Pandemic 2020

Best info I could find @CunningCanuk

DIY-HP-LED said:

I don't think big business has much to do with this, it's being driven by the emerging science and because it is so contagious, the new plan is a form of controlled herd immunity, slow it down to save the hospitals. People with kids know they need to get them back to school, but that could lead to disaster in the hospitals. It's also a race to get people vaxxed and boosted here, but it's moving faster than we can boost. I'm 2 weeks out from my boost and will be lucky to make it I figure. Vaxxed and boosted improves and shortens the ride. Say moo yer about to join the herd, vaxxed or not..

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The push to have schools open is definitely coming from parents and district administration where I live, not big business.
It’s a separate discussion from movie theaters and Spider-Man, although both are related in terms of being vectors for potential spread.
In my little circle of acquaintances, I know both liberals and Qtards that feel the same way about schools remaining open. Those groups feel wildly different about other things like masking and vaccines, but mainly seem to be on the same page about remote learning being totally inferior to in person. There are still some parents that are horrified that schools are open as well, but those seem to be a small number now.
This discussion was different earlier in the pandemic. There was much more arguing for and against school closures in fall of 2020 than there is now in my community.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Best info I could find @CunningCanuk

1,020 new cases of COVID-19 and new hospital outbreaks announced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Jan. 4 - Halifax Examiner

Jump to sections in this article: Overview of today’s cases Vaccination Testing Potential exposure advisories Nova Scotia announced 1,020 new cases of COVID-19 today, Tuesday, Jan. 4. (Coincidentally, this is the exact same number of new cases as was announced yesterday.) The new cases are...

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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It would be good to know how long those in the hospital stay there.

Nova Scotia has a population of 1 million, a nice round number and we are mostly all virgins, meaning there was very little covid and natural immunity here. We recently had a major outbreak like everybody else, but we have a fairly high vaccination rate with just 11.1% unvaxxed, including kids under 5. Our boost rate is low however, but covers many of the elderly vulnerable. The next week or two should tell the tale on how bad it will be as people either get sicker or recover and how many are in the hospital compared to how many cases. I suspect most cases are probably not being reported though, but I think most people will get omicron by spring, vaxxed or not.

32% of patients have fatigue at 12 weeks, 31% at 6+ months
22% have cognitive impairment at 12 weeks, 21% at 6+ months

C. Nesbitt said:

The push to have schools open is definitely coming from parents and district administration where I live, not big business.
It’s a separate discussion from movie theaters and Spider-Man, although both are related in terms of being vectors for potential spread.
In my little circle of acquaintances, I know both liberals and Qtards that feel the same way about schools remaining open. Those groups feel wildly different about other things like masking and vaccines, but mainly seem to be on the same page about remote learning being totally inferior to in person. There are still some parents that are horrified that schools are open as well, but those seem to be a small number now.
This discussion was different earlier in the pandemic. There was much more arguing for and against school closures in fall of 2020 than there is now in my community.

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If you and your kids are vaxxed then it will change your attitude and assessment of the risks about reopening. However most parents are also aware of the situation in the hospitals and the danger of disaster at this particular time in the pandemic and season. Many expect this will burn through in a month or two at the most and at the rate it's going I tend to agree. We might not be able to save the hospitals even with schools closed and kids don't stay home when they are, unless locked down.

CunningCanuk said:

It would be good to know how long those in the hospital stay there.

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Time will tell, but a look overseas might be helpful, reports are optimistic. However covid seems to be sickening kids at an alarming rate in some areas.

HGCC said:

It really is pretty neat, idk why, but man clouds/sunrise/sunset blows everywhere else I have been out of the water.

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The sunrise and set is beautiful anywhere for the most part. The first morning I woke up in Estes was surreal with Elk in the yard and sun coming up over the mountains. I don’t much like mountains though as I almost pass out if I start laughing to much lol.

captainmorgan said:

32% of patients have fatigue at 12 weeks, 31% at 6+ months
22% have cognitive impairment at 12 weeks, 21% at 6+ months

Fatigue and cognitive impairment in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

COVID-19 is associated with clinically significant symptoms despite resolution of the acute infection (i.e., post-COVID-19 syndrome). Fatigue and cogn…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Well, maybe we will improve the overall quality of morons, shit half of America was fucking near drooling stupid before covid!

Biden Admin Points To Silver Lining On Rise In Covid Hospitalizations: Less Death

Budley Doright said:

The sunrise and set is beautiful anywhere for the most part. The first morning I woke up in Estes was surreal with Elk in the yard and sun coming up over the mountains. I don’t much like mountains though as I almost pass out if I start laughing to much lol.

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Man I've felt like a stallion a few times due to being used to thin air and people really into exercise coming to visit and not expecting that. Oh...why yes, let's go jog up that hill gym going person. Mmmhmmm, crossfit you say. Want to run the stairs at red rocks, it's picturesque?

It took me a few months to not get winded constantly.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Biden Admin Points To Silver Lining On Rise In Covid Hospitalizations: Less Death

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Less dying and more maiming.

captainmorgan said:

Less dying and more maiming.

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It stands to reason Captain the milder the case and the shorter it is, the less damage, because our immune system is primed. Most damage appears to be an over reaction of the immune system and blood clotting, these are less likely to happen with the new strain, we hope anyway. I dunno about the unvaxxed, but the vaxxed are having an easier time of it when they do end up in the hospital and many are older with comorbidities. The unvaxxed in the hospitals are mostly younger people. We still have a mix of delta and omicron, but almost all new cases are omicron, so the next couple of weeks should tell the tale.

Less deadly does not necessarily mean milder.

In a year or two we will have a better idea of what getting this disease will mean long term. In the meantime, I’m going to keep myself and my family as safe as possible.

I would rather be considered a fool than dead.

CunningCanuk said:

In a year or two we will have a better idea of what getting this disease will mean long term. In the meantime, I’m going to keep myself and my family as safe as possible.

I would rather be considered a fool than dead.

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Or not dead, just without lingering effects. That coming from a guy that has lived through ten years of lingering effects from an incident that should have been over with in months (not covid related).

In the U.K. it is pretty much business as usual, the cases are highest ever but Government have said this is “milder” when in fact it has lower mortality. Boris has stated today no more lockdowns. Most are wearing masks in shops. So it looks like the unofficial policy is to let it rip through the population now that almost everyone has some degree of immunity or effective immune response.

Tech exec resigns after antisemitic vaccination conspiracy theory email
A Utah tech executive has resigned from his company after sending out an anti-vaccine email to employees saying he believes that the COVID-19 pandemic is an attempt by Jewish people to take over the world.

Dave Bateman, the founder of software company Entrata, sent out the email on Tuesday, KTVX reported.

“I believe the Jews are behind this. For 300 years the Jews have been trying to infiltrate the Catholic Church and place a Jew covertly at the top. It happened in 2013 with Pope Francis," Bateman wrote.

"I believe the pandemic and systematic extermination of billions of people will lead to an effort to consolidate all the countries in the world under a single flag with totalitarian rule," he continued. "I know, it sounds bonkers. No one is reporting on it, but the Hasidic Jews in the US instituted a law for their people that they are not to be vaccinated for any reason.”

KSTU reported that Cox sent this email to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R), Utah state Senate Minority Whip Luz Escamilla (D) and various other business leaders in the state.

In a text message to KSTU, Bateman confirmed that he wrote the email and stood by his remarks.

"Yes. I sent it. I have nothing but love for the Jewish people. Some of my closest friends are Jews. My heart breaks for their 2500 years they’ve been mistreated by nearly every country on earth. But I do believe Scottish Rite Freemasons are behind the pandemic (overwhelmingly Jewish)," wrote Bateman. "And I fear billions of people around the globe right now are being exterminated."

A few hours after news of the email broke, Entrata CEO Adam Edmunds tweeted that the company's board of directors had asked Bateman to resign.

"Entrata’s board of directors today asked Dave Bateman to resign from the company’s board of directors, including his position as chairman. Dave agreed and is no longer a member of the Entrata board, effective immediately," said Edmunds.

CunningCanuk said:

In a year or two we will have a better idea of what getting this disease will mean long term. In the meantime, I’m going to keep myself and my family as safe as possible.

I would rather be considered a fool than dead.

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Big agreement there, but staying uninfected will be difficult with this variant and I'm kinda viewing as inevitable, so are the governments apparently. Say Mooo Canuk, we're about to join the herd, this is the most contagious airborne disease known, more than measles and that is pretty bad. The next couple of weeks should give us a better idea where this is going in the short term. Ya just have to watch the hospitals to know what will happen to the schools.

Situation in NL not improving despite lock down. Obviously some of the new cases solely from Xmas gatherings (4 visitors max, 2 on regular days) but past two days it's climbing faster than ever.



Hospital and ICU admissions still slowly declining, but expected to go up again soon. About a third of 18+ population had a booster shot.

Just as in the first wave and on almost everyone on ICU is overweight, some are weak from old age or other diseases. As a medical expert said here last week, we'd have zero problems with ICU and hospital capacity, and thus no lock downs (heavily dictated by remaining capacity) if everyone had bmi 25 or less. People with bmi over 25 also have an increase risk of developing long covid. If you're overweight, there was never a better time to lose some weight, change your diet and get more exercise and raise awareness about this issue. If/when this pandemic goes on for several more years, it's by far the most cost-effective way to reduce the impact on an overloaded healthcare system.