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Post by domeplease on Feb 20, 2021 15:57:26 GMT -5
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Post by domeplease on Feb 21, 2021 12:46:53 GMT -5
--02-21-21 NOT GOOD AT ALL: edition.cnn.com/2021/02/21/europe/russia-h5n8-avian-flu-poultry-humans-intl/index.html Russia tells WHO it has detected first case of avian flu strain in humans. --02-20-21: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/uk-virus-variant-is-probably-deadlier-scientists-say/ar-BB1dEBjK?li=BBnb7Kz U.K. Virus Variant Is Probably Deadlier, Scientists Say.--02-20-21 SAD—THE MINORITIES GET SCREW, EVERY WHICH WAY THEY TURN IN AMERICA—SO DAMN SAD: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/majority-of-people-receiving-covid-19-vaccines-are-white-which-fauci-calls-disturbing/ar-BB1dRq2T?li=BBnbfcL Majority of people receiving COVID-19 vaccines are white, which Fauci calls 'disturbing' Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said on Friday that racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination are "very disturbing." Fauci made the remark during an interview on MSNBC's "The Reid Out," he and host Joy Reid were discussing data which showed that white populations were getting vaccinated at higher rates than communities of color. "They're getting a double whammy against them, not only do they have the propensity because of their jobs out in the community to get infected, they have the underlying conditions that make them more likely to get a serious outcome," Fauci said of the underserved populations. "Now [that] we have vaccinations available, the proportions that you showed are very disturbing." While Fauci recognized a sense of "understandable vaccine hesitancy" among minority communities, he noted that it is important to actively expand vaccine access to minority populations. "We've got to really extend ourselves in the community to get the access to minority populations that they don't have," Fauci said, noting that President Biden has actively set up vaccination centers in areas heavily populated by minority communities. --02-20-21 NO SHOULD HAVE TO WALK SIX MILES TO GET THE VACCINE IN AMERICA:us.cnn.com/2021/02/20/us/seattle-woman-90-walks-vaccine-trnd/index.html A 90-year-old Seattle woman walks six miles in snow to get her Covid-19 vaccine. |
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Post by inger on Feb 21, 2021 15:23:46 GMT -5
“Understandable vaccine hesitancy” among minorities. I wasn’t aware this one existed. I had heard about the whites traveling to neighboring states in their greedy quest to get vaccinated ASAP.
I’m wondering why minorities are refusing the vaccine, and why Dr. F. Feels that it’s “understandable”. Is it equally understandable if a 65 year old white person is not all that thrilled about taking the vaccine???
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Post by inger on Feb 21, 2021 15:29:29 GMT -5
Geez, you should vet these articles better, DOME.
This was a cute little story about a 90-year old woman who is an avid walker who decided she would walk so she didn’t miss an appointment. She didn’t “have to” walk, she wanted to. She had an appointment at the clinic and with roads bad she wanted to make sure she got there...
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Post by inger on Feb 21, 2021 16:11:42 GMT -5
What I really wanted to know is: Was it uphill both ways?...
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Post by domeplease on Feb 23, 2021 17:39:50 GMT -5
MUST READ:
California's coronavirus strain looks increasingly dangerous: 'The devil is already here'
A coronavirus variant that emerged in mid-2020 and surged to become the dominant strain in California not only spreads more readily than its predecessors, but also evades antibodies generated by COVID-19 vaccines or prior infection and is associated with severe illness and death, researchers said.
In a study that helps explain the state’s dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths — and portends further trouble ahead — scientists at UC San Francisco said the cluster of mutations that characterizes the homegrown strain should mark it as a “variant of concern” on par with those from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.
“The devil is already here,” said Dr. Charles Chiu, who led the UCSF team of geneticists, epidemiologists, statisticians and other scientists in a wide-ranging analysis of the new variant, which they call B.1.427/B.1.429. “I wish it were different. But the science is the science.”
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Post by domeplease on Feb 25, 2021 17:44:14 GMT -5
***--02-23-21: www.cnbc.com/2021/02/23/covid-variants-heres-everything-you-need-to-know.html From escape mutations to wild strains: Here’s everything you need to know about Covid variants
The three main “variants of concern” that have U.S. officials on edge were first identified in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.
As the coronavirus spreads, it makes huge numbers of copies of itself, and each version is a little different than the one before it, experts say.
As more people become infected, the more likely problematic mutations will arise.***--02-23-21: edition.cnn.com/2021/02/23/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html After a devastating milestone, Covid-19 vaccine makers pledge hundreds of millions of doses through July
After Covid-19 took the lives of half a million victims in the US, the nation's top infectious disease expert said the mass tragedy was avoidable.
"It does ... pain me when I see things like pleading for people to do the kinds of things that you know work -- the mask wearing, the physical separation -- and the denial," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
It was "actually painful for me" to see hospitals overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients, he said, and "in those same regions, there were people who were denying that this was going on, saying, 'Oh, it's fake news, it's a hoax.'
I mean, how could you possibly say that when people in your own state, your own city, your own county, are dying?"
"Here we are today, looking at 500,000 Americans who've died thus far," Fauci said.
"That's the proof of what actually has been going on. You can't deny that."
The US Covid-19 death toll is by far the highest of any country -- and more than double that of Brazil's, which according to Johns Hopkins University data has the next highest number of virus-related fatalities.
--02-23-21: edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mexico-pandemic-tourism-health-balance/index.html Risky business? Balancing Mexico's pandemic response with tourism.--02-23-21: mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/official-count-is-2-million-coronavirus-cases-but-university-says-its-at-least-17-million/ Official count is 2 million coronavirus cases but university says it’s at least 17 million.
UNAM estimates there could have been as many as 53 million
Mexico’s real coronavirus case tally is at least nine times higher than the total officially reported and could be up to 26 times higher, according to National Autonomous University (UNAM) estimates.
The official accumulated case tally rose to 2.02 million on Thursday but according to estimates on the UNAM Covid-19 Geographic Information Platform, there have been a minimum of 17.81 million cases since the virus was first detected here almost a year ago and a maximum of 53.43 million. |
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Post by inger on Feb 25, 2021 21:54:58 GMT -5
Counting the virus remains nigh to impossible, continuing to negate the effort to produce true scientific answers. Garbage in, garbage out. We need truth...
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Post by domeplease on Feb 26, 2021 17:19:30 GMT -5
Counting the virus remains nigh to impossible, continuing to negate the effort to produce true scientific answers. Garbage in, garbage out. We need truth... YOU COULDN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH...
When the count is finally done (IF EVER) my $$$ are on America for having the MOST DEATHS.
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Post by inger on Feb 26, 2021 19:37:15 GMT -5
Counting the virus remains nigh to impossible, continuing to negate the effort to produce true scientific answers. Garbage in, garbage out. We need truth... YOU COULDN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH...
When the count is finally done (IF EVER) my $$$ are on America for having the MOST DEATHS.
I believe that to be correct, as well. What’s more important in judging efficacy is deaths per capita. That will vary greatly in smaller countries, sort of like baseball and the small sample sizes. |
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Post by domeplease on Feb 27, 2021 14:54:34 GMT -5
--02-26-21 IT AMAZES ME HOW STUPID FOLKS CAN BE: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/people-are-poisoning-themselves-trying-to-treat-or-prevent-covid-19-with-a-horse-de-worming-drug/ar-BB1e3azU?li=BBnbfcL People are poisoning themselves trying to treat or prevent COVID-19 with a horse de-worming drug. People are using ivermectin, a paste used to de-worm horses, in a flawed attempt to treat COVID-19. While it can be safe for human in some forms, people are using equestrian doses, ABC reported. Ivermectin can be poisonous to people and cause seizures, trouble breathing, and heart problems. People are trying to treat and prevent COVID-19 by taking ivermectin, a medication commonly used to de-worm horses - and they are poisoning themselves in the process. --***A MUST READ—02-27-21—NYT on Feb. 26, 2021: What wartime mobilization really means President Biden has compared the fight against Covid-19 to wartime mobilization. And successful wartime mobilization in the United States has always involved much more than the government. The best example is World War II, when private companies like Ford and General Motors quickly overhauled their operations to contribute to the war effort. In the fight against Covid, however, the private sector — with the big exception of pharmaceutical companies — has done relatively little so far. It has not made a major push to persuade Americans to remain socially distant, wear masks or get vaccinated as soon as possible. Later this morning, Biden administration officials and business leaders will announce a plan to change that, White House officials told me. The plan includes some of the country’s largest corporate lobbying groups — like the Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, the National Association of Manufacturers and groups representing Asian, Black and Latino executives — as well as some big-name companies. Ford and The Gap will donate more than 100 million masks for free distribution. Pro sports leagues will help set aside more than 100 stadiums and arenas to become mass vaccination sites. Uber, PayPal and Walgreens will provide free rides for people to get to vaccination sites. Best Buy, Dollar General and Target will give their workers paid time off to get a shot. And the White House will urge many more companies to do likewise. Many of the steps are fairly straightforward, even obvious. That they have not happened already is a reflection of the Trump administration’s disorganized Covid response. Trump officials oversaw a highly successful program to develop vaccines, but otherwise often failed to take basic measures that other countries did take. “We’ve been overwhelmed with outreach from companies saying, ‘We want to help, we want to help, we want to help,’” Andy Slavitt, a White House pandemic adviser, told me yesterday. “What a missed opportunity the first year of this virus was.” |
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Post by domeplease on Mar 2, 2021 17:08:21 GMT -5
DO ME’S VIRUS THOUGHTS: Just heard that some Americans are refusing to take the Vaccine because THEY BELIEVE the vaccine will change their brains into Monkey Type Brains. I am baffled by this, since Monkey Brains would be a MAJOR Improvement for them. Do Me ***A MUST READ--03-02-21 IF THEY WANT TO BE STUPID & REFUSE THE VACCINE LET CATCH THE VIRUS & DIE!!!: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-is-how-many-people-are-refusing-the-covid-19-vaccine-in-texas/ar-BB1e98sO?ocid=hplocalnews As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, several variants of the virus have emerged. Some of the newly circulating variants spread more easily and more quickly than their predecessors, therefore adding a new urgency to vaccine distribution. The Biden Administration’s ambitious plan to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer faces multiple challenges -- and not all are related to distribution or production. According to a recent survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, 44,970,000 Americans -- or 18.0% of the 18 and older population -- say they will either probably or definitely not get the vaccination when given the opportunity.
The majority of Americans who are against personally taking the vaccine cite one of three reasons: concern about possible side effects, wanting to wait to see if it is safe, or thinking others would benefit more than themselves from a vaccination.
Others cite different reasons.
Nationwide, 19,860,000 people, 8.0% of the eligible population, do not trust the COVID-19 vaccines, and another 8,530,000, or 3.4%, are anti-vaccines in general.
Additionally, 17,660,000 American adults, 7.1% of those eligible, will likely refuse a vaccination because they do not trust the government.
In Texas, an estimated 4,050,800 adults, or 19.0% of the eligible population, say they will likely refuse the vaccine.
Of all adults in the state, 9.9% will refuse because they do not trust the COVID-19 vaccine specifically, 2.9% because they are against vaccination in general, and 7.7% because they distrust the government.--03-01-21: edition.cnn.com/2021/03/01/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html All our recent progress with Covid-19 could be wiped out by variants, CDC director says. 'Please stay strong'
(CNN) The US is at risk of losing all its recent gains in the battle against Covid-19 as highly contagious variants take advantage of Americans getting lax with safety measures."Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained," said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After weeks of tumbling case numbers, new infections are on the rise again -- about 2% more this past week compared to the previous week, Walensky said Monday. "Similarly, the most recent seven-day average of deaths has also increased more than 2% ... to nearly 2,000 deaths per day.” "I am really worried about reports that more states are rolling back the exact public health measures we have recommended to protect people from Covid-19," she said. --03-01-21: edition.cnn.com/2021/03/02/americas/mexican-indigenous-communities-covid-19-vaccine-intl-latam/index.html Whole towns are refusing Covid-19 vaccines in Mexico.--03-02-21: slate.com/human-interest/2021/03/covid-folklore-pandemic-stories-vaccines.html How the Stories We Tell About COVID Can Help—or Hinder—Vaccination Efforts A year into the pandemic, a powerful “folklore” has already taken hold. --02-28-21: edition.cnn.com/2021/02/28/europe/czech-republic-coronavirus-disaster-intl/index.html How the Czech Republic slipped into a Covid disaster, one misstep at a time This country has an infection rate six times higher than the US (CNN)On an epidemiological map of the world, the Czech Republic shows up as a tiny island of doom and gloom. While the global number of new coronavirus cases has been dropping for six consecutive weeks, the Central European nation of 10 million has been experiencing near record levels of new infections. A new, more infectious variant of the virus has spread across the country, pushing Czech hospitals to the brink of collapse. The country's death toll has just surpassed 20,000. Its death rate is among the highest in the world. --02-28-21: us.cnn.com/2021/02/27/business/manufacturing-ceo-covid-biden-trump/index.html Manufacturing CEO: Before Biden, it felt like we were fighting the pandemic alone.
A former Republican operative who now leads one of the nation's most powerful business groups is praising President Joe Biden's efforts to defeat the coronavirus pandemic.
"It is fantastic to have a partner in the White House," Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, told CNN Business. "We felt like we were fighting this fight, frankly, all alone for the last year."
NAM, which represents more than 130,000 manufacturers, announced Friday it is planning to partner with the Biden administration to help fight the pandemic.
Our job is to get real information and facts to our workforce to let them know how safe the vaccine is, how important it is to get it, and how real the pandemic is."
Timmons, who said his father died from Covid, criticized the Trump administration's track record on the health crisis.
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Post by domeplease on Mar 5, 2021 17:51:08 GMT -5
DO ME’S THOUGHTS:BRAVO TO MOST ASIAN COUNTRIES, NZ, OZ AND A FEW OTHERS THAT HAVE PROPERLY HANDLED THIS PANDEMIC—WHILE AMERICA, for the most part, continues to F-U the handling of the Pandemic (re-opening to soon—still millions refusing to wear masks; but there have been RECENT improvements in the way we are handling the pandemic with the new Admin., etc.). AND, WE HAVE SPRING BREAK UPON US = SUPER SURGE EVENT!!! --03-04-21 AMERICANS FOR THE MOST PART ARE STUPID BE STUPID FOREVER:www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fauci-decisions-to-ease-virus-restrictions-inexplicable/ar-BB1ef3Dj?li=BBnb7KzFauci: Decisions to ease virus restrictions 'inexplicable' Anthony Fauci is calling decisions by the governors of Texas and Mississippi to lift coronavirus restrictions "inexplicable" and warning the moves could lead to another spike in cases. "What we don't need right now is another surge, so just pulling back on all of the public health guidelines that we know work, and if you take a look at the curve we know it works, it just is inexplicable why you would want to pull back now," Fauci, the government's top infectious diseases expert, said on CNN late Wednesday. --03-04-21: www.cnbc.com/2021/03/04/fauci-troops-who-opt-out-of-covid-vaccine-are-part-of-the-problem.htmlFauci says military members who opt out of Covid vaccine are inadvertently ‘part of the problem’Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that U.S. service members who are eligible but opt out of taking the coronavirus vaccine are “inadvertently being part of the problem” of lengthening the pandemic. “You’ve got to think of your own health, which is really very important, but you got to think about your societal obligation,” Fauci said. Last month, the Pentagon acknowledged that approximately one-third of U.S. military service members declined to take the voluntary coronavirus vaccine. --03-04-21 MR. BIDEN IS CORRECT—WE HAVE MILLIONS OF NEANDERTHALS IN AMERICA & SADLY I FEAR THEIR NUMBERS ARE GROWING…www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bidens-neanderthal-thinking-remark-prompts-furor-in-mississippi-texas/ar-BB1eeMDx?li=BBnb7Kz***--03-04-21 HUGE BRAVO TO WV GOP GOV.-BRAVO AGAIN: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-west-virginia-pharmacist-on-how-the-state-became-a-vaccine-success-story/ar-BB1efr28?li=BBnb7KzA West Virginia pharmacist on how the state became a vaccine success story As the Covid-19 vaccine rollout continues across America, it’s become clear that the process is anything but streamlined — many have been left feeling confused and helpless about getting an appointment scheduled, the privileged seem to have easier access to vaccines, and states are going about the process in highly individualized ways. One success story, however, has been vaccination in West Virginia. The state isn’t typically known for great health outcomes — it has one of the worst life expectancies in the nation due to high rates of drug overdose, diabetes, and heart disease. But West Virginia has become a national leader on vaccination, boasting one of the highest rates in the world. The state’s success is due in part to its history of turning to the National Guard to help handle emergencies like flooding and other disasters. Given that, it’s no surprise that Gov. Jim Justice decided to skip the federal plan, which partnered with CVS and Walgreens, instead relying on the National Guard and a strong network of local pharmacies to handle the distribution. In West Virginia, due to a 1963 law, local pharmacies outnumber the national chains. Many are operated by people who grew up in the community, know their customers well, and have existing relationships with nursing homes for distributing flu vaccines. The result has been swift and decisive: To date, 15 percent of the population has received the first vaccine shot, 9.3 percent are fully vaccinated, and 108.1.3 percent of the state’s total doses have been used (they were able to achieve above 100 percent by squeezing extra doses out of some of the vaccine vials they received). Drew Massey is in charge of vaccinations at Fruth Pharmacy, a small family-owned general store and pharmacy chain based in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. (Since its first store opened in 1952, Fruth has expanded and includes 29 stores, mostly in West Virginia but also in Ohio and Kentucky). Massey grew up in rural West Virginia in a family of educators and coal miners and spent more than a decade working as a pharmacist at Kmart before moving to Fruth in 2014, where he has worked his way up to director of pharmacy operations. --03-03-21: www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/brazils-covid-crisis-is-a-warning-to-the-whole-world-scientists-say/ar-BB1ebH5J?li=BBnb7KzBrazil’s Covid Crisis Is a Warning to the Whole World, Scientists SayRIO DE JANEIRO — Covid-19 has already left a trail of death and despair in Brazil, one of the worst in the world. Now, a year into the pandemic, the country is setting another wrenching record. a group of people standing in front of a cloudy sky: Brazil is facing a spike in Covid-19 deaths and an overwhelmed health care system. A more contagious variant of the virus may be part of the problem.. No other nation that experienced such a major outbreak is still grappling with record-setting death tolls and a health care system on the brink of collapse. Many other hard-hit nations are, instead, taking tentative steps toward a semblance of normalcy. But Brazil is battling a more contagious variant that has trampled one major city and is spreading to others, even as Brazilians toss away precautionary measures that could keep them safe.
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Post by domeplease on Mar 6, 2021 16:45:33 GMT -5
VIRUS:
***MUST READ--03-05-21 SADLY THIS MIGHT COME BACK & HAUNT US: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-05/u-s-is-losing-global-pr-war-over-covid-19-vaccines?srnd=premium U.S. Vaccine Hoarding Is Alienating the WorldBy insisting on inoculating all Americans before releasing doses for other countries, the Biden administration is undermining its claim to global leadership. China has shipped millions of doses to Africa and elsewhere. Mihir Swarup Sharma is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi and head of its Economy and Growth Programme. He is the author of "Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy," and co-editor of "What the Economy Needs Now." Those Americans who cheered President Joe Biden’s announcement this week that the U.S. would have enough vaccines to inoculate every citizen by the end of July might want to note the cold silence with which the rest of the world greeted the news. Biden’s triumphalism was more than a little grating, considering that the U.S., alongside most other rich countries, has essentially chosen to corner the market on shots that are desperately needed elsewhere. Just this Monday, the Mexican president asked Biden to share some of the U.S. vaccine supply, promising to return the favor when Mexico, which has the world’s third-highest Covid-19 death toll, receives its contracted deliveries a few months from now. When asked if Biden would grant the request, the White House press secretary replied with a flat no. The world had hoped “America First” would end when Biden replaced former U.S. President Donald Trump. It hasn’t. Before considering sharing even a portion of its supply with the rest of the world, the U.S. intends to vaccinate every American who wants a jab. Biden’s White House did offer up $4 billion through 2022 for the COVAX fund, which buys vaccines for poorer countries. But that money won’t help much right now if there are no shots available on the market. Back in January, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had sharp words for such vaccine nationalism: “The rich countries of the world went out and acquired large doses of vaccines from the developers and manufacturers of these vaccines, and some countries have even gone beyond and acquired up to four times what their populations need. … That was aimed at hoarding these vaccines and now this is being done to the exclusion of other countries in the world that most need this.” Ramaphosa wasn’t asking for free shots either. He just wanted the West to stop gobbling up the available supply from its companies so doses could be purchased by the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team. Nobody denies that it is politically difficult for any leader to send vaccines abroad before every citizen is vaccinated at home. But helping control the pandemic across the world at about the same rate is not just the moral thing to do, it’s sensible. It minimizes the death toll and helps reduce the chance of yet more virulent variants appearing. It’s also, seen properly, good politics. Bloomberg’s vaccine tracker illustrates exactly how out of the norm the U.S.’s behavior has been. The country has already delivered 24 shots for every 100 Americans. In comparison, China has given 3.7 for every 100 of its residents, Russia 2.7, and India 1.1. Yet, unlike Biden, the leaders of India, Russia and China have already begun shipping millions of doses abroad. This week, half a million shots of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in the Caribbean from India. Some two million doses have been delivered to Mexico, with the rest to follow this month. Argentina is getting 20 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik-V by the end of March. Chile had ordered 10 million Pfizer shots, but just 150,000 arrived. It had to start immunizations with four million Sinovac doses from China and has since gained praise for running one of the world’s most efficient vaccine rollout programs. China, Russia and India have all prioritized their most vulnerable citizens, naturally. But they are also giving the rest of the world a chance to protect those most at risk. Some of their shipments may be self-serving tokenism — but not all. By contrast, the U.S. seems intent on vaccinating its 25-year-olds before octogenarians in its allies. Amid the rush of executive orders in Biden’s first days in office, there was one major exception: Trump’s ban on vaccine exports remained in place. Many are now asking what kind of superpower the U.S. hopes to be. How can the U.S. reclaim the mantle of global leadership if Biden won’t even try to make the case domestically for a more generous attitude toward the rest of the world? For that matter, can you really call young Democrats “progressive” if they’re more exercised about a budget manager's Senate confirmation than about the U.S. prolonging a global pandemic? That both sides of the political aisle in the U.S. seem uninterested in either morality or logic when it comes to vaccines sends a dispiriting message. No country with policies or politics so inward-looking and self-centered can hope to lead the world in the 21st century. --03-05-21 SOUNDS LIKE AMERICA???: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/04/coronavirus-overweight-global-report/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_worldview&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_todayworld&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3056eeb%2F6041d3cb9d2fda4c88fd040e%2F596b994aade4e24119b67bb3%2F42%2F68%2F6041d3cb9d2fda4c88fd040e Most coronavirus deaths have occurred in countries where majority of adults are overweight The vast majority of global coronavirus deaths occurred in nations with high levels of obesity, according to a report linking overweight populations with more severe coronavirus-related illness and mortality. The report, by the World Obesity Federation, found that 88 percent of deaths due to covid-19 in the first year of the pandemic were in countries where more than half of the population is classified as overweight, which it defines as having a body mass index (BMI) above 25. Obesity, generally defined as BMI above 30, is associated with particularly severe outcomes. Among the nations with overweight populations above the 50 percent threshold were also those with some of the largest proportions of coronavirus deaths — including countries such as Britain, Italy and the United States.
Some 2.5 million people have died around the world of covid-19, more than 517,000 of which were in the United States.--03-05-21 STUPID BE STUPID FOREVER: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-give-in-to-lure-of-reopening-defying-health-warnings/ar-BB1eg240?li=BBnb7Kz States Give In to Lure of Reopening, Defying Health Warnings.--03-05-21 STUPID BE STUPID FOREVER: www.cnbc.com/2021/03/05/dr-scott-gottlieb-easing-covid-restrictions-but-keeping-masks-a-good-compromise.html Dr. Scott Gottlieb says Covid mask mandates should be last virus mitigation measures lifted. Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC governors are right to begin easing Covid restrictions on businesses as long as mask policies remain in effect. “Leaving the masks in place, having that be the last thing we lift, I think that’s prudent,” the ex-FDA chief said. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House chief medical advisor, said Thursday that rolling back restrictions right now was “inexplicable. --03-05-21 STUPID BE STUPID FOREVER: 247wallst.com/healthcare-economy/2021/03/05/covid-19-wyoming-is-the-state-where-the-most-people-will-refuse-vaccines/ Wyoming is the state where the most people likely or definitely will refuse vaccination:
Adults likely or definitely refusing vaccination: 142,019 (32.8% of total)
Adults likely or definitely being vaccinated: 194,004 (44.8% of total)
Adults fully vaccinated: 55,305 (12.8% of total)
Confirmed COVID-19 cases to date: 9,415 per 100,000 people (total: 54,394)
COVID-19-related fatalities to date: 116 per 100,000 people (total: 671). |
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Post by domeplease on Mar 7, 2021 14:21:43 GMT -5
--03-06-21 NOT GOOD NEWS; BUT THE IDIOTS ARE RE-OPENING & DROPPING WEAR MASKS, ETC.: us.yahoo.com/news/oregon-scientists-virus-variant-worrying-151505340.html In Oregon, Scientists Find a Virus Variant With a Worrying Mutation
Scientists in Oregon have spotted a homegrown version of a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus that first surfaced in Britain — but now it's combined with a mutation that may make the variant less susceptible to vaccines. The researchers have so far found just a single case of this formidable combination, but genetic analysis suggested that the variant had been acquired in the community and did not arise in the patient. “We didn’t import this from elsewhere in the world — it occurred spontaneously,” said Brian O’Roak, a geneticist at Oregon Health and Science University who led the work. He and his colleagues participate in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s effort to track variants, and they have deposited their results in databases shared by scientists.
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2. A more contagious coronavirus variant first discovered in the U.K. is spreading fast in the U.S., even as the overall number of cases is leveling off there. One analysis suggests the possibly more lethal British variant, known as B.1.1.7, accounts for more than 20 percent of new U.S. cases as of this week. Still, experts note that the low total case counts in states with a high share of B.1.1.7 are an encouraging sign. Some state officials have continued to lift restrictions steadily, despite worry over variants and warnings from top federal health officials, like Dr. Anthony Fauci, that doing so could be premature. On Friday, he said that the country had plateaued at between 60,000 and 70,000 new cases per day, and he warned that the U.S. could be headed for yet another surge in cases. And while U.S. virus supplies ran short last spring, forcing health workers to wear trash bags as P.P.E., one firm profited by selling the overburdened federal stockpile drugs for a different threat: anthrax. 3. “It’s still a nightmare.” That’s Mercedes Reyes, whose daughter Clarissa died of Covid-19 at 27. Mercedes is one of millions of Americans who are adjusting to a new reality without their loved ones, a loss that would have been unimaginable only a year ago. We spoke to the people the pandemic left behind. “When she passed I told her, ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t be here with you, they didn’t let me be here with you — I’m sorry, my daughter; I love you and we meet again,’” Ms. Reyes recalled. One in three Americans has lost someone to the coronavirus. Our series, Those We’ve Lost, is putting the names and faces to the numbers.
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--03-06-21: www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-osterholm-spring-break-warning_n_60419382c5b69078ac69edcc?ncid=newsltushpmgpolitics Infectious Disease Expert Reveals When And How Next Coronavirus Wave Will Start
Infectious diseases expert Michael Osterholm is warning that it’s much too soon to remove mask mandates and reopen businesses, like Texas and Mississippi are doing right now.
And he offered some advice about what he would tell those states about dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s never too late to do the right thing,” Osterholm told MSNBC’s Chuck Todd on Thursday. “Go back.”
Osterholm, who is director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said he understood the desire to return to normal, but as new variants spread, this could turn out to be an opportune time for the virus.
“The problem is right now we’re opening up in a way that’s just an invitation for this virus to spread,” Osterholm said, noting the spring break events in the coming weeks.
“All these students are gonna be where all this virus is and then they’re gonna be coming home,” he added. “We have air flights now at an all-time high. We have people going back to bars and restaurants.”
Osterholm pointed out that when the variants surged in Europe late last year, those countries were already in a lockdown “and they still had a hard time.”--03-06-21 STUPID BE STUPID: us.yahoo.com/news/crowded-subways-teeming-markets-brazil-132924794.html Crowded subways and teeming markets in Brazil as world watches on in horror.--03-06-21 I AGREE: www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/dr-fauci-says-this-is-exactly-when-we-can-get-rid-of-covid-restrictions/ss-BB1ejmiB?li=BBnbfcL#image=5 Dr. Fauci Says This Is Exactly When We Can Get Rid of COVID Restrictions. |
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