Do Not Be Too Quick With Return to Office - Covid India Variant Spreading Now

China Thought They’d Beaten COVID, Now the Indian Variant Is Surging (yahoo.com)

China Thought They’d Beaten COVID, Now the Indian Variant Is Surging
Barbie Latza Nadeau
Tue, June 1, 2021, 7:24 AM

Barbie Latza Nadeau
Tue, June 1, 2021, 7:24 AM

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The Chinese government has taken the drastic measure of canceling hundreds of flights and locking down several streets in the city of Guangzhou, which has a population of over 15.3 million, because of the rapid spread of the Indian variant of COVID-19.
The bustling city has had, until now, very few reported cases, but since the weekend, the number of new infections tied to the variant first identified in India and now known as the Delta variant, has been doubling daily, according to Chinese state media, which often under reports statistics about the pandemic.
“In this race against the virus, we must run a bit ahead and run faster than before in order to block the spread of the virus and cut off the infection chain in time,” Huang Guanglie, director of the Guangzhou municipal health commission said Tuesday.
Since Sunday, hundreds of flights have been canceled into and out of Guangdong Baiyun international airport in an attempt to contain the fast spread. The municipal government also banned all residents of Guangzhou from leaving the city without a so-called “green pass” on their state-run COVID-19 apps.
Inside dining has also been prohibited in much of the city, and in lockdown communities, only one person can leave the house to buy essential goods.
The lockdowns are reminiscent of the beginning of the pandemic, when Wuhan became the first epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, which quickly spread to Italy and then the rest of the world. China has reported just 91,122 cases of COVID-19 and 4,636 related deaths since the pandemic began, a figure that is considered modest.

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People, get the vaccine, live your life and don’t care what other people do.. It’s really quite simple. Even for those who catch COVID it is far less deadly than the Flu statistically (compare deaths over infected individuals). Science doesn’t lie. If you don’t understand he math, ask somebody to help you.

Then we have this wonderful news:
I’m fully vaccinated but feel sick – should I get tested for COVID-19? (yahoo.com)

I’m fully vaccinated but feel sick – should I get tested for COVID-19?
Arif R. Sarwari, Physician, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Chair of Department of Medicine, West Virginia UniversitySee more
Thu, June 3, 2021, 5:02 PM

Some people can still get sick after getting vaccinated for COVID-19. Dragana991/iStock via Getty Images Plus
Imagine last night you developed a little runny nose and a sore throat. When you woke up this morning you started coughing and had a fever. In the past year, your mind would have immediately jumped to COVID-19. But if you are already fully vaccinated, you might wonder: Should I still get tested for COVID-19?
As an infectious disease physician, I am often asked this question. The answer is yes. If you have symptoms of COVID-19, you should get tested for COVID-19 even if you are fully vaccinated. You won’t be at high risk for hospitalization or severe disease, but if you are infected you may pass the virus to an unvaccinated person, who could then get very sick.
A man wearing a mask getting his COVID-19 vaccine shot.
Vaccines work but aren’t 100% effective
Researchers have developed some amazing COVID-19 vaccines over the past year. The high efficacy of these vaccines in the closely controlled environment of clinical trials matches their effectiveness in real life. The mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna remain over 90% effective in preventing hospitalization or death.
That does not, however, mean that you have the same degree of protection from getting infected.
The latest research estimates that the mRNA vaccines offer 70% to 85% protection from getting infected at all. It’s impossible to know whether a person is fully protected or could still develop a mild case if exposed to the coronavirus.
If you did happen to get infected, you could still spread the virus. And that’s why testing is still important.
Breakthrough cases
When a person gets infected with the coronavirus after being fully vaccinated, this is called a breakthrough case. Breakthrough cases demonstrate a basic principle of infectious disease – whether or not a person gets infected depends on the balance between two factors: intensity of exposure and immune competence.
Intensity of exposure relates to how close an uninfected person is to a highly infectious individual spewing virus while talking and how long the two people are in contact. Immune competence relates to the body’s inherent protection against COVID-19. Unvaccinated individuals who’ve never been infected with the coronavirus have no protection have no protection – this is a completely new virus after all – while fully vaccinated people will be much more protected.

Your basic virology is pretty basic. Several of the variants of this particular virus have been found to be more deadly. People criticize scientists and researchers when they just confirm what everybody knows, but sometimes everybody knows “facts” that just ain’t so.

To @1szo+1b9Lcmta: "Basic biology," eh? Tell that to the 1918 flu. I'm sure if you succumb to some new COVID variant, no one who knows you will give a sh*t.

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We all need to be vaccinated. Simple as that.

Maybe you deniers need to read the Real News for a Change !!

https://nypost.com/2021/06/01/highly-contagious-indian-covid-variant-spreads-rapidly-in-us/

Offices will never be the same - no cake days, no food days, don't shake hands and don't touch people - i feel sorry for HR as those incidents rise. Not to mention how colds and flu will soar since we haven't been in contact....

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You really should read up on this stuff. You remind me of an acquaintance who was telling me the other day that the reason we couldn't have vaccination passports is because of HIPAA regulations which is complete nonsense (see covered entities). After quizzing him on this, turns out is was some nonsense statement by marjorie taylor green. Facts matter. Stop spreading this nonsense. Some people believe it.

I see that there is another expert epidemiologist posting here.

Vaccines do not treat symptoms. There are lots of good articles explaining how vaccines work. Please read one before you post again. Monoclonal ABs are the only treatment besides supportive care.

The pandemic has been contained, without containment the US death toll would have been 3.3 million. Please read one of the many good science based articles on viral containment vs. eradication before posting again. Eradication will be basically impossible to achieve as long as conspiracy theories continue to be promulgated through the ethers and people believe them.

If a strong new variant takes hold in the US that isn't covered by vaccines, we're screwed. Maskers have COVID exhaustion, and skeptics will dismiss COVID no matter what. On the other hand, if vaccines do cover it, then deniers will be the ones to take the brunt of it.

Stupid post

@rjl. Another QAnon conspiracy theory. Their advocates show up here a lot. Pay them no mind.

It is only about potential death and destruction, not about weaponize a disease to achieve their political power. Who made that stupid comment anyway?

Vietnam's 'very dangerous' new hybrid variant may be fueling its worst outbreak so far
Nicola Smith
Tue, June 1, 2021, 5:18 AM

New social distancing measures have been introduced as fears grow about a new Covid variant - Luong Thai LInh/EP-EFE/Shutterstock
Vietnam has suspended international flights from today into its capital, Hanoi, and commercial hub, Ho Chi Minh City, as it tries to control a suspected new hybrid coronavirus variant that it fears is fanning the Southeast Asian nation’s worst outbreak of the pandemic.
China has also tightened its border security as its neighbour, once considered a pandemic success story, now plans to test all 13 million residents of Ho Chi Minh City and tighten social distancing measures.
Vietnam’s plight follows a now familiar pattern of Covid-19 surges across Asia - most alarmingly in countries like Singapore, Laos, Thailand and Taiwan that were praised for beating the virus in 2020, only to be caught out by a global vaccine shortage as new variants ricocheted back from coronavirus hotspots.
On Saturday, the Vietnamese authorities revealed they had discovered a “very dangerous” new coronavirus variant that combined mutations first found in India and the UK, and which spreads quickly by air.

Now we have the Indian virus. Everyone should go ask India about how the Indian virus was allowed to spread all over now. US and her allies are trying to weaponize a disease to achieve their political power.

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