[COVID News] Covid-19 patients at this hospital are dying 'at a rate we've never seen die before ' --

By artappraiser on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 12:31pm |

and it's taking a toll on health care workers

Anyone who said the pandemic is over should be ashamed of themselves. We appear to still be in the third or fourth inning. https://t.co/41duMFKoUm
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 10, 2021

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/us/hospital-covid-19-deaths-michigan/index.html

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by artappraiser on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 12:36pm

Michigan COVID situation 'critical' as state seeks more ventilators: health officialshttps://t.co/jHK03Jj9bq
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) December 10, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 12:41pm

The Guardian, 13 mins. ago-Covid live: UK reports highest number of new cases since early January; Scotland faces ‘tsunami’ of infections

UK records 58,194 new cases of Covid-19 and a further 120 deaths; first minister Nicola Sturgeon says Omicron showing fastest exponential growth of pandemic

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 12:45pm

Ghana's Covid restrictions: Unvaccinated must get jabs on arrival - BBC News
Someone is offering a million dollars who can prove the deaths From the jab. https://t.co/SzSPQtiOgT
— [email protected] (@throughtprocess) December 10, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 1:28pm

Andy Slavitt:

COVID Update: 2 weeks ago we said we would know a lot more about Omicron in 2 weeks.

I’ve rounded up the best scientific opinions to share a consensus. 1/
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) December 9, 2021

check out his whole thread

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 1:38pm

IU Health has asked for the Indiana National Guard's help at most of its locations as hospitalizations reach all-time highs.https://t.co/0cV22IgMNs
— WTHR.com (@WTHRcom) December 9, 2021

a Rep. in the Indiana House:

Indiana is 1 of 6 states that currently accounts for the majority of the increase in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 over the last two weeks. This may be a pandemic of the unvaccinated, but the impact of overloading health care systems affects everyone. https://t.co/dLr7RK8gQJ
— Blake Johnson (@IndyBlakeJ) December 10, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/10/2021 - 9:26pm

A group of “risk-averse” and “super responsible people” let their guard down enough to become unwitting vectors of COVID-19, showing just how vulnerable even vaccinated people remain to the virus when indoors and in groups.https://t.co/u6lIstyZhF
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) December 10, 2021

if, like me, you can't get past the paywall to read it, here's a few more tweets of the story with info

Omicron in Oakland: How a WI wedding with vaccinated people led to outbreak

“We just shouldn’t be having these large events now. If physicians and public health professionals can’t do it, there’s just no safe way to do it.” Furr-Holden said.
https://t.co/vZvE2mywoy @sfchronicle
— Carrie Byington, MD, FAAP, FIDSA (@carrie_byington) December 10, 2021

"We just shouldn’t be having these large events now. If physicians and public health professionals can’t do it, there’s just no safe way to do it.”

Sobering read: https://t.co/GiyU4ep97b
— Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) December 10, 2021

Eleven of the 12 confirmed COVID cases tied to an omicron outbreak in the East Bay last week are among fully vaccinated and boosted staff members of a Kaiser hospital in Oakland, who contracted the virus following an out of state wedding.https://t.co/NgpNOUrjWT
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) December 9, 2021

More here at Twitter events

Yesterday How a wedding with ‘super responsible’ vaccinated people led to an omicron outbreak

A Wisconsin wedding celebration brought together doctors and public health experts. More than a dozen went home with COVID-19.

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/11/2021 - 6:21pm

show this to all and sundry who think the vaccines are risky:

I'm not liking this.

A 14 month old child who passed from Covid-19 had brain spongiosis on autopsy. https://t.co/MS8GlCk05P
— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MildS (@fitterhappierAJ) December 12, 2021

They still know very little about what this virus does. All they know: it's not like the flu, really it's not, okay?

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/12/2021 - 7:51pm

p.s. note these replies to his thread (which continues with links to findings from studies on mice)

I have Long Covid, 21 months in. I thought I was recovering but a month ago I began losing cerebral spinal fluid from my right nostril and ear. MRI "normal" but have sudden tinnitus and intermittent deafness, loss of color vision in one eye, tremors, seizures, headache. Doomed.
— Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (@AlisaValdesRod1) December 12, 2021

No no don't think that
It WILL get better
I'm 18 odd mths in
Tinni is still there but easing
Migraines and the palpatations too
Get yourself referred to a LongCovid clinic if poss
Have your Iron and VitD levels tested too.
Hang in there
— TervenGoddess T.ellingE.veryR.ealF.act (@madamlegray) December 12, 2021

they REALLY don't know, it's not like you take regeneron and you're all better, back to normal; that's just saving your life, it may still be a lousy life for a real long time

(heck it could have fucked with the little brain matter and nervous system Trump had to start with...we don't know that either)

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/12/2021 - 8:43pm

Our health care system is in a shitload of trouble for years to come. Easy prediction: getting decent, caring health care even if you're fully insured is going to be the new hot policy topic soon, no two ways about it

I wish people truly understood how exhausted healthcare workers are.

Whether it’s managing Covid or something else, we’re all just really tired.
— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) December 14, 2021

I don’t say this to solicit platitudes or messages of encouragement (although they are appreciated).

I’ve been in medicine a long time.

More than ever, I see my colleagues bruised & burnt out.

I watch a broken system continue to overlook the most vulnerable in our communities
— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) December 14, 2021

“But even on the hardest days I box my emotions and get back to the work of caring for patients because I made a commitment to heal people, not hold grudges.” @DrRobDavidson https://t.co/CBb4DNg29T
— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) December 14, 2021

Even if everyone got vaccinated tomorrow, this problem would no longer be immediately solved because it would be too late. And it's everywhere, perhaps even worse in more socialized medical systems (that it normal times I think shoud be preferred) because there providers don't get the higher monetary compensation.

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/14/2021 - 2:25pm

Cornell University is shutting down its Ithaca, New York, campus and moving to "alert level red" after a "rapid spread" of Covid-19 among studentshttps://t.co/d0ybKEzFE1
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/14/2021 - 4:28pm

Pfizer says its oral Covid treatment will protect against severe disease, even from Omicron. https://t.co/wwy6v3xoeP
— Andy Palmer (@andyhpalmer) December 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/14/2021 - 4:32pm

Some of the largest U.S. hospital systems have dropped covid vaccine mandates for staff as they face dire labor shortages for nurses, technicians and other workers. ⁦@RWhelanWSJ⁩ ⁦@_melaevans⁩ https://t.co/goLI4yhA78
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) December 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/14/2021 - 5:01pm

Could the Omicron Variant Be Good News?

by A Guy Called LULU on Tue, 12/14/2021 - 7:04pm

Short answer is yes, could be, tho long term effects are obviously unknown.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 12/14/2021 - 7:58pm

Thanks, just wanted to know for sure.

by A Guy Called LULU on Tue, 12/14/2021 - 11:25pm

Should have noted that a new mutation of Omicron with more deadliness and equal spread would throw this seemingly more benign evaluation out the window.

A better analysis from Eric Topol via Digby (no, it doesn't simplify or calm fears - we've got a complex mix of both Omicron & Delt for the coming future)

https://digbysblog.net/2021/12/14/omicron-update-2/

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 12/15/2021 - 12:13am

Bloomberg "opinion" has basically tweeted a super duper Twitter thread with latest updates/information changes on a bad winter expected in the U.S. with Covid both Delta & Omicrom, you don't even have to use a chit on the article link, as they have tweeted all the important points. REMEMBER their main goal is to inform investors what to bet on, what to expect, so it is as spin-free as possible well worth your time especially as it's quick, STARTS HERE

The change of expert opinion was sudden.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School now say the omicron variant, not delta, is likely fueling the current surge in Covid-19 cases in the northeastern U.S. https://t.co/Wspj0HQZcp
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) December 16, 2021

Clearly, the danger of the health care/hospital system imploding is a salient point, as is the hope that those who have become symptomatic will be able to use and access the new Pfizer drug

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 3:32pm

Thinks appear to have really taken off today in #NYC -- I long #COVID19 testing lines this morning, and now I am hearing that so many have queued today that testing centers are running out of supplies, sending people away.
Is it infection or #Omicron panic? We should know soon.
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) December 16, 2021

Not just anybody on topic, she self describes as Former Sr Fellow@CFR_org . Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Polk (2Xs) and Peabody Awards. Author: IHeard theSirensScream, TheComingPlague, Ebola & BetrayalofTrust.

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 7:10pm

Dr. Eric is saying the same thing:

NEW—Cases are spiking in New York—and so are deaths now for 3 straight days! Reports in NYC that lines for urgent care testing centers are snaking around city blocks, with @SahilBloom reporting 30 friends positive today alone. #Omicron 13% today. I have spring 2020 De Ja vu. pic.twitter.com/COBQpJBMNU
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 7:19pm

Andy Slavitt thread:

COVID Update: Omicron will peak in the US in the third wave in January according to a consensus of 10 scientists we interviewed. 1/
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) December 16, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 8:20pm

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 11:23pm

Pretty sure that's "Omar - Run!" in Baltimore

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 12:03am

Yeah, clearly it's coming mostly up from "Black Twitter" and I am actually enjoying a lot of the comments; I haven't seen such so much "black humor", small b, about Covid to date, and even better it mostly seems real savvy and knowledgeable about it. Haven't seen a single anti-vaxxer yet, and none of the dumb shit some Black celebs been voicing...

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 12:17am

Today's NYC trending on the Omaricon topic is City MD, has a lot of photos of long lines to compete with Miami and stuff like this -

New York's hottest club right now is CityMD. pic.twitter.com/SukZo3Efdh
— Dave Quinn (@NineDaves) December 16, 2021

CityMD line looking like they selling 11s
— Marquis Pickering (@Mar_TooREAL) December 16, 2021

let’s hear it for the man who walked into CityMD without a mask to ask whether the 70-person line wrapped around the building was for COVID testing bc he needed one too
— lanie starrs (@miscelLANIEous) December 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 7:08pm

Dear God. https://t.co/eU8rfVkEtU
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 16, 2021

So the panic is not just in NYC! Is this possibly something like: when NYC sneezes, Miami gets a cold?

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 12:22am

UK:

We're perilously close to the point where unvaccinated people pose the most serious threat to our national health. How do we deal with that? (I'm sorry to say - truly - that this includes close members of my own family.) https://t.co/HryEMXj6BK
— Dr. Bendor Grosvenor (@arthistorynews) December 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/17/2021 - 7:02pm

Elizabeth Warren tests positive for Covid amid US Omicron surge https://t.co/v9DWnkjfiq
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/19/2021 - 7:33pm

Sen. Cory Booker too:

I learned today that I tested positive for COVID-19 after first feeling symptoms on Saturday. My symptoms are relatively mild. I’m beyond grateful to have received two doses of vaccine and, more recently, a booster – I’m certain that without them I would be doing much worse.
— Sen. Cory Booker (@SenBooker) December 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/19/2021 - 9:56pm

and now Rep. Jason Crow (all 3 were vaccinated and had booster shots as well)

I just returned from an official congressional delegation visit to Ukraine and tested positive for a breakthrough COVID infection.

I’m thankful to be fully vaccinated and boosted and experiencing only mild symptoms (the vaccine is safe and effective).
— Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) December 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/19/2021 - 10:31pm

Mayor de Blasio asks President Biden to invoke the Defense Production Act, says, rightly, that NYC needs more at-home tests, more monoclonal antibody treatments, and fast-tracking of Pfizer’s antiviral pill, Paxlovid.
— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) December 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/19/2021 - 10:51pm

White House COVID Response Coordinator tells unvaccinated Americans to be prepared to die:

“You're looking at a winter of severe illness and death.” pic.twitter.com/HU5d7WJ9YH
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/19/2021 - 11:05pm

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Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019

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Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds

Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.

Actions to take:

Avoid the area;

Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;

Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and

If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.

Read the article at https://ht.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-port-au-prince-haiti-december-25-2023/

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All eyes on #Chad right now
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Read the article at https://x.com/_hudsonc/status/1732891968709992511?s=20

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[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]

You don’t get it.
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
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Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.

Read the article at https://x.com/GeorgeDeek/status/1731020551328579863?s=20

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It's wild that Venezuela is now holding a vote on whether 2/3 of Guyana actually belongs to them! Analysts suggest that Modoru may want military action to pump up his sinking popularity.

Could we have a war in South America?!?

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