Tag: covid-19
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Beware the Omicron BA.2 variant. BA for B.A. Baracus!
I pity the fool! The Omicron BA.2 sub-variant, which has been increasingly detected across Europe and Asia in recent days, has also been found in small numbers in the U.S. Experts say that it’s too soon to speculate on exactly what sort of risk BA.2 poses in comparison to the more dominant Omicron type, BA.1.…
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Hmmm… I don’t think Kaiser Permanente wants me to file a claim to get free COVID-19 tests
They sent me a very kind e-mail informing me that I could buy COVID-19 tests at my local pharmacy and get reimbursed. They included a friendly link to submit my claim. I haven’t purchased any yet but I wanted to see what would be involved in filing such a claim first. I was greeted by…
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Brazilian study on Ivermectin shows effectiveness against COVID-19
I chopped up the quote from the study to make it easier to read. Everything below except for the conclusion was in a single paragraph. They found Ivermectin reduced mortality by 70% and reduced hospitalization by 67%. Of the 223,128 citizens of Itajaí considered for the study, a total of 159,561 subjects were included in the analysis: 113,845 (71.3%)…
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Associated Press backtracks on case count reporting
Because the case counts are astronomical but hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline the AP finally, in its infinite wisdom, decided to stop emphasizing case counts. Keep in mind that case counts were ALWAYS irrelevant because what is now called a case was never previously called a case. A case of influenza would have only…
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Dr. Fauci creates his own meme
Look… he agrees with us!
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Efforts to slow the spread of Omicron Variant could lead to vaccine-resistant superstrain
In the Wall Street Journal today there is an op-ed that describes the difference between antigenic drift versus antigenic shift and how current mitigation policies may lead to a risk of creating a superstrain that is vaccine-resistant. The writers push the notion that we should drop all mitigation policies and allow Omicron to spread. It…