Coronavirus Updates

[Soen Eber]

Well, if the virus mutates fast enough the people who refuse to take the vaccine will self-select themselves out of existence. Problem solved.

Note: I am NOT advocating for this. But reality is ... reality. It happens despite our wishful thinking otherwise.

 

[Kokoro Fasching]

Well, if the virus mutates fast enough the people who refuse to take the vaccine will self-select themselves out of existence. Problem solved.

Note: I am NOT advocating for this. But reality is ... reality. It happens despite our wishful thinking otherwise.

I will go there though. I feel that anyone who refuses the vaccine for non life threatening medical reasons should be Darwin'ed by the virus. Hopefully before they breed too much. Humans have been protecting stupid for too many generations now.

 

[Romana]

I will go there though. I feel that anyone who refuses the vaccine for non life threatening medical reasons should be Darwin'ed by the virus. Hopefully before they breed too much. Humans have been protecting stupid for too many generations now.

Like this guy:

Anti-vaxxer sheriff's deputy dies from COVID-19 complications shortly after mocking the vaccine on Facebook

"I have an immune system," said one of the social media posts that Daniel 'Duke' Trujillo had shared shortly before his death from COVID-19.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Beebo Brink]

Russian scientists warn of possible new 'Moscow variant'

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Previous Covid infection may not offer long-term protection, study finds

Research found marked differences in immune response of medical staff six months after contracting virus

www.theguardian.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Marr on catching Covid after being double vaccinated

The BBC's Andrew Marr fell ill with Covid-19, despite being vaccinated twice.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Beebo Brink]

Startling Discovery Suggests 40% of Wild Deer in The US Have Had The Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus appears to have somehow jumped from humans to wild deer in some parts of the United States.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[Govi]

So, Trump et al were even more wrong than we thought: it should be called the Deerhunter virus.

 

[Free]

Startling Discovery Suggests 40% of Wild Deer in The US Have Had The Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus appears to have somehow jumped from humans to wild deer in some parts of the United States.

www.sciencealert.com

So few deer are concerned with safety.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Lengthy and quite technical article covering field research on the coronavirus origins question.

Phylogeographic Mapping of Newly Discovered Coronaviruses Pinpoints the Direct Progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 as Originating from Mojiang, China - Independent Science News | Food, Health and Agriculture Bioscience News

This phylogeographic analysis of the bat reservoir from which SARS-CoV-2 sprang will transform the discussion about its origin.

www.independentsciencenews.org

The tl:dr version:

Thus, if we knew nothing else about the origin of SARS-CoV-2 we would learn from this [plotted graph] that, first, genetic variation among the bat viruses in this lineage is highly correlated with geographic location.

Second, that the direct bat progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 came from a bat living at or near to the Mojiang mine in south-central Yunnan, China. In other words, the Mojiang area of Yunnan was the site of the key zoonotic leap where SARS-CoV-2’s ancestor exited its bat reservoir. This leap may have been directly into a human. Alternatively, the leap may have been into an intermediate host. The third possibility is that the leap was assisted by scientists collecting or researching bat viruses.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Romana]

 

[Isabeau]

I can’t find the How Covid affects Society thread, I think I may I put it on ignore(?) and don’t know how to reinstate it.

Anyway, omg this thread…

 

[Innula Zenovka]

‘What is happening to me?’ The teenagers trying to make sense of long Covid

More than 100,000 Britons under 25 have endured months of debilitating symptoms, while doctors struggle to help and others fail to take them seriously. Four young people describe what it’s like

www.theguardian.com

Evernote link

 

[Beebo Brink]

Washington Post: ‘This is a very dangerous combination’: New study says wildfire smoke linked to increased covid cases, deaths
Harvard University researchers studied more than 90 counties in the West that were hit hard by wildfires in 2020.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

UK regulator approves ‘first of its kind’ Covid antibody treatment

Sajid Javid says green light for Ronapreve – which was used to treat Donald Trump – is ‘fantastic news’

www.theguardian.com

First monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 approved for use in the UK

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today given approval for the first monoclonal antibody treatment for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in the UK.

www.gov.uk

Regulatory approval of Ronapreve

Information for healthcare professionals and the public about Ronapreve

www.gov.uk

 

[Free]

 

[Beebo Brink]

Fascinating....

The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neanderthals - Nature

Risk of severe COVID-19 is conferred by a genomic segment that is inherited from Neanderthals and is carried by around 50% and 16% of people in south Asia and Europe, respectively.

www.nature.com

 

[Romana]

The guy in the video is a comedian. The woman quote tweeting him is an actual nurse.

 

[Beebo Brink]