The Coronavirus / COVID-19 Thread (Keep all related posts here)

[deviantz]

One less idiot on earth, this shit is real get the vacinne and survive it.


"He called coronavirus a “scam-demic” and now Dick Farrel is dead of the disease.

The former Newsmax commentator and veteran radio host died of COVID-19 complications at age 65 last Wednesday."



https://www.yahoo.com/news/thought-covi ... 37635.html

[viking]

The news is so confusing, one sound bite says the vaccines are safe no need to wear masks if you had both shots, the other one says wear masks indoors.....

[tacnet]

This just gets worse

Apparently a nurse has just been arrested in Germany. She's admitted giving saline injections to people instead of the vaccine !!.

The government has asked up to 8000 people to get re-vaccinated cos they dont know whos had it and who hasnt. Many of those affected were aged over 70

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58186032

[TheButcher]

This just gets worse

Apparently a nurse has just been arrested in Germany. She's admitted giving saline injections to people instead of the vaccine !!.

The government has asked up to 8000 people to get re-vaccinated cos they dont know whos had it and who hasnt. Many of those affected were aged over 70

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58186032

What is wrong with some people

[Boner]

This just gets worse

Apparently a nurse has just been arrested in Germany. She's admitted giving saline injections to people instead of the vaccine !!.

The government has asked up to 8000 people to get re-vaccinated cos they dont know whos had it and who hasnt. Many of those affected were aged over 70

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58186032

That person needs to get the death penalty

[AlexO]

Two doses, now a booster shot for those at higher risk of catching the virus, what happens next a booster #2, this is not making sense any more. I thought being fully vaccinated was safe enough.

[greatpornlinks]

I am sick and tired of the way this fucking pandemic has ruined my life since January 2021.

[Luke]

I think it is going to be here for a long time , just as the flu has been, we are going to have to deal with it and get on with life. Annual vaccines, social distancing and that's it.

[killah]

I think it is going to be here for a long time , just as the flu has been, we are going to have to deal with it and get on with life. Annual vaccines, social distancing and that's it.

You are right Luke here; 8 months after the last dose a booster shot is going to be recommended.

"by: Associated Press
Posted: Aug 16, 2021 / 08:07 PM PDT / Updated: Aug 16, 2021 / 09:51 PM PDT
In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, Tyson Foods team members receive COVID-19 vaccines from health officials at the Wilkesboro, N.C. facility. (Melissa Melvin/AP Images for Tyson Foods File)

In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, Tyson Foods team members receive COVID-19 vaccines from health officials at the Wilkesboro, N.C. facility. (Melissa Melvin/AP Images for Tyson Foods File)

U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensure lasting protection against the coronavirus as the delta variant spreads across the country.

Federal health officials have been actively looking at whether extra shots for the vaccinated would be needed as early as this fall, reviewing case numbers in the U.S. as well as the situation in other countries such as Israel, where preliminary studies suggest the vaccine’s protection against serious illness dropped among those vaccinated in January.

An announcement on the U.S. booster recommendation was expected as soon as this week, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

Doses would only begin to be administered widely once the Food and Drug Administration formally approves the vaccines. That action is expected for the Pfizer shot in the coming weeks."



https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/u-s-e ... urces-say/

[pussylover]

Booster shots are the next big thing

[TheButcher]

Not good news for Pfizer vaccine recipients and the Delta variant.




"The protections offered by Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine against the Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 drop over three months, according to a study published Thursday by scholars at Oxford University in England.

The study, which hasn’t been peer reviewed, was run by the U.K. government and examined data collected by a large-scale survey of hundreds of thousands of randomly chosen households in the country who were tested for Covid-19 beginning in November. The period in which Delta was dominant in the U.K. began... "


https://www.barrons.com/articles/pfizer ... eid=yhoof2

[TheButcher]

An encouraging study form the UK fully vaccinated people are still doing well against the Alpha and Delta variants of Covid-19



"Fully-vaccinated people who have previously caught COVID-19 are the group best protected against the highly infectious Delta variant, real-world UK data suggests.

The study added to the growing body of evidence that COVID-19 vaccines offer good protection against Delta after two doses, albeit slightly less protection than against Alpha, the formerly dominant coronavirus variant.

The study, led by Oxford University, the UK Office for National Statistics, and the UK health department, found that getting two COVID-19 vaccine doses was the "most effective way" to prevent infections caused by the Delta variant.

Protection against infection was higher when people had previously caught COVID-19, the study authors said in a preprint posted Thursday.

Preliminary data suggested that people who caught COVID-19 while vaccinated had a higher level of antibodies. It would, however, be "completely irresponsible" to deliberately try to get infected after getting your second vaccine, because there is a small chance you'd end up in hospital, the study lead Professor Sarah Walker said.

The research focused on Pfizer and AstraZeneca-Oxford University's two-dose COVID-19 vaccines.
Pfizer offers 85% protection against Delta

"The study authors said that two weeks after the second dose, Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was 93% effective for people with a prior COVID-19 infection, and 85% effective for people with no prior infection.

Two weeks after the second dose, AstraZeneca's vaccine was 88% effective among those who had COVID-19 before, and 68% effective in those who hadn't, the authors said.

To get the results, the scientists analyzed COVID-19 lab test results from 358,983 people in the UK between May 17 and August 1 - the period when Delta became dominant. Participants were randomly tested, irrespective of symptoms, vaccination status, or whether they'd had COVID-19.

The methods haven't yet been scrutinized by experts in a peer-review.

The researchers said that from four months, the two vaccines offered very similar levels of protection against Delta. Protection from Pfizer's gradually decreased after that point, while AstraZeneca's stayed the same, they said.

Figures for vaccine effectiveness can vary according to the outcome tested. In this case, the Oxford scientists examined protection against COVID-19 infections with and without symptoms in the community.

Previous real-world UK data showed Pfizer's vaccine was 88% effective against COVID-19 with symptoms after two doses, and AstraZeneca's shot was 60% effective by the same parameters.

The Oxford researchers didn't look at the vaccines' ability to stop severe disease and hospitalization. "

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fully-vaccin ... 31747.html

[AlexO]

An encouraging study form the UK fully vaccinated people are still doing well against the Alpha and Delta variants of Covid-19



"Fully-vaccinated people who have previously caught COVID-19 are the group best protected against the highly infectious Delta variant, real-world UK data suggests.

The study added to the growing body of evidence that COVID-19 vaccines offer good protection against Delta after two doses, albeit slightly less protection than against Alpha, the formerly dominant coronavirus variant.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/fully-vaccin ... 31747.html

Seems obvious enough to me, get vaccinated live longer.

[TheButcher]

Big news: Pfizer wins full FDA approval for their vaccine, glad I had both my shots of it.


"Eight months after first authorizing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has issued its full stamp of approval.

Now that the companies' detailed, so-called biologics license application has been granted, it's expected vaccination will be required by many companies, schools and other entities.

The FDA decision also clears the way for the companies to market their vaccine, which is not permitted without full licensure. And it may launch a race for booster shots, allowing doctors to prescribe extra Pfizer-BioNTech shots "off label" to anyone they think should get one.

The FDA confirmed late last year through a more streamlined evaluation process that the vaccine, from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its partner German startup BioNTech, was safe, effective and could be reliably produced.

The license application included more than 340,000 pages of material, three times the earlier emergency use authorization submission, which weighed in at 110,000 pages.

The companies have manufactured more than 2 billion doses, with over 200 million administered in the U.S., the most of any of the three vaccines currently allowed for use in the country."


https://www.yahoo.com/news/pfizers-covi ... 25011.html

[CanadianChick]

we had 345 new cases i Quebec yesterday, not good.