Coronavirus thread

[MusicTurner]

Here in DK, only 1233 of 1.6 mio people with finished vaccinations, or 0.08%, have later gotten a positive virus test, so far.

Shows the efficiency of the vaccines.

After this result, 0.9 mio more people became fully vaccinated.

Delta is currently about 79% of positive tests overall here.

The number of verified infections after the three major Euros soccer games at the Copenhagen Parken stadium, with up to 25,000 spectators for each game, was only 152. Of course, a corona pass was required for entering.

[Que]

The number of verified infections after the three major Euros soccer games at the Copenhagen Parken stadium, with up to 25,000 spectators for each game, was only 152. Of course, a corona pass was required for entering.

That's probably due to the extremely low infection rate in Danmark. Here a pop festival attended by 20.000 resulted in over a thousand confirmed infections....

[krummholz]

https://www.vpr.org/npr-news/2021-07-15/the-u-s-surgeon-general-is-calling-covid-19-misinformation-an-urgent-threat?ct=t(THE-FREQUENCY-20210715)

With about a third of adults in the U.S. still completely unvaccinated, and cases of COVID-19 on the rise, the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a war against "health misinformation."

On Thursday, Dr. Vivek Murthy is releasing the first Surgeon General's advisory of his time serving in the Biden administration, describing the "urgent threat" posed by the rise of false information around COVID-19 — one that continues to put "lives at risk" and prolong the pandemic.

Murthy says Americans must do their part to fight misinformation.

"COVID has really brought into sharp focus the full extent of damage that health misinformation is doing," Murthy told NPR in an exclusive interview ahead of the advisory's release. Surgeon General's advisories are reserved for significant public health challenges that demand immediate attention.

[vandermolen]

So sorry to hear it. So quickly from elation and celebration to hardship. My best wishes for speedy and full recovery.

I'm pleased to say that she is feeling better now and 'Test and Trace' have allowed her to go out again today after a period of quarantine.
Thanks again for your kind thoughts (and to others who expressed concern as well).

[MusicTurner]

That is very nice to read about 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

On a personal note, I know a young lady in TN who would like to get the vaccine, but her MAGA-zoid parents refuse to consent.

I'm so sorry to hear that Karel.  I thought from what I saw in that article, that she could be legally allowed to get the shot?  How old is she?

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I'm pleased to say that she is feeling better now and 'Test and Trace' have allowed her to go out again today after a period of quarantine.
Thanks again for your kind thoughts (and to others who expressed concern as well).

Yeah! 

Good to hear that Jeffrey!

PD

[vandermolen]

Yeah! 

Good to hear that Jeffrey!

PD

Thank you guys - much appreciated 

[krummholz]

I'm pleased to say that she is feeling better now and 'Test and Trace' have allowed her to go out again today after a period of quarantine.
Thanks again for your kind thoughts (and to others who expressed concern as well).

Very good to hear this!

[Karl Henning]

I'm pleased to say that she is feeling better now and 'Test and Trace' have allowed her to go out again today after a period of quarantine.
Thanks again for your kind thoughts (and to others who expressed concern as well).

Very good!

[Karl Henning]

I'm so sorry to hear that Karel.  I thought from what I saw in that article, that she could be legally allowed to get the shot?  How old is she?

PD

Not yet 18, so her hands are tied.

[Irons]

You'll have to start providing incentives to vaccinate, or disincentives to not vaccinate. There is no option. Anywhere with delta dominant and large numbers of unvaxed people either accepts piles and piles of dead bodies or locks down hard and for a long long long time.

Let them show the courage of their convictions. It is a free country and if you choose not to be vaccinated, fine. As long as you are prepared to give up foreign holidays, visits to theatres, sporting events and festivals. Perhaps the day is not too far off that pubs, hotels and restaurants are not welcoming to the folk who choose not to be vaccinated. Bring it on.

[Mandryka]

Let them show the courage of their convictions. It is a free country and if you choose not to be vaccinated, fine. As long as you are prepared to give up foreign holidays, visits to theatres, sporting events and festivals. Perhaps the day is not too far off that pubs, hotels and restaurants are not welcoming to the folk who choose not to be vaccinated. Bring it on.

I'd be very interested to know what Florestan has to say about this, as far as I know he is the only one here who is from a culture with the memory of a totalitarian regime. Is Europe sleepwalking into a strong regimentation of society?

[Karl Henning]

I'd be very interested to know what Florestan has to say about this, as far as I know he is the only one here who is from a culture with the memory of a totalitarian regime. Is Europe sleepwalking into a strong regimentation of society?

A right-wing friend of mine has decried the door-to-door solicitation to consider vaccination "Big Brother" which I am inclined to think ideological hyperbole. But of course I live in a vaccine-sane state.

[steve ridgway]

A right-wing friend of mine has decried the door-to-door solicitation to consider vaccination "Big Brother" which I am inclined to think ideological hyperbole. But of course I live in a vaccine-sane state.

Well I'd love to live in a society where the government had only our best interests at heart and based their decisions on indisputable and unbiased scientific facts, but what if I have reasons to believe otherwise?

[vandermolen]

Very good to hear this!

Much appreciated.

[vandermolen]

Very good!

Thanks Karl.

[Karl Henning]

Well I'd love to live in a society where the government had only our best interests at heart and based their decisions on indisputable and unbiased scientific facts, but what if I have reasons to believe otherwise?

No lack of reasons.

[Holden]

https://www.vpr.org/npr-news/2021-07-15/the-u-s-surgeon-general-is-calling-covid-19-misinformation-an-urgent-threat?ct=t(THE-FREQUENCY-20210715)

With about a third of adults in the U.S. still completely unvaccinated, and cases of COVID-19 on the rise, the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a war against "health misinformation."

On Thursday, Dr. Vivek Murthy is releasing the first Surgeon General's advisory of his time serving in the Biden administration, describing the "urgent threat" posed by the rise of false information around COVID-19 — one that continues to put "lives at risk" and prolong the pandemic.

Murthy says Americans must do their part to fight misinformation.

"COVID has really brought into sharp focus the full extent of damage that health misinformation is doing," Murthy told NPR in an exclusive interview ahead of the advisory's release. Surgeon General's advisories are reserved for significant public health challenges that demand immediate attention.

Good luck with that - facts don't sell newspapers. Also, I'd remove the word 'health' and leave the phrase as simply misinformation.

[T. D.]

More from the "Show Me" state:

Missouri Asked to Help Contain Outbreak (10:43 a.m. NY)

Health officials in southwest Missouri asked the state to set up an "alternate site" to handle overflowing hospitalizations caused by a spike in new virus cases. The state is one of the worst hit by the delta variant, particularly around the city of Springfield and surrounding Greene County.

"Today, there are 231 patients being treated in Greene County hospitals with Covid-19, 104 of those are in critical care and 61 are on ventilators," read a statement released Wednesday night by officials from the city, county and three health care networks. "Greene County is averaging more than 196 cases per day, and the increase in severe illness is projected to outpace hospital capacity."

https://www.springfieldmo.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=8442