Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
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A f..ng men. I have yet to see this level of accountability in these so called bastion of human rights and democracy in a lot of these western led democratic countries led by America and it's European cohorts and in many Asian countries that have similar governing structures. India is one prime example. No accountability just bobbing and weaving blaming China.
solarz
Brigadier
It's not easy being an official in the Chinese government these days.
Gone are the days when you can receive bribes and favors and lord it over the masses.
These days, you could get sacked for something you don't even have control over.
Sounds unfair at first, but this kind of policy motivates officials to prevent bad things from happening before they happen.
Of course, this also has negative side effects, such as over zealous reactions.
Hendrik_2000
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Sinopharm vaccine effective against delta variant according to Sri Lanka study
Researchers from one of Sri Lanka's leading universities, the Sri Jayewardenepura University, have found that China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine is highly efficient against the Delta variant which has become the dominant strain across the world.
Researchers from one of Sri Lanka's leading universities, the Sri Jayewardenepura University, have found that China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine is highly efficient against the Delta variant which has become the dominant strain across the world.
The irony is that China (and other “Communist” states) are usually criticized as uncaring, viewing life as disposable. The famous quote attributed to Stalin (One death is a tragedy, millions are a statistic). Yet, the reality is not the case. Millions tested for COVID at a time is not the most cost efficient method, so it’s hard to make an economic argument for it. A few hundred cases and these guys are getting fired…
Meanwhile in Florida, republican cadre and provincial party secretary desantis is advocating against masks again, despite hospitals being filled up again and case numbers 1000’s worse than ever even with vaccines in plentiful supply.
Heart, stroke risks climb after COVID-19; flu shots may be protective
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A patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lies in the intensive care unit of the infectious diseases department of Dalal Jamm hospital as Senegal records more COVID-19 deaths in Dakar, Senegal August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Aug 6 (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.
Heart attack, stroke risks rise in COVID-19 patients
COVID-19 increases patients' risks for heart attack and stroke, suggests a study from Sweden that compared 86,742 individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 and 348,481 people without the virus. In the week following a COVID-19 diagnosis, the risk of a first heart attack went up three- to eight-fold, and the risk of a first stroke due to a blood-vessel blockage rose three- to six-fold, the researchers found. The risks then dropped steadily but remained elevated for at least four weeks, according to the report in . The researchers did not include COVID-19 patients who had had heart attacks or strokes in the past, but for them, the risk of another heart attack or stroke is probably even higher, said coauthor Dr. Anne-Marie Fors Connolly of Umea University.
Flu vaccination linked with less severe COVID-19
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Flu vaccination may lower the risk for severe illness from the coronavirus, including life-threatening sepsis infections and strokes, according to a report in on Tuesday. The researchers studied nearly 75,000 COVID-19 patients, half of whom had received the most recently available flu shot. They also found fewer patients who had flu shots had to be admitted to intensive care units or visited emergency departments, and fewer had dangerous blood clots in their legs, compared to patients who did not get flu shots. Studies like this one, however, cannot prove that flu vaccines caused the better outcomes, or how they might have done so. Stronger and larger studies would help "to validate these findings and determine if an increased emphasis on influenza vaccination will improve adverse outcomes in SARS-CoV-2-positive patients," the authors wrote.
Breakthrough infections may boost immune defenses
Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections in fully vaccinated people seem to strengthen their immune defenses, suggests a new study posted on ahead of peer review. One month after a COVID-19 outbreak in a German nursing home, doctors collected blood samples from the 23 elderly residents and four staff members who had tested positive. They found that vaccinated residents who still got the virus had significantly higher levels of antibodies afterward than vaccinated residents who did not get infected, and they also had more antibodies that were capable of neutralizing variants of the virus. Coauthor Jorg Timm of Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf said the findings suggest there might come a time - after most people have developed some level of immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus - when natural infection will have some benefit, but only when it does not lead to severe symptoms or disease
This is not totally their fault. There are some issues with border control at the major international airports like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou and some of the Guangdong container ports. But Nanjing is not a major international airport or container hub at all.
The effectiveness of local vaccines should be reviewed.