December 2, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, lynched1 said: Aren't you lab rats due for your bi monthly boosters yet? We need the stats for long term effects. *Annual Anecdotally, it's been about 36 hours, and I'm feeling fit as a fiddle. My arm barely even got sore. I'm anti-COVID supercharged, motherf***ka!
December 6, 20223 yr Should be an interesting read. Huff, an Iraq War veteran and a former research fellow at the Department of Homeland Security's Centers of Excellence, offers a unique perspective with insight from the intel community in his book, "The Truth About Wuhan: How I Uncovered the Biggest Lie in History." When it's eventually outed and admitted that the Kung Flu was built I'm waiting to hear one thing from vaxxers. "What's that got to do with the vaccine?"
December 6, 20223 yr Quote BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are now the dominant COVID variants. Here's what this means. The virus that causes COVID-19 is bringing more variants our way, requiring a few changes to the fight against it. The BA.5 variant of omicron, which has dominated the U.S. since early summer, is fading fast. According to data released Friday, half the cases in the U.S. are now due to two descendants of BA.5, called BQ.1 and BQ.1.1. Not much is known about those two variants, but the severity and duration of disease seem similar to the other omicrons, and milder than the original and delta variants. The biggest challenge from the new variants will be for people who are immunocompromised because of disease or medications. Treatments designed to prevent and treat infection in the immunocompromised won't work against BQ.1 and BQ.1.1. What is the current COVID variant and what happened to omicron? The omicron variant that caused so many infections last winter is still around, but it has split into many subvariants. The two subvariants – BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 – now account for half of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. BA.5 now accounts for 24% of cases. Are the BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 more dangerous? Lab studies suggest the viral descendants of BA.5 and BA.2, which includes all the new dominant variants, might cause slightly more severe disease than BA.1 or the original omicron, said Jeremy Luban, a professor of molecular medicine, biochemistry and molecular biotechnology at UMass Chan Medical School. But it's not clear whether that's true in the real world, he said, as lab studies can't capture factors like human behavior. The new variants are clearly more transmissible because they are taking over and making people sick despite previous vaccinations and infections, he said in a Thursday news conference with other members of the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness. Will vaccines and the bivalent booster still work against omicron variants? Yes. "Any kind of boost really reduces your chances of getting very sick from COVID," said Dr. Kathryn Stephenson, an infectious disease expert at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. People who got the bivalent booster will be more protected against a severe COVID-19 infection compared with those who are unvaccinated or got a vaccine long ago. In a study posted Friday, Pfizer and its vaccine partner BioNTech say that the latest booster increases the level of neutralizing antibodies against both BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, which protect against infection. Moderna reported similar results for its booster earlier in the week, and it said last week that its bivalent shot also showed "robust neutralizing activity” against the BQ.1.1 variant, suggesting it offers some protection against the newest strains. What does BQ stand for? The World Health Organization uses the Greek alphabet as a classification system to simplify understanding and avoid stigmatizing countries where strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 are identified. The WHO named the original B.1.1.529 variant after the 15th letter, omicron. Within variants, the agency assigns numbers to sublineages. BA.5 was classified as an omicron variant but has mutations that distinguish it from other omicron subvariants, such as BA.1 and BA.2. BA.5 is the parental strain of BQ.1 and BQ.1.1. What are the symptoms of the new omicron variants? The symptoms of BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 appear to be the same as for other COVID-19 variants. The most common symptoms include exhaustion, fever, a cough, congestion, shortness of breath, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, and muscle aches or headache. Loss of smell, which originally characterized COVID-19 infections, is no longer as common. Can I get BQ.1 or BQ.1.1 if I've had BA.5? Yes. Theoretically anyone is vulnerable if exposed to enough viral particles. But people who have been boosted or infected within the last three to six months are less likely to be infected again and certainly less likely to suffer severe disease, Stephenson said. Flu, RSV and COVID: What to know about the 'tripledemic' Doctors are saying we're currently in a "tripledemic" with three respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, flu and RSV circulating simultaneously. Vaccinating against both flu and COVID-19 will help limit severe infections, said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. There are currently no vaccines or specific treatment for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which can infect people repeatedly and are particularly dangerous for the very young and very old, he said. It's not clear why, but both flu and RSV are circulating much earlier this year than they did before the pandemic, said Dr. Tina Tan, vice president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, which held a news conference Friday that included her and Schaffner. "Whether or not these will go back to normal (in future years), nobody knows," she said. Tan, a pediatrician at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, said she knows everyone is ready for a "new normal," but she worries that not enough people are getting COVID-19 boosters and annual flu shots, and that children and adults have fallen behind on other routine vaccinations as well. "Vaccines need to be part of that new normal to prevent individuals from becoming ill with the viruses and bacteria that are circulating," she said. "That is the new normal." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/11/20/new-covid-omicron-variants-winter/10718706002/ A few takeaways: 1. Get boosted, even though the virus is rapidly mutating/evolving, the current variants are closely related enough to the original Omicron strain that they offer elevated protection in the current environment. 2. It is not true that each successive variant is automatically "less severe than previous ones." 3. On a personal level, both COVID and RSV are definitely in high circulation right now. My girlfriend came down with something earlier in the week, and we were initially afraid it was COVID, because she hadn't gotten around to getting boosted yet (despite my proddings), and someone at her job had just tested positive last week. She tested negative and saw a doctor yesterday to get a note, when she was told it could easily be RSV, as it is really going around right now, and not just among children. It is easily transmitted from children to their caregivers, and she mentioned that a woman at work last week said that her kid had it. On the same day, I observed a middle schooler coughing up a storm in class at his table group and not making the least bit of effort to cover his mouth. 4. Ultimately, this all means that...IT'S MASKING SZN!!!
December 6, 20223 yr Hmmm. Saw on the news where CDC lady will be talking about the use of masks again this afternoon. My daughter had upper respiratory infection right before we traveled. She did see someone and was on anti-biotic and did fine. I hope I don't jinx myself by saying this, but it's been a year for me since I was sick. I believe last Dec. it was covid and I just tested too soon. It could have been bronchitis since later last December I had my lung screening CT and it showed up. I have appt. today for the yearly screening. Yuck Haven't been boosted since Jan. 2022. I am supposed to get the Shingles vax which I will schedule soon. Not doing a covid shot on or near that. I don't want shingles and I'm old. I also have no problem masking in certain situations and with all the holiday gatherings, I will just pick and choose how many people I want to be around. I did get a flu shot in late Sept.
December 6, 20223 yr 27 minutes ago, DiPros said: Hmmm. Saw on the news where CDC lady will be talking about the use of masks again this afternoon. My daughter had upper respiratory infection right before we traveled. She did see someone and was on anti-biotic and did fine. I hope I don't jinx myself by saying this, but it's been a year for me since I was sick. I believe last Dec. it was covid and I just tested too soon. It could have been bronchitis since later last December I had my lung screening CT and it showed up. I have appt. today for the yearly screening. Yuck Haven't been boosted since Jan. 2022. I am supposed to get the Shingles vax which I will schedule soon. Not doing a covid shot on or near that. I don't want shingles and I'm old. I also have no problem masking in certain situations and with all the holiday gatherings, I will just pick and choose how many people I want to be around. I did get a flu shot in late Sept. Definitely get both before Feb, but I gotta say that shingles was an absolute nightmare for me. Pain is gone but I'm still getting lesions on my face several weeks later. Eye doc says I'll be at a 5% risk of some loss of vision until the lesions stop completely.
December 6, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: Definitely get both before Feb, but I gotta say that shingles was an absolute nightmare for me. Pain is gone but I'm still getting lesions on my face several weeks later. Eye doc says I'll be at a 5% risk of some loss of vision until the lesions stop completely. Ouch! I hope you don't have any more issues with vision or more lesions. I've been advised not do both at the same time which is why I'm choosing the shingles over the booster.
December 6, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, DiPros said: Ouch! I hope you don't have any more issues with vision or more lesions. I've been advised not do both at the same time which is why I'm choosing the shingles over the booster. That's a good call, I think. While I've never had a reaction to a covid shot yet, I've heard that reactions to shingrix can be a bit more common (though still nothing crazy.) In any case, after experiencing what shingles was like first-hand, I'll gladly deal with some chills, fever, and what not if it means I am protected from another case of this ish.
December 7, 20223 yr 21 hours ago, lynched1 said: When it's eventually outed and admitted that the Kung Flu was built I'm waiting to hear one thing from vaxxers. "What's that got to do with the vaccine?" It's coming....
December 7, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, lynched1 said: When it's eventually outed and admitted that the Kung Flu was built I'm waiting to hear one thing from vaxxers. "What's that got to do with the vaccine?" No need to wait, let’s clear up your ignorance now. While there is currently no evidence it is man made new evidence may come out showing that it was. The next part is going to be hard for you to grasp, so I wrote it slower That’s a totally different argument and has zero to do with the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
December 7, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said: The next part is going to be hard for you to grasp, so I wrote it slower That might have sounded witty in your head as you typed it but it's really a bad look. I laughed longer than I should have. The man made part is coming. The farce of your vaccine has already be proven.
December 7, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, lynched1 said: The farce of your vaccine has already be proven. Yet you still refuse to provide a shred of evidence to back that up.
December 7, 20223 yr Normally this is where I would reiterate that mental illness is the real pandemic, but in his case, I'm pretty sure lynched is just really F'ing stupid. I mean, he might be mentally ill too, but the idiocy is what's usually on full display.
December 7, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said: Yet you still refuse to provide a shred of evidence to back that up. Pull your head out your Fing ***. What proof would you like? The fact that they flat out lied about the efficacy of the vaccine? The one that was supposed to stop the contraction and spread? People are contracting and spreading it within weeks of vaccination. The inflated fatality stats? The BS mask mandates? BTW did you manage to complete your set? More will come. Information suppression efforts will never last long enough.
December 7, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: Normally this is where I would reiterate that mental illness is the real pandemic, but in his case, I'm pretty sure lynched is just really F'ing stupid. I mean, he might be mentally ill too, but the idiocy is what's usually on full display. Listen Fatboy. I'm more right about this than you ever were. This thread will last forevah. 👍 Still to your "racist" grammer lessons. 😆
December 7, 20223 yr Just now, lynched1 said: Listen Fatboy. I'm more right about this than you ever were. This thread will last forevah. 👍 He's been made fun of so much for having twigs for arms that he's gonna start calling everyone else fat.
December 7, 20223 yr 7 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: He's been made fun of so much for having twigs for arms that he's gonna start calling everyone else fat. You've never seen my arms. Why would I care what your fat*** would have to say in between bites? Despite that I'm still more right on the subject than ever were. Or will be. That you're going to have to live with.
December 7, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, lynched1 said: You've never seen my arms. Why would I care what your fat*** would have to say in between bites? You literally posted a picture of them, tiny tim.
December 7, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: You literally posted a picture of them, tiny tim. Fetch. Get some of your boys to help you out. It's the pic with a Miller Lite can. It has this too 🖕 I'll still be here. Being more right than you ever were. 😆
December 7, 20223 yr On 7/23/2022 at 4:46 PM, lynched1 said: It's a passive task. In fact I'm going to passively make my way across the garage and grab a beer. While I'm doing so why don't we circle back to your kung flu hystronics. Scrawny and in desperate need of moisturizer
December 7, 20223 yr 10 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: Scrawny and in desperate need of moisturizer That hand is attached to a perfectly sized and toned arm. 👍 Damn that middle finger looks long though. I'll have to find another picture of it. That fist looks so exited it has a boner.
December 7, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, lynched1 said: That hand is attached to a perfectly sized and toned arm. 👍 Damn that middle finger looks long though. I'll have to find another picture of it. You're built like an ashy Flava Flav bish boy
December 7, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: You're built like an ashy Flava Flav bish boy I can assume you're built like John Candy. I'm white. We don't do ashy.
December 7, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, lynched1 said: I can assume you're built like John Candy. I'm white. We don't do ashy. You can assume whatever you want. We all know you're a limp wristed little bish. And yes us whites can be ashy too. It's why your elbow crease looks like it has a yeast infection
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