The Mysterious Coronavirus Spreading Worldwide

[Lee49]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57594155

Coronavirus: Israel reimposes masks amid new virus fears

 

 

 Concern has grown after the country recorded more than 100 new daily cases in successive days after registering zero earlier this month.

Most of the cases have been linked to the Delta variant from abroad.

Israel has been one of the most successful countries in the world in tackling the pandemic.

 It implemented the fastest vaccination programme, under which well over half the population of 9.3m has been partially or fully immunised.

[Naturale]

Sara Seidelmann is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and she worked on the study. She told Newsday: “We found that individuals who reported following plant-based diets had a 73 percent lower odds of moderate to severe Covid-19. Plants are packed with micro-nutrients. In prior studies supplementation with some of these nutrients decreased the risk of respiratory infections. These nutrients can support the immune system.”

 

Eating a plant-based diet may help people avoid having obesity and other health conditions that could worsen their experience of COVID-19 if they develop it.

Research suggests that a SARS-CoV-2 infection results in increased hospitalization rates and greater severity of illness in people with diabetesor obesity.

According to a 2020 study, obesity was the most commonly reported underlying medical condition — 72.5% — in healthcare personnel hospitalized for COVID-19 in the United States.

Authors of a 2016 analysis indicate that plant-based diets could decrease inflammation and risk of chronic disease in people who have obesity.

A 2019 review notes a plant-based diet may help prevent the development of overweight, obesity, and diabetes. Research also supports the diet’s cardiovascular benefits.

 

 

A review in the British Journal of Nutrition suggests that people with optimal levels of micronutrients may be more resilient to COVID-19.

 

Healthy vegan diets that include a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are rich in antioxidants. These are compounds that fight free radicals and help counteract oxidative stress.

 

The fiber in plant foods provides prebiotics to feed gut bacteria. Researchshows that plant-based diets influence the gut microbiome favorably, increasing bacterial diversity and potentially reducing inflammation.

 

...  a plant-based or vegan diet may support a healthy immune system. This in turn can limit the risk of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as its serious health complications.

Eating a plant-based diet may also help prevent the development of chronic health conditions that might cause complications or increase the severity of COVID-19 symptoms.

A vegan diet may also help people reach a moderate weight and prevent obesity, reducing the risk of worse COVID-19 outcomes.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/covid-and-veganism

Edited June 25, 2021 by Naturale

[Áine]

1 hour ago, Naturale said:

Sara Seidelmann is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and she worked on the study. She told Newsday: “We found that individuals who reported following plant-based diets had a 73 percent lower odds of moderate to severe Covid-19. Plants are packed with micro-nutrients. In prior studies supplementation with some of these nutrients decreased the risk of respiratory infections. These nutrients can support the immune system.”

 

Eating a plant-based diet may help people avoid having obesity and other health conditions that could worsen their experience of COVID-19 if they develop it.

Research suggests that a SARS-CoV-2 infection results in increased hospitalization rates and greater severity of illness in people with diabetesor obesity.

According to a 2020 study, obesity was the most commonly reported underlying medical condition — 72.5% — in healthcare personnel hospitalized for COVID-19 in the United States.

Authors of a 2016 analysis indicate that plant-based diets could decrease inflammation and risk of chronic disease in people who have obesity.

A 2019 review notes a plant-based diet may help prevent the development of overweight, obesity, and diabetes. Research also supports the diet’s cardiovascular benefits.

 

 

A review in the British Journal of Nutrition suggests that people with optimal levels of micronutrients may be more resilient to COVID-19.

 

Healthy vegan diets that include a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are rich in antioxidants. These are compounds that fight free radicals and help counteract oxidative stress.

 

The fiber in plant foods provides prebiotics to feed gut bacteria. Researchshows that plant-based diets influence the gut microbiome favorably, increasing bacterial diversity and potentially reducing inflammation.

 

...  a plant-based or vegan diet may support a healthy immune system. This in turn can limit the risk of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as its serious health complications.

Eating a plant-based diet may also help prevent the development of chronic health conditions that might cause complications or increase the severity of COVID-19 symptoms.

A vegan diet may also help people reach a moderate weight and prevent obesity, reducing the risk of worse COVID-19 outcomes.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/covid-and-veganism

I'm glad to see that article doesn't link diabetes only with obesity....

 

I'm a vegetarian for well over 20 years,  I'm certainly not fat and yet I'm diabetic... diagnosed as type 2 but now I've been told that I'm type 1.5 although at times they're unsure on that diagnosis,  I changed doctor recently and my new GP laughed when I told him I was diabetic!!

 

I don't think that diabetes is totally understood, there are many questions... I've been told that I'm genetically disposed to it ... both my father and maternal grandmother had it... neither were obese, in fact my father was thin. 

 

Something in your pancreas just seems to switch off sometimes... I have to say that I hate it and its the thing that I'm most looking forward to not having in the new world.

 

Yes I'm fully vaccinated, I'm not taking any chances.  

[Dustparticle]

37 minutes ago, Áine said:

I'm glad to see that article doesn't link diabetes only with obesity....

 

I'm a vegetarian for well over 20 years,  I'm certainly not fat and yet I'm diabetic... diagnosed as type 2 but now I've been told that I'm type 1.5 although at times they're unsure on that diagnosis,  I changed doctor recently and my new GP laughed when I told him I was diabetic!!

 

I don't think that diabetes is totally understood, there are many questions... I've been told that I'm genetically disposed to it ... both my father and maternal grandmother had it... neither were obese, in fact my father was thin. 

 

Something in your pancreas just seems to switch off sometimes... I have to say that I hate it and its the thing that I'm most looking forward to not having in the new world.

 

Yes I'm fully vaccinated, I'm not taking any chances.  

I type 1 diabetic. It is a fight every day too. My numbers goes like a roller coaster. It is a rarity it happens that way. Oh well. 

[Áine]

14 hours ago, Dustparticle said:

I type 1 diabetic. It is a fight every day too. My numbers goes like a roller coaster. It is a rarity it happens that way. Oh well. 

Every single day is a battle isn't it... if I don't eat enough I go too low and end up shaking life a leaf etc... if I eat too much I'm ill.... and as for eating enough so that you can exercise... I.e cut the grass, garden etc... well that's just a nightmare 🙈

[Sofia]

Scientific studies suggest that ACICLOVIR ( zovirax - herpes treatment) is EFFECTIVE against COVID.

a 8 member family from a near congregation took it and have improved in a week!

 

Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348683234_Acyclovir_As_a_Potential_Add-On_Treatment_for_COVID-19_A_Narrative_Review

[Sofia]

Very nice video showing how we are life long protected after infection

 

 

[Sofia]

 

• The WHO urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks and practice other Covid-19 pandemic safety measures as the highly contagious delta variant spreads rapidly across the globe.
• “People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses. They still need to protect themselves,” WHO official Dr. Mariangela Simao told reporters.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/delta-who-urges-fully-vaccinated-people-to-continue-to-wear-masks-as-variant-spreads.html

Edited June 28, 2021 by Sofia

[On the huh]

Andrew Marr, a BBC News journalist, caught Delta CO-Vid even after double dose of vaccines.

 

Marr on catching Covid after being double vaccinated - BBC News

 

[runner92]

5 minutes ago, On the huh said:

Andrew Marr, a BBC News journalist, caught Delta CO-Vid even after double dose of vaccines.

 

Marr on catching Covid after being double vaccinated - BBC News

 

 

 

I'm not shocked. There will be more adore breakthrough infections. There has never been a successful vaccine against coronaviruses, and the one they have now is still experimental. They don't really know what it's going to do. 

[Dages]

Vaccines are said to only prevent serious effects of the illness. It doesn't prevent you from getting the disease.

[Shawnster]

5 hours ago, runner92 said:

There will be more adore breakthrough infections.

Adore? 

[runner92]

35 minutes ago, Shawnster said:

Adore? 

LOL! Definitely a typo. 

[Sofia]

10 hours ago, On the huh said:

Andrew Marr, a BBC News journalist, caught Delta CO-Vid even after double dose of vaccines.

 

Marr on catching Covid after being double vaccinated - BBC News

Vaccines are NOT 100% effective. In about 100, 5 to 15 people can still get it. Even if not too hard.

This is a reality, not surprise. 

[hatcheckgirl]

9 hours ago, Dages said:

It doesn't prevent you from getting the disease.

But it can. Just depends if you are the one who’s spared. 

“The highly contagious Delta strain of COVID-19 infected everyone who attended a Sydney birthday party except for the six people who were vaccinated, the NSW Government said.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-28/vaccinated-attendees-west-hoxton-birthday-party-avoid-covid-19/100249612
 

So, it’s not always the case, but generally you have a much greater chance of not getting covid if fully vaccinated. 

 

Currently, only around 7% of Australians are vaccinated, not full dose either. Now that the delta strain is spreading in nearly all states from the one exposure in Sydney, multiple states are in lockdown to try to stop the spread. Due to not having any community transmission for nearly the whole time of the pandemic, Australians are very vulnerable, especially now with the Delta strain spreading so fast. The contact tracers cannot keep up as they could in previous outbreaks. This one is a very different beast.

 

[rbrown1205]

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210629/almost-all-us-covid-19-deaths-now-in-the-unvaccinated

 

This is the most concerning statistic - almost all current and recent deaths from Covid are among the unvaccinated!

[Sofia]

On 6/29/2021 at 1:52 AM, hatcheckgirl said:

But it can.

of coourse it can!

only a small % catch it after fully vaccinated.

[Bob]

On 6/28/2021 at 9:37 AM, runner92 said:

I'm not shocked. There will be more adore breakthrough infections. There has never been a successful vaccine against coronaviruses, and the one they have now is still experimental. They don't really know what it's going to do. 

Well, its not "experimental" - it been tested in tens of thousands of people as does all vaccines. Its "experimental" on a technicality that the FDA hasn't collected at least 6 months worth of data to give it full approval status.

 

I am not accusing you of this, but the anti-vax movement disparagingly call it "experimental" to scare people away from it. 

 

That term is being abused in a dishonest fashion by them.

[blacc]

3 minutes ago, Bob said:

Well, its not "experimental" - it been tested in tens of thousands of people as does all vaccines. Its "experimental" on a technicality that the FDA hasn't collected at least 6 months worth of data to give it full approval status.

 

I am not accusing you of this, but the anti-vax movement disparagingly call it "experimental" to scare people away from it. 

 

That term is being abused in a dishonest fashion by them.

Well, then I guess until the 6 months has run its course, the vaccine is best described as (safe to say it is) 'experimental'.

[Bob]

4 minutes ago, blacc said:

Well, then I guess until the 6 months has run its course, the vaccine is best described as (safe to say it is) 'experimental'.

Well, technically speaking it is experimental. In practice, it has full approval and has been for months. For all intents and purposes, its fully approved.

 

But sure, I'm not fighting over what we choose to call it personally.

 

Edited June 30, 2021 by Bob

[Bob]

On 6/28/2021 at 7:38 PM, Sofia said:

Vaccines are NOT 100% effective. In about 100, 5 to 15 people can still get it. Even if not too hard.

This is a reality, not surprise. 

Yeah agree. Nothing is 100 percent. And it really doesn’t have to be 100 percent effective to protect us from serious illness. 
 

I like to use the car analogy. The safety features and equipment in modern vehicles do not 100 percent protect us from fatal car accidents. They reduce death and help prevent car accidents, but tens of thousands of people die each year in car crashes still.

 

And we still drive while being well aware of and accepting those risks. 
 

I see vaccines similarly. The risks aren’t necessarily a non-starter for vaccination depending on how severe the side-effects are. 

[Dages]

11 hours ago, rbrown1205 said:

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210629/almost-all-us-covid-19-deaths-now-in-the-unvaccinated

 

This is the most concerning statistic - almost all current and recent deaths from Covid are among the unvaccinated!

That's normal, the purpose of the vaccines is to avoid the bad consequences of the virus.

[Dustparticle]

More is coming: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57677178

[Sofia]

4 hours ago, Dustparticle said:

More is coming: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57677178

Portugal is at the 4th wave

[On the huh]

13 hours ago, Dustparticle said:

More is coming: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57677178

More than football is coming home.