The Coronavirus Thread

[Brian Peacock]

[macdoc]

It's over, done and dusted. It got it's two years on center stage, now it's going the way of all pandemics.

You heard it here first, folks.

snort....

well it will drain the hospital funds of ill gotten gains...what is the acceptable daily death count??

Meanwhile in the real world Wave 6 is building

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-in ... -1.5848870

[macdoc]

[Tero]

Our state, pop 1.9 million, had 24 cases Apr 5. Reporting getting skipped days.

[JimC]

Still lots of new cases per day in Victoria (often over 10,000), but death rates are very low. Some people getting it twice (with the second time usually very mild or even asymptomatic), others exposed to household partners never getting it at all. Research into such individual differences ongoing, I gather...

Bron and I will have our flu jabs in a couple of weeks, then our 4th covid jab a couple of weeks later...

[rasetsu]

Time for Hunter to crank up them biolabs again!

[macdoc]

Death rates aren't the marker ....ICU is. As with battles...costs more for a wounded soldier than a dead one.
Vaxxed and death risk is low, unvaxxed not so much, serious covid still around for immunity challenged population which is surprisingly high when all categories are covered.
Masks are cheap and work ....suck it up princesses

Viewpoint: New UK Data Show BA.2 Variant Produces More Frequent Hospitalizations Than Omicron
April 6, 2022
Kevin Kavanagh, MD

Evidence shows the BA.2 variant is more infectious and virulent than the Omicron variant.

https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/v ... an-omicron

[Sean Hayden]

As if masking in crowded places had been the only inconvenience....

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ICU hospitalizations are also down.

[JimC]

I certainly still wear a mask when I enter shops, even though it is no longer a legal requirement. I'll probably keep doing it for a while, at least until I get my 4th jab...

[L'Emmerdeur]

Time for Hunter to crank up them biolabs again!

[macdoc]

Ontario is now seeing an estimated 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day
With highest number of daily infections reported since the beginning of the pandemic, experts warn of increased hospitalizations in the coming weeks and call for mandatory masking in essential businesses and schools.

On Wednesday, the province reported 1,074 COVID hospitalizations, representing a 68 per cent increase in the last two weeks

By Kenyon WallaceInvestigative Reporter
Megan OgilvieHealth Reporter
Wed., April 6, 2022timer6 min. read

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/0 ... a-day.html

fat lady on leave of absence.

[Sean Hayden]

We have 1 covid patient in ICU.

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[Brian Peacock]

I certainly still wear a mask when I enter shops, even though it is no longer a legal requirement. I'll probably keep doing it for a while, at least until I get my 4th jab...

I'm going to keep wearing my mask for the foreseeable, 'coz it makes me look badass!

[Hermit]

It's over, done and dusted. It got it's two years on center stage, now it's going the way of all pandemics.

Famous last words.

[Tero]

I guess someone is still recording cases in the county. The officials send an item to local news. It runs about 60 cases a week.