(10-03-2021, 09:31 AM)Mav link Wrote:Wow, that’s a good result!

(10-03-2021, 10:09 PM)Baggers date Wrote:I often wonder when the daily new infections stats come out what the real infection rate is in, say, our state?

Quote:In this cohort study of 2433 patients who had been hospitalized with COVID-19, the most common symptoms at 1 year after discharge were fatigue, sweating, chest tightness, anxiety, and myalgia. Patients with severe disease had more post infection symptoms and higher chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test scores.

(10-03-2021, 09:52 PM)Baggers link Wrote:He went through all of that over about a 4 year period... first the bowel cancer (ignored symptoms - tough guy) which was pretty well established. Bag for a while. Then when the bag was removed and he was finished with chemo, 3 hospitalisations with heart attacks so then the ticker surgery... and so on. He only got tested for Covid on the insistence of my aunt as she noticed his sniffles - and her own.

(10-04-2021, 12:20 AM)Mav date Wrote:It might just be 1 case, but it shows being fully vaccinated means those who might be in several categories of susceptibility don’t need to think of themselves as sitting ducks. That’s cause for optimism in a pessimistic world.

Quote:The county logged its first hospitalisations of the pandemic in early August – this year, not 2020. Five summer residents were hospitalised. Three ended up on ventilators: Two recovered and the third, a 53-year-old woman, died at the end of August. All were believed to be unvaccinated.

Quote:About 15,000 additional doses of a new COVID-19 treatment already showing promise in Sydney’s hospitals will arrive in Australia this week.
Sotrovimab, a novel monoclonal antibody treatment administered by a one-time intravenous infusion, was approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration on August 20.
The treatment has been shown to reduce hospitalisation or death by 79 per cent for adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 at risk of developing a more severe disease.
Professor Greg Dore, an infectious diseases physician at St Vincent’s Hospital, said the treatment was having a “potential impact” on reducing intensive care numbers, and was particularly useful as it could be administered to people receiving treatment for COVID-19 at home during a short appointment.
“We just bring them in for a couple of hours ... it is administered over 30 minutes or half an hour and a half observation period after that they go home,” he explained.
In a statement, federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said the treatment “has the potential to protect Australians from developing serious disease, and reduce hospitalisations and death in people who are at high risk from COVID-19″.
“Vaccination, however, continues to remain the most important and safest way for Australians to protect themselves and their loved ones from COVID-19,” he said.

1. These treatments might be reserved for those at greater risk. Mostly, that’s fair. The elderly or those with co-morbidities need the help. But if being unvaccinated is seen as putting someone at greater risk of becoming seriously ill, then they’ll leapfrog others who’ve done the right thing. A 55 year old who is fully vaccinated will make way for his identical twin who is proudly unvaccinated. That sucks.
   
   
2. The increasing effectiveness of treatments might finally make the anti-vaxxers’ assertion that Covid is no more lethal than the flu true. That may undercut the basis for vaccine mandates. Of course, refusing vaccines and relying on expensive treatments will be a financial drain on health budgets but financial arguments might not make the case for mandates; on the other hand, the most vulnerable people will still benefit from high vaccination rates as they’ll remain most at risk of dying if they contract Covid..