Coronavirus

[sene5hos]

Omicron offshoot XBB.1.5 could drive new Covid-19 surge in US | CNN

The CDC estimates that XBB.1.5 has more than doubled its share of the Covid-19 pie each week for the last four, rising from about 4% to 41% of new infections over the month of December.

www.cnn.com

For weeks, scientists have been watching a slew of Omicron descendants duke it out for dominance of Covid-19 transmission in the United States, with the BQs – BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 – seeming to edge out all the others to claim a slight lead.

The result has been a gradual rise in cases and hospitalizations that never seemed to reach the peaks of this summer’s BA.5 wave and was certainly nothing like the tsunami of illness caused by the original Omicron strain a year ago.

But on Friday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Covid-19 variant dashboard revealed a new dark horse that could soon sweep the field: XBB.1.5.

The CDC estimates that XBB.1.5 has more than doubled its share of the Covid-19 pie each week for the last four, rising from about 4% to 41% of new infections over the month of December. In the Northeast, the CDC estimates, XBB.1.5 is causing 75% of new cases.

 

[IamNY]

The misinformation squad is busy at work:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/03/covid-misinfo-damar-hamlin-collapse/

 

[purplem]

Not at all surprising. It seems that any time a well-known person dies or even has a medical emergency of some sort, the rightwing wackos can't wait to start their BS about a vaccine being the cause. Also not at all surprising that MTG was mentioned.

 

[in4hell]

Let’s not forget the outrage when the previous administration did something similar and now it’s acceptable.

US to require travelers from China to show negative Covid-19 test result before flight | CNN Politics

The United States will require all travelers from China to show a negative Covid-19 test result before flying to the country as Beijing's rapid easing of Covid-19 restrictions leads to a surge in cases.

www.cnn.com

Canada following USA

Government of Canada announces a temporary negative COVID-19 test requirement for travellers arriving from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong or Macao

As of 12:01 a.m. EST on January 5, all air travellers who are two years of age and older, arriving on flights originating from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong or Macao, will need to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test result, taken no more than two days before their departure...

www.canada.ca

 

[nothinghere]

The Nightmare COVID Variant That Beats Our Immunity Is Finally Here

Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/GettyA new subvariant of the novel-coronavirus called XBB dramatically announced itself earlier this week, in Singapore. New COVID-19 cases more than doubled in a day, from 4,700 on Monday to 11,700 on Tuesday—and XBB is almost certainly why...

ca.news.yahoo.com

Yahoo!...Oh yes update 2023 upgrade variant XBB to version 1.5

WHO concern over covid variant XBB.1.5... 'Most transmissible' yet...

The Fear Factory continues....................

 

[CLOUD 500]

Yahoo!...Oh yes update 2023 upgrade variant XBB to version 1.5

WHO concern over covid variant XBB.1.5... 'Most transmissible' yet...

The Fear Factory continues....................

Indeed, the clown show continues.

 

[Nutsinho]

Fear porn forever!!! The muppets will all run to get their 4th booster.

 

[Chouin95]

Fear porn forever!!! The muppets will all run to get their 4th booster.

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There is no spoon.

 

[wetnose]

Now economists are realizing the impact of C19 on the US labor market: 2.6 million off payrolls

Job Market’s 2.6 Million Missing People Unnerves Star Harvard Economist

New research from Raj Chetty pinpoints a lasting economic scar from the pandemic: Low-wage workers in high-cost areas aren’t returning to the labor force.

www.bloomberg.com

Back in the 1400s, the Black Death wreaked devastation on the population of Europe, but the drop in the workforce allowed the survivors to demand higher wages:

How the Black Death Improved the Lives of Medieval Peasants - Medievalists.net

After the ravages of the plague were finished, medieval peasants found their lives and working conditions improved.

www.medievalists.net

 

[IamNY]

Leana Wen the CNN contributor finally tells the truth:

Doctor tells skeptical CNN hosts that COVID deaths are being 'overcounted': People need 'accurate reporting'

CNN medical analyst Leana Wen explained her piece outlining how in her view the medical community has overcounting the hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Like_It_Hot]

^^^^^ Sure weirdo Doctors like Dr OZZ or Scott Atlas. With 330 millions in population, USA is not short of idiots going on Fox News, doctors or not.

 

[CLOUD 500]

it is quite strange how much data was presented early on, and now there is little or nothing.

Not really and for the simple reason most people are not having it anymore. People have waken up to the covid scam and no longer care to abide by covid mandates. The freedom convoy protests changed the game forever and eventually Chinese ppl even revolted against their government.

 

[CLOUD 500]

You are probably right.

Once I looked harder for the data, I found it. Just not in the mainstream.

Deaths Among Older Adults Due to COVID-19 Jumped During the Summer of 2022 Before Falling Somewhat in September | KFF

This analysis uses CDC data to look at deaths from COVID-19 for adults 65 and older. The findings show that deaths for older adults doubled from April to July 2022 and stayed high in August, before dropping again in September.

www.kff.org

• Since the summer of 2021, however, COVID deaths among people 65 and older have been growing as a share of all deaths, reaching 88% in September 2022 – similar to the share of COVID-19 deaths accounted for by this group before vaccines were available.
• People 85 and older account for 26% of COVID-19 deaths overall, but since May 2022, have accounted for 38% or more of all COVID-19 deaths (Table 1).

It is similar for the flu. Nothing new here. But what the government did the last two years should have never happened, paternalism has no place in thriving healthy democratic society. They caused so much destruction most of which benefited the government and corporations (inflation is government caused and they and big business made lots of money off this). The government is not our grandma, that is for your parents. Life goes on...

 

[nothinghere]

This could be fake.
It could be the scene from a science fiction movie.
It's worth a watch for the drama.
Setting up executives on grindr dates to make them "sing"???

Pfizer Exposed For Exploring "Mutating" COVID-19 Virus For New Vaccines Via 'Directed Evolution'I

 

[Jazzman1218]

This could be fake.
It could be the scene from a science fiction movie.
It's worth a watch for the drama.
Setting up executives on grindr dates to make them "sing"???

Pfizer Exposed For Exploring "Mutating" COVID-19 Virus For New Vaccines Via 'Directed Evolution'I

Oh please. It's from Project Veritas a far-right activist group known for its deceptively edited videos. To say the least it's not a trusted source.

 

[IamNY]

The video that I watched also had the ending and it was bizarre. Claiming racism, on the phone with the police saying there where white people, feeling unsafe, then getting physical. I guess the Pfizer dude had a million things running through his brain and started freaking out so I wouldn't pay much attention to the ending. But the content up until that point was definetly disturbing. If wouldn't be suprised if the video was edited to support a specific agenda, the left is know for this kind of deception.

 

[Jazzman1218]

The video that I watched also had the ending and it was bizarre. Claiming racism, on the phone with the police saying there where white people, feeling unsafe, then getting physical. I guess the Pfizer dude had a million things running through his brain and started freaking out so I wouldn't pay much attention to the ending. But the content up until that point was definetly disturbing. If wouldn't be suprised if the video was edited to support a specific agenda, the left is know for this kind of deception.

Oh please. Project Veritas has a far-right extreme agenda.

 

[IamNY]

Oh please. Project Veritas has a far-right extreme agenda.

No different than the CNN or MSDNC far left comunist socialist agenda.

 

[nothinghere]

This could be fake.
It could be the scene from a science fiction movie.
It's worth a watch for the drama.
Setting up executives on grindr dates to make them "sing"???

Pfizer Exposed For Exploring "Mutating" COVID-19 Virus For New Vaccines Via 'Directed Evolution'I

Well the main source video from project veritas was deleted from youtube.
They don't delete CNN videos eh?
For those that missed the video before deletion Timcast lays it out good.

Veritas EXPOSES Pfizer Director ADMITTING To Gain of Function, Theories Emerge Veritas Got TRICKED

My theory is that if project veritas got "tricked" they would leave the video up to discredit the organization.
Creepy stuff.

 

[wetnose]

Oh please. Project Veritas has a far-right extreme agenda.

But...but...it's on the Internet so it must be true!!!