COVID19 kick my but.

The latest from the CDC (CDC`s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) show that the unvaccinated are 5 times more likely to get Omicron than those with booster shots. And the unvaccinated are 68 times (68X) more likely to die from Covid than those with booster shots. The 68 times numbers drops to 15 times less likely to die for those fully vaccinated but without booster shots. Those are huge numbers, which is why there are still 2,000+ people dying per day from Covid. That’s way more than died on 9/11 EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

Unvaccinated 5X more likely to get omicron than those boosted, CDC reports | Ars Technica
CDC COVID Data Tracker
 
I recently got covid has well. I can safely assume it was omicron because it swept through manilla, Philippines the week after i got it. I had 2 flights cancelled trying to get out of the city because of short staff due to omicron making its way through people working on the planes.

I only got a mild fever and sore throat but for some reason i got a severe sore throat 2 weeks later...it was rather strange. I think all the aircon i`m around now had a big factor. Aircon really doesn`t treat me that well. I will be getting a humidifier in a few days!

I was double "vaxxed."
 
noorth said:
I recently got covid has well. I can safely assume it was omicron because it swept through manilla, Philippines the week after i got it. I had 2 flights cancelled trying to get out of the city because of short staff due to omicron making its way through people working on the planes.

I only got a mild fever and sore throat but for some reason i got a severe sore throat 2 weeks later...it was rather strange. I think all the aircon i`m around now had a big factor. Aircon really doesn`t treat me that well. I will be getting a humidifier in a few days!

I was double "vaxxed."
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Hope you feel or are feeling better. Anecdotally, which doesn`t mean much from a statistical point of view, I know of many more friends and colleagues that were recently sickened with Covid even though they were vaccinated. Though unfortunately there is now a difference between fully vaccinated and boosted, which came out this week after analyzing Dec numbers. Looks like we`ll get a new mess with the CDC trying to communicate this distinction.

By the way, how did you like your trip to the Phillipines?
 
dgage said:
Hope you feel or are feeling better. Anecdotally, which doesn`t mean much from a statistical point of view, I know of many more friends and colleagues that were recently sickened with Covid even though they were vaccinated. Though unfortunately there is now a difference between fully vaccinated and boosted, which came out this week after analyzing Dec numbers. Looks like we`ll get a new mess with the CDC trying to communicate this distinction.

By the way, how did you like your trip to the Phillipines?
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I`m still here dgage. :) Its been interesting to say the least! I already have a few stories lol

I`m here visiting my wife and 3 year old daughter. I will be here until April. Since covid i banked up a lot of paid vacation with the canadian coast guard.

Thanks the for the question. Take care.

Brad
 
Unfortunately the CDC changes recommendations on a regular basis. Recently they admitted that masks are pretty ineffective. Common sense told me that when they first suggested it. The government response has been consistently inconsistent. And social media banning researchers, doctors and senators hasn`t helped the distrust.
 
wannafbody said:
Unfortunately the CDC changes recommendations on a regular basis. Recently they admitted that masks are pretty ineffective. Common sense told me that when they first suggested it. The government response has been consistently inconsistent. And social media banning researchers, doctors and senators hasn`t helped the distrust.
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1. The US government has messed up the pandemic response for the past 2 years so both administrations. At least Biden knew ahead of time what he was getting into so his administration should have been better prepared. Whoever thought a mandate was a good idea, well I’m not going to finish that thought but they were idiots.

2. Things have changed with Covid; Alpha (initial) variant, Delta variant, and now the Omicron variant. So naturally the response will change since what worked in September no longer works in December. And additional data is coming in with which to make more informed decisions, with this past week giving us updated data from Dec, which was the first complete month where Omicron was the primary variant for new cases and no longer the Delta variant.

3. To me masks have worked properly but they rely on ventilation. If a mask keeps bad air (also stops spittle flying) close to someone, that is only effective for short exposures unless ventilation is really good. But ventilation is rarely very good so the masks are largely ineffective. And really, masks have become such a dividing topic that they need to go away.

4. There’s talk among immunologists that this Omicron surge could be over in mid-February or March provided a new variant doesn’t get started. This is based on looking at South Africa, which was where the Omicron variant first took hold. Let’s hope.
 
Food for thought.

But I was wrong about that. From the moment of my reluctant entrance into the vaccine debate in 2005, I was astonished to realize that the pervasive web of deep financial entanglements between Pharma and the government health agencies had put regulatory capture on steroids. The CDC, for example, owns 57 vaccine patents[1] and spends $4.9 of its $12.0 billion-dollar annual budget (as of 2019) buying and distributing vaccines.[2][3] NIH owns hundreds of vaccine patents and often profits from the sale of products it supposedly regulates. High level officials, including Dr. Fauci, receive yearly emoluments of up to $150,000 in royalty payments on products that they help develop and then usher through the approval process.[4] The FDA receives 45 percent of its budget from the pharmaceutical industry, through what are euphemistically called “user fees.”[5] When I learned that extraordinary fact, the disastrous health of the American people was no longer a mystery; I wondered what the environment would look like if the EPA received 45 percent of its budget from the coal industry!
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ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.
 
noorth said:
Food for thought.


ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.
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Interesting. I will have to research those assertions in more detail. Thanks for the reading list.

That got me thinking about the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission as I was a computer/process consultant there for several years. Who pays for them? Question and answer are 4/5 paragraphs down. It is a parallel to your quote though I haven’t thought about the pharmaceutical side enough to know whether it is a worthwhile parallel.

Who Pays for the NRC? - Union of Concerned Scientists
 
RPPM said:
Our government at work...We have the best damned government money can buy...
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To an extent it makes sense to have the corporations pay for the regulatory oversight. If we could trust the corporations to do the right things, they wouldn’t necessarily need to be regulated but their singular goal of profits isn’t compatible. Look at the Texas power grid to see what happens when corporations are allowed to focus on profits and nothing else. Or recalls among all the industries that corporations rarely want to do but should.

And while there are some talented people working in government positions, in general the pay isn’t that competitive with the corporate world so the most talented don’t usually end up in government positions. And government positions have in the past often prioritized longevity than talent or capability, which further limits fresher talent. These are anecdotal observations from when I worked with various US government organizations as a consultant.
 
dgage said:
And while there are some talented people working in government positions, in general the pay isn’t that competitive with the corporate world so the most talented don’t usually end up in government positions. And government positions have in the past often prioritized longevity than talent or capability, which further limits fresher talent. These are anecdotal observations from when I worked with various US government organizations as a consultant.
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Even though these may be anecdotal observations......as a Government employee, I see this exact situation every day.
 
dgage said:
To an extent it makes sense to have the corporations pay for the regulatory oversight. If we could trust the corporations to do the right things, they wouldn’t necessarily need to be regulated but their singular goal of profits isn’t compatible. Look at the Texas power grid to see what happens when corporations are allowed to focus on profits and nothing else. Or recalls among all the industries that corporations rarely want to do but should.

And while there are some talented people working in government positions, in general the pay isn’t that competitive with the corporate world so the most talented don’t usually end up in government positions. And government positions have in the past often prioritized longevity than talent or capability, which further limits fresher talent. These are anecdotal observations from when I worked with various US government organizations as a consultant.
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I was just referring to my belief that our governments are corrupt on all levels.
 
RPPM said:
I was just referring to my belief that our governments are corrupt on all levels.
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My viewpoint is that there is more incompetence than corruption. But politics is also there and with the huge paydays in politics, there is undoubtedly corruption on all sides that means our government is no longer for the people, unless you mean the incredibly wealthy people, not rich, 1%ers. So really, what you said but with plenty of incompetence thrown in.
 
Anyone see the story about the CDC treating people in PA after a truck of monkeys crashed? Wonder what they were testing on the monkeys.
 
wannafbody said:
Anyone see the story about the CDC treating people in PA after a truck of monkeys crashed? Wonder what they were testing on the monkeys.
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Yeah, I saw that movie. That`s the one where the monkey fails his driving test but takes Dad`s truck anyway, with all his friends in it? Or is that a different one?
 
wannafbody said:
Anyone see the story about the CDC treating people in PA after a truck of monkeys crashed? Wonder what they were testing on the monkeys.
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Like rats that are also tested on, even wild rats carry any number of dangerous-to-human diseases. No different with monkeys.

Monkeys | Bringing an Animal into U.S. | Importation | CDC

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[FONT=&quot]These regulations are in place to protect U.S. residents from severe infections that can spread from monkeys to humans. These infections include[/FONT]

 
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