Covfefe-19 The 12th Part: The Only Thing Worse Than This New Board Is TrumpVirus2020

[French Rage]

Now it all makes sense; Jeb thinks it was the vaccines that killed his mom: https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-...m-named-martha

[dxmnkd316]

I thought the controlled study showed the rebound was statistically more frequent than with placebo.

[dxmnkd316]

That’s the latest thing on Paxlovid… sounds like it is still proving to be good at keeping those high risk out of the hospital but does not do much for the regular crowd - and maybe just prolongs the time it takes to clear it from the system (but who knows? Just my observation). It seems like they are giving it to everyone and anyone now, not just those who are truly in the high risk category for who it was intended.

edit: sounds like paxlovid only extending quarantine for those who don’t really need it could be a thing:

From this article:
https://time.com/6181388/paxlovid-rebound-what-to-know/

See, that doesn't make sense to me. It helps people would have been worse but does the opposite for people who wouldn't have had it that bad?

[Kepler]

I got it all set up...

This is triggering an ancient memory. Is this clip from Bugs Bunny?

[Kepler]

That’s the latest thing on Paxlovid… sounds like it is still proving to be good at keeping those high risk out of the hospital but does not do much for the regular crowd - and maybe just prolongs the time it takes to clear it from the system (but who knows? Just my observation). It seems like they are giving it to everyone and anyone now, not just those who are truly in the high risk category for who it was intended.

They gave my wife Paxlovid because of the MS. They gave it to me because I'm fat.

[ericredaxe]

They gave my wife Paxlovid because of the MS. They gave it to me because I'm fat.

It is good it is available and hopefully helping! As walrus said, keep an eye on the rebound. And of course i hope you are feeling better.

[walrus]

The new rules on the antiviral is not give them out unless you are high risk because of the rebound apparently.

Anyone else getting Trump silver dollar ads on USCHO, Too funny

[Kepler]

The new rules on the antiviral is not give them out unless you are high risk because of the rebound apparently.

Given that currently my wife, her sister, her niece, our daughter, our future son-in-law, and myself are all positive, can you elaborate on the rebound and why that changed guidance on the antivirals? Thank you.

[Kepler]

It is good it is available and hopefully helping! As walrus said, keep an eye on the rebound. And of course i hope you are feeling better.

Thank you.

I don't know whether the antivirals actually do anything to mitigate how covid hits us immediately but rather is a protection against long covid, so I guess it will be "helping" if we don't have persistent symptoms, particularly Bonni because she is relatively higher risk than the rest of us. She got slammed on day 1 and 2 after testing positive and has been improving. I was absolutely fine the first two days after testing positive but I gotta say I have been very slowly but noticeably feeling worse. It's my day 4 and in addition to fatigue I now do feel sick, which I didn't before. But I'm nowhere close to how badly Bonni felt on day 1 and 2. The antivirals still make me hyper AF, they had no such effect on Bonni or anybody else we know.

The key for me is my daughter feels better and her fiance, who "started" it all, is totally 100% now on day 8ish. I think it is likely we are all following the same curve, we just tested positive at different points on it. We'll never really know for sure what the sync dates are, nor does it matter if we all clear successfully.

[rufus]

Now it all makes sense; Jeb thinks it was the vaccines that killed his mom: https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-...m-named-martha

I have it on good authority from the old guys down at the Legion Hall that Jebbie's mom is alive and well, and still providing her special services upon request.

[Kepler]

I have it on good authority from the old guys down at the Legion Hall that Jebbie's mom is alive and well, and still providing her special services upon request.

"What's an aquadump?"

Nobody commented that The Little Brown One broke with the whole family, went full-on Dump, and lost his primary anyway. Must be even more awkward around the Jebber household these days.

[dxmnkd316]

Maybe 10% people at the MSP airport in any sort of mask.

[MichVandal]

I know this is very much in the last page in terms of news, as the US as settled into kind of a steady state mode.

And it's not nearly as good as some would try to make you think- the 7 day average has been around 300/day for quite a while now. That's a big improvement over the darkest days, most certainly, but from an annual basis, that's still over 100,000 Americans who die. Somewhere between 1.5-3x that of influenza. For the people who claim this is just like the cold, remind me how many people die of a cold?

It's astonishing how people are so very casual about this many deaths in a year, and it's ok. If it were the flu- I'm not sure how it would be seen, given it's worse than the worst flu season in some time.

I'm very glad we are so much better than the darkest days, don't get me wrong. But for anyone to pretend that this is all over- I sure hope you have all of your booster shots. (thankfully, here in my county, a gross majority have been vaccinated, and most people I've met have been boosted. It's been over a month since someone died here from COVID.

[unofan]

I know this is very much in the last page in terms of news, as the US as settled into kind of a steady state mode.

And it's not nearly as good as some would try to make you think- the 7 day average has been around 300/day for quite a while now. That's a big improvement over the darkest days, most certainly, but from an annual basis, that's still over 100,000 Americans who die. Somewhere between 1.5-3x that of influenza. For the people who claim this is just like the cold, remind me how many people die of a cold?

It's astonishing how people are so very casual about this many deaths in a year, and it's ok. If it were the flu- I'm not sure how it would be seen, given it's worse than the worst flu season in some time.

I'm very glad we are so much better than the darkest days, don't get me wrong. But for anyone to pretend that this is all over- I sure hope you have all of your booster shots. (thankfully, here in my county, a gross majority have been vaccinated, and most people I've met have been boosted. It's been over a month since someone died here from COVID.

Of the 300/day, what percentage are unvaccinated? Because honestly, that does effect how much ****s to give. If it's 90% unvaxxed, then I really don't care. If it's closer to 50/50, then i'll be concerned.

[Kepler]

Of the 300/day, what percentage are unvaccinated?

All.