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. 

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Manitoba's COVID-19 death toll jumps 66 in most recent weekly update

Its  a darned good thing that our beloved provincial government has assured us that the pandemic is over and we can ease up on restrictions.

47 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Its  a darned good thing that our beloved provincial government has assured us that the pandemic is over and we can ease up on restrictions.

To be fair, that isn't 66 from this week alone, but rather 16 from this past week. The huge number is an increase from numbers underreported before. Of course the province also tampers with definitions of Covid infections/deaths to make things fit the message that Covid is over.

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

Its  a darned good thing that our beloved provincial government has assured us that the pandemic is over and we can ease up on restrictions.

Restrictions are alive and well at the Canada / U.S. border - depending on who's on duty that day. 

He's not wrong you know

Not behind a paywall...

 

in a rather unexpected twist I got my second COVID booster today

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/may/26/anti-vaxxer-canadian-ranch-retreat-has-lassoed-my-2000

https://publishing.aip.org/publications/latest-content/covid-19-superspreader-events-originate-from-small-number-of-carriers/

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WASHINGTON, May 31, 2022 – Among several infectious disease terms to enter the public lexicon, superspreading events continue to make headlines years after the first cases of the COVID-19 pandemic. How features of the SARS-CoV2 virus lead to some events becoming superspreading events while leaving others relatively benign remains unresolved.

 

In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers in Canada and the United States created a model to connect what biologists have learned about COVID-19 superspreading with how such events have occurred in the real world. They use real-world occupancy data from more than 100,000 places where people gather across 10 U.S. cities to test several features ranging from viral loads to the occupancy and ventilation of social contact settings.

They found that 80% of infections occurring at superspreading events arose from only 4% of those who were carrying the virus into the event, called index cases.

 

B.C. man among first Canadians approved for COVID-19 vaccine injury payout

Edited June 2, 20223 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

52 more COVID-19 deaths reported in Manitoba as hospitalizations rise

3 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

52 more COVID-19 deaths reported in Manitoba as hospitalizations rise

Didn't Covid get the message that it was cancelled? 

24 minutes ago, JCon said:

Didn't Covid get the message that it was cancelled? 

It apparently did not subscribe to the PC newsletter.

A new COVID vaccine is coming. Will it sway anti-vaxxers?

Anew COVID-19 vaccine could soon be available to Americans this summer — and the familiar protein technology used to make it may make the vaccine more palatable to those who were wary of mRNA vaccines, experts believe. 

On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) advisory committee will meet to review Novavax's submission for its vaccine, dubbed NVX-CoV2373. If endorsed by the committee, the FDA will likely authorize the shot for adults 18 and over. The move would mark the fourth vaccine to be approved for emergency use authorization in the United States.

Notably, the anticipated approval would make it the first new vaccine to be approved in over a year in the U.S. — and at a time when more transmissible variants of SARS-CoV-2 have become the dominant strains in the United States, which the original vaccines weren't designed to target. The Novavax vaccine is already approved in the European Union, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia.

Given that the original strain of COVID-19 has died out, having been superseded by newer, more virulent variants, the announcement of a new vaccine designed to fight the ancestral strain of SARS-CoV-2 might seem odd. Yet experts tell Salon that the Novavax vaccine is particularly exciting given that it may be attractive to people who hesitated to get the mRNA vaccines (which includes Moderna and Pfizer's shots) due to misinformation and fear. As of June 6, 2022, an estimated 66.7 percent of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); that includes 76 percent of adults over the age of 18.

"Unfortunately, some of the other vaccines have gotten maligned by the anti-vaccine movement because they're not protein-based," Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center, told Salon. "This is a protein vaccine, it's very similar to other vaccines that people routinely get, so maybe those individuals who have been unfortunately swayed by the misinformation about the other vaccines may find this one more suitable." Adalja added that even though this vaccine is "more traditional," it is also innovative in its own way.

https://www.salon.com/2022/06/06/a-fourth-vaccine-from-novavax-vaccine-is-coming-soon-will-it-sway-anti-vaxxers/

No. It won't sway anyone

Certain people are just stuck in their ways and nothing will change that. 

I feel If social media didn't exist, the pandemic likely is over already but it does and there's just to many stupid people who believe other stupid people. I'm not a doctor but I play one on the internet mentality is real  

Edited June 7, 20223 yr by Goalie

The worst thing to happen was the US made the rona political. In turn we did here also cuz we have a group of wing nuts who like to think we are the US. The moment that happened we were all screwed. 

I don't know about that. Canada has one of the highest covid vax rates in the world. 

36 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I don't know about that. Canada has one of the highest covid vax rates in the world. 

Population wise we are older. It's the young ppl under 25 30 who are the wing nuts 

25 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Population wise we are older. It's the young ppl under 25 30 who are the wing nuts 

I don't know if I agree with that... I've seen enough older people who would fall into the conservative right wingnut category.

29 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Population wise we are older. It's the young ppl under 25 30 who are the wing nuts 

This is flat out incorrect. 

Older people can be wingnuts too

Oh everyone can be a wing nut 

At times i am. 

What I'm really saying is... it don't matter what you tell certain people, they are stuck in their ways whether they are 18 or 99. Those of us who have been vaxxed and those who aren't aren't gonna change our minds.  I have 2 Moderna doses. I'm seeing some have 4, I'm not sure that's necessary.  (Wingnut) 

My parents have 3, probably 4 soon maybe who knows. Is it necessary for the under 55 crowd to get 4? 

Edited June 7, 20223 yr by Goalie

21 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

This is flat out incorrect. 

By Canada I mean, of the ppl I know who aren't vaxxed,  most are under 30. I dont know mom and dad tho so, you know maybe thats a factor there. Ok so its like 10 ppl, but in my experiences. 

Just saying. Exaggerating the truth is Politics. I made it fit my narrative by skewing the fact. My bad. Vote @Goaliefor mayor 

Edited June 7, 20223 yr by Goalie

23 hours ago, Goalie said:

The worst thing to happen was the US made the rona political. In turn we did here also cuz we have a group of wing nuts who like to think we are the US. The moment that happened we were all screwed. 

A virus isn't political. A virus has nothing to do with religion , the Bible or Jesus, left , right or anything else people made up.  It both shocked and pissed me off how stupid some people were.

Moderna says experimental combination COVID-19 vaccine appears to work against Omicron.

Other good vaccine news:

Kids Vax - It may have already been posted, but it looks like the dose for the youngest ones should be here soon (YAY!). I read on another site that it was a different formulation than the vaccine they've been using up till now, but I haven't seen that confirmed. The other story also said it may begin being rolled out in June in the US. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Elicits Strong Immune Response in Kids Under 5 After Third Dose (hematologyadvisor.com)

Inhaled Vax - An aerosol vaccine is in early stages of development. Likely to be cheaper, better against variants (even ones not mutated yet) due to targeting more proteins than just the spike protein and also have less side effects. Beyond that, the technology could be used for other viruses. - The pandemic accelerated decades of research, leading to inhaled vaccine candidate for COVID-19 (medicalxpress.com)

Sounds like the inhaled vax could be a real game changer. Apparently they have been working on the tech for a while and Covid put more resources and urgency into developing it.