JoeByeThen

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believe they had international numbers but they weren't like a major presence outside of the US.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's wet. Got some hours still till the good stuff kicks in.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I WAS RIGHT! It is some subservient shit.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

This is pretty bad news for those with immunosuppressive conditions and those over the age of 65, as before COVID they already had to worry about an endemic disease that could cause serious harm to their health and long term illness, with low annual vaccination rates, in influenza/the flu. Now they have to worry about two illnesses simultaneously that can do this, in both COVID and influenza. A bad position to be in.

This is still a very optimistic take.

  1. This is bad new for everybody. Covid MAKES immunocompromised peoples. There is nobody out there that it is safe to pile on Covid infections without repercussions.

Note: this is purely statistical for a given percent and does not take into account the cumulative damage of multiple covid infections.

  1. Mass Immune Dysregulation increases the R-value for pretty much every communicable pathogen out there. Herd immunity is fucked. There is a whole slew of pathogens out there that has been prevented from spreading because the general masses were healthy enough to prevent outbreaks. That is no longer the case.

  2. As we just discussed the other day. The US is still experiencing between 4-10% excess morbidity compared to pre-Covid despite millions of the most vulnerable already being socially murdered. In that same thread, I show Japan's excess deaths which are steadily hovering around 20 percent disabusing the idea that covid has gotten any milder or is in any way over. Unfortunately, while we don't have the data, I'd guess that China is experiencing something similar post-ZeroCovid.

In conclusion: Mask.

 

I thought there was an 18th episode this week, but am now remembering there was a prologue episode I didn't watch. I really enjoyed it; It just kept getting better and better, but now I'm sad with loss.

 
 

‘It’s not your fault,” I told 16-year-old Cara, whose mother died of a SARSCoV-2 infection she gave her. To be clear, the doctor confirmed Cara (not her real name) had passed on the virus and Covid was entered on the death certificate as the cause of death. Cara’s mother had not been outside their home in the weeks preceding her death.

When masks were dropped in the “Omicron’s mild” phase of the pandemic, Cara continued as the lone masker at school to protect her immunocompromised mother, who was undergoing chemotherapy. It was tolerable until a child psychotherapist said on the national airwaves that some girls would continue to mask anyway “to hide their acne”.

His words were used to bully her. Cara left, but without support from teachers she struggled. Her parents pleaded with the school to use the Hepa filter they bought. The school refused.

Cara eventually returned to school unmasked, caught Covid and infected her mam. It killed her. Cara self-harms because she blames herself. She hasn’t been to school since.

Research shows that more than 70pc of SarsCoV-2 transmission in households started with a child.

The incidence was highest during unmitigated in-person schooling. In a recent paper, Dr Pantea Javidan, of Stanford’s Centre for Human Rights, described the ways children’s rights to life, health and safety during the ongoing pandemic have been falsely rendered oppositional to education and development.

Methods used to manufacture consent to forcibly, repeatedly infect children, according to Dr Javidan, include minimising harms to children (“kids don’t get it or spread it”, “it’s mild”) and moral panic around mental health and educational attainment.

Regarding mental health, in August a study looking at paediatric psychiatric emergencies found school openings – not lockdowns – were associated with an increase in the number of emergency psychiatric visits.

In May, a study found that children with and without congenital heart defects showed increased risks for a variety of cardiovascular outcomes (including cardiac arrest, clots, palpitations) after Sars-CoV-2 infection.

In July, a study found that children and teenagers experienced cognitive impairment 12 months post-Covid infection, consistently correlated with poorer sleep and behavioural and emotional functioning.

Last month alone, several studies were published documenting Covid paediatric harms. One found that children and adolescents experience prolonged symptoms post-Sars-CoV-2 infection in almost every organ system.

Study co-author Professor Lawrence C Kleinman said: “We have convincing evidence that Covid is not just a mild, benign illness for children. This is a new chronic illness in children. We need to be prepared to deal with it for a generation.”

Another study analysing paediatric and adult hospitalisations found teenagers were at greatest risk of severe disease among all children. Yet another study showed compelling connections between viral infection and subsequent autoimmune disease. Early in the pandemic, some children showed negligible Covid symptoms, only to later develop organ failure.

Researchers found the children’s immune systems had latched on to a part of the coronavirus that closely resembles a protein found in the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes and GI tract and launched a catastrophic attack on their own tissues. “Experts” who claimed asymptomatic paediatric Sars2 infections equals mild were catastrophically wrong.

Covid is consistently a leading cause of US child mortality. Paediatric mortality has increased markedly with each year of the pandemic in the US, UK and elsewhere. In 2022, over six times as many children died from Covid than from flu in the US.

The UN Convention on the Rights of a Child requires states to “recognise the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health” and to fully implement this right. Children’s rights to education include a safe environment not harmful to their health.

Cara and her parents fought for these rights. They were denied, with devastating consequences. Irish schools are legally obliged to clean indoor air and prevent the spread of airborne diseases. Prevention plan? Three Hail Marys.

In year five of an airborne pandemic, parents, Dr Ciara Steele and Sinéad O’Brien set up Clean Air Advocacy Ireland.

Dr Steele said: “Children are vulnerable, they rely on adults to advocate on their behalf. They have a fundamental right to breathe clean, pathogen-free air in schools. That means CO2 monitors, Hepa filters and ventilation in every classroom.”

A recent study in Finland found air purifiers in day-cares led to a 30pc reduction in children’s illnesses. In March 2022, Italy’s Marche region installed mechanical ventilation in some schools, reducing Covid infections in classrooms by 82pc.

Education Minister Norma Foley previously committed €62m for Hepa filters in Irish schools. Where are they?

WHO advice is clear – protect yourself and loved ones from Covid. Stay home if sick, test, get boosted, ventilate, wear a mask when around others. Unless parents are prepared to say, “We do not consent to repeatedly exposing our children to biohazardous Sars2 in schools”, our consent will be presumed tacit.

 

I've been working with @atomless on a new public tool to help people in England work out what's going on in their local area covid-wise.

It's an interactive map of PCR positivity. 🧵>>>

https://xcancel.com/skeuomorphology/status/1832136633522753563#m

Data for our comrades on Terf island.

 

They haven't released this poor kid's cause of death yet but....

The National Federation of State High School Associations said last week that six high school student athletes died within the past month, four of them from heart issues and two from being hit, according to the Associated Press. Gainer’s death brings that number to seven.

I feel like high school football players dropping dead with heart issues isn't normal. But maybe I'm the weirdo. shrug-outta-hecks

 

The new shots will cost around $201.99 for uninsured patients paying out of pocket at CVS, spokesperson Amy Thibault told Healthbeat.

They will still be free for Marketplace and Medicare enrollees and for uninsured, underinsured and Medicaid-eligible kids under the Vaccines for Children program. CVS said the shots should be free under most insurance plans at in-network pharmacies.

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Federal funding for Covid-19 vaccinations has long run dry. When Covid-19 vaccines hit the commercial market last year, the CDC’s Bridge Access Program offered a temporary solution for uninsured and underinsured adults, providing roughly 1.5 million free Covid-19 vaccines. The program was expected to run through December, but is ending months early.

Dr Tran is posting that a lot of people are currently being turned away/ forced to pay out of pocket @cvs. They're being told the new vaxx aren't eligible for the bridge program, one store has said the program ended mid August.

https://xcancel.com/luckytran

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Inhofe resigned as senator for Oklahoma in January 2023, suffering long-term effects of Covid-19.

Fucking mask and we can outlive all these ghouls.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

A few years ago, I traced the original claim of it being banned to an article in Fortune or Forbes, or one of those sites for a paper magazine. And their reasoning for claiming it was banned is that, while it was still being shared, it wasn't as popular a few days later. tails-startled

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago

These people always ignore the electoral college when they're doing their shaming.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 21 points 10 months ago

Learn to hack, learn to quadcopter. fidel-salute-big

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, very out of nowhere. Looking forward to seeing where things go.

 
 

#N95Gang

 
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Out of curiosity, what's the most efficient way to mask? Surely I'm not supposed to just buy disposable N95s in bulk, right? I don't know what the best method is. -- /Goadstool@hexbear.net

Me and my bodycount of 9205s:

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So as I was laying bed unable to sleep in I went looking for some stuff.

Found a reddit sub dedicated to masks:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Masks4All/ - And they've got a pretty extensive wiki!

And then found a guy that's been reviewing masks, filters, and air quality meters for a while now.

https://breathesafeair.com/

He's got a bunch of reviews for masks and respirators. Here's some of his reviews for reusable Masks/Respirators.

Flo Mask Review - The Best Everyday Mask? - which I'm currently leaning towards.

Envo Mask Review - N95 Reusable Respirator

ElastoMaskPro Review - The Most Breathable N95 Reusable Respirator?

Also he recently did a write up on Mask for Kids

Best Kids Masks: 13 Best Certified Facemasks for Toddlers, Children & Teens

If you've got more resources, please feel free to share them in the comments, this was just some stuff I saved while tapping around in bed.

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