2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic (Vaccination 2021 Edition)

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Montana's starting up work search requirements for unemployment on the 23, despite the jobs not being back

So it's going to go terribly.
 

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This doctor's channel is really good. The virus has a rather low rate of mutation as it has an error-checking mechanism. The G variant has not been shown to be more infectious than the original D variant in the real world. Thus, it seems more likely that the G variant propagated due to "right place, right time" vs being the more "fit" variant. Also, the one change the G variant did make to the spike protein doesn't actually have anything to do with attaching and infecting cells. Again, being worried about the virus becoming the next flu or common cold seems very unlikely and all data we have is pointing in the opposite direction of that in fact.
 

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Wouldn't be surprised if Donald had the ***** virus, but it's covered up under the guise of national security.

Edit: Interesting that this site actually censors certain words and phrases.
 

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Welp, guess we get to see how much of the country breaks after September 1st.
Yea, My brother and his wife and kids will be evicted soon if they do not reinstate the $600 for unemployment and he is currently in the hospital WITH COVID-19 Still.
Oh and ONLY 3 states are going to allow their unemployed to receive the $400 temporary executive order that is supposed to tide people over while Lindsey Grahams coalition blocks the $600 payment (Montana, West Virginia and Kentucky ). Others will only be receiving $300 of that, though still not enough to even make their bills while using the local food pantry, and not all states have even applied for that as of yet so it is not determined when everyone should receive them by.
 

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UPDATE: MY Brother is supposed to be able to finally go home tomorrow. If all his tests come back okay tomorrow morning he can finally be with his wife and kids again! He is going to still have to be an outpatient though and receive ongoing treatment for his breathing complications but being able to sleep in his own bed and eat his own food I am sure will be a relief.
 

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Normally I wouldn't bat an eyelid at processes to "fast track" important treatments, but by now I have so little trust in the current US administration that this fills me with a sense of considerable concern. Who seriously believes there won't be enormour political pressure to authorise this vaccine before the election?

To say "emergency use authorisation" is not the same as full approval is a fucking farce if it means a widespread roll-out, as it will be de facto full approval. If it's not a full roll out and limited to vulnerable patients, we're effectively doing testing on the people most likely to suffer if there's a safety problem. If there's a safety problem with the vaccine and it gets released and harms people because of improper testing, it's not only just plain unethical, but it will do the vaccination process severe damage by dissuading the public from taking any covid-19 vaccine at all, and it'll give crank anti-vaxxers a generation's worth of free PR for every other vaccine.
 
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Normally I wouldn't bat an eyelid at processes to "fast track" important treatments, but by now I have so little trust in the current US administration that this fills me with a sense of considerable concern. Who seriously believes there won't be enormour political pressure to authorise this vaccine before the election?
There already has been. Trump is pressuring the FDA to give him something he can call a treatment or vaccine before election day because what the fuck else is going to improve his poll numbers? That people will get hurt as a result of this doesn't even enter the bowl of Alzheimer's soup that used to be his brain. Hell, he's been tweeting about how the FDA is part of the deep state and only taking this long to develop the vaccine because they want to make him look bad.
 

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They are skipping the most important step. For all intents and purposes the vaccine could hypercharge the virus and make a more deadly one in the process. But nothing ventured nothing gained right heheh. xD
 

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Trump Administration Abuses Thwart US Pandemic Response

  • Political Interference in Government Science
    • Politicizing Testing
    • Censoring, Undermining, and Attacking Leading Government Scientists
    • Manipulating Public Health Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Making False Statements About Covid-19’s Spread and Possible Treatments
    • Spending Government Resources on Unproven Treatments, Against Expert Advice
    • Canceling Scientific Research Grant, Citing Racist Conspiracy Theory
    • Undercutting Health Experts’ Advice to Wear Masks
    • Thwarting State Officials’ Science-Based Policy Decisions
    • Detaining Immigrants in Unsanitary Conditions Contributing to Spread of Covid-19
    • Changing Data Reporting Procedures for Unclear Reasons and Without Transparency
    • Attacking States’ Efforts to Expand Vote-by-Mail and Undermining the Postal Service
    • Exempting Medication Abortion from Regulatory Changes, Without Health Rationale
  • Unaccountable and Unqualified Leadership and Other Personnel Abuses
    • Lack of Qualified Leaders in Key Government Positions Hampering Pandemic Response
    • Shadow Coronavirus Task Force Marred by Nepotism, Conflicts of Interest, Inexperience, and Lack of Transparency
    • Putting Federal Workers’ Health at Risk
  • Conflicts of Interest and Other Ethics Issues
    • Awarding Small Business Loans to Big Businesses with Ties to Trump Administration
    • Personnel Leading the Response to Pandemic with Ties to Healthcare Industry
    • Multiplying Irregularities in Federal Procurement Contracts
    • Vice President’s Chief of Staff’s Finances Posing Conflicts of Interest with Covid-19 Response
    • Trump Organization Seeking Benefits from Trump Administration and Foreign Governments
    • Placing the President’s Name on Covid-19 Stimulus Checks
    • Favoring Political Allies with National Guard Funding
    • Blurring Lines Between Political Speeches and Government Business During Virtual Convention
  • Undermining Independent Oversight and Government Transparency
    • Attacking Inspectors General
    • Shirking Freedom of Information Act Responsibilities
  • Using the Pandemic as a Pretext to Achieve Longstanding Controversial Policy Goals
    • Suspending Environmental Law Enforcement
    • Implementing Extreme Immigration Restrictions, Without a Clear Public Health Rationale
  • Undermining the Rule of Law
    • Loyalty to Trump Appearing to Be a Factor in Home Confinement Determinations

The link goes into much more detail about what was actually done here. But in summary Trump and his administration was not only negligent and incompetent in his response but also took part in criminal actions as well. Just thinking about what the History books are going to say about this after he is out of office and can no longer interfere with investigations into his activities. It is difficult to imagine a government response that could possibly be more corrupt than this one in this day and age in a western nation.
 

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The most recent numbers for the death rate put it at somewhere between 0.22% and 0.67%. One of the very first anti-body survey studies in APRIL put the death rate at 0.37%, which is right inline with the best numbers we have today. Yet the media kept pushing a 5+% death rate when we had accurate numbers less than a month into the shutdown.
 
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Not even "The Rock" Dwayne Johnson is exempt:

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been hit with chairs in the wrestling ring and verbally taken to task by Kevin Hart multiple times in film. However, on Wednesday, he said his most current challenge is “one of the most difficult” he’s had to face, especially as it involves his wife and two youngest daughters.
In a video uploaded to Instagram, Johnson revealed that he, his wife Lauren, and their two daughters, Jasmine, 4, and Tiana, 2, contracted COVID-19 and have been attempting to heal as a family for nearly three weeks.

“I’ve gone through some doozies in the past,” the Jumanji star says of his diagnosis. “Testing positive for COVID-19 is much different than overcoming nasty injuries, or being evicted, or even being broke, which I have been more than a few times.”

Johnson adds that while he wishes he was the only one in his household who contracted the disease caused by novel coronavirus, his loved ones were also suffering. His daughters, he details, suffered from sore throats and recovered relatively quickly. However, he and his wife had a “rough go at it.”



Hopefully he won't have any lingering symptoms. What worries me about the lingering symptoms, is they can affect young, very healthy, active people and they are not just specific to COVID-19, This happens with other viruses as well and the symptoms this man describes below are what I am still feeling years after recovering from another virus. For some people these symptoms never go away and physicians do not know how to treat them or what causes this to happen in the first place, so we have no current means of making is subside. They pretty much make daily life hell. Constant pain, dizziness, difficulty breathing and often confusion and " brain fog". Just trying to lean over to unload the dishwasher becomes extremely dangerous because it can make me pass out.

These are the lingering symptoms are what worry me the most:

"I Fear I’ll Never Be The Same: Here’s What It’s Really Like To Be A COVID Long-hauler
“After the initial infection cleared up in April, new ailments, combined with old symptoms, set in.”

Ever since coming down with COVID-19 symptoms in late January, my body feels as though it has been put through the grueling paces of the New York City Marathon without having the proper training for the 26.2-mile run. Or for the tech-savvy, like an iPhone 6S that won’t charge beyond 50 percent.
If I overexert myself, I get a burning, acidic feeling in my lungs, and breathing becomes difficult. A dry cough, along with heart palpitations, come and go. Every muscle and joint aches. If I stand up too quickly, the room gets dark and I nearly pass out.

Electric-like zaps, along with nerve-tingling, radiate throughout my arms, legs and feet. I’m in a constant “brain fog,” always having trouble processing what I’ve just read or heard, or constantly trying to remember familiar names, dates and facts. I have constant pounding headaches that make it extremely difficult to do much of anything. And my dreams — when I can actually get more than three hours of sleep — are intense, bizarre and movie-like.
Welcome to the life of a COVID-19 “long-hauler.” It’s a terrible place to be — a kind of purgatory between being sick and being healed, not having a mild case or a severe-enough one to be on a ventilator in the hospital intensive care unit."



People experiencing these symptoms may never be able to return to work or be able to do much of what they previously enjoyed. It is going to be rough and with and extremely lacking safety net in the US, there are not many options for survival for those who are going to come out of this with the same symptoms I have already.
 

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Not even "The Rock" Dwayne Johnson is exempt:

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been hit with chairs in the wrestling ring and verbally taken to task by Kevin Hart multiple times in film. However, on Wednesday, he said his most current challenge is “one of the most difficult” he’s had to face, especially as it involves his wife and two youngest daughters.
In a video uploaded to Instagram, Johnson revealed that he, his wife Lauren, and their two daughters, Jasmine, 4, and Tiana, 2, contracted COVID-19 and have been attempting to heal as a family for nearly three weeks.

“I’ve gone through some doozies in the past,” the Jumanji star says of his diagnosis. “Testing positive for COVID-19 is much different than overcoming nasty injuries, or being evicted, or even being broke, which I have been more than a few times.”

Johnson adds that while he wishes he was the only one in his household who contracted the disease caused by novel coronavirus, his loved ones were also suffering. His daughters, he details, suffered from sore throats and recovered relatively quickly. However, he and his wife had a “rough go at it.”



Hopefully he won't have any lingering symptoms. What worries me about the lingering symptoms, is they can affect young, very healthy, active people and they are not just specific to COVID-19, This happens with other viruses as well and the symptoms this man describes below are what I am still feeling years after recovering from another virus. For some people these symptoms never go away and physicians do not know how to treat them or what causes this to happen in the first place, so we have no current means of making is subside. They pretty much make daily life hell. Constant pain, dizziness, difficulty breathing and often confusion and " brain fog". Just trying to lean over to unload the dishwasher becomes extremely dangerous because it can make me pass out.

These are the lingering symptoms are what worry me the most:

"I Fear I’ll Never Be The Same: Here’s What It’s Really Like To Be A COVID Long-hauler
“After the initial infection cleared up in April, new ailments, combined with old symptoms, set in.”

Ever since coming down with COVID-19 symptoms in late January, my body feels as though it has been put through the grueling paces of the New York City Marathon without having the proper training for the 26.2-mile run. Or for the tech-savvy, like an iPhone 6S that won’t charge beyond 50 percent.
If I overexert myself, I get a burning, acidic feeling in my lungs, and breathing becomes difficult. A dry cough, along with heart palpitations, come and go. Every muscle and joint aches. If I stand up too quickly, the room gets dark and I nearly pass out.

Electric-like zaps, along with nerve-tingling, radiate throughout my arms, legs and feet. I’m in a constant “brain fog,” always having trouble processing what I’ve just read or heard, or constantly trying to remember familiar names, dates and facts. I have constant pounding headaches that make it extremely difficult to do much of anything. And my dreams — when I can actually get more than three hours of sleep — are intense, bizarre and movie-like.
Welcome to the life of a COVID-19 “long-hauler.” It’s a terrible place to be — a kind of purgatory between being sick and being healed, not having a mild case or a severe-enough one to be on a ventilator in the hospital intensive care unit."



People experiencing these symptoms may never be able to return to work or be able to do much of what they previously enjoyed. It is going to be rough and with and extremely lacking safety net in the US, there are not many options for survival for those who are going to come out of this with the same symptoms I have already.
Somatic disorders are very common. Ailments like chronic fatique syndrome or irritable bowel syndrome could be post-infectious disorders as well. Now for sure those disorders can make your life miserable but if scans show no organic or structural anomalies you aren't being 'gaslighted' by the medical community as is stated in the huff post article. I believe it's what they call a diagnosis of exclusion. Where symptoms can't be explained by an identifiable cause. I believe also half of people who get referred to a specialist get thrown in that bin. I guess it's possible to experience a lot of bothersome symptoms without there being anything medically wrong.