[COVID & Vaccines] it ain't over til it's over

By PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/09/2022 - 11:52pm |

2) Hospital admissions in UK for COVID have soared 21% compared to last week. These are 7 day averages so they aren’t just random flukes. https://t.co/O3gZLdsVRp
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) March 9, 2022

2) So, was the smallpox vaccine some magical miracle 100% efficacy for a lifetime efficacy protection? No, it was 95% and for only 3-5 years, with waning after. It had to be used with contact tracing & village lockdowns to eradicate it—a PLUS strategy. https://t.co/7oywJ30lNA
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) March 10, 2022

You know what else can save kids lives? Wearing a mask and not bombing kids & maternity hospitals. https://t.co/8M7j6SeNGJ
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) March 9, 2022

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BREAKING: China reports 3,393 new daily coronavirus cases, the most in two years.
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 13, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/12/2022 - 9:39pm

Thinking that what ails many "supply chain" issues will be over soon? Think some more:

https://t.co/LKiPhYPo4M
— Eric Yeung (@KingKong9888) March 13, 2022

Isn't Shenzhen a big electronics manufacturing city or am I incorrect in thinking that?
— yc23 (@yc238) March 13, 2022

“Due to the city being a leading global technology hub, Shenzhen has been dubbed by media China's Silicon Valley. The city's entrepreneurial, innovative, and competitive-based culture has resulted in the city being home to numerous small-time manufacturers or software companies.”
— Eric Yeung (@KingKong9888) March 13, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/13/2022 - 8:50pm

Axios' chief Economics correspondent says the above is not hyperbole > the Shenzhen covid lockdown is going to have very bad economic effects on us:

We're currently living in the brief moment between when Finance/Econ Twitter has realized that the new Covid lockdowns in Shenzhen are going to have hugely bad consequences for US inflation, but that has not yet become a widely-reported conventional wisdom.
— Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) March 14, 2022

(To be clear, I agree with the finance/econ Twitter consensus that this is very bad news and at the worst possible time).
— Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) March 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/13/2022 - 11:28pm

best to get em now, they may be getting real expensive soon -

US "to run out of tests, treatments & vaccines to fight the coronavirus after a $16 billion funding plan collapsed in Congress" @ddiamond @TonyRomm

Free testing, treatments for millions ends in April

Supply of monoclonal antibodies ends in Mayhttps://t.co/AAb31F2vvk
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) March 11, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/13/2022 - 9:10pm

Yglesias retweeting new U.S. info.:

It would be a very good idea to get your booster shot if you haven’t already, and to encourage friends and acquaintances to do the same.

Not sure how to reach serious anti-vaxxers but those who’ve had two doses can surely be talked into a third. https://t.co/sXhMSMlLOp
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/14/2022 - 5:00pm

The head of Pfizer said a fourth dose — a second booster — is necessary “right now.” https://t.co/LaUHUhPln5
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) March 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/14/2022 - 6:12pm

HONG KONG SETS ALL TIME DAILY GLOBAL RECORD FOR COVID DEATHS per million!!!

Hong Kong doesn’t just look grim when compared to its Asia-Pacific peers.

In March 2020 we saw awful pictures from northern Italy. Last winter, UK & Portugal saw huge mortality spikes, and last summer it was Namibia, but Hong Kong has now set a new global record for daily deaths pic.twitter.com/6HHHLc1F2u
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/14/2022 - 9:08pm

A lot of people seem to be mixing up two distinct Congressional requests from the White House.

Last year, the WH asked for $65 billion to prepare for *future* pandemics.

This year, the WH asked for $22.5 billion to fight the *current* pandemic.

Congress has funded neither pic.twitter.com/GyXBKbO7au
— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) March 15, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/15/2022 - 3:59pm

AGAIN, WARNING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE: soon you will have to pay because Congress would not fund us:

NEW: The White House is warning it will have to wind down a program that pays to test, treat and vaccinate uninsured people for COVID-19 because the administration has run out of money for the program, which Congress failed to include in funding legislation.
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) March 15, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/15/2022 - 10:16pm

Opinion on that problem from Eric Boehm at Reason:

We spent all the COVID relief money on things other than COVID relief and now there's no money left for treating people with COVID. Because Congress sucks at it's most basic job. https://t.co/4yxQpHyJyp
— reason (@reason) March 16, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/16/2022 - 6:03pm

On Polio in Ukraine:

#Ukraine is currently affected by a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreak, with the most recent case detected in January 2022 (with disease onset in December 2021)- why the polio prevention programme could get derailed - here is an explanation https://t.co/HeI8jT3H7d
— Sneha Mordani (@snehamordani) March 16, 2022

Could be Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse time, you never know....

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/15/2022 - 11:54pm

they have Long Covid anecdotals in Kenya, indeed they do:

pic.twitter.com/ozuUwLkPhL
— KENT ™ (@KENT4890) March 16, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/16/2022 - 6:19pm

the senior demographer at Pew Research:

New confirmed COVID cases in the US haven't been this low since last July pic.twitter.com/ZXfs4YW5g2
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) March 17, 2022

Will US cases stay low or will we have another echo of a surge seen in the Netherlands (this time the BA.2 variant)? pic.twitter.com/EaxrcrZuT9
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) March 17, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/17/2022 - 1:59am

Rising drumbeat of criticism of the local administration in the Hong Kong media and in local state run newspapers over the covid crisis: https://t.co/ZZTBBT26ZO
— Primrose Riordan (@primroseriordan) March 16, 2022

Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's leader, now asks the population to sympathise with her as her government faces flak from all sides over the local covid crisis: https://t.co/C6kLmc9BxC
— Primrose Riordan (@primroseriordan) March 17, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/17/2022 - 2:18am

China's Shenzhen plans 'orderly' work resumption as COVID vigilance continues https://t.co/jdQ0C1qYiS pic.twitter.com/wAjF2mCGuC
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2022

For anyone wondering how mass testing is done in Shenzhen. In my case I'm doing a PCR test per day, with the advantage that the testing is organized by the school campus where I live, so it's actualy faster. https://t.co/4ih2MhJ9rd
— Diego Pino Garcia (@diepg) March 17, 2022

#Foxconn has resumed some production at its Shenzhen, #China campuses after spiking #COVID19 cases forced a shutdown.

The firm is only able to resume production on campuses that include both employee housing and production facilities, reports CNBC. pic.twitter.com/WoyLiXsVzp
— IANS (@ians_india) March 17, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/17/2022 - 2:24am

This is good!https://t.co/zpHICOtFK1
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 18, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/17/2022 - 9:42pm

The story of Hong Kong's disastrous approach to fighting the virus in two takes:

1. One million coronavirus cases @johnjyoon https://t.co/RPAK7y4P1V

2. Confusion & chaos amid a fumbled response @jotted https://t.co/0MwVBpBNiK
— Yonette Joseph (@YonetteJo) March 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/19/2022 - 2:41am

Trying to scold others for not caring enough about Covid, or for being "over" the pandemic, has failed to save lives.

But these other approaches could succeed in saving lives: https://t.co/6mRNQWtOeB

Covid hawks should switch focus from scolding to these policy changes:
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) March 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/19/2022 - 3:39pm

Speaking of women's health (oh wait...)

The majority of studies in heart attacks were done in men so all the textbooks were written accordingly. As a result, women are misdiagnosed, underdiagnosed, and have worse outcomes if they survive. So what are the symptoms of a heart attack in a woman?
— Dr Kate Miller (@DrKate_Miller) March 19, 2022

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by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 03/19/2022 - 8:22pm

Could new COVID BA.2 variant ignite another wave as cases jump 36% in New York? What to know

David Robinson, Mike Stucka New York State Team at lohud.com, March 21, 12:34 pm

New COVID-19 cases leaped 36% in New York in the week ending Sunday amid rising concerns about a new COVID variant spreading more quickly in the Northeast and West than other parts of the U.S.

In New York, a total of 15,412 new COVID cases were reported last week, up from 11,323 new cases the prior week. A growing share of the infections are being caused by the new BA.2 variant, which is expected to soon become the dominant COVID strain across the country.

In New York, BA.2 made up nearly 39% of cases the week ending March 12, up from about 13% on Feb. 26, the latest state data show. It is a different version of the omicron strain responsible for the most recent winter surge.

While the tally of COVID cases in New York remained well below its winter-surge peak — which hit 90,000 cases in one day in early January — authorities are closely watching the recent uptick in infections after BA.2 triggered new surges in some European countries [....]

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/21/2022 - 12:45pm

1/ Remembering the nearly 40,000 New York City residents who have died from COVID-19 is painful. But as one New Yorker told @THECITYNY, remembering “is a good place for healing to start.” #MISSINGTHEM https://t.co/FYlQr3SOAb
— THE CITY (@THECITYNY) March 15, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/22/2022 - 5:31pm

Covid has killed more than the Civil War in half the time. After that earlier tragedy, the nation convulsed with grief and mourning. Today the dead have lost our attention because the dying has gone on too long.
— Peter Manseau (@plmanseau) March 24, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/24/2022 - 8:17am

Not enough people know:

NYC is now offering *free, same-day home delivery* of paxlovid (new, effective anti-viral pill).

If you test pos, especially if you're hi-risk, ask your doc about this treatment. If you don't have a doc call 212-COVID19.

And for now we have good supply.
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) March 25, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 12:00am

Long COVID among medical workers may have 'profound' impact on health care, study suggests | CBC News https://t.co/XxUs41T0SA pic.twitter.com/0AE6k7zG2z
— Kaz (@klkaz) March 24, 2022

Great to get very positive news at the end of the week! GlaxoSmithKline, Vir Biotechnology, Humanigen, Pfizer, Roche, and likely many others are searching intensely for treatments of #LongCovid. https://t.co/n7wjr99WfP
— Jonas R. Kunst (@KunstJonas) March 25, 2022

In a new #LongCovid study, peripheral neuropathy (damage to the nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord) was much more likely 90 days after infection than among controls. https://t.co/imPz50bq0D pic.twitter.com/k6HFu0xYG1
— Jonas R. Kunst (@KunstJonas) March 25, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 12:19am

So the White House kept screaming that Congress hasn't funded them for this and nobody did anything and now we are going to have this situation:

This is not going to end well.

“Quest Diagnostics, one of the largest testing companies in the country, told ABC News that patients who are not on Medicare, Medicaid or a private health plan will now be charged $125 when using one of its…PCR tests.” https://t.co/A4C4dnX05H
— Oni Blackstock MD MHS (@oni_blackstock) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 4:14pm

Hah, M.D.'s finally learn what it was like to be their patients all those years when they would lie to us, supposedly for "our own good":

In 25 years of medical practice, I've never heard so many physicians casually mention in conversation how they no longer trust NIH, CDC, or FDA.

If that's not a wake up call, I don't know what is.
— Steven Phillips, MD (@StevePhillipsMD) March 27, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/27/2022 - 4:12pm

Shanghai has said it will lock down each half of the city by turns for mass Covid-19 testing starting Monday amid surging infections. https://t.co/j193meooJ0
— CNN (@CNN) March 28, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 3:12am

We're entering another week where U.S. officials warn they don't have the money to order a fourth vaccine dose if it turns out everyone needs them this fall. https://t.co/oGU32PhMKn
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 28, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 7:16pm

suggestion for Americans to not only to get your second booster now but ALSO to use one of the other vaccines than your original shots for this second booster!

17) good time to get boosted right now. And perhaps switch up your vaccine for your booster if you haven’t already. https://t.co/YtECptwKYY
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) March 30, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/29/2022 - 11:46pm

ditto

New @ScienceTM
The mRNA vaccines are not interchangeable.
If you got Moderna vaccines, think about getting a Pfizer booster or if you got Pfizers, a Moderna boosterhttps://t.co/gI3ZvL0nf8 pic.twitter.com/9GiuvLLH1O
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 29, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 4:23am

This seems good. https://t.co/CJqb1DHoyL
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 8:16pm

NEW: Two Biden Cabinet secretaries have tested positive for Covid-19 today, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Comes amid an outbreak in official Washington — Reps. Joaquin Castro and Adam Schiff have both tested positive as well. pic.twitter.com/ndKCdDO3gj
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) April 6, 2022

Schiff, Castro, and Raimondo were all at the high-profile Gridiron Dinner over the weekend.

Hundreds of top journalists, lawmakers, Cabinet members, and WH staffers were in attendance.https://t.co/iKAfIUSFuI
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) April 6, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 2:43pm

this tweet is currently getting like a thousand likes every 30 seconds

I just received my 2nd Moderna booster vaccine, and I feel good! I am still going to wear my mask and keep my distance because the virus ain’t over, Fool! Grrr
— Mr. T (@MrT) April 6, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 6:50pm

Someone in gov we can still trust. I have most of my money in T-bonds as well

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 8:08pm

videos from lockdown in Shanghai cross-link

by artappraiser on Sat, 04/09/2022 - 8:00pm

Insane that we are not funding this — a vaccine that actually blocks transmission would be very useful! https://t.co/mu5CeRv1Cd
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 11, 2022

The current situation seems okay (not great, but okay) but future variants might be deadlier or have more immune escape properties relative to our current vaccines — we should be trying hard to develop better tools.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 11, 2022

We are skimping too much on research both in terms of money and speed. https://t.co/PMnfpZMDAv
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 11, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/12/2022 - 1:20am

A 45-year-old Kansas mayor needs a pacemaker after a long-haul covid fight: ‘I thought I was going to beat it’, after 3 hospitalizations in 8 months. #LongCovid is real. #CovidIsNotOver https://t.co/60m0d5Ri2s
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 19, 2022

2) Four studies published this year show as many as a third of coronavirus cases result in long-haul covid. Some of those cases followed mild infections, according to the University of California at Davis.https://t.co/rt2OZl7UXn
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 19, 2022

3) Research in England released in June found as many as 2 million people living there were experiencing long-haul symptoms, The Washington Post reported. https://t.co/mbwUwsSOhF
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/19/2022 - 12:08am

[COVID & Vaccines] it ain't over til it's over

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