Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

I work remotely now collecting data and performing drug utilization reviews, lol, but good talk. Also have only had three shots total, one booster in December of 2021 since I work from home now. That said, I would gladly get multiple boosters if I still worked in a retail setting because the data shows they’re incredibly safe. Per usual, the only comeback you have is “Derp, get another booster, derp.”

 

Incredibly safe ...

'Mo jabs, mo deaths'

 

I may be the only true anti-vaxxer on the board. While some object to *this* vaccine, due to obvious historical adverse events, I reiterate no-virus = nothing to vaccinate for.

 

Looks like a legit source, lol.

 

Sounds like you understand the shots are pointless now. Welcome to reality!

 

And you completely missed my point by the way!

 

Thanks for pulling your weight! If we have two thousand pages I’ll bet your memes and gifs would comprise twenty!

 

Ominous news from Germany ...



Excess mortality in Germany 2020-2022

 

You can have your arcane studies. Even Virus believers are asking, “What’s killing all these people ?”

Excess deaths in 2022 among worst in 50 years

 

Devastating, all this suffering for a computer printout, i.e., Covid ...

The Israeli Ministry of Health Actually Did a Survey of Adverse Events after The Booster Dose

 

They must have been promised a lot of money to subject their population to that vaccine.

 

Masks Make 'Little Or No Difference' on COVID-19, Flu Rates: New Study (reason.com)

The wearing of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses had almost no effect at the societal level, according to a rigorous new review of the available research.

"Interestingly, 12 trials in the review, ten in the community and two among healthcare workers, found that wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to influenza-like or COVID-19-like illness transmission," writes Tom Jefferson, a British epidemiologist and co-author of the Cochrane Library's new report on masking trials. "Equally, the review found that masks had no effect on laboratory-confirmed influenza or SARS-CoV-2 outcomes. Five other trials showed no difference between one type of mask over another."

Even the most ardent mask supporters, who want to wear them properly, fail to do so. And, as this study and others illustrate, even when masks are required they are either not worn properly, or not worn at all by a significant number of people. These images from a NY Times article comically show that children are no exception to this problem. And nor are teachers — this study, published by the CDC, on a school outbreak encapsulates the problem quite well: "the teacher read aloud unmasked to the class despite school requirements to mask while indoors."

If following the science means updating one's priors when new evidence becomes available, then institutions that require masks should finally concede—three years into the pandemic—that indefinitely forcing them on unwilling people, especially children, is not a defensible strategy. As for any lingering government requirements, let this be the final and long overdue word: no more mandates.

 

So I always read the author's conclusions first, then their paper. LOL From the paper cited :
"Authors' conclusions
The high risk of bias in the trials, variation in outcome measurement, and relatively low adherence with the interventions during the studies hampers drawing firm conclusions. There were additional RCTs during the pandemic related to physical interventions but a relative paucity given the importance of the question of masking and its relative effectiveness and the concomitant measures of mask adherence which would be highly relevant to the measurement of effectiveness, especially in the elderly and in young children."

Odd isn't it that somehow the right-wing crap sources can get their own conclusions so wrong. LOL

 

This isn't a right wing crap source , what a bunch of BS from a left wing male or female or what ever you identify as, shall I put out some cat liter

 

Moneyball line applies to masks, 'If he's a good hitter, why can't he hit?

 

Typical righty diversion tactic ... can't intelligently refute the merits of the topic so bring up sexual identity fantasy ... very creepy. Very telling.

 

Interesting progress in recycling an older anti-viral treatment. Essentially, a single, subcutaneous dosing with a concentrated interferon which activates the cells own anti-viral responses. A controlled trial, with the key outcome being hospitalization, showed a 50% reduction in the experimental group. Almost all participants, both experimental and placebo group were mostly vaccinated.

This is intended to be an easily manufactured and distributed anti-viral given to those with COVID symptoms within the first 5 days after symptom on-set.

This technology has been around for a long, long time and used against other viruses.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2209760?query=featured_home