Conavirus......

[bae]

Interesting flu stuff: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00642-4

[Yppej]

Queen Elizabeth II has covid and is experiencing "mild, coldlike symptoms". The vaccines work, but hey cower away in fear the rest of your life if you want to.

ETA She is continuing with her duties. I guess when you live through things like World War II it gives you perspective.

[Tybee]

Queen Elizabeth II has covid and is experiencing "mild, coldlike symptoms". The vaccines work, but hey cower away in fear the rest of your life if you want to.

ETA She is continuing with her duties. I guess when you live through things like World War II it gives you perspective.

Oh dear. I hope she is okay. Most of the people who lived through World War II are gone now. My mom is her age and worked in a ship building plant for the Navy. Dad fought at Guadacanal and died last year. I don't think her resistance to the virus has anything to do with World War II, and I pray she gets better.

[Yppej]

Oh dear. I hope she is okay. Most of the people who lived through World War II are gone now. My mom is her age and worked in a ship building plant for the Navy. Dad fought at Guadacanal and died last year. I don't think her resistance to the virus has anything to do with World War II, and I pray she gets better.

No, WW2 does not give her immunity, but that experience does keep her from getting paranoid and freaking out like some younger, healthier people here do. She is working not hiding under the covers quaking in fear.

[JaneV2.0]

No, WW2 does not give her immunity, but that experience does keep her from getting paranoid and freaking out like some younger, healthier people here do. She is working not hiding under the covers quaking in fear.

Of course she'll get the best medical care possible on this planet, at the earliest possible moment. So there's that.

[rosarugosa]

Is anyone else feeling like our current Covid strategy is largely based on wishful thinking? I know we are at the end of a surge, but I feel like we've decided (collective we) that if we pretend it's all over and stop taking precautions, that it will indeed be over.

[Tybee]

Is anyone else feeling like our current Covid strategy is largely based on wishful thinking? I know we are at the end of a surge, but I feel like we've decided (collective we) that if we pretend it's all over and stop taking precautions, that it will indeed be over.

I was thinking exactly the same thing yesterday!

[pinkytoe]

I have stopped wearing a mask in stores since it seems no one else is either. As it has been since the beginning, endless mixed messages and now other news seems to have superceded Covid. Who really knows anymore??

[JaneV2.0]

"Behavioural changes (social distancing, mask wearing and hygiene measures) and travel and movement restrictions are thought to be the major factors driving the reduction in influenza incidence..."

Which goes to show human beings can go a long way toward mitigating epidemics entirely on their own. I hope we have well and truly learned that lesson.

[Rogar]

Is anyone else feeling like our current Covid strategy is largely based on wishful thinking? I know we are at the end of a surge, but I feel like we've decided (collective we) that if we pretend it's all over and stop taking precautions, that it will indeed be over.

Our governor has been promoting pretty much life back to pre-pandemic. I don't think we are quite there yet, but close. The claim is that 90% of the population is immune, either from contracting the virus or being vaccinated. That's not really true. Vaccination seems to prevent more severe infections, but is not exactly immunity. Our positivity rate is around what they are calling 4% and anything below 5% is supposed to be a magic number of low risk. I guess we'll see since everyone seems to be reverting to the old norm.