Dr Judy Mikovits provides a hopeful outlook!
I found out yesterday that I have three more friends who are fully vaccinated plus boosted who tested positive two days ago. Two are feeling okay with minor cold symptoms and one has had body aches and chills for two days. This is now a total of seven close friends who are fully vaccinated AND boosted who have become infected with the virus.Wayland said:WolfPacker54 said:Wayland said:
Areas with the highest vaccination rate are correlating to higher cases right now.
I tend to think this is 'test seeking' behavior, (in Wake it is the opposite, despite being highly vaccinated and the one of the highest cases per capita in the state... the highly vaccinated areas have lower cases... but the MASS testing sites are closer to areas that have higher cases per capita).
But if vaccines were stopping spread... you shouldn't see this.
Look at SF? One of the most vaccinated in the country.
And just a cases per capita for NC. With the last few days still expecting more cases to fill in... Wake is off the charts as the top vaccinated high pop county.
I would think this is more about population density than anything. Large cities have higher vaccination rates but the people living there come into close contact with more people on a daily basis.
Hasn't it also been established that the vaccines have less protection against becoming infected with Delta and basically no protection from Omicron?
I think a more accurate data set would be number of infections in vaxxed per 100k vs unvaxxed per 100k in each city separately.🇩🇰More data from Denmark on rate of covid positivity per 100,000 by age and vax/immune status
— Tracy Høeg, MD, PhD (@TracyBethHoeg) December 28, 2021
🟠 0 vax
🔵 2 doses
🟢 booster
🔴 previous infection
It appears we can't expect double vax or booster to prevent infection, see next slide for ICU admissions (1/3)
TY: @KT_Baek @SSI_dk pic.twitter.com/HUiTzor9fx
Denmark
I just continue to find it extremely disappointing that triple vaxxed people continue to be terrified of even the possibility of being exposed to covid. It’s not a rational risk tradeoff
— Alicia Smith (@Alicia_Smith19) January 1, 2022
Something has gone wrong in our messaging about the purpose of vaccines and risk mitigation
dogplasma said:
All of Wake Med's ICU patients are unvaccinated and nearly all hospitalized Covid patients are unvaccinated, sooooo … congratulations?
Mormad said:
Update locally:
We're at 192 admitted. ER and ICUs completely full, ER with covid (50 in holding awaiting admission), ICU not with covid. I personally opened up 2 beds today in case they were needed, but i bet they'll go to trauma pts. LOS for new admits is now 2-3 days and very rarely needing icu, so we think we're mostly getting omicron. Symptoms have changed. Much more short duration fever, emesis, diarrhea. Don't have omicron vs delta data. We have to get that from the state or cdc, and we think they're 2 wks behind. Used to be 90% of the admitted were unvaxxed, now closer to 75%. I think percent positive is about 15%.
Outpatient tx: a really busy day during the previous spikes was about 90-100 referrals/day to the covid outpt clinic for consideration of covid-specific treatment. Wednesday and Thursday topped 500 pts/ day. Unfortunately, we're only given enough sotrovimab to treat 7 pts/day. Remdesivir has been opened back up for outpt use, and we will receive enough oral anti-virals to treat a few pts/day. In all we'll be able to treat about 30 pts/day with outpt therapy. There are protocols in place to help determine who qualifies (the most) for the available doses. (The doc i met with today has treated 1000s of covid pts inpatient and outpatient and has yet to see a case of renal failure with remdesivir).
dogplasma said:
There was a news story this morning reporting a Covid outbreak at a science station in the Antarctic. If they're getting Covid in the Antarctic, there's no way we're not all going to have it soon, if we haven't already (whether we knew it or not).
It was a new scientist, fully vaxxed and having tested negative seven days prior, who flew and introduced it, apparently.
🚨🚨🚨| ZOE study now showing R rate under 1 in LONDON. pic.twitter.com/CKn0LB1LMK
— Wonderful Covid Takes (@CovidTakes) January 2, 2022
At this stage of the pandemic, cloth masks don't provide much protection against COVID-19, according to @ScottGottliebMD. pic.twitter.com/pvX5McVnzX
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) January 2, 2022
I think we have reached a point where the vaccines have to be updated to reflect the latest variants. Omicron is showing a strong ability of evading the antibodies produced by the current vaccines. The T-cell and B-cell response to the virus is still very good and this is why vaccination is still an important tool to limit severity.Wayland said:dogplasma said:
All of Wake Med's ICU patients are unvaccinated and nearly all hospitalized Covid patients are unvaccinated, sooooo … congratulations?
"IF" Omicron replaces Delta (which as of mid-December we still had likely a majority Delta cases but the rapid acceleration in the back half of December and anecdotal evidence suggest Omicron is spreading fast), the wild-type vaccine may be OBE.
Not arguing that current vaccine doesn't impact potential severity of illness to Delta and prior, but I would think we would want to tailor the vaccine to a new dominant circulating variant.
Potentially, given the trajectory of Omicron worldwide, you may be largely SOL if you chose to get the vaccine now, and unfortunately have to deal with the more severe Delta consequences if unlucky enough to get it (since you still have to wait a few weeks for vaccine to be effective)
I mean, it is certainly possible that Delta kicks around for even longer, given that it was in a seasonal growth phase when Omicron showed up (as opposed to SA which had low spread when Omicron showed so it was able to rapidly outpace Delta to the tune of 99% cases in SA are Omicron where very early in their seasonal wave they still had as much as 30% Delta).
<shrug> Just spitballing. It is certainly possible that Delta could be around longer, in which case, may not be a bad idea. Guess we will see in the next few weeks how the competition goes.
Teachers and students who aren't in school are somewhere else and transmission is higher in communities than schools!
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 2, 2022
School closures do not reduce transmission and may increase it.https://t.co/KnZqdhHh4Phttps://t.co/Atbjx23e0Phttps://t.co/ciR9fT2Icjhttps://t.co/uFkJuusdlk pic.twitter.com/QKyMRjDJWl
Systematic review of 90 studies of school closures in the Journal of Global Health.https://t.co/5gvzFGwMTS pic.twitter.com/Oit1nDm7DX
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 2, 2022
Daviewolf83 said:
It now appears it is okay to say cloth masks do very little to slow down infections for SARS-CoV-2. This is inline with a study I posted months ago regarding mask effectiveness in preventing infection from an airborne virus. In summary, cloth masks are not very effective in stopping an airborne virus. The most effective are "fitted" N95 masks and they far exceed anything offered by cloth masks.At this stage of the pandemic, cloth masks don't provide much protection against COVID-19, according to @ScottGottliebMD. pic.twitter.com/pvX5McVnzX
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) January 2, 2022
Or, exactly the opposite. If you're going to get Covid, you're better off having been vaccinated before that happens. You might have missed the Wake Med graphic from above.packgrad said:dogplasma said:
There was a news story this morning reporting a Covid outbreak at a science station in the Antarctic. If they're getting Covid in the Antarctic, there's no way we're not all going to have it soon, if we haven't already (whether we knew it or not).
It was a new scientist, fully vaxxed and having tested negative seven days prior, who flew and introduced it, apparently.
Sounds like the unvaccinated vaccinated grandstanding is unnecessary then. People need to stop the virus cheerleading. It's time to move on.
dogplasma said:Or, exactly the opposite. If you're going to get Covid, you're better off having been vaccinated before that happens. You might have missed the Wake Med graphic from above.packgrad said:dogplasma said:
There was a news story this morning reporting a Covid outbreak at a science station in the Antarctic. If they're getting Covid in the Antarctic, there's no way we're not all going to have it soon, if we haven't already (whether we knew it or not).
It was a new scientist, fully vaxxed and having tested negative seven days prior, who flew and introduced it, apparently.
Sounds like the unvaccinated vaccinated grandstanding is unnecessary then. People need to stop the virus cheerleading. It's time to move on.
Sheeple believe.packgrad said:
Do people really the shame approach is working to get people vaccinated? Especially now that we see the vaccination pretty much g does nothing for Omicron.
dogplasma said:Or, exactly the opposite. If you're going to get Covid, you're better off having been vaccinated before that happens. You might have missed the Wake Med graphic from above.packgrad said:dogplasma said:
There was a news story this morning reporting a Covid outbreak at a science station in the Antarctic. If they're getting Covid in the Antarctic, there's no way we're not all going to have it soon, if we haven't already (whether we knew it or not).
It was a new scientist, fully vaxxed and having tested negative seven days prior, who flew and introduced it, apparently.
Sounds like the unvaccinated vaccinated grandstanding is unnecessary then. People need to stop the virus cheerleading. It's time to move on.
It isn't actually meant to get anyone vaccinated.packgrad said:
Do people really the shame approach is working to get people vaccinated? Especially now that we see the vaccination pretty much g does nothing for Omicron.
China is following a "zero Covid" strategy. For example, if you fly to China and plan to stay for longer than a few days, you have to quarantine in a hotel room for 21 days and you are tested daily. A couple of weeks ago, I was speaking with a co-worker in China and they were shocked that we are able to go to places without a requirement to wear a mask. They can get in serious trouble with the government if they try to do something in public without wearing a mask.caryking said:
all of this omicron variant talk and China is shutting down a new city...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59855689
Folks, could this be another variant far worse than anything we've seen? let's stay close to this one...
Daviewolf83 said:China is following a "zero Covid" strategy. For example, if you fly to China and plan to stay for longer than a few days, you have to quarantine in a hotel room for 21 days and you are tested daily. A couple of weeks ago, I was speaking with a co-worker in China and they were shocked that we are able to go to places without a requirement to wear a mask. They can get in serious trouble with the government if they try to do something in public without wearing a mask.caryking said:
all of this omicron variant talk and China is shutting down a new city...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59855689
Folks, could this be another variant far worse than anything we've seen? let's stay close to this one...
What China is currently experiencing is a vaccine that was not very effective to begin with and is now doing much worse against the latest variant.
One would be wise to know they have a much deadlier virus in their back pocket and ready to use. I fully expect it......when backed further into a corner.caryking said:
all of this omicron variant talk and China is shutting down a new city...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59855689
Folks, could this be another variant far worse than anything we've seen? let's stay close to this one...