#corona updates

[morningmantra]

COVID-19 Subvariant JN.1: Situation under complete control.. No need to worry: Veena George

Minister Veena George revealed that the Corona situation in Kerala is under complete control.. and there is no need for anyone to worry.

Minister Veena George revealed that the Corona situation in Kerala is under complete control.. and there is no need for anyone to worry. Thiruvananthapuram: Corona epidemic new variant JN. Kerala Health Minister Veena George said that there is no need to worry about the spread of 1. Although the spread of this virus is high, the severity is low. She spoke to several media organizations on…

[eveningkeralanews]

ചൈനയിലെ വകഭേദം ആദ്യമായി ഇന്ത്യയിലും; വിമാനത്താവളങ്ങളിൽ കോവിഡ് പരിശോധന

ചൈനയിലെ വകഭേദം ആദ്യമായി ഇന്ത്യയിലും; വിമാനത്താവളങ്ങളിൽ കോവിഡ് പരിശോധന

ചൈനയിൽ കോവിഡ് വ്യാപനത്തിനു കാരണമായെന്ന് സംശയിക്കുന്ന വകഭേദം ഇന്ത്യയിലും കണ്ടെത്തി. ബിഎഫ് 7 ഒമിക്രോൺ വകഭേദം ഗുജറാത്തിൽ 61 വയസ്സുകാരിക്ക���ണ് സ്ഥിരീകരിച്ചത്. യുഎസിൽ നിന്ന് അടുത്തിടെയാണ് ഇവർ മടങ്ങിയെത്തിയത്. ഇന്ത്യയിൽ ആദ്യമായാണ് ബിഎഫ് 7 വകഭേദം സ്ഥിരീകരിക്കുന്നത്. അതിവേഗം പടരുന്ന വകഭേദമാണ് ബിഎഫ് 7 എന്നാണ് റിപ്പോർട്ട്. അതേസമയം, ചൈനയും യുഎസും ഉൾപ്പെടെ 5 രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ കോവിഡ് തിരിച്ചുവരുന്നുവെന്ന…

[hell-is-a-teenage-girll]

HEALTH UPDATE

Well.. Guess who finally got Corona.

On top of everything this was exactly what I needed. I joke that I'm just always late for the trends 💅.

But seriously, I'm in so much agony. Before ending up at ER last night, my heart had been going 130bpm + whole day. (my watch literally congratulated me on my fitness) it went up to 161bpm. When I went to the doctor my blood pressure also was way to low. My fever was climbing close to 40°. (sorry for all my Americans on here, I'm European so I'm not converting it haha)

So they send me there.

I never felt in so much agony. I think mixed with my already existing illnesses and disabilities it's just a mixture for disaster.

I've cried from pain, and I don't do that normally. Or atleast not infront of someone, not even my partner, now I been crying with her. She's also positive btw.

I'm also already dealing with the disappointment of most likely not being eligible to be helped by the state for paying for an implant in my brain.

It would cost me 20.000 and after 5 years to replace the battery again 15.000. I don't know how to place this. As this implant was for me always my safety plan, my dream plan, and the one with the most succesrate to reduce the pain.

Now I don't know anymore how to live like this.

I also went to England recently with my gf and a friend, and I have never realised more that I'm disabled. And that things are getting worse and God. It feels terrible and the reality is hitting me HARD.

I must say they were so helpful to people with accessibility at the airports and all. I had never experienced that ❤️

[threebooksoneplot]

Warfare & Peace and Corona Light chapters 1 are now live! 🍎🧛‍♂️🍏

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Warfare and Peace chapter 1 - Ultimatum

Corona Light chapter 1 - Ultimatum

“Who are you and what have you done with my dad, the divorced police chief of Forks who never makes dinner?” I asked Charlie. The pasta lump bobbed in the boiling water as I poked it. “Or tries to make dinner, I guess.”

cover designs by @ trinketcrow and @ fatvampcat

[meetlobby]

[xtruss]

We're Having A COVID Summer Surge. Should You Get The Updated Vaccines Now?

The FDA Just Approved an Updated Vaccines, and Officials Say Paxlovid is Still Effective in Preventing Severe Cases.

— By Sanjay Mishra | August 22, 2024

A Colorized Ccanning Electron Micrograph of a Cell (Blue) Infected with the Omicron Strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (Yellow). Micrograph By National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/National Institutes Of Health/Science Photo Library

The summer of 2024—the fifth since the COVID-19 pandemic began—is projected to be the biggest summer wave of COVID infections to date.

Since early May, COVID infections have steadily increased in the United States, Europe, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that COVID-19 infections are currently increasing in 25 states based on data from emergency department visits. However, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID remain at their lowest levels.

Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved updated vaccines to protect against current variants of the virus.

This recent surge has been driven mainly by a new group of closely related Covid subvariants, known collectively as "FLiRT."

As the summer winds down, students across the U.S. will return to school. Traditionally, this also coincides with the season of respiratory viruses, such as flu, RSV, and increasingly COVID.

"Not sure what will happen this fall and winter," says Kei Sato, a virologist at the University of Tokyo. While the FLiRT variants are likely to keep evolving after summer, entirely new subvariants cannot be ruled out. "An Omicron-like event” seems to have occurred every year in the fall since 2021, says Sato.

Here's what you need to know about the new variants and the new vaccines.

What Are FLiRT Variants?

The "FLiRT" variant family includes the majority of currently circulating variants, identified with the letters KP, JN, and the variant LB.1.

The unofficial name "FLiRT" is an acronym for a set of mutations on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus uses spike protein to bind with ACE2 receptors in our nose and lung cells to cause infection.

All proteins are made up of amino acids that string together like beads. Mutations can change one amino acid to another, thereby altering the behavior of the protein and making the virus more or less infectious, or able to dodge immunity.

The FLiRT subvariant family members are descended from the JN.1 variant that was dominant in the U.S. in early 2024. JN.1 itself was highly unusual because it acquired 41 mutations that differentiated it from Omicron XBB.1.5, which is the variant upon which the current bivalent COVID booster is based.

Should You Get The New Vaccines?

The two updated mRNA vaccines, manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, target a FLiRT variant called KP.2. Anyone over the age of 12 can get the new shots, as long as they haven't received a booster in the last two months.

“Vaccination continues to be the cornerstone of COVID-19 prevention,” Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research said in a statement.

Another vaccine targeting the variant JN.1 and manufactured by Novovax is also under review and could be approved soon.

Previous research also showed that older vaccines based on XBB.1.5, an earlier subvariant of Omicron, were still effective in preventing severe COVID-19. While this vaccine produces antibodies that still target the FLiRT variants, the efficiency is notably reduced. A recent infection from the JN.1 variant also seems to provide strong protection against all the FLiRT variants.

That said, the CDC recommends that everyone six months and older get a COVID vaccine. Those at high risk for serious COVID-19 should get vaccinated with the most recent versions available.

How Alarming Are FLiRT Variants?

Coronaviruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, frequently mutate to avoid recognition by antibodies. The two FLiRT mutations remove the sites on the virus where antibodies bind the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Additional mutations on the FLiRT variants can either help the virus bind more efficiently to ACE2 receptors making it more infectious, help it evade previous immunity, or both, says Adrian Esterman, an epidemiologist at the University of South Australia, Allied Health & Human Performance in Adelaide, Australia

Early studies show that all existing FLiRT subvariants are very good at dodging previous immunity acquired through multiple COVID vaccinations—including the most recent COVID bivalent booster—or a breakthrough infection from a previous strain of Omicron.

But the good news is that by escaping the antibodies, the FLiRT variants have also seem to lost some ability to infect their target because the virus needed the original antibody-binding sites to bind the ACE2 receptor and enter cells.

"These variants are not yet particularly concerning, even with the new mutations that affect certain aspects of the virus's biology," says Shan-Lu Liu, a virologist at the Ohio State University.

It is common for viruses to acquire mutations that help them dodge immunity, which can affect their ability to infect cells, says Liu. "The viruses can quickly evolve new mutations to restore their infectivity."

But in the meantime, Sato thinks that waning immunity from previous vaccinations and infections, coupled with the FLiRT variant's ability to dodge remaining immunity, are probably the main reason for the recent surge in infections.

Liu also agrees that the currently rising numbers of COVID infections are mostly due to low booster uptake and increased summer travel.

Are COVID Medicines Still Effective?

Emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths have all spiked during this summer but are still much lower compared to earlier waves of the pandemic.

There is no indication that these new FLiRT variants are more dangerous than other Omicron strains.

A study shows that Paxlovid is still effective against FLiRT variants. Other antiviral drugs such as molnupiravir and remdesivir are also expected to work since their mechanism of action is not affected by mutations in the spike protein.

[nedermemes]

"blij dat we weer gezellig bij elkaar kunnen zijn enzo uh na corona"

"ja ik ben ziek, oh ja en zijn vriendin en je nicht en m'n vriendin waren ook laatst ziek, en die en die komen niet vandaag, ja heel vreemd, allemaal een soort rare verkoudheid ofzo en heel, heel erg moe voor een week" 💀

[solradguy]

I think there would be less problems in the world if more people were able to read a newspaper from a country on the opposite side of the Earth from their own. There's just something about reading the daily news from a country so far away and seeing that they have a lot of the same difficulties or celebrations the newspaper at your local corner store will tell you about.

[spookysalem13]

My close long distance friend, calls me Panda 🐼, this completely looks like me in a GIF haha 😄!

This is my energy right now. I'm still stuck in bed with covid-19, being immune compromised, my body is having a rough time fighting off this virus.

My chronic migraines are really bad today. I'm laying in the dark with ice on my head 🫠.

I laid down today expecting to take a thirty minute nap. When I wound up sleeping 💤 for 4 hours 🙃!

Today is not my best day. But I'm going to make the best out of it.

I have my friend texting me, keeping me company. I have my kitty 😺 who has been very cuddly today. ☺️ However her screams are a bit much for my migraine today 😅. I don't know why she likes to scream bloody murder as she talks to you... I have a weird cat. She's very loud!

I have my electric heated blanket, I'm comfortable in bed. I have social media to keep me entertained. My friend may go on Tiktok live later tonight, so I'll be able to watch and talk to him there.

I have yummy soup, all I have to do is heat it up when I'm ready to eat.

My parents are being very kind and are coming in to regularly check on me. 🥰

It may be another uncomfortable day. But I'm not mad about it. My body is taking the time it needs to get over this virus 🦠. And I hope soon I will be back at work.

I hope to do more of these daily GIF life updates.

[shadowqueens]

[link] from flare ;)

non verbal prompts

cities were something she will never truly get used to, though she's lived in and out of them for years at one point in her life. the seclusion of raven tail was something she enjoyed about the location of the guild. it had a lot more benefits than cons for zilla. though there were pros to cities, the amount of people in them was certainty not one.

her and flare were having a 'shopping trip' today, just the two of them. zilla stressed about it a lot the night before and early this morning. mainly about her mask situation. she didn't know which one to wear and so she wore none. and now her naked face was out and about. the makeup helped her feel better, even if it wasn't much with her lack of skill (and ivan never learned how to do makeup either, so he was useless for help).

flare was very nice about it, which was always great to hear from flare. she was fashionable and very pretty — she knew things. flare even complimented her and zilla hoped the blush wasn't too obvious before they left.

the familiar warmth of flare wrapped around her and zilla looked to the side to see flare smiling at her. it was a blinding smile, filled with the light of a thousand suns and made zilla's heart quicken. it said: 'i want to be closer' & 'i'm happy to be here' & 'i feel safe with you'. messages that made zilla's heart dance in the shadows of her chest.

zilla swallowed the sudden dryness in her mouth and offered, what she hoped, was a warm smile and not a grimace. zilla was not good at being warm, no, she was much better at basking in it selfishly. she tightened her arm closer, bringing flare closer.

cities weren't so bad.

[tehjleck]

All of this

weirdos who are harping on about ~covid tyranny~, still, in november 2022, are absolutely on a different planet. look around! you won! no one wears a mask and you dont have to either! you dont have to get vaccinated! no one is even trying to make you anymore! the most vulnerable have been fully forced out of public life so that you can breathe on everyone at cub foods! you got every single thing you want and you’re still crying about “covid nazis” … you are delusional. you are tripping. the dynamic you have created in your mind, in which you are a rebellious scion of individual liberty in a world gone mad with excess caution, does not reflect the conditions of reality. it is embarrassing fantasy. there’s nothing more embarrassing than a jerkoff on the winning team who can’t accept a world where they’re not a righteous underdog. as much as you insist that you don’t want to “live in fear,” it is your own obvious terror of changing your behavior that has defined the trajectory of the past three years. please shut the fuck up forever.

[mizu-writes-kumo]

Pairing: Eugene + Rapunzel

Rating/Summary: T, for light cursing and crime

Summary:

He turned to glance out at the landscape before him. The Kingdom of Corona standing proudly on its little island in the sparkling water below.  Completely unaware of his presence on some nearby mountain cliff.  Or the general fact that he was about to descend down upon them. He was sure everyone was aware of what he looked like now. The whole world knew about it within a month of things in Equis.

AN: Back at it again with another Forbidden Love AU. I hope you all enjoy it.

If you want to read this AU from the start you can read it here on A03

[dangerousblazedaze]

In a reunion of last year’s Western Conference Finals teams, the second-seed Denver Nuggets led by Nikola Jokic will face LeBron James’ seventh-seeded Los Angeles

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[threebooksoneplot]

Warfare & Peace and Corona Light chapters 3 are now live! 🍎🧛‍♂️🍏

Read along with your favorite fake books!

Warfare and Peace chapter 3 - Motives

Corona Light chapter 3 - Exposed

"Julie and Edythe, mud-wrestling? I had to banish that image from my head before my blood started rushing south—to my chest, obviously."

cover designs by @ trinketcrow and @ fatvampcat

[tehjleck]

Not that I believe it will change anything, but... NOTHING changes unless *we* make changes, so call your Reps, call your Senators and remind them that *we* paid to make these vaccines, and big pharma should not be able to charge us on the back end.