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stessier wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:19 am

Octavious wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:17 am Meanwhile Texas has a new execute order banning vaccine mandates. They really are going out of their way to kill people.

Typo or Freudian slip?

msteelers wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:01 am I don’t remember which thread it was in, but I mentioned my parents had gone to Sturgis.

My mom just called and said she is sick with COVID.

They got back into town on Thursday and invited us over for dinner on Sunday. We passed. I guess she started to feel bad Monday night and got worse throughout the day Tuesday. My step-father is battling lung cancer, so that makes this extra horrible.

Ugh. At least everyone is vaccinated. But mom is sick enough that the doctors want to do antibody treatment. I asked if that was the regeneron treatment Desantis has been pushing and she wasn’t sure.

Cool. Coolcoolcool.

Smoove_B wrote:

I'm so sorry to hear that. Who's paying for the home visit and treatments, if I can be so bold as to ask.

On Jan. 12, the federal government purchased 1.25 million doses of the antibody cocktail from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., bringing its stockpile to more than 1.5 million doses.

That deal, signed just days before former President Donald Trump left office, was valued at $2.625 billion or about $2,100 a dose, government purchasing records show. Trump received Regeneron’s antibody treatment when he was hospitalized with COVID-19 in October.

Skinypupy wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:44 pm Brother (vaccinated) and his three youngest (8 and twins who turned 12 on Monday) all tested positive yesterday. So far, just mild flu-like symptoms. Really hoping it stays that way.

Sotrovimab, the newest antibody therapy, was developed by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology after a large collaborative study by scientists from across the nation discovered a natural antibody (in the blood of a SARS survivor, back in 2003) that has remarkable breadth and efficacy.

Experiments showed that this antibody, called S309, neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 strains – including newly emerged mutants that can now “escape” from previous antibody therapies – as well as the closely related original SARS-CoV virus.

El Guapo wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 3:08 pm

Skinypupy wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:44 pm Brother (vaccinated) and his three youngest (8 and twins who turned 12 on Monday) all tested positive yesterday. So far, just mild flu-like symptoms. Really hoping it stays that way.

Oof. Any guesses as to how / where they got it?

Daehawk wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 3:12 pm “Inescapable” COVID-19 Antibody Discovery – Neutralizes All Known SARS-CoV-2 Strains

Sotrovimab, the newest antibody therapy, was developed by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology after a large collaborative study by scientists from across the nation discovered a natural antibody (in the blood of a SARS survivor, back in 2003) that has remarkable breadth and efficacy.

Experiments showed that this antibody, called S309, neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 strains – including newly emerged mutants that can now “escape” from previous antibody therapies – as well as the closely related original SARS-CoV virus.

BREAKING: As COVID-19 cases across Indiana surge, IU Health--the state's largest health system--will suspend half of all elective procedures beginning Monday.

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:23 pm Stay safe Blackhawk clan.

NEW: U.S. reporting more than 1,200 coronavirus deaths a day on average, highest since March

Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:26 pm

633k total deaths in the US. It's going to take forever to break a million unless we kick open the doors!

Kraken wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:16 am

Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:26 pm

633k total deaths in the US. It's going to take forever to break a million unless we kick open the doors!

Be patient. School is just starting, and soon we'll have holidays.

Already hearing from health officials in Louisiana that they aren't sure what they are going to do if people are injured from the storm and come in seeking a bed at the hospital.

There aren't many beds left.

U.S. Army veteran Daniel Wilkinson, of Texas, died of a treatable illness because the Covid crisis left him without an available ICU bed even though he lives 3 houses down from an emergency room and 60 miles away from some of the greatest healthcare facilities in the world.

U.S. COVID update: Biggest one-day increase in cases since January, 1,800 new deaths

- New cases: 192,083
- Average: 158,690 (+1,435)
- In hospital: 101,319 (-26)
- In ICU: 25,627 (+117)
- New deaths: 1,803

Smoove_B wrote: Sat Aug 28, 2021 10:10 amIt's like the vaccine doesn't exist. I feel like I'm living in a different reality.

Smoove_B wrote: Sat Aug 28, 2021 10:10 am It's like the vaccine doesn't exist. I feel like I'm living in a different reality.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that two counties have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies, the state emergency management department said Saturday.
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Josephine County Emergency Manager Emily Ring asked the state on Tuesday for a refrigerated trailer that could hold “20-48 cadavers.”

She wrote that the county hospital is daily exceeding its body storage capacity and that the five funeral homes and three crematoriums are “at the edge of crisis capacity daily.”

“Trailer must have hoists for body lifts and shelves,” she said in her urgent request form.

Jaymon wrote: Mon Aug 30, 2021 11:49 am Two mostly rural Oregon counties request refrigeration trucks to hold bodies.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that two counties have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies, the state emergency management department said Saturday.
....
Josephine County Emergency Manager Emily Ring asked the state on Tuesday for a refrigerated trailer that could hold “20-48 cadavers.”

She wrote that the county hospital is daily exceeding its body storage capacity and that the five funeral homes and three crematoriums are “at the edge of crisis capacity daily.”

“Trailer must have hoists for body lifts and shelves,” she said in her urgent request form.

Kurth wrote: Mon Aug 30, 2021 12:01 pm

Jaymon wrote: Mon Aug 30, 2021 11:49 am Two mostly rural Oregon counties request refrigeration trucks to hold bodies.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that two counties have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies, the state emergency management department said Saturday.
....
Josephine County Emergency Manager Emily Ring asked the state on Tuesday for a refrigerated trailer that could hold “20-48 cadavers.”

She wrote that the county hospital is daily exceeding its body storage capacity and that the five funeral homes and three crematoriums are “at the edge of crisis capacity daily.”

“Trailer must have hoists for body lifts and shelves,” she said in her urgent request form.

Can someone try to explain to me why OR is in such bad shape? Our vaccination rates are pretty solid relative to other states. We’ve got tons of space out here. After the really bad heat dome earlier this summer, the weather has been temperate leading to lots of people outdoors rather than inside. And we have a governor who’s been quick to implement COVID-related rules (we’ve got a freaking OUTDOOR mask mandate, FFS).

Why are we not doing better at COVID?

Oregon's new, stricter mask mandates may take a month or more to make a difference in the state's spiking COVID-19 case rate, according to researchers. But they also say the vaccine has had time to make a difference, if only people would get the shot.

On average, the county vaccination rate in Oregon is 64%. In Jackson County in Southern Oregon, that rate is at 52%. Eight counties have a vaccination rate of less than 40%. Health experts say that's a big part of why the southern part of the state is one of the COVID-19 hot spots in the country, maybe even the hottest.

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Professor Chunhuei Chi of OSU's Center For Global Health says misinformation spread by various forms of media and by word of mouth can be the main reason people are discouraged from getting vaccinated.

"Fully vaccinated people can be equally contagious. That’s incorrect. They can be only if they are infected. But keep in mind, fully vaccinated people have far less probability of being infected. On average fully vaccinated people have less than ten percent chance compared with unvaccinated people, less than ten percent likely to be infected by Delta." said Chi.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Mon Aug 30, 2021 12:05 pm

Kurth wrote: Mon Aug 30, 2021 12:01 pm

Jaymon wrote: Mon Aug 30, 2021 11:49 am Two mostly rural Oregon counties request refrigeration trucks to hold bodies.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that two counties have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies, the state emergency management department said Saturday.
....
Josephine County Emergency Manager Emily Ring asked the state on Tuesday for a refrigerated trailer that could hold “20-48 cadavers.”

She wrote that the county hospital is daily exceeding its body storage capacity and that the five funeral homes and three crematoriums are “at the edge of crisis capacity daily.”

“Trailer must have hoists for body lifts and shelves,” she said in her urgent request form.

Can someone try to explain to me why OR is in such bad shape? Our vaccination rates are pretty solid relative to other states. We’ve got tons of space out here. After the really bad heat dome earlier this summer, the weather has been temperate leading to lots of people outdoors rather than inside. And we have a governor who’s been quick to implement COVID-related rules (we’ve got a freaking OUTDOOR mask mandate, FFS).

Why are we not doing better at COVID?

Low vaccination rates, particularly in the southern part of the state.




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Oregon's new, stricter mask mandates may take a month or more to make a difference in the state's spiking COVID-19 case rate, according to researchers. But they also say the vaccine has had time to make a difference, if only people would get the shot.

On average, the county vaccination rate in Oregon is 64%. In Jackson County in Southern Oregon, that rate is at 52%. Eight counties have a vaccination rate of less than 40%. Health experts say that's a big part of why the southern part of the state is one of the COVID-19 hot spots in the country, maybe even the hottest.

...
Professor Chunhuei Chi of OSU's Center For Global Health says misinformation spread by various forms of media and by word of mouth can be the main reason people are discouraged from getting vaccinated.

"Fully vaccinated people can be equally contagious. That’s incorrect. They can be only if they are infected. But keep in mind, fully vaccinated people have far less probability of being infected. On average fully vaccinated people have less than ten percent chance compared with unvaccinated people, less than ten percent likely to be infected by Delta." said Chi.

Kurth wrote: Mon Aug 30, 2021 12:16 pmWhy are their crappy vaccination rates having any kind of impact on the hospital situation in Portland (which sucks right now)?

nytimes.com wrote:Britain is reporting more than 30,000 new coronavirus cases a day, but the public seems to have moved on. Experts say this could be a glimpse into the future for other countries.

LONDON — Nearly 60,000 soccer fans packed London’s Emirates Stadium last Sunday to watch Chelsea outplay Arsenal. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cinderella” made its glittering debut in the West End after multiple Covid-related delays. On the subway, where masks are still mandatory, half of the riders go barefaced.

All of this at a time when Britain is reporting more than 30,000 new coronavirus cases a day, hospitals are coming under renewed strain, and preliminary data shows that the protection provided by the vaccines ebbs several months after the second dose.

Such is the strange new phase of Britain’s pandemic: The public has moved on, even if the virus has not. Given that Britain has been at the vanguard of so many previous coronavirus developments — from incubating variants to rolling out vaccines — experts say this could be a glimpse into the future for other countries.

“We don’t seem to care that we have these really high infection rates,” said Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London who has been leading a major study of Covid-19 symptoms. “It looks like we’re just accepting it now — that this is the price of freedom.”

Some of that equanimity may stem from the fact that Britain’s case rate, while high, has not yet risen anywhere near the level that government officials predicted when they lifted virtually all Covid restrictions last month. Some may be because so many Britons are vaccinated, fewer serious cases are being reported. And some of it may simply reflect fatigue, after 17 months of baleful headlines and stifling lockdowns.

“There’s a feeling that finally we can breathe; we can start trying to get back what we’ve lost,” said Devi Sridhar, the head of the global public health program at the University of Edinburgh. “It’s really difficult to ask people not to mix for a prolonged period, especially if there is no solution.”

With nearly 80 percent of the adult population fully vaccinated and the virus still circulating widely, Professor Sridhar said, Britain may be a model for other countries of “whether you can manage Covid in a sustainable way.” The evidence, she added, was inconclusive because Britain still faces critical challenges, like the reopening of schools on Wednesday.

That will almost certainly drive rates up further, particularly because Britain has resisted vaccinating children and younger teenagers. But epidemiologists are loath to make specific predictions because many were proved wrong in July when cases fell immediately after “Freedom Day,” when most restrictions were lifted.