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- sted1
The ACCP-tool is a risk stratification tool that predicts survival probability of hospitalised COVID-19 patients
- i_monk1
Ontario going back to lockdown for 28 days, schools not reopening: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/t…
- NBQ00-1
Scientists fear "escape mutant" in coronavirus variant from South Africa might decrease vaccine efficacy https://edition.cnn.com/world/li…
- ********1
Bummer alert:
Gov Cuomo says NY state is 47 weeks away from vaccinating the minimum number of New Yorkers needed to reach herd immunity, considered 70 percent. That's based on weekly shipments of 300,000 doses.
Source: NBC News
47 weeks from now is December 2021.
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- I expect it's going to be like that everywhere. Read today that Munich (pop: 1.5-ish million) has only vaccinated 10 000 people so far.Continuity
- But he's still telling people to go to work bEcAUsE ThE eCoNOMyface_melter
- Is he?********
- Continuity0
What a depressing article. But, I guess this is where we are now. I guess it also explains the really high number of sugar babies I've seen on Tinder and OK Cupid in the last couple of months.
'Jobless, Selling Nudes Online and Still Struggling
OnlyFans, a social media platform that allows people to sell explicit photos of themselves, has boomed during the pandemic. But competition on the site means many won’t earn much.'
- I don’t have a moral objection to sex work, so that part isn’t depressing to me.********
- What’s depressing is “a mother of 3 earns $13.30 an hour as a paramedic in northern Ohio, barely enough to cover her bills.” :(********
- I have no moral objection, either. It's the fact it's an act of desperation that gets to me.Continuity
- The fact that the choice is show your tits, or don't eat that month. Awful.Continuity
- "Sex work" hides and legitimizes a lot of horrible shit.i_monk
- I'd imagine merely creating an OnlyFans account and posting mediocre content is the the same as starting a YT and posting mediocre content...microkorg
- ..it doesn't guarantee followers or income.microkorg
- if you're a girl under 25 and you can do something as useless as clip your toenails for simps online you can be rich._niko
- I don’t have a moral objection to sex work, so that part isn’t depressing to me.
- hans_glib9
- would be very disappointing if the employee didn't yell at him "hey buddy, go die hard someplace else"Krassy
- Or "Yippee-Ki-Yo ass outta here, motherfucker!"elahon
- Fuck Off John McClaneutopian
- Lordy I hope we have tapesRamanisky2
- Piss of goat.jtb26
- Nope. Not what I typed.jtb26
- Is this before or after he was spotted outside wearing a "I Hate Naggers" sign?GuyFawkes
- grafician1
"Chinese Covid-19 vaccine far less effective than initially claimed in Brazil, sparking concerns"
"A leading Chinese Covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech was just 50.38% effective in late-stage trials in Brazil, significantly lower than earlier results showed, according to a statement published by the government of Sao Paulo Tuesday.
While the number exceeds the threshold required for regulatory approval, it falls far below the 78% previously announced, raising questions as to the veracity of the data and fueling skepticism over the apparent lack of transparency regarding Chinese vaccines."
- grafician7
BREAKING: Trial shows that one-shot coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson and Johnson is both safe and appears to generate immune response.
- fingers crossed, this sounds promising.utopian
- MURICA!monospaced
- Plot twist: it’s pure Listerine Cool Mint.maquito
- Plot twist, AIDS is the only vaccineGuyFawkes
- Plot twist: it’s Clorox and bright lightsscarabin
- Glad to see they got over that giving women cancer thing..futurefood
- ********2
Recently a member of QBN shared two charts of numbers (of COVID cases vs deaths) and claimed that this was proof of herd immunity. Another member argued that it's because doctors and nurses are better at treating COVID now.
For the record, no one from the CDC has claimed we are anywhere near herd immunity. Dr Fauci has specifically said that herd immunity does not exist anywhere at this time.
I'm going to use the numbers from NY because COVID has been in this state the longest and because we might assume that the northeast contains reasonable averages because of the high number of hospitals and researchers centered here.
https://www.nytimes.com/interact…
These charts get updated, so this post will become outdated. I can't predict the future. As of Jan 14, 2021 cases are WAY UP in NY and deaths are lower than April 2020 when Covid deaths in NY peaked. However, while deaths are lower than the peak, they are much higher than the summer. And rising.
Now if you look at just two more charts, the picture starts to become clearer. First is daily tests: way up. This could explain why cases are way up. As COVID is often mild or asymptomatic, more testing would result in higher case numbers. This is why people look at deaths vs cases.
Next look at hospitalizations. These are way up, not as high as the peak in April '20, but still much higher than the peak. We currently are hospitalizing about TWENTY TIMES the number of people that we did in the summer.
More testing does not cause more hospitalizations, nor does it cause more deaths. Yet these are higher, and rising.
SUMMARY:
1. Case numbers in NY are skyrocketing, but so is testing. If we ignore deaths and hospitalizations, we might mistakenly believe that the COVID situation is improving. It is not.2. Hospitalizations and deaths are much higher than last summer. They are also trending upwards, which is very scary. It means things are bad and getting worse.
3. Hospitalizations are much higher than deaths (relative to earlier numbers.) This suggests we may be getting better at treatment of serious cases.
These numbers could never on their own prove the cause. However, it is very clear THAT HERD IMMUNITY DOES NOT EXIST AT THIS TIME.
Please continue to take precautions. Meet people outside, stay 6 feet or more apart, wear masks, wash your hands. Stay safe out there. Keep your head about you.
- TL;DR... there is no herd immunity. The situation is bad and getting worse. Take appropriate precautions.********
- whoops a typo: regarding hospitalizations it should say "not as high as the peak in April '20, but still much higher than the summer."********
- for the record, the deaths are lower because of improved treatment over the last few months, confirmed by Northwell Health front linemonospaced
- Yes but by how much? Looking at the charts above and knowing that hospitalizations precede deaths by a week or two, it’s not looking good********
- Most likely, dead people are above 70 years old, and people with co-morbidity. Obese, diabetes, respiratory issues etc....ApeRobot
- the rate of death is lower than it was in the beginning, because treatments and procedures have been refined and improved over the months, ffsmonospaced
- TL;DR... there is no herd immunity. The situation is bad and getting worse. Take appropriate precautions.
- _niko4
new conspiratory theory making the rounds
mask-wearing and lockdowns and a curb on social gatherings has done fuck all for Covid 19 but yet it's completely eradicated the Flu this year?
something, somehing wake up sheeple!
- Sure...done fuck all here in Melbourne.
Where we have ZERO cases.BusterBoy
- Sure...done fuck all here in Melbourne.
- bainbridge1
Had a fever for two nights last week and a cough but got two tests and no Covid. What did I have? I barely even go outside.
- what was your temp?dorf
- Something you ate, or a coldOBBTKN
- 102 degreesbainbridge
- Germs are everywhereChimp
- Other sicknesses existyuekit
- Maybe it's Covid incubation period can take longer********
- same, I was convinced I had it recently, but tested negative. Still slightly ill nearly 2 weeks later. had most of the symptomsfadein11
- MAGA feverutopian
- the flumonospaced
- Did you have body aches or chills?cherub
- @mono, I have had actual flu twice in my life, it was nothing like that. but Yes possibly.fadein11
- Probably just your common everyday Ebola. I wouldn't worry.BusterBoy
- Ramanisky27
India ... Kumbh Mela 2021
The Kumbh Mela began in Haridwar on January 14th and will continue till April 2021.
- sted2
Sinopharm, a state-owned giant in China’s coronavirus vaccine development, announced its chairman left the board Tuesday.
The company cited personal reasons for Li Zhiming’s resignation, according to a filing for the Hong Kong-listed company.
Li Hui, a director and audit committee member of Sinopharm subsidiary China National Medicines Corp. also resigned Tuesday due to personal reasons, a separate filing disclosed.- In Russia you fall out of windows, at least they get to liveGnash
- dbloc0
- > https://www.qbn.com/…
still amazing, but the discussion is over thereuan
- > https://www.qbn.com/…
- utopian0
We've rounded the corner folks!
- Gardener-3
- PhanLo5
My cousin works in the main hospital in town as an occupational therapist, he was saying the other day that the covid wards are actually coping ok at the moment, compared with other cities in the country.
However, he's been treating nurses since March who have chronic fatigue and other ME like symptoms. Lots of them have been unable to go back to work.
They're still trying to work out how to treat them.- The nurses had had covid, sorry I never mentioned that.PhanLo
- What’s ME?********
- https://www.nhs.uk/c…PhanLo
- sted2
- pr2-9
How does covid compares to flu for in-hospital stay patents? Let's find out!
In-hospital death rate is 17% for covid v 6% for flu.
16% of covid patients required admission to ICU v 11% for flu.
27% of covid patients requiring admission to ICU will die v 18% for flu.
10% of covid required invasive ventilators v 4% for flu.
Median and mean stay in ICU was twice as long for covid as for flu.Though over all covid is more serious than flu, flu is way more serious in pediatric patients (<18 years) as 20% of the hospitalized cases are withing this age group (v 1% for covid). Though flu is 20x likely to bring a child/adolescent to hospital, covid is more deadly (4x higher than for flu).
Typical death rate from flu is 0.1% but for in-hospital stays it's a staggering 6%. As covid in-hospital death rate is 3x that of flu, we can speculate that over-all death rate of covid is 0.3%. [my comment]
This death rate is nowhere near the stats we were hearing at the beginning if the pandemic, so it's up to individuals to determine for themselves if 3x death rates of something as trivial as flu should justify the hoopla we are witnessing around the pandemic. [my comment]
- the are numbers "low" BECAUSE OF the restrictions. you'd see vastly higher numbers if the restrictions were removed altogether. so the "hoopla" is justified.dorf
- most science papers have "Discussion" portion where possible explanation are confronted. So like you might want to read it before jumping to your conclusions.pr2
- those are mortality RATES, so it would be the same if you only had 1000 cases or 1 million.pr2
