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noam@libranet.de
Noam writes

Eight changes the world needs to make to live with #COVID / Christina Pagel

More and more people have been asking for a return to normal, and with #omicron waning, governments are starting to act. The #UK, for example, is removing its remaining public health measures, including mandatory self-isolation of COVID cases and free testing. However, the inescapable truth is that – unless the virus mutates to a milder form – the “normal” life we are returning to will be shorter and sicker on average than before.

We’ve added a new significant disease to our population. COVID is often compared to #flu, as if adding a burden equivalent to flu to a population were fine (it isn’t). In fact, COVID has been and remains worse. COVID’s infection fatality rate – the proportion of people who die once they’ve caught it – was initially about ten times higher than for flu. Treatments, #vaccines and prior infections have since brought the fatality rate down, but it’s still almost twice as high as for flu – and yes, this still holds for omicron.

The impact is then worsened because COVID is so much more transmissible. It also has a similar or worse longer-term impact on the heart, lungs and mental health than other respiratory diseases, and a higher rate of long-term symptoms. Vaccines have been incredibly effective at reducing severe illness and #death, but they’re not perfect. New variants have tested vaccine defences, and protection against infection – and to a lesser extent severe illness – wanes after a few months.

https://theconversation.com/eight-changes-the-world-needs-to-make-to-live-with-covid-177678

Eight changes the world needs to make to live with COVID

There is no going back to a pre-pandemic normal – only forward to a new one.

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

#Covid-19 overtakes 1918 Spanish #flu as deadliest #disease in American #history

Source: https://www.statnews.com/2021/09/20/covid-19-set-to-overtake-1918-spanish-flu-as-deadliest-disease-in-american-history/

The Spanish flu was previously the disease event that caused the biggest loss of life in the United States; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 675,000 Americans died during the 1918 pandemic, in waves of illness that stretched out over roughly two years in this country.

According to STAT’s Covid-19 Tracker, Covid deaths stand at more than 675,400.

#usa #pandemic #health #Corona #coronavirus #death #Statistics #news

Covid overtakes 1918 Spanish flu as deadliest disease in U.S. history

U.S. deaths make up roughly 14% of the nearly 4.7 million fatalities that have been reported worldwide in this pandemic to date.

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garryknight@diasp.org
Garry Knight

Flu jab may reduce severe effects of Covid, suggests study | Medical research | The Guardian

People who are vaccinated against influenza may be partly protected against some of the severe effects of coronavirus, and be less likely to need emergency care, according to a major study.
The analysis of nearly 75,000 Covid patients found significant reductions in stroke, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and sepsis, and fewer admissions to emergency departments and intensive care units, among those who had been given the flu jab.

#science #medicine #health #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #influenza #flu #immunity

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/12/flu-jab-may-reduce-severe-effects-of-covid-suggests-study

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katherinebond@diasp.org
Katherine Bond

The Pandemic Might Have Killed Off Some Flu Strains for Good

Scientists say that two common strains of the seasonal flu have seemingly vanished from circulation, likely due to public health measures like mask-wearing meant to slow the covid-19 pandemic. Though it will take time to confirm the disappearing act, the unexpected good news could make developing next season’s flu shot all the easier.

https://gizmodo.com/the-pandemic-might-have-killed-off-some-flu-strains-for-1847033924

#flu #covid

The Pandemic Might Have Killed Off Some Flu Strains for Good

Scientists say that two common strains of the seasonal flu have seemingly vanished from circulation, likely due to public health measures like mask-wearing meant to slow the covid-19 pandemic. Though it will take time to confirm the disappearing...

katherinebond@pluspora.com
katherinebond

The Pandemic Might Have Killed Off Some Flu Strains for Good

Scientists say that two common strains of the seasonal flu have seemingly vanished from circulation, likely due to public health measures like mask-wearing meant to slow the covid-19 pandemic. Though it will take time to confirm the disappearing act, the unexpected good news could make developing next season’s flu shot all the easier.

https://gizmodo.com/the-pandemic-might-have-killed-off-some-flu-strains-for-1847033924

#covid #flu #masking

The Pandemic Might Have Killed Off Some Flu Strains for Good

Scientists say that two common strains of the seasonal flu have seemingly vanished from circulation, likely due to public health measures like mask-wearing meant to slow the covid-19 pandemic. Though it will take time to confirm the disappearing...

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