Pandemic 2020

Of those 140 million infections, how many will end up in the hospital with a serious case and how many of those will be republicans? I guess we'll know by February, delta and omicron are tearing through Canada and America and we will have to see how bad it gets in January with the holiday travel and winter weather.
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The highest number of children being hospitalized since the start of the pandemic is happening now in New York.

schuylaar said:

which really didn't originate in Spain but a US Military base in the midwest. . . . . . .

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Who says nothing of import ever came out of Kansas?

injinji said:

Who says nothing of import ever came out of Kansas?

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at least one American knows it's history.

They have found 3 different variants circulating in Ohio deer.

schuylaar said:

at least one American knows it's history.

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It's a blessing and a curse.

captainmorgan said:

They have found 3 different variants circulating in Ohio deer.

COVID-19 variants detected in U.S. deer, virus capable of jumping to humans

Researchers add that the animals may also be a potential "reservoir" for coronavirus, meaning COVID could survive within their bodies and evolve.

www.studyfinds.org

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Oh wonderful. I guess it’s game over.

Fringe factions of MAGA world are imploding after Trump publicly advocated for the COVID-19 jab

• The fringe factions of the right wing erupted in anger after Trump lauded the COVID-19 vaccines.
• Figures from Alex Jones to Ali Alexander swiftly rebuked Trump for his pro-vaccine stance.
• Members of QAnon-linked Telegram channels said they felt betrayed after Trump encouraged more people to get the COVID-19 shot.

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Fringe factions of MAGA world are imploding after Trump publicly advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine

Figures such as Alex Jones and Ali Alexander have come out in force to rebuke Trump after he advocated for the COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots.

www.businessinsider.com

Fringe factions of MAGA world are imploding after Trump publicly advocated for the COVID-19 jab

• The fringe factions of the right wing erupted in anger after Trump lauded the COVID-19 vaccines.
• Figures from Alex Jones to Ali Alexander swiftly rebuked Trump for his pro-vaccine stance.
• Members of QAnon-linked Telegram channels said they felt betrayed after Trump encouraged more people to get the COVID-19 shot.

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It takes very little for Alex Jones to erupt in anger over stupid things. Dude is a caricature and it is mind boggling that anyone can take him seriously.
As for Q-Anon and MAGA folks on Telegram freaking out, they have either awfully selective or even willfully poor memories. The Trumps both got vaccinated pretty early on. This isn’t some new betrayal against the anti-science/COVID is a hoax wing of his supporters.

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It takes very little for Alex Jones to erupt in anger over stupid things. Dude is a caricature and it is mind boggling that anyone can take him seriously.
As for Q-Anon and MAGA folks on Telegram freaking out, they have either awfully selective or even willfully poor memories. The Trumps both got vaccinated pretty early on. This isn’t some new betrayal against the anti-science/COVID is a hoax wing of his supporters.

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Well with delta and omicron running wild, the antivaxxers are scared and on the defensive these days. I'm sure Donald's words felt like a stab in the back to many, remember you are not dealing with rationally motivated people here, most are driven by conditioning and instinctive propensities, they introspect very little, cognitive dissidence, ignorance and confusion are the norm for them. The last I heard there are around 49% of unvaxxed republicans and they make up around 24% of the electorate, plus right leaning independents. However they are concentrated in low vaxx red states and red areas of blue states, where they will overwhelm local hospitals and possibly drive up mortality rates. For every person covid kills, it permanently disables five more, a third of people who get covid end up with long covid and many have cognitive issues like reduced IQ.

Apparently it's a concern to some republican leaders and could affect the election in some places and it will fuck over huge numbers of their voters. Now it's the left and liberals who are vaxxed and largely protected, the unvaxxed republicans are looking and feeling like the suckers they are. They painted themselves into a corner on this one and all they can do is get sick and die, or swaller real hard and get the jab. Oh, and many who refuse the jab will lose nice jobs and income over this bullshit, it will clean a lot of assholes out of the police and military too. So, many will get fired and then sick too, perhaps disabled or with long covid and no health insurance, see how believing bullshit can fuck someone!

It appears that covid is MAGA through Darwinian selection...

The next Ivermectin? A shot of cough syrup and a glass of milk, we could do worse!
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Researchers may be in the early stages of discovering an effective strategy for inhibiting the virus that causes COVID-19, according to the results of a recent study.

The results of the findings from David A. Ostrov, Ph.D., of the University of Florida, were published in Pathogens in late November.

The report suggested that combining diphenhydramine — an antihistamine sold as Benadryl that is used for allergy symptoms — and lactoferrin — a protein found in cow and human milk — reduced replication of SARS-CoV-2 by 99% in lab tests on human lung and monkey cells.

C. Nesbitt said:

It takes very little for Alex Jones to erupt in anger over stupid things. Dude is a caricature and it is mind boggling that anyone can take him seriously.
As for Q-Anon and MAGA folks on Telegram freaking out, they have either awfully selective or even willfully poor memories. The Trumps both got vaccinated pretty early on. This isn’t some new betrayal against the anti-science/COVID is a hoax wing of his supporters.

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But, but.... ...Trump ripped his mask off after he got out of the hospital.

Guess who's been showing up at hospitals with covid lately? Since most of the sensible people got vaccinated, that mostly leaves the republican wingnuts filling the hospitals. I seems the healthcare workers are disgusted with them too and tired of assholes and death threats from people who do their own "research". In many places there are laws being created to deal with this bullshit. Also wanna guess where this shit happens the most? In red states with low vaxx rates and hospitals overwhelmed by idiots gasping for breath and spouting bullshit.
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Doctor describes getting death threats by families of Covid patients

The Omicron surge and Covid-19 have frayed nerves and pushed the physical and mental limit of medical professionals across the country. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports on the toll it's taking as many hospitals near capacity

January should be a tough month for Healthcare workers, most of the people who are ending up in the hospital are unvaxxed and they are arriving with an attitude and a head full of shit. Looks like they might take the healthcare workers out with them when they go, many will be burned out and some will quit in disgust from a unending stream of abuse and threats. The redder the state the lower the vaxx rate and the more intense the threats and bullshit, as their republican government throws them under the bus out of fear of their lunatic base. There are already serious shortages of healthcare workers and this ain't gonna help at all, especially in those places with low vaxx rates. Remember about a third of all covid cases among the unvaxxed lead to permanent disability and a higher percentage have long covid, this too will further burden the healthcare system.
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Hospitals, Health Care Workers Overwhelmed Amid Holiday Covid Surge

Hospitals and health care workers are overwhelmed by staff shortages and hospitalizations as 1.3 million Americans have been infected with Covid-19 during the holiday week. Dr. Anthony Fauci explains how President Biden’s plan will help struggling hospitals.