Hide Ya Wives, Hide Ya Kids: Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic!

[wallyhopp]

The OG superspreader event from 2020. We’ve officially gone full circle!

Vegas had this huge convention/expo in March-april of last year and it went off as scheduled, and jfk airport refused to screen any travelers from Italy back in March-april of 2020. Way too many half steps during this entire duration.

 

[ballinsam23]

Rsv was hitting pretty hard mid to late summer. Why the incessant need or desire to be positive? You’re still sick and contagious even if it’s a flu. People refuse (or simply can’t) stay home when sick.

Pretty sure its the flu. This year's flu shot is terrible too. Def not a desire to be a positive, I'll be quarantining anyway. More so a desire to know accurate results to let others around me know or to quarantine longer. Symptoms can be gone, but still be contagious.

 

[Master Zik]

Two years into this thing and they're still having to explain the merits of the vaccine to low information individuals.

Nothing makes me think that treatment/protection in pill form will change very many people's minds considering that its a THIRTY PILL TREATMENT over the course of 5 days.
Via Bloomberg:

If they just start mailing ppl the pill or have it over the counter it'll be beyond convenient.

Same if it becomes an over the counter thing if covid really is here to stay.

 

[ballinsam23]

Cant make it over the counter. This country is beyond ignorant, people will be buying it without testing positive.

It's also probably not for everyone depending on their other conditions and what meds they're on. Lots of benefits vs. risks here...

Possible side effects of Paxlovid include impaired sense of taste, diarrhea, high blood pressure and muscle aches. Using Paxlovid at the same time as certain other drugs may result in potentially significant drug interactions. Using Paxlovid in people with uncontrolled or undiagnosed HIV-1 infection may lead to HIV-1 drug resistance. Ritonavir may cause liver damage, so caution should be exercised when giving Paxlovid to patients with preexisting liver diseases, liver enzyme abnormalities or liver inflammation.

 

[mplsdunk]

Make it over the counter it will get hoarded and re sold.

 

[Mark Antony]

It will go the way of toilet paper for sure. If over the counter they'd have to do it like VA does cough syrup with meth ingredients. Gotta get it from the pharmacy with ID.

 

[mplsdunk]

They shouldn’t even be able to sell cold medicine off the shelf. It’s just a scam. I need that ephedrine or else it doesn’t work.

 

[ballinsam23]

Most other countries have prescription drugs over the counter.

-antibiotics
-viagra/cialis
-codeine
-muscle relaxers

Those drugs are not nearly abused there (despite being 10x easier to access) as they are here.

 

[mplsdunk]

Most other countries have prescription drugs over the counter.

-antibiotics
-viagra/cialis
-codeine
-muscle relaxers

Those drugs are not nearly abused there (despite being 10x easier to access) as they are here.

I know, I should have said they shouldn’t produce the kind without ephedrine because they are so trash.

Clearly the id scan thing is working here.

 

[Mark Antony]

Man whenever moms comes back from JA she usually brings some Histatussin, that thing hit so hard.

 

[mplsdunk]

you know it’s gonna be fire with that ancient packaging.

 

[Mark Antony]

**** looks like the last one made was in 1998.

 

[mega.]

stocksx gon be sending the notification :

" Got served?
Shop the new pfizer pill - rip Lil' Saint "

 

[BaKardi Slang]

Canada sets new single-day record for COVID-19 infections

Canada reported 14,995 new COVID-19 infections Wednesday, setting a new record for daily cases since the start of the pandemic. According to data collected by CTVNews.ca, the country's seven-day average is also the highest it has ever been during the course of the pandemic.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[whywesteppin]

good news, and I'm glad these studies finally came out so that people stop pushing the unfounded "there's no evidence omicron isn't going to kill us all" paranoia. of course, there's the caveat that omicron spreads very fast, so it'll make up for the 60-80% reduction in hospitalization by infecting 2-5x more people. BUT -- the whole point is that the effective IFR is ~3x lower, which, when compounded with the reduction by 10-50x from the vaccine+booster, this is not just a mild flu, it's more like a common cold (but let's see how the data plays out over the next few weeks, and of course it's not as straightforward if you're immune-compromised).

 

[mplsdunk]

I know a couple people with Covid right now who didn’t even know they had it. They just took tests before they saw their family for the holidays.

 

[ICE CITY CF]

Good thread from the Chair of UCSF summarizing the good and the bad of where we're likely at with Omicron .

 

[crazy ebw]

After the Holiday's and New Years these numbers are going to be insane. I'm over here just waiting to see it all go down.

 

[gry60]

Good thread from the Chair of UCSF summarizing the good and the bad of where we're likely at with Omicron .

This should be the main takeaway from the thread IMO.

 

[i2endmc]

At the hospital I work at we’ve been averaging 10 employees per day calling off sick and needing to be tested for covid. This past Tuesday there were 60 employees who called off and 6 came back positive . Y’all be safe out there.

 

[solewoman]

Definitely feels like beginning of 2020 all over again.

 

[willypete]

Definitely feels like beginning of 2020 all over again.

Lock everything back down!

 

[ballinsam23]

NYC is getting hit hard again. Whoever didn’t get Omicron is most likely going to get it. Despite being more so mild in symptoms, this thing is super contagious. Really starting to feel this thing won’t be over for a long long time. Atleast until numerous other pharmaceutical companies start creating treatments.

 

[solewoman]

Government really needs to figure out a way to compensate people with kids. If you don’t have family and no longer have leave who is watching the kids? How can people afford this?!

 

[Blake P]

Government really needs to figure out a way to compensate people with kids. If you don’t have family and no longer have leave who is watching the kids? How can people afford this?!

If schools close and bars stay open that will say a lot about our country’s priorities and I won’t even be surprised.