#current covid cases

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China censors report on this city seeing half a million Covid cases a day

China censors report on this city seeing half a million Covid cases a day

Amid the reports of crematoriums being flooded with bodies and hospitals running out of space, a Chinese health official claimed that half a million people in Qingdao city are being infected with Covid every day. New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 24, 2022 12:16 IST Patients lie on their beds at Central Hospital in Zhuozhou city in northern China’s Hebei province on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Nearly three…

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[bigmammallama5]

gonna go get the new covid booster tomorrow ya girls gonna feel like SHIT

#stupid rant is stupid #yeehaw #i mean like hopefully i wont feel like shit for too long #we'll see lmfao ugh #better do my chores and cleaning today and tomorrow before i crash #also for my new people #i am a case where my body had decided to make me feel like covid when i get the shots #like the second shot of the first wave of vaccines put me down 5 days lol #that time has since reduced but its been a year since my last booster #so #mmmm #trepidation lol #but i would much rather feel like shit for a few days than make my current problems worse with getting sick or long covid

[curiosity-killed]

For folks in the US, free COVID tests will be available fofor order again on Monday (9/25)

#covid19 #COVID tests #also they have info on how to see if your current tests are expired #in case ya need it

[milkweedman]

Fig and apple pie with pecan-cardamom crust. The figs and the apples were both foraged, which is always fun. Smells super good !

It was supposed to be in a pie tin, but I had 3/4 of a pound of figs rather than the half pound the recipe called for. And then needing to scale the recipe complicated the already confusing situation of reading while dyslexic. So I largely gave up on reading, and this is more inspired by the recipe than anything else, but here it is nonetheless: Fig, Apple, and Walnut Tarts. Anyway, it ended up too big to fit in a pie tin, hence the cobbler dish.

#havent had any due to classic long covid 'food has an almost imperceptible amount flavor if any at all' #but i can currently smell things so id rather juat smell it tbh #my roommates were at least eating it so it seems to be edible :D #cooking #baking #like there are a million competing reasons i dont and cant follow recipes (or patterns or any other written/illustrated steps) #but today it was Cant Read and Confusing All Three Recipes I Looked At With Each Other And Making An Amalgamation On Accident #along with Missing Ingredients and Philosophical Dispute With Author #(egg yolk in the crust and then she never uses the white. which i do not agree with at all #chekhovs egg--if part of an egg is used in a recipe then so too does the other part of the egg. get creative. #in this case i put it in the topping as it was already described as supposed to be crispy so... #it probably could have done with half a white honestly but it did turn out crispy) #i did also use a little food coloring. not proud of it but it was a very unappealing shade of green that lacked contrast with the crust #so *shrug*

[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

Many, many thanks to all of you who participated in Elder Cats Appreciation Week! I cannot express the extent of my appreciation for those of you who participated, both big and small, every day or just one or two. It was wonderful to see a variety of new content and positivity for the older cats, and look at all the different ways you all contributed. This was so much fun and I hope to do this again sometime in the future!

I do encourage you that, in spite of the appreciation week being over, to continue playing with these characters and including them in your stories and HCs and fun - to reflect on why they are often left out/reduced to singular and otherwise flat roles/antagonized either due to their inherent age, or argued younger because they’re more “well liked” over others.  At the end of the day, the goal of this week was to shed some light and appreciation on characters that are often neglected in fandom, and the best way to continue that work is to open yourself further to those you may not otherwise consider. Even just a little bit. That’s how we continue to broaden our horizons.

Happy days to all <3

#anyway yeah - thanks for coming into my world for a little while <3 #oldiesweek #extemporize back chat #i have two more art pieces that i was late in producing that i will be posting soon in makeup - unfortunately my jobs made it #so that i didn't have enough time for all of them - but i will not neglect them <3 #i feel a little guilty but also i need to come to the realization that i produce the majority of content for these cats anyway #i also encourage you into looking into senior and adult cats in your area that may be in need of homes over their kitten counterparts #should you have the means to care for them #and - if you have older people in your life who you care for - to educate yourself on the current state of the elderly where you live #elder people are amongst the top neglected portions of the population in North America #1 in 10 individuals in these groups have reported abuse and neglect #10% of Canadian seniors are victim to crime every year with the number rapidly growing #and covid *severely* increased some of these statistics in cases of casual verbal abuse and violence #that the theatre and performance world greatly under values older actresses especially unless they are within a prime of diva-hood #and remember though it may seem far away - someday you will no longer be in your teens and twenties #your life does not end when you are 30 40 50 and beyond #opportunities in your life should not be limited as you age - your *worth* should never be limited or affected by your age #because if there is nothing else i hope people step away with it's education #anvil-y? yeah but some anvils need to be dropped

[minglana]

looooveeeeeee to see corruption before my very eyes🥰makes me feel some type of way of what influential people like politicians do to make themselves look good🥰

in other news, did you guys know that theres a lot of covid cases in my city but the hospitals are forbidden of giving official covid diagnoses "for political reasons"?

#theyre doing covid tests they just arent putting it on file. my parents went today and they had EVERYTHING they got done on file #(blood tests. xrays. etc) EXCEPT the covid test they also had done there? #and the doctor told them this im not making this shit up. i wish i was #we've theorized that its bc of the elections next week so politicians (read: lamban. aka our current president) can show off #abt how good of a job he's done and how little covid cases there are anymore #xarraire

[coulsonlives]

That time my dad sent me green apple-flavoured ivermectin for horses 'just in case I needed it'

#i still look back and cringe #but thank f he never actually fell into any conspiracy rabbit holes and this was just a one time dumb moment #probably just collateral damage from reading research night and day about covid and 'making sure his kids had as many options as possible' #so he ended up totally glossing over basic obvious facts or precautions out of exhaustion #he was really nervous so #ugh this shit destroys families if it gets its teeth in. it breaks my fcking heart #sorry i'm emotional now #qanon #ivermectin #conspiracy #cult ment cw #misinformation #critical thinking #covid ment cw #pandemic ment cw #current events cw #just in case

[lady-merian]

People will really be like “yeah lockdowns hurt our kids and we’re dealing with everything from speech delays and other developmental problems to behavioral problems and learning disabilities made worse but oh them catching something with the lethality of a common cold would be worse and even though the lockdowns didn’t stop the spread they were necessary and we were so brave”

#Abhominable #And that’s not even going into how it hurt small businesses #And the elderly who suddenly couldn’t see their loved ones #THERE ARE STUDIES WHICH SHOW THAT LOCKDOWNS KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN COVID DID #But noooooo “even a light case of covid can cause brain damage” well buddy I’m detecting some brain damage all right. #Current events

[gingerwerk]

Did my monthly check of my grad school email and found that the exhibit I made as my capstone project that never was actually made because of covid is being made by the museum I interned at and it’s gonna be installed at a nearby library and I should be happy all the work I put into it will be shown but that exhibit caused so much trauma I frankly would like it to be burned to the ground and scrubbed from my memory forever

#you know what creating a giant exhibit on a topic you know nothing about #and having to do all the writing editing and designing #and then having to redesign the panels because of covid #isn’t exactly fun kids and it will cause you trauma forever #but yes I will ask for PDFs of the final panels and picture of the exhibit up so I can have them for my portfolio #meanwhile at my current museum I get to make little one panel exhibits with a little case and walk away

[thetomorrowshow]

if ringo starr dies because of the us government's mismanagement of covid i will literally never forgive anyone on this entire planet

#ringo starr #im already angry abt the current covid response #yk what i learned today?? #when my county says we're 'in the green' #what it means is: cases are in the red but we have enough hospital rooms rn #so dont worry about masking!! #oHGH IM GOING TO THROW SOMETHING #i am chronically ill forever bc some idiot didnt wear a mask almost TWO YEARS AGO #covid #sorry about that. that came from a dark place #mas speaks

[mrs-kelly]

Good morning!! I just realized a couple of days ago was the 2nd anniversary of my completion of my Draw Every Day for a Year challenge and!! I feel so proud of myself for completing that!! Especially when most of it was during the year of 2020!

That year was so hard and I struggled so much, but having that anchor of trying to improve and focusing on something that could push me day to day through quarantine was so instrumental in getting me to the better future that I'm in right now. When I think of how, even though I was in the darkest spot of my life, I was able to buckle down and do something that was important to me, I feel so so proud of myself.

That feels like the best version of me, and it shined when I was in such a dark place. A daisy sprouting up through the sidewalk. And knowing that I did that makes me feel so good about myself! It makes me feel like I can do anything as long as I believe in myself!

#i feel really emotional about this ajfklds it was a really big deal for me #i even went past the one year mark! i drew every day for over 400 days! #when the voice in my head gets really mean. knowing i did this shuts it up fr ajfklds #i was able to finish that!! i was able to do it and i really improved!! #and i can do anything as long as i want it!! #ren speaks #covid tw #quarantine tw #current events tw #adding trigger warnings in case someone doesnt like to remember 2020! #i wouldnt blame you!! sometimes i dont like to remember it either!!

[dionysus-complex]

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#currently in a weird coincidence of a likely covid exposure + having weird ear-infection like symptoms even though I’m testing negative #and it has me worried b/c I have plans this weekend and the mewithoutyou farewell tour next week #but I decided to look at other shows on the tour in case I have to miss next week’s show and it would have to be an east coast show #and now I’m accidentally fantasizing about going to nyc w/ my spouse and going to the show there whoops

[faireladypenumbra]

I do not care about Amber Heard or Johnny Depp, but that Twitter screencap floating around, saying that the attention/parody videos/memes of the trial are a plant to rile up MRAs before midterms? Very much in the "touch grass" department of posts.

#thoughts #do none of you remember OJ? #or high profile cases like casey anthony #this is just a regular shitty american pastime #anything more is edging into the same nonsense the far right currently screams about covid waves #lowkey tired of these amber heard 'metoo is over now' posts when heard was always a divisive figure even before the trial

[fox-bright]

Covid Update, USA, late December 2023: Buckle up, folks.

Takeaway from his (very informative) thread:

Wastewater counts are obscenely high right now, belying the official case numbers. Considering that we've stopped collecting or reporting most COVID data, wastewater is the best way we have to judge the actual infection rate now.

We are currently seeing ten million new infections a week, and can expect that to greatly increase within the next three weeks.

If you've stopped masking, please start again, for your own safety and the safety of your community. Many hospital systems are already trending toward being overwhelmed right now; let's do what we can to lighten their burden.

Avoid unnecessary gatherings where possible.

Ventilate your spaces well (this is a good time to build that Corsi-Rosenthal box you were thinking about! I made one, it's great).

And just from me, personally--now's a good time to reevaluate casual habits. I've been careless, again, about touching my face. Time for me to knock it off!

This is a period where we need to act with more care. Not a time to panic, but a time to be more cautious.

#covid #covid19 #covid isn't over #mask up #covid 19

[feminist-space]

Cat in the Hat:

"The German Health Minister gave an important update on the Covid situation yesterday.

I’ve written up the section of his speech from the video below for easy reading.

It’s immensely refreshing to see a government minister warning of the harms of Covid in such a transparent way."

https://x.com/_catinthehat/status/1732092683508678954

Prof. Karl Lauterbach

Health Minister, Germany

4 December 2023

"This second (long Covid) round table was very interesting, lasting three and a half hours. It serves as a unique forum for dialogue among scientists, researchers and those affected by long Covid, facilitating the exchange of ideas.

There are many new findings about long Covid. Not all of them are good news. One piece of not-so-good news concerns the fact that long Covid is actually still a problem for those who are newly infected. One estimate that has been put forward is that the risk of contracting long Covid now, even after vaccination, is around 3%. Now you may say, "that's not such a big risk" , but there are tens of thousands of people who are repeatedly affected in a short period of time. And so, the long Covid problem has not yet been solved.

We have also established that there really are many subgroups of long Covid and that we do not yet have a cure. And it was clearly pointed out that we are also dealing with problems here that will challenge society as a whole, because vascular diseases often occur after long Covid. Throughout Europe, we are currently seeing an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in the middle-age group - from 25 to 50. This is associated with the consequences of Covid infections.

We also very often find cognitive impairment in older people. And one participant pointed out that it may well be like the Spanish flu, where 20 years after the Spanish flu there was a significant increase in Parkinson's disease and probably also dementia.

This is something we must pay attention to, as the past infection afiects how the immune system in the brain functions, as well as the brain's blood vessels, potentially increasing the long-term risk of these major neurodegenerative diseases. This is why we need to conduct very intensive research. This research has played a major role.

What is the overall assessment of the situation now?

We have to be careful. Long Covid is not curable at the moment. We also know that over 40% of those who have several manifestations of long Covid, for example, five or more, still have symptoms after 2 years, so it doesn't seem to heal spontaneously. We also know that those whose symptoms are more pronounced at the beginning are less likely to heal.

So some of what we know from the demographics of long Covid has been confirmed, and we now know more precisely which mechanisms in the brain, but also in the blood vessels and the immune system, are responsible for this. Professor Scheibenbogan will explain this briefly later.

At this point, I can only say the following - this is particularly important to me:

First of all, long Covid is a disease that stays with us and that we cannot yet cure. And we are seeing an increasing number of cases as the waves of infection continue to affect us.

Secondly, Covid is not a cold - with a cold, you don't usually see any long-term effects. You don't see any changes in the blood vessels. You don't usually see an autoimmune disease developing. You also don't usually see neurological inflammation - these are all things that we see with long Covid. Therefore, one should not assume that Covid infection is just a common cold. It can affect brain tissue and the vascular system, and we still lack an effective treatment, making these studies crucial.

Significantly, we know that the risk of long Covid decreases when you're infected but have been vaccinated. That's why it's concerning that only 3 million people have been vaccinated with the new, adapted vaccine. That is a very bad result.

Please protect yourself from severe infections.

Please protect yourself from long Covid.

Currently, the danger posed by Covid is indeed being underestimated. Nothing is worse than infecting someone at Christmas who then becomes seriously ill and may not fully recover."

Alt text is included in all images of this post.

#covid #not a cold #please wear a mask #pandemic #pandemic not over #long covid #Karl Lauterbach #Germany #German health minister

[thistlecrimes]

Things I've learned from getting covid for the first time in 2023

I wear an N95 in public spaces and I've managed to dodge it for a long time, but I finally got covid for the first time (to my knowledge) in mid-late November 2023. It was a weird experience especially because I feel like it used to be something everyone was talking about and sharing info on, so getting it for the first time now (when people generally seem averse to talking about covid) I found I needed to seek out a lot of info because I wasn't sure what to do. I put so much effort into prevention, I knew less about what to do when you have it. I'm experiencing a rebound right now so I'm currently isolating. So, I'm making a post in the hopes that if you get covid (it's pretty goddamn hard to avoid right now) this info will be helpful for you. It's a couple things I already knew and several things I learned. One part of it is based on my experience in Minnesota but some other states may have similar programs.

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The World Health Organization states you should isolate for 10 days from first having symptoms plus 3 days after the end of symptoms.

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At the time of my writing this post, in Minnesota, we have a test to treat program where you can call, report the result of your rapid test (no photo necessary) and be prescribed paxlovid over the phone to pick up from your pharmacy or have delivered to you. It is free and you do not need to have insurance. I found it by googling "Minnesota Test to Treat Covid"

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Paxlovid decreases the risk of hospitalization and death, but it's also been shown to decrease the risk of Long Covid. Long Covid can occur even from mild or asymptomatic infections.

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Covid rebound commonly occurs 2-8 days after apparent recovery. While many people associate Paxlovid with covid rebound, researchers say there is no strong evidence that Paxlovid causes covid rebound, and rebounds occur in infections that were not treated with Paxlovid as well. I knew rebounds could happen but did not know it could take 8 days. I had mine on day 7 and was completely surprised by it.

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If you start experiencing new symptoms or test positive again, the CDC states that you should start your isolation period again at day zero. Covid rebound is still contagious. Personally I'd suggest wearing a high quality respirator around folks for an additional 8-9 days after you start to test negative in case of a rebound.

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Positive results on a rapid test can be very faint, but even a very faint line is positive result. Make sure to look at your rapid test result under strong lighting. Also, false negatives are not uncommon. If you have symptoms but test negative taking multiple tests and trying different brands if you have them are not bad ideas. My ihealth tests picked up my covid, my binax now tests did not.

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EDIT: I'd highly suggest spending time with friends online if you can, I previously had a link to the NAMI warmline directory in this post but I've since been informed that NAMI is very much funded by pharmaceutical companies and lobbies for policies that take autonomy away from disabled folks, so I've taken that off of here! Sorry, I had no idea, the People's CDC listed them as a resource so I just assumed they were legit! Feel free to reply/reblog this with other warmlines/support resources if you know of them! And please reblog this version!

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I know that there is so much we can't control as individuals right now, and that's frightening. All we can do is try our best to reduce harm and to care for each other. I hope this info will be able to help folks.

#covid #covid 19 #harm reduction #apparently only 16% of Americans even got their booster #it's wild out there #which makes sense because our public health messaging has been super unhelpful and intentionally shifted the burden #of infection control onto individuals to avoid us holding them accountable because it's politically and economically inconvenient to them