Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Facts and figures for the day:

Vaccinated people have a 0.004% chance of being hospitalized with Covid. That is 4 people per 100,000. 75% of those folks are over the age of 65.

Each day around 8,500 people die from all causes in the US. 63 people died from Covid in the US yesterday, or 0.74% of the total deaths in a day.

We must mask up and slow the spread people...

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Should we start wearing helmets when we drive cars too? I mean they would help protect us right?

[C0|dB|00ded]

Facts and figures for the day:

Vaccinated people have a 0.004% chance of being hospitalized with Covid. That is 4 people per 100,000. 75% of those folks are over the age of 65.

Each day around 8,500 people die from all causes in the US. 63 people died from Covid in the US yesterday, or 0.74% of the total deaths in a day.

We must mask up and slow the spread people...

Oh God.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/world/delta-variant-kids-infections.html

In addition to Covid, more children are getting a respiratory virus more commonly seen in winter.

U.S. health officials have expressed concern over a simultaneous rise in Delta infections and cases of respiratory syncytial virus, a highly contagious seasonal flulike illness that is more likely to affect children and older adults.

Cases of R.S.V. have risen gradually since early June, with an even greater spike in the past month, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The illness, which can cause symptoms that include a runny nose, coughing, sneezing and fever, normally begins to spread in the fall, making this summer spike unusual.

In a series of posts on Twitter, Dr. Heather Haq, a pediatrician at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, described an increase in both coronavirus and R.S.V. hospitalizations.

“After many months of zero or few pediatric Covid cases, we are seeing infants, children and teens with Covid pouring back into the hospital, more and more each day,” she wrote, adding that patients have ranged in age from 2 weeks to 17 years old, including some with Covid pneumonias.

“We are on the front end of a huge Covid surge,” wrote Dr. Haq, who could not be reached for comment on Sunday. “We are now having winter-level patient volumes of acutely ill infants/toddlers with R.S.V., and I worry that we will run out of beds and staff to handle the surge upon surge.”

R.S.V. cases in Texas began to increase in early June and appeared to peak in mid-July, according to data from the state’s health department.

There has been a similar spike in Florida, where infections “were above those seen at this time in past years,” according to a surveillance report.

In Louisiana, where cases have jumped 244 percent in the past two weeks, Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge was nearing its capacity on Friday, CNN reported.

“You start with the pandemic for the last 18 months, and then R.S.V. for the last couple of months,” Dr. Trey Dunbar, the hospital’s president, told the network. “It just seems to be one thing after another that’s keeping our teams very busy.”

In Oklahoma, which has also had a spike in R.S.V. cases, beds are becoming scarce at hospitals.

Dr. Cameron Mantor, the chief medical officer for Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at OU Health, told The Oklahoman that in the past two months R.S.V. cases in the state had been “exponentially off the charts.”

“R.S.V. is a real issue right now,” he told the newspaper. “What is going to happen if we do have a surge in pediatric Covid cases?”

The rise comes as new coronavirus infections have risen 148 percent in the United States in the past two weeks and hospitalizations have increased 73 percent, according to New York Times data. The surge of coronavirus infections has been largely attributed to the highly contagious Delta variant and to low vaccination rates in some states.

Just because you are ignoring the fact that emergency centers are filling up all over the United States doesn't mean it isn't happening. We have half the population in our country without a vaccination and the Delta variant has proven to be The Big One for that subset. Add in all the other reasons people need healthcare (now an R.S.V. surge), and things could get out of hand very easily.

What do you think would be the most logical solution to propose?

That's correct, try and ease the burden on the healthcare centers by slowing the spread of the biggest problem we as a country face: Covid.

[shock]

[Kung Wu]

Variants mostly occur in the infected who have the longest bouts w/ the disease - particularly those w/ comprised immune systems.

You sure about that?

[C0|dB|00ded]

You sure about that?

Pretty sure.

[Kung Wu]

Pretty sure.

You should research how often covid mutations occur. It'll blow your mind.

[C0|dB|00ded]

You should research how often covid mutations occur. It'll blow your mind.

I know there's a bunch of them. Most are neutral to non-beneficial. It's the beneficial (to the alien) mutations that are scary. I've read from experts who say the ideal environment for mutations is in the immunocompromised and partially vaccinated. It makes sense as in both scenarios, the virus is "teased" but not tamed for lack of a better word. Kind of like how certain antibiotics become ineffective over time.

As far as vaccinations having an impact on variants, it's merely by way of natural selection. We're just doing the selecting by developing the vaccines. Sounds counter-productive, but vaccines work best when everybody gets them... quick. Then you've got to get back to work on the next batch when one of those little bastards figures out the key for the lock.

That dumb-dumb 'fever is correct when he says we'll never get rid of it, but he doesn't understand how he's correct. We can GREATLY diminish it's effect on our society by smart behavior and effective vaccine administration. Right now our society is being greatly affected by the virus and the proper solution is not to just go on living life like nothing is happening lmfao. That's how you wind up with a real disaster on your hands. We need this country to wake up and do their civic duty by saying, "The infection will stop with me!!". People need to get vaccinated and stay away from others when they feel sick. End of story. If that happens, we will be back to happy days again. It's that simple.

[pinstripers]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/washington-dc-murders-surpass-coronavirus-deaths-july

[Kung Wu]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/washingto...us-deaths-july

Murder is not the only bad outcome of living in Washington D.C.

[C0|dB|00ded]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/washingto...us-deaths-july

Of course Fox News attempts to spin the seriousness of the pandemic at every opportunity. It's fodder for the base. They don't care that they just caused a couple million anti-vaxxers to pump their fist to the sky w/ renewed resolve.

If there was a vaccine for murder, I'd be all for it.

Hey Fox News, ever hear the concept, "responsible reporting"?

[Shockm]

So if we have an increase in Serial Killers, Clod will be happy because the Covid death rates compared to total death rates will go down.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/washingto...us-deaths-july

Maybe handguns should be mandatory to protect us against this insidious alien disease.

[wufan]

Should we start wearing helmets when we drive cars too? I mean they would help protect us right?

I wear a bicycle helmet in the shower. 1 in 800000 die annually.

[pinstripers]

Of course Fox News attempts to spin the seriousness of the pandemic at every opportunity. It's fodder for the base. They don't care that they just caused a couple million anti-vaxxers to pump their fist to the sky w/ renewed resolve.

If there was a vaccine for murder, I'd be all for it.

Hey Fox News, ever hear the concept, "responsible reporting"?

you think it's not true. Perhaps you are correct, but I'd be surprised