https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1482501951065661440?t=sThdSqT9qW9UW3Og_SgUKg&s=19
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I realize Iām a broken record at this point, but the messaging fails about the vaccines being ineffective against omicron really were terrible. Good to see more and more data showing that to be bullshit.
https://twitter.com/dglaucomflecken/status/1479572386869485569?s=21
https://twitter.com/dglaucomflecken/status/1482494022472007681?s=21
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Seconded. Something has to change. Thats a good first step
Im in this camp as well. Still a pretty good chance a very dangerous mutation happens with this shit
More really good news with todayās Covid Numbers.
First: The UK is now down 40 percent off itās 7dma peak hit only 12 days ago:
NY is down 23 percent off itās 7dma peak hit only 6 days ago:
Florida 7dma down 11 percent since what looks like the peak 3 days ago:
The US as a whole just experienced itās first decrease in 7dma since December 14th. Increasingly likely that hte US peak as a whole was hit yesterday or today.
Finally, South Africa cases continue to fall off a cliff, 7dma now down 79 percent from peak.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html
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Glad to see cases down for sure. Have a hard time calling the current numbers good news yet. Still an absurd amount of cases and our state hospitals sent out a missive today begging for public help because they are on the verge of collapse. We need to get cases down well below where they were heading into this surge to give healthcare system room to breathe. So fingers crossed for about 60-90 more days of this news.
Edmonton, Canada. Pretty sure my wife has the 'roney. Double vaxxed, no booster. She has a terrible cough, and an intermittent low fever. She took the online assessment and it advised her that she doesnāt qualify for a test, which is weird because weāve been advised to test for less in the past. System must be beyond capacity.
In the last month sheās left the house exactly one (1) time, about 2 weeks ago to get her flu shot. Iāve been to maybe 4-5 places in that time: flu shot (with her), booster shot, hardware store, grocery, takeout. Maybe I have it and am asymptomatic-ish? Iām having a bit of trouble with my lungs maybe, but itās hard to tell because my lungs are always not great because of damage from previous lung cancer.
So, despite being really careful, it appears that it has made itās way into my house. I donāt really have a point, just adding an unstuck data point.
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Iām pretty sure thereās only one explanation for this, and Iām sure @CaffeineNeeded will concur
Partial
Herd
Immunity
Sorry, this needed a callback
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Oh, yeah, itās still really bad, I didnāt mean to imply it wasnāt. Itās just less bad. I woudlnāt want to have a heart attack or stroke or break a leg or get shot or get into a car accident right now.
Are you going to isolate?
Can you get rapid tests anywhere?
Itās not good out there by any means, but itās always felt that the right side of the peak is much broader than the left side (not true everywhere every wave, but itās been that way for the US bulk numbers and in CA and OR, where Iāve watched the most). Seeing such a sharp drop off is at least cause for optimism that itās not going to be this bad through fucking April or some shit.
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Oh I know, just man, we need this straight shot down REALLY bad so fingers crossed.
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California looks like itās still got a couple of days before peak unfortunately. You guys are lagging the East Coast.
In OR now, but OR is behind CA.
Yeah the next question is where it plateaus. My concern is we are just starting to get good masks and tests to everyone and it is all going to get punted in a couple of weeks because cases are going down. We really need to get cases down to a low number for the sake of the healthcare system, it is barely surviving this wave. We get Pi or some shit without respite and I donāt want to even think about it.
Definitely glad we are seeing the straight shot down so far
No rapid tests to be found, AFAICT, in my area. Iām not doing much for special precautions, I assume if sheās got it Iāve been plenty exposed already, and with her minimal interactions itās likely I was the carrier anyway and just didnāt know it. Kissy-time is off the table for now, but weāre still interacting in the same room.
I dont think you should necessarily assume.
Mrs rugby stayed negative after 2 nights with me at what I assume was peak infectiousness.
Are there tests available for order online?
Worth trying to get anyway. As they can help you decide when to come out of isolation at the other end of this.