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Coronavirus (Covid-19) informational thread
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I just go look them up on our state website. I don't bother looking at the US totals.
That will work. You can usually get state data on the CDC site as well using the drop down.
New Stealth Omicron has been detected in new cases here in Colorado as well as in the city of Denvers waste water. Last week I had been hearing from a few people that the next wave was already starting but it just didn't show in the numbers yet. I believe them now.
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I'm hoping to not catch the next wave, whenever it comes. Planning a trip in early April to Seattle, and hoping it will be in a lull for the duration. It could be close.
Our numbers are creeping up. Still below 5% of the peak. All of the mitigation stuff is out the window and I suspect that the unvaccinated are more out and about and that there's some percentage of the vaccinated and more of the vaccinated getting infected. Our hospitals are still in pretty good shape as far as capacity goes. My understanding is that the UK infection numbers are pretty high right now but the important numbers are hospitalizations and deaths and I haven't looked at those lately. I usually catch the numbers on Dr. Campbell's videos.
I watch Dr Campbell too. Very informative. Some European countries are starting to see increases. Denmark saw a rise in hospitalizations with COVID, but their health organization looked at the numbers, and they determined that the vast majority of hospitalizations were "incidental" COVID. This video from Dr Campbell is a couple of weeks old, but interesting.
In the US, the CDC web site says almost 82% of the population over 5 y.o. have received at least one shot. Hopefully, everyone will complete the series of shots. Anyway, coupled with natural immunity, there should be a fair amount of protection in the population from severe illness at this point.
I have it on my list to watch his recent BA 2 video which is a day or two old. That should cover hospitalizations and deaths.
That's curious, because my county's COVID-19 site says it's 61.7% here. I find it hard to believe that both stats are correct.
Below is a screen shot of the CDC COVID at a glance web page showing 82% over 5 y.o. with at least one vaccination. I think the confusion can be from the wide variety of ways these numbers are reported, e.g.; at least one vaccination, fully vaccinated, vaccinated with booster, % of eligible population (over 5 y.o.), % of entire population, etc.
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Yeah, the number I reported from my county's COVID-19 web page is % with at least one vaccination. I did that purposefully in order to draw the comparison with the CDC number you posted (#2433). I still don't believe both can be correct, just not gonna be convinced.
Of course, the number I posted from the CDC was for the entire country. Not one particular county. Also, it was the percentage of the eligible population (over 5 y.o.) not the percentage of the total population, so that can be a difference too.
Welp.. looks like the mask mandates are starting up again. This time, with Philadelphia leading the charge.
www.huffpost.com
Reason being that over the past two weeks they have been edging northwards to near 150 positive cases per day.
On top of that, Universities are starting to mask up as well:
www.huffpost.com
Omicron BA.2 is the culprit for this one, although there is supposed to be a new variant making its way around the world that is more contagious than omicron, but not as deadly as Delta, Charlie, or Alpha. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks, especially if positive cases start to trend upwards.
BL.
Philadelphia Restores Indoor Mask Mandate Amid New Wave Of COVID-19 Cases
The city reinstated the mandate, set to take effect April 18, as Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Americans to weigh out their own personal risk in the spread of the virus.
Reason being that over the past two weeks they have been edging northwards to near 150 positive cases per day.
On top of that, Universities are starting to mask up as well:
Universities Bring Back Indoor Mask Mandates As Coronavirus Cases Rise Again
COVID-19 cases have begun to increase across the U.S. as the highly contagious BA.2 subvariant spreads.
Omicron BA.2 is the culprit for this one, although there is supposed to be a new variant making its way around the world that is more contagious than omicron, but not as deadly as Delta, Charlie, or Alpha. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks, especially if positive cases start to trend upwards.
BL.
Welp.. looks like the mask mandates are starting up again. This time, with Philadelphia leading the charge.
Philadelphia Restores Indoor Mask Mandate Amid New Wave Of COVID-19 Cases
The city reinstated the mandate, set to take effect April 18, as Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Americans to weigh out their own personal risk in the spread of the virus.
Reason being that over the past two weeks they have been edging northwards to near 150 positive cases per day.
On top of that, Universities are starting to mask up as well:
Universities Bring Back Indoor Mask Mandates As Coronavirus Cases Rise Again
COVID-19 cases have begun to increase across the U.S. as the highly contagious BA.2 subvariant spreads.
Omicron BA.2 is the culprit for this one, although there is supposed to be a new variant making its way around the world that is more contagious than omicron, but not as deadly as Delta, Charlie, or Alpha. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks, especially if positive cases start to trend upwards.
BL.
Curious. According to the CDC web site, community levels are low in Philadelphia, which per CDC revised guidelines means no indoor mask requirements. Also, the revised CDC guidance is based on hospitalizations not cases. In the age of Omicron, case counts don’t mean much.
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You mean the Omicron XE variant? The one that's less dangerous than even the original BA1 and BA2 variants? There's a reason why I take a daily multivitamin pill and keep a face mask handy at all times.Welp.. looks like the mask mandates are starting up again. This time, with Philadelphia leading the charge.
Philadelphia Restores Indoor Mask Mandate Amid New Wave Of COVID-19 Cases
The city reinstated the mandate, set to take effect April 18, as Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Americans to weigh out their own personal risk in the spread of the virus.
Reason being that over the past two weeks they have been edging northwards to near 150 positive cases per day.
On top of that, Universities are starting to mask up as well:
Universities Bring Back Indoor Mask Mandates As Coronavirus Cases Rise Again
COVID-19 cases have begun to increase across the U.S. as the highly contagious BA.2 subvariant spreads.
Omicron BA.2 is the culprit for this one, although there is supposed to be a new variant making its way around the world that is more contagious than omicron, but not as deadly as Delta, Charlie, or Alpha. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks, especially if positive cases start to trend upwards.
BL.
I would keep an eye on anyone living in the more northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. Would recommend getting more Vitamins B6, C, D3, E, and K plus supplemental zinc through a daily multivitamin pill or a dietary change. And lose some weight and stop smoking, too.
There's a BA3, BA4, and a BA5 variant that is starting to make its way around, plus the talk of those is that some of them are avoiding most immunizations already out there.
BL.
I'd almost agree, but anything beyond BA2 might as well be classed as another coronavirus-based common cold virus. After all, if you look at people getting the common cold, the symptoms have a number of similarities to COVID symptoms.
And just when we mention that, 2 more are going around in New York:
2 new omicron variants are spreading in N.Y. and elsewhere. Here's what we know
The variants — BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1 — have been detected in New York and other states as well as 5 other countries. One has a mutation that seems to give it an edge in evading the immune system.
www.npr.org
BL.
Our family has been keeping up with all of our vaccinations and boosters. I got the J&J in April 2021, and then boosted in October 2021 with Pfizer. I am 62 y.o. in very good health, and I am going to ask my doctor about getting the second booster, for which people over 50 are now eligible. Compared to the original vaccination and first booster, I am not hearing the same enthusiasm among people in my age group (non-scientific sampling of my friends) for the second booster. Are other people getting the same vibe? What is that about?
Well, I’m half your age in my early 30’s. So my opinion may not necessarily be considerable to your age group, but I can tell you, I think the most notable concern coming from my wife [who is a healthcare professional/cardiologist], is that ‘clotting’ is something that seems to be a long-term concern with the amount of vaccinations in such a short time frame. Now, **I don’t have any sources or am I making any claims**, I’m just indicating that’s one of the tangents that’s been discussed in our local group that consist of healthcare professionals expressing their long-term outlook on the aftermath of all this.
Me personally? I am fully vaccinated and boosted, and if anything, that gives me the confidence of allowing to have specific freedoms of not necessarily worrying about trying to dodge a disease that’s completely unavoidable for those who choose to be unvaccinated, with the risks of the unknowns of how their body will react to these variants.
Plus, I think it’s worth noting, four vaccinations for a specific age group is a lot, and it’s not desirable to hurdle through these motions of having these injections, however; there are so many variables of why somebody should consider being current on the vaccinations, but that’s a decision said person needs to make with their healthcare provider and based on that person’s health chart history.
I don’t think it’s easy for anybody just to walk into a clinic and be vaccinated every time a booster is available, it’s a very intimate decision that somebody requires mapping of all angles.
Yeah, it is just kind of weird for me. For the vaccination and 1st booster, my friends and I were all gung-ho to get them. This time around, I hear very little enthusiasm. Perhaps, it is COVID burn-out. Perhaps, people view the threat from Omicron to be less. I just don't know. As I said earlier, I'll talk to me doctor and then decide.