Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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"We've been patient but our patience is wearing thin!"
Since when did Biden become Emperor? We are sovereign citizens not subjects.

I didn't say the virus isn't real its just being used. Fauci and company paid lots of money to Wuhan for it.

Right you are Sir. I feel that The Corona virus is just a Trojan Horse for the vaccine and App to track people and control their movement. Maybe I'm just old and bitter but I do not trust any government, politician or elite billionaire.

Idaho begins rationing healthcare as hospitals overwhelmed with covid.
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Leaders of Idaho’s most populous county were deluged with constituent emails last month as they prepared to choose the newest member of a once-obscure regional health board. A doctor who served on the board for 15 years had just been let go over his support for pandemic restrictions.

Hundreds wrote in for Ryan Cole, a doctor — backed by the Ada County Republican Party — who has called coronavirus vaccines “fake.”

The Republican commissioners of the county — which encompasses the state capital, Boise — said they welcomed Cole’s “outsider” perspective and willingness to “question” established medical guidance. They appointed him over the protests of their lone Democratic colleague.

To critics, Cole’s elevation to a public health-care role is an extreme example of GOP-driven resistance to not only mandates but basic medical guidance, as the pandemic overwhelms Idaho’s hospitals like never before.

About 40 percent of Idaho’s population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, one of the lowest rates in the country and significantly below the national figure of 54 percent.

Cole made these statements despite not being an epidemiologist. His application to the board says he is a diagnostic pathologist with experience in clinical medicine.

The county commissioners who voted to appoint Cole defended their pick in interviews with The Post. Davidson said he wanted someone “who would absolutely not go the route of shutdown.” Commissioner Rod Beck (R) said that “with this whole vaccine thing, we haven’t taken other alternative viewpoints.”

Beck said he has been vaccinated against the coronavirus and believes the shots “are working” — but also said people should not look to the public health department for any guidance on coronavirus vaccination beyond “consult with your doctor.”

Megan Blanksma, a Republican state lawmaker who sits on the Central District Health Board, echoed that broadly recommending vaccination, even with a talk-to-your-doctor caveat, seems “too far.”

“People don’t want the government telling them what to do,” she said.

A recent newsletter from Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin (R), who has clashed with the state’s more moderate governor over covid-19 measures, claimed falsely there is “clear” evidence that people “may be significantly worse off health-wise if they get vaccinated.”

The delta variant of the coronavirus roared into California midsummer, striking hard even in places where many people were vaccinated. Cases spiked. Hospitals again began to swell with patients. The daily death toll climbed into the triple digits for the first time in months.

But after a season in which the highly transmissible variant wreaked havoc on the nation, California is reporting sustained progress against delta.

Earlier this week, California dropped from “high” to “substantial” virus spread, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It later bounced back up, but total new cases per 100,000 residents are still lower than any other state. The change in CDC designation — a barometer of how well states are doing in combating the virus — was celebrated by public health officials, who suggested it was a signal that California could be close to a turning point.

An aggressive push for vaccines, coupled with masks mandates at the local level and a public largely willing to go along with them, appear to have helped flatten the state’s curve, experts said.

“California, as compared to many other states in the nation, took rapid steps to recognize the extent of the problem and to apply more covid control measures,” said Robert Kim-Farley, a infectious-disease expert at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “I think if California had not taken these steps to curb transmission, we could have ended up with much higher levels.”

The fight against delta is far from over in the Golden State, which still faces a host of challenges in containing cases. Though infections have dropped in California’s population hubs in recent weeks, they remain high in parts of the Central Valley and rural north. An influx of patients has overwhelmed some intensive care units in those regions.

Compounding the problem, California hospitals are facing staffing shortages. Medical workers have struggled with burnout, and surges in other states have created intense competition for nurses, said Bryan Bucklew, president and chief executive of Hospital Council of Northern & Central California, a nonprofit trade association.

More than 57 percent of California’s population is fully vaccinated, higher than the national average. Big cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco have moved to require vaccines for activities like dining in restaurants and working out in gyms. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) ordered the shots for state employees and workers in high-risk settings, and rolled out incentives that included the country’s biggest vaccine lottery. And as delta spread, many of the state’s most populous counties brought back requirements for wearing face coverings indoors.

John Swartzberg, an infectious-disease expert at the University of California at Berkeley, said California has benefited from a population that’s generally receptive to public health directives. He said the attitude was rooted in the public health response to the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s.

“That established a culture primarily in the Bay Area, but it spread to Southern California, too,” he said.

Nine big cats at the National Zoo in Washington have tested positive for the coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, the Smithsonian Institution said Friday.

The summer COVID-19 case surge continued to drop as the 7-day average for daily new cases dropped Friday to its lowest level since July 22, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Florida reported 11,275 new cases Friday, bringing the daily average to 10,877. There have been 3.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, the CDC data shows.

The state also increased its total coronavirus death toll by six on Friday. At least 50,817 Floridians have now died of COVID-related complications — that’s about 237 deaths per 100,000 population. Deaths are counted on the day they occur, not the day they are reported, and can take up to two weeks or more to be reflected in the data.

On Thursday, the number of people hospitalized for COVID in Florida dropped below 10,000 for the first time since late July, a 19% decline over the past week, according to data from the Florida Hospital Association.

Has anybody heard from Jimmy?

I've had not direct contact with him...but his profile says he has visited WP perhaps twice since his stroke. The last visit was September 1 and no posts since the April 25 post which was his one and only post since announcing his stroke.

I hope he is recovering well and I, too, miss his voice here.

I've had not direct contact with him...but his profile says he has visited WP perhaps twice since his stroke. The last visit was September 1 and no posts since the April 25 post which was his one and only post since announcing his stroke.

I hope he is recovering well and I, too, miss his voice here.

A friend of a few acquaintances of mine died of covid today. Whether or not she was vaxxed; a 21 year old died of covid. What the hell?