Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[h2oratt]

That's what I was thinking until people started getting it again 6 months to a year after the first time they had it.

I have not seen any studies of that. I know the omincrom will infect vaccinated people because it is so different than the WT.

 

[Brooks_]

WT

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[Sammster]

Dh is super immune compromised and I was so glad to have him back home after five days.

Is your DH doing better, I hope?

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Good news. I was able to obtain an at home test for the hubby. It was negative so he just has the flu still taking precautions but I feel better

 

[lovesfarms]

Is your DH doing better, I hope?

He is doing much better, had to order zofran because the 2 antibiotics he's on now made him feel sick. Had to rescheduled the surgery he was due for on the 10th so he has time to recuperate. How he fears going back to the hospital! Just got to stay away from COVID statistics because they aren't accurate and just instill fear.

 

[Beer can]

How does the number of unvaccinated go up?

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I know my oldest DD and her boyfriend, both work same place. They just both recently (Dec) were vaccinated so they don't have to pay for the mandated weekly testing come Feb (they both already had covid)
Now they are told they will not be considered vaccinated, all employees must have a booster also or will have to pay for weekly testing .

 

[Brooks_]

?
I know my oldest DD and her boyfriend, both work same place. They just both recently (Dec) were vaccinated so they don't have to pay for the mandated weekly testing come Feb (they both already had covid)
Now they are told they will not be considered vaccinated, all employees must have a booster also or will have to pay for weekly testing .

That's why you can't accept one, you lose trying to deny the next.

 

[Beer can]

Find out where the closest monoclonal antibody center is. If you do need it you won’t have to find it.

Good luck with that.
I hear the Federal Govt has started limiting use of antibodies. They don't like that a couple states have using them a lot to save lives and are not pushing the vaccines harder.

Read this also;
"New York City will take a patient’s race into account when distributing potentially life-saving COVID treatments, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene revealed on their website. The city will “consider race and ethnicity when assessing individual risk,” reads the agency’s official guidance.
The guidance applies to both the distribution of monoclonal antibodies and oral antivirals like Paxlovid and Molnupiravir.

*Non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity should be considered a risk factor, as longstanding systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19
https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/s...f_mabs_during_resource_shortages_20211229.pdf

 

[Sammster]

Good luck with that.
I hear the Federal Govt has started limiting use of antibodies. They don't like that a couple states have using them a lot to save lives and are not pushing the vaccines harder.

Read this also;
"New York City will take a patient’s race into account when distributing potentially life-saving COVID treatments, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene revealed on their website. The city will “consider race and ethnicity when assessing individual risk,” reads the agency’s official guidance.
The guidance applies to both the distribution of monoclonal antibodies and oral antivirals like Paxlovid and Molnupiravir.

*Non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity should be considered a risk factor, as longstanding systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19
https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/s...f_mabs_during_resource_shortages_20211229.pdf

I read that, too.

 

[Beer can]

State Surgeon General Calls on Federal Government to Stop Actively Preventing Distribution of COVID-19 Therapeutics
December 29, 2021
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra. Dr. Ladapo highlighted a exit recent decision by Secretary Becerra's department that limits Florida's ability to receive specific monoclonal antibody therapy treatments.
https://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2021/12/20211229-hhs-letter.pr.html

Dr. Ladapo’s full letter to Secretary Becerra:



Dear Secretary Becerra:

Under the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida led the way with our Seniors First vaccination initiative, providing vaccines to the state's most vulnerable population. As of December 26, 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 78.2% of eligible Floridians elected to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Without the heavy hand of government mandates, Florida is above the national average in the percent of people receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

The rise of the Delta variant in Florida brought challenges requiring more than one solution to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 12, 2021, Governor DeSantis announced a rapid increase in the availability of monoclonal antibody therapy treatments across the state. In a matter of weeks, the state had 25 monoclonal antibody sites up and running – leading the nation in widespread early COVID-19 treatment availability.

By mid-September, the State of Florida provided this life-saving treatment to nearly 100,000 patients. These sites served 5,000 patients a day at the peak and nearly 30,000 per week. Florida pioneered monoclonal antibodies as a statewide solution to prevent severe illness and reduce the strain of COVID-19 on the state's hospital systems.

Shortly after Florida's 100,000 treatment milestone, and without any advanced notice, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a dramatic reduction in the number of monoclonal antibodies to be allocated to the State of Florida. Governor DeSantis moved quickly to acquire Sotrovimab from GlaxoSmithKline to help alleviate the artificial shortage caused by this sudden shift from HHS. However, the lack of allocation of this life- saving treatment from the federal government continues to cause another immediate and life- threatening shortage of treatment options to the State of Florida as the Omicron variant spreads throughout the state.

While administration of monoclonal antibody therapy treatments in Florida is shifting back to the private health care sector, and there is growing evidence that some treatment options may not be as effective against the Omicron variant, the federal agencies under your control should not limit our state's access to any available treatments for COVID-19. Florida can expand treatment options for patients by distributing therapeutics to providers working in areas with a low prevalence of Omicron or clinics capable of variant screening.

The federal government is actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments in the U.S. The sudden suspension of multiple monoclonal antibody therapy treatments from distribution to Florida removes a health care provider's ability to decide the best treatment options for their patients in this state. This shortsightedness is especially evident given that the federal government effectively prohibited states from purchasing these monoclonal antibodies and serving their populations directly.

Florida is a large, diverse state with one of the highest percentages of seniors in the U.S., and we must empower healthcare providers to make decisions that will save the lives of Americans everywhere without the dictates imposed by the federal government.

President Biden recently stated that there is no federal solution to COVID-19, and solving this pandemic will happen at the state level. Therefore, as Surgeon General, I respectfully request that you allow states and healthcare practitioners to provide treatment options that best benefit the communities they know and serve.