The Mysterious Coronavirus Spreading Worldwide

[trottigy]

Yep, it could be bad.

 

We can just hope that as many as possible get vaccinated and meanwhile follow the same guidelines all JWs do - wear a mask when out, physical distance and wash hands regularly for 20 seconds or more, eh.

[Shawnster]

My cloth math is double layered.  In between the 2 layers I have an air filter.  Guess I'm actually wearing 3 masks, LOL

[Lee49]

Your math would be correct! 

[Allabord4Jah]

Aljazeera News/January 27, 2021

 

Infographic: How did we get to 100 million coronavirus cases?

An animation of the pandemic’s spread around the world as global COVID-19 infections hit the 100 million mark.

27 Jan 2021

[runner92]

18 hours ago, Allabord4Jah said:

Aljazeera News/January 27, 2021

 

Infographic: How did we get to 100 million coronavirus cases?

An animation of the pandemic’s spread around the world as global COVID-19 infections hit the 100 million mark.

27 Jan 2021

It's amazing to me how the US numbers just kept climbing while everyone else declined somewhat. I wonder what that's about. Are people obeying the mask order everywhere else but here?

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

I believe it is the accurate counting in the US that has shown higher numbers. Why should the ratio of spread or deaths be lower in India, Brazil or Russia?
I'm sure there is the possibility that there's a difference in the make-up of these countries, but I'm not sure they would stop the virus.
If there was something that hindered the spread of the virus, the drug companies would be trying to bottle it and sell it back to us by now. IMHO

(As a reference I have posted the top 10 countries by population) 
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?abVariantId=0&campaign_id=154&emc=edit_cb_20210127&instance_id=26478&nl=coronavirus-briefing&productCode=CB&regi_id=83729275&segment_id=50419&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2Fb747801b-9391-5a00-b9a4-07597b0bffcf&user_id=1e518bbbdae79eaae8caa3f078cbb8f2 
Old (Downunder) Tone

Edited January 29, 2021 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

[daydream]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/health/coronavirus-antibodies-immunity.html   28 January 2021

 

The coronavirus can warp the body’s defenses in many ways — disarming the body’s early warning systems, for example, or causing immune cells to misfire. But a spate of new studies suggests another insidious consequence: The infection can trigger the production of antibodies that mistakenly attack the patient’s own tissues instead of the virus.

The latest report, published online this week, suggests that so-called autoantibodies can persist months after the infection has resolved, perhaps causing irreparable harm.

[Dustparticle]

2 hours ago, runner92 said:

It's amazing to me how the US numbers just kept climbing while everyone else declined somewhat. I wonder what that's about. Are people obeying the mask order everywhere else but here?

Good questions sis. For the most part, people are screwing up worldwide. I went too the doctor today and he told me that why old people are not taking shots. Why. Theories!! They are listening to people who doe not know beans about the virus. If we stick to the rules and be extra careful, then most of the virus can be contained. It is not going to happen soon if ever in this wicked system. Why. Because greediness, politics and stupidity are causing a lot of problems with this virus.

[Sofia]

1 hour ago, Mclove said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/health/coronavirus-antibodies-immunity.html   28 January 2021

 

The coronavirus can warp the body’s defenses in many ways — disarming the body’s early warning systems, for example, or causing immune cells to misfire. But a spate of new studies suggests another insidious consequence: The infection can trigger the production of antibodies that mistakenly attack the patient’s own tissues instead of the virus.

The latest report, published online this week, suggests that so-called autoantibodies can persist months after the infection has resolved, perhaps causing irreparable harm.

This is the real COVID-19 disease

Well written

[Naturale]

18 hours ago, runner92 said:

It's amazing to me how the US numbers just kept climbing while everyone else declined somewhat. I wonder what that's about. Are people obeying the mask order everywhere else but here?

A big reason is because In the United States there is an extremely high prevalence of obesity.   "The U.S. adult obesity rate stands at 42.4 percent, the first time the national rate has passed the 40 percent mark, and further evidence of the country’s obesity crisis"
https://www.tfah.org/report-details/state-of-obesity-2020/

 

     "Obesity may cause a hyperactive immune system response to COVID-19 infection that makes it difficult to fight off the virus, according to a new manuscript published in the Endocrine Society's journal, Endocrinology.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903105602.htm

 

"Since the pandemic began, dozens of studies have reported that many of the sickest COVID-19 patients have been people with obesity"  ....

"researchers pooled data from scores of peer-reviewed papers capturing 399,000 patients. They found that people with obesity who contracted SARS-CoV-2 were 113% more likely than people of healthy weight to land in the hospital, 74% more likely to be admitted to an ICU, and 48% more likely to die."

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/why-covid-19-more-deadly-people-obesity-even-if-theyre-young

Edited January 29, 2021 by Naturale

[AH173]

Generally this may be true, 

 

When my daughter (1st) and mother in law (2nd) came down with diagnosis of Covid-19, I  worried about my wife and I. 

 

I am severely overweight and my wife is not by very much. 

Despite being around her mother all along (caring for elderly, infirm Pioneer) , she neither came down with it nor passed it along to me. 

 

There are other obvious comorbidities involved than just being overweight. 

[Shawnster]

19 hours ago, runner92 said:

It's amazing to me how the US numbers just kept climbing while everyone else declined somewhat. I wonder what that's about. Are people obeying the mask order everywhere else but here?

The number of new cases has been trending downward in the US since about Jan. 12.  For the past 2 weeks the US has been improving.  Is it a trend?  Hopefully.  The vaccine is beginning to role out.

 

The UK, on the other hand, continues to climb higher and higher each day.  Their numbers are heading in the wrong direction.

 

 

[Lance]

People must be losing weight.. if the numbers are dropping...😉

After every holiday there is a spike and then a drop 3-4 weeks later .. holidays are threat to human life 😎

[Jothob]

3 hours ago, Shawnster said:

The UK, on the other hand, continues to climb higher and higher each day.  Their numbers are heading in the wrong direction.

Yes it’s very worrying here to be honest. 
The police are doing lots of raids on people disobeying the lockdown rules! No wonder the numbers are climbing here in the UK. We’re now over 100,000 deaths. Very sad.

[hatcheckgirl]

I think there is more to it than obesity though. Japan doesn’t suffer from obesity issues (unless you’re a sumo wrestler). The quotes Naturale posted above are true regarding obesity and any disease. During covid times, any underlying medical issues are going to complicate things, especially survival rates. Remember, even healthy young people, athletes and ones who have no underlying health reasons have succumbed to this disease. We are all imperfect, after all, and we all know only Jehovah can fix that.

[hatcheckgirl]

36 minutes ago, Jothob said:

Yes it’s very worrying here to be honest. 
The police are doing lots of raids on people disobeying the lockdown rules! No wonder the numbers are climbing here in the UK. We’re now over 100,000 deaths. Very sad.

I really feel for you all there at the coalface. The responsibility lies squarely at the feet of governments who didn’t manage the outbreak responsibly and early enough, but caved in the the economic pressures, and celebrating xmas etc. Was reading that now more people have died in the UK than all civilians died in WW2 😱😱

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-29/uk-100000-coronavirus-deaths/13099986

 

[hatcheckgirl]

What countries have done well in managing the pandemic, and why?  It more than just being a little island nation.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-30/seven-countries-with-better-coronavirus-response-than-australia/13102988

 

New Zealand
Special weapon: An elimination strategy - While tight borders have harmed New Zealand's tourism sector, they've allowed the island nation to remain largely COVID-free, minimising the hit to other industries.

 

Vietnam
Special weapon: A low-tech, hard and fast response - "pool sampling" which involved testing entire households with a single swab, and if it returned a positive result, retesting each person individually to see who was infected. This meant testing supplies could stretch much further, and cover more of the population.

 

Taiwan
Special weapon: Extensive public health infrastructure and experience with SARS. 

The country's immigration and health insurance agencies integrated their databases so they could quickly identify who should be tested based on their travel and medical histories.

Health authorities partnered with telecommunications companies to enforce quarantine through mobile phone location tracking. 

 

Thailand
Special weapon: An army of volunteers - a largely female army of volunteers with basic medical training.

These volunteers, spread across the country, went door-to-door over the course of 2020, educating households on how to prevent transmission, dispelling misinformation, offering masks and sanitiser, and providing updates on public health measures.

 

Cyprus
Special weapon: Border controls and lockdowns - though impacting the tourism sector, it has mostly been successful in controlling the virus, especially when other EU countries are struggling.

 

Rwanda

Special weapon: Public trust in the health system - Rwandans trust their health system.

"So, when the government closes the borders and sends everyone home—when it deploys health workers to people's homes, robots to their treatment centres, and drones to their skies [as it has done] — the people must know these actions are not against them, but for them. That's the only way they'll comply with the guidance—enforcement gets you only so far."

[Jothob]

6 hours ago, hatcheckgirl said:

I really feel for you all there at the coalface. The responsibility lies squarely at the feet of governments who didn’t manage the outbreak responsibly and early enough, but caved in the the economic pressures, and celebrating xmas etc. Was reading that now more people have died in the UK than all civilians died in WW2 😱😱

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-29/uk-100000-coronavirus-deaths/13099986

 

Yes I agree and the fact that they kept chopping and changing the rules made things very confusing for people. 
Us? Well we follow the direction of the GB through our local branches, simple. 

[Dustparticle]

6 hours ago, Jothob said:

Yes I agree and the fact that they kept chopping and changing the rules made things very confusing for people. 
Us? Well we follow the direction of the GB through our local branches, simple. 

And CDC is about year late on this: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html

 

Jehovah's Organization was on the ball on this virus. Jehovah's  chariot is on the move and can adapt to obstacles. 

Edited January 30, 2021 by Dustparticle

[hatcheckgirl]

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/much-of-wa-going-into-lockdown-from-6pm-after-hotel-quarantine-worker-tests-positive-20210131-p56y78.html
 

Western Australia is now under lock down from 6pm tonight for 5 days. Strict measures due to a community transmission from a quarantine hotel. I guess that is how to squash further community transmission - to get on top of it before it spreads throughout our vast state (it’s roughly half of Australia).

 

[WilliamChew]

1 hour ago, hatcheckgirl said:

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/much-of-wa-going-into-lockdown-from-6pm-after-hotel-quarantine-worker-tests-positive-20210131-p56y78.html
 

Western Australia is now under lock down from 6pm tonight for 5 days. Strict measures due to a community transmission from a quarantine hotel. I guess that is how to squash further community transmission - to get on top of it before it spreads throughout our vast state (it’s roughly half of Australia).

 

The infected hotel quarantine worker visited 16 locations.

 

No wonder there needs to be a lockdown. Very firm and quick pre-emptive measure before it spreads further.

 

 

Edited January 31, 2021 by WilliamChew

[JennyM]

a newly baptized brother last november got covid.. He was severely ill.. Hes a doctor and got small children.. ... The hospital advised him to take blood. He refused.. Now, hes recovering. 

[Sofia]

There are more than 30 brothers and sisters infected now in our circuit 

3 unfortunately passed away🥺🥺🥺

[SUNRAY]

19 minutes ago, Sofia said:

There are more than 30 brothers and sisters infected now in our circuit 

3 unfortunately passed away🥺🥺🥺

I am so sorry to hear this! I am praying for all our brothers and sisters..We all need to be so careful!

[Lee49]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/health/variants-arrival-future-whats-next/index.html

 

Can the arrival of new coronavirus variants scare Americans into better pandemic behavior?

 

 A new forecast from the University of Washington's pandemic forecasting team is frightening. Even in a best-case scenario, close to another 200,000 Americans are likely to die between now and May 1.

...even if the entire population started doing everything right -- wearing masks, avoiding gatherings, staying two arms' lengths away from one another -- the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation predicts at least 130,000 more people would die in the next three months.

 The new CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, says the arrival of the new variants means Americans must double down on all the things they are already being told to do -- but that millions of Americans are still not doing.

 Dr. Christopher Murray in releasing his team's latest bleak forecast. "Without measures to control the spread of the disease, mobility remains higher and transmission is more likely."