I'm starting this thread as a side discussion of all things Corona Virus related. I understand that this is going to be discussed in almost all other topic threads but we could collect news and other items here. 

 

At work, many conferences have been cancelled.

NBA - Suspended.

NHL - About to be suspended. 

NCAA March Madness - Playing - no crowd. 

 

Political Rallies have been cancelled. 

Travel bans. 

 

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks tested positive. They're in Australia where testing is available. If they were in the US, they wouldn't have been tested. 

Hospitalization is a lagging indicator, so it WILL go down a few weeks later.... lower daily case rate and corresponding "R Value" is great news! 

I can't remember who, but someone was asking about increased transmissibility in Kids

Here is a quick graph from the UK comparing Their second wave and their third (current) wave:

 

 

New report exposes a shady campaign to pay online influencers to spread lies about vaccines
   
No matter how high the COVID-19 death count climbs — according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, it has passed 4.1 million worldwide — anti-vaxxers in different parts of the world are trying to discourage people from getting vaccinated. Some of these efforts include outright disinformation. But in some cases, internet users will aggressively push back against anti-vaxxer lies.

According to BBC reporters Charlie Haynes and Flora Carmichael, two such internet users in Europe are German journalist and YouTuber Mirko Drotschmann and French YouTuber Léo Grasset, who reports on science.

Hayes and Carmichael explain, "An influencer marketing agency called Fazze offered to pay (Drotschmann) to promote what it said was leaked information that suggested the death rate among people who had the Pfizer vaccine was almost three times that of the AstraZeneca jab. The information provided wasn't true. It quickly became apparent to Mirko that he was being asked to spread disinformation to undermine public confidence in vaccines in the middle of a pandemic."

Meanwhile, in France, the BBC reporters add, Grasset "received a similar offer" from Fazze and was offered 2000 euros "if he would take part."

"Both Léo and Mirko were appalled by the false claims," according to Hayes and Carmichael. "They pretended to be interested in order to try to find out more and were provided with detailed instructions about what they should say in their videos…. Fazze's brief told influencers to share a story in French newspaper Le Monde about a data leak from the European Medicines Agency. The story was genuine, but didn't include anything about vaccine deaths. But in this context, it would give the false impression that the death rate statistics had come from the leak."

New report exposes a shady campaign to pay online influencers to spread lies about vaccines - Alternet.org

On 2021-07-25 at 10:37 AM, 17to85 said:

No sympathy for the people spreading this bullshit when they get sick. What's the rights favourite phrase? **** around and find out.

I feel bad for his loved ones but not him. He mocked vaccines & Covid 19 & now he's found out what Karma's about.

Edited July 26, 20214 yr by SpeedFlex27

 

6 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

Plenty of tolerance for irony though I see.

54 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

And this is what happens when you doze through science class because you think you will never need to know this stuff.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/a-rare-snow-leopard-at-the-san-diego-zoo-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19-1.5523032

it is time once again for the morons of the week

 

welp todays COVID Updates will have to wait

 

Covid info for TUESDAY July 27

Kives with the goods:

 

 

Five-day Manitoba #COVID19 test-positivity rate: 2.8 per cent (up down 0.2 percentage points) Winnipeg rate: 1.4 per cent Tests completed Monday: 1,070

Manitoba #COVID19 patients in hospital: 107 (down 3) In ICU: 27 (up 1)

Regional breakdown of new Manitoba #COVID19 cases:

9 Winnipeg

4 Interlake-Eastern

6 Southern

2 Prairie Mountain

2 Northern

The seven-day average daily case count in Manitoba drops to 38.

The R value in Manitoba is 0.71, according to

@DFisman. The R-value, represents the number of people infected by each person

 

To compare: Alberta's is now at 1.48.

 

 

 

Edited July 27, 20214 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

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I am the director of the Reproductive Urology Program at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. My colleagues and I analyzed the autopsy tissues of the testicles of six men who died of COVID-19 infection. 

The result: COVID-19 virus appeared in the tissues of one of the men; decreased numbers of sperm appeared in three. 

Another patient – this one survived COVID-19 – had a testis biopsy about three months after his initial COVID-19 infection cleared up. The biopsy showed the coronavirus was still in his testicles. 

Our team also discovered that COVID-19 affects the penis. An analysis of penile tissue from two men receiving penile implants showed the virus was present seven to nine months after their COVID-19 diagnosis. Both men had developed severe erectile dysfunction, probably because the infection caused reduced blood supply to the penis. 

Notably, one of the men had only mild COVID-19 symptoms. The other had been hospitalized. This suggests that even those with a relatively light case of the virus can experience severe erectile dysfunction after recovery."

 

dopey cant have kids. aw, too bad.

Edited July 27, 20214 yr by Mark F

Does anyone know the double vax rate of Winnipeg? 

16 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Does anyone know the double vax rate of Winnipeg? 

67.1% of those 12 and up.

Edited July 28, 20214 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

1 hour ago, Mark F said:

"

I am the director of the Reproductive Urology Program at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. My colleagues and I analyzed the autopsy tissues of the testicles of six men who died of COVID-19 infection. 

The result: COVID-19 virus appeared in the tissues of one of the men; decreased numbers of sperm appeared in three. 

Another patient – this one survived COVID-19 – had a testis biopsy about three months after his initial COVID-19 infection cleared up. The biopsy showed the coronavirus was still in his testicles. 

Our team also discovered that COVID-19 affects the penis. An analysis of penile tissue from two men receiving penile implants showed the virus was present seven to nine months after their COVID-19 diagnosis. Both men had developed severe erectile dysfunction, probably because the infection caused reduced blood supply to the penis. 

Notably, one of the men had only mild COVID-19 symptoms. The other had been hospitalized. This suggests that even those with a relatively light case of the virus can experience severe erectile dysfunction after recovery."

 

dopey cant have kids. aw, too bad.

Nature's way of removing the unfit from the gene pool.

2 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Does anyone know the double vax rate of Winnipeg? 

The rate of change is going to slow as well. As fas as I under we are now at the point that we are pretty much waiting for people to become eligible for second doses (21 or 28 days). 

Starting to look like the BC Interior has lore issues than fire and smoke. 15% of BC population and 60% of today’s cases and growing. 
 

It feels like an evil plot to ruin another vacation for my family. 

4 minutes ago, GCJenks said:

The rate of change is going to slow as well. As fas as I under we are now at the point that we are pretty much waiting for people to become eligible for second doses (21 or 28 days). 

Starting to look like the BC Interior has lore issues than fire and smoke. 15% of BC population and 60% of today’s cases and growing. 
 

It feels like an evil plot to ruin another vacation for my family. 

@Rich These merged posts are a PITA. My two comments were more than 5 seconds apart. I actually went to another forum, posted something there, looked up a stat someone had texted me before my second post. A different thought than the quote I was replying too. 
 

(waiting a couple minutes before the reply button to see what happens. )

 

4 minutes…

1 hour ago, GCJenks said:

@Rich These merged posts are a PITA. My two comments were more than 5 seconds apart. I actually went to another forum, posted something there, looked up a stat someone had texted me before my second post. A different thought than the quote I was replying too. 
 

(waiting a couple minutes before the reply button to see what happens. )

 

4 minutes…

Rich is off on a canoeing trip. Maybe shoot him a PM in a few days. 

The merge happens within 5 minutes, not 5 seconds. 
 

Just do what I do - write all your thoughts in one very long-winded post and wait for the “TLDR” from those irritating, short attention span folk. 😄

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/covid-growth-alberta-1.6120076

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Health and infectious disease experts say the rate at which COVID-19 cases are growing in Alberta is alarming, as it spreads faster than during the height of the pandemic's third wave. 

The R-value, which represents the number of people infected by each infected person, was 1.48 (with a confidence interval of 1.38-1.59) in Alberta as of Sunday, according to Alberta Health.

That number — which has doubled in recent weeks — means 100 people with the virus will spread it to 148 others.

"The current R-value provincewide is one of the highest we've seen throughout the pandemic. So although the numbers are low today, the rate of viral spread is really as fast as we've seen at any other point during the pandemic," said Craig Jenne, an immunologist and microbiologist at the University of Calgary.

"This really is the foundation for what everybody refers to as exponential growth … it is definitely laying the potential and the groundwork for a large surge of viral cases in the coming weeks."

During the pandemic's third wave, when around 1,500 new cases were being reported in Alberta each day, the R-value hovered around 1.15.

 

57 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

The merge happens within 5 minutes, not 5 seconds. 
 

Just do what I do - write all your thoughts in one very long-winded post and wait for the “TLDR” from those irritating, short attention span folk. 😄

Thanks for the correction, I must have read the thread about merging posts too quickly. 

1 hour ago, blue_gold_84 said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/covid-growth-alberta-1.6120076

 

It's really really bad...and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 

Oops

Edited July 28, 20214 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

 

Three additional deaths were also reported:

• A woman in her 50s from the Interlake–Eastern health region, linked to the B.1.1.7 (alpha) variant of concern
• A woman in her 70s from the Northern health region, linked to the alpha variant of concern
• A man in his 80s from the Southern Health region linked to an unspecified variant of concern

Texas doctor sounds alarm on rising COVID cases among children: 'We certainly have used ventilators'
   
One Texas doctor is raising awareness about the rise in severe cases of COVID-19 among children. According to The Houston Press, Dr. Jim Versalovic of Texas Children's Hospital has a warning for parents. The rapidly spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus could land some children in intensive care.

Speaking to the publication, Versalovic shed light on what he has been seeing in the hospital where he works. Since the onset of the pandemic, there has been a misconception about the virus where children are concerned. Although Republican leaders and lawmakers have repeatedly argued that children are less likely to contract COVID, Versalovic argues otherwise.

At the Texas Children's Hospital, some children have not only been admitted for coronavirus but have also ended up in the intensive care unit (ICU), and in dire cases, on ventilators.

Of the children hospitalized in critical care, "some have required ventilator support," Versalovic admitted to the publication. "We have seen severe cases of COVID pneumonia and acute respiratory distress in children. And we certainly have used ventilators when appropriate, selectively."

Texas doctor sounds alarm on rising COVID cases among children: 'We certainly have used ventilators' - Alternet.org