Cardio workouts do help bring back the energy, clear up the brain fog that had been causing problems with short-term memory, and help to bring back the senses. wrbtrader
End of COVID pandemic is 'in sight' -WHO chief https://www.reuters.com/business/he...-says-end-sight-covid-19-pandemic-2022-09-14/ The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people. "We are not there yet. But the end is in sight," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual press conference. That was the most upbeat assessment from the UN agency since it declared an international emergency in January 2020 and started describing COVID-19 as a pandemic three months later. The virus, which emerged in China in late 2019, has killed nearly 6.5 million people and infected 606 million, roiling global economies and overwhelming healthcare systems. The rollout of vaccines and therapies have helped to stem deaths and hospitalisations, and the Omicron variant which emerged late last year causes less severe disease. Deaths from COVID-19 last week were the lowest since March 2020, the U.N. agency reported. Still on Wednesday, he again urged nations to maintain their vigilance and likened the pandemic to a marathon race. "Now is the time to run harder and make sure we cross the line and reap the rewards of all our hard work." Countries need to take a hard look at their policies and strengthen them for COVID-19 and future viruses, Tedros said. He also urged nations to vaccinate 100% of their high-risk groups and keep testing for the virus. The WHO said countries need to maintain adequate supplies of medical equipment and healthcare workers. "We expect there to be future waves of infections, potentially at different time points throughout the world caused by different subvariants of Omicron or even different variants of concern," said WHO's senior epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove. With over 1 million deaths this year alone, the pandemic remains an emergency globally and within most countries. "The COVID-19 summer wave, driven by Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, showed that the pandemic is not yet over as the virus continues to circulate in Europe and beyond," a European Commission spokesperson said. WHO's next meeting of experts to decide whether the pandemic still represents a public health emergency of international concern is due in October, a WHO spokesperson said. GLOBAL EMERGENCY "It's probably fair to say most of the world is moving beyond the emergency phase of the pandemic response," said Dr Michael Head, senior research fellow in global health at Southampton University. Governments are now looking at how best to manage COVID as part of their routine healthcare and surveillance, he said. Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States have approved vaccines that target the Omicron variant as well as the original virus as countries prepare to launch winter booster campaigns. In the United States, COVID-19 was initially declared a public health emergency in January 2020, and that status has been renewed quarterly ever since. The U.S. health department is set to renew it again in mid-October for what policy experts expect is the last time before it expires in January 2023. U.S. health officials have said that the pandemic is not over, but that new bivalent vaccines mark an important shift in the fight against the virus. They predict that a single annual vaccine akin to the flu shot should provide a high degree of protection and return the country closer to normalcy.
Uh-huh. Okay. Thanks for the 'science' lesson. medical textbook definition of immunity (https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/immunizations/chapter/what-is-immunity/): 1. Innate immunity is general protection that a person is born with, including physical barriers (skin, body hair), defense mechanisms (saliva, gastric acid), and general immune responses (inflammation). This type of immunity is considered non-specific (Khan Academy, n.d). Although the immune system does not know exactly what kind of antigen is invading the body, it can respond quickly to defend against any pathogen. 2. Passive immunity is the body’s capacity to resist pathogens by “borrowing” antibodies. For example, antibodies can be transferred to a baby from a mother’s breast milk, or through blood products containing antibodies such as immunoglobulin that can be transfused from one person to another. The most common form of passive immunity is that which an infant receives from its mother. Antibodies are transported across the placenta during the last one to two months of pregnancy. As a result, a full-term infant will have the same antibodies as its mother. These antibodies will protect the infant from certain diseases for up to a year, and act to defend against specific antigens. Although beneficial, passive immunity is temporary until the antibodies are gone (wane), since the body has not produced the antibodies. 3. Acquired (adaptive) immunity is a type of immunity that develops from immunological memory. The body is exposed to a specific antigen (which is attached to a pathogen) and develops antibodies to that specific antigen (Khan Academy, n.d.). The next time said antigen invades, the body has a memory of the specific antigen and already has antibodies to fight it off. Acquired immunity can occur from exposure to an infection, wherein a person gets a disease and develops immunity as a result. Acquired immunity also occurs from vaccination wherein the vaccine mimics a particular disease, causing an immune response in the vaccinated individual without getting them ill. Not unless you have enough of it to detect based on PCR cycle threshold below 25 or so. And if you are 'immune' (sorry, did I use the word you are forbidding?), then the virus will not propagate in the body and it will be destroyed below detectable levels at a meaningful Cycle level. False negatives and false positives are a known fact of pathogen testing and apply to all tests.
Remember all those reports submitted to VAERS stating the Covid vaccine turned people into Superman. Well... Trump wanted to wear Superman shirt after COVID hospital stay https://www.axios.com/2022/10/03/trump-covid-superman-plan-maggie-haberman Maggie Haberman reports in "Confidence Man," out Tuesday, that when former President Trump was about to be discharged after COVID treatment, he had an idea that he eventually abandoned: "He came up with a plan he told associates was inspired by the singer James Brown, whom he loved watching toss off his cape while onstage, but it was in line with his love of professional wrestling as well." [H]e would be wheeled out of Walter Reed in a chair and, once outdoors, he would dramatically stand up, then open his button-down dress shirt to reveal [a] Superman logo beneath it. (Trump was so serious about it that he called the campaign headquarters to instruct an aide, Max Miller, to procure the Superman shirts; Miller was sent to a Virginia big-box store.) Trump returned to the White House on Marine One after a three-day stay at Walter Reed Medical Center in October 2020.
Yet... Later, Trump and his family members would secretly become fully vaccinated and boosted. It was that time he could then put on his Superman outfit because that's when super-immunity kicks in for people that recovered from a Covid infection and then get vaccinated or those that are vaccinated to then have a breakthrough Covid infection = Super Immunity Since their vaccination...not one single person in his family has had any vaccination injuries. Regardless, I think he was interested in a cape only because it would have covered up his very large butt. Anyways, there must now be a lot of memes after he made the "superman" comments. wrbtrader
Remember Covid? Well the next wave is back. Get ready for the winter ride. Now with new variants including XBB, BQ.1.1, and others. Coronavirus Surges In Europe As France Enters Eighth Wave https://www.forbes.com/sites/cecili...urges-in-europe-as-france-enters-eighth-wave/ This Deadly COVID Twist Is Like Nothing We’ve Seen Before The new BQ.1.1 subvariant is spreading fast across Europe—and we’re not prepared for just how dangerous it could be. https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadly-twist-in-covid-variant-takes-the-world-by-surprise
The new Omicron variants will shortly be arriving at the U.S. Get ready to welcome them at your holiday Covid party. The next U.S. COVID wave is coming. Why it will be 'much weirder than before.' https://news.yahoo.com/the-next-us-...ll-be-much-weirder-than-before-200044795.html