases," said Dr. Wassim Ballan, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Phoenix Children's Hospital.“


Massachusetts:
Mass. releases more data on COVID infections among children as overall active cases decline for second straight day

“The Department of Public Health on Wednesday released new data showing the number of infections confirmed among children younger than 15. Over the last two weeks, 1,235 cases were confirmed in children younger than four; 1,469 infections were confirmed in children between the ages of 5 and 9; and 1,816 infections were confirmed in children between the ages of 10 and 14, according to the latest data from the Department of Public Health.

There were 2,696 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 who came down with COVID over the last two weeks. And 5,942 cases were confirmed among 20-somethings, according to DPH.”

What you need to know about MIS-C, the post-COVID sickness affecting kids

“Doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital say they’re worried a potential spring wave of COVID-19 could bring an accompanying uptick in cases of MIS-C — and, with every case, potential that another child will have fatal complications.

“The worry is that if we are about to experience a fourth wave of COVID, fueled in part by some of these new variants, whether we're going to start seeing increasing numbers over the next couple of weeks,” said Dr. Grant Schulert, who works at Children’s.“


“I didn’t think it was that big of a deal, until my son’s life was plugged into the wall.” Muskegon mother recounts child's battle with MIS-C



April 15, 2021

Mesa mother warns other parents about impact of MIS-C in children

"”With her, it affected her GI system. All of her intestines were inflamed," her mother said.“

[...]

“Raelynn progressively got worse.

"Air in her portal vein to her liver along with two blood clots. There was a surgery that was going to be on board as well. They were going to have to remove her entire colon because that’s how severe it was," Milliman said.

Thankfully because of other treatments, Raelynn didn't have to have that surgery.”

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Milford Boy, 5, Battles COVID-19, And Rare Inflammatory Condition

“All told there have been 25-49 cases of MIS-C in Connecticut, according to the CDC. In the United States there have been 3,185 cases and 36 reported deaths.“

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Stanford begins testing Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on children as young as 2

“As statewide eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine expands to residents 16 and older in California, researchers at Stanford Medicine have set their sights on an even younger group: children ages 2 to 5.

The medical school Wednesday began administering doses to children in the tender age group as part of a larger, three-phase trial of Pfizer-BioNech’s COVID-19 vaccine that will ultimately include children ages 6 months to 12 years.

“We want to protect children just as we want to protect adults from this disease,” said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, the pediatric infectious diseases expert leading the trial at Stanford. “The goal is to have a pediatric vaccine available for all age groups from 6 months of age to adulthood.”“

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Why are so many babies dying of Covid-19 in Brazil?


“Dr Monte, who treated Lucas, agrees. She says that although MIS cannot be prevented, treatment is much more successful if the condition is diagnosed and treated early.

"The earlier he would have received specialised care, the better," she says. "He arrived at the hospital already critically ill. I believe he could have had a different outcome if we could have treated him earlier."

Jessika now wants to share Lucas's story to help others who may miss critical symptoms.“

[...]

“There is a misconception that children are at zero risk for Covid, says Dr Fatima Marinho, who is also a senior adviser to the international health NGO Vital Strategies. Marinho's research has found that a shockingly high number of children and babies have been affected by the virus.

Between February 2020 and 15 March 2021, Covid-19 killed at least 852 of Brazil's children up to the age of nine, including 518 babies under one year old, according to figures from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. But Dr Marinho estimates that more than twice this number of children died of Covid. A serious problem of underreporting due to lack of Covid testing is bringing the numbers down, she says.

Dr Marinho calculated the excess of deaths by unspecified acute respiratory syndrome during the pandemic, and found that there were 10 times more deaths by unexplained respiratory syndrome than in previous years. By adding these numbers, she estimates that the virus in fact killed 2,060 children under nine years old, including 1,302 babies.“

[...]

“"It hurts to see a child dying without seeing their parents," says Dr Carneiro.“


Unusually high Covid-19 deaths among babies, young children in Brazil. Here’s why

“Brazil has been one of the worst-hit nations by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic but the unusual high deaths among babies have caused immense concerns. Despite overwhelming evidence based on data that Covid-19 rarely turns fatal for children, around 1,300 babies have died from coronavirus, according to a BBC report.“

[...]

BBM:
“According to experts quoted by BBC, Brazil’s sheer number of Covid-19 cases have led to an increase in infection among babies and young children. While Brazil’s official data suggest that Covid-19 killed at least 852 children up to the age of nine, Dr Fatima Marinho, a leading epidemiologist from the University of São Paolo, did research that estimated the virus killed 2,060 children under nine years old, including 1,302 babies. Marinho told BBC that she is seeing more cases of MIS-C than ever before, highlighting that there is a misconception that children are at a zero risk for Covid-19.“

I keep thinking Brazil is this gigantic shadow leading us..or following us........ The severity, the deaths, and the babies...

Dr Fatima Marinho, a leading epidemiologist from the University of São Paolo, did research that estimated the virus killed 2,060 children under nine years old, including 1,302 babies

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Pause: A Rare Blood Clot Called Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST)

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TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO INCLUDE:
00:00 Overview of FDA & CDC decision to pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the U.S. amid rare blood clot cases
01:54 What is Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST)?
03:41 What are the symptoms of CVST, or Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis?
04:17 Other risk factors for CVST
04:45 Best tools for medical professionals to make CVST diagnosis
05:01 Is CVST what we’re seeing with the J&J vaccine, and what’s the actual likelihood of it happening?
07:05 Why it’s contraindicated for medical professionals to treat these blood clots with heparin products
07:33 How is this similar and/or different from what’s been reported about the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots?
09:18 Relative risk of CVST from (potentially) J&J vaccine versus other factors
11:37 What is VAERS? Clearing up some common misunderstandings
13:25 What to do if you were scheduled to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
14:12 What symptoms to look for if you’ve received the J&J vaccine within the past 2-3 weeks
15:14 Can clotting from this condition happen in other places in the body besides the brain?
15:42 Different symptoms of blood clots in the lungs and legs
15:25 Possible explanation for disproportionate cases of post-J&J vaccine thrombosis in young women
18:03 Should people proceed as normal with receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (such as Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna)?
19:36 Different perspectives on decision to pause J&J vaccination amid vaccine hesitancy
23:11 Advice for people still on the fence about receiving a COVID-19 vaccine
24:43 How to care for yourself and others to prevent further lockdown and COVID-19 transmission

 

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America hits the vaccine wall: Thousands of appointments go unfilled | Daily Mail Online

America hits vaccine wall----
How are we ever going to achieve herd immunity to bring this wicked virus under control

 

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[mickey2942]

Philippines man dies after being forced to do 300 squats for breaking Covid-19 curfew - CNN

Wow.

 

[SouthAussie]

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday he would send federal healthcare workers to help Toronto and the province of Ontario battle a third wave of infections that has forced shutdowns of schools and businesses.

“We are mobilizing federal healthcare workers from across government departments to deploy on the front lines in Ontario and specifically the Greater Toronto area where the situation is most critical,” Trudeau said in a video posted on Twitter.

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