Bad news on the COVID-19 front

[99explorer]

I think we'll be seeing fewer variants as vaccinations increase and herd immunity is achieved.

[jhjimbo]

There is now a NYC variant that is very 'aggressive' and has little in common with other variants.

[99explorer]

It's been 1 year since Trump infamously tweeted the 'coronavirus is very much under control' in the U.S.

And 500,000 deaths.

https://news.yahoo.com/1-since-trump...213700729.html

[99explorer]

He seems to be saying "OMG!" as Trump was saying "Clorox."

[rock rat]

[99explorer]

Yahoo News reprints articles that appeared in other publications, in this case, The Independent.

[labrador12]

Dr Fauci will say just about anything. Yahoo news will print just about any propaganda that they think will influence the simple minded 99s of the world.

[99explorer]

Thank you Donald Trump

Dr Fauci says Trump did ‘terrible things’ to him and he now has to live under armed security.

https://news.yahoo.com/dr-fauci-says...185709332.html

Mr Trump's frustration with Dr Fauci quickly became apparent as the doctor regularly contradicted him and quickly became liberal Americans' preferred source of information regarding the pandemic. Dr Fauci became a minor celebrity, while Mr Trump faced mountain of criticism for his botched response to the pandemic.

Eventually, Mr Trump sidelined Dr Fauci, barring him from further public appearances, and replaced him with Dr Scott Atlas, who was loyal to the president.

Mr Atlas had no expertise in infectious diseases and often parroted whatever talking point Mr Trump was pushing at the time.

[rock rat]

Interesting article on how Australia managed. They did have large community outbreaks with thousands of infections, twice. Once in March and once in July which is their winter. They lock down much tighter than we do. Can't leave your house except to go buy food, mandatory masks, province closed to all travel. When the virus goes away, the open up all the way. Bars, restaurants, sporting events, no masks.

Seems to have worked pretty well. Everyone can enjoy life pretty much as normal, except if there is virus they have to put up with extreme lock down for a couple weeks.

https://theweek.com/articles/966581/...4n5T85O_lbsFv0

[labrador12]

Thank you Donald Trump

[99explorer]

Israeli data shows the Pfizer vaccine is nearly 99 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 death 2 weeks after the 2nd dose.

https://news.yahoo.com/israeli-data-...185500893.html

[labrador12]

Effective herd immunity by April.

[99explorer]

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines prove 92 percent effective with just 1st dose.

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-modern...193917869.html

[jhjimbo]

The African variant is not responding to the current vaccines. The Pfizer and Maderna are some 60% less effective on the african variant. they are working on a variant vaccine by tweaking it's make up. Also, they are trying mixing various vaccines together to see if they can get a better response.

[rock rat]

I got vaccinated today. The Pfizer vaccine. Next shot March 10.

They say in a few days you should have some immunity, and by March 10 quite a bit, congrats.

Yes Jim I've heard of that wastewater stuff. Here they'd find a positive on every block, but it ought to help a lot when infection decreases.