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Among Other Cities In China Wuhan Is Back In Lockdown – Here's What We Know
by Dr Alfredo Carpineti, PhD.
October 28, 2022

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(IFL Science) Wuhan and many other cities across China have gone back into lockdown as the Asian country continues its zero-COVID policy. China has reported 42,419 cases of COVID cases just in the last 24 hours, and to stop another wave becoming more serious, over 200 million people are back in lockdown.

Under different degrees of lockdown, there are major manufacturing centers such as Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Datong and Xian. Reuters reports that 28 major cities were dealing with local outbreaks. The Universal Resort in Beijing was shut down after a guest tested positive for COVID-19, but the country's capital remain open for now.

Eighty-seven percent of people in China have been vaccinated against COVID-19, as reported in summer, although it appears that elderly people – one of the most at-risk populations – are lagging behind in terms of vaccine uptake.

While the zero-COVID policy continues to be seen as controversial, China has so far reported 28,061 deaths due to COVID-19. The United States registered over 68,700 cases yesterday.
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Authorities in Shanghai Start Administering an Oral Version of a Covid-19 Vaccine
October 26, 2022

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(AP via SCMP) In what appeared to be a world first, Shanghai on Wednesday started administering an inhalable Covid-19 vaccine.

The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people, according to an announcement on an official city social media account.

Scientists hope that such needle-free vaccines will make vaccination more accessible in countries with fragile health systems because they are easier to administer. They also may persuade people who do not like needles to get inoculated.

China wants more people to get booster shots before it relaxes strict pandemic restrictions that are holding back the economy and are increasingly out of sync with the rest of the world. As of mid-October, about 90 per cent of Chinese were fully vaccinated and 57 per cent had received a booster shot.
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How do Britons feel about COVID-19 as we head into winter 2022?

November 01, 2022

As the latest data from the ONS suggests that the number of people in the UK with COVID-19 is on the rise again, YouGov research looks at people’s concerns for the winter, and public attitudes towards restrictive measures and further vaccines.

Around half of Britons are worried about both the number of people catching COVID-19 (49%), and the number of people being hospitalised with the illness (53%) increasing this winter. People are less worried about catching it themselves, with just over one in three (37%) saying so.

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When it comes to wearing masks, just a quarter of Britons (27%) are still wearing a face covering at least sometimes when travelling on public transport, while 39% at least occasionally opt to wear a mask in public spaces such as shops. However, only 6-7% are wearing a face mask every time they go on public transport or visit a public space.

For those who wear a mask most or some of the time, but not all of the time, the main motivation for that decision is how busy the transport space is – six in ten (59%) say that they only don a mask if it is busy. For a further 17% the issue seems to be organisation, with respondents suggesting they would wear them more frequently were it not for forgetfulness.

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Thinking about the situation as it is at the moment, there is strong support for both self-isolation for those who test positive for COVID-19 (75%), and for mandatory testing for those who have symptoms (65%). Three in five (61%) would also back measures to enforce mask wearing on public transport. There is less support for the same measure being applied to indoor public spaces, although the figure is by no means insignificant – half (49%) would support masks being worn in places like shops and theatres right now, with 43% opposed. Older people (64% of those aged 65 and above) are particularly supportive of such a move.

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I’ve still never had Covid lol. Not that I am being particularly vigilant either lol.
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Xyls wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:11 pm I’ve still never had Covid lol. Not that I am being particularly vigilant either lol.
You still might've gotten it but didn't show any symptoms. That has happened to a lot of people with Covid.
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A must read.

What If COVID Reinfections Wear Down Our Immunity?

Dr. Anthony Leonardi is a lightning rod for debate. If he’s right, this pandemic poses a greater threat than widely assumed.

Nearly three years into the pandemic, it’s clear early expectations about the behaviour of the coronavirus and its toll on our bodies have proven overly optimistic.

Recall those early days when experts broadly assumed that once we’d withstood an infection our immune systems would adjust and fully resist another reinfection.

And then hopes rose that mass vaccination would provide the path out of the pandemic. Although vaccines did reduce deaths and hospitalizations, the effort failed to produce herd immunity.

But researchers saw further promise in what they called hybrid immunity: people who had been infected with COVID and then received mRNA vaccines would, it was assumed, develop a formidable protection through raised levels of antibodies (proteins made by the immune system to battle infection).

However variants emerged, capable of evading those antibodies. Many people who had been vaccinated or already had endured a bout of COVID were experiencing “breakthrough infections.” What could put the brakes on this ever-evolving virus, which can kill, damage organs and linger for months?

The answer from many scientists has been T cells — our bodies’ line of immune defence after antibodies. T cells can spot and attack viruses and even remember previous invaders. As virologist Vincent Racaniello titled one of his articles: “T cells will save us from COVID-19.”

But what if COVID wears down T cells in people who get it, and does so increasingly with each reinfection?

That concern lies at the heart of a rolling, rancorous scientific debate, a lot of it conducted on Twitter. A person at the centre of the storm, sounding alarms about T cell “dysregulation” since the early days of the pandemic, has been a U.S. immunologist named Anthony Leonardi.

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raklian wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:37 pm
Xyls wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:11 pm I’ve still never had Covid lol. Not that I am being particularly vigilant either lol.
You still might've gotten it but didn't show any symptoms. That has happened to a lot of people with Covid.
I think I had it in June-July time period but I never tested positive for whatever reason.

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Read the thread for your sakes.

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