They achieved zero transmissions outside of quarantine areas a few weeks ago, so I think they are back to normal for a while now. At least the majority of the province is.
Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
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Rare cases of covid symptoms returning in a week after finishing paxlovid treatment, it seems maybe those who are immune-compromised or with health complications may not receive the full treatment effect from it, this needs more investigation. They should probably start monitoring those with these conditions after they finished their paxlovid treatment.
If the flu typically kills from 12,000 to 52,000 Americans a year, would 100,000 annual COVID deaths be an acceptable price for no mask or vaccine mandates? Would 200,000? Since early February, we've had 90,000 deaths, a rate of about 360,000 a year. Too many, or just right?
That's just for deaths identified as being caused by Covid, we'll have to look at excess mortality to see a clearer picture of the true cost. Covid has been found to cause myriad of issues after being cleared of it like increased risk of heart disease which can cause death, and depending on the subsequent covid waves this year, other ill individual may die from not being able to receive care because of the healthcare system being overwhelmed.
The data used in the study for the article seems pretty weak and its still not peer-reviewed, nonetheless I think this shows why we need a new vaccine for Omicron variants asap, because the general trend is the virus evolving to evade previous antibodies better.
About a week ago (yeah, I'm behind), KYli wrote:
Someone also wondered why the deaths were rising. I seem to recall that serious Covid patients often take weeks to die. So the deaths we are seeing now may be due to the cases that happened before the recent total lockdown of the city. If that is true, the deaths will rise for a while. Then, hopefully, they will start to drop.
Someone also wondered why the deaths were rising. I seem to recall that serious Covid patients often take weeks to die. So the deaths we are seeing now may be due to the cases that happened before the recent total lockdown of the city. If that is true, the deaths will rise for a while. Then, hopefully, they will start to drop.
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Yes, it's always infections, then hospitalizations, then deaths.
Normally, deaths would continue to rise 2-3 weeks after cases peak, then it would slowly start to drop. So although the worst is over for Shanghai, we would still see more deaths.