Wow! What an incredible story about the fellow going on his early morning jog and getting assaulted by a large family of Otters. The advice given by the various "specialists" was good and well meant, but my impression is that it wouldn't have helped him a bit. Have a great visit, Judo. Glad you finally made it. I'm sure your family is thrilled that you did.
Good article summarizing all the data to date from S.Afri, UK, Denmark... Omicron is 'milder' because there are so many breakthroughs and those cases are milder. Omicron MAY also be innately milder, and MAY also NOT be innately milder - maybe a 60 (it is) /40 (it is not) flip at this time. The good news is vaccination is holding up protection against severe illness. Another potential good news is if Omicron does push out Delta, we may actually see less death (we are still seeing 1k death per day in the US due to Delta). The bad news is Omicron may not at all be innately milder and if so and you aren't vaccinated or have a prior infection, you are at a greater risk than with Delta (much more chances of exposure and infection). It also potentially causes a very sharp and intense shock to the medical system. Omicron cases less likely to require hospital treatment, studies show | Financial Times (ft.com) An analysis of English data carried out by researchers at Imperial College found that Omicron was 11 per cent less likely to produce severe disease in any given individual after adjusting for factors including age, sex, underlying health conditions, vaccination status and prior infection. A second analysis from the same research team, this time controlling for vaccination status, found that once admitted to hospital, Omicron and Delta cases from recent weeks both had the same likelihood of progressing to a serious condition. The analyses included more than 10,000 Omicron cases and more than 200 hospital admissions. She said the findings suggested that breakthrough infections and reinfections from Omicron were “less severe” and that immune protection from T-cells and B-cells “mediated” Omicron’s “progression to severe disease” despite the fall in antibody protection.
My brother tested positive for COVID. We’re praying he didn’t pass it on to our Mom. My bro always wears his mask out in stores and around people. He also just got boostered a few days ago. I wonder if the more aggressive strain is better at penetrating masks now? We may all get this before this is over.
Dude. Mask absorb spittle, which contain high viral loads and provides better incubation for the virus compared to airborne particles. Masks do not stop airborne particles, with or without COVID. The omnicron variant can survive longer in an airborne particle than delta or earlier variants. If the mask mattered outside of spittle, then we would be preaching masks also help prevent getting covid. But we all know that is not true.
Mask isn't 100% even when it's fitted (in medical field). The rest of us probably are using poorly fitted and non-N95 or equivalent mask. With that said, mask is an added layer of defense in the swiss cheese model and is encouraged.
Covid virus appears to persist in multiple organs (brain, heart, eyes, nerve, ..) for months, even for mild and asymptomatic cases. Could this be a reason for long covid? Could it be why vaccines relieve long covid symptoms for some? Could we be looking at complications years down the road or potential flare-ups like Shingles? (PrePrint) SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence throughout the human body and brain | Research Square We performed complete autopsies on 44 patients with COVID-19 to map and quantify SARS-CoV-2 distribution, replication, and cell-type specificity across the human body, including brain, from acute infection through over seven months following symptom onset. We show that SARS-CoV-2 is widely distributed, even among patients who died with asymptomatic to mild COVID-19, and that virus replication is present in multiple extrapulmonary tissues early in infection. Further, we detected SARS-CoV-2 RNA in multiple anatomic sites, including regions throughout the brain, for up to 230 days following symptom onset. Despite extensive distribution of SARS-CoV-2 in the body, we observed a paucity of inflammation or direct viral cytopathology outside of the lungs. Our data prove that SARS-CoV-2 causes systemic infection and can persist in the body for months.
No link, bruh. Gotta trust the secondhand info from the visiting British doctor he overheard at Kenneally's last night.
He must mean this: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...statement-from-the-respiratory-evidence-panel Or maybe this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...ost-effective-way-to-tackle-covid-study-finds Or this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.in...ron-face-mask-effectiveness-b1975757.html?amp
I read through the page from the first link, rimbaud. Although both related and interesting, I didn't see anything directly relating to the percentage of efficacy that @Roscoe Arbuckle (good old Fatty) alleged. Thanks for the link. The other two links? One showed a large "G" and the other was a raptor carrying what appears to be a newspaper, or perhaps a scroll. This is from the first link, for those interested: the evidence suggests that all types of face coverings are, to some extent, effective in reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in both healthcare and public, community settings – this is through a combination of source control and protection to the wearer (high confidence) laboratory data shows that non-medical masks (such as cloth masks) made of 2 or 3 layers may have similar filtration efficiency to surgical masks (high confidence) epidemiological evidence (usually of low or very low certainty) from SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses suggests that, in healthcare settings, N95 respirators (or equivalent) may be more effective than surgical masks in reducing the risk of infection in the mask wearer [footnote 3] (low confidence) evidence, mainly from laboratory studies, suggests that face coverings should be well-fitted and cover the mouth and nose to increase effectiveness (as fit is a limiting factor in the overall mask protective efficiency independently of the filtration efficiency of its fabric) (high confidence) there is a need for improved training (in health and care settings) and public health messaging (in community settings) on mask fitting (and quality in the community) (medium confidence) there is insufficient evidence to support the use of double-masking in a healthcare setting (not ranked due to insufficient evidence)
Two links didn’t work? The second link was from the Guardian citing a massive international study which estimated about a 53% reduction in transmission with most masks. The third link was from the Independent and charts the UK’s evolving understanding of the efficacy of masks in light of a slew of studies showing how well they work, especially preventing an asymptomatic carrier from infecting others.
