The Coronavirus Thread

[Hermit]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-02/ ... /100425848

Sydney could surpass Melbourne and be subjected to Australia's longest COVID-19 lockdown, despite surging vaccination rates, an ABC analysis has found.

NSW yesterday reached a major pandemic milestone, with 70 per cent of its eligible population having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The state is on course to fully vaccinate 70 per cent of people aged 16 and over about October 18 — a figure Premier Gladys Berejiklian said would prompt several freedoms for double-jabbed citizens.

If Greater Sydney's stay-at-home orders extend until October 18, the Harbour City and its surrounds will have been locked down for 114 days, passing Melbourne's 112-day marathon last year.

You're on track to beat our record, rEv...

Done and dusted on the 29th of August when NSW acquired 1,213 new locally transmitted cases. Without noticing the irony the Premier cheerfully announced: "We are going to show the way in Australia as to how you can live with COVID" on the same day. The state "improved" on it the following day with 1,273 and again today with 1,279.

[JimC]

The record I meant was the number of consecutive days in lockdown...

[Brian Peacock]

Surge in cases in Scotland linked to the return of schools from the summer break 2 weeks ago. English and Welsh schools are going back now.

[pErvinalia]

How are the hospitals coping in the UK? This should give us some insight into what it will be like when we hit 70-80% vaccination and open back up.

[JimC]

How are the hospitals coping in the UK? This should give us some insight into what it will be like when we hit 70-80% vaccination and open back up.

I had the impression that the surge in cases in the UK included a good proportion of vaccinated people, but they were mostly not being hospitalised...

[pErvinalia]

1 week til my first vaccination!

[JimC]

You will so appreciate that connection to 5G towers...

[pErvinalia]

I'll be able to call you, Jim, straight from my immune system.

[Scot Dutchy]

How are the hospitals coping in the UK? This should give us some insight into what it will be like when we hit 70-80% vaccination and open back up.

I had the impression that the surge in cases in the UK included a good proportion of vaccinated people, but they were mostly not being hospitalised...

The anti-vaxxers are very active in the UK.

[Sean Hayden]

1 week til my first vaccination!

--report back on your newly acquired superpowers.

[rainbow]

You are the one claiming that you only accept "absolute data", but don't actually know what you're talking about.

Answer the question.

Unsupported claim. What is your proof?
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[L'Emmerdeur]

About the lab leak hypothesis-- President Biden directed the US intelligence community to suss it out. They are unable to come to any conclusion (unclassified summary of the report). One element of the US intelligence community comes down on the 'laboratory-associated incident' conclusion. This was apparently not based on any intelligence, but on 'the inherently risky nature of work on coronaviruses.'

If it were a lab leak, a number of people would have known about it. Maybe the Chinese are that good at keeping secrets. It seems somewhat more likely to me that a lab leak is not one of the secrets they have been protecting.

Just to note that the Chinese state media (running with the accusation from a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry) is pointing a finger at the US as the source of the virus. Unsurprisingly that hasn't got much traction, even with the most rabid conspiracy theorists outside of China.

[Seabass]

So a coronavirus originates in Wuhan, China.
There is a coronavirus lab in Wuhan, China that has history of mishandling dangerous material.
China is also known for wet markets that have a history of allowing viruses to jump from animals to humans.
But according to the Chinese government, 'Murica did it.

You've gotta love authoritarianism. Trump should have been president of China, really. It would have been a perfect fit.

[JimC]

Except that he would fail the intelligence test. Xi may be many things, but stupid he ain't...

[Seabass]

Eating horse paste and going blind to own the libs.

These destructive idiots shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a hospital until this pandemic is over.

Patients overdosing on ivermectin backing up rural Oklahoma hospitals, ambulances

SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, Okla. (KFOR) – A rural Oklahoma doctor said patients who are taking the horse de-wormer medication, ivermectin, to fight COVID-19 are causing emergency room and ambulance back ups.

“There’s a reason you have to have a doctor to get a prescription for this stuff, because it can be dangerous,” said Dr. Jason McElyea.

Dr. McElyea said patients are packing his eastern and southeastern Oklahoma hospitals after taking ivermectin doses meant for a full-sized horse, because they believed false claims the horse de-wormer could fight COVID-19.

“The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated,” he said.

That’s something McElyea said is now backing up ambulance systems as well.

“All of their ambulances are stuck at the hospital waiting for a bed to open so they can take the patient in and they don’t have any, that’s it,” said Dr. McElyea. “If there’s no ambulance to take the call, there’s no ambulance to come to the call.”

The doctor said many of his patients aren’t afraid of ivermectin. Many of them have used it on their livestock.

“Growing up in a small town, rural area, we’ve all accidentally been exposed to ivermectin at some time. So, it’s something people are familiar with. Because of those accidental sticks, when trying to inoculate cattle, they’re less afraid of it,” he said.

Now, the rural patients are going into their local agricultural or tractor supply store, ignoring the warning signs surrounding the products, and figuring out a dosage themselves.

“Some people taking inappropriate doses have actually put themselves in worse conditions than if they’d caught COVID,” said the doctor.

Dr. McElyea said the patients are suffering from nausea, vomiting, muscle aches and cramping, and that’s only in minor cases.

“The scariest one that I’ve heard of and seen is people coming in with vision loss,” he said.

Even the manufacturer states there is no scientific basis or meaningful evidence Ivermectin is effective against COVID. However, many of the tractor supply stores say their shelves are empty.

“You have to ask yourself, ‘If I take this medicine, what am I going to do if something bad happens?’ What’s your next step, what’s your backup plan?” the doctor said. “If you’re going to take a medicine that could affect your health, do it with a doctor on board. Make those decisions with a thoroughly vetted opinion. There’s a lot of schooling that goes into that. It’s not just something you look on the internet for and decide if it’s the right dose.”

https://kfor.com/news/local/patients-ov ... mbulances/