Actually it may not be likely in any of the three. It's way too easy to get carried away with reports that could be isolated and/or anecdotal if not inaccurate. I just find it interesting that basically the three biggest authoritarian regimes, one calling itself "communist", another calling itself an "Islamic Republic" and whatever label Putin is giving his gang of thieves, are all under threat (of undetermined seriousness) at the same time, basically for the same reasons evolving from being successful in completely isolating themselves from the wants and needs of their citizens.
China's CDC just confirmed that a single jogger in the open air of a city park caused a mass spreader event by giving 39 other people Covid. The Omicron variant is far more transmissible than earlier variants. Fortunately it appears to be less lethal, let's hope that mutation doesn't combine. Guess we'll see if there report is credible, China's not the most reliable source. But something to be aware of IMO. https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2022.209
Wait. We're supposed to believe that a jogger in open air spread COVID to 39 people whilst passing through at a jogging pace? Meaning the amount of exposure to said jogger was probably seconds while the air also disbursed any virus at a rate far faster than an indoor setting? Let's just put our thinking caps on here. If that's true, than the virus is far more transmittable than ever and China should be overrun with positive cases and piles of bodies within days.
In China it's customary to french-kiss joggers on each lap. Or even in the lap. I'd have moved there, but fuck jogging.
No. It would be much cooler to think this is the endgame for COVID. My projections show complete annihilation of humanity within six weeks.
Omicron has been confirmed to both be more transmissible but also less lethal than previous variants. To the level we see here? Again, as stated, it should be taken with a grain of salt. But the rapid mutation of the virus has indeed made it very difficult to contain.
Who knows. China is still obsessed with disinfecting surfaces, cold storage chain transmission, and finding angles to blame the advent of covid on international sources. But no scientist outside of China takes these seriously, nor the prospect of open-air park transmission by a jogger.
I mean, doesn't that go without saying? At any rate, the otters and ravens have to worship something as their god. Might as well be Keith Richards.
Is it racist to fantasize about a boiling cauldron of General Tso's sauce being dumped over his head?
Marginally more effective vaccines are not worth the loss of face, from his nationalist perspective. The bigger issue is getting any vaccines in the arms of the elderly.
Looks like mRNA vaccines work against the deadliest forms of melanoma. So, a bit of a positive outcome from the pandemic.
But they're demonic tentacle things designed to put chips in our brains so Bill Gates can do something horrible which has never fully been specified!!!!
I have it on good authority that tentacle things are great for your sex life. Large numbers of animated porn titles can't all be wrong.
“China is now facing what is likely the world's largest COVID surge of the pandemic. China's public health officials say that possibly 800 million people could be infected with the coronavirus over the next few months.” So if, say, 2% of those infected don't survive... And keep in mind, mutations happen specifically through prolific infections - the more people infected they greater the risk of a worse variant. China facing largest COVID surge of the pandemic: possibly 800 million cases : Goats and Soda : NPR
The worst possible handling...even worse than the attempts to gain herd immunity. Despite the idiocy of a large portion of the American population, enough people have been vaccinated and/or survived to create a sort of foundation of resistance to covid, so while it can still be bad, it's not going to be catastrophic. Xi's "Zero Covid" combined with their half-assed Sinovax has created the makings of something truly awful. Worst of all, the chances of Xi being held accountable for this disaster are essentially zero...
COVID can destroy joints, it seems. https://indianexpress.com/article/l...tment-prevention-steroids-long-covid-8373314/
This study seems to indicate that you're more likely to get long COVID if you've had COVID more than once.
German researchers are investigating cases of people developing immune deficiency after contracting COVID more than twice. https://twitter.com/lisa_iannattone/status/1616799640799612930?s=46&t=_rhgAaUhasPrJHtSX2CKGQ