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Sunday, January 30, 2022

Why omicron is crushing hospitals — even though cases are often milder than delta

https://text.npr.org/1075871661

"University of Virginia critical care physician Taison Bell says omicron is milder in the same way that a hurricane can be milder than a tornado: The tornado may cut a more destructive path with high-wind speeds, but the hurricane has a much bigger footprint. "'When you have so many more people who are being affected by the storm, you are still going to end up with an overwhelmed health care system,' says Bell, who's an assistant professor of medicine at UVA. "

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Penn and Teller explain vaccinations… in 2010!

COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu

Mom still opposes vaccine after her 13-year-old son dies from COVID-19 | St. Louis News Headlines | kmov.com

MS health leaders stresses dangers to unvaccinated pregnant women

Unvaccinated Kansas high school football coach dies of COVID | Four-States News

Unvaccinated, pregnant Florida woman, 30, dies of COVID-19; husband can’t afford burial

Unvaccinated Spouses Die Hours Apart, Leaving 7 Kids Behind

Unvaccinated People Are 11 Times More Likely To Die Of COVID-19 Than Vaccinated

When unvaccinated Utahns die, loved ones are left to process blame, defensiveness, and regrets

Get Your Flu Shot! | Science-Based Medicine

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/get-your-flu-shot/

“COVID-19 vaccines are important, but so are flu shots. They are safe, effective, and protect others (the elderly, the immunocompromised, and those too young to get the vaccine).”

'Unmasked, unmuzzled, unvaccinated' mother-of-four dies of COVID

Monday, September 13, 2021

In Mississippi, Fetal Deaths Double Among Women With COVID-19

Fire sparked by lightning threatens giant sequoias in California

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Mayo Clinic - Mayo Clinic

COVID-19 Vaccines Work | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/work.html

“COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of COVID-19 and its potentially severe complications. All COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for use in the United States helped protect people against COVID-19, including severe illness, in clinical trial settings. So far, studies that have looked at how COVID-19 vaccines work in real-world conditions (vaccine effectiveness studies) have shown that these vaccines are working well.”

Ensuring COVID-19 Vaccines Work | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness.html

To maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others, get vaccinated as soon as you can and wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.

Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines | CDC

Hazard, Kentucky, man says he paid Covid-19 no attention. Now he has it and he wants you to know it's no joke - CNN

Why The World Should Be More Than A Bit Worried About India's Nipah Virus Outbreak

https://text.npr.org/1035571714

"However, each time a person is infected, the virus is in an environment that selects for human adaptation and transmissibility. The risk is that a new strain that is more efficiently transmitted person-to-person could generate a devastating outbreak. Indeed, since 70% of people who are infected with Nipah virus die, such a strain could represent the worst pandemic humanity has ever faced."

I Got A 'Mild' Breakthrough Case. Here's What I Wish I'd Known

https://text.npr.org/1036356773

“How high are my chances of getting a breakthrough case these days?

It used to be quite rare, but the rise of delta has changed the odds. ”

What We Know About Breakthrough Infections And Long COVID

Seattle Fire Lieutenant: ‘I felt my decision to not get vaccinated was a foolish decision’