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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…

[buindia]

What is Corona XE Variant, and is There Cause for Concern?

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[covid-safer-hotties]

University of Houston Researchers Create New Treatment and Vaccine for Flu and Various Coronaviruses - Published Aug 6, 2024

Team Develops Two Nasal Sprays – An Immune Activator and a New Vaccine – To Prevent Virus Transmission

HOUSTON, Aug. 6 — A team of researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered two new ways of preventing and treating respiratory viruses. In back-to-back papers in Nature Communications, the team — from the lab of Navin Varadarajan, M.D. Anderson Professor of William A. Brookshire Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - reports the development and validation of NanoSTING, a nasal spray, as a broad-spectrum immune activator for controlling infection against multiple respiratory viruses; and the development of NanoSTING-SN, a pan-coronavirus nasal vaccine, that can protect against infection and disease by all members of the coronavirus family.

NanoSTING Therapeutic’s Highlights -NanoSTING, a nasal spray, can prevent multiple respiratory viruses by activating the immune system and preventing infection from viruses. It can also protect against SARS-CoV-2 reinfection.

-A single intranasal dose of the NanoSTING has proven effective against strains of SARS-CoV-2 and the flu virus.

-NanoSTING is complementary to vaccines and enables cells to be in a heightened state of alert to prevent attack from respiratory viruses.

NanoSTING-NS Pan-coronavirus Vaccine’s Highlights -UH researchers have developed NanoSTING-SN, a nasal vaccine that prevents transmission to the unvaccinated and fights multiple COVID variants.

-NanoSTING-SN provides the exciting potential towards a universal coronavirus vaccine and may end the cycle of onward transmission and viral evolution in immunocompromised people.

-Intramuscular vaccines prevent disease but are less efficient in preventing infections. NanoSTING-SN can provide improved protection against transmission for COVID variants and related sarbecoviruses.

NanoSTING -NanoSTING is a special formula that uses tiny fat droplets to deliver an immune-boosting ingredient called cGAMP. This formula helps the body's cells stay on high alert to prevent attack from respiratory viruses.

“Using multiple models, the team demonstrated that a single treatment with NanoSTING not only protects against pathogenic strains of SARS-CoV-2 but also prevents transmission of highly transmissible variants like the Omicron variants,” reports Varadarajan. “Delivery of NanoSTING to the nose ensures that the immune system is activated in the nasal compartment and this in turn prevents infection from viruses.”

As the recent COVID19 pandemic illustrated, the development of off-the-shelf treatments that counteract respiratory viruses is a largely unsolved problem with a huge impact on human lives.

“Our results showed that intranasal delivery of NanoSTING, is capable of eliciting beneficial type I and type III interferon responses that are associated with immune protection and antiviral benefit,” reports first author and postdoctoral associate, Ankita Leekha.

The authors further show that NanoSTING can protect against both Tamiflu sensitive and resistant strains of influenza, underscoring its potential as a broad-spectrum therapeutic.

“The ability to activate the innate immune system presents an attractive route to armoring humans against multiple respiratory viruses, viral variants and also minimizing transmission to vulnerable people,” said Leekha. “The advantage of NanoSTING is that only one dose is required unlike the antivirals like Tamiflu that require 10 doses.”

The mechanism of action of NanoSTING is complementary to vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and antivirals, the authors noted.

Nano STING-SN Despite the successful implementation of multiple vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, these vaccines need constant updates due to viral evolution, plus the current generation of vaccines only offers limited protection against transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Enter NanoSTING-SN, a multi-antigen, intranasal vaccine, that eliminates virus replication in both the lungs and the nostrils and has the ability to protect against multiple coronaviruses and variants.

“Using multiple preclinical models, the team demonstrated that the vaccine candidate protects the primary host from disease when challenged with highly pathogenic variants. Significantly, the vaccine also prevents transmission of highly transmissible variants like the Omicron variants to vaccine-naïve hosts,” reports Varadarajan.

The authors further show that the nasal vaccine was 100% effective at preventing transmission of the Omicron VOCs to unvaccinated hosts.

“The ability to protect against multiple coronaviruses and variants provides the exciting potential towards a universal coronavirus vaccine,” said Leekha. “The ability to prevent infections and transmission might finally end this cycle of onward transmission and viral evolution in immunocompromised people.”

The research was conducted by a collaborative team at UH including Xinli Liu, College of Pharmacy and Vallabh E. Das, College of Optometry along with Brett L. Hurst of Utah State University and consultation from AuraVax Therapeutics, a spinoff from Varadarajan’s Single Cell Lab at UH, which is developing NanoSTING.

Funding for the studies was provided by NIH (R01GM143243), Owens Foundation, and AuraVax Therapeutics.

Study linked at either link!

[ariaofsasha]

The end of the universe isn't the most ideal place for a coffee date, but Corona insists that the Omicrons make a way better latte than anyone at the Last Stand.

[amaranth-devi1]

What do you still remember from that time?

Summer/autumn/early winter 2021-22, when COV-19 non-vaccinated people tried in every way to warn people about the harm. They were attacked on various discussion platforms by ordinary citizens as well.

The unvaccinated were told they were tinfoil hattes, conspiracy theorists, pro-vegetarians, jerks, held others hostage and were even expected to die.

They wanted to shut them out of society, they even planned a vaccine passport.

Information about the disadvantages was already available at a very early stage if you wanted to find it. Everyone has decided what and who to believe, e.g. against Dr. Malone was widely attacked.

The majority have taken the vaccines completely voluntarily.

By the end of autumn 2021, most of the population had been vaccinated. However, infection statistics increased. They pretended that the vaccinated wouldn't get infected. The infections were blamed on the unvaccinated.

However, there were so few unvaccinated people that everyone would have had to realize for themselves that the infections were not caused by unvaccinated people.

It was already known at a very early stage that Corona was not dangerous for children and young people. Their vaccination was justified by the protection of others.

The unvaccinated tried to the last to prevent the vaccination of children and young people. However, children and young people have suffered. Young healthy people started dying suddenly.

Now even the mainstream media has reported that the spikes do not prevent infection and that it was already known early on.

But how will the people react? Deep silence!!!

Omicron changed the playing field and the majority of unvaccinated people have focused on living forward.

Those who have been harmed are now on their own and no one wants to listen to them. However, it is not the fault of the unvaccinated.

Even memory disease is noted as a cause of death for the elderly. Which in itself cannot be the cause of death. Excess mortality statistics are higher than ever in history. (over 40% in Finland) The cold rooms are full of corpses and some corpses are at normal room temperature for days. Due to jams, burial times become really long. The wrong bodies are placed in the graves. (in Finland).

WHO is preparing a pandemic agreement and forced strikes. Very likely the following spikes will be even more "powerful".

[writingwell]

Could you write a fic where Beckett has been sick for a bit and keeps insisting it’s a cold before Castle forces her to take a Covid test preferably pre-couple pretty pleaseeee🙏🏼

pre-couple but covid, idk what time machine shenanigans would go on for that, so i made it tried-to-be-a-couple didn't-work might-try-again-any-day. you might not be looking for that. but here you go:

What started innocently enough soon turned vicious: from a tickle to a hellacious barking, sniffing when she drank a freshly made cup of espresso to vampire sneezing explosively in rapid succession.

Every eyebrow in the bullpen went up. Every eye turned her way, suspicious and damning.

She seemed to notice her audience, turned to him instead, glaring as she spat, "It's not covid!"

"Uh-huh," he answered. Both hands raised in surrender.

But they all knew.

(Well, they all suspected, because it was 2022, and they were midway through boosters and Delta/Omicron and Great Flu Resurgence and some of the beat officers were getting RSV on top of that and then a stomach flu went around when the masks came off in the precinct, and really, coughing and sneezing and a scratchy voice—what else could it be?)

No one was immune to the suspicion, just as no one was immune to covid but in the window of time afforded to one by the life of the vaccine or a previous bout with the novel corona virus, and well, everyone had their own story to tell, much like after 9/11 when that was the first thing people talked about in the street or meeting for a drink, where were you, only now it was how many of your family died or how long were you laid up?

Rick Castle cornered her (not too closely, no; he knew she was contagious and he didn't want his mother getting it, vaccinated or not) in the parking garage of the Twelfth before she could ride up to Homicide.

"It's not covid," she hissed, before he could even speak.

"So take a test," he answered easily. "Put our minds at ease."

"I did. I have. I've taken three," she hissed.

If he stepped back to avoid whatever sprayed from her hissing, could you blame him? "This morning? Before the call about the body?"

"Last night," she said. A grudging hesitation. "It was negative last night."

"Okay, then maybe go to the City clinic," he said amicably. "Could be strep." Or whooping cough.

"I don't feel bad, no body aches, no fever—"

"Alexis got strep every winter until she was thirteen. That year, no strep! We joked she'd grown out of it. But then her best friend, after every sleepover, would mysteriously come down with strep and Alexis wouldn't. Friend's mom made me take her in and get tested. Sure enough, she was asymptomatic."

"It's not strep," Beckett answered. Scathingly, but she was the Captain, and she did often push him aside when she needed to get going and he was being difficult.

(Busy woman, the Captain of the Twelfth. He was often being difficult, considering he wouldn't quit her and she wouldn't commit to him.

But she wasn't wrong, since she had a press conference to get to and a Homicide division to micro-manage. Whoops, did he say micro-manage? He was being mean. In his own head. To the woman of his dreams/nightmares.

Theirs was often a love-hate relationship these days.)

He kept silent, rode the elevator up with her. He made her a cup of espresso in the break room while she prepped for the press conference. Granted, he was rushing to get it ready—coffee was still their love language, despite the bumps in their road—but when she took a sip and her face blanched, he knew.

"Ahem. Funny taste?"

"It's not covid, Castle."

At the press conference, she was in the middle of her rundown on the DB—okay, yes, Castle should have been listening but the guy had been a jackass member of City Council who had tried to get her fired—and her voice cracked.

She cleared her throat. Coughed delicately into her fist. Tried again.

Her voice broke like fine porcelain in the hands of underpaid movers, and the first question from the press was, Are you coming down with something?

She steadfastly refused to look at him. Deny deny deny, and she was getting good at it, as the Captain of the Twelfth, had to give her that.

He was home that night working on book edits—he was giving Nikki Heat a vicious bout of covid, laying her up in her apartment, when a murderer comes to call—when his phone vibrated off his desk and dropped to the floor.

Her face the ID. From that ill-fated night in his bed. She had changed it twice before he'd discovered a passcode to his phone she couldn't guess/wheedle from his mother. Even now, it filled with him a melange of dread and sweetness, terror and tenderness.

"Captain Beckett, you rang?"

"Castle—"

"You sound awf—"

"I have covid."

"I know," he murmured, rising to his feet. "I bought chicken soup from the Czech deli on my way home, and I have a guy on speed dial who can prescribe you paxlovid."

"The drug? I heard it gives you rebound covid."

"That's not because of the drug," he told her, gathering his keys and wallet, his jacket. "It's just a thing some people get, treatment or no."

"Okay," she croaked. "Get me drugs."

"I'll be right there."

He arrived forty-seven minutes later with the prescription, chicken soup, a package of KN95s, his laptop, and a determination he'd not felt since that botched night.

She took it all.

She wore the mask, laid on the couch in the living room with her face to a satin pillow, her eyes slitted like a cat, and watched him make edits on the book.

"Did you give her covid?" she rasped.

"Yes."

She didn't answer. Merely watched him.

He submitted his first round of edits and made her a bowl of soup, wore his own mask but wouldn't isolate from her as she sipped the broth. Her throat worked as if each swallow was pain. Her eyes had dark rings, bruised-looking, and her hair was limp. She coughed and they both flinched.

He fished a water with electrolytes from his bag of provisions, opened it for her because her fingers looked fragile. She drank. She eyed him.

She fell asleep with the bowl against her chest, half drunk. He took it from her, put the water on the floor close at hand, couldn't resist pushing the hair back behind her ear.

He bent low. Held his breath for an instant before he confessed: "I didn't want to. But. I still love you."

-----

[zycaa]

akhir' ini kek sering kena flu gitu, ada yg ngalamin jg ga ya . Bukannya Corona udah selesai 2 thn lalu ya masa iya kena corona part sekian wk. Udah demam flu batuk ditambah gada duit pula lengkap sudah.

#flu #omicron #daily #zycaa

[rosenongrata]

Behind the Stars – The Great Rift

CHARACTER DIRECTORY.

⋯ ✩ A/N: This will probably be updated periodically as I work on them and their universe over time. If you ever have any questions, feel free to drop them in my inbox! Note: This alphabetical list encompasses characters from both Starfield and Liberation. These stories, while in the same universe, take place in different periods.

GALAXIES.

🌌 — Via Lactea – "Ama-gi; the All-Mother" (Milky Way) 🌌 — Andromeda – "Medea" (Messier 31)

THE 88 CONSTELLATIONS.

💫 — Andromeda – "Andy" – The Chained Maiden 💫 — Antlia – "Lia" – Air Pump 💫 — Apus – Bird of Paradise 💫 — Aquarius – "Aqua" – Water-Bearer 💫 — Aquila – Eagle 💫 — Ara – Altar 💫 — Aries – "Ari" – Ram 💫 — Auriga – Charioteer 💫 — Boötes – "Tess" – Herdsman 💫 — Caelum – "Cae" – Chisel 💫 — Camelopardalis – "Cam" – Giraffe 💫 — Cancer – "Ann" – Crab 💫 — Canes Venatici – "Cane" – Hunting Dogs 💫 — Canis Major – "Cani" – Greater Dog 💫 — Canis Minor – "Can" – Lesser Dog 💫 — Capricornus – "Cap" – Sea-Goat 💫 — Carina – Ship Keel (also a part of Argo Navis) 💫 — Cassiopeia – "Cassie" – The Seated Queen 💫 — Centaurus – "Cen" – Centaur 💫 — Cepheus – "Ceph" – The King 💫 — Cetus – Sea Monster/Whale 💫 — Chamaeleon – "Leon" – Chameleon 💫 — Circinus – "Cici" – Technical Compasses 💫 — Columba – Dove 💫 — Coma Berenices – "Berenices" – Berenice's Hair 💫 — Corona Australis – "Aussie" – Southern Crown 💫 — Corona Borealis – "Borea" – Northern Crown 💫 — Corvus – Crow 💫 — Crater – Cup 💫 — Crux – Southern Cross 💫 — Cygnus – "Cyg" – Swan (also the Northern Cross) 💫 — Delphinus – "Dede" – Dolphin 💫 — Dorado – Dolphinfish 💫 — Draco – Dragon 💫 — Equuleus – "Equi" – Pony 💫 — Eridanus – River of Eridanus 💫 — Fornax – Chemical Furnace 💫 — Gemini – The Twins 💫 — Grus – Crane 💫 — Hercules – Heracles from Greek Myth 💫 — Horologium – Pendulum Clock 💫 — Hydra – Sea Serpent 💫 — Hydrus – Lesser Water Snake 💫 — Indus – "Indy" – The Indigenous* 💫 — Lacerta – Lizard 💫 — Leo – Lion 💫 — Leo Minor – "Lee" – Lesser Lion 💫 — Lepus – "Lep" – Hare 💫 — Libra – Balancing Scales 💫 — Lupus – Wolf 💫 — Lynx – Lynx 💫 — Lyra – Lyre/Harp 💫 — Mensa – Table Mountain 💫 — Microscopium – "Micky" – Microscope 💫 — Monoceros – "Ceros" – Unicorn 💫 — Musca – Fly 💫 — Norma – Spirit Level 💫 — Octans – Octant 💫 — Ophiuchus – "Ophi" – Serpent-Bearer 💫 — Orion – Orion from Greek Myth 💫 — Pavo – Peacock 💫 — Pegasus – Pegasus 💫 — Perseus – Perseus from Greek Myth 💫 — Phoenix – Phoenix 💫 — Pictor – Easel 💫 — Pisces – Fishes 💫 — Piscis Austrinus – "Pisci" – Southern Fish 💫 — Puppis – Ship Stern Deck (also a part of Argo Navis) 💫 — Pyxis – "Pyx" – Mariner's Compass 💫 — Reticulum – "Ret" – Eyepiece Graticule 💫 — Sagitta – Arrow 💫 — Sagittarius – "Sag/Saj" – Archer 💫 — Scorpius – "Scorpio" – Scorpion 💫 — Sculptor – "Scully" – Sculptor 💫 — Scutum – Shield 💫 — Serpens – Snake 💫 — Sextans – Sextant 💫 — Taurus – Bull 💫 — Telescopium – "Tele" – Telescope 💫 — Triangulum – "Tria" – Triangle 💫 — Triangulum Australe – "Trin" – Southern Triangle 💫 — Tucana – Toucan 💫 — Ursa Major – "Ursa" – Greater Bear 💫 — Ursa Minor – "Cub" – Lesser Bear 💫 — Vela – Ship Sails (also a part of Argo Navis) 💫 — Virgo – The Maiden 💫 — Volans – Flying Fish 💫 — Vulpecula – "Vixen" – Fox

STARS.

✨ — Beta Andromedae – "Mirach" ✨ — Delta Antliae – "Delt" ✨ — BPS CS22892-0052 Aquarii – "Sneden" (a part of The Elysians) ✨ — Theta Aurigae – "Mahasim" ✨ — Alpha Canis Majoris – "Sirius" ✨ — Alpha Cassiopeiae – "Schedar; Daria" ✨ — Gamma Cassiopeiae – "Navi; Tsih" ✨ — Alpha Centauri – "Rigil Kentaurus" ✨ — Beta Centauri – "Hadar" (goes by Malachy in other worlds) ✨ — BPM 37093 / V886 Centauri – "Lucy" ✨ — Centaurus X-3 / Krzeminski Centauri – "Krze" ✨ — Alpha Cephei – "Alderamin" ✨ — BPS CS31082-0001 Ceti – "Cayrel" (a part of The Elysians) ✨ — Omicron Ceti – "Mira(e)" ✨ — Alpha Corvi – "Alchiba" ✨ — Gamma Corvi – "Gienah; Dextra" ✨ — Epsilon Cygni – "Gienah" ✨ — ZTF J203349.8+322901.1 Cygni – "Janus" ✨ — Alpha Delphini – "Sualocin" ✨ — Zeta Delphini A – "Zeke" ✨ — Zeta Delphini B – "Delphi" ✨ — Alpha Draconis – "Thuban" ✨ — Beta Draconis – "Rastaban" ✨ — Gamma Draconis – "Eltanin" ✨ — Alpha Hydrae – "Alphard" ✨ — Gliese-Jahreiß "431931" – "GJ" ✨ — Alpha Leporis – "Arneb" ✨ — Beta Leporis – "Nihal" ✨ — HD 140283 Librae– "Methuselah" (also known as The Progenitor; a part of The Elysians) ✨ — Eta Ophiuchi – "Sabik" ✨ — Gamma Orionis – "Bellatrix" ✨ — Lambda Orionis – "Meissa" ✨ — V1005 Orionis – "Vee"

ASTERISMS.

💫 — Ashlesha – "Ash" – Naga 💫 — Baihu – White Tiger 💫 — False Cross – "Eris" 💫 — Diamond Cross – "Dia"

[branded-perceptions]

corona🌟🔆✨️ (wave-like probabilities of spectrum of interplaying possibili-t-ease of via our observers free will alterable timeflow of predeterministic spacetime)

Delta [triangular subjective deCOHERENCE of observers' dualistic perception (decohered polarisation) of nondualistic objectivity (unpolarised Quantum superposition) = trinity🔺️]

Omicron👁 [greek eye-like symbol, biases of habitualised ritualistic observations of what we "see" distorted according to what we "saw" distort our rationality (SEESAW) of decision-making as has become obvious during omicron wave of C-19]

[werindialive]

21 cases of Covid-19 subvariant JN. 1 detected in India, authorities on high alert

With the fresh cases of coronavirus subvariant JN.1 emerging in India, Indian authorities have been on high alert. The subvariant JN. 1 is being investigated by the scientific community as the authorities work on curbing its spread already. As per NITI Aayog member (health) Dr V K Paul, as of now, 21 cases of COVID-19 JN.1 sub-variant have been detected in the country. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is focused on the genome sequencing of the variant.

Out of the 21 cases, 19 cases have been detected in Goa while Kerala and Maharashtra have recorded one each.

First found in late 2023, the JN.1 (BA.2.86.1.1) variant of COVID-19 is a descendant of the BA.2.86 lineage (Pirola) of SARS-CoV-2. The BA.2.86 lineage (Pirola) first emerged in August 2023 and showed more than 30 mutations in the spike (5) protein unlike the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB lineages. The mutations make the variant highly risky with a high potential for immune evasion.

The JN.1 subvariant has been classified as a variant of interest by the World Health Organization.

Head of Pulmonary Medicine at Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. Rohit Kumar said, “COVID is an RNA virus that changes its form from time to time, and new variants of it emerge. And now a new variant has emerged, which has been named JN.1. However, not a single case has come to light in the capital, Delhi yet.”

"We are on alert, keeping an eye on the Corona cases. Testing of patients is also being done, and the patients who are coming positive are also being sent for genome sequencing. So that new variants can also be detected, but till now no case of new variants has been reported in Delhi," Dr Kumar said.

"If there is a sore throat, cough, cold, chest pain, or difficulty breathing, consult the doctor immediately. Especially those already suffering from respiratory diseases and asthma patients need to take special care. The doctor mentioned that during this season, individuals with serious diseases should be more careful, as those dying due to Covid often have pre-existing serious conditions such as heart disease and diabetes," he added.

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[piyasahaberleri]

Kanada'da yüksek oranda mutasyona uğramış bir Corona virüsü varyantının ilk vakası ortaya çıkarıldı. GMA Haberleri Kanada'daki sıhhat yetkilileri, ülkede Omicron koronavirüsünün BA.2.86 varyantının tanımlandığını doğruladı. Sıhhat yetkilileri Salı günü yapmış olduğu açıklamada, yeni türün oldukça mutasyona uğradığını ve Britanya Kolumbiyası'nda bölge dışına gezi etmemiş bir kişide bulunduğunu söylemiş oldu. BA.2.86 ile enfekte olan şahıs şu anda hastanede değildir ve bu bulgu Britanya Kolumbiyası'ndaki kişilerin risk düzeyini değiştirmemektedir. Bölgenin önde gelen sıhhat uzmanı Dr. Bonnie Henry, Sıhhat Bakanı Adrian Dix ile beraber BA.2.86 varyantının varlığının beklendiğini ve virüsün küresel yayılımı esnasında devam eden adaptasyonları ile tutarlı bulunduğunu vurgulayan ortak bir bildiri yayınladı.İlk olarak önceki ay Danimarka'da tanımlanan BA.2.86 suşu, 2023'ün büyük bölümünde yaygın olan baskın XBB.1.5 varyantıyla karşılaştırıldığında virüsün mühim bölümlerinde 35'ten fazla mutasyon gösteriyor. İsrail ek olarak bununla ilişkili vakalar da bildirdi. bu yeni varyantla.ABD Hastalık Denetim ve Önleme Merkezlerinden alınan son bilgiler, BA.2.86 varyantının daha ilkin COVID-19 ile enfekte olmuş yada aşı olmuş fertleri enfekte etme kabiliyetinin artmış olabileceğini gösterdi.Bilim adamları BA.2.86 varyantını yakından takip etmenin önemini vurgularken, bu varyantın ciddi hastalık ve ölüme yol açma ihtimalinin düşük olduğundan eminler. Bunun sebebi, aşılar ve önceki enfeksiyonlar kanalıyla geliştirilen dünya çapındaki bağışıklık tepkileridir.Kanada sıhhat yetkilileri, genel virüs aktivitesinin hala nispeten düşük olmasına karşın, geçtiğimiz haftalarda COVID-19 enfeksiyonlarında bir artış bulunduğunu kaydetti. Güncelleme, Salı günü erken saatlerde Health Canada'nın son olarak haftalık raporunda sağlandı.

[ririannews]

COVID-19 Berkuasa 3 Tahun Setelah Pandemi. Kita Kalah?

Di ulang tahun ketiga pandemi COVID-19, virus ini masih menyebar dan jumlah kematian mendekati 7 juta di seluruh dunia. Namun kebanyakan orang telah melanjutkan kehidupan normal mereka, berkat dinding kekebalan yang dibangun dari infeksi dan vaksin. Virus muncul di sini untuk tinggal, bersama dengan ancaman versi yang lebih berbahaya menyapu planet ini. “Varian baru yang muncul di mana saja mengancam kita di mana saja,” kata peneliti virus Thomas Friedrich dari University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Mungkin itu akan membantu orang untuk memahami betapa terhubungnya kita.” Dengan mengeringnya sumber informasi, semakin sulit untuk mengawasi pandemi. Universitas Johns Hopkins pada hari Jumat menutup pelacak tepercaya, yang dimulai segera setelah virus muncul di China dan menyebar ke seluruh dunia. Sabtu menandai tiga tahun sejak Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia pertama kali menyebut wabah itu sebagai pandemi pada 11 Maret 2020, dan organisasi kesehatan PBB mengatakan belum siap untuk mengatakan keadaan darurat telah berakhir. VIRUS BERTAHAN Dengan pandemi yang masih membunuh 900 hingga 1.000 orang per hari di seluruh dunia, virus tersembunyi di balik COVID-19 belum kehilangan kekuatannya. Ini menyebar dengan mudah dari orang ke orang, menunggangi tetesan pernapasan di udara, membunuh beberapa korban tetapi meninggalkan sebagian besar untuk bangkit kembali tanpa banyak bahaya. “Apa pun yang dilakukan virus hari ini, ia masih berupaya menemukan jalur kemenangan lain,” kata Dr. Eric Topol, kepala Institut Terjemahan Riset Scripps di California. Kami menjadi mati rasa terhadap jumlah kematian harian, kata Topol, tetapi kami harus melihatnya terlalu tinggi. Pertimbangkan bahwa di Amerika Serikat, rawat inap harian dan kematian, meskipun lebih rendah dari puncak terburuk, belum turun ke tingkat terendah yang dicapai selama musim panas 2021 sebelum gelombang varian delta. Setiap saat, virus dapat berubah menjadi lebih menular, lebih mampu menghindari sistem kekebalan atau lebih mematikan. Topol mengatakan kami belum siap untuk itu. Kepercayaan telah terkikis di lembaga kesehatan masyarakat, melanjutkan eksodus petugas kesehatan masyarakat. Penolakan terhadap perintah tinggal di rumah dan mandat vaksin mungkin merupakan warisan pandemi. “Saya berharap kita bersatu melawan musuh — virus — alih-alih melawan satu sama lain,” kata Topol. MELAWAN BALIK COVID-19 Ada cara lain untuk melihatnya. Manusia membuka kunci kode genetik virus dan dengan cepat mengembangkan vaksin yang bekerja dengan sangat baik. Kami membuat model matematika untuk bersiap menghadapi skenario terburuk. Kami terus memantau bagaimana virus berubah dengan mencarinya di air limbah. “Pandemi benar-benar mengkatalisasi beberapa ilmu pengetahuan yang luar biasa,” kata Friedrich. Pencapaian tersebut menambah normal baru di mana COVID-19 “tidak perlu menjadi perhatian utama orang,” kata Natalie Dean, asisten profesor biostatistik di Emory University. "Itu, setidaknya, adalah kemenangan." Stuart Campbell Ray, seorang ahli penyakit menular di Johns Hopkins, mengatakan varian omicron saat ini memiliki sekitar 100 perbedaan genetik dari jenis virus corona asli. Itu berarti sekitar 1% genom virus berbeda dari titik awalnya. Banyak dari perubahan itu membuatnya lebih menular, tetapi yang terburuk kemungkinan besar sudah berakhir karena kekebalan populasi. Matthew Binnicker, seorang ahli infeksi virus di Mayo Clinic di Rochester, Minnesota, mengatakan dunia berada dalam "situasi yang sangat berbeda hari ini daripada tiga tahun lalu - di mana, pada dasarnya, tidak ada kekebalan terhadap virus asli." Kerentanan ekstrim itu memaksa langkah-langkah yang bertujuan untuk “meratakan kurva”. Bisnis dan sekolah ditutup, pernikahan dan pemakaman ditunda. Topeng dan "jarak sosial" kemudian memberi jalan untuk menunjukkan bukti vaksinasi. Sekarang, tindakan pencegahan seperti itu jarang terjadi. “Kita tidak mungkin kembali ke tempat kita dulu karena ada begitu banyak virus yang dapat dikenali oleh sistem kekebalan kita,” kata Ray. Kekebalan kita harus melindungi kita "dari yang terburuk dari apa yang kita lihat sebelumnya". KURANGNYA DATA REAL-TIME Pada hari Jumat, Johns Hopkins melakukan pembaruan terakhirnya pada dasbor virus corona gratis dan peta hot-spot dengan jumlah kematian mencapai lebih dari 6,8 juta di seluruh dunia. Sumber pemerintahnya untuk penghitungan waktu nyata telah menurun drastis. Di A.S., hanya New York, Arkansas, dan Puerto Rico yang masih menerbitkan jumlah kasus dan kematian setiap hari. “Kami sangat bergantung pada data publik dan itu tidak ada,” kata Beth Blauer, pemimpin data untuk proyek tersebut. Pusat Pengendalian dan Pencegahan Penyakit AS masih mengumpulkan berbagai informasi dari negara bagian, rumah sakit, dan laboratorium pengujian, termasuk kasus, rawat inap, kematian, dan jenis virus corona apa yang terdeteksi. Tetapi untuk banyak hal, data yang tersedia sekarang lebih sedikit dan kurang tepat waktu. “Orang-orang mengharapkan untuk menerima data dari kami yang tidak dapat kami produksi lagi,” kata direktur CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky. Secara internasional, pelacakan COVID-19 oleh WHO bergantung pada pelaporan masing-masing negara. Pejabat kesehatan global telah menyuarakan keprihatinan bahwa jumlah mereka sangat meremehkan apa yang sebenarnya terjadi dan mereka tidak memiliki gambaran sebenarnya tentang wabah tersebut. Selama lebih dari setahun, CDC telah beralih dari jumlah kasus dan hasil pengujian, sebagian karena peningkatan tes rumahan yang tidak dilaporkan. Agensi berfokus pada rawat inap, yang masih dilaporkan setiap hari, meski bisa berubah. Pelaporan kematian terus berlanjut, meskipun tidak terlalu bergantung pada laporan harian dan lebih banyak pada sertifikat kematian - yang dapat memakan waktu berhari-hari atau berminggu-minggu. Pejabat A.S. mengatakan mereka menyesuaikan diri dengan keadaan, dan mencoba beralih ke sistem pelacakan yang agak mirip dengan cara CDC memantau flu. DULU DAN SEKARANG “Saya berharap kita bisa kembali ke sebelum COVID,” kata Kelly Forrester, 52, dari Shakopee, Minnesota, yang kehilangan ayahnya karena penyakit itu pada Mei 2020, selamat dari pertarungannya sendiri pada bulan Desember dan menyalahkan informasi yang salah karena merusak persahabatan lama. "Saya membencinya. Aku sebenarnya membencinya.” Penyakit itu terasa acak baginya. “Anda tidak tahu siapa yang akan bertahan, siapa yang akan lama menderita COVID atau flu ringan. Dan kemudian orang lain, mereka akan berakhir di rumah sakit dalam keadaan sekarat.” Ayah Forrester, Virgil Michlitsch yang berusia 80 tahun, seorang pensiunan pengemas daging, pengantar barang dan penjaga sekolah dasar, meninggal di panti jompo bersama istri, anak perempuan dan cucu perempuannya yang berjaga di luar gedung di kursi taman. Tidak berada di samping tempat tidurnya “adalah hal tersulit,” kata Forrester. Terinspirasi oleh jumlah korban pandemi, putrinya yang berusia 24 tahun kini mendapatkan gelar master dalam kesehatan masyarakat. “Ayah saya akan sangat bangga padanya,” kata Forrester. "Saya sangat senang dia mempercayainya, bahwa dia ingin melakukan itu dan membuat segalanya menjadi lebih baik bagi orang-orang." Read the full article

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