Coronaviruset i verden: Nyheter og diskusjon

[Subara]

Norge legger press på Kina - vil ha Riiber ut av isolasjon

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Norge håper å få Jarl Magnus Riiber ut av islolasjon etter 10 dager - uansett. Det norske kombinertlaget stilte til konkurranse onsdag uten den største favoritten, men er langt bak teten før langrennsdelen.

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– Vi setter i gang en prosess med kinesiske myndigheter i morgen for å få ham løs etter 10 dager, uansett, opplyser han.

Om det lykkes er Riiber ute av isolasjon denne uken.

– Han kan da forhåpentligvis være med på treninger og se hvordan kroppen fungerer etter å ha vært i isolasjon. Jeg har et håp om det. Så får vi ta det derfra.

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Stuan innrømmer imidlertid at han er usikker på de kinesiske reglene.

Ifølge de kinesiske reglene må man enten ha en CT-verdi på over 40 to dager på rad eller teste over 35 tre dager på rad.

Da følger sju dager som nærkontakt. Man kan likevel konkurrere.

– Håpet lever veldig godt, han var i veldig godt humør i dag, sier Stuan.

– Jeg sover veldig dårlig, for jeg har vondt av han karen som er i «fengsel», sier han til NRK.

 

Endret 9. februar 2022 av Subara

[Snikpellik]

Simen1 skrev (På 7.2.2022 den 14.57):

Etter min mening er det beste å ta screenshot og poste som bilde. Da slipper man skriftstørrelse 6 og den irriterende klikk-fella.

Hmm, tweets ser slik ut her (se spoiler). Omtrent samme skriftstørrelse som annen tekst her. Men kanskje ser det annerledes ut i Windows? Renere og mer universalt enn screenshots har en tendens til å bli hvis man ikke er nøye etter min mening, for mange har forskjellig utseende inne på Twitter. Og så kan man klikke på tweeten for å sjekke opp kilde, kommentarer osv. som jeg synes er litt viktig siden det har vært litt tilfeller av manipulerte tweets og ikke alle som gidder å legge ved lenke.

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Sexylubb1 skrev (14 minutter siden):

Bor det 1 million på Færøyene?

Hehehe, det er 521.257 tilfeller per 1M innbyggere. Blir vel egentlig noe sånt som 25k tilfeller av befolkningen på 49k.

Registrerte sådan. Vet ikke hvordan mørketallene er på Færøyene. Ser at de har utført over 700.000 tester.

[Sexylubb1]

Snikpellik skrev (7 minutter siden):

Hehehe, det er 521.257 tilfeller per 1M innbyggere. Blir vel egentlig noe sånt som 25k tilfeller av befolkningen på 49k.

Registrerte sådan. Vet ikke hvordan mørketallene er på Færøyene. Ser at de har utført over 700.000 tester.

Aha. 

[Simen1]

Sexylubb1 skrev (37 minutter siden):

Bor det 1 million på Færøyene?

Nei, men det betyr selvsagt ikke at tallet er feil.

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Discovery of Omicron in New York deer raises concern over possible new variants

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/article-695916

[Aiven]

Senator Ron Johnson har en fantastisk kjempehøring om epidemiens tilstand og grove feilvurderinger i USA. Verdt å se.
 

 

[Fibonacci]

Nå er Skandinavia åpnet og nærmest tilbake til normalen.

Samtidig driver Kina og Hong Kong på med en utopisk zero covid-strategi. De stenger ned millionbyer pga. en håndfull smittede. De satser absolutt ikke på naturlig immunitet eller vaksiner. Dette er fakta.

Hvor mange tror fremdeles zero covid er en bærekraftig strategi?

Endret 12. februar 2022 av Fibonacci

[toreae]

Spent på Kina, etter OL (paralympiaden).

[Fibonacci]

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202202/1252087.shtml

Et gløtt inn i det bisarre propagandamaskineriet til Kina. Der undertrykkelse blir ansett som fantastisk, og vi i det frie vesten har bommet grovt med strategien vår. 🙄

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Fibonacci skrev (19 minutter siden):

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202202/1252087.shtml

Et gløtt inn i det bisarre propagandamaskineriet til Kina. Der undertrykkelse blir ansett som fantastisk, og vi i det frie vesten har bommet grovt med strategien vår. 🙄

Man så ser jo tendensene til dette i Norge også. De skremte befolkningen og hos ganske mange så sitter det igjen en enorm frykt for et virus som er noe i mellom førkjølelse og influensa mtp skadepotensiale. Pga denne frykten som er skapt så fremstår det jo som at folket som ønsker nedstegning og ikke myndighetene. Genial måte å styre på igrunn

[Snikpellik]

Long-COVID symptoms less likely in vaccinated people, Israeli data say
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00177-5?fbclid=IwAR0RCzhvxUjaHsZRuknckJ3xkvPb6jAWDP5JmarSdoiDN06YHILpXNJwefU

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Data from people infected with SARS-CoV-2 early in the pandemic add to growing evidence suggesting that vaccination can help to reduce the risk of long COVID1.

Researchers in Israel report that people who have had both SARS-CoV-2 infection and doses of Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine were much less likely to report any of a range of common long-COVID symptoms than were people who were unvaccinated when infected. In fact, vaccinated people were no more likely to report symptoms than people who’d never caught SARS-CoV-2. The study has not yet been peer reviewed.

“Here is another reason to get vaccinated, if you needed one,” says co-author Michael Edelstein, an epidemiologist at Bar-Ilan University in Safed, Israel.

 

Endret 13. februar 2022 av Snikpellik

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Professor Tim Spector fikk omikron. Han beskriver symptomene, og det er litt fokus på at myndighetene i England ikke har oppdatert symptomlisten. Nevnes litt om Kina, Hong Kong. Samt noe om kloakkanalyse for covid. Hvor det er en lavthengende frukt i å kunne måle at gruppe mennesker vil få  covid. Fordi en kan finne covid i kloakk 4 - 6 dager før man kan se det på flokken mennesker som rammes.

Det virker som om at man kan finne ut at viruset har passert toppen med disse kloakkanalysene også. F.eks. i Boston så gikk covid-mengden ned i kloakk og de kunne gjette seg til at toppen av smittespredningen for område allerede var passert.

Endret 14. februar 2022 av G

[Selfuniverse]

Vaksine angriperne som marsjerte i Washington DC ble lett debunka av denne nyhetsredaksjonen.

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New research points to possible reason for long COVID
A Spanish study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 mediated vagus nerve dysfunction (VND) could be responsible for long COVID.

Many symptoms of post-COVID syndrome could be caused by lasting damage sustained to one of the most important nerves in the human body during initial infection with coronavirus, new research has suggested.

What is the vagus nerve?
The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve and is the longest and most complex of all of them. It runs from the brain throughout the entirety of the face and chest, reaching the abdomen. The vagus nerve serves as the main connection between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract, sending back information about the state of the inner organs.

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As well as being crucial to the gastrointestinal system, as it controls the transfer of food from the mouth to the stomach and moves food through the intestines, the vagus nerve is also responsible for multiple other processes, such as controlling the heart rate, sweat production and the gag reflex, as well as certain muscle movements in the mouth, including those necessary for speech.

New research set to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) investigates the connection between post-COVID syndrome, also known as long COVID, and the vagus nerve.

The pilot study was authored by Dr. Gemma Lladós and Dr. Lourdes Mateu of the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital in Badalona, Spain. Its findings will be presented at the congress in Lisbon from April 23-26.

Common symptoms of long COVID
The study suggests that SARS-CoV-2-mediated vagus nerve dysfunction (VND) could be responsible for many of the symptoms of long COVID, including persistent voice problems, difficulty swallowing, dizziness, abnormally high heart rate (tachycardia), low blood pressure and digestive issues.

Long COVID is a condition characterized by persistent and continuous health issues caused by COVID-19 after the patient has recovered from the initial infections. It can affect nearly every organ in the body, as well as cause a range of mental-health and nervous-system disorders. Some of the most common symptoms of long COVID include fatigue, headaches, shortness of breath, loss of smell and taste and muscle weakness.

To further understand the phenomenon, the researchers used imaging and functional tests, as well as a morphological and functional evaluation of the vagus nerve, in an assessment of patients with long COVID who had one or more signs of VND.

Out of the 348 patients taking part in the study, two-thirds (228) had at least one symptom of VND among their long COVID symptoms. After the initial assessments were completed, further evaluations were conducted on a test group of 22 patients, who all had VND symptoms.

Of the 22 subjects analyzed, 20 were women with a median age of 44. The symptoms had been present in the participants for an average of 14 months.

The most frequent VND symptoms presented were diarrhea (73% of subjects), tachycardia (59%) and dizziness, difficulty swallowing and voice problems (45% each). An additional 14% of patients suffered from low blood pressure.

Overall, 86% of the patients assessed had at least three different VND-related symptoms.

Furthermore, in six of the 22 patients, there were visible changes in the vagus nerve in the neck, which could be seen in ultrasounds, including thickening and the indication of mild inflammatory reactive changes.

Ten of the patients in the study showed abnormal breathing patterns and reduced maximum inspiration pressures, indicating weakness in the breathing muscles, which are also connected with the vagus nerve.

Multiple patients also showed changes in digestive function, with 13 of 18 assessed (72%) also having a positive screening for oropharyngeal dysphagia, or trouble swallowing, which can affect the digestive process. Eight patients showed signs of reduced or impaired ability to deliver food to the stomach via the esophagus, with others suffering from acid reflux.

One step closer to treatment 
As the exact cause of long COVID and the reason why symptoms present in such a varied way from patient to patient is not currently known, the study’s findings could significantly impact and change the understanding and treatment of the condition going forward.

“In this pilot evaluation, most long COVID subjects with vagus nerve dysfunction symptoms had a range of significant, clinically relevant, structural and/or functional alterations in their vagus nerve, including nerve thickening, trouble swallowing, and symptoms of impaired breathing,” the study’s authors wrote. “Our findings so far thus point at vagus nerve dysfunction as a central pathophysiological feature of long COVID.”

 

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-696452

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The symptoms had been present in the participants for an average of 14 months.

The most frequent VND symptoms presented were diarrhea (73% of subjects), tachycardia (59%) and dizziness, difficulty swallowing and voice problems (45% each). An additional 14% of patients suffered from low blood pressure.

 

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En annen artikkel:

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Results showed that 32 of every 100 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in 2020 developed at least one new condition that caused them to seek medical attention, an 11% increase from those in the non-COVID-19 group from the same year. The most common conditions for which patients sought treatment were respiratory failure in an additional 7.55 patients out of every 100, fatigue for an additional 5.66, high blood pressure 4.34 and kidney injury with 2.59. An additional 2.5 per 100 patients sought treatment for mental health complications.

While the results when compared to the group from 2019 were similar, the results compared to the group diagnosed with LRTI differed in that an additional 2.39 patients per 100 from the COVID-19 group were seen for respiratory failure, 0.71 were seen for dementia, and 0.18 were seen for fatigue. No other conditions showed increased risk differences.

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“The results confirm an excess risk for persistent and new sequelae in adults aged ≥65 years after acute infection with SARS-CoV-2,” and further highlight the wide range of important sequelae, the study concluded.

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https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/article-696233

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Antiviral medisin:

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Interim data from an ongoing early-stage trial has shown that a twice-daily intake of the pill, PBI-0451, can trigger potent antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variants, Pardes said.

The drug was well-tolerated and all adverse events reported so far have been assessed as mild in severity and resolved without intervention, the company added.

The Pardes drug is a protease inhibitor, designed to prevent the coronavirus from replicating in human cells. That is the same class of medicine as Pfizer's nirmatrelvir.

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https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/article-696446

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Litt oppdaterte data på vaksinebeskyttelse i mot omikron:

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Researchers reported that within two months after the second dose of an mRNA vaccine during the surge in infections caused by the Delta variant of the virus, vaccine efficacy was 94% against hospitalization and 92% against emergency department or urgent care (ED/UC) visits. Efficacy waned thereafter, but climbed to 96% and 97%, respectively, at two months after a booster shot. Four months later, however, that protection had declined to 76% and 89%. Once Omicron became predominant, vaccine efficacy was 71% against hospitalization and 69% against ED/UC visits within two months after the second dose, 91% and 87% at two months after a booster, and 78% and 66% four months later. The estimates are drawn from analyzes of 241,204 COVID-related ED/UC visits and 93,408 hospitalizations between August and January.

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https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/article-696489

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Study finds brain changes similarly to Alzheimer’s following COVID-19 infection
Many people don’t understand the long-term effects of COVID-19 and prefer to catch it and get it over with, yet a new small study gives the best reason to stay away from the virus.

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/article-696565

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COVID-19: Israel approves AstraZeneca's Evusheld vaccine for immunocompromised
Evusheld has proven to be 83% effective in preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19.

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Israel will start offering AstraZeneca's antibody cocktail Evusheld, used to prevent COVID-19, to people with compromised immune systems who did not get a sufficient antibody boost from vaccines, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/article-696583

Endret 15. februar 2022 av G

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A Jewish parent was arrested on Monday after he wrote in an SMS group chat that he wanted to burn down his son’s school – Scheck Hillel in Miami, Florida – due to their mask policies, WFOR-TV Miami reports.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-696634

  

15 minutes ago, Fibonacci said:

Det er skremmende og overraskende å se hvor hardt myndighetene i enkelte land har kjørt løpet mot sin egen befolkning. Norge har hatt en veldig mild pandemihåndtering i forhold til store deler av Europa. Men det sier mest om hvor ille de andre landene er, ikke hvor gode Norge er. Objektivt sett har det vært i overkant strengt her også i store deler av pandemien.

Kina dundrer forøvrig på med sin utopiske zero covid-strategi og prøver å overbevise innbyggerne om at de gjør det rette og resten av verden tar feil.

Ja det er litt vanskelig å forstå seg på. Det kan jo bero på misoppfatninger hos ledelse hvordan sykdommen oppfører seg over lang tid. Men, mye har vel med at de har muligheten til å utøve denne volden i mot sitt folk uten opprør?

Endret 16. februar 2022 av G

[Fibonacci]

Ser ut som Kina og Hong Kong styrer etter mottoet "when in trouble, double!"

Nå slipper omikron gjennom barrikadene, men de nekter å endre strategi.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/16/china/hong-kong-covid-singapore-mic-intl-hnk/index.html

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50 minutes ago, Fibonacci said:

Ser ut som Kina og Hong Kong styrer etter mottoet "when in trouble, double!"

Nå slipper omikron gjennom barrikadene, men de nekter å endre strategi.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/16/china/hong-kong-covid-singapore-mic-intl-hnk/index.html

Herregud, hadde vel blitt ramaskrik med slik kø i Norge? Trodde Hong Kong var styrt av briter i 100 år. Også ser kapasiteten slik ut. Minner jo mer om et uland, eller en veldig aggressiv sykdom. Hvilken er det?

Kan med hånden på hjertet si at slike deler av Asia frister mindre og mindre å finne på å feriere i.

Endret 16. februar 2022 av G

[Subara]

Flere land letter på tiltak

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Skandinaviske land har gått foran i Europa med gjenåpning – men flere europeiske land har like god eller høyere vaksineringsgrad enn Norge. Nå varsler flere land lettelser, og noen få går mot gjenåpning.

 

 

[Per H]

1 hour ago, Fibonacci said:

Ser ut som Kina og Hong Kong styrer etter mottoet "when in trouble, double!"

Nå slipper omikron gjennom barrikadene, men de nekter å endre strategi.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/16/china/hong-kong-covid-singapore-mic-intl-hnk/index.html

Ahh Kina! for et land! for en ledelse! Her er litt bilder av håndteringen i Kina (kan ikke gå god for autentisitet, men hvorfor skulle det ikke være det?). Lenge leve kommunistpartiet!

https://twitter.com/songpinganq

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21 minutes ago, Per H said:

Ahh Kina! for et land! for en ledelse! Her er litt bilder av håndteringen i Kina (kan ikke gå god for autentisitet, men hvorfor skulle det ikke være det?). Lenge leve kommunistpartiet!

https://twitter.com/songpinganq

Kan jo være litt krampetrekninger i fra den første SARS-viruset for mange år tilbake som drepte veldig effektivt kanskje. Sånn for å ikke bare skyte helt løst. Men, det virker noe sært det videre opplegget. Og det er sikkert hysj-policy for hva som kan ha forekommet i Wuhan-utbruddet i et ikke-åpent samfunn.