News & Experiences continued

[Hedwig]

Read today about 15 Mio deaths due to the pandemic world wide are estimated. Such a huge number

About 8-9 Mio deaths are not covid deaths but deaths due to overwhelmed health systems. That is especially tragic, I think. Because we tried so hard to keep the health systems working but it just did not work all the time.

I hope that this is a wake up point for countries to put more money into the health sector at any rate.

 

[sk8pics]

What is a Mio death @Hedwig?

 

[once_upon]

Google says mio is million

 

[Hedwig]

ah sorry, yes, million.

 

[Susan1]

Weekly Ohio report -

Ohio reports 11,013 new COVID-19 cases, fifth straight weekly increase

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 11,013 new COVID-19 cases for the past week, extending a streak of week-over-week increases to five. This week i…

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[Dobre]

Long Covid Patients Report Vibrations, Tremors: ‘My Body Is Moving Inside, It’s Jolting’​

Long Covid Patients Report Vibrations, Tremors: ‘My Body Is Moving Inside, It’s Jolting’

Some Covid-19 patients continue to experience symptoms such as buzzing sensations and shaking months after their initial diagnosis. Their cases are gaining more attention among long Covid advocates and some doctors.

www.wsj.com

 

[Dobre]

Good news about current trends with hospitalizations & deaths in high-vaccinated & well-boosted states in the Northeast right now, where cases have been rising long enough that we should be able to see this:

https://twitter.com/AshishKJha46/status/1523350830316810246?cxt=HHwWjMCj1crgg6QqAAAA

 

[MacMadame]

I could get behind this:

‘The loss is omnipresent’: the grieving daughter fighting for a US Covid memorial day

The founder of Marked by Covid believes the US has failed to properly memorialize the enormous losses

www.theguardian.com

 

[Susan1]

I'm posting this a day before the weekly report because they mentioned on the local news how cases are rising. Just from the dashboard - 3 week trend from 6,890 to 11.013 reported cases. It's better than 11K per day. but still.

 

[Judy]

I had Ellen on in the background because I didn't want to turn off the tv and back on again (it takes two remotes to do it and dh keeps moving one of them). I was cringing watching all the close contact even though I'm sure it was taped a while ago.


They did and I saw that and decided just to post to take Tylenol rather than say NO ASPIRIN because I didn't want that person to feel bad. I know, silly of me. We're all big girls here.

Also, I used the generic terms in case it's not called Tylenol in other countries so it might not have stood out.

Omg I remember my husband with 4 remotes and how freaking confusing it was for me lol.

 

[Susan1]

Omg I remember my husband with 4 remotes and how freaking confusing it was for me lol.

Relating to Knots Landing (again) - during the 1988 Olympics, I had my dad tape Knots Landing so I could watch the men's program on that Thursday. He had to use one remote for the t.v. and one remote for the VCR. He hit record right before Knots Landing and then forgot to switch back to the t.v. remote, so he switched the channel to the Olympics and that's what got taped. I didn't find out till I went to their house on Sunday to watch Knots. AARRGGHH.

 

[Susan1]

And - weekly Ohio report

Ohio reports 15,970 new COVID-19 cases, 6th straight weekly increase

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 15,970 new COVID-19 cases for the past week, extending a streak of week-over-week increases to six. This week f…

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Why are flags being lowered in Ohio?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered American and State of Ohio flags be flown at half-staff Thursday, matching orders from U.S. President Joe Biden. The order comes as a…

www.nbc4i.com

 

[AJ Skatefan]

A friend of mine got the crud and called her doctor right away. Ther prescribed Paxlovid. She got better after a couple of days and tested negative. I’m going to do that if I ever get it.

 

[MacMadame]

A friend of mine got the crud and called her doctor right away. Ther prescribed Paxlovid. She got better after a couple of days and tested negative. I’m going to do that if I ever get it.

CA public health is advertising that drug on tv and streaming and social media every time I look around. I think not enough people know about it and they are trying to fix that.

 

[Dobre]

N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday that six people died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across the nation, a day after its first acknowledgement of a COVID-19 outbreak.

apnews.com

"North Korea said Friday that six people died and hundreds of thousands of others fell ill amid an “explosive spread” of fever across the nation, a day after it acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak. NK is not vaccinated."

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1524911038839369729?cxt=HHwWgsC9gdagyakqAAAA

 

[Dobre]

"A spokesperson for moderna_tx confirms the company this week completed its submissions to
US_FDA for EUA of its vaccine "as primary series in adolescents aged 12-17 years, children aged 6-11 years, and 6 years to 6 months"

https://twitter.com/Alexander_Tin/status/1524443498182815745

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Hospitalizations in Oregon are over 200 today. 1,735 new cases. 8 deaths. Most counties in my region are now back in orange.

 

[MacMadame]

I wish I didn't believe this was true:

Meat industry hyped ‘baseless’ shortage to keep plants open amid covid
A House panel alleges that Tyson and other meat processors heavily influenced Trump’s executive order that compelled plants to keep operating

https://wapo.st/3L6QOEx (gifted)

 

[AJ Skatefan]

A friend of mine got the crud and called her doctor right away. Ther prescribed Paxlovid. She got better after a couple of days and tested negative. I’m going to do that if I ever get it.

Spoke too soon. She had a relapse and feels crappy. And is testing positive again. I guess Paxlovid isn’t the miracle cure after all.

 

[flyingsit]

Spoke too soon. She had a relapse and feels crappy. And is testing positive again. I guess Paxlovid isn’t the miracle cure after all.

Paxlovid isn’t supposed to keep you from having any symptoms…it keeps you out of the hospital.

 

[Dobre]

Spoke too soon. She had a relapse and feels crappy. And is testing positive again. I guess Paxlovid isn’t the miracle cure after all.

I posted an article about this earlier. And I've read several comments since then from medical specialists saying that people who test negative after using Paxlovid have to self monitor carefully because of a propensity toward testing positive again. As the post above says, this doesn't mean it's not helpful; but it's something to look out for, especially if one's contacts are at high risk.

 

[Dobre]

Why COVID is a key suspect in severe hepatitis cases in kids worldwide​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/severe-hepatitis-children-covid-suspect-1.6451267

A couple articles about this wave of hepatitis in kids, and potential liver problems that come with it, have already been posted here; but the story is not going away so I'm continuing to follow it.

 

[Dobre]

Link for ordering free covid tests in the U.S.

"As of today, the federal government is offering a 3rd round of free rapid COVID tests. However, this time, they are offering each household 8 tests instead of 4 tests."

https://twitter.com/uche_blackstock/status/1526346659961229312?cxt=HHwWgMC-8eiM1q4qAAAA

 

[MacMadame]

Somebody did some modeling and figured out that, if the rest of the country had taken the same measures that we did in the SF Bay Area, it could have saved over 650,000 lives. That is a bit mind-boggling and also makes me mad all over again.

I will link to the articles about it but it looks like they are behind a paywall and SJ Merc has no gifting.

Chart: Look how low Bay Area’s COVID death rates compare to the 140 largest U.S. counties

The list is long, but it’s not hard to find the Bay Area among the lowest COVID-19 death rates for the U.S.’s 140 largest counties.

www.mercurynews.com

How the Bay Area kept its COVID-19 death rate low

The U.S. reached its a grim milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19 — equivalent to the population of San Jose. But had the nation followed the Bay Area's rate, 650,000 would still be alive today.

extras.mercurynews.com

 

[allezfred]

How it started:

Heathrow Airport and British Airways (unless required by their destination) are removing face mask requirements tomorrow. HALLELUJAH! Let freedom ring!

How it’s going:

British Airways: BA cancels over 100 flights operating to and from Heathrow | Travel News | Travel | Express.co.uk

BRITISH AIRWAYS has cancelled over 100 flights on May 16. The flights were scheduled to operate from its base, Heathrow.

www.express.co.uk

 

[Louis]

Somebody did some modeling and figured out that, if the rest of the country had taken the same measures that we did in the SF Bay Area, it could have saved over 650,000 lives. That is a bit mind-boggling and also makes me mad all over again.

Again, no one is measuring the unprecedented loss in educational achievement, mental health crisis, crime spike, sharp rise in inequality: all of which are off the charts in the SF Bay area. Rewind the clock to 2020, and if you ask me whether to take a SF Bay Area or a Florida approach to C19, my answer remains Florida, definitively. At least some people have woken up, voting out most of the SF school board, etc. People continuing to justify the Democratic-led lockdowns and school closures makes me mad all over again, and makes me realize that the most important thing is voting every last lockdown supporter out of office.

How it started:

How it’s going:

British Airways: BA cancels over 100 flights operating to and from Heathrow | Travel News | Travel | Express.co.uk

BRITISH AIRWAYS has cancelled over 100 flights on May 16. The flights were scheduled to operate from its base, Heathrow.

www.express.co.uk

At this point, BA is hardly unique in not requiring masks - virtually all major airlines are operating under the same policy.

The cancellations have nothing to do with C19 outbreaks and more to do with laying off too many staff during C19, not rehiring quickly enough, and general lack of attractiveness of the airline industry. Govermnent lockdowns, and the fear of more lockdowns/restrictions, have people rightly looking elsewhere for work. (Plus the pay is pretty bad.)

This isn't affecting only BA - Easyjet is removing seats from its planes so that it can legally fly with fewer flight attendants. BA is harder hit in part because it reintroduced too many routes and sold too many tickets, despite not having staff to manage the volumes. BA is woefully mismanaged and just had a complete shakeup of their executive team.

 

[once_upon]

I'm not going to get into the unending arguments of education, mental health issues or the current masking issues. You all know my stance.

BA is not the only airline needing to cancel flights due to staffing issues. The whole world wide airline industry is in a chaotic disaster crisis. Some of it is covid related - immediate acute illness but also covid related because employees were fired or laid off during reduced staffing/travel.

I am part of a cruise travel Facebook group. I would say that 2/3rds of the posts in the last 6 weeks are complaints, concerns, panic over flight changes, airplane type and seat assignments changes. I've flown 6 times since October 2021, was supposed to fly April 2022 (canceled trip due to false positive test ) and planned flights in July and October. I think I get at least weekly change notifications whic could aircraft types, times, seating etc.

It is not uncommon in today's travel environment

 

[Miezekatze]

I'm not surprised if half of the former staff of airplanes is gone now.

My yoga teacher is a flight attendant for Lufthansa as her main job and Lufthansa didn't have work for her from March 2020 until December 21st, not a single flight. But the Lufthansa used the "short-shift program" from the German government, so she got 70% of her salary from the German state and was not laid off.

But I don't think there's that many countries except for Germany, where the government paid (most of) the salaries of the halted industries employees, while they did not work in their original job? I assume in countries without such a social security net, the employees were laid off or left by themselves and searched for another job elsewhere and now they are gone (of course that problem exists in Germany too anyway, especially in jobs with seasonal workers or part time workers). And my yoga teacher foudn it pretty horrid, despite being paid, at least she still had her yoga teacher job, which resumed much earlier.

 

[Vagabond]

COVID.gov/tests - Free at-home COVID-19 tests

Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order a 3rd round of free at-home tests. Order yours today.

www.covid.gov

Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order a 3rd round of free at-home tests. Order yours today.

 

[Judy]

We’re number 1! We’re number 1!

And no, this is not because we test more here. We don’t.

Latest: Atlantic Canada Has More COVID-19 Cases Per Capita Than Just About Anywhere In North America | Nova Scotia Buzz

Atlantic Canada faired pretty well in the first few waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. The provinces essentially sealed themselves off from outsiders and when it was safe to do so allowed travel within Atlantic

www.nsbuzz.ca

I’ll admit that not really really releasing the true numbers helps me. It always caused me anxiety. You’re good out in Nova Scotia. I will still mask popping into stores etc. hopefully we are going in the right direction with it not attacking the lungs.

 

[Susan1]

How big is the latest U.S. coronavirus wave? No one really knows.

Eileen Wassermann struggles to calculate her daily risks at this stage of the coronavirus pandemic - with infections drastically undercounted and mask mandates gone. The immunocompromised 69-year-old ensconces herself in her SUV for the half-hour ferry ride across the Puget Sound from her home...

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