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

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burd said:
Did he or she say whether the employees were medical professionals, Hovey, or did they include housekeeping, dietary, CNAs, etc? If so, the number means much less, IMO. On the other hand, if it includes docs, nurses, NPs, PAs,etc., it would be interesting to know some of the "why."
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Absolutely right. Those numbers have to be employees. The number for physicians is almost certainly higher and probably near 100% for those eligible and specializing in infectious disease.

I deal with one of the very rare conditions that are maybe vaccine associated (no evidence for Covid vaccines causing this at this point). Myself and my colleagues could not get the vaccine fast enough (I got it on Christmas day).
 
J.D. said:
So RSV isn't new but the concern is kids haven't been able to build their immune system because they have been wearing masks and have not been subjected to more minor illnesses? Want to make sure I understand what is being said here. The % of hospitalization isn't going up, is it?
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The article points to lack of contact and standard immune building, due to Covid protocols, have made a fertile environment for RSV. So, yes, to your question one.

As far a percent admissions, good question, and the article isn't clear on it. I think it's safe to infer "total admissions" due to RSV are higher than normal, but that's probably because we have a "two years batch" instead of the usual one year batch due to Covid restrictions delaying one one-year batch by a year.

Here's the part that floored me:

While most cases can be controlled, bronchiolitis is sometimes fatal. Approximately 3.5 million children globally each year are hospitalised, with around 5% of these cases sadly resulting in death.
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FIVE PERCENT of RSV hospitalizations end in fatality? On 3.5 million hospitalized kids*. That's 175,000 kids annually.



*CDC says US Covid hospitalization is 2.4 million. Yes, I'm comparing US Covid to RSV global, so not great, but for scale.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html
 
dxmnkd316 said:
I have no issue with how Sic did this. He labeled it pretty clearly. I've done that, others have done that, we all treat it with the grain of salt it deserves until it's reviewed.
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Yeah I have to agree.

real issue is voices on Twitter sharing these studies who can’t couch the parameters of story to explain why the headlines have nineteen asterisks behind it
 
Company just sent an email suspending in the office requirement. Only allowed to enter buildings if you have submitted proof of vaccination. Any staff who travel as part of their job must be vaccinated by October 15. Looks like initial steps are being taken to require vaccination for all staff but another message will be sent out about vaccination policy.
 
J.D. said:
Company just sent an email suspending in the office requirement. Only allowed to enter buildings if you have submitted proof of vaccination. Any staff who travel as part of their job must be vaccinated by October 15. Looks like initial steps are being taken to require vaccination for all staff but another message will be sent out about vaccination policy.
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Do you feel your freedoms are being sucked from you and choked to death by the big hand of Dem ANTIFA Authoritarianism? ;^)

(I know you dont)
 
cF[Authentic said:
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I may have missed it but how similar are those numbers to the people getting killed by zombie meth addicts?

I mean, it seems like those odds are a bit lower and you're all for protecting one's self with a weapon. But then when it comes to the vaccine...?
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Since you asked ...

Good news: Fewer "cooks" looking for cook houses and materials lately.
Bad news: Because the Mexican cartels have found they can make good money from meth.
Net: Still meth-heads running around the countryside looking for money wherever they can acquire it.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-04/the-rise-and-fall-of-america-s-rural-meth-labs

As far as vaccine, have I said "don't take it"? I have not. You do you. Consult your doctor, get true and accurate information, and make the best decision for you. Me? From the start I said I'll let everyone jump in line ahead of me and accept that risk. My doctor concurs given my history and genetics and recent research*. (I never buy the first model year of a redesigned car either.)


*Some way-primary initial research, some reviewed, some not, is saying a certain genetic condition actually causes the body to not kick off a cytokine storm when faced with Covid-19. Given the gene in question, this (lack of) reaction is most surprising to the researchers. I have one copy of that gene. (Hint: You don't want it.)
 
https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/statu...45650767659010

“...Within the next five to seven to 10 days, I think we’re going to see failure of the hospital system in Mississippi,” - Dr. Alan Jones, UMMC Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs
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They are literally building field hospitals in dirty parking ramps just to have more beds.

And just in case you are wondering...Faux is covering this wall to wall! Or they would be but they are discussing Hunter Biden's laptop and no I aint kidding.

BTW the GOP Governor of MS...left town for a GOP Governors event.
 
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I periodically check Covid updates here and FL had been tracking very poorly for both cases and deaths the past few weeks. Just yesterday the 7-day moving average for deaths was 110. Suddenly FL has magically reduced that by half even though daily cases were not adjusted.
 
The Sicatoka said:
Again, not by design or intent.


Numbers ... (just trying to wrap my head around the situation) ...

India: 4M dead; 1,366M population --> 0.3%
US: 600k dead; 330M population --> 0.2%

I had expected a much higher fraction in India due to nutrition, population density, access to health care, and general hygiene. I suspect India's deaths number is wrong (low).
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Some simple math- lets put the death rate from India into the US

0.3% deaths of 330M would be over 900,000 deaths.

So the actions the US has taken has save 300,000 people's lives. Seems like a good thing we've saved that many people with actions.

Bearing in mind that the India data may be very flawed by the lack of healthcare throughout the country.
 
MichVandal said:
Some simple math- lets put the death rate from India into the US

0.3% deaths of 330M would be over 900,000 deaths.

So the actions the US has taken has save 300,000 people's lives. Seems like a good thing we've saved that many people with actions.

Bearing in mind that the India data may be very flawed by the lack of healthcare throughout the country.
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If you look at what IHME calculated for excess mortality vs reported COVID deaths the US was about 60% higher than what was reported, India was 200% higher than reported. So it's likely closer to ~1M in the US and ~12M in India.
 
It's not just deaths that are of concern although obviously that is #1. But Long Covid is a serious concern even for those without pre-existing conditions. As wealthy as this country is there are plenty of people with s**t for health care and long term hospital stays could be financially crushing, and there are other downstream impacts. Never mind we should be doing all we can to reduce the development of variants. The lack of fortitude, foresight and seeing the big picture by the orcs is never short of amazing.
 
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