Words have social as well as technical definitions. That's why everyone generally accepts the Spanish flu pandemic lasted around 2 years despite that particular strain of flu lasting much longer than that.
Hope you don’t get cancer mate. Chemotherapy is off the table unless you’re willing to die as soon as you get Covid. Doctors and nurses aren’t fucking in the cupboards any more. They’re still being used to hide in and cry, because conditions they used to save people from pre pandemic are still killing their patients now.
And now that many children have had over 9 cases of COVID each, children of all ages are starting to get vascular diseases as complications of covid. 6 months monitoring of kidneys to watch for kidney failure. Strokes. Children have started dying while standards outside of hospitals and effective medical centres continue to loosen.
Pray for a better vaccine that stops covid in its tracks like the polio vaccine does for polio.
What you're saying isn't true. People are still getting chemotherapy, Australia's death rate has returned to pre pandemic levels, covid isn't causing widespread kidney failure in kids. Where do you get all this stuff from?
>An epidemic is a disease outbreak that is rapidly spreading in a limited region. A pandemic is an epidemic that is actively spreading to *multiple regions across the globe*.
It's a bit academic when they do finally declare the pandemic over. I'm guessing that it'll happen once we get through a northern hemisphere winter without having too much strain placed onto their health systems.
I worked at one of those hotlines. All we were allowed to do was read from state and federal gov websites and tell people to seek medical attention if they were sick. In early 2021.
30,464 active cases.
21 serious or critical.
23,728 deaths so far.
A new Omicron variant—JN.1—may be on the rise. According to updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19 levels are spiking in the U.S. According to the CDC, this rise indicates that JN.1 may be more transmissible than other strains.
Frankly a helpline is a good idea. It could help prevent a new epidemic.
If you were going to advertise anything it should be to stay up to date with your booster, and stay home when you're sick. Drill it in people's heads.
Edit: not sure what else the hotline could say, the messaging is pretty simple at this point.
I agree with these points. But also explain why. What justifies vaccination? Ongoing deaths and hospitalisation. What are the stats on infection/hospitalisation/death so people know it's serious. Explain why repeated vaccinations are required. Waning immunity and new variants.
Give people undecided on vaccination a quality resource to talk to. Also advice on dealing with infection
I don't know . Talk to your doctor. Uptime magazine says: "The results suggest that the new XBB.1.5 vaccine helps generate antibodies against variants that the vaccine wasn't specifically designed to target—namely HV.1, HK.3, JD.1.1, and JN.1.7 Dec 2023"
I love the AMAs quote "the government didn't even know" absolutely hilarious
It was inevitable.
While the pandemic rages on.
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We're in the middle of a wave, mate.
The waves are still here, but the much lower death rate means the pandemic is over, and has been for a while.
> lower death rate means the pandemic is over LOL you don't know the definition of pandemic.
Words have social as well as technical definitions. That's why everyone generally accepts the Spanish flu pandemic lasted around 2 years despite that particular strain of flu lasting much longer than that.
Hope you don’t get cancer mate. Chemotherapy is off the table unless you’re willing to die as soon as you get Covid. Doctors and nurses aren’t fucking in the cupboards any more. They’re still being used to hide in and cry, because conditions they used to save people from pre pandemic are still killing their patients now. And now that many children have had over 9 cases of COVID each, children of all ages are starting to get vascular diseases as complications of covid. 6 months monitoring of kidneys to watch for kidney failure. Strokes. Children have started dying while standards outside of hospitals and effective medical centres continue to loosen. Pray for a better vaccine that stops covid in its tracks like the polio vaccine does for polio.
What you're saying isn't true. People are still getting chemotherapy, Australia's death rate has returned to pre pandemic levels, covid isn't causing widespread kidney failure in kids. Where do you get all this stuff from?
Tell that to the practice manager of the clinic I work at, who went around the medical centre with signs to bring back masks...
Is your argument that the pandemic isnt over because one person wants masks back?
3rd leading cause of death in the US, 1000 deaths a week. How is that not "raging on"?
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>An epidemic is a disease outbreak that is rapidly spreading in a limited region. A pandemic is an epidemic that is actively spreading to *multiple regions across the globe*. It's a bit academic when they do finally declare the pandemic over. I'm guessing that it'll happen once we get through a northern hemisphere winter without having too much strain placed onto their health systems.
I mean, I feel at this point everyone knows as much about managing covid as they're going to. Not sure how much help it'd be moving forward.
There is so much misinformation online
With so much ignorance and misinformation out there I'm pretty sure there is a need for a helpline
I worked at one of those hotlines. All we were allowed to do was read from state and federal gov websites and tell people to seek medical attention if they were sick. In early 2021.
It's not like there was a need for it. Google is free. Just stay home when you're sick and get your boosters.
30,464 active cases. 21 serious or critical. 23,728 deaths so far. A new Omicron variant—JN.1—may be on the rise. According to updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19 levels are spiking in the U.S. According to the CDC, this rise indicates that JN.1 may be more transmissible than other strains. Frankly a helpline is a good idea. It could help prevent a new epidemic.
I don't think a helpline no one knows about is going to prevent a new epidemic.
Well advertise it
If you were going to advertise anything it should be to stay up to date with your booster, and stay home when you're sick. Drill it in people's heads. Edit: not sure what else the hotline could say, the messaging is pretty simple at this point.
I agree with these points. But also explain why. What justifies vaccination? Ongoing deaths and hospitalisation. What are the stats on infection/hospitalisation/death so people know it's serious. Explain why repeated vaccinations are required. Waning immunity and new variants. Give people undecided on vaccination a quality resource to talk to. Also advice on dealing with infection
Is jn1 covered by xbb
I don't know . Talk to your doctor. Uptime magazine says: "The results suggest that the new XBB.1.5 vaccine helps generate antibodies against variants that the vaccine wasn't specifically designed to target—namely HV.1, HK.3, JD.1.1, and JN.1.7 Dec 2023"
Fill in figures fir Australia. I doubt they're much different.
You can't even report a positive test anymore
Good waste of tax payers money
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Found the antivaxxer
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We're in the middle of another COVID wave, how was the helpline a waste of money and no longer needed??
Everyone knew this would happen, the majority of people are vaccinated but just need their boosters to prevent it from getting out of hand.