SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Xi has the poker face.

P45 was fawning, not feigning. The Chinese administrator class have millennia of experience in how to feed his type of ego, in both domestic and foreign leaders, to their own advantage.

 

Really getting tired of the respiratory bugs going around. No doubt the vaccines let me continue to post but the latest rhino-virus continues to linger on. Four weeks since the initial symptoms, I'm in the 'good days' and 'bad days' phase.

Bob Wilson

 

These respiratory virus variants have coexisted with us for all of recorded time. We need to get over our fear of them and get on with our lives. If you have children in your lives, you will catch multiple virus based diseases.

JeffD

ps; About 40% of these infections are older coronal virus, About 60% are rhino-virus.

 

well, if you're older or immune compromised, it's pretty tough to 'get on with your life'.
unfortunately, 'people getting on with their lives' puts others at risk.

i have been sick since early september with two different respiratory viruses. had to bow out of thanksgiving, Christmas is iffy

 

It’s tough really the best is shelter at home. Have the young ones as much as possible do all the going out. My parents and I have escaped, so far. We still mask when we go out but A LOT do not over here now. My wife is concerned about the “31% positivity rate”, saying “it’s high again”….

 

I think it is a big mistake to claim that we are postponing the inevitable. (Don’t throw caution to the wind). Our household is divided into those who have caught it and those who haven’t. Isn’t it ironic that the least hygienic of the the bunch, me, has not caught it yet? The polar opposite, my wife the MD, was the first, and no it was not at work, where protocol was built to protect doctors. In fact listening to her I believe all that caught it of her codoctors got it on vacation.

I think the key is avoidance. My wife’s sister and household believe they caught it going to Church. I have sadly not gone much at all. I say: People tend to go when they have something to be thankful for, or, when they are sick…

Anyways the body has natural oils on the skin that can destroy these viruses. I think contrary to belief we’ve grown too dependent on hand sanitizer. Well now you’ve wiped away the natural defense that you had just prior. My son who volunteers in a research lab. I asked him how he prevents something from harming his Cyanobacteria or other work. Well I said now we’ve come to cleaning up areas and giving the virus the chance to survive…

I found masking allows me to let my beard and mustache grow. I used to shave every few days now I stretch it to a week or a little more. Do I look scary when I remove my mask, I bet so, BUT hey if it keeps people at a distance then safer for them and me….

No, I am not an anti-vaxer. In fact I have the best excuse, I’ve fainted getting vaccinated back in 2019, but still I risk that to get vaccinated when I am eligible. (I actually got my first COVID shot prior to being eligible since I knew someone at a pharmacy)….

Can you get a tourist VISA to the US? Come get your shots. I know my sister-in-law did….

 

Unless you're one of the five million illegal aliens this administration has allowed to come over the border, no vaccinations required! In fact, you can also bring your slaves for human trafficking and deadly fentanyl pills to sell and kill thousands of Americans. How many die a year from covid? (And the majority are vaxxed) and how many die from fentanyl? Not many are talking about this, are they?

 

fentanyl at DuckDuckGo

 

I found per-day figures a little easier to quickly find. 136 a day from all opioid overdoses (prescription and illicit), per the DEA resource in Trollbait's search. Currently running right around double that, 260 a day, for COVID deaths, an outcome 6✕ more likely (age adjusted) among unvaccinated (in cities and states that provide the data, per NYT, Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count, updated Dec. 6, 2022).

 

Yes not required to be vaccinated. My point was that she was able to get vaccinated while here, on a Tourist VISA. (Pretty sure that is legal entry through LAX)….

 

i read an article in nature about a promising study using a 30 year old liver drug. an ace2 inhibitor, it prevents all the strains from attaching the the cells.

another lab is trying to narrow that down to just the cells that are vulnerable, because the liver drug is not safe for everyone.

 

'opioid crisis', it's in the news all the time

 

US sees worst flu outbreak in 10 years: Which states are being hit hardest by 'tripledemic'? (msn.com)

"Brewer also says the parts of the U.S. with the lowest vaccination rates against COVID-19 and flu "will most likely get into trouble with these viruses,” he said. (There's no vaccine against RSV.)

Dr. Timothy Brewer, professor of medicine and epidemiology at University of California"

 

I hope it was RSV that lingered on and on. Random productive cough but no fever. Dang it.

Bob Wilson

 

After our bout with Covid I had a cough for probably 4 weeks that would help get rid of phlegm. Was very glad to say goodby to that.

We are all fully vaccinated against Covid in our house, so the Covid bout was around 2 days long, and we didn't have to worry about getting real sick or seeing a doctor or going to the hospital we knew the vaccine would protect us and minimize the effects of the disease.