General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 17

[Treb]

Part 1 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Non-Hockey Related Discussion
Part 2 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 2
Part 3 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 3
Part 4 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 4
Part 5 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 5
Part 6 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 6
Part 7 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 7
Part 8 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 8
Part 9 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 9
Part 10 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 10
Part 11 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 11
Part 12 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 12
Part 13 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 13
Part 14 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 14
Part 15 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 15
Part 16 - General Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion (Non-Hockey Related) - Part 16
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WHO Webpage: Coronavirus
WHO Global Map: Experience
CDC Webpage: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
CDC US Map: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S. (scroll down a bit)
JHU Global Map: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
JHU Data Sources: CSSEGISandData/COVID-19
Worldometer Live Updates: Coronavirus Update (Live): 175,769 Cases and 6,716 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak - Worldometer
Testing Tracker: How many tests for COVID-19 are being performed around the world?

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[JMCx4]

Part 17 .... Merry Christmas?

 

[Treb]

Part 17 .... Merry Christmas?

Hopefully by part 20 this subforum gets nuked.

 

[JMCx4]

Hopefully by part 20 this subforum gets nuked.

Too much emotional investment up to this point to hope it will go gentle into that good night.

 

[dortt]

Hopefully by part 20 this subforum gets nuked.

May want to keep some form of this forum around as the stock threads have been valuable to many here

 

[TaLoN]

May want to keep some form of this forum around as the stock threads have been valuable to many here

It'll get archived. Some threads like the stock thread are likely to have a continued future in another sub forum.

 

[JMCx4]

This is far more an evolving topic than it is an evolving discussion @ Part 17.

 

[Jussi]

Russia updated their death tolls:



Much more believable.

 

[TaLoN]

Small Number of COVID Patients Develop Severe Psychotic Symptoms

The patient, a 42-year-old physical therapist and mother of four young children, had never had psychiatric symptoms or any family history of mental illness. Yet there she was, sitting at a table in a beige-walled room at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, New York, sobbing and saying that she kept seeing her children, ages 2 to 10, being gruesomely murdered and that she herself had crafted plans to kill them.

The only notable thing about her medical history was that the woman, who declined to be interviewed but allowed Goueli to describe her case, had become infected with the coronavirus in the spring. She had experienced only mild physical symptoms from the virus, but, months later, she heard a voice that first told her to kill herself and then told her to kill her children.

Indeed, doctors are reporting similar cases across the country and around the world. A small number of COVID patients who had never experienced mental health problems are developing severe psychotic symptoms weeks after contracting the coronavirus.

A 36-year-old nursing home employee in North Carolina who became so paranoid that she believed her three children would be kidnapped and, to save them, tried to pass them through a fast-food restaurant’s drive-thru window.

A 30-year-old construction worker in New York City who became so delusional that he imagined his cousin was going to murder him, and, to protect himself, he tried to strangle his cousin in bed.

A 55-year-old woman in Britain had hallucinations of monkeys and a lion and became convinced a family member had been replaced by an impostor.

Beyond individual reports, a British study of neurological or psychiatric complications in 153 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 found that 10 people had “new-onset psychosis.” Another study identified 10 such patients in one hospital in Spain. And in COVID-related social media groups, medical professionals discuss seeing patients with similar symptoms in the Midwest, Great Plains and elsewhere.

 

[Treb]

Small Number of COVID Patients Develop Severe Psychotic Symptoms

I've seen report that the S1 subunit can pass the blood brain barrier ( The S1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 crosses the blood–brain barrier in mice | Nature Neuroscience ). Even if the virus itself doesn't pass the barrier (not confirmed, but haven't seen a definitive proof of it), shedded S1 could enter the brain and cause trouble as it would engender an immune response and brain immune response are iffy (which is why any pathogen getting into the brain is bad news).

It would not be the first time a shed viral spike subunit is causing problem. For example, HIV sheds a lot of gp120. It has a been linked to a lot of things including the immune system killing his own CD4 T-cell via antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity ( Small CD4 Mimetics Prevent HIV-1 Uninfected Bystander CD4 + T Cell Killing Mediated by Antibody-dependent Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity - PubMed shameless self plugs as a non-primary author).

 

[Devilsfan992]

Russia updated their death tolls:



Much more believable.

Wanted to LOL this, but don't want to laugh at more deaths. But anybody with common sense knew Russia's #s were wrong.

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Wanted to LOL this, but don't want to laugh at more deaths. But anybody with common sense knew Russia's #s were wrong.

I'm surprised they decided to update their numbers. Are the trying to make us believe they are now being open about their cases? Pretty sure they are still under counting.

 

[sansabri]

I'm surprised they decided to update their numbers. Are the trying to make us believe they are now being open about their cases? Pretty sure they are still under counting.

what does Russia have to gain from undercounting? it's a rather large country with numerous rural areas

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

what does Russia have to gain from undercounting? it's a rather large country with numerous rural areas

They* don't want to project a negative image of their country, i.e. propaganda.

* Putin

 

[sansabri]

They* don't want to project a negative image of their country, i.e. propaganda.

* Putin

as opposed to countries who do?

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

as opposed to countries who do?

They are more egregious about it.

 

[Fatass]

They* don't want to project a negative image of their country, i.e. propaganda.

* Putin

Didn’t Putin score six at age sixty against ex NHL players in a recent exhibition game? Guy is too healthy and amazing for needing any vaccine.

 

[Treb]

as opposed to countries who do?

Other countries don't approve vaccines with a ridiculously low amount of efficiency and safety data. They've been playing games since this started.

 

[Milhouse40]

what does Russia have to gain from undercounting? it's a rather large country with numerous rural areas

International perspective.....just like Turkey is pretending to have only 20,000 deaths for 2.1 millions cases (Countries with those numbers have around 50,000 to 70,000 deaths)

Their numbers are tricky to anyone who follows things closely.

If you look at their curbs, it's just too perfect which is the only country with Turkey that's seems to be controlling the numbers.
Russia Coronavirus: 3,105,037 Cases and 55,827 Deaths - Worldometer (worldometers.info)

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Didn’t Putin score six at age sixty against ex NHL players in a recent exhibition game? Guy is too healthy and amazing for needing any vaccine.

It was 10 you vile non-believer . Look at his flawless form. He's breathtaking!

 

[sansabri]

Other countries don't approve vaccines with a ridiculously low amount of efficiency and safety data. They've been playing games since this started.

while they did approve the vaccine pretty early on, i have yet to see what games are being played here since their vaccine does work

 

[Treb]

while they did approve the vaccine pretty early on, i have yet to see what games are being played here since their vaccine does work

I can't help you then, have a good day.

 

[xtra]

Spain will register those who choose not to get vaccinated, and will share the information with the E.U.


this is interesting; having this register and sharing it will probably mean countries have the ability to prevent you from entering if they choose based on getting the vaccine.

gotta wonder if other EU countries will do this also

 

[Troy McClure]

Spain will register those who choose not to get vaccinated, and will share the information with the E.U.


this is interesting; having this register and sharing it will probably mean countries have the ability to prevent you from entering if they choose based on getting the vaccine.

gotta wonder if other EU countries will do this also

It would also make sense for the government to know who they are so the government could invoice those people if they refuse the vaccine yet end up at the hospital with covid.

 

[Buffaloed]

Little certain about UK COVID variant except continued spread
The fact that the variant has developed 23 mutations in a matter of months is also reason for concern, top US experts say.
That process, Andersen said, more likely occurred in a single chronically infected, immunodeficient or immunosuppressed COVID-19 patient treated with SARS-CoV-2–containing convalescent plasma, perhaps along with the antiviral drug remdesivir—a setting that can foster mutations.

Chronically infected people can become mutation incubators. The rush to provide treatments that might theoretically work can backfire. In a human host the virus will mutate much faster than it does in nature, and the viruses that survive will be resistant to whatever therapy the human host was given.

New 'More Contagious' Variant Of COVID-19 Found In Colorado
A Growing Number of Countries Find Cases of the New Virus Variant
The UK variant has been identified in Colorado in a person with no travel history. It's also been found in Canada, Japan, Spain, France, and Sweden. There's also a South African variant that is believed to be more contagious. We're not going to be able to stop this by border closings and travel restrictions. It's already everywhere. This is no time to be letting your guard down.