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Cincydawg · « **Reply #17668 on:** March 15, 2022, 07:18:48 AM »

I''m reading BA.2 is now a problem in Europe and spreading. Yuck.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #17669 on:** March 15, 2022, 08:22:40 AM »

BA.2 has already begun to spread in the U.S., as well. It accounted for about 12 percent of newly diagnosed cases last week, according to the C.D.C. The variant may also be the reason that the amount of Covid virus detected in wastewater is rising in about one-third of American cities that track such data. Wastewater samples tend to be a leading indicator of case counts.

If that pattern repeats, BA.2 would be about to end two months of falling case counts in the U.S. Since mid-January, the number of new daily Covid cases has dropped more than 95 percent and is now at its lowest level since last summer, before the Delta surge.

The magnitude of any BA.2 increase may be limited by the fact that about 45 percent of Americans have already contracted Omicron. “That should be highly protective,” Andy Slavitt, a former Biden administration adviser, wrote yesterday. On the other hand, a 45 percent infection rate means that most Americans did not contract Omicron, leaving many of them susceptible to BA.2.

Even if cases rise, as seems likely, there are good reasons not to panic. Vaccination tends to turn Covid into a mild illness, especially for people who have received a booster. For the unvaccinated and unboosted, BA.2 is another reason to get a shot.

It’s also a reason for the federal government and states to expand access to both Evusheld — a drug that can help protect the immunocompromised — and Paxlovid — a post-infection treatment. Finding either is often difficult today. (If you’re looking for one of them, click on this link for Evusheld and this one for Paxlovid.)

The bottom line: Covid isn’t going away, but vaccination and other treatments can keep future increases manageable. The biggest problem remains the millions of people who remain unvaccinated, many of them by choice. That’s the case in the U.S., in Hong Kong and across much of Europe, Africa and the rest of the world.

betarhoalphadelta · « **Reply #17670 on:** March 15, 2022, 10:42:44 AM »

I've got a question on "long COVID"...

I see all sorts of news stories about it. But I have never, I repeat NEVER, seen anything that provides even a rough guess at how prevalent it is.

Surely, two years into this pandemic, we have some ideas of that, right?

longhorn320 · « **Reply #17671 on:** March 15, 2022, 10:53:26 AM »

I assume BA2 is the second strain of the omicron virus and as such should not repeat the same type of spreading that omicron 1 did at least thats what Ive read

If you have had omicron 1 then the chance of getting omicron 2 is greatly reduced

we'll just have to wait and see what happens

longhorn320 · « **Reply #17672 on:** March 15, 2022, 10:56:38 AM »

here is an article I found about BA2

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00558-w#:~:text=1%20version%20of%20the%20Omicron,that%20have%20experienced%20a%20BA.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #17673 on:** March 15, 2022, 10:57:57 AM »

I posted some pretty concerning studies about "long COVID" a while back, a significant increase in heart ailments among veterans for example. It was not a good sign.

longhorn320 · « **Reply #17674 on:** March 15, 2022, 11:09:06 AM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on March 15, 2022, 10:57:57 AM

I posted some pretty concerning studies about "long COVID" a while back, a significant increase in heart ailments among veterans for example. It was not a good sign.

Its estimated that between 10% and 30% of covid patients get long covid

long covid lasts anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 months

you can get long covid even if your original covid infection was minor

betarhoalphadelta · « **Reply #17675 on:** March 15, 2022, 01:01:10 PM »

Quote from: longhorn320 on March 15, 2022, 11:09:06 AM

Its estimated that between 10% and 30% of covid patients get long covid

long covid lasts anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 months

you can get long covid even if your original covid infection was minor

Really? Source for that? I've never seen a number at all, and a number that high sounds, well, a little fishy.

longhorn320 · « **Reply #17676 on:** March 15, 2022, 01:17:01 PM »

Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on March 15, 2022, 01:01:10 PM

Really? Source for that? I've never seen a number at all, and a number that high sounds, well, a little fishy.

I ran across a number of sources for this but Im too lazy to go back and list them

feel free to google long covid rate of infection and you will find all you desire

longhorn320 · « **Reply #17677 on:** March 15, 2022, 01:22:13 PM »

here is one of the many sources

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/what-doctors-wish-patients-knew-about-long-covid

longhorn320 · « **Reply #17678 on:** March 15, 2022, 01:24:36 PM »

Quote from: longhorn320 on March 14, 2022, 11:58:16 PM

I follow worldometer very closely for USA covid data

Today they adjusted deaths to date down by over 4,000

There is no indication as to where or why this correction happened

But as Ive been saying I was very skeptical of the high amount of covid deaths lately

and sure enough up jumps this correction so I feel vindicated

I predict there will be additional adjustments downward

Cincydawg · « **Reply #17679 on:** March 15, 2022, 03:35:35 PM »

Pfizer to ask FDA to authorize second booster for adults 65 plus | TheHill

Cincydawg · « **Reply #17680 on:** March 15, 2022, 03:55:29 PM »

Pfizer to ask FDA to authorize second booster for adults 65 plus | TheHill

Mdot21 · « **Reply #17681 on:** March 15, 2022, 09:35:24 PM »

Russia invades Ukraine and suddenly....

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