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08-20-21 01:04 #14372
Posts: 6834Viral load -- talkin' about Covid
Some more Covid info, new study on viral load.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/double-ja...140126657.html
From the article:
Fully vaccinated people carry the same amount of Covid as the unvaccinated, scientists have found in a new study that calls into question the effectiveness of vaccine passports and changes to the NHS app. Experts had hoped two doses of vaccine would significantly reduce the viral load carried by people who became infected, lowering the risk of them passing on Covid.
SNIP.
However, the new study by the University of Oxford shows that the delta variant wipes out the viral load reduction. Instead, even the fully jabbed carry high levels of the virus if they become infected and are also more likely to be symptomatic than vaccinated people who pick up an alpha infection. The results suggest those who are fully jabbed could be as capable of passing on Covid as the unvaccinated, although they are less likely to pick up the virus in the first place.
SNIP.
Despite the findings, the study showed the jabs are still helpful in preventing an infection in the first place, which will have a role in stopping transmission. Two doses of the AstraZeneca jab lowered the rate of a new infection by 67 per cent and Pfizer by 82 per cent.
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08-15-21 13:22 #14371
Posts: 3474Originally Posted by Amanut [View Original Post]
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08-14-21 09:24 #14370
Posts: 1056Gestapo Papers
After I posted, I checked flights with Qatar and Turkish into Phils. Both asking for papers and both saying no Europeans need apply as no admittance. Fares were expensive too. There must be places, mostly on a small scale I imagine, where Gestapo rules do not apply. I hear of ferries crossing the North Sea, no papers needed, train routes into Switzerland.
My soul is fine, I am doing the non canine equiva.
Originally Posted by Goferring [View Original Post]
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08-14-21 00:23 #14369
Posts: 3394Originally Posted by PedroMorales [View Original Post]
I've also noticed a few AirBNB and Agoda adds highlighting that they are accepting tenants with no Covid or vaccination paperwork. I'm not sure if this is a good thing (signs of opening up) or a bad one (lack of containment).
Good luck with the recovery. Long term chronic diseases can deflate both body and soul.
Cheers.
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08-13-21 11:12 #14368
Posts: 1056Discounting rubbish
Originally Posted by Goferring [View Original Post]
Now I am perusing this site for a good recuperation spot for 2021.2.
Needs.
1. Ease of exit from Europe. Turkey and Turkish Airways seem best.
2. Ease of paperwork. Somewhere that wants $$$ and is not made change the rules every day.
3. Cash hungry women.
1 and 2 are the problems, big problems, not just for Europeans. Any country relaxing restrictions over the next months would be flooded.
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08-12-21 23:04 #14367
Posts: 499At same time I noticed many vaccinations going on in many places, many of my chatmates told me that they are fully vaccinated.
In Manila but also in Cebu, and Palawan, Puerto princesa but even some isolated villages fully vaccinated.
They talk about sinovac and also AstraZeneca.
That's good to hear, they try really to strongly improve the vaccination level which is the only way we have now to fight this virus, even if not the best.
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08-12-21 21:54 #14366
Posts: 3394Originally Posted by PedroMorales [View Original Post]
Hope you are fighting fit soon. 👍128077;129310;.
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08-12-21 14:05 #14365
Posts: 6834Nuther report
Six days since the last one. See pics. Delta cases up, from 450 to 627 (39% increase). Deaths up from 9 to 13 (44% increase).
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08-12-21 13:45 #14364
Posts: 6834Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
Must say that when Filipino are told to stay home, they STAY HOME.
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08-12-21 10:55 #14363
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
I couldn't get the yahoo link to the EDSA drone footage to work. I think Yahoo may have taken the story down. I found the same footage on Reuters and other outlets:
http://br.mobile.reuters.com/video/2...Channel=117763
EDSA without congestion is hard to imagine.
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08-10-21 14:52 #14362
Posts: 1056Covid Roulette
I live in a suburb, lots of green, space etc. I live alone, eat well / healthily and live a clean life. Moderate drinker. Non smoker, don't mix much. Yet here I am, having to factor in covid risks going forward. Thanks for the informed comments. Food for thought.
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08-10-21 13:30 #14361
Posts: 120Pedro, Get well soon! Hope you were able to stay out of the hospital. You are in Europe?
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08-10-21 08:37 #14360
Posts: 6834Cold water on it. Just me speaking
ECQ update.
Well, its a bit of a ghost town again in Manila. Some street pics, mall pics. Also we gots us an alcohol ban, and all food is take-out only. The grocery store and maybe 10 other stores (food, pharmacy) are open in the mall. Even the mall's flagship department store is closed for the duration (Aug 6-20, if not extended). Street pics taken at dusk, mall pics taken 3-ish pm. Curfew 8 pm, so get your evening honey to your place early (if they allow guests). If your place doesn't allow guests (other than your registered main squeeze), you need another hotel. More hotels are showing now as Quarantine on Agoda. Even the ST hotels are now allowing only 1 person per rented room (ie Sogo, VC), even if online they are renting rooms for multiple persons (see pic).
And a link to this article: "Drone footage captures Manila under lockdown".
https://www.yahoo.com/news/drone-foo...053331400.html
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08-10-21 04:26 #14359
Posts: 451Originally Posted by PedroMorales [View Original Post]
Current recommendations are getting shots even for recovered people.
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08-09-21 22:47 #14358
Posts: 1056Farewell but not Adieu to Covid
I am almost out of Covid. The coughing has died down and is not as incessant. My appetite is returning but I am still sleeping maybe 14 hours a day in spasms. Some of the advice here has been helpful. Although I will have better short term resistance to a recurrence, I am not more vulnerable to be re-infected.
The lesson I draw is covid cannot be avoided if one interacts socially at all. I will probably have to get the jabs and hope for the best. Travel throughout Europe is too problematic right now and even considering going beyond Europe with no good cause makes no sense Local providers seem the way to go but they are over priced and not of LBFM quality. Tough times.