COVID-19 >>"True and Helpful" Covid Information Thread

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A CDC-backed study found that both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were effective at preventing hospitalization for veterans four months after they got their second dose, although their COVID-19 antibody levels dropped. Among those who received the Moderna vaccine, scientists recorded "slightly higher" COVID-19 antibody levels than those who received the Pfizer shot.

I had read in a couple of places that the B & T cell count remains considerably higher in Moderna

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A CDC-backed study found that both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were effective at preventing hospitalization for veterans four months after they got their second dose, although their COVID-19 antibody levels dropped. Among those who received the Moderna vaccine, scientists recorded "slightly higher" COVID-19 antibody levels than those who received the Pfizer shot.

I had read in a couple of places that the B & T cell count remains considerably higher in Moderna

I've read that too cc..



Pfizer efficacy wanes faster than Moderna.

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Alberta recorded 287 new cases Friday, including 4 of the omicron variant.

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Mouse bite may have infected Taiwan lab worker with Covid

Employee at high-security facility tests positive in island's first local infection in weeks



Health officials in Taiwan are investigating whether a mouse bite may have been responsible for a laboratory worker testing positive for Covid, the island's first local infection in weeks.



The authorities are scrambling to work out how the employee at Academia Sinica, the country's top research institute, contracted the virus last month.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/10/mouse-bite-infected-taiwan-lab-woker-covid?fbclid=IwAR26PGQhl4rhdAL9_-_2HJq3Nen6abngmS1_gqedT2q0jbMN52kxJ_hUV7g">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... 2kxJ_hUV7g">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/10/mouse-bite-infected-taiwan-lab-woker-covid?fbclid=IwAR26PGQhl4rhdAL9_-_2HJq3Nen6abngmS1_gqedT2q0jbMN52kxJ_hUV7g

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On Dec. 10, the World Health Organization told us no omicron cases reported up to that date had resulted in death.

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Immunity people enjoy after recovering from COVID-19 is better than the protection bestowed from vaccination, according to a new study from Israel.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/natural-immunity-more-protective-over-time-than-covid-19-vaccination-study_4149953.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-12-11&mktids=b448f266510a9abea6ccff7e10af8c0b&est=Z2%2BnFD0erc1GU%2BUT%2Fr6esmZqkmrdbqkQ0jmMSFwaklviiWSuJ8Xt0wh3vR5NmrSFHA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morni ... SFHA%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/natural-immunity-more-protective-over-time-than-covid-19-vaccination-study_4149953.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-12-11&mktids=b448f266510a9abea6ccff7e10af8c0b&est=Z2%2BnFD0erc1GU%2BUT%2Fr6esmZqkmrdbqkQ0jmMSFwaklviiWSuJ8Xt0wh3vR5NmrSFHA%3D%3D

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I saw on Global Calgary that two out of three people who got COVID had some long haul symptoms..



I don't know if that was in Canada or globally..



I can't find anything anywhere to confirm it.

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I saw on Global Calgary that two out of three people who got COVID had some long haul symptoms..



I don't know if that was in Canada or globally..



I can't find anything anywhere to confirm it.

I was lucky I didn't have long term problems.

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Weekly Update: Based on BC Health Data:  Current Fully Vaxxed  Rate over 12 > 88.3%



Confirmed Cases per 100,000 people in BC

Vaxxed vs. unvaxed

22 ...   171



Hospitalized per 100,000 people in BC

Vaxxed vs. unvaxed

1.4 ...   27.6



Death / Case Rates Followed by "1 in every" cases : Based on Provincial Health Depts. & Wordometer for Countries & States



U K ..   0.35% ..   288

U S ..   1.37% ..   73

CA ..   0.89% ..   113

BC ..   1.05% ..   95

AB ..   1.15% ..   87

ON ..   0.88% ..   114

FL ..   3.48% ..   29

TX ..   2.23% ..   45

IS ..   0.24% ..   425

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Weekly Update: Based on BC Health Data:  Current Fully Vaxxed  Rate over 12 > 88.3%



Confirmed Cases per 100,000 people in BC

Vaxxed vs. unvaxed

22 ...   171



Hospitalized per 100,000 people in BC

Vaxxed vs. unvaxed

1.4 ...   27.6

The vaccines are keeping people out of hospitals, that's for sure.

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Weekly Update: Based on BC Health Data:  Current Fully Vaxxed  Rate over 12 > 88.3%



Confirmed Cases per 100,000 people in BC

Vaxxed vs. unvaxed

22 ...   171



Hospitalized per 100,000 people in BC

Vaxxed vs. unvaxed

1.4 ...   27.6

The vaccines are keeping people out of hospitals, that's for sure.

Yes, drastically so  ... and Hospital & ICU numbers are exacts



Infections less exact as some people from both groups may not report or get tested

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Ontario had 1476 cases today..



Global said eleven per cent are Omicron.

 

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Ontario had 1476 cases today..



Global said eleven per cent are Omicron.

 

That's extremely rapid spreading. It has to be highly infectious

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Ontario had 1476 cases today..



Global said eleven per cent are Omicron.

 

That's extremely rapid spreading. It has to be highly infectious

The province's top doctor has said he expects Omicron will become dominant within weeks.

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The province's top doctor has said he expects Omicron will become dominant within weeks.

More lockdowns soon methinks ...