Coronavirus Thread: Worldwide Pandemic
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Fast Money & Foreign Objects
It seems more linked to the symptom of anosmia than to the vaccination...
From the article:
Recently there seems to be less anosmia (although it still occurs even in vaccinated), so vaccination may be helpful directly or indirectly (by pushing different mutations of Omicron), but I'm not sure to what extent...
COVID and the teeth:
Study:
www.sciencedirect.com
Never heard of this one before...
Study:
Alveolar bone loss and tooth loss are associated with COVID-19 severity but are not independent risk factors. An explorative study
This study explores the association between alveolar bone loss, tooth loss and severity of COVID-19.In this retrospective cohort study, we included pa…
www.sciencedirect.com
Never heard of this one before...
I got it unfortunately, crazy thing I thought it was just a really bad cold from the symptoms I had until I tested before a work shift. I’ve been isolated ever since besides chills I haven’t had any out of the ordinary feelings or symptoms. Feeling much better, but still testing positive. I didn’t think it would this annoying and agonizing for the virus to pass through your system
I was playing basketball with one of my friends and he texted me yesterday morning that he tested positive 
Hopefully he wasn't contagious as he was testing negative all week. He just came back from Vegas, LA, and somewhere else so he got it on his travels no doubt.
If I stay infection-free, this'll be the 3rd time I was in close proximity to someone who tested positive a day after being with me. My sister in 2020 got it from her job and I was with her the night before she tested positive. Back in May, I was with my co-worker in the same closed room for 2 hours... and then a day later she tested positive but me and my boss didn't.
It's crazy.
Hopefully he wasn't contagious as he was testing negative all week. He just came back from Vegas, LA, and somewhere else so he got it on his travels no doubt.
If I stay infection-free, this'll be the 3rd time I was in close proximity to someone who tested positive a day after being with me. My sister in 2020 got it from her job and I was with her the night before she tested positive. Back in May, I was with my co-worker in the same closed room for 2 hours... and then a day later she tested positive but me and my boss didn't.
It's crazy.
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
Opinion | When Will the Pandemic End? And Other Pressing Questions, Answered
Three experts weigh in.
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
U.K. Approves Covid Booster Vaccine That Targets Two Variants
Britain is the first country to approve the Moderna-made vaccine, which generated a strong immune response against both the original virus and the Omicron variant.
‘Living with Covid’ should be countered by containing the virus once and for all | Eric Topol
CDC’s position should be countered by exploiting the science and our clear capabilities of fully containing the virus
www.theguardian.com
Topol's suggestions:
- 5-day isolation is too short
- fully vaccinated should be boosted, to push boosters above the current 32% in the US
- second boosters above the age of 50
- CDC should push community transmission map, instead of the community level metric for serious illness, because the transmission leads to long COVID
- remaining effective monoclonal antibodies were given only to 400k people, while the US purchased 1.7m doses. Those doses should be given to vulnerable, because these monoclonal antibodies might not be effective against a new variant
- research for general nasal vaccine is needed
- future resistance to Paxlovid should be anticipated with new back-up pills
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
West Nile virus detected in 2 people in Brooklyn, Queens amid 'record number' of infected mosquitoes
Virus activity has been steadily rising citywide with more than 1,000 positive mosquito pools detected — the highest number ever recorded — compared to 779 at this point last year.
gothamist.com
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West Nile virus detected in 2 people in Brooklyn, Queens amid 'record number' of infected mosquitoes
Virus activity has been steadily rising citywide with more than 1,000 positive mosquito pools detected — the highest number ever recorded — compared to 779 at this point last year.
sigh
In January 2021 one of the greatest ex-Yugoslavian actresses and antiwar activists Mira Furlan died of West Nile virus.
After escaping Croatian nationalists bulling, she even had a decent carrier in the US (for a non-native speaker), starring in Lost and Babylon 5.
Mira Furlan - Wikipedia
I remember thinking what a tragedy it is to survive the worst COVID waves and then die of such a rare disease...
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ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
In an effort to address its missteps during Covid, CDC plans an 'ambitious' agency overhaul — STAT
The CDC, which had its reputation battered by a series of missteps in the Covid-19 pandemic and a slow response to the monkeypox outbreak, will undergo an “ambitious” overhaul, Director Rochelle Walensky announced Wednesday.
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