"WW C"- COVID-19, GLOBAL CASES SURPASS 676 MILLION...CASES 676,609,955 DEATHS 6,881,955 US CASES 103,804,263 US DEATHS 1,123,836 8:30pm 1/28/24

[praetor]

Alabama tops 45% COVID positivity rate, among highest in nation

Omicron continues to spike in Alabama, as the state's numbers have seen a renewed surge following a slight slowdown in the last week.

www.al.com

Nineteen of Alabama’s 67 counties currently have a positivity rate higher than 50% - meaning more than half of all tests performed in those counties are coming back positive. No county has a higher rate than Chilton County, south of Birmingham, with a positivity rate of 58.8%.

Not surprising but still...

And of course all the highly infected counties are outside of the black belt.

 

[easy_b]

And of course all the highly infected counties are outside of the black belt.

I keep saying white people are catching hell from this virus

 

[durham]

That is a damn shame. These NFL players are like fuck it.

 

[TheFuser]

That is a damn shame. These NFL players are like fuck it.

Yup. A lot of them are playing for bonuses at this point too.

 

[ShortyCumStain]

But did they die though..... appears to be the new US Covid policy

Been that way for a while.

 

[ShortyCumStain]

They gon' make sure they get that upcoming Superbowl money come hell or high water regardless of who gets sick. Typical American greed.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Vancouver Chinese Cultural Centre beset with daily vandalism (PHOTOS) | News

Vandalism in Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood is happening on a near-daily basis, according to the Chinese Cultural Centre.

dailyhive.com

Massive anti-vaccine mandate rally attracts hundreds (VIDEOS) | News

A protest choked parts of Yaletown and Downtown Vancouver this afternoon as anti-vaccine mandate protesters took to the streets.

dailyhive.com

Downtown Vancouver office vacancies rise as Omicron derails return-to-work plans

Office vacancy rate increases to 10.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021.

www.straight.com

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

As SFU plans return to in-person learning, some profs find COVID-19 contingency plans underwhelming

As Simon Fraser University prepares to return to in-person classes next week, two professors tell CTV News they've received little concrete guidance about how to handle COVID-19-induced absences.

bc.ctvnews.ca

‘It’s bad’: B.C. family’s desperate plea after teen’s surgery cancelled 4 times | Globalnews.ca

Devin Gallant's family says they were told he needed emergency surgery last summer. The procedure was booked for December, but has since been cancelled four times.

globalnews.ca

Anger, confusion as most British Columbians now don't qualify for COVID-19 testing

For the majority of the pandemic, the provincial health officer has advised British Columbians to get tested if they have COVID-19 symptoms. That message changed dramatically on Friday.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Some B.C. nurses still lack access to N95 respirators, union president says

With thousands of health-care workers calling in sick in B.C. each day as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread through the province, the head of the BC Nurses Union says a lack of access to personal protective equipment is contributing to the problem.

bc.ctvnews.ca

B.C. man accused of stealing dozens of packages intended for other residents of his apartment building

Mounties in Burnaby, B.C., say they arrested a "prolific offender" in his apartment near Metrotown last month after receiving several reports of packages being stolen in the same building.

bc.ctvnews.ca

'We cannot eliminate all risk': B.C. starting to manage COVID-19 more like common cold, officials say

British Columbia is beginning to manage COVID-19 more like the common cold, the province's top doctor said Friday while explaining major shifts in the government's approach to the pandemic.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Deaths associated with COVID-19 outbreaks in B.C. rising, but still far fewer than previous waves

The number of COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in B.C. care homes continues to grow during the Omicron surge, but deaths in this wave remain less common than they were during previous ones.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Canucks could be out up to $1 million per game at 50% capacity

After 38 days away from home, the Vancouver Canucks took to the ice at Rogers Arena Friday for a home game against the league-leading Florida Panthers.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

[ansatsusha_gouki]

Makes no fucking sense at all....

 

[theteacher]

Yup. A lot of them are playing for bonuses at this point too.

the NFL don't care.
they are about their money at this point.
They also want ALL niggaz to be watching,
with that Half time show All-star line-up
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[Helico-pterFunk]

After a health scare, here’s how I’m changing up my remote work habits

Landing in the ICU was a wake-up call. So I’m working to incorporate these six changes into my WFH routine.

www.fastcompany.com

How the ‘Djokovic Affair’ Finally Came to an End (Published 2022)

Novak Djokovic lost to a government with powerful laws, determined to make an example out of him.

www.nytimes.com

Team Biden’s N95 giveaway is — as ever — too little, too late

Yet again, Team Biden is late to the game on a high-profile anti-COVID action. This time, it’s a move to give away 400 million N95 masks — mainly after Omicron has peaked.

nypost.com

 

[November 17]

Early Omicron Breakthroughs Show MRNA Vaccines’ Weakness

Booster shots with mRNA vaccines such as Pfizer and BioNTech failed to block omicron, a study revealed.

www.bloombergquint.com

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00090-3

Israeli trial, world’s first, finds 4th dose ‘not good enough’ against Omicron

Expert at Sheba Medical Center says jab raises COVID antibody levels, but there are ‘still a lot of infections’ among those who received it

www.timesofisrael.com

 

[Politic Negro]

I was talking about this with a coworker last week you have a lot of mofos especially in Rural areas of the country that are not telling anyone about their diagnosis until it’s too late.

Can't be treated if you don't have a hospital to go to anyway.

 

[praetor]

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[praetor]

I hope she just postponed it instead of canceling it. Lol.

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

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I was speaking to store owners and supermarket managers and they say

its NOT the supplies its the mandates and shortage of truckers causing

a delay... he said there are warehouses full of shit they are waiting to move out

but dont have the workforce they once did to do it..

its just piss poor leadership all the way to the top...

 

[4 Dimensional]

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We’ve had winter weather across the state this past week, so NC is struggling at the moment.

 

[easy_b]

We’ve had winter weather across the state this past week, so NC is struggling at the moment.

Yep the supply chain was sort of getting back to normal but these winter storms screwed up some things as long as the stores have Chef Boyardee, bread, milk and eggs…..I’m good

 

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[praetor]

 

[easy_b]

I give her and Biden credit for doing what they can because the Supreme Court and Republicans are just fucking up shit all over the place. At this point I would just stand back and let these stupid assholes (Republicans and anti-VAX) jump over the cliff

 

[praetor]

 

[xfactor]

I give her and Biden credit for doing what they can because the Supreme Court and Republicans are just fucking up shit all over the place. At this point I would just stand back and let these stupid assholes (Republicans and anti-VAX) jump over the cliff

Is Fauci a Democrat or Republican?

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Over 700,000 Canadians flew internationally in December despite Omicron surge

Despite the federal government's advisory against travelling outside of Canada taking effect midway through December, last month saw more international travel to and from Canada than any other period since the start of the pandemic.

www.ctvnews.ca

Has Canada really passed the Omicron peak? Experts optimistic but urging caution

Canada's top doctor has said the latest wave of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant may have reached its peak. But while the modelling appears encouraging, experts say the news should be interpreted with cautious optimism.

www.ctvnews.ca

Canadian Trucking Alliance condemns trucker protests

A federation representing truckers across Canada has denounced a series of planned protests against the federal government's cross-border travel vaccine mandate, arguing such demonstrations aren't a safe or effective way of resisting the policy.

www.ctvnews.ca

No minimum isolation time for those not tested for COVID-19 under new B.C. guidelines

B.C. health officials have quietly changed their guidelines for people experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, removing the minimum self-isolation time for adults who never tested positive.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Canadian athletes head to Beijing despite tense China-Canada relationship

Canada's athletes head to Beijing's Winter Games amid troubling tensions between their country and host China.

www.ctvnews.ca

After the Omicron wave, here's what U.S. experts say could come next in 2022

After the past 25 months, forgetting the pandemic for even a little while may sound like a fantasy -- after all, the coronavirus has gotten our hopes up before. But infectious disease experts say there just may be an end in sight.

www.ctvnews.ca

Urgent spaces for COVID-19 patients to be opened at Calgary's South Health Campus

Starting Monday, Alberta Health Services is opening a number of spaces at two hospitals, one in Calgary and one in Edmonton, to help handle a suspected surge of cases from the Omicron wave of COVID-19.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

 

[AllUniverse17]

Is Fauci a Democrat or Republican?

And more importantly where are his tax returns???

The public deserves to know!!!

 

[xfactor]

And more importantly where are his tax returns???

The public deserves to know!!!

The money he was paid to flip flop won’t ever be reported because he would be under investigation for tax evasion. I’m sure his handlers will take care of that since he has been under their employ for 60 years as a government agent.

 

[easy_b]

 

[zod16]

Public outrage over the unvaccinated is driving a crisis in bioethics
Pandemic brings 'unprecedented disagreements' among doctors over how to triage those who refused the shot

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pandemic-covid-vaccine-triage-omicron-1.6319844

Schuklenk said that, given the proliferation of triage criteria, he can understand why some feel "you might count vaccination status as a tiebreaker. Why not?"

He noted that recent opinion research suggests the public is on board with the idea.

"We know what doctors would say ... they would say the same thing that I would tell you," he said. "However, when you talk to the people that actually finance these health care systems — the citizens, the people — overwhelmingly, they tell you that you should discriminate against people that are unvaccinated.

"That raises really interesting questions about democracy. It may be that the doctors are the gatekeepers, but the truth is that we pay the bills. So if the vast majority of people in the country think that should happen, should that have an impact?

"I don't think it should happen, but it's worth thinking about anyhow."

 

[Mask]

Checking in again

another situation

On friday, one of the daughters went to her mother(Ms. Mask) job to get tested.
Sinus was acting up pretty bad.
Ms. Mask gives her the test, negative(Ms. Mask not a doctor, tho)
The doctor over her said, “ummm with her sinus issue, something ain’t right.
Doc gives her a test, negative

well yesterday, she started feel worse
Sinus pressure had her forehead ready to pop.
So last night she took some Tylenol and went rest.
This morning she came get a home test. Sinus all messed up, sunlight hurting her eyes etc…..

she takes the test, comes back positive…

she’s a repeat offender,
(caught it in 2020)

oh and yea she’s vaccinated(I know that matters to many of us here)

 

[durham]

Checking in again

another situation

On friday, one of the daughters went to her mother(Ms. Mask) job to get tested.
Sinus was acting up pretty bad.
Ms. Mask gives her the test, negative(Ms. Mask not a doctor, tho)
The doctor over her said, “ummm with her sinus issue, something ain’t right.
Doc gives her a test, negative

well yesterday, she started feel worse
Sinus pressure had her forehead ready to pop.
So last night she took some Tylenol and went rest.
This morning she came get a home test. Sinus all messed up, sunlight hurting her eyes etc…..

she takes the test, comes back positive…

she’s a repeat offender,
(caught it in 2020)

oh and yea she’s vaccinated(I know that matters to many of us here)

Hope she recovers quickly

 

[T_Holmes]

Public outrage over the unvaccinated is driving a crisis in bioethics
Pandemic brings 'unprecedented disagreements' among doctors over how to triage those who refused the shot

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pandemic-covid-vaccine-triage-omicron-1.6319844

Schuklenk said that, given the proliferation of triage criteria, he can understand why some feel "you might count vaccination status as a tiebreaker. Why not?"

He noted that recent opinion research suggests the public is on board with the idea.

"We know what doctors would say ... they would say the same thing that I would tell you," he said. "However, when you talk to the people that actually finance these health care systems — the citizens, the people — overwhelmingly, they tell you that you should discriminate against people that are unvaccinated.

"That raises really interesting questions about democracy. It may be that the doctors are the gatekeepers, but the truth is that we pay the bills. So if the vast majority of people in the country think that should happen, should that have an impact?

"I don't think it should happen, but it's worth thinking about anyhow."

But shouldn't it be a factor? If it really came down to it, that is.

I'm not talking about from a "punish the unvaccinated" perspective. Just a scientific one.

If vaccinated people are more likely to have less symptoms, and they are less likely to die from an infection, then wouldn't it be proper triage criteria to treat one them over, say, an unvaccinated person that might have a harder time?

Of course, this is my BS layman's thinking, and I have no idea if the probability plays out that way when a breakthrough infection happens. SO that could be a load of crap. I'm just saying that there's more to consider.

 

[Mask]

Hope she recovers quickly

Thanks bro

 

[Mask]

But shouldn't it be a factor? If it really came down to it, that is.

I'm not talking about from a "punish the unvaccinated" perspective. Just a scientific one.

If vaccinated people are more likely to have less symptoms, and they are less likely to die from an infection, then wouldn't it be proper triage criteria to treat one them over, say, an unvaccinated person that might have a harder time?

Of course, this is my BS layman's thinking, and I have no idea if the probability plays out that way when a breakthrough infection happens. SO that could be a load of crap. I'm just saying that there's more to consider.

sista said the ER where she was, the Doctor and nurses would act funny towards the unvaccinated patients

but the day when those vaccinated folks started rolling in, she was looking like Obama sipping that tea

I made the Obama part up but she wasn’t to happy about their attitudes towards the unvaccinated

 

[praetor]