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In terms of vaccination yes and in other countries i’m sure people are still wearing masks. But I see way way too many people outside not wearing masks and not social distancing for it to just be the conservatives that don’t care at this point. Then again American liberals are conservative bu any reasonable global standard so I digress.
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'We are a Warning for Everyone Else': Florida Epidemiologists Advise Other States to Learn from DeSantis' COVID Bungling
by Tom Boggioni
September 7, 2021

https://www.alternet.org/2021/09/desantis/

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(Alternet) In a deep dive into why Florida was hit so hard by the resurgent Covid-19 virus that claimed more than 7,000 lives since July Fourth, one specialist in infectious diseases suggested that, if other states want to learn how to deal with the crisis if it hits their state, they need look no further then Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) -- and do the opposite of what he has done.

According to the report from the Washington Post, Florida appears to be "turning the corner" on Covid infections add related deaths --with the caveat that the long Labor Day weekend could unleash another round of Floridians becoming infected.

Now health officials are surveying the damage and pointing fingers in the hopes Florida lawmakers will have learned their lesson after becoming a hot spot for the delta variant.

"New infections were averaging more than 22,000 a day in the last days of August but have fallen to about 19,000. Yet recovery could prove fleeting: Holiday weekends such as Labor Day have acted as a tinderbox for earlier outbreaks, and late summer marks the return of students to college campuses," the Post is reporting. "Hospital leaders exhale as covid-19 admissions appear to have subsided from a peak of more than 17,000 in late August, dipping to about 15,000. The decline follows weeks of frenzy as a slew of hospitals treated more patients than at any point in the pandemic, reassigning employees, postponing surgeries and treating patients in hallways and reconfigured rooms."

Adding that Florida was the perfect petri dish for the virus to flourish again, the Post notes that epidemiologists are candidly admitting, "Florida taught the nation important lessons as the highly transmissible delta variant of the virus accounts for nearly all new cases."
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Optical techniques offer fast, efficient COVID-19 detection
https://phys.org/news/2021-09-optical-t ... ovid-.html
by American Institute of Physics
Without the prospect of herd immunity on the immediate horizon, speedy detection for COVID-19 remains imperative for helping to curb the pandemic. Point-of-care testing that can provide immediate results is an urgent need.

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and Omega Optics Inc. have investigated the opportunities and challenges in developing rapid COVID-19 sensing techniques. They discuss the prospects of optical biosensors for point-of-care COVID-19 testing in the journal Applied Physics Reviews.

"Due to growing cases resulting from more transmissible variants around the world and the need to prevent and control cases and outbreaks when they arise, we should be utilizing rapid testing more commonly to detect and stop the spread before hitting the transmission peak," said Aref Asghari, one of the authors.
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Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge
Source: AP

By REBECCA BOONE

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing for the state’s northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly enacted the move Monday and publicly announced it in a statement Tuesday morning — warning residents that they may not get the care they would normally expect if they need to be hospitalized.

The move came as the state’s confirmed coronavirus cases skyrocketed in recent weeks. Idaho has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.

The state health agency cited “a severe shortage of staffing and available beds in the northern area of the state caused by a massive increase in patients with COVID-19 who require hospitalization.”



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weatheriscool wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:48 pm Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge
Source: AP

By REBECCA BOONE

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing for the state’s northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly enacted the move Monday and publicly announced it in a statement Tuesday morning — warning residents that they may not get the care they would normally expect if they need to be hospitalized.

The move came as the state’s confirmed coronavirus cases skyrocketed in recent weeks. Idaho has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.

The state health agency cited “a severe shortage of staffing and available beds in the northern area of the state caused by a massive increase in patients with COVID-19 who require hospitalization.”



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50 cases of the Mu variant in the UK now, including 23 in London.

Japanese scientists: "Mu variant is highly resistant to sera from convalescent & [Pfizer]-vaccinated people. Direct comparison of different spike proteins revealed that Mu spike is more resistant... than all other current variants."

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv ... 5.full.pdf


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Jesus.


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That looks like serious stuff about the kidneys. You really want to avoid Covid-19.
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Biden expected to sign executive order requiring federal employees to be vaccinated
Source: Washington Post
Biden is expected to sign an executive order requiring all federal employees to be vaccinated amid a surge in coronavirus cases and pandemic deaths.

Biden is scheduled to lay out his strategy late Thursday for dealing with the pandemic in remarks from the White House.

The requirement for the estimated 2.1 million civilian workers will give them no option of regular testing to opt out of the requirement, according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity ahead of the president’s 5 p.m. remarks.

Covid cases have topped more than 150,000 while deaths are more than 1,000 a day as the delta variant has taken a toll.
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