Some Good Health News...

[Zam-Zam]

CDC says seasonal flu cases hit record lows around the world

Data from the Southern Hemisphere shows sharp drops in influenza cases during the typical season.


CDC says seasonal flu cases hit record lows around the world (nbcnews.com)


Also:


Flu Activity 'Minimal' In All 50 States


Flu Activity 'Minimal' In All 50 States (cleanlink.com)



Likely as a result of Covid-19 precautions, social distancing, etc.

So there is a positive.

 

[Addy]

That's good news... I agree.
I got a double flu shot this year... as we were told to get our flu shots for sure this year.

 

[Zam-Zam]

That's good news... I agree.
I got a double flu shot this year... as we were told to get our flu shots for sure this year.

Seems like a wise precaution.

Both my wife and I also got our flu shots, as we do every year. My wife, being a healthcare work, also recently got her first Covid-19 vaccination (she gets another in a couple of weeks). No side effects, she says, other than a sore arm for a day after the shot.

 

[Addy]

I had my first COVID vaccine shot Saturday. It went well, only some slight soreness -- it's all gone by now.
I hope things will speed up for the vaccination process... it's taking too long.

 

[Dawg]

Flu is now declared COVID
We don't go from 65,000 dead of Flu in 2019 to no Flu in 2020

IMO

 

[Addy]

It could be b/c more flu shots were given and more precautions being taken, fearing contracting COVID.

 

[Zam-Zam]

I had my first COVID vaccine shot Saturday. It went well, only some slight soreness -- it's all gone by now.
I hope things will speed up for the vaccination process... it's taking too long.

Yes, the faster the better. I can't really say what a reasonable expectation of how long it takes to vaccinate a nation of around 330 million people is in the midst of a pandemic, but I don't think it can come too soon.

 

[Addy]

Yes, the faster the better. I can't really say what a reasonable expectation of how long it takes to vaccinate a nation of around 330 million people is in the midst of a pandemic, but I don't think it can come too soon.

I agree. I thought at one point they were going to enlist some of the Nat Guard to help with administrating the vaccine. I could have misunderstood though.
At the present time, I don't believe we have enough clinics/sites or the trained personnel to administer the vaccine.

 

[Zam-Zam]

I agree. I thought at one point they were going to enlist some of the Nat Guard to help with administrating the vaccine. I could have misunderstood though.
At the present time, I don't believe we have enough clinics/sites or the trained personnel to administer the vaccine.

I wouldn't be surprised to see military personnel deployed to help with the process. The Navy sent a hospital ship to New York to help treat Covid-19 patients when hospitals were overflowing, so there is that precedent.

 

[worldlymrb]

CDC says seasonal flu cases hit record lows around the world

LMAO!

In other fake news... Epstein killed himself, Hunter Biden laptop is a Russian conspiracy theory, black helicopters don't exist and there is no evidence of election meddling/fraud.

Epidemiologist Says Influenza Cases Are Being Counted as COVID-19

summit.news

Obama Admits: "There Are Black Helicopters"

Appearing on Marc Maron’s podcast today, President Obama addressed what is perhaps one of the longest-living conspiracies in America: the existence of black helicopters. They’re real!

phasezero.gawker.com

 

[EatTheRich]

I wouldn't be surprised to see military personnel deployed to help with the process. The Navy sent a hospital ship to New York to help treat Covid-19 patients when hospitals were overflowing, so there is that precedent.

I believe the ship helped non-Covid patients to help relieve the hospitals to absorb the wave of Covid patients and try therapies for them.