Pandemic 2020

[Jimdamick]

Rural areas were losing population before the pandemic. Early on last year, it seemed that the epidemic reversed that trend. But maybe not.

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural America

Rural people have been left out of the vast majority of research on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, our evidence-based understanding of the pandemic in the United States is incomplete, and rural recovery policies risk being informed by anecdotal or urban-centric information. We...

www.pnas.org

we find that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural populations have been severe, with significant negative impacts on unemployment, overall life satisfaction, mental health, and economic outlook. Further, we find that these impacts have been generally consistent across age, ethnicity, education, and sex. We discuss how these findings constitute the beginning of a much larger interdisciplinary COVID-19 research effort that integrates rural areas and pushes beyond the predominant focus on cities and nation-states.

What do you thnk, injunji? Is your area going to return to pre-pandemic times?

I'll answer that question for myself and I believe that it ain't happening, (normalcy) in my lifetime. Just look around, there too many dummies, especially here in the US, who won't get vaccinated.
But we shall soon see whether or not we can conquer the Delta variant or the next variant ( you know there's going to be another one and it's a long alphabet, right?)
But you know someone or someplace will say fiddlesticks, we have this under control.
I seems that man is British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who announced the move on Monday, noting that the government is planning to end all restrictions on July 19. He also stated that the first step of removing restrictions would include getting rid of formal mandates including wearing masks and working from home.
Under the proposed new plans, social distancing will no longer be enforced, capacity limits will end and night clubs will be reopened, the news service noted.
Oh yea?
I'll check back in 6 months, and if your still standing, I might consider removing my mask.
Until then, I'm wearing a mask, at least until Delta is under control.
I'm following the Jew's lead (they are noted for their intelligence )

Israel may have to reimpose COVID-19 restrictions this week as the Delta variant drives a rise in new cases (yahoo.com)

 

[captainmorgan]

I posted weeks ago about Peru having the highest death rate,but now the vaccines might not work against it, better hope it's not more contagious too.

Fears arise that lambda COVID-19 variant from Peru may be resistant to vaccines

The Lambda mutation, or C.37, appears to have emerged in Peru last August — and is now being blamed for the country having the highest pandemic death rate in the world.

nypost.com

 

[Fogdog]

I'll answer that question for myself and I believe that it ain't happening, (normalcy) in my lifetime. Just look around, there too many dummies, especially here in the US, who won't get vaccinated. b
But we shall soon see whether or not we can conquer the Delta variant or the next variant ( you know there's going to be another one and it's a long alphabet, right?)
But you know someone or someplace will say fiddlesticks, we have this under control.
I seems that man is British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who announced the move on Monday, noting that the government is planning to end all restrictions on July 19. He also stated that the first step of removing restrictions would include getting rid of formal mandates including wearing masks and working from home.
Under the proposed new plans, social distancing will no longer be enforced, capacity limits will end and night clubs will be reopened, the news service noted.
Oh yea?
I'll check back in 6 months, and if your still standing, I might consider removing my mask.
Until then, I'm wearing a mask, at least until Delta is under control.

Totally agree, jimi. We don't know what we don't know and need to give this thing some time while we monitory the situation. Lambda variant is the next variant that might break everything we've managed to accomplish. Maybe it knocks us back into lockdown mode. We'll find out in time.

For myself and my family, we are opening up and going back to pre-pandemic life. There are still a few restrictions to observe when visiting our elders. Some have very little function left in their immune system and we will be careful with them.

What I was asking inji is how his area is doing and does he think it can recover -- but I meant recover its economy and avoid yet more migration to urban areas. I don't think anybody says with certainty that we are out of the woods with the virus just yet. Rural society has been on the decline for decades. I'm wondering if coronavirus accelerated the trend.

 

[rkymtnman]

I posted weeks ago about Peru having the highest death rate,but now the vaccines might not work against it, better hope it's not more contagious too.

Fears arise that lambda COVID-19 variant from Peru may be resistant to vaccines

The Lambda mutation, or C.37, appears to have emerged in Peru last August — and is now being blamed for the country having the highest pandemic death rate in the world.

nypost.com

wait til the Tri Lambda variant shows up.

 

[Fogdog]

wait til the Tri Lambda variant shows up.
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Just wait until omega gets here.

 

[rkymtnman]

Just wait until omega gets here.

not the Omega Moos by chance???

 

[Fogdog]

not the Omega Moos by chance???

 

[waktoo]

 

[injinji]

Rural areas were losing population before the pandemic. Early on last year, it seemed that the epidemic reversed that trend. But maybe not.

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural America

Rural people have been left out of the vast majority of research on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, our evidence-based understanding of the pandemic in the United States is incomplete, and rural recovery policies risk being informed by anecdotal or urban-centric information. We...

www.pnas.org

we find that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural populations have been severe, with significant negative impacts on unemployment, overall life satisfaction, mental health, and economic outlook. Further, we find that these impacts have been generally consistent across age, ethnicity, education, and sex. We discuss how these findings constitute the beginning of a much larger interdisciplinary COVID-19 research effort that integrates rural areas and pushes beyond the predominant focus on cities and nation-states.

What do you thnk, injunji? Is your area going to return to pre-pandemic times?

Most everything is open. To look around you wouldn't know there was a pandemic. Mask wearing never got over about 50%, even when it was really bad. (My work is one of the few still closed. And we should be back sometime this month) But when it comes to population and employment, the hurricane is still having a big impact. Lots of housing destroyed, so folks who rented moved somewhere else. We still haven't replaced all of them.

But I will not be returning to my pre-pandemic life style. I've worked nights and weekends for 30 years. We host events like weddings, birthday parties, family reunions, training, etc.etc. I'm not doing weekends anymore. That's the bulk of my hours, so I will be semi retired when we open. Will not be that big a change, as I'm working one day a week now.

 

[Fogdog]

Most everything is open. To look around you wouldn't know there was a pandemic. Mask wearing never got over about 50%, even when it was really bad. (My work is one of the few still closed. And we should be back sometime this month) But when it comes to population and employment, the hurricane is still having a big impact. Lots of housing destroyed, so folks who rented moved somewhere else. We still haven't replaced all of them.

But I will not be returning to my pre-pandemic life style. I've worked nights and weekends for 30 years. We host events like weddings, birthday parties, family reunions, training, etc.etc. I'm not doing weekends anymore. That's the bulk of my hours, so I will be semi retired when we open. Will not be that big a change, as I'm working one day a week now.

I'm thinking your situation isn't all that unusual. If so, rural areas are in for another drop in economic activity. This is the "divide: that people talk about. It's something we need to reverse.

 

[captainmorgan]

When the stimulus money and it's effect end the bottom is going to fall out, has anyone asked the question, how is the stock market setting records during a global pandemic?

 

[Fogdog]

When the stimulus money and it's effect end the bottom is going to fall out, has anyone asked the question, how is the stock market setting records during a global pandemic?

The stock market isn't the same as the economy.

 

[Justin-case]

When the stimulus money and it's effect end the bottom is going to fall out, has anyone asked the question, how is the stock market setting records during a global pandemic?

Low interest rates were driving the market prior and during the pandemic, tech, and service industry have obviously been preforming well since. There may be a dip, but I doubt a blow out, Republicans aren't in charge.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

There will be an end to this pandemic, it might take a few years and a couple of boosters or new types of vaccine shots to do it, but it will be done, at least in the developed world. This first generation of vaccines has given us a fighting chance and the next generation of vaccines, antibody therapeutics and antivirals will most likely finish the job. Scientists have only been dealing with this pandemic for a year and a half and we are just entering the scientific payoff period and there been a lot of science and money thrown at this problem.
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Scientists identify natural SARS-CoV-2 super immunity against 23 variants (news-medical.net)

Scientists identify natural SARS-CoV-2 super immunity against 23 variants

A team of international scientists has recently identified ultrapotent anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies from convalescent donors.

The antibodies are capable of neutralizing a wide range of SARS-CoV-2 variants even at sub-nanomolar concentrations. In addition, the combinations of these antibodies reduce the risk of generating escape mutants in vitro. The study is published in the journal Science.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Foxnews reporting successes in their antivaxxer campaign. Does Tucker get a bonus for extra deaths? Has Tucker been vaccinated? Just asking questions mind you! Hint: They've all had the jab, from Murdock on down, yet spread doubt about the vaccine and offer support and rationalizations for idiots who won't get vaccinated.

I'm sure the feds and vaccinated states will have plenty of ventilators to spare for them, the feds will surge help to hard hit states. They can do this because Biden is president and much of the country has been vaccinated and can spare the resources.
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Missouri hospital faces ventilator shortage amid COVID-19 hospitalization surge | Fox News

Missouri hospital faces ventilator shortage amid COVID-19 hospitalization surge
The city’s two hospitals were treating 213 COVID-19 patients as of Monday, up from 168 on Friday

A Missouri hospital ran out of ventilators over the Fourth of July weekend amid a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations potentially caused by the spreading Delta variant.

Coronavirus hospital patients in Springfield — a city of over 160,000 people — jumped about 27 percent over the holiday weekend as the area grapples with low immunization rates.

The city’s two hospitals — CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield — were treating 213 COVID-19 patients as of Monday, up from 168 on Friday.

Back on May 24, the two hospitals were treating just 31 coronavirus patients.

With the patient uptick, Mercy Springfield ran out of ventilators over the weekend, but was able to borrow more before another patient arrived, according to Erik Frederick, the hospital’s chief administrative officer.

"After what we’ve seen in the last month everyone is just holding their breath, especially after a holiday weekend like this, knowing that there were large gatherings," Frederick told the Associated Press.

Missouri has the most new COVID-19 cases per capita over the past 14 days of any state in the country.

Just shy of 45 percent of the state’s residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The national rate is 54.7 percent.

 

[Jimdamick]

Foxnews reporting successes in their antivaxxer campaign. Does Tucker get a bonus for extra deaths? Has Tucker been vaccinated? Just asking questions mind you! Hint: They've all had the jab, from Murdock on down, yet spread doubt about the vaccine and offer support and rationalizations for idiots who won't get vaccinated.

I'm sure the feds and vaccinated states will have plenty of ventilators to spare for them, the feds will surge help to hard hit states. They can do this because Biden is president and much of the country has been vaccinated and can spare the resources.
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Missouri hospital faces ventilator shortage amid COVID-19 hospitalization surge | Fox News

Missouri hospital faces ventilator shortage amid COVID-19 hospitalization surge
The city’s two hospitals were treating 213 COVID-19 patients as of Monday, up from 168 on Friday

A Missouri hospital ran out of ventilators over the Fourth of July weekend amid a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations potentially caused by the spreading Delta variant.

Coronavirus hospital patients in Springfield — a city of over 160,000 people — jumped about 27 percent over the holiday weekend as the area grapples with low immunization rates.

The city’s two hospitals — CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield — were treating 213 COVID-19 patients as of Monday, up from 168 on Friday.

Back on May 24, the two hospitals were treating just 31 coronavirus patients.

With the patient uptick, Mercy Springfield ran out of ventilators over the weekend, but was able to borrow more before another patient arrived, according to Erik Frederick, the hospital’s chief administrative officer.

"After what we’ve seen in the last month everyone is just holding their breath, especially after a holiday weekend like this, knowing that there were large gatherings," Frederick told the Associated Press.

Missouri has the most new COVID-19 cases per capita over the past 14 days of any state in the country.

Just shy of 45 percent of the state’s residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The national rate is 54.7 percent.

Missouri requested help from new COVID-19 federal response teams as the delta variant continues to spread, with surging case numbers and hospitalizations throughout the state.
Missouri reported 4,271 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, and 945 people throughout the state are hospitalized. Of those hospitalized, 265 are in the intensive care unit and 121 are on ventilators, according to state data.

Southwest Missouri emerged in recent weeks as a hotspot for the delta variant with a more infectious strain of COVID-19. The results have strained hospitals, made national headlines and frustrated health care leaders.

Steve Edwards, president and CEO of CoxHealth in Springfield, posted the hospital's daily virus report — a 32% symptomatic positive case rate — alongside a message of frustration Thursday.

"If you are making wildly disparaging comments about the vaccine, and have no public health expertise, you may be responsible for someone's death," Edwards wrote. "Shut up."

I say set up roadblocks and keep those cretins/inbreeders quarantined in that shit-hole state until they get vaccinated or die (I prefer the latter)
It would serve them right, dumb fucks as they are.

 

[captainmorgan]

Delta is dominant in some African countries already and the number of vaccinated people is very low.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Delta is dominant in some African countries already and the number of vaccinated people is very low.

It's gonna cut through the underdeveloped world this summer, Russia is getting hammered too and everybody who has access is in a race against the delta variant. It will hammer Trump country too and already has in some places, it's a lot more contagious than the original strain and even more so that the UK or alpha strain. If enough vaccinated people get mild or asymptomatic cases, it could be very bad for those unvaccinated and increase the spread much more.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

White House launches COVID surge response teams to tackle Delta variant | Fox News

White House launches COVID surge response teams to tackle Delta variant
White House moves to close mass vaccination centers and will focus on community-based locations instead

President Biden on Tuesday said the White House is launching "COVID-19 surge response teams" in an effort to prevent another spike in coronavirus cases amid the rising threat from the Delta variant.

As part of a five-phase response to the Delta variant – now active in every U.S. state—Biden said the teams will be made up of people tasked from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other government-based groups.

"They’re going to help states," Biden said during a press event. The teams will "prevent, detect and respond" to the coronavirus cases in communities with low vaccination rates.

Biden said that the U.S. will have 160 million fully vaccinated individuals by the end of the week – a goal that misses his July 4 target date by roughly a week.

But despite the drastic increase in the number of shots administered since he took office in January, some states still have "very low" vaccination rates.

"We are going to deploy things like testing to expand detection of the virus, medicines to help treat the infected, and we’re going to provide federal personnel to fill gaps in staffing and technical experts to help investigate outbreaks," Biden told reporters. He added: "Cause they’re going to happen in states with very low vaccination rates.

"The bottom line is my administration is doing everything it can to lead a whole government response at the federal, state, and local level to defeat the pandemic."

Biden said that coronavirus cases and deaths have decreased by 90 percent since the beginning of the year.

But the Delta variant has become an increasing threat and now accounts for half of all coronavirus cases.

"It’s more easily transmissible and potentially more dangerous," Biden said Tuesday in a plea to unvaccinated Americans. "Since early May, virtually every COVID-19 hospitalization and death in the United States has been among the unvaccinated."

Biden urged people who have not yet been vaccinated to go and get the shot, saying it is the "patriotic thing to do."

In an effort to encourage more Americans to get the vaccine, Biden said vaccination sites will shift to be more "community" focused by increasing vaccines at pharmacies and local doctor offices.

Family doctors' offices can also expect to receive more vaccines so kids ages 12- 18 can get their shots when they get their physical for fall sports.

Mobile clinics and work-based vaccine opportunities will also be prioritized as mass vaccination centers are shut down.

The U.S. has reported 33.5 million cases of the coronavirus, along with more than 600,000 deaths during the pandemic.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

'Unnecessary Deaths': Fox Insider Slams Network For Covid-19 Lies

As President Biden urges Americans to get vaccinated, a former Fox News executive is out with a blistering op-ed saying the network is “poison” for America and that the “channel has contributed substantially and directly to the unnecessary deaths of many Americans.” Dr. Jason Johnson discusses the importance of getting vaccinated with epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding.