TLS Guy
Audioholic Jedi
We have a case in Minnesota now. The guy got infected after a trip to New York. So there is community spread in New York and I would bet elsewhere.
"Let our rigorous testing and reviews be your guidelines to A/V equipment – not marketing slogans"
cpp
Audioholic Ninja
Give a few more weeks it will be all over the major cities.
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Mr._Clark
Audioholic Samurai
I don't doubt it:
>>>Multiple cases of omicron virus variant detected in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, health officials said Thursday, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November and tested positive for the variant when he returned home to Minnesota.
In addition to the conventioneer who was vaccinated for COVID-19, government officials said tests showed five other people recently infected with the virus had the variant. They included a person in the city’s Long Island suburbs who had recently traveled to South Africa, residents of Brooklyn and Queens and another case possibly linked to travel. At least one person had received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine but officials did not have details about the vaccination status of the four other cases.<<<
Omicron coronavirus variant found in multiple US states
The omicron variant of COVID-19 has been discovered in at least five states, showing yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate the globe with speed and ease.
apnews.com
cpp
Audioholic Ninja
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus - possibly one that causes the common cold - present in the same infected cells, according to researchers.
This genetic sequence does not appear in any earlier versions of the coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, but is ubiquitous in many other viruses including those that cause the common cold, and also in the human genome, researchers said.
By inserting this particular snippet into itself, Omicron might be making itself look "more human," which would help it evade attack by the human immune system
This genetic sequence does not appear in any earlier versions of the coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, but is ubiquitous in many other viruses including those that cause the common cold, and also in the human genome, researchers said.
By inserting this particular snippet into itself, Omicron might be making itself look "more human," which would help it evade attack by the human immune system
Swerd
Audioholic Warlord
Today, I saw this article in NPR.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate
The first shows the correlation in 3,000 counties between vaccinations and the % vote for Trump
The second shows the correlation between deaths due to Covid-19 and % vote for Trump
And the third breaks down which voters (GOP, Dem, or Independents) make up the the total of those who are not vaccinated:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate
Three graphs say it all:
The first shows the correlation in 3,000 counties between vaccinations and the % vote for Trump
The second shows the correlation between deaths due to Covid-19 and % vote for Trump
And the third breaks down which voters (GOP, Dem, or Independents) make up the the total of those who are not vaccinated:
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Danzilla31
Audioholic Spartan
Well look at it this way. Lot less Republicans to vote against the democrats right?
As the queen song goes another one bites the dust.
cpp
Audioholic Ninja
Hate to tell ya, but I lost two really good fellow democrats to covid. This virus has no party line.Well look at it this way. Lot less Republicans to vote against the democrats right?
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Mr._Clark
Audioholic Samurai
Here's the latest risk levels map from globalepidemics.org. It appears as if the red zone has started expanding and the lower edge is now moving back south. I don't think I've seen this pattern before. It does not look good to me.
Here's the map on November 8, 2021:
Here's the map on October 4, 2021:
And here's the map on August 19, 2021:
Risk Levels - Global Epidemics
RISK LEVELS First published in July 2020, our COVID-19 risk levels dashboard served as a tool for the public to track the pandemic in real time. As the pandemic has evolved and testing and reporting data have changed significantly, we have retired the dashboard as of December 2022. To explore...
globalepidemics.org
Here's the map on November 8, 2021:
Here's the map on October 4, 2021:
And here's the map on August 19, 2021:
Swerd
Audioholic Warlord
My first reaction to "another one bites the dust" was to agree and laugh about it. But I can't because so many people have died.Well look at it this way. Lot less Republicans to vote against the democrats right?
It's also sad that the GOP has a plan for 'winning' future elections despite their loss of voters.
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Danzilla31
Audioholic Spartan
That's what I was trying to do was get you to laugh. Keeps us sane. We do it in psych nursing all the time. Coping method my friend when your staring into the face of craziness
panteragstk
Audioholic Warlord
I've always had a darker sense of humor, but I know that certain professions that see a lot more than most of us ever will have a truly dark sense of humor that I'll never get to.
Only high level of crazy I deal with is my kids. I'm outnumbered so there's that.
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Mr._Clark
Audioholic Samurai
Here are COVID case counts for several states that seem to have a recent double peak corresponding to the lower edge of the red zone in the risk maps moving north, then expanding south again:
Iowa:
Illinois:
Indiana:
Ohio:
East coast states seem to be experiencing a somewhat similar pattern. Massachusetts is one example:
Further south the pattern doesn't seem to be strongly present. Arkansas is one example:
Further south the pattern seems to disappear. For example, Louisiana is still low with no double peak:
Many states in the upper midwest seem to be mired in high, yet increasing case counts.
Here's Michigan:
Minnesota:
Unfortunately, this latest wave seems to be growing again rather than subsiding.
cpp
Audioholic Ninja
Agree, its hard to believe sometimes the crap we see and hear on the news these days.
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Mr._Clark
Audioholic Samurai
On the subject of black humor, here's one:
"What does not kill me mutates and tries again."
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Danzilla31
Audioholic Spartan
You would not believe some of the wacked out conversations we have at the nurses station
panteragstk
Audioholic Warlord
I did a small stint in IT for a major hospital in Dallas for a bit. I've heard some things. The funniest thing I did was ask about vaccinations and such (this was 2013 so not recently) and they would GO OFF about how stupid the anti-vaxx crowd is. Both nurses and doctors get all riled up about this talk. I can't imagine what they say now after all the BS they've been dealing with for TWO YEARS.
Plus, my father in law is pretty much a lifer in law enforcement and those dudes talk about some poop man.
davidscott
Audioholic Spartan
Which hospital system did you do your IT stint? I worked 26 years at Texas Health full time and 3 years as a contractor in IT. Maybe we crossed paths.
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