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The Coronavirus - What's Happening Around the World

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I'd like to keep this thread as a chronicle of events and projections, how to address avoidance and how to react if infected.......not a 'scare' or 'hopeless' scenario.

Coronavirus is spreading.

Some current events:

US prepares for possible coronavirus pandemic, WHO officials say Iran outbreak 'worrisome'
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/coronavirus-latest-updates-outbreak.html

I usually shop in the early morning hours during the flu season to avoid crowds.
I am up to date on my flu and pneumonia shots, while they don't address coronavirus, I suspect it helps in avoiding complications with them.

( you all stay well )

Edited by Adminstrator Cookiegal with approval from the thread starter to include a link to the Johns Hopkins University's interractive map which is constantly updated to show the current statistics around the world:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Second edit to add link exclusive to the U.S.:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map
 
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Colin, I'm glad your wife survived, brother! Sorry to hear about your mother, though ...

Taking my old lady for her booster shot in about :30. She had lost her card and I just got the shot records in the mail yesterday to confirm her initial vaccines.
 
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Thank you so much, Mark :)

Good for you getting your good lady boosted, brother. I think this makes a lot of difference for this variant in lessening the effects. For me, it was more of a constant headache, congestion, and feeling as if Mike Tyson had used my flanks as a speedball. Still, for me that's nothing in comparison to what others have endured. I count myself fortunate, and will line up for any successive vaccines as required.
 
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Ivermectin in the news.
It's been discredited so many times, this isn't exactly shocking.

Study finds ivermectin, the horse drug Joe Rogan championed as a COVID treatment, does nothing to cure the virus
https://fortune.com/2022/03/31/ivermectin-covid-joe-rogan-cure-treatment-effectiveness-study/

........ on Wednesday, a largescale scientific study showed that ivermectin has "no significant effects" in treating COVID.
Test results here:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2115869
 
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Sorry to hear that.

Our press seems to push the view that we might not be hit as severely as Europe and SE Asia, and with less serious medical problems.

IMO, too many people are taking that as fact.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/health/ba-2-dominant-us/index.html

I still wear a mask around others and still practice social distancing.
But when I go out shopping, very few are doing the same.
I'm concerned about this BA.2 variant having a grater impact than anticipated.
 
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For now masks are still obligatory in stores and restaurants and they were talking about relaxing that soon but with the numbers we're showing now and increase in hospitalizations I hope they don't do that.

I actually started wearing a face shield in addition to the mask. I've had a few sideways looks but no comments so far. But I don't care what anyone thinks. :)
 
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People are letting their guard down.
And there are those around Pelosi that also have contacted the latest version of Covid.

After maskless schmoozing, DC elite hit with COVID outbreak
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/after-maskless-schmoozing-dc-elite-hit-with-covid-outbreak/

Vaccines and masks are useful for avoidance and reducing severity.
Social distancing and common sense, too.
Common sense !! In Washington DC !! You serious!! :ROFLMAO:

Got my 2nd. booster last week. Still masking and distancing when possible - grocery store aisle not good - when out and about. Would estimate 50/50 roughly of masked / unmasked, but probably closer to 30/70. Seems many have the attention span of a cocker spaniel !:giggle:
 
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Johnny, it's one of those oxymorons, kinda like military intelligence or happily married ... ;-)
 
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I, too, am the exception, rather than the rule. I'm masked in any store and medical facility, even when most are not. I don't care!
 
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I've had my first booster, but have decided to wait several weeks, at least. to decide if and when I take 2nd.
There are some potential issues to consider.
I'm waiting on expert recommendations.
And it's nothing to do, by any means, of the 2nd booster being unsafe. It is safe.

An interesting article on ventilation:
( mostly common sense imo but important )

This invisible Covid-19 mitigation measure is finally getting the attention it deserves
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/10/health/covid-19-ventilation-matters-wellness/index.html
 
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I'm facing the same dilemma John. They say they're working on a vaccine that will last longer and be directed more to the current variants of Omicronthat should be available in the Fall so I'm thinking I may just wait for that especially if the booster is only going to last four weeks. I'm still careful, wear a mask, glasses and a face shield and even gloves when I go grocery shopping and that's pretty much the only place I go or the pharmacy. One exception is I just had to get my car's oil and tires changes but I was in a secluded corner of the showroom with no one around me. I wanted to wait outside and walk around but it was very cold and windy.
 
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I still take the same precautions as when the pandemic waves were at their greatest.

Infection rates are starting to climb in Ohio.
People have become too relaxed for their own good.

I've got a dentist appointment next week that I can't skip and I cringe at going.
 
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