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COVID-19 2020

Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020 January 24, 2022 at 09:30 PM UTC #
Some good news from the Post.

Antibodies that block omicron found to persist 4 months after Pfizer booster
The study suggests a second booster may not yet be necessary.
jrpa
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Re: COVID-19 2020 January 24, 2022 at 09:42 PM UTC #
Space wrote:
The study suggests a second booster may not yet be necessary.
Most luxurious things aren't "necessary".
grateful
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Re: COVID-19 2020 January 26, 2022 at 09:07 PM UTC #
Stealth Omicron
beetsnotbeats
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Re: COVID-19 2020 January 26, 2022 at 09:55 PM UTC #
Off-season wrote:
Stealth Omicron


"It's still omicron," she said. "It's just… sort of certain letters point one versus certain letters point two. It's a slight variation in terms of what is being picked up, but I want to be really clear it has not even been classified as a variant of interest yet… this isn't even a new variant, it's just considered a slightly different flavor of the kernel and we've seen that before."

What?  ???
grateful
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Re: COVID-19 2020 January 31, 2022 at 11:23 PM UTC #
slightly wrote:
welp, denmark is done with it

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-26/denmark-to-end-covid-curbs-as-premier-deems-critical-phase-over

bring on the Hamlet quotes….


Let's go!
Sidehatch
Joined: October 04, 2011 at 04:33 AM UTC
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Re: COVID-19 2020 January 31, 2022 at 11:40 PM UTC #
Off-season wrote:
Let's go!
? is that from tristan and isolde?
sweetcell
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 01, 2022 at 12:17 AM UTC #
^ lol
Starsky
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 03, 2022 at 02:48 PM UTC #
Sweden had two deaths from covid yesterday …we had 2990

Be like Sweden
Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 03, 2022 at 02:50 PM UTC #
Starsky wrote:
Sweden had two deaths from covid yesterday …we had 2990

Be like Sweden


This is what an 80+% vaccination rate and a generally healthier population gets you.
sweetcell
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 03, 2022 at 03:46 PM UTC #
Space wrote:
an 80+% vaccination rate and a generally healthier population gets you.
Starsky wrote:
Be like Sweden

yes, let's!
Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 03, 2022 at 03:59 PM UTC #
Space wrote:
Starsky wrote:
Sweden had two deaths from covid yesterday …we had 2990

Be like Sweden


This is what an 80+% vaccination rate and a generally healthier population gets you.
I think you cherry picked that number
80% of all Swedes over the age of 50 have now received three vaccine doses.
Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 03, 2022 at 04:18 PM UTC #
slightly wrote:
Space wrote:
Starsky wrote:
Sweden had two deaths from covid yesterday …we had 2990

Be like Sweden


This is what an 80+% vaccination rate and a generally healthier population gets you.
I think you cherry picked that number
80% of all Swedes over the age of 50 have now received three vaccine doses.


More like too quickly skimmed than cherry picked.

Regardless, it's really getting the over 50 population vaxxed that's going to make the biggest difference in hospitallization rates and deaths.

Anyway, entire Sweden population 72.6% vaccinated, US is 64.1%

At what point to we stop calling someone who has two jabs but is not boostered "fully vaccinated?"
Starsky
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 03, 2022 at 04:23 PM UTC #
We have an obesity crisis in the US…. I would guess our poor health in general-more than vaccination rates- accounts for the disparity in deaths… we are fat and most people are on a bunch of crazy pills…
Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 03, 2022 at 04:39 PM UTC #
Starsky wrote:
We have an obesity crisis in the US…. I would guess our poor health in general-more than vaccination rates- accounts for the disparity in deaths… we are fat and most people are on a bunch of crazy pills…


Not disagreeing, but i did read an article (can't remember where, sorry), saying that the weight and COVID outcome correlation was somewhat exaggerated. Meaning that until you got to the Americans who are "severely or morbidly obsese," outcomes weren't really that different. Unfortunately, we have too many morbidly obese people here (and those are the people for whom the correlation does become strong….though i can't remember the BMI where it does….it was ridiculously high.)

One thing interesting in the study I mentioned was that people in the "overweight" category, that is BMI of 25.0-29.9 (notably, me, lol) actually fared slightly better than the people in the "normal" 18.5-24.999999 range.
Starsky
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 03, 2022 at 05:06 PM UTC #
Yeah we agree.



😀
Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020 February 04, 2022 at 07:49 PM UTC #
right down the street from me
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