news Covid19-Coronavirus updates and news

[Mister Funsky]

Having relatives and friends scattered all over the globe, I am getting an overload of input (some on the record and some off the record).

My intention for this thread is for community members from around the world to post first hand stories and/or links to information sources that, for the most part, should be reliable.

In my community, just outside a major southeastern city, 'assets' have been placed. Only because I have friends in both high and low places have I heard about some of this. At this point it is only some basic medical supplies that should be equally distributed anyway in preparation for a natural emergency (hurricane/wildfire/etc.).

I will start with posting a link to a site with current data that seems to come from an aggregate of sources and hope others will do the same as they come across similar sites/pages.

Because of the 'typhoid Mary' spread-ability of this disease, I feel we may be in for a really large spread globally which will impact the global economy and through extension, retail domain prices.

One thing is for sure...things will get worse before they get better.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa-coronavirus/

 

[Sutruk]

COVID-19 hospitalizations tumble among US senior citizens

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-04-covid-hospitalizations-senior-citizens.html

"COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged more than 70% since the start of the year, and deaths among them appear to have tumbled as well, dramatic evidence the vaccination campaign is working.

Now the trick is to get more of the nation's younger people to roll up their sleeves.

The drop-off in severe cases among Americans 65 and older is especially encouraging because senior citizens have accounted for about 8 out of 10 deaths from the virus since it hit the U.S., where the toll stands at about 570,000

COVID-19 deaths among people of all ages in the U.S. have plummeted to about 700 per day on average, compared with a peak of over 3,400 in mid-January.

What you're seeing there is exactly what we hoped and wanted to see: As really high rates of vaccinations happen, hospitalizations and death rates come down," said Jodie Guest, a public health researcher at Emory University."

 

[Sutruk]

FDA, CDC lift pause on J&J Covid vaccinations

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heal...-j-j-vaccinations-warning-notice-cdc-n1265073

"The United States will resume use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday, following an 11-day pause.

The announcement came after a CDC advisory committee voted to recommend lifting the pause, but advised adding a warning about the increased risk of very rare but severe blood clots.

"Today's presentations and discussions have convinced me that lifting the pause on J&J's vaccine is in the best public health interest of the U.S. population," said Dr. Henry Bernstein, a professor of pediatrics at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New York."

 

[Mister Funsky]

Current Covid19 death numbers as of 8:00 am EST are below, primarily from the source in the original post (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus). If your country of interest is not listed below, simply go to the link above to do a search for relevant information.

Total: 3,102,346
United States: 585,075
Brazil: 386,623
India: 189,549
Russia: 107,900
United Kingdom: 127,385
France: 102,496
Italy: 118,699
Spain: 77,591
Mexico: 214,504
Poland: 65,222
South Africa: 54,066
Indonesia: 44,500
Netherlands: 17,016
Canada: 23,883
Chile: 25,641
Belgium: 23,954
Philippines: 16,674
Japan : 9,800
Bolivia: 12,783
Papua New Guinea: 102

 

[Mister Funsky]

Western Australia Covid lockdown: new case confirmed as hotel quarantine failures condemned

Australian Medical Association president Dr Omar Khorshid says state governments are not doing enough to protect those in quarantine from coronavirus

Continued leaks from hotel quarantine are “a frustration to all Australians” and state governments are not doing enough to prevent it, the president of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Omar Khorshid, has said, while the Western Australian premier called on the federal government to “step up and help”.

Authorities revealed one new community case was detected on Saturday – a man in his 40s – as WA’s Perth and Peel region began a snap three-day lockdown after the latest hotel quarantine outbreak. The virus spread in the corridors of the Mercure quarantine hotel in Perth, infecting a man who was staying adjacent to a couple with the virus who had returned from India.

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ckdown-ama-condemns-hotel-quarantine-failures

 

[CraigD]

Pfizer CEO says vaccine to become easier to ship and store

US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer is planning a new version of its coronavirus vaccine that can be stored in a standard freezer and comes diluted and ready for use, its CEO told AFP on Friday.

The vaccine developed by Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech is already a mainstay in Europe's efforts to control the pandemic -- but it is a challenge to ship and protect.

The current version must be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius (minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit), limiting its distribution to specially equipped vaccination centres.

But Pfizer's chief executive Albert Bourla told AFP in an interview that a new version is in the pipeline and that he was optimistic the vaccine will also prove effective against new virus variants.

https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/pfizer-ceo-says-vaccine-become-190041072.html

 

[koolishman]

Research uncovers high risk to pregnant women from COVID-19

A study of more than 2,100 pregnant women across 18 countries worldwide has revealed that COVID-19 is associated with a higher risk of severe maternal and newborn complications than previously recognised.

The researchers, from the Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford, report the findings of the INTERCOVID Study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, providing, for the first time, detailed comparative information about the effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy.

In the paper, published today, they conclude the risk to mothers and babies is greater than acknowledged at the beginning of the pandemic, and that health priority measures should include pregnant women.

Aris Papageorghiou, Professor of Fetal Medicine at the University of Oxford, who co-led INTERCOVID, said, ‘Women with COVID-19 during pregnancy were over 50% more likely to experience pregnancy complications (such as premature birth, pre-eclampsia, admission to intensive care and death) compared to pregnant women unaffected by COVID-19.

'Newborns of infected women were also nearly three times more at risk of severe medical complications, such as admission to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – mostly due to premature birth. The good news, however, is that the risks in symptomless infected women and non-infected women were similar.’

The researchers sought to understand the effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy by collecting robust data on pregnant women with and without a diagnosis of COVID-19, an important step to ensure that families understand the risks involved, mothers and babies receive the best possible care, and health resources, such as vaccines, are appropriately allocated. However, until now, the quality of the available information has been limited.

The paper describes the work of over 100 researchers that recently completed the INTERCOVID Study involving over 2,100 pregnant women from 43 maternity hospitals in 18 low, middle and high-income countries worldwide.

Professor Papageorghiou, continued: ‘Fortunately, there were very few maternal deaths; nevertheless, the risk of dying during pregnancy and in the postnatal period was 22 times higher in women with COVID-19 than in the non-infected pregnant women.'

 

[Mister Funsky]

Current Covid19 death numbers as of 8:00 am EST are below, primarily from the source in the original post (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus). If your country of interest is not listed below, simply go to the link above to do a search for relevant information.

Total: 3,115,356
United States: 585,880
Brazil: 389,609
India: 192,311
Russia: 108,232
United Kingdom: 127,417
France: 102,713
Italy: 119,021
Spain: 77,591
Mexico: 214,853
Poland: 65,415
South Africa: 54,125
Indonesia: 44,594
Netherlands: 17,038
Canada: 23,927
Chile: 25,742
Belgium: 23,990
Philippines: 16,783
Japan : 9,913
Bolivia: 12,812
Papua New Guinea: 102

 

[Mister Funsky]

Brazil hits record COVID-19 death toll in April

SAO PAULO - Brazil marked a grim milestone Saturday, as April became the deadliest month yet in the country's COVID epidemic, authorities said.

The South American giant recorded 67,977 deaths so far in April, making it the deadliest month yet before it ends, topping March's 66,573 fatalities, the Health Ministry said.

Just in the past 24 hours, Brazil recorded 3,076 deaths, with a seven-day average of 2,545 deaths per day.

Meanwhile, 71,137 new infections were also registered on Saturday, with a daily average of more than 60,000 new cases in the last two weeks.

Latin America's most populous country has recorded over 380,000 deaths among its 212 million people.

Only the United States has been worse affected in absolute terms, but Brazil's death rate per 100,000 inhabitants is the highest in both the Americas and the southern hemisphere.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/25/21/brazil-hits-record-covid-19-death-toll-in-april

 

[J Sokol]

Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world

The catastrophe unfolding in India appears to be the worst-case scenario that many feared from the Covid-19 pandemic: unable to find sufficient hospital beds, access to tests, medicines or oxygen, the country of 1.4 billion is sinking beneath the weight of infections.

The two opposed assumptions of the global response to coronavirus – wealthy countries in the west prioritising vaccines for their own need in one camp, and the argument led by the World Health Organization for global vaccine equality in the other – are also failing to hold as the scale of the crisis in India points to an urgent need to prioritise the response there.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ias-covid-crisis-is-a-dire-problem-for-us-all

 

[Sutruk]

People, although being fully vaccinated, do not leave your mask and social distance measures until the pandemic has really ended.

Alber Elbaz, top Israeli fashion icon and ex-Lanvin director, dies of COVID

https://www.timesofisrael.com/alber...on-icon-and-ex-lanvin-director-dies-of-covid/

"Alber Elbaz, a top Israeli fashion designer known for his industry-altering influence in the Paris fashion industry, died Saturday from the coronavirus in a Paris hospital. He was 59 years old.

According to Israel’s Channel 12 news, Elbaz was infected with the South African COVID variant despite being fully vaccinated. Elbaz, who was born in Morocco, has three siblings living in Israel and will be buried in the Jewish state"

 

[J Sokol]

According to Israel’s Channel 12 news, Elbaz was infected with the South African COVID variant despite being fully vaccinated.

That's scary.

 

[Sutruk]

U.S. to provide Covid vaccine components, medical supplies to India

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...ne-components-medical-supplies-india-n1265243

"The United States will immediately provide raw materials for Covid-19 vaccines, medical equipment and protective gear to help India respond to a massive surge in coronavirus infections, a White House spokeswoman said on Sunday.

"The United States is working around the clock to deploy available resources and supplies," National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said in a statement.

She said the United States would send raw materials required for India to manufacture the Covishield vaccine, as well as therapeutics, rapid diagnostic test kits, ventilators and protective equipment for frontline workers.

"Just as India sent assistance to the United States as our hospitals were strained early in the pandemic, we are determined to help India in its time of need," President Joe Biden said on Twitter on Sunday."

 

[Mister Funsky]

Current Covid19 death numbers as of 8:00 am EST are below, primarily from the source in the original post (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus). If your country of interest is not listed below, simply go to the link above to do a search for relevant information.

Total: 3,124,698
United States: 586,152
Brazil: 390,925
India: 195,123
Russia: 108,588
United Kingdom: 127,428
France: 102,858
Italy: 119,238
Spain: 77,591
Mexico: 214,947
Poland: 65,437
South Africa: 54,148
Indonesia: 44,770
Netherlands: 17,049
Canada: 23,965
Chile: 25,856
Belgium: 24,024
Philippines: 16,853
Japan : 9,913
Bolivia: 12,824
Papua New Guinea: 105

 

[Sutruk]

Billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-04-billion-covid-vaccine-doses-globally.html

"More than one billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide, less than five months after the first mass inoculation programmes began to be rolled out, according to an AFP tally at 17:45 GMT on Saturday.

At least 1,002,938,540 doses have been administered in 207 countries and territories, according to the tally compiled from official sources.

More than half, or 58 percent, have been given in three countries: the United States with 225.6 million doses, China with 216.1 million doses and India with 138.4 million.

However, in terms of the proportion of the population who have been vaccinated, Israel is in the lead, with nearly six out of every 10 Israelis fully inoculated.

That is followed by the United Arab Emirates with more than 51 percent of the population has received at least one jab, Britain with 49 percent, the US with 42 percent, Chile with 41 percent, Bahrain with 38 percent and Uruguay with 32 percent"

 

[Sutruk]

Americans vaccinated against Covid may be allowed to go to Europe in summer

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...ovid-may-be-allowed-go-europe-summer-n1265281

"Americans who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus may be able to visit countries within the European Union this summer, the head of the bloc's executive body has said.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, told the New York Times Sunday that immunization with a vaccine that has been approved by bloc's drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency, "will enable free movement and the travel to the European Union.”

The agency has approved each of the three coronavirus vaccines available in the United States, which were developed by Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson.

"One thing is clear," she told the newspaper. "All 27 member states will accept, unconditionally, all those who are vaccinated with vaccines that are approved by EMA."

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Were not in this together. Parked around corner and went into local gas station. Caught buddy off guard, he pulls his mask up over his mouth and nose.
Some people just havent figured it out i guess. And whats with some stores, no mask at all because there is a sheet of plexi glass between us.
https://www.castanet.net/news/Canad...is-week-including-first-Johnson-Johnson-shots
https://www.castanet.net/news/Canad...is-week-including-first-Johnson-Johnson-shots
Yoü got extra doses down there, send em to Canada.



In Canada, 7,290,869 people (19.18% of the population) have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. 6,481,251 people (17.05% of the population) have received only one dose. 809,618 people (2.13% of the population) have received two doses.

https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccination-coverage/

 

[.X.]

How many of you have gotten a covid shot???

 

[Compassion]

How many of you have gotten a covid shot???

Most of the people who post in this thread likely have or will . . . They can even get free beer and free doughnuts for doing it!

 

[.X.]

Most of the people who post in this thread likely have or will . . . They can even get free beer and free doughnuts for doing it!

yeah .. and watch .. they will be upping the prize soon .. get your covid vaccine and you get a free steak dinner gift card ... pretty pathetic

 

[Compassion]

Were not in this together. Parked around corner and went into local gas station. Caught buddy off guard, he pulls his mask up over his mouth and nose.
Some people just havent figured it out i guess. And whats with some stores, no mask at all because there is a sheet of plexi glass between us.
https://www.castanet.net/news/Canad...is-week-including-first-Johnson-Johnson-shots
Yoü got extra doses down there, send em to Canada.



In Canada, 7,290,869 people (19.18% of the population) have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. 6,481,251 people (17.05% of the population) have received only one dose. 809,618 people (2.13% of the population) have received two doses.

https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccination-coverage/

We are all in this together - Earth - one body of humans.


Some have fallen for the devil's schemes and are defending the trickster.


If you ever see me walking in the street, You'll see my smiling face rather than a muzzled face sucking in bacteria and depleting oxygen.


Integrity wins,
Ignorance loses.

 

[.X.]

We are all in this together - Earth - one body of humans.


Some have fallen for the devil's schemes and are defending the trickster.


If you ever see me walking in the street, You'll see my smiling face rather than a muzzled face sucking in bacteria and depleting oxygen.


Integrity wins,
Ignorances loses.

very very well said ... people are getting royally fucked up from all 3 vaccines .. like J&J .. they restarted giving it .. saying the benefits outweigh the risks ... I highly doubt that ... Vac at your own risk .. and if you get fucked up .. own it .. it’s on you

 

[Sutruk]

Luckily the most of the world have a half brain and won't fall into a pathetic troll trickster petending to have "medicine" knowledge when he only is a charlatan regurgitating pathetic conspiracy theories.
A complete and pathetic ignorant trickster...
Even a 10 years boy with basic knowledge knows more than the pathetic "acupuncturist" trickster and conspiracy spreader.

 

[Compassion]

Luckily the most of the world have a half brain and won't fall into a pathetic troll trickster petending to have "medicine" knowledge when he only is a charlatan regurgitating pathetic conspiracy theories.
A complete and pathetic ignorant trickster...

Those who post CNN and NYT articles daily are the ones who have succumbed to the devil's tricks.

 

[.X.]

Luckily the most of the world have a half brain and won't fall into a pathetic troll trickster petending to have "medicine" knowledge when he only is a charlatan regurgitating pathetic conspiracy theories.
A complete and pathetic ignorant trickster...
Even a 10 years boy with basic knowledge knows more than the pathetic "acupuncturist" trickster and conspiracy spreader.

did you take .. Pfizer .. Moderna or J&J .. all will fuck you up .. Pfizer leading the pack so far with proven long term effects .. my sister in law took Moderna .. she took the second and final vaccine ... 1 and 1/2 months later .. she is hospitalized with severe cardiac arrhythmia and must have a pacemaker

 

[Compassion]

did you take .. Pfizer .. Moderna or J&J .. all will fuck you up .. Pfizer leading the pack so far with proven long term effects .. my sister in law took Moderna .. she took the second and final vaccine ... 1 and 1/2 months later .. she is hospitalized with servers cardiac arrhythmia and must have a pacemaker

This is really heartbreaking to read.

Those of us who know the substantial risks do all we can to inform our loved ones and friends, but ultimately it is a free-will choice what we take into our bodies.