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After Corona now H3N2 wreaks havoc, one person lost his life in Karnataka, you should also take these precautions It is being told that the old man suffering from the H3N2 virus died on March 1 itself and after his death, people in the surrounding areas of his village have also been investigated. Image Source: Pixabay Representational One person has died due to the H3N2 virus in…

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Ok futurama covid episode is a little taxing but I gotta give them credit for the omicron variant joke

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I have a friend who's still highly cautious around covid because she's high risk but she keeps posting all these screenshots of tweets about covid studies on her instagram in an attempt to convince people that covid is still very dangerous

and it's not that covid isn't still potentially dangerous, but one quick google search has allowed me to find every study that she has referenced, and without fail, every single one of them has been working with pre-vaccine, pre-omicron data. the most recent one she's posting about is about cardiac conditions post covid, and wouldn't you know, the entire sample was taken from people who caught covid between march 2020 and january 2021.

this was pre-vaccine, pre-omicron, hell, it was pre-delta variant (remember that one). this was the wild type covid, which our bodies were least immune to. it was the type that was most known to be causing cardiac symptoms and blood clots. besides delta, it was the most deadly. and no one was vaccinated.

so yes, in that group of people, who were unfortunate enough to catch covid during that period, the results of this study are likely very valid- they are at increased risk of heart disease. and that should be talked about and studied more and if those people end up with cardiac symptoms they need to be receiving proper care.

but we should not be assuming, without further study, that these risks are still the same for those who've been vaccinated, or who only caught covid after the omicron variant became dominant (the omicron lineages have been pretty different from the wild type and other pre-omicron variants, so it's worth noting that). like this is a study that must be replicated with a post-vaccine, post-omicron sample before you will even remotely convince me that those cardiac risks are the same as they were before.

and it is driving me crazy that my friend, who is also fucking trained in how to read science, is posting this shit seemingly without looking at the actual papers or thinking about the context at all. like it is driving me absolutely bananas. these posts aren't even like, direct quotes from the papers, they're screenshots of randos on twitter talking about these papers, as if twitter rando knows jack shit about what they're talking about. like it's all well and good to still care about covid but could you at least do it with less of the fear mongering?

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Peringatan Terkini: Lonjakan Kasus COVID-19 di Indonesia, Protokol Kesehatan Harus Diperketat

Jakarta, 6 Desember 2023 – Direktur Jenderal Pencegahan dan Pengendalian Penyakit, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, kembali memberikan peringatan kepada masyarakat Indonesia untuk meningkatkan kewaspadaan dan disiplin dalam menerapkan protokol kesehatan (prokes) mengingat adanya peningkatan kasus COVID-19 dalam beberapa pekan terakhir.   Berdasarkan data terbaru Kementerian Kesehatan per 6 Desember 2023,…

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The global death rate did decline dramatically after Omicron.

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By Anthony Robledo

The side effects of newly discovered COVID-19 strain XEC might not be as severe, but is part of the more contagious variant class, experts say.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines XEC as recombinant or hybrid of the strains KS.1.1 and KP.3.3., both from the Omicron family that became the predominant strain in the U.S. late December 2022.

The variant, which first appeared in Berlin in late June, has increasingly seen hundreds of cases in Germany, France, Denmark and Netherlands, according to a report by Australia-based data integration specialist Mike Honey.

XEC has also been reported in at least 25 U.S. states though there could be more as genetic testing is not done on every positive test, RTI International epidemiologist Joëlla W. Adams said.

"We often use what happens in Europe as a good indication of what might happen here," Adams told USA TODAY Friday. "Whenever we're entering into a season where we have multiple viruses occurring at the same time, like we're entering into flu season, that obviously complicates things."

What is the XEC variant? New COVID strain XEC is a recombinant strain of two variants in the Omicron family: KS.1.1 and KP.3.3.

The hybrid strain was first reported in Berlin late June but has spread across Europe, North America and Asia with the countries Germany, France, the Netherlands and Denmark leading cases.

Is the XEC variant more contagious? While there's no indication the XEC strain will increase the severity of virus, it could potentially become a dominant strain as Omicron variants are more contagious. However, current available COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots are particularly protective against XEC as it is a hybrid of two Omicron strains.

"These strains do have the advantage in the fact that they are more transmissible compared to other families, and so the vaccines that are currently being offered were not based off of the XEC variant, but they are related," Adams said.

Like other respiratory infections, COVID-19 and its recent Omicron variants will increasingly spread during the fall and winter seasons as students return to classes, kids spend more time inside and people visit family for the holidays, according to Adams.

How can we protect ourselves from XEC and other variants? The CDC continues to monitor the emergence of variants in the population, according to spokesperson Rosa Norman.

"At this time, we anticipate that COVID-19 treatments and vaccines will continue to work against all circulating variants," Norman said in a statement to USA TODAY. "CDC will continue to monitor the effectiveness of treatment and vaccines against circulating variants."

The CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older, with some exceptions, receive an updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the virus, regardless whether or not you have previously been vaccinated or infected.

Norman urged Americans to monitor the agency's COVID Data Tracker for updates to new variants.

KP.3.1.1:This dominant COVID-19 variant accounts for over 50% of cases, new CDC data shows

What is the dominant strain of COVID in the US? COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 is currently the dominant strain accounting for more than half of positive infections in the U.S. according to recent CDC projections.

Between Sept. 1 and Sept. 14, 52.7% of positive infections were of the KP.3.1.1 strain, followed by KP.2.3 at 12.2%, according to the agency's Nowcast data tracker, which displays COVID-19 estimates and projections for two-week periods.

KP.3.1.1 first became the dominant strain in the two-week period, starting on July 21st and ending on August 3rd.

"The KP.3.1.1 variant is very similar to other circulating variants in the United States. All current lineages are descendants of JN.1, which emerged in late 2023," Norman previously told USA TODAY.

COVID XEC symptoms There is no indication that the XEC variant comes with its own unique symptoms.

The CDC continues to outline the basic COVID-19 symptoms, which can appear between two to 14 days after exposure to the virus and can range from mild to severe.

These are some of the symptoms of COVID-19:

Fever or chills Cough Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing Fatigue Muscle or body aches Headache Loss of taste or smell Sore throat Congestion or runny nose Nausea or vomiting Diarrhea

The CDC said you should seek medical attention if you have the following symptoms:

Trouble breathing Persistent pain or pressure in the chest New confusion Inability to wake or stay awake Pale, gray or blue-colored skin, lips, or nail beds

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COVID-19 Crisis: OCTA says Metro Manila positivity rate may peak by next week

As the number of new cases of COVID-19 infection continues to rise here in the Philippines, OCTA Research announced that the positivity rate in Metro Manila may peak next week, according to a Manila Bulletin news report. To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the Manila Bulletin news article. Some parts in boldface… The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila may peak…

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Omicron Much Less Likely to Cause Long COVID, Study Finds

March 10, 2023 – Health care workers infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant were far less likely to experience significant long COVID symptoms than those who contracted the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to new research out of Switzerland. The results, which will be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases conference in April and have been peer…

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Live Corona update on Coronavirus outbreak in 2022: PM warns against complacency and advises for strict vigilance

Live Corona update on Coronavirus outbreak in 2022: PM warns against complacency and advises for strict vigilance

Covid BF7 variant LIVE Corona update: Thursday’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned against complacency, and advised that the country keep a close eye on Covid cases in China. The virus continues to spread through Shanghai’s 25 million population, months after it was stopped by a severe lockdown. Hospitals are having trouble handling the infected patients. Pharmacies are refusing to accept…

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Attenzione ai seppur lievi sintomi da Covid-19

I sintomi del COVID stanno cambiando: cosa tener d’occhio ora. Le varianti del Coronavirus portano a sviluppare sintomi diversi, ecco i più diffusi oggi. Anche se i titoli dei giornali non lo riportano più sulle prime pagine, il Covid19 segna nuovi casi d’infezione ogni giorno. Conoscendo meglio il virus, oggi è possibile farvi fronte in maniera più efficace rispetto al passato ma non bisogna mai sottovalutare la sua presenza. Per via delle sue mutazioni, poi, la sintomatologia connessa varia da soggetto a soggetto e anche a seconda della variante che va diffondendosi. Rispetto solo a qualche settimana fa, per esempio, i sintomi che rivelano un possibile contagio stanno cambiando ancora. L’imprevedibilità, infatti, è la sola costante del Coronavirus che tenta ogni via per rendere difficile il suo riconoscimento. In generale, per fortuna, rispetto al ceppo originale di due anni addietro, oggi le varianti mietono meno vittime e questo grazie ai dispositivi di protezione individuale e al distanziamento sociale. Chi poi ha completato il ciclo vaccinale, secondo quanto comunica ZOE Health Study, ha fino a cinque volte in meno di probabilità di essere ricoverato in ospedale. Proprio l’essere o meno vaccinati, tra l’altro, influisce non solo sulla gravità delle eventuali complicazioni ma anche sul tipo di sintomi che si sviluppano. Ecco, allora, quali sono in questo momento i segnali da tener d’occhio. Lo studio citato riferisce che chi ha completato il primo ciclo vaccinale, se contagiato da Coronavirus, tende a presentare come sintomo più frequente il mal di gola. Seguono, per diffusione, tosse persistente, rinorrea, mal di testa e naso chiuso. I soggetti, invece, con una sola dose di vaccino dichiarano di soffrire innanzitutto di mal di testa. Quindi, di starnutire con insistenza, di avere il nasco che cola, tosse e solo da ultimo mal di gola. Infine, nei non vaccinati i sintomi più ricorrenti sono mal di testa, febbre, mal di gola, tosse e rinorrea. Nel complesso, quindi, emerge come il rialzo della temperatura corporea sia scongiurato dalla vaccinazione diventano un sintomo minoritario nella maggior parte della popolazione. Read the full article