Coronavirus

[Virtual ghost]

Europe’s moral dilemma — vaccinate its kids or donate the doses


Ok, but the rich countries should have at least make sure that healthcare workers are being covered everywhere. Especially since those are truly vital for global stability on the long run. If the doctors and medical staff are thinned out around the world that evidently wouldn't end well for anybody. After all this is how you create refugees.

 

[ceecee]

Europe’s moral dilemma — vaccinate its kids or donate the doses


Ok, but the rich countries should have at least make sure that healthcare workers are being covered everywhere. Especially since those are truly vital for global stability on the long run. If the doctors and medical staff are thinned out around the world that evidently wouldn't end well for anybody. After all this is how you create refugees.

Most Americans can't even process what global stability is or means, that refugees are anything other than brown people and that there would ever be a shortage of anything, including doctors and medical staff.

In other news, there is a huge, early upswing in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in the US. Great job people.

 

[Virtual ghost]

India urges caution as cities gradually reopen

 

[Virtual ghost]

European Parliament backs patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines


The sooner we sort out this pandemic globally the better. Since mutations are genuine risk.

 

[ceecee]

Covid: Doctor warns Southern states vulnerable to Delta variant this summer

 

[ceecee]

COVID-19 can infiltrate insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, study suggests | Live Science

In addition, some studies suggest that severe COVID-19 may trigger diabetes in people with no previous history of the condition, again raising the possibility that the virus infects beta cells, Live Science previously reported. This trend is still being investigated, but given the new data, Jackson said that he thinks the virus may sometimes induce diabetes by injuring beta cells; this would be most likely to occur when people with prediabetes, or other health conditions that raise the risk of diabetes, develop a severe case of COVID-19.

Type 1 diabetes will require insulin every day. Insulin retail for between $175 and $300 a vial in the US. A new insulin pump costs about $6,000 out of pocket, plus another $3,000 to $6,000 annually for ongoing supplies.

I'm going out on a limb here and betting there will be all kinds of COVID related health crisis in people who had it or people were asymptomatic, not to mention the damage from variants.

 

[The Cat]

Covid: Doctor warns Southern states vulnerable to Delta variant this summer

ive had both shots and tbh im considering just extending my not doing anything physically social my state is like the worst for covid safety already.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Why AIDS history is repeating in COVID-19

 

[Patches]

Why AIDS history is repeating in COVID-19

Trump took a lot of notes out of Ronald Reagan's playbook throughout his presidency. It's really not a shock that ignoring or downplaying a problem, and then proceeding to vilify and cast doubt upon the victims and scientists trying to resolve said problem... Turns out poorly. Crazy how that works. They're both directly responsible for the unnecessary deaths of many thousands of people.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Trump took a lot of notes out of Ronald Reagan's playbook throughout his presidency. It's really not a shock that ignoring or downplaying a problem, and then proceeding to vilify and cast doubt upon the victims and scientists trying to resolve said problem... Turns out poorly. Crazy how that works. They're both directly responsible for the unnecessary deaths of many thousands of people.

I think the numbers are probably in millions of unnecessary deaths at this point. Even if they aren't for COVID they evidently will be by the time all of this is over globally.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I think the numbers are probably in millions of unnecessary deaths at this point. Even if they aren't for COVID they evidently will be by the time all of this is over globally.

Yup. Covid finally caused me to place Trump on even footing with Dubya as the worst President ever.

 

[Patches]

Yup. Covid finally caused me to place Trump on even footing with Dubya as the worst President ever.

Reagan has been the most damaging president in history for the quality of life of the average American. Those two get silver and bronze.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Reagan has been the most damaging president in history for the quality of life of the average American. Those two get silver and bronze.

True, those two are more like continuations and copies. Not the original that started the whole show.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Reagan has been the most damaging president in history for the quality of life of the average American. Those two get silver and bronze.

Well, he certainly belongs there. I was a baby when he was President but undoubtedly he created many of the trends that blossomed into what we have now.

 

[Coriolis]

Reagan has been the most damaging president in history for the quality of life of the average American. Those two get silver and bronze.

Well, he certainly belongs there. I was a baby when he was President but undoubtedly he created many of the trends that blossomed into what we have now.

I have been saying this for a very long time, and routinely get shouted down by people who think he was some kind of latter-day Lincoln. Reagan laid the foundation for some of the worst directions our country has taken since his time in office. I hope more people are finally starting to realize this.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Worldometer


Worldometer now also measures "recovered cases" from day to day.

 

[Virtual ghost]

COVID: A huge tragedy is unfolding in Afghanistan

 

[Virtual ghost]

On the local news our main epidemiologist said: we have to prepare for the next wave in the fall by vaccinating as many as we can.



Since even a third of the population is more than enough to explode the epidemic in colder days if they aren't vaccinated. Especially since this are mostly people from similar social circles.

 

[ceecee]

Manatee County closes main office after COVID outbreak | Bradenton Herald

On Monday, one of four IT staffers who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 died, according to Hopes. A fifth IT staffer who went to the doctor on Wednesday, died at home Thursday from COVID-19.

One staffer in the department who worked closely with the other five and didn’t contract the coronavirus was vaccinated. All five who contracted the virus had a sore throat as their initial primary complaint.

“These were not elderly employees,” Hopes said.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Life is really ironic sometimes. Here the last remains of the pandemic are dying out but now there is such heatwave outside that being out after 10 AM really isn't smart idea. After 30 minutes there is so much sweat as if you showered and just put your cloths on.