Coronavirus

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^^^^^ Paxlovid is the way to go for prevention. Efficient, just some pills to take.

Remdesivir is not making a consensus in being effective for mild symptoms situation.

Even for hospitalized patients. The benefits of remdesivir in the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 remain debated with the National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization providing contradictory recommendations for and against use.

There are other issues with remdesivir. Made by the US company Gilead, is extremely expensive and has to be given intravenously. The guideline, published in the British Medical Journal, concluded that “most patients would not prefer intravenous treatment with remdesivir given the low certainty evidence. Any beneficial effects of remdesivir, if they do exist, are likely to be small and the possibility of important harm remains.”

Remdesivir: don't use drug Trump took for Covid-19, WHO says

Agency says no evidence the intravenous antiviral works for severe infections

www.theguardian.com

Conclusions: Based on this meta-analysis, there is a high probability that remdesivir reduces mortality for nonventilated patients with COVID-19 requiring supplemental oxygen therapy. Treatment guidelines should be re-evaluated.

Source:

Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis, May 2022​

Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed

Based on this meta-analysis, there is a high probability that remdesivir reduces mortality for nonventilated patients with COVID-19 requiring supplemental oxygen therapy. Treatment guidelines should be re-evaluated.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

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Québec: Nous sommes vraiment dans une septième vague. Les données ne mentent pas. Nous n'avons pas encore atteint le pic.

Québec: We are really in a seventh wave. The data doesn't lie. We haven't peaked yet.

 

[gaby]

..et les décès malheureusement continuent de s'accumuler......rien de rassurant à l'horizon...DUBÉ ferait bien de se faire plus présent et vocal....sinon pourrait bien le regretter très bientôt.....my 2 cents en ce délicieux Jeudi sur la Cité.

 

[gaby]

Dr. Boileau ce jour.....rien de bien nouveau....la situation se stabilise...appel à la vigilance--port du masque--- dans les rassemblements bondés pour les personnes plus vulnérables.....et aussi distanciation demeure importante à l'extérieur.....

Travaille à la campagne automnale.....devrait nous revenir dans les prochaines semaines.

Rappel.....la dose de rappel idéalement après 5 mois .....si nous avons eu la Covid ces derniers mois....attendre 3 mois pour une dose de rappel.....Alors profitons bien de l'été.

 

[Max15411]

I honestly don't understand how anybody still considers getting the shot. Can't even call it a vaccine since it is not, by definition, a vaccine. It does not provide immunity and its benefit as a therapeutic is questionable at best.

Unfortunately for humanity it will be the biggest "I told you so" in history.

 

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^^^ incredible to read such affirmation after more than 2 years in this pandemic. Anyway it is a minority tough among a minority. Immunity helps you it doesn't give a 100% protection.
But we live in a freedom of speech country and even unfunded comment can be published. It doesn't make them more valuable.
It just proves more and more education and information should be provided by reliable sources.
À bon entendeur, salut!

 

[CLOUD 500]

^^^^^
Each person is entitled to their choices. Even if forced masks and forced vaccines save lives, such decisions are to be left to the individual. Collectivism is wrong on all accounts. Government is not our grandma, that is not their job, that is the job of our parents. Having said that any person that chooses to not get vaccinated and gets sick that is on them, they will be the one suffering. However I do agree with Max15411, a vaccine is supposed to prevent disease. Lets put it this way if you have a dog and give him a rabies vaccines and he still gets rabies then you got to ask questions. Trudeau got infected, Biden got infected, Fauci got infected and all had all their shots. Pushing vaccines that got reduced efficiency on the latest variant makes no sense. Personally, till they develop a vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron variant, I will not be getting anymore shots.

 

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Masks should be wear to protect ourselves and others.

 

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Personally, till they develop a vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron variant, I will not be getting anymore shots.

No problem. it should be this Fall! Stay safe.

I just got my booster so I can get the new vaccine hopefully in 3-4 months.

I do it for myself and to protect those around me. I find it pointless and risky to play Russian roulette to prove a point.

 

[gaby]

Entendu hier que MODERNA travaillait sur un vaccin qui serait efficace contre les divers variants et ceux à venir....très bonne nouvelle....sans doute pourquoi ici au Québec on attend impatiemment ce nouveau vaccin pour préparer la vaccination automnale.

 

[gallantca]

Entendu hier que MODERNA travaillait sur un vaccin qui serait efficace contre les divers variants et ceux à venir....très bonne nouvelle....sans doute pourquoi ici au Québec on attend impatiemment ce nouveau vaccin pour préparer la vaccination automnale.

D'après ce que je comprends, le vaccin qu'on aurait cet automne est déjà formulé et en test en ce moment. Je pense qu'il y a d'autres vaccins plus performants mais on les verra pas pour un petit bout de temps. C'est ma compréhension, quoique limitée de la situation.

 

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La recommandation officielle est quand même pour les gens de 60 ans et plus et les gens vulnérables de ne pas attendre et d'aller tout de suite chercher une dose de rappel si la dernière remonte à plus de 3-6 mois. Étant donné qu'on s'attend à une remontée des contaminations en septembre, les nouveaux vaccins arriveront trop tard pour cette vague. De façon réaliste, on les attends pour l'automne. Il risque d'y avoir une forte demande si trop attendent "les petits nouveaux". Sans compter qu'il n'y a pas de garantie qu'ils auront les approbations requises à ce moment, même si tous l'espèrent.

 

[sene5hos]

No problem. it should be this Fall! Stay safe.

I just got my booster so I can get the new vaccine hopefully in 3-4 months.

I do it for myself and to protect those around me. I find it pointless and risky to play Russian roulette to prove a point.

Same thing for me, I will receive my booster next week.

 

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Biden tests positive again with covid after being cleared 3 days ago. Returns to isolation.

Biden tests positive for COVID-19, returns to isolation

U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of "rebound" following treatment with an antiviral drug.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[gaby]

Like_It_HOT....bon point.....Santé Canada prend une éternité avant d'approuver tout nouveau médicament ou vaccin.....beau être prudent MAIS quand même.

 

[Max15411]

Masks should be wear to protect ourselves and others.

I'm not going to argue with anyone that wants to wear the mask. They can also stay as far away as they want from me, but I am going wherever I need to go and it will be without a mask.

Anyway, at the end of the day, I don't care who gets the shot or not just as long as people stop lecturing me to get it. You do you and I'll do me. Same with the mask, if people want to wear it, go right ahead, but I am done with that nonsense.

 

[CLOUD 500]

For once the so called experts got it right. Trudeau's ArriveCan app could be violating (should be changed to it is violating) peoples right to move freely. Trudeau is a wannabe dictator. The app does nothing to curb covid transmission, just another tactic to control.

Experts warn ArriveCAN app could be violating constitutionally protected rights - National | Globalnews.ca

A recent glitch in ArriveCAN that ordered more than 10,000 people to quarantine may have violated Canadians' fundamental rights, experts warn.

globalnews.ca

Direct Quote From Article:

A recent glitch in the controversial ArriveCAN app that sent fully vaccinated travellers erroneous messages saying they needed to quarantine affected more than 10,000 people, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
The extent of the glitch, which was revealed in a statement sent to Global News by the CBSA, represents 0.7 per cent of the typical number of cross-border travellers each week.
Global News has also learned it took the government 12 days to notify travellers of the error.
This is troubling to some data and privacy experts who say the app may be violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects the right to move freely.

 

[sene5hos]

Ikea shoppers in China panic, try to escape flash-COVID lockdown - National | Globalnews.ca

Videos taken from inside the Shanghai Ikea store show shoppers rushing exits and pushing their way through security guards.

globalnews.ca

Panicked shoppers at an Ikea in China rushed for the exits and pushed their way through throngs of security guards Saturday when it was announced that a flash COVID-19 lockdown was about to commence.

There was 1 case inside.

 

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Always putting the same bizarre comments with the same misspelling of your president's name.
What you wanted to write is that president Biden promised to do everything to end COVID spreading.
You are right he did big by implementing an efficient vaccination program.
You are right because it was quite successful and people who still get COVID are generally less severely sick.
You are right because previous administration heritage is over 1 million Americans deaths.
You are right, the situation is still serious and it is wrong to joke about it.
Doing so would be demonstrating childish behavior of 6 years old in a schoolyard.
Let's keep politic out of this thread and all wish the First Lady to recover soon!
Let's keep updated on our vaccination status and respectful toward others who are older or immuno-compromised.

 

[wetnose]

...5 days old and infected with Covid