Coronavirus Thread: Worldwide Pandemic

[TheDarceKnight]

For ya'll who are getting boosters are you mix and matching or sticking to the og?

I had two Pfizer doses and thinking of going Moderna for booster. Anyone read/know of something that leans one way or the other?

An ER doc and my pharmacist recommended I stick with Pfizer. I wanted moderna too. But the pharmacist also was really adamant that the differences were negligible

 

[the next guy]

is this just gonna keep happening?

Another thing the unvaxxed folks don't take into consideration is they keep saying there's only a 1% chance they'll die if they get it. Okay, fine. But man...a 1% chance every year for the rest of your life is not the same as a 1% chance. And it may even be a couple times a year if you're prone to getting sick.

If we're all looking at dealing with Covid forever, do people really want to play Russian Roulette with a hundred-chamber revolver once or twice every single year from now on?

I don't know what 1% every year for a human lifespan averages out to be, but it's gotta be uncomfortably higher than 1%, right?

IMO if all the kids get vaccinated it should trend down and end but that's the key: if

 

[mastermind]

Experts Identify 100 Plus Firms in Africa, Asia and Latin American that Covid-19 mRNA Vaccines

The list of over 100 potential mRNA vaccine manufacturers follows a list of 10 potential mRNA manufacturers published by the New York Times. Indian civil society organizations have identified a list of potential manufacturers to scale up the production of the J&J vaccine.

“There are over 100 companies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America who have the capacity to make an mRNA vaccine,” said Achal Prabhala from the AccessIBSA project. “These companies can bridge the yawning inequity in mRNA vaccine supply in poor countries. All they need is for the US and German governments to end monopolies and share the valuable technology they funded and essentially created with them.”

Potential manufacturers need access to intellectual property, vaccine technology, and materials to produce more vaccines for a swifter and more equitable Covid-19 response. India and South Africa’s proposal to temporarily waive some global intellectual property and trade rules remains stalled at the World Trade Organization.

A waiver would enable governments to collaborate on expanding the manufacture of Covid-19 vaccines, treatments, and testing without fearing trade-based retaliation. Over 60 low- and middle-income governments are co-sponsoring the proposal. The US government has signaled support for a waiver. High-income governments, including Germany and the European Commission, are among those who have consistently blocked the waiver. These governments should drop their opposition to the TRIPS waiver immediately and work toward swift adoption, Human Rights Watch said.

NY Times article:
https://archive.vn/MQaCQ

List of some companies:

 

[barese]

IMO if all the kids get vaccinated it should trend down and end but that's the key: if

Considering around 70% of booster efficiency against omicron, and the early indications from Israel of booster waning similar to 2nd dose, I believe we will probably need Japanese-style ventilation together with vaccination:
House ventilation systems in Japan

Japan curbed delta using vaccinations plus masks plus ventilation, just like Israel did using early booster vaccination, so Japan way might be the solution considering less functioning vaccines against omicron.

Even better ventilation might be enough to forgo masks, but it would certainly increase the energy consumption when we need to scale down for the climate change, so that is a problem...

 

[barese]

Some coronaviruses in European bats support natural origin theory...

Abstract:

The furin cleavage site in SARS-CoV-2 is unique within the Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SrC) species. We re-assessed diverse SrC from European horseshoe bats and reveal molecular determinants such as purine richness, RNA secondary structures and viral quasispecies potentially enabling furin cleavage. Furin cleavage thus likely emerged from the SrC bat reservoir via molecular mechanisms conserved across reservoir-bound RNA viruses, supporting a natural origin of SARS-CoV-2.

Genomic determinants of Furin cleavage in diverse European SARS-related bat coronaviruses

 

[MushroomX]

Moderna Set.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

A C.D.C. panel recommends that other vaccines be preferred over J.&J.

 

[88m3]

IMO if all the kids get vaccinated it should trend down and end but that's the key: if

kids aren't going to get vaccinated, they're going to get dead because their parents are complete morons

 

[John Reena]

We watching coronavirus wreck shop in this country. If the NBA and NFL is flooded with it, think about the schools, malls, and restaurants packed wit ppl right now?

 

[jj23]

At this stage, unless you are still in lockdown parameters with yourself and your family I don't see how you don't catch Omicron brehs.

Just have to hope the symptoms stay mild and the boosters do their job.

Fingers crossed, but this wave in the UK is absolutely bananas, never seen anything like this. The spread is unprecedented. Apparently we could be at 1 MILLION INFECTIONS A DAY by the end of the year. That roughly translates to everyone is gonna get it.

So you may want to hope the current spread in the US is Omicron and not Delta, cause if you have Delta spreading fast in the US again, and Omicron still hasn't hit, you are in for a shytshow over the next 4 months

 

[88m3]

In Italy’s Alps, Traditional Medicine Flourishes, as Does Covid

Vaccine Holdouts in Army and Navy Will Be Dismissed, Military Says

NHS hospitals in England 94% full before start of Omicron surge

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Scientists Are Racing to Gauge the Threat of Omicron

Apple postpones return to office indefinitely

Man whose wife won legal ruling dies one week after receiving ivermectin


Londoners with cold symptoms more likely to have Covid, says expert


France to tighten Covid restrictions on travel from Omicron-hit UK


Many Covid hospital patients do not feel fully recovered year later – study

Radical Anti-Vaxxers Plotted to Murder German Politician, Cops Say

 

[Joe Sixpack]

kids aren't going to get vaccinated, they're going to get dead because their parents are complete morons

My two boys are fully vaccinated. Our friends with children are also vaccinated so I hope you’re wrong.

It’s gonna be hard to not get your kid vaccinated with the new rules anyway

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Anti-Vaxxers Stage 'Sit-in' At Cheesecake Factory, Compare Bartender To Nazi

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Children exposed to covid can safely stay in class with in-school testing, CDC says — The Washington Post

Wow