OT Coronavirus: America in chaos, News and Updates. One million Americans dead and counting

It's incomplete news. Most people in MA are vaccinated. And the photo is misleading - at best.

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The vaccine isn't changing. Delta is a more dangerous variant than the original.

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None of those three things is similar to gas.

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I had my 6mos physical today.



I've been seeing my doctor for years and really like him. After talking Blazers I fired a bunch of questions about covid.

A few things that really stood out...

He said that at his clinic here in Portland he and other doctors did see many patients with flu last winter. The difference was that people who started getting flu-like symptoms immediately thought they had the rona and rushed to see their doctor. It was their policy to do both a covid test and a flu test but people were coming in much sooner to be treated for the flu because they were concerned about covid. Getting medical attention sooner vs later had a huge effect on how sick people got.

Antibodies: He said it's normal for the human body to stop producing antibodies after getting a vaccine. If you were to test your blood right now you would not see antibodies for all of the vaccines you have had throughout your life. But that does not mean you are not protected from the vaccine. The body produces antibodies when needed. It doesn't produce them all of the time for the hell of it. If you get a virus the body responds to it by producing the antibodies needed to fight it. Vaccines teach your body which antibodies to produce. With the Delta variant the virus is not an exact match to the vaccine so there is a delay in the response but for healthy people, the response is still enough to prevent hospitalization and/or death.

Only sharing what I heard from my doctor, do with it what you wish.

 

Did you read the article?

Overall, 274 vaccinated patients with a breakthrough infection were symptomatic, according to the CDC. The most common side effects were cough, headache, sore throat, muscle pain and fever. Among five Covid patients who were hospitalized, four were fully vaccinated, according to the agency. No deaths were reported.

Testing identified the delta variant in 90% of specimens from 133 patients.​

 

CDC FINALLY releases data behind new mask guidance: Study claims vaccinated people who get COVID have same viral levels of Indian 'Delta' variant as the unvaccinated - but only four of 346 people who had shots were hospitalized and none died

• A new CDC report detailed 469 cases of COVID-19 linked to an outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts between July 3 and July 17
• Of the infections, 74% occurred in fully vaccinated people who had one of the three FDA-emergency approved vaccines and 80% had symptoms
• Only four of the vaccinated people were hospitalized, two of whom had underlying conditions, and there were no deaths
• Results showed that vaccinated people who get COVID-19 have same viral levels as the unvaccinated
• The CDC says this outbreak was behind its recent recommendations for vaccinated Americans to wear masks in indoors places in COVID-19 hot spots

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...inated-people-viral-levels-Delta-variant.html

 

1. Keeping down the viral load so your body has time to fight the virus.

2. Reducing the spread of the virus to others, including those who are vaccinated.

 

It's been named the Delta variant to avoid saying B.137.2.593.394.500.7.q, or the Indian variant.
In my opinion, the Guardian should have said Delta not 'Indian Delta'. But I don't own the Guardian.

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You can't avoid the idiots who won't get vaccinated, they are still a danger to your health. The vaccine is not a 100% surefire solution, it just improves your chances (and those of everyone you know). As does a mask (to a lesser degree).

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So there you go. There should have been a negative number of positive cases among the unvaccinated in Provincetown.

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