Coronavirus outbreak

[Sean Monahan]

25 minutes ago, Chicken. said:

Covid finally caught me after not being sick for the last 2 years. This mild version is going around for sure

 

sore throat, headache, and a dry cough kinda hurting my chest.

 

could be worse i suppose if i didnt have a couple vaccine shots in me. At least i have a bunch of accumulated sick leave to pull from. 

Same here. Holed up in a 1BR apartment with my girlfriend (also sick) and a dog recovering from surgery. Neither of them will stop farting. 

[bishopshodan]

Get well everybody.

It's flying around the Island too. 

[stawns]

1 hour ago, Chicken. said:

Covid finally caught me after not being sick for the last 2 years. This mild version is going around for sure

 

sore throat, headache, and a dry cough kinda hurting my chest.

 

could be worse i suppose if i didnt have a couple vaccine shots in me. At least i have a bunch of accumulated sick leave to pull from. 

I've been really sick for the last two days, lost my sense of taste and smell, but have tested neg 3 times, so maybe a head cold

[Chicken.]

21 minutes ago, stawns said:

I've been really sick for the last two days, lost my sense of taste and smell, but have tested neg 3 times, so maybe a head cold

My mom and brother are in the same boat and tested negative too. All sort of sicknesses going around these days. Just gotta keep on keeping on i suppose

[stawns]

8 minutes ago, Chicken. said:

My mom and brother are in the same boat and tested negative too. All sort of sicknesses going around these days. Just gotta keep on keeping on i suppose

I know quiteva few people who didn't test positive until day 3, so I'm going to test again tomorrow and if I'm neg again I'll be pretty confident it's a cold

[4petesake]

On 4/28/2022 at 3:22 PM, Warhippy said:

Ohhh ya baby, I can't get enough Mmmm

 

Legit though, China is also now showing the first cases of the spread of bird flu.  Whatever numbers they claim; times it by 500 because they're lying.  

 

Major ports, factories etc all shutting down or shuttering.  Shipping being affected again.  Fuel prices through the bloody roof and quarterly reports now starting to show those record profits for oil and gas companies.  Ya man; bring on that inflation.  I'll make more on my nest egg than I will the markets if they keep jacking rates to fight inflation.

 

 

 

[Warhippy]

12 hours ago, 4petesake said:

 

 

 

That's gonna be a serious blow to supply chains

[High and Inside]

20 hours ago, Chicken. said:

Covid finally caught me after not being sick for the last 2 years. This mild version is going around for sure

 

sore throat, headache, and a dry cough kinda hurting my chest.

 

could be worse i suppose if i didnt have a couple vaccine shots in me. At least i have a bunch of accumulated sick leave to pull from. 

I tested positive this week. As soon as I put the drops in it was like someone quickly took a sharpie on the test line. Knew in seconds. I’m also unfortunate that mine has not been mild at all. I knew Covid wasn’t great but I underestimated how hard the punch was going to be and the speed it was going to hit.

[nuckin_futz]

Apologies for dropping this in here when so many CDC'ers are battling this thing.........

 

Covid: World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO

The Covid pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.

 

That is 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years.

 

The WHO believes many countries undercounted the numbers who died from Covid - only 5.4 million were reported.

 

In India, there were 4.7 million Covid deaths, it says - 10 times the official figures - and almost a third of Covid deaths globally.

 

The Indian government has questioned the estimate, saying it has "concerns" about the methodology, but other studies have come to similar conclusions about the scale of deaths in the country.

The measure used by the WHO is called excess deaths - how many more people died than would normally be expected based on mortality in the same area before the pandemic hit.

 

• India's Covid-19 toll highest in the world - WHO
•  

These calculations also take into account deaths which were not directly because of Covid but instead caused by its knock-on effects, like people being unable to access hospitals for the care they needed. It also accounts for poor record-keeping in some regions, and sparse testing at the start of the crisis.

 

But the WHO said the majority of the extra 9.5 million deaths seen above the 5.4 million Covid deaths reported were thought to be direct deaths caused by the virus, rather than indirect deaths.

Speaking about the scale of the figures, Dr Samira Asma, from the WHO's data department, said "It's a tragedy.

 

"It's a staggering number and it's important for us to honour the lives that are lost, and we have to hold policymakers accountable," she said.

 

"If we don't count the dead, we will miss the opportunity to be better prepared for the next time."

 

Alongside India, countries with the highest total excess deaths included Russia, Indonesia, USA, Brazil, Mexico and Peru, the WHO figures suggest. The numbers for Russia are three-and-a-half times the country's recorded deaths.

 

The report also looks at the rates of excess deaths relative to each country's population size. The UK's excess mortality rate - like America, Spain and Germany - was above the global average during 2020 and 2021.

Countries with low excess mortality rates included China, which is still pursuing a policy of "zero Covid" involving mass testing and quarantines, Australia, which imposed strict travel restrictions to keep the virus out of the country, Japan and Norway.

 

The academics who helped compile the report admit their estimates are more speculative for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, because there is little data on deaths in the region. There were no reliable statistics for 41 out of 54 countries in Africa.

 

Statistician Prof Jon Wakefield, from Seattle's University of Washington, helped the WHO and told the BBC: "We urgently need better data collection systems.

 

"It is a disgrace that people can be born and die - and we have no record of their passing.

 

"So we really need to invest in countries' registration systems so we can get accurate and timely data."

 

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No real surprises here. Seems only western countries have been even remotely accurate in their numbers. Doesn't even look like this takes into account that China's numbers are complete bullsh**.

Edited May 5, 2022 by nuckin_futz

[Warhippy]

3 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said:

Apologies for dropping this in here when so many CDC'ers are battling this thing.........

 

Covid: World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO

The Covid pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.

 

That is 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years.

 

The WHO believes many countries undercounted the numbers who died from Covid - only 5.4 million were reported.

 

In India, there were 4.7 million Covid deaths, it says - 10 times the official figures - and almost a third of Covid deaths globally.

 

The Indian government has questioned the estimate, saying it has "concerns" about the methodology, but other studies have come to similar conclusions about the scale of deaths in the country.

The measure used by the WHO is called excess deaths - how many more people died than would normally be expected based on mortality in the same area before the pandemic hit.

 

• India's Covid-19 toll highest in the world - WHO
•  

These calculations also take into account deaths which were not directly because of Covid but instead caused by its knock-on effects, like people being unable to access hospitals for the care they needed. It also accounts for poor record-keeping in some regions, and sparse testing at the start of the crisis.

 

But the WHO said the majority of the extra 9.5 million deaths seen above the 5.4 million Covid deaths reported were thought to be direct deaths caused by the virus, rather than indirect deaths.

Speaking about the scale of the figures, Dr Samira Asma, from the WHO's data department, said "It's a tragedy.

 

"It's a staggering number and it's important for us to honour the lives that are lost, and we have to hold policymakers accountable," she said.

 

"If we don't count the dead, we will miss the opportunity to be better prepared for the next time."

 

Alongside India, countries with the highest total excess deaths included Russia, Indonesia, USA, Brazil, Mexico and Peru, the WHO figures suggest. The numbers for Russia are three-and-a-half times the country's recorded deaths.

 

The report also looks at the rates of excess deaths relative to each country's population size. The UK's excess mortality rate - like America, Spain and Germany - was above the global average during 2020 and 2021.

Countries with low excess mortality rates included China, which is still pursuing a policy of "zero Covid" involving mass testing and quarantines, Australia, which imposed strict travel restrictions to keep the virus out of the country, Japan and Norway.

 

The academics who helped compile the report admit their estimates are more speculative for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, because there is little data on deaths in the region. There were no reliable statistics for 41 out of 54 countries in Africa.

 

Statistician Prof Jon Wakefield, from Seattle's University of Washington, helped the WHO and told the BBC: "We urgently need better data collection systems.

 

"It is a disgrace that people can be born and die - and we have no record of their passing.

 

"So we really need to invest in countries' registration systems so we can get accurate and timely data."

 

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No real surprises here. Seems only western countries have been even remotely accurate in their numbers. Doesn't even look like this taken into account that China's numbers are complete bullsh**.

Crazy that it's still just an estimate and the numbers could in fact still be higher.  Even more so that it is still ongoing

[stawns]

Tested neg again on day three, so I think I can say it's just a cold/flu........but, wow, is it a doozy

[RUPERTKBD]

4 hours ago, Warhippy said:

That's gonna be a serious blow to supply chains

But of course we all know....it will be Biden and Trudeau's fault.....

[Boudrias]

6 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

But of course we all know....it will be Biden and Trudeau's fault.....

Maybe if their personal hygiene was better they wouldn't get called out.

 

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

[Chris12345]

4 hours ago, stawns said:

Tested neg again on day three, so I think I can say it's just a cold/flu........but, wow, is it a doozy

Oh yea I've been way more sick than COVID.

[RUPERTKBD]

5 hours ago, Boudrias said:

Maybe if their personal hygiene was better they wouldn't get called out.

Sorry....I've completely missed the point here....

[Boudrias]

10 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

Sorry....I've completely missed the point here....

My bad effort at humour. Ignore. 

[-DLC-]

My experience with COVID is...pace yourself.

 

April 22 it hit me (hard)...had a horrible night. Saturday tested positive, but rested and after 2 days thought I was on the rebound and getting through fairly unscathed.

 

The last two days have been brutal...I have a very deep cough and having coughing fits. I'm super congested (and think allergies are coming in to play). Today I saw Dad for the first time, we both wore N95's. I pushed him in his wheelchair up to the corner for his booster...didn't let on, but it damn near killed me. I haven't worn a mask in 2 weeks and it was really difficult to breathe. I'm feeling like I spoke too soon re "I'm better" and really have to just allow myself to get better. 

 

I feel like the fact that I was super depleted/exhausted when it hit likely factored in. But it's not fun today. At all. I'm struggling, big time. Just glad I have the option to work from home, which I have been.

 

Take care to all those testing positive...it's a bit of a roller coaster ride. I did everything we're told we're supposed to...even had special immune booster tea, vitamins, made super smoothies, etc. Knocked on my butt today.

[-DLC-]

1 hour ago, Chris12345 said:

Oh yea I've been way more sick than COVID.

You're lucky...it hits people differently and my experience isn't so nice.

[Chris12345]

3 minutes ago, -DLC- said:

You're lucky...it hits people differently and my experience isn't so nice.

Big time. I was really sick for 3 days - (couldn't even drink the whisky haha) and had after shocks for 3 weeks.

 

I've felt way worse with other things.

 

2008? was 10000x worse for me

Edited May 6, 2022 by Chris12345