COVID-19 / Coronavirus Pandemic

[Linux-SWAT]

Yup, this related side effect of over-cleaning is well known in the western hospitals:

Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Only the strongest strain survives.
So not only the covid will get stronger and stronger, but also many other diseases.
That's why the occidental countries/WHO strategy can be considered as criminal, because they can't ignore what they are doing with their false lockdowns and false vaccines.

--EDIT: Oh, and if you still can't add 1 + 1:

Pacific Northwest Bakes Under Once-In-a-Millennium Heat Dome - Slashdot

As covered earlier today, the Pacific Northwest is experiencing the most severe heat wave in its history, with all-time record temperatures being set in Portland, Seattle, and Lytton, B.C, which just broke the record for hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada at 116 degrees. CBS News says...

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Record-Crushing Heat Wave Nears Peak in Pacific Northwest - Slashdot

The most severe heat wave in the history of the Pacific Northwest is nearing its climax. The National Weather Service had predicted it would be "historic, dangerous, prolonged and unprecedented," and it is living up to its billing as it rewrites the record books. From a report: On Sunday...

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Earth is Trapping 'Unprecedented' Amount of Heat, NASA Says - Slashdot

The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new research, described as an "unprecedented" increase amid the climate crisis. From a report: Scientists from NASA, the US space agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), reported in a...

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Carbon Dioxide Reaches Highest Level In 4 Million Years - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere reached 419 parts per million in May, its highest level in more than four million years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Monday. After dipping last year because of...

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Satellites May Have Been Underestimating the Planet's Warming For Decades - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from LiveScience: The global warming that has already taken place may be even worse than we thought. That's the takeaway from a new study that finds satellite measurements have likely been underestimating the warming of the lower levels of the atmosphere over...

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Climate Emissions Shrinking the Stratosphere, Scientists Reveal - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Humanity's enormous emissions of greenhouse gases are shrinking the stratosphere, a new study has revealed. The thickness of the atmospheric layer has contracted by 400 meters since the 1980s, the researchers found, and will thin by about...

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Climate Change Is Making Big Problems Bigger - Slashdot

New data compiled by the E.P.A. shows how global warming is making life harder for Americans in myriad ways that threaten their health, safety and homes. From a report: Wildfires are bigger, and starting earlier in the year. Heat waves are more frequent. Seas are warmer, and flooding is more...

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Global Heating Pace Risks 'Unstoppable' Sea Level Rise as Antarctic Ice Sheet Melts - Slashdot

The current pace of global heating risks unleashing "rapid and unstoppable" sea level rise from the melting of Antarctica's vast ice sheet, a new research paper has warned. From a report: Unless planet-heating emissions are swiftly reduced to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement, the...

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Satellites Show World's Glaciers Melting Faster Than Ever - Slashdot

The vast majority of the world's mountain glaciers are losing 31 percent more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to 3D satellite measurements. Scientists blame human-caused climate change. NBC News reports: Using 20 years of recently declassified satellite data...

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Climate Crisis Has Shifted the Earth's Axis - Slashdot

The massive melting of glaciers as a result of global heating has caused marked shifts in the Earth's axis of rotation since the 1990s, research has shown. It demonstrates the profound impact humans are having on the planet, scientists said. New submitter DickHodgman shares a report: In the...

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Record-Crushing Heat Wave Nears Peak in Pacific Northwest - Slashdot

The most severe heat wave in the history of the Pacific Northwest is nearing its climax. The National Weather Service had predicted it would be "historic, dangerous, prolonged and unprecedented," and it is living up to its billing as it rewrites the record books. From a report: On Sunday...

science.slashdot.org

 

[rygD]

So, let's say you are at the helm of a train, and on the track are 100 people with COVID-19, but on the other track, there are 200 people getting vaccinated for COVID-19. What do you do?

Is there a way I can go backwards and take everyone out, then crash the train?

 

[Phlyra]

Is there a way I can go backwards and take everyone out, then crash the train?

If you can go backwards in order to let everybody out, why would you still need to crash the train?

 

[JDTAY]

A COVID-19 story from my state. NC State was forced out of the college baseball playoffs due to COVID-19 protocols. Turns out, they had eight cases, four among unvaccinated players and four among vaccinated players.

8 Wolfpack baseball players tested positive for COVID-19 Delta variant, NC State officials say

NC State administrators explain what really happened--how many players tested positive, how many were vaccinated, etc.--before the team got kicked out of the College World Series.

abc11.com

 

[levi]

I found this video enlightening on the affects of Covid-19 even after you've been vaccinated the once:
Worth watching up until they start unboxing sweets they've had mailed to them.

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

If you can go backwards in order to let everybody out, why would you still need to crash the train?

Maybe you were riding down a mountain and what goes up has to come down.

 

[JDTAY]

Record-Crushing Heat Wave Nears Peak in Pacific Northwest - Slashdot

The most severe heat wave in the history of the Pacific Northwest is nearing its climax. The National Weather Service had predicted it would be "historic, dangerous, prolonged and unprecedented," and it is living up to its billing as it rewrites the record books. From a report: On Sunday...

science.slashdot.org

While we're on the subject, my weatherman said 6% of named tropical storms happen in June, and we've had three this June, Bill, Claudette, and Danny. If I whip out my Math-o-Tron 5000, it says we can expect 50 named storms this year.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Happy surfing then :^)

 

[JDTAY]

Hey guys, God has a sense of humor, and it's mostly schadenfreude. Turns out, avoiding COVID-19 for the past year and a half has now made us more susceptible to literally every other infectious disease in existence.

Post-Covid-19, World Risks Having to Pay Off ‘Immunity Debt’

Many people had little exposure to common viruses during social distancing, meaning bugs could spread more quickly once countries reopen.

www.wsj.com

Ate out with my dad and sister yesterday, and she said she wasn't feeling well that day, and that it was getting worse as we were out. I doubt it's Delta though, since her main complaint was chills. On a 90 degree day, I might add.

Well, whatever it was, I'll be able to tell you about it when I inevitably come down with it in three or so days.

 

[JDTAY]

Hmm, @pyrat said headache without fever was common in Delta, but some articles are telling me fever is still common. It's worth noting my sister said she had a slight headache too. That happens to her a lot though.

 

[pyrat]

My sources will not be better than yours. If you need to know, ask a doctor. I just said what I had read in case it helped. I'm not qualified to say whether that's true.

 

[Phlyra]

âJaw-droppingâ fall in life expectancy in poor areas of England, report finds

Sir Michael Marmot’s report says Covid figures from Manchester reveal sharp decline in social conditions

www.theguardian.com

 

[netcat]

Remember: the UK has been ahead of the curve. Supposedly we have some of the fewest restrictions in Europe.

 

[JDTAY]

Good news and bad news about what I said earlier. My sister had a rapid test done, and it came back negative for COVID-19. That said, her throat was inflamed, so she does have something. Like I said before, I'll tell you guys about it when I come down with it in three days.

 

[levi]

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Remember: the UK has been ahead of the curve. Supposedly we have some of the fewest restrictions in Europe.

Yes, the number of cases if following a similar path to what it did previously:

But thankfully, perhaps due to the vaccine rollout the levels of people in hospital (and from there a proportion tends to die) isn't following the same pattern:

I mean, it 's still elevated, but arguably not worryingly so.

 

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or direct medium link:

 

[netcat]

Yes, the number of cases if following a similar path to what it did previously:

But thankfully, perhaps due to the vaccine rollout the levels of people in hospital (and from there a proportion tends to die) isn't following the same pattern:

I mean, it 's still elevated, but arguably not worryingly so.

Yeah... I think England is doing ok. I'm more concerned about other countries tbh.

If we can't cure covid (like everyone is saying) then there will be some sort of equilibrium in terms of deaths, until we have really cracked the treatment. By that I mean some unfortunate and highly vulnerable people will still die. Once we're at this point, restrictions no longer make sense. We might be there already. What's my point? Freedom* can be reinstated. Which is exactly what Boris is saying...

July 19 is Freedom* Day in the UK.

I'm gonna shoot my guns and bang some hookers, metaphorically speaking of course.

Happy Friday everyone.

 

[levi]

From what I hear the disease is worse than a bad flu even if you've been vaccinated, so I still don't want it even if in the balance of probabilities I'll be okay in the end just laid up feeling awful for a few days. The added complication is I might end up spreading the virus to vaccine holdouts before I know I've got it.

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

Good news, mandatory muzzles are mostly gone in the Netherlands and we are now allowed to let more friends simultaneously into our own homes again. It is good to see that most people have ditched the muzzle. Many people were already losing faith in the importance of a muzzle and wore it under their nose. Which makes me kind of a trendsetter since I have been doing that for a long time. But now I do not wear it at all, of course. It is good to see that the 2 weeks to flatten the curve are getting somewhat less restrictive. Though, of course and unfortunately, the 2 weeks are not over and we may still be heading towards more measures.

 

[netcat]

So you are Dutch! This is actually what I suspected, or Belgian. Due to your wording and recently your strong sense of community. I read your posts with that accent in my mind.