Coronavirus

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What's behind North Korea's COVID-19 admission?

Before acknowledging its first domestic COVID-19 cases, North Korea spent 2 1/2 years rejecting outside offers of vaccines and steadfastly claiming that its superior socialist system was protecting its 26 million people from 'a malicious virus' that had killed millions around the world. Here's a...

www.ctvnews.ca

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Before acknowledging its first domestic COVID-19 cases, North Korea spent 2 1/2 years rejecting outside offers of vaccines and steadfastly claiming that its superior socialist system was protecting its 26 million people from "a malicious virus" that had killed millions around the world.

Its surprise admission this week has left many outsiders wondering just how bad things really are, and there's rising worry that it could cause a major humanitarian crisis in a country with one of the world's worst public medical infrastructures.

 

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Maybe yes?, but....

Kin Yung Un... Son peuple de Corée du Nord n'a pas eu accès aux vaccins même si la Chine et la Russie en ont offerts. Mais ce type ne se prive de rien... Ça ne m'étonnerait pas qu'il se soit procuré des vaccins ARN pour lui et sa garde rapprochée. Comme Trump qui s'est fait vacciné en secret... Un ne vaut pas plus que l'autre.

 

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… Earlier in the pandemic, experts thought that immunity from vaccination or previous infection would forestall most reinfections.
The Omicron variant dashed those hopes. Unlike previous variants, Omicron and its many descendants seem to have evolved to partially dodge immunity. That leaves everyone — even those who have been vaccinated multiple times — vulnerable to multiple infections.
“If we manage it the way that we manage it now, then most people will get infected with it at least a couple of times a year,” said Kristian Andersen, a virologist at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego. “I would be very surprised if that’s not how it’s going to play out.”
NYT, Daily Covid Briefing 05/20/22

The question is why the vaccination game is still going on?

 

[sene5hos]

Vangelis Dead at 79: Oscar-Winning Greek Composer Helped Shape the Sound of the 1980s

The Greek composer Vangelis, dead at 79, won a best original score Oscar for "Chariots of Fire" and composed the music for "Blade Runner."

www.indiewire.com

The composer who helped shape the sound of the 1980s as much as any other, Vangelis, is dead from Covid-19 at 79.

 

[IamNY]

Biden's daughter tests positive for COVID-19, cancels overseas trip with first lady

President Biden's daughter Ashley Biden tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced on Wednesday, adding she will not be traveling with First Lady Jill Biden on her upcoming overseas trip.

www.foxnews.com

 

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Personally, I accept the statistics that getting regular vaccines help generate additional antibodies. So I get boosters. You certainly don’t have to if you choose not to, but I think it makes sense, myself.

Something has caused the daily death rate to decline in the U.S. to about 300 a day even though the infection and spreading rate is still extremely high.

It is either a natural weakening of the virus, antibodies from previous infections, antibodies from vaccinations, or two of the three, or three of the three.

I think it is three of the three.

And we should extend a giant fuck you, thanks for nothing to the U.S. government on two fronts.

By advocating continuation of the vaccination game, you assume that even if the benefit of vaccination is declining it is still positive and there is no harm. There is however some evidence that vaccination actually decreases your chances to build COVID immunity:

https://alexberenson.substack.com/p...=o6sv3&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

 

[IamNY]

This an opinion and it's from a Fox News anchor. Unlike many on this board, I like to read stuff related to COVID even though it might not be from your favorite news agency. This looked legit so I figured I'd share it:

Tucker: Biden administration is close to giving WHO power over every intimate aspect of your life

Tucker Carlson raises concerns over Biden giving power to the World Health Organization over U.S. health policy on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

www.foxnews.com

 

[sene5hos]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-covid-cases-outbreak-1.6460337

North Korea said Friday that nearly 10 per cent of its 26 million people have fallen ill and 65 people have died amid its first COVID-19 outbreak, as outside experts question the validity of its reported fatalities and worry about a possible humanitarian crisis.

"It's true that there has been a hole in its 2½ years of pandemic fighting," said Kwak Gil Sup, head of One Korea Center, a website specializing in North Korea affairs. "But there is a saying that North Korea is 'a theatre state,' and I think they are massaging COVID-19 statistics."

Kwak said North Korea is likely partly using the outbreak as a propaganda tool to show that it is overcoming the pandemic with Kim's leadership.

 

[IamNY]

Their body, their choice:

Exclusive | NYPD puts 4,650 vaccine firings on hold: insiders

Currently, 91 percent of the NYPD’s uniformed cops and other personnel are vaccinated, City Hall says. That leaves an estimated 4,659 NYPD employees unvaccinated despite a deadline to get the shots…

nypost.com

 

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Quebec budget 2022: $20.5M for 15 clinics devoted to 'long COVID'

The funding over five years aims to treat an estimated 9,000 people affected by long-term symptoms.

montrealgazette.com

In the budget plan released Tuesday, the province announced it will provide $20.5 million in funding over five years to set up 15 clinics for so-called “long COVID” patients, who number at least 9,000, according to a government estimate.

The 15 clinics will include five “reference centres” in Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke, and 10 satellite clinics elsewhere in the province.
They will include physiotherapists, social workers, nurses, coordinators and administrative staff.

Symptoms of long COVID include fatigue, memory problems, shortness of breath, brain fog, headaches and muscle pain.

 

[IamNY]

It's their choice not to get vaccinated against covid.

And me, it's my choice to think of others.

Correct, is there a point there?

 

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Correct, is there a point there?

I deleted my post, because it was off-topic

 

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https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Sort the countries by deaths/million and it turns out that Canada did an outstanding job with COVID. We did better than most other countries in the western hemisphere.

The one that blows my mind - Hong Kong. We actually did better than them.

 

[gaby]

Bonne nouvelle MAIS quand même malheureux que le QUÉBEC se retrouve avec 15,357 décès....la 1ère vague---ou de toute évidence nos résidences pour personnes âgées n'étaient pas prêtes----nous a frappé de plein fouet.....heureusement avec l'arrivée de
DUBÉ il y a eu une meilleure prise en charge/gestion de la pandémie....mais elle avait déjà fait d'immenses malheurs/tragédies au sein de nombreuses familles....vrai que les autres provinces avaient aussi une réseau de santé en meilleur état...ce qui explique
ces résultats pour l'ensemble du pays.

 

[sene5hos]

SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank - Nature

After infection with SARS-CoV-2, individuals show a greater reduction in grey matter thickness and tissue contrast in the orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus; greater changes in markers of tissue damage in regions that are functionally connected to the primary olfactory cortex; and a...

www.nature.com

SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank.

 

[sene5hos]

Flu vaccine could cut COVID risk

Health-care workers who got the influenza vaccine were also protected from COVID-19 — but the effect might not last long.

www.nature.com

Flu vaccine could cut COVID risk.

Health-care workers who got the influenza vaccine were also protected from COVID-19.

 

[IamNY]

COVID cases are 6 times higher than they were this time last year.

What We’re Reading: HHS Announces New Office; Memorial Day COVID-19 Infections Up; Monkeypox Pandemic Unlikely

HHS announces Office of Environmental Justice; CDC says Memorial Day weekend COVID-19 cases were up nearly 6 times over last year; World Health Organization says the monkeypox outbreak is unlikely to lead to a pandemic.

www.ajmc.com

 

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That is not great news. We all know that. Aren't you aware that a new variant, the Omicron one is still around as much restrictions were lifted and that this Omicron is less than 8 months old (being much more contagious than the Delta variant which was there 1 year ago. in fact: Researchers agree that Omicron is a recent arrival. It was first detected in South Africa and Botswana in early November 2021.
But since one year majority is vaccinated so they are protected from serious illness even with a more contagious variant.

 

[gaby]

Dubé hier---dans l'un de ses rares commentaires récents ---a rappelé que la pandémie est toujours présente et qu'il se préparait pour l'automne......en d'autres mots....profitez bien de l'été car très possible qu'à compter de Septembre la situation redevienne rock'n' roll

Il se prépare à une nouvelle vaccination de masse......D'ailleurs de nouveaux variants se développent....et oui résurgence aux States...alors question de temps avant que cela nous rattrape.

 

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J'ai eu ma 3ième dose en janvier. J'ai fait une COVID light début avril... Je planifie chercher ma 4ième dose en août ou septembre, à évaluer selon la situation. Plein de gens autour de moi on attrapé la COVID en mai. Heureusement, ils étaient tous adéquatement vaccinés, avec peu ou pas de symptômes. Et non, ça ne vient pas de moi, je ne les avais pas revu depuis 2 mois...

Le virus continue de circuler, mais ceux qui sont vaccinés s'en tirent généralement bien, souvent sans symptômes. Malheureusement les gens âgés qui répondent mal à la vaccination ou les immuno-supprimés sont très sensibles. Pour les non-vaccinés, qu'ils assument, j'ai peu ou pas de sympathies pour eux. Évidemment c'est toujours tristes de voir un enfant perdre un de ses parents parce que ceux-ci ont fait des choix injustifiables. Certains pensent encore que la LIBARTÉÉÉÉÉ n'a pas de prix. Malheureusement, ce ne sont pas eux qui ramassent les factures, en argent et en vies humaines.