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    An influential Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Friday said the agency should authorize boosters of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine to the more than 15 million Americans who have already received the initial dose.
    The unanimous vote – by the agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee – is a critical step before the U.S. can begin giving second shots to J&J recipients, some of whom have said they are anxious to get the additional protection. One dose of J&J’s vaccine has been shown in studies to be comparatively less effective than the two-dose messenger RNA vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

    FDA panel unanimously recommends J&J Covid booster shots to adults who already got the first dose

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    Fascinating article showing how Vlad's bullshit has rebounded on him.

    MOSCOW — Unshaven and puffy faced, with tubes in his nose, a patient in a hospital's coronavirus "red zone" recorded a desperate message for Russians.

    “I turned my life and my health into a disaster,” said Innokenty Sheremet, 55, who is from the Ural Mountain region city of Yekaterinburg and came down with covid-19 after forgoing vaccination.

    “I turned into an infirm old man,” he continued, describing “terrible pain from any movement.” Many employees at his TV news agency also became infected. Sheremet survived, but his news service collapsed.

    In Russia, a “fourth wave” of coronavirus is setting records in daily infection and death numbers, according to official statistics.

    But the truth is far worse, say independent demographers and data analysts who are challenging the pandemic data issued by President Vladimir Putin’s government and who, in turn, are facing retribution from authorities. At least three top researchers have been dismissed or have resigned from their posts in government or at state universities amid pressure from bosses.

    Russia’s official statistics showed 221,313 pandemic-related deaths by mid-October, but the independent demographer Alexey Raksha calculated that excess mortality — seen by analysts as the most reliable indicator of coronavirus deaths — has reached around 750,000. Raksha’s calculation used figures maintained by Rosstat, Russia’s statistical agency. Meanwhile, a report in the Moscow Times estimated the figure at about 660,000.

    Russian independent analysts say officials manipulated statistics and underplayed the crisis, most likely for political reasons — claims that have been made about governments in other countries, including China and Turkey. Critics alleging data manipulation by governments say the practice is an obstacle to a full global reckoning of the pandemic’s reach.

    The Russian Ministry of Health and Rospotrebnadzor, the government agency that publishes daily coronavirus numbers, did not respond to requests for comment on allegations of low counts. Russian official statistics exclude many deaths of patients with the coronavirus where doctors judge another major factor was to blame, such as heart failure.

    “The data for [Russia] is absolutely unreliable,” said Alexei Kouprianov, an independent analyst and biologist who last year organized a community of experts on social media, Watching Covid. He was fired from the St. Petersburg campus of the Higher School of Economics in September 2020.

    As Putin’s government tightens political control in the country, the handling of the pandemic has largely been left to the regions. The pandemic has exposed fragilities in a system in which regional officials conceal problems for fear of losing their posts and critics — even analytical experts — are sidelined.

    Before the pandemic, life expectancy in Russia was 73 years, whereas it was 84 in countries including Australia, Italy and Spain, and its spending on health care was 5.6 percent of GDP compared with 16.8 percent in the United States and more than 10 percent in Japan and much of Europe, according the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

    Russian authorities say their handling of the pandemic has been better than the performance of many Western countries. But with 43 million Russians fully vaccinated by Oct. 14, according to the Health Ministry, about 30 percent of the 144.4 million population, Russia’s vaccination rate is one of the world’s lowest,
    according to data from the Britain-based Global Change Data Lab. Russia’s rate compares with 56 percent in the United States, 65 percent in Britain and 72 percent in Canada.

    Recently, official Russian rhetoric has shifted. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Oct. 11 that mortality rates were high because of the “unacceptably low level of vaccination,” adding that “all conditions have been provided to citizens to save their lives by getting inoculated.”

    Since Russian parliamentary elections last month, officials and state media have amplified warnings about the dangers of the coronavirus. The daily coronavirus death toll hit a record 1,002 on Friday, and the country surpassed 33,000 daily infection cases, according to state-approved figures.

    “Actually, excess mortality now is more than 2,000 people each day on average,” claimed the demographer Raksha, who was fired by the official statistical agency Rosstat last year for exposing alleged undercounting of daily deaths by the reporting agency Rospotrebnadzor.

    “Hospitals are overloaded,” said Andrei Konoval, the head of the independent Union of Medical Workers. Ambulance drivers were ordered to work 24-hours shifts in Yekaterinburg, the independent Znak media reported. Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko on Thursday called on retired doctors to return to work.

    Denis Protsenko, a pro-Kremlin chief of one of Moscow’s main covid-19 hospitals, sounded the alarm Friday, calling the situation “close to critical.”

    “Guys, the coronavirus is not a joke or a fiction. It is surprising that in the second year of the pandemic, people still need to be convinced of this,” he said, calling on medical colleagues to “start talking in a frank and unadorned way to our compatriots.”

    Raksha said he thinks that inaccurate statistics sent a message to Russians that the pandemic had been beaten and therefore left space for covid conspiracy disinformation and anti-vaccination propaganda to flood Russian social media.

    “In Russia, the covid dissidents won,” he said.

    Kouprianov said covid dissidents targeting the Watching Covid social media page often cited official statistics to argue that “nothing special is happening.”

    Raksha says he never uses Russia’s official daily statistics on infections and deaths, and “I don’t recommend anyone to do it.” In Russia, a regional official typically “just draws a line by hand to flatten the curve,” he said. “They are just making up numbers, literally.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    An influential Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Friday said the agency should authorize boosters of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine to the more than 15 million Americans who have already received the initial dose.
    The unanimous vote – by the agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee – is a critical step before the U.S. can begin giving second shots to J&J recipients, some of whom have said they are anxious to get the additional protection. One dose of J&J’s vaccine has been shown in studies to be comparatively less effective than the two-dose messenger RNA vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

    FDA panel unanimously recommends J&J Covid booster shots to adults who already got the first dose
    Me and the wife were vaccinated with Pfizer las Aprill before we came here. If I remember correctly you were also before you came here. So if I am to believe some of the research reported, the math puts us near the end of the affective range of out vaccination. What do we do now? Unless I can find a booster solution here, we were thinking of taking a trip back to the states. or going to Greece. But I did not want to go to Greece until April so I can celebrate easter there (a big deal in Greece) and stay for the summer.
    What to do ? What to do.
    The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Before the pandemic, life expectancy in Russia was 73 years, whereas it was 84 in countries including Australia, Italy and Spain, and its spending on health care was 5.6 percent of GDP compared with 16.8 percent in the United States and more than 10 percent in Japan and much of Europe, according the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
    That's pre-covid . . . it will be a lot worse in coming years

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    Russia's daily COVID-19 death toll at record high as vaccination program stalls

    I just wonder why Russians don't trust their own vaccine? They are also running out of supplies to handle the pandemic. Its going to be a tough winter for ugliest man on the planet.

    Russia'''s daily COVID-19 death toll at record high as vaccination program stalls | Reuters

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    Long Covid

    Whatever the numbers or severity duration will hit poor nations without welfare safety net.

    I imagine many who had teh yuppy flu will relish a few mornings in bed watching the soaps or an oddly popular animal prog I've yet to see called XHamster while getting some kinda work at home bonus.

    Nop the tuktukpimp ad hos stable porntip , funtip and Never na Slapan Kwai are going to get out there and hustle.
    I see a boom for STDS clap clinics and discount message parlours.

    Long-term effects of coronavirus (long COVID) - NHS

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    Long-term effects of coronavirus (long COVID) ... For some people, coronavirus (COVID-19) can cause symptoms that last weeks or months
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    I just want the chance to use a bigger porridge bowl.

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    NEW HAVEN — The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to protect against multiple variants of the coronavirus, including delta, according to a Yale University study.

    The research, published this week in the journal Nature, also found that people who were vaccinated after having COVID-19 had stronger immunity to variants than those who were vaccinated but had not had the disease.

    The study was conducted during an increase in so-called breakthrough infections, mostly caused by the delta variant, in vaccinated people, according to a release.

    “Vaccines induce high levels of antibodies against delta and most variants,” said Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunobiology in the Yale School of Medicine and an author of the paper, in the release. “And two shots are better than one.”

    The research also found that booster shots of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, both mRNA vaccines, are effective against the coronavirus.

    In the study, led by Iwasaki, Nathan Grubaugh, associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, and Saad Omer, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, blood samples were collected from 40 unvaccinated health care workers in the Yale New Haven Health System between November 2020 and January 2021.

    More samples were taken after the health care workers received their first and second doses of Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. The blood samples were then exposed to 16 coronavirus variants, and antibodies and T cells were measured.


    There was an increased immune response in all blood samples, and the response to the delta variant was robust, increasing after the second shot of vaccine, according to the release.


    Iwasaki said breakthrough cases are more likely the result of how contagious the delta variant is, not because the vaccines did not work.


    Yale study: Pfizer, Moderna vaccines protect against delta, other COVID variants

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    Quote Originally Posted by david44 View Post
    the numbers or severity duration will hit poor nations without welfare safety net.
    Many exceptional county's citizens, including the safety net workers are being "hit", likewise. Doctors, nurses, home care, police, military, ....

    Hospitals stopping some "postponable" services, childbirth, cancer treatment, toenail reconstruction ....

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    Psychosis cases soar in England as pandemic hits mental health

    Cases of psychosis have soared over the past two years in England as an increasing number of people experience hallucinations and delusional thinking amid the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic.


    There was a 75% increase in the number of people referred to mental health services for their first suspected episode of psychosis between April 2019 and April 2021, NHS data shows.


    The rise continued throughout the summer, with 12,655 referred in July 2021, up 53% from 8,252 in July 2019.


    Much of the increase has been seen over the last year, after the first national lockdown, according to data analysed by the charity Rethink Mental Illness. More than 13,000 referrals were made in May 2021, a 70% rise on the May before when there were 7,813 referrals.

    The charity is urging the government to invest more in early intervention for psychosis to prevent further deterioration in people’s mental health from which it could take them years to recover.


    It says the statistics provide some of the first concrete evidence to indicate the significant levels of distress experienced across the population during the pandemic.

    MORE Psychosis cases soar in England as pandemic hits mental health | Mental health | The Guardian

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    Thailand to cease Sinovac vaccine use when stocks end this month



    FILE PHOTO: A health worker holds a syringe and a vial of the Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a market in Bangkok

    Mon, October 18, 2021, 3:27 PM

    BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will stop using the COVID-19 vaccine of China's Sinovac when its current stock finishes, a senior official said on Monday, having used the shot extensively in combination with Western-developed vaccines.

    Thailand used over 31.5 million Sinovac doses since February, starting with two doses to frontline workers, high-risk groups and residents of Phuket, a holiday island that reopened to tourists early in a pilot scheme.

    In July, Thailand started inoculating In first, Thailand to mix Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccine doses | Reuters people with Sinovac as a first dose followed by the Oxford University-developed AstraZeneca. Thailand was the first country to combine a Chinese and Western shots, a strategy its health officials said has proved effective.
    "We expect to have distributed all Sinovac doses this week," said health official Opas Karnkawinpong, adding the programme will switch to combining the AstraZeneca vaccine with that made by Pfizer and BioNTech .

    Thailand next year plans to buy 120 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in total and has already booked 60 million doses of AstraZeneca, a vaccine it manufactures locally.
    Thailand has said it will only procure vaccines effective against new variants.

    It has so far vaccinated 36% of the estimated 72 million people who live in Thailand and hopes to reach 70% by year-end.
    The country is forging ahead with a quarantine-free reopening plan next month of 17 provinces to vaccinated arrivals from low risk countries. Included will be destinations like Pattaya, Hua Hin, Chiang Mai and Bangkok.

    Thailand has recorded nearly 1.8 million cases and 18,336 fatalities overall, more than 98% in the past seven months.
    Majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd

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    Can't really blame them, it's been a disaster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    We know, it's in the RIP thread where the deaths of famous people are usually posted.

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    What an absolute pinhead.

    SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The NHL has suspended San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane for 21 games for submitting a fake COVID-19 vaccination card.
    The league on Monday announced the suspension without pay and said Kane will not be eligible to play until Nov. 30 at New Jersey. Kane will forfeit about $1.68 million of his $7 million salary for this season with the money going to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
    NHL suspends Evander Kane for using fake vaccination card | WFLA

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    What an absolute pinhead.
    He is a Hockey player what do you want?
    He should be praised for being able to form a complete and coherent sentence.
    "“I would like to apologize to my teammates, the San Jose Sharks organization, and all Sharks fans for violating the NHL COVID protocols,” Kane said in a statement. "
    I think he is the victims in all of this.
    Having been dropped on his head as a baby on numerous occasions, and then as an adult hit in the face with the hockey stick reputedly , often by other players even, can have a negative affect on your cognitive abilities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    He is a Hockey player what do you want?
    He should be praised for being able to form a complete and coherent sentence.
    "“I would like to apologize to my teammates, the San Jose Sharks organization, and all Sharks fans for violating the NHL COVID protocols,” Kane said in a statement. "
    I think he is the victims in all of this.
    Having been dropped on his head as a baby on numerous occasions, and then as an adult hit in the face with the hockey stick reputedly , often by other players even, can have a negative affect on your cognitive abilities.
    Fuck that, if you're on 7 mill a year you can afford to hire someone to do your thinking for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Fuck that, if you're on 7 mill a year you can afford to hire someone to do your thinking for you.
    Which explains the coherence of the statement he put out. Only it was a dollar short and a day late LOL

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    UK faces calls for ‘Plan B’ with virus cases high and rising

    LONDON (AP) — Many scientists are pressing the British government to reimpose social restrictions and speed up booster vaccinations as coronavirus infection rates, already Europe’s highest, rise still further.


    The U.K. recorded 49,156 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the largest number since mid-July. New infections averaged 43,000 a day over the past week, a 15% increase compared to the week before.


    Last week, the Office for National Statistics estimated that one in 60 people in England had the virus, one of the highest levels seen in Britain during the pandemic.

    MORE UK faces calls for ‘Plan B’ with virus cases high and rising | Taiwan News | 2021-10-19 17:49:02

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    You just knew this was going to happen.

    The bloke was 84 with bone marrow cancer but "the vaccines don't work".



    WASHINGTON: Social media posts claim that Colin Powell's death from complications caused by Covid-19 means vaccines against the disease are ineffective. But Powell had a type of cancer that experts say undermines the efficacy of the shots, and data shows his age left him especially vulnerable.
    "PROOF this Vaccine does NOT EVEN WORK, or-and is NOT EVEN a REAL VACCINE," said a Facebook post sharing an article about the retired four-star general and former secretary of state's death.
    Colin Powell's death sparks misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines

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    MOSCOW, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday proposed to shut workplaces for a week at the start of November as its daily COVID-19 death toll hit a new record and a sharp rise in cases continued, leading to fresh calls from the Kremlin for people to get vaccinated.
    Russia's COVID-19 task force reported 1,015 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day toll since the start of the pandemic, as well as 33,740 new infections, just shy of a record daily rise, with authorities blaming the surge on a slow vaccination campaign.
    Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova proposed that Oct. 30 to Nov. 7 be deemed non-working days to combat rising infections. Russia has taken similar steps at previous times during the pandemic, notably for around a month when it first struck in March last year.
    Speaking at a government coronavirus meeting, Golikova said people should have to present QR codes on their mobile phones to show they were vaccinated or had recovered from COVID, in order to get access to some public events or places.
    Russia's regions should take independent decisions about whether unvaccinated pensioners should be told to self-isolate and about offering incentives such as extra holiday to vaccinated workers, she said.
    The Kremlin, too, repeated the call for people to get inoculated.
    "There is a tradition of blaming the state for everything. Of course, the state feels and knows its share of responsibility," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, acknowledging more could have been done to explain the importance of vaccination to the public.

    Russia proposes week-long workplace shutdown as COVID deaths...

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    virus cases high and rising
    95% of the public feel invincible as evidenced by the lack of face masks when i'm out, i am distinctly in the minority.

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    ^ Where are you?

    Thailand is near on full mask use (at least where I visit).

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    ^ i was responding to a post by MK about the UK

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    95% of the public feel invincible as evidenced by the lack of face masks when i'm out, i am distinctly in the minority.
    The new "Delta on Steroids" might fuck that up.

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    ^ no indication what Greek letter they've selected yet for the Andromeda strain

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