Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 4)

Preprint, so no peer review yet.

TL;DR: 10 μg not enough to protect kids against Omicron infection. Severe cases so rare that WDKS.

CONCLUSION: keep on vaccinating kids AND keep up mask mandates.

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Your move, anti-vaxxers!

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Of course he did.

“Ron doesn’t realize it’s not about the masks, it’s about him being an asshole,” Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried

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We used to enjoy going down to Florida in the middle of winter. We’re gonna find a new winter warm spot.

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Another treatment possibly identified.

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No surprises, which is a very good thing. Nice to have documentation, though.

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04594-4

This new finding shows that no authorized monoclonal antibody therapy could adequately cover all sublineages of the Omicron variant, except for the recently authorized LY-CoV1404 (bebtelovimab).

That’s not the best news for the immunocompromised. :confounded:

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Did I post this already?

Not sure. Working, can’t look it up now. Small break only.

TL;DR: kids react differently than adults to COVID-19.

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I guess you should always look to high school dropouts for medical advice?

He has not aged well.

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“Bleeding Kansas” turned “brain hemorrhage Kansas”…

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Per the article, apparently the Chinese government officially only counts cases that are symptomatic, and there’s every indication that this is a vast, vast undercount.

I continue to wonder how long they’re going to try to stick to the “Zero Covid” strategy.

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Mayor of Rio de Janeiro decrees that masks are no longer mandatory in closed venues. He also stated that the so-called “health passport” will only be used until the end of the month. According to Mr. Daniel Soranz, municipal health secretary, the drop in serious cases of covid allowed such measures to be adopted. He also said that “People who have symptoms of respiratory disease should also wear a mask to avoid transmission. Another measure that the secretariat will maintain is the testing capacity”.

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I hope everyone keeps at least this up.
Everywhere on this fucked up dirtball.

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:woman_facepalming:t4:

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Sad Ben Affleck GIF

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Well there you go.

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they’d rather kill children than teach them what social responsibility is all about. lovely :crying_cat_face:

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