Just saw Ohio State vs Kentucky is off, the Browns don't look like they'll be able to field a team. Are we close to shutting sports down again?
Just saw Ohio State vs Kentucky is off, the Browns don't look like they'll be able to field a team. Are we close to shutting sports down again?
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Holtman said their main concern was flying out there and then having someone test positive and having them possibly be stuck in Nevada for 7-10 days without a real good way to get them home.
Modelling suggests rapid spread of Omicron in England but same severity as Delta
The new report (Report 49) from the Imperial College London COVID-19 response team estimates that the risk of reinfection with the Omicron variant is 5.4 times greater than that of the Delta variant. This implies that the protection against reinfection by Omicron afforded by past infection may be as low as 19%.
Researchers estimate the growth and immune escape of the Omicron variant in England. They used data from the UKHSA and NHS for all PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases in England who had taken a COVID test between November 29th and December 11th 2021.The study finds no evidence of Omicron having lower severity than Delta, judged by either the proportion of people testing positive who report symptoms, or by the proportion of cases seeking hospital care after infection. However, hospitalisation data remains very limited at this time.Good thing the pandemic is over for those who got vaxxed. Oh, wait...The researchers found a significantly increased risk of developing a symptomatic Omicron case compared to Delta for those who were two or more weeks past their second vaccine dose, and two or more weeks past their booster dose (for AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines).
Depending on the estimates used for vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection from the Delta variant, this translates into vaccine effectiveness estimates against symptomatic Omicron infection of between 0% and 20% after two doses, and between 55% and 80% after a booster dose. Similar estimates were obtained using genotype data, albeit with greater uncertainty.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Covid case numbers around the world are already very high, and India is currently reporting less than 10,000 cases per day. I'm not sure if India's reported numbers are even directionally accurate, but I'd have to think Omicron and India are not a good match. Seems once it gets started there, it's really going to roar through that country. I'm not sure how that could possibly be avoided at this point. I wonder if we'll ever get anything even close to accurate reporting out of India about the effects of Omicron there?
redhawkfish (12-17-2021)
Everything I’ve read indicates there’s virtually not really any chance of a mutation occurring that renders the vaccines completely ineffective. For the virus to completely evade previous infection antibodies or vaccines, the spike protein would have to be altered so much that it wouldn’t be able to infect human cells anymore.
Maybe it’ll wane down again like the first round of shots pre booster did vs Delta and Omicron, but there’s not really any chance of a variant sending us back to March 2020 stay at home order style.
M2 (12-19-2021)
This would be the worst case scenario but goes against what we are seeing in South Africa - https://www.thedailybeast.com/omicro...already-peaked
The first reports out of the UK claimed Delta was more contagious (which was right) and also more severe (which was wrong).
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Do face masks work against COVID-19? Here’s what new study of 44 countries found
During the COVID-19 pandemic’s early days, it wasn’t crystal clear how well face masks were preventing coronavirus infections or severe disease among wearers. Now, a new study reveals an association between mask policies and reduced COVID-19 deaths long before vaccines were added to the picture.
Research on 44 countries in Asia and Europe including nearly one billion people shows nations that enacted face mask policies at the start of the pandemic had significantly lower COVID-19 deaths per million people than those that did not enforce any mask rules.
Mask policies in the U.S. and Canada were not included in the study because such actions were made at the state or province level, not at a national one, researchers said in their study published last month in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Countries involved in the study included Greece, Germany, Korea, Italy, the U.K., Sweden and Hong Kong, among others.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
M2 (12-19-2021)
Omicron scared virologists when they first saw it because it had mutated in ways that they never expected. They couldn’t guarantee that the vaccines would be effective on it. Luckily, they are proving to be effective, with boosters.
All of this is so new, and so different from anything we have ever seen or experienced, I think we can’t make any definitive statements about what to expect, especially if it keeps mutating for years.
Hoping to change my username to 75769024
Ohio announced almost 11,000 new cases today and 430 deaths. There are also 4700 hospitalized, nearly all of them unvaccinated, and DeWine is bringing out the National Guard to help the hospitals. I hope the hillbillies are proud of themselves.
‘This Is a Whole New Animal:' NY Reports Highest Single-Day Case Total of Pandemic
Almost exactly one month after Mayor Bill de Blasio triumphantly announced tens of thousands of fully vaccinated people could return to Times Square to celebrate New Year's Eve in person this year, the state saw it's highest single-day reporting of new COVID infections.
The previous record, set 11 months ago on Jan. 14, crumbled when Gov. Kathy Hochul announced 21,027 new positive cases statewide Friday. The old record for most reported cases in a single day was 19,942, when reported hospitalizations were on the brink of 9,000. Now, the number of people admitted is down by more than half.
New York reported close to the same number of tests taken last Friday, but of that batch (over 260,000), there were 10,000 less positive cases one week ago. Also, when you compare hospitalizations to one week ago, the number of people in hospitals for COVID-19 has risen by about 300, reflecting an increase of 8%.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
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