CV and mad panic behaviour

[capcom]

It's odd ... racing thru my town atm but I've been tested and all OK.  Luck of the draw.

[Mav]

Luck of the draw will be interesting to examine in hindsight. Obviously, the absence of comorbidities is an advantage, but in years to come there will be more clarity about who won the genetic lottery so they were pretty well immune to Covid. Early on, there was speculation that some blood types had advantages. My son has been pinged as a close contact 3 times but hasn't caught it while his friends have. Who knows why.

There were even some people during the HIV/AIDS epidemic who were immune to it.

Hope you and your little tacker bounce back quickly MBB. Any illness involving our kids is bad but it's worse when there's uncertainty about how bad it might affect them. 

[madbluboy]

My son actually tested negative to the nasal swabs provided by the school but positive to some oral ones we have.

He seems much better today which is day 4.

[capcom]

Luck of the draw will be interesting to examine in hindsight. Obviously, the absence of comorbidities is an advantage, but in years to come there will be more clarity about who won the genetic lottery so they were pretty well immune to Covid.

My wife got it and is only now recovering ... hence the "luck" bit.

[LP]

Isn't it amazing how small the world really is for the peddlers of vaccine, wind farm and 5G and other conspiracies.

It turns out the same doctor who allegedly rallies against Wind Farms and 5G due to Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome is on the cause of AFL players wanting to avoid vaccinations.

Guess what, the very same doctor is allegedly in the complimentary integrated medicine game, combine stuff like naturopathy and homeopathic treatment regimes with conventional medicine for a holistic approach. In lay terms, selling aspirin wrapped in snake-oil, or perhaps that is a $0.02 Ivermectin or $3.00 HCQ pill with an accompanying bioactive shake for $35.

Something tells me the doctors primary skill might be sniffing out a lucrative cause, write a cheap letter now, get a potential cut of a big settlement later, but if not it does confirm that he or his people have some great skills, self-promoting and marketing because he finds them all!

btw., Some of you won't be surprised to read that many of the local conspiracy (COVID, vax, gun lobby) websites are re-badged versions of the very same sites that were rolled out for Trump's election campaign. Just like Trump's staff for his Florida hotels it's all outsourced, this time from Bangladesh instead of Mexico! Apparently even the photographs of the website owners are fakes generated by an AI, sites making hundred$ or thousand$ of dollars a day in hits, and all run by 3rd world IT professionals for as little as $30/day! So it comes down to money again, profit over morality!

[kruddler]

My son actually tested negative to the nasal swabs provided by the school but positive to some oral ones we have.

He seems much better today which is day 4.

Good news.

I posted a couple weeks back (i think) that omicron was reported as being more easily detected via oral swabs. With other strains it was basically the opposite.

[Mav]

Looks like the AFL might be getting close to a return to normal. The Vic Govt is allowing full crowds & fortress WA has been breached meaning teams may be free to fly into & out of WA during the season.

The dark cloud overhead is the likelihood that winter will spike Covid infections.

[LP]

Looks like the AFL might be getting close to a return to normal. The Vic Govt is allowing full crowds & fortress WA has been breached meaning teams may be free to fly into & out of WA during the season.

The dark cloud overhead is the likelihood that winter will spike Covid infections.

It will be interesting to see what "Flying Freely in and out of WA" means, given the experience of visiting AFLW teams!

Seemingly, it's taken to the old Princes Park cold showers for visitors to a whole new level. The AFLW players made it sound like the visitor facilities basically had 50 people crammed into an unlit dungeon and crapping in a communal bucket!

[LP]

"Political affiliation should not be a factor in clinical treatment decisions."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/...-politics/

Oops I did it again!
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Yet another serious study shows nothing of use in Ivermectin dosing, which confirms earlier trials.

Earlier trials such as the large Malaysian trial.

Overall, the authors of the Malaysian trial conclude that, in their "randomized clinical trial of high-risk patients with mild to moderate COVID-19, ivermectin treatment during early illness did not prevent progression to severe disease. The study findings do not support the use of ivermectin for patients with COVID-19."

Some of you with a darker sense of humour may quip about "Trump killing off his support!"

[Thryleon]

Uk pulling all covid restrictions a month earlier than anticipated.

Green light for normality resumed.