Fogdog
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that is a rat.
Pandemic 2020
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captainmorgan
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Deadly nose-bleed fever shocks Iraq as cases surge
Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq's worst detected outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed to death.
Pesticides sprayed on a cow?Deadly nose-bleed fever shocks Iraq as cases surge
Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq's worst detected outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed to death.medicalxpress.com
What do you get when you mix the aerosol spread of a cold with Ebola?
injinji
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When my Uncle Dick was a teenager he went out shooting squirrels. He didn't have a game bag so he was carrying the ones he shot by the tail. When he got home the fur had rubbed off their tails, making them look like rats. He decided he didn't want anymore squirrel. He never ate it again.
Ozumoz66
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I've had squirrel a few times at wild game dinners over the years, but never hunted/trapped them. Seasoned/prepared properly, just about anything is edible. Mom ate dirt while pregnant, for minerals I'm guessing.
My boy Jabba won't eat it, but his sister will.
injinji
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I ate a lot of squirrel when I was young. Back then you could shoot Fox squirrels. They are easily twice the size of the grays, so you didn't have to get as many. Now they are protected. As they should be. There is a pair down the road, but all in all, you very rarely see them anymore.
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What is a pica craving?
Pica happens when you get unusual cravings to eat things that aren't food, such as ice or clay. It may be a sign of inadequate nutritional intake. Pica is more common in pregnant women because your body has increased nutritional needs during pregnancy.Nov 29, 2020
Pica in Pregnancy: Causes, Risks, and More - Healthline
https://www.healthline.com › health › pica-in-pregnancy
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injinji
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Mamma said she ate a lot of dill pickles and ice cream when she was carrying me.
captainmorgan
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Reports of over a thousand cases in India.
www.express.co.uk
Mystery 'tomato flu' outbreak in children sparks panic
HEALTH authorities in India are on high alert after a mysterious illness has broken out with symptoms similar to monkeypox.
captainmorgan
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New subvariant BA.5.3.1.1 has been renamed BE.1 and it looks like big trouble. Not only does it evade immunity and is highly infectious it's also claimed to damage the immune system more than previous variants.
captainmorgan
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Monkeypox is now in 9 US states,it's spreading and is not going to magically disappear.
captainmorgan
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Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC–WHO clinical characterisation protocol
Marina Wainstein and colleagues examine acute kidney injury (AKI) incidence, severity, and outcomes among patients with COVID-19 using both a traditional and extended definition of AKI.
captainmorgan
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Long COVID is associated with extensive in-vivo neuroinflammation on [18F]DPA-714 PET
A significant number of COVID-19 patients develop ‘long COVID’, a condition defined by long-lasting debilitating, often neurological, symptoms. The pathophysiology of long COVID is unknown. Here we present in-vivo evidence of widespread neuroinflammation in long COVID, using a quantitative...
captainmorgan
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The CDC is shutting down covid reporting for 2 weeks for what they are calling a system update, probably just a new plan to hide the true numbers, and just like magic it will go away.
captainmorgan
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The ONS in the UK says that over 8% of triple vaccinated people are self reporting with long covid.
captainmorgan
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1 in 4 symptomatic children hit by long COVID, says new study
Data from more than 80,000 children with COVID suggests a quarter of them had symptoms that lingered for at least 4-12 weeks.
www.euronews.com
printer
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Enough war. How about some cheery news?
New versions of omicron variant gaining ground in US
Omicron COVID-19 subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 represent an increasing amount of new infections in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though it’s unclear what the impact will be.
New estimates from the CDC show that for the week ending June 4, the two subvariants combined accounted for 13 percent of all new U.S. cases. That’s an increase from the combined 7.5 percent estimated for the week ending May 28.
During the week ending June 4, BA.5 accounted for an estimated 7.6 percent of cases and BA.4 accounted for 5.4 percent of cases, up from 4.2 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively, the previous week.
Data on BA.4 and BA.5 are limited, though early evidence suggests they are more infectious and may be able to evade some of the immunity people have acquired from being infected with other variants. There isn’t evidence to show they cause more severe disease.
It’s still unclear what the rise in the new variants means for the trajectory of the U.S. pandemic, though some public health experts think BA.4 and BA.5 will soon become the dominant subvariants and prolong the current wave of infections. The majority of cases right now are being driven by the omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1 and BA.2.
COVID-19 cases have risen in the U.S. to around 100,000 per day, though the real number could be as much as five times higher given that many go unreported.
There are also regional differences in the rise of the new subvariants. In the southern region comprised of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, BA.4 and BA. 5 account for about 22 percent of all infections.
thehill.com
So if you already had omicron, can a new subvariant like BA.4 or BA.5 get you sick again?
It’s possible, especially if you were sickened with omicron back in December 2021 or January 2022 — six months and several subvariants ago.
Limited studies show BA.4 and BA.5 are likely to reinfect unvaccinated people whose only immunity from the virus comes from a prior infection with BA.1 (the first type of omicron).
The same studies showed vaccinated people appeared to be better protected against reinfection with BA.4 and BA.5, however, “protection derived from currently available vaccines does wane over time against the Omicron variant,” writes the ECDC.
A booster shot can help with that waning immunity, Inglesby said. Only one-third of Americans have received a booster shot against the virus.
These studies also only looked at prior protection from BA.1, and right now the U.S. is in the middle of a surge of BA.2 — yet another omicron strain.
“It’s possible BA.4 and BA.5 could create a surge on top of a surge, but it’s very difficult to know this because we don’t understand whether the collective immunity provided by BA.2.12.1 will protect against BA.4 and BA.5,” said Inglesby.
thehill.com
New versions of omicron variant gaining ground in US
Omicron COVID-19 subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 represent an increasing amount of new infections in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though it’s unclear what the impact will be.
New estimates from the CDC show that for the week ending June 4, the two subvariants combined accounted for 13 percent of all new U.S. cases. That’s an increase from the combined 7.5 percent estimated for the week ending May 28.
During the week ending June 4, BA.5 accounted for an estimated 7.6 percent of cases and BA.4 accounted for 5.4 percent of cases, up from 4.2 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively, the previous week.
Data on BA.4 and BA.5 are limited, though early evidence suggests they are more infectious and may be able to evade some of the immunity people have acquired from being infected with other variants. There isn’t evidence to show they cause more severe disease.
It’s still unclear what the rise in the new variants means for the trajectory of the U.S. pandemic, though some public health experts think BA.4 and BA.5 will soon become the dominant subvariants and prolong the current wave of infections. The majority of cases right now are being driven by the omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1 and BA.2.
COVID-19 cases have risen in the U.S. to around 100,000 per day, though the real number could be as much as five times higher given that many go unreported.
There are also regional differences in the rise of the new subvariants. In the southern region comprised of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, BA.4 and BA. 5 account for about 22 percent of all infections.
New versions of omicron variant gaining ground in US
Omicron COVID-19 subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 represent an increasing number of new infections in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), though it’s uncl…
thehill.com
So if you already had omicron, can a new subvariant like BA.4 or BA.5 get you sick again?
It’s possible, especially if you were sickened with omicron back in December 2021 or January 2022 — six months and several subvariants ago.
Limited studies show BA.4 and BA.5 are likely to reinfect unvaccinated people whose only immunity from the virus comes from a prior infection with BA.1 (the first type of omicron).
The same studies showed vaccinated people appeared to be better protected against reinfection with BA.4 and BA.5, however, “protection derived from currently available vaccines does wane over time against the Omicron variant,” writes the ECDC.
A booster shot can help with that waning immunity, Inglesby said. Only one-third of Americans have received a booster shot against the virus.
These studies also only looked at prior protection from BA.1, and right now the U.S. is in the middle of a surge of BA.2 — yet another omicron strain.
“It’s possible BA.4 and BA.5 could create a surge on top of a surge, but it’s very difficult to know this because we don’t understand whether the collective immunity provided by BA.2.12.1 will protect against BA.4 and BA.5,” said Inglesby.
CDC tracking 2 more omicron variants: What to know about BA.4, BA.5
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added two new subvariants to its online tracker: BA.4 and BA.5.
thehill.com
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