news COVID-19 [Day 1600]

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13 hours ago, Jotham said:

And Justin Trudeau just needs to isolate for just 5 days, but an unvaccinated Canadian returning from a trip needs to isolate for 2 weeks even with a negative test. Makes no sense

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900 days since the WHO first sounded the alarm on this strange new virus

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But almost 5% of people who catch omicron still experience fatigue, brain fog, headaches, heart problems or other health issues at least a month after getting infected, the study found.

While some researchers found the results reassuring, others say the findings are alarming, given that so many people caught omicron and apparently remain at risk even if they're vaccinated.

"That's scary," says Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, an immunobiologist at Yale School of Medicine who studies long COVID but was not involved in the new research.

"People assume that because omicron is milder that, you know, 'Let's just get infected and get it over with,''' Iwasaki says.

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China's insistence on sticking to zero-covid has meant that case loads and deaths are low, officially. Under 6000 deaths in the mainland in the past 900 days and no deaths in the past 20 or so days, if you believe it.  Yet, some citizens don't seem to be grateful that these policies have, in theory, made sure that very few lives have been lost. 

 

 

On the other hand, in other countries that have adopted a "let it rip" policy, citizens are justifiably angry at the lack of action from their governments, yet for some reason, also relishing their freedoms while seemingly not giving any f---sand conveniently forgetting that the freedoms they are enjoying may indirectly cause other people's loved ones (or their own) to die prematurely.

 

 

 

 

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The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), based on swabs collected from randomly selected households, reveal that in the week ending 11 June an estimated one in 50 people in the community in England are thought to have had Covid – around 1.13 million people.

The figure is even higher, at one in 45, in both Wales and Northern Ireland, while it was highest in Scotland where, in the week ending 10 June, one in 30 people are thought to have been infected.

 

 

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Possible theories for long covid:

From Italy (Dr. Buonsenso, Gemelli Univ Hospital): Minute blood clots

From US (A Proal, Poly-Bio Research Foundation): Covid remains in the body and continues to do damage at a wide variety of places in the body.

From Australia (Phetsouphanah, Univ New South Wales): over active immune response harming body.

 

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That’s especially true for people who were infected with the original omicron variant, dubbed BA.1, in the winter. The BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants — currently gaining a foothold in the U.S. — are quite different from BA.1, so “it’s no guarantee” that having a past omicron infection will protect you from subsequent subvariants, she said.

 

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Each time a person is exposed, the immune response matures and improves.

“We should consider reinfection as part of the new normal,” she said. “The hope is that with these multiple exposures continually improving antibody response will occur.”

 

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Still, some people may get sicker when reinfected; for example, if someone is exposed to a much higher amount of virus than the first infection, or if a person’s immunity against Covid has waned significantly, Iwasaki said.

Elderly people with underlying conditions or immunocompromised individuals, though vaccinated, may not be as protected against severe disease, even after prior infection, Fauci said. 

Are certain people more vulnerable to reinfection?

“Whether you have gotten a mild infection or severe infection, there’s no guarantee for preventing future infection,” she said.

Am I more likely to develop long Covid if I get reinfected? 

As of now, there’s no evidence that a repeat infection is more likely to lead to long Covid, or lingering symptoms after an infection, Fauci said. 

Iwasaki agreed, adding that while it’s unlikely multiple infections could increase risk for long Covid, scientists just don’t know yet. 

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