Coronavirus Discussion

[Lagie]

Continue to stay safe, @Astreya!

 

We still have our mask mandate in place, thank goodness, though we actually had a day last week with no cases. We've had several more deaths, though.

 

As of Saturday, March 19th, the Bahamas has had 33,221 cases, 787 deaths, 7 people in hospital, one of those in the ICU, and the positivity rate for that day was 0.94%.

[calona]

In France, it's almost like Covid never happened ... No more masks (except in transports (in theory) and hospitals), no news at all ... But the situation is not good at all ! 😟

I understand that people want to live again, and to stop talking about Covid, but sadly it's too soon ... However, with the war in Ukraine and mostly our presidential election, nobody seems to care about the virus now. 😥 

[StormBirdRising]

On 3/22/2022 at 3:37 AM, calona said:

In France, it's almost like Covid never happened ... No more masks (except in transports (in theory) and hospitals), no news at all ... But the situation is not good at all ! 😟

I understand that people want to live again, and to stop talking about Covid, but sadly it's too soon ... However, with the war in Ukraine and mostly our presidential election, nobody seems to care about the virus now. 😥 

 

I think everything will be okay. You can still use your precautions and protocols.  Many States in the US did not have mask or vaccine mandates, and as far as I know, those that did have mandates, have abandoned them, leaving it up to individual to decide.  

 

We have been seeing some footage from France regarding the protests against the mandates for quite some time, and I understand you had a freedom convoy like we are having in the United States now,  and Canada had last month protesting the mandates and restrictions.  

 

I think everything will be okay.  👍

[Astreya]

In Germany, the Federal government decided to transfer the responsibility for the anti-covid measures to the state governments, and the state governments are a bit annoyed at the Federal government that they now have to deal with the public annoyance for keeping most measures nonetheless.

 

Today we had the all-time record of about 300 000 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, and 347 new deaths (on one day).

 

For those who like to compare the deaths from influenza to the deaths from Covid-19 - according to the RKI, the various influenza waves in Germany in recent years usually vary from a few hundred to 25 000 (in the season 2017/18) deaths per year.  In the whole influenza season 2020/21, there were 16 (sixteen) registered deaths from influenza according to the RKI. [Source]

 

From March 2020 on to yesterday (two full years, that is), there were a cumulated 127 810 deaths from Covid-19, that is, quite a few people more. [Source]

 

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As of today, Thursday, March 24, 09:15 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 7112 (+303) active cases, while 33 168 (+163)  people are considered to have recovered. 446 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 40 726 (+466) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 864.6 (-15.3) / Incidence for NRW: 1404.0 (+4.8).

 

Currently 90 (+1) persons are treated in hospital, with 4 (-1) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Friday, March 25, 09:45 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 7393 (+281) active cases, while 33 416 (+248)  people are considered to have recovered. 448 (+2) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 41 255 (+529) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 927.6 (+63.0) / Incidence for NRW: 1395.5 (-8.5).

 

Currently 92 (+2) persons are treated in hospital, with 5 (+1) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Saturday, March 26, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 7462 (+69) active cases, while 33 745 (+329)  people are considered to have recovered. 448 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 41 655 (+400) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 966.3 (+38.7) / Incidence for NRW: 1401.6 (+6.1).

 

Currently 89 (-3) persons are treated in hospital, with 7 (+2) of them in intensive care, 0 (-1) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Sunday, March 27, 09:45 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 7106 (-356) active cases, while 34 228 (+483)  people are considered to have recovered. 448 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 41 782 (+127) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 935.7 (-30.6) / Incidence for NRW: 1405.2 (+3.6).

 

Currently 83 (-6) persons are treated in hospital, with 7 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 1 (+1) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Monday, March 28, 08:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6781 (-325) active cases, while 34 654 (+426)  people are considered to have recovered. 448 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 41 883 (+101) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 939.1 (+3.4) / Incidence for NRW: 1393.6 (-11.6).

 

Currently 81 (-2) persons are treated in hospital, with 6 (-1) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Tuesday, March 29, 09:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6753 (-28) active cases, while 35 034 (+380)  people are considered to have recovered. 448 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 42 235 (+352) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 959.1 (+20.0) / Incidence for NRW: 1368.3 (-25.6).

 

Currently 85 (+4) persons are treated in hospital, with 6 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 0 (-1) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Wednesday, March 30, 11:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6984 (+231) active cases, while 35 165 (+131)  people are considered to have recovered. 448 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 42 597 (+362) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 903.3 (-55.8) / Incidence for NRW: 1358.5 (-9.8).

 

Currently 90 (+5) persons are treated in hospital, with 6 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 0 (+-) of them needing artificial respiration.

There have been 161 890 (1st jab, 77.25%) and 160 409 (2nd jab, 76.54%) and 172 679 (3rd jab, 82.40%) vaccinations so far. (Vaccination data from Mar 30, 2022 - the numbers are quite a bit messed up as people from outside Oberhausen can use the vaccination centres to get their boosters, too). 

 

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As of today, Thursday, March 31, 09:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 7329 (+345) active cases, while 35 206 (+41)  people are considered to have recovered. 448 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 42 983 (+386) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 915.7 (+12.4) / Incidence for NRW: 1314.7 (-43.8).

 

Currently 85 (-5) persons are treated in hospital, with 7 (+1) of them in intensive care, 0 (+-) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Friday, April 1, 09:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 7416 (+87) active cases, while 35 564 (+358)  people are considered to have recovered. 452 (+4) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 43 432 (+449) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 913.3 (.2.4) / Incidence for NRW: 1288.2 (-26.5).

 

Currently 80 (-5) persons are treated in hospital, with 5 (-2) of them in intensive care, 0 (+-) of them needing artificial respiration.

Source: Stadt Oberhausen

Edited April 1, 2022 by Astreya

[Kestra15]

On 3/22/2022 at 10:37 AM, calona said:

In France, it's almost like Covid never happened ... No more masks (except in transports (in theory) and hospitals), no news at all ... But the situation is not good at all ! 😟

I understand that people want to live again, and to stop talking about Covid, but sadly it's too soon ... However, with the war in Ukraine and mostly our presidential election, nobody seems to care about the virus now. 😥 

Same goes for the UK.

 

Belated condolences Astreya *hug*

 

Currently in my third week of COVID-19, it was fortunately just a moderate chest infection for the most part but a lot more general lethargy/malaise/sleeping than usual. I'd normally still work with a chest infection, or maybe swap a shift or two so I'm not at work for the worst of it, so this is my first ever extended sick leave. My partner also had it, but seemed to be fine as with a mild chest infection. Given how my underlying health gave me  2% chance of death and 10-15% of significant Long Covid, suffice to say I am very, very lucky. Had a proper freak-out when I got my first positive LFT as I was just reminded of the dozens of people I took off ventilators and/or wrapped in body bags, and the hundreds of deaths in our Unit, but aside from that I've managed to be mostly panic-free and just treated this as a much-needed rest from the strains of the last two years.

[Astreya]

Thanks @Kestra15

 

I hope you will recover fully soon! It's good to read that you were lucky to have a relatively mild case despite your comorbidities. And with a little luck this will actually be a boon for you as you would likely never have taken time off to replenish your reserves otherwise. *rehugs*

 

Meanwhile, on Monday the Germany-wide Covid protection measures will mostly run out. Only some "basic protective measures" can be kept depending on what the Bundesländer (=federal states) will decree. This means we will again have widely varying measures, and in the end no one will be sure what is valid where...

 

Here you can see how chaotic the German FEderal government handles things: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/corona-regeln-und-einschrankungen-1734724 (Language German)

 

At least NRW organised things a little bit better: https://www.land.nrw/corona (Language German)

And NRW offers the info in English (and other languages), too:  https://www.land.nrw/corona-multilingual

 

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As of today, Saturday, April 2, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 7480 (+64) active cases, while 35 564 (+249)  people are considered to have recovered. 452 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 43 745 (+313) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 902.8 (-10.5) / Incidence for NRW: 1247.9 (-40.3).

 

Currently 76 (-4) persons are treated in hospital, with 4 (-1) of them in intensive care, 1 (+1) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Sunday, April 3, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 7140 (-340) active cases, while 36 279 (+466)  people are considered to have recovered. 452 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 43 871 (+126) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 843.2 (-59.6) / Incidence for NRW: 1214.7 (-33.2).

 

Currently 76 (+-0) persons are treated in hospital, with 4 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Monday, April 4, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6751 (-389) active cases, while 36 808 (+529)  people are considered to have recovered. 452 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 44 011 (+140) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 887.5 (+44.3) / Incidence for NRW: 1192.5 (-22.2).

 

Currently 76 (+-0) persons are treated in hospital, with 3 (-1) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Tuesday, April 5, 09:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6600 (-151) active cases, while 37 208 (+400)  people are considered to have recovered. 452 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 44 260 (+249) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 901.9 (+14.4) / Incidence for NRW: 1184.4 (-8.1).

 

Currently 83 (+7) persons are treated in hospital, with 4 (+1) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Wednesday, April 6, 09:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6748 (+148) active cases, while 37 335 (+127)  people are considered to have recovered. 454 (+2) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 44 537 (+277) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 780.7 (-121.2) / Incidence for NRW: 1115.8 (-68.8).

 

Currently 82 (-1) persons are treated in hospital, with 4 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 0 (-1) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Thursday, April 7, 09:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6942 (+194) active cases, while 37 436 (+101)  people are considered to have recovered. 454 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 44 832 (+295) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 746.8 (-33.9) / Incidence for NRW: 1073.4 (-42.4).

 

Currently 81 (-1) persons are treated in hospital, with 3 (-1) of them in intensive care, 0 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Friday, April 8, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6952 (+10) active cases, while 37 788 (+352)  people are considered to have recovered. 454 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 45 194 (+362) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 762.1 (+15.3) / Incidence for NRW: 1025.3 (-48.1).

 

Currently 71 (-10) persons are treated in hospital, with 3 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 0 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Saturday, April 9, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6795 (-157) active cases, while 38 150 (+362)  people are considered to have recovered. 454 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 45 399 (+205) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 688.6 (-73.5) / Incidence for NRW: 1006.1 (-19.2).

 

Currently 65 (-6) persons are treated in hospital, with 3 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 0 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Sunday, April 10, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6487 (-308) active cases, while 38 536 (+386)  people are considered to have recovered. 454 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 45 477 (+78) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 668.0 (-20.6) / Incidence for NRW: 988.3 (-17.8).

 

Currently 63 (-2) persons are treated in hospital, with 2 (-1) of them in intensive care, 1 (+1) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Monday, April 11, 08:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6582 (+95) active cases, while 38 536 (+-0)  people are considered to have recovered. 454 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 45 572 (+95) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 663.8 (-4.2) / Incidence for NRW: 989.2 (+0.9).

 

Currently 68 (+5) persons are treated in hospital, with 2 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Tuesday, April 12, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6550 (-32) active cases, while 38 848 (+312)  people are considered to have recovered. 455 (+1) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 45 853 (+281) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 702.9 (+39.1) / Incidence for NRW: 970.2 (-19.0).

 

Currently 64 (-4) persons are treated in hospital, with 2 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

There have been 161 995 (1st jab) and 160 600  (2nd jab) and 173 528 (3rd jab) vaccinations so far. (Vaccination data from April 12, 2022 - the numbers are a bit messed up as people from outside Oberhausen can use the vaccination centres to get their boosters, too). 

 

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As of today, Wednesday, April 13, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6596 (+46) active cases, while 38 974 (+126)  people are considered to have recovered. 455 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 46 025 (+172) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 642.3 (-60.6) / Incidence for NRW: 944.9 (-25.3).

 

Currently 64 (+-0) persons are treated in hospital, with 3 (+1) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Thursday, April 14, 09:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6724 (+128) active cases, while 39 114 (+140)  people are considered to have recovered. 455 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 46 293 (+268) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 616.5 (-25.8) / Incidence for NRW: 920.6 (-24.3).

 

Currently 70 (+6) persons are treated in hospital, with 7 (+4) of them in intensive care, 1 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Friday, April 15, 09:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6661 (+63) active cases, while 39 363 (+249)  people are considered to have recovered. 455 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 46 479 (+186) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 555.0 (-61.5) / Incidence for NRW: 922.6 (+2.0).

 

Currently 65 (-5) persons are treated in hospital, with 8 (+1) of them in intensive care, 2 (+1) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Saturday, April 16, 09:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6600 (-61) active cases, while 39 640 (+277)  people are considered to have recovered. 455 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 46 695 (+216) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 553.0 (-2.0) / Incidence for NRW: 829.1 (-93.5).

 

Currently 59 (-6) persons are treated in hospital, with 8 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 3 (+1) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Sunday, April 17, 09:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6417 (-183) active cases, while 39 935 (+295)  people are considered to have recovered. 455 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 46 807 (+112) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 510.6 (-42.4) / Incidence for NRW: 803.1 (-26.0).

 

Currently 59 (+-0) persons are treated in hospital, with 8 (+-0) of them in intensive care, 4 (+1) of them needing artificial respiration.

Source: Stadt Oberhausen

Edited April 18, 2022 by Astreya

[sh20000sh]

I had positive on Covid weeks ago. Still feeling tired.

 

Kinda hope force-to-wear-mask policy should take down in this place soon.

[BlackMagicRose]

Well, here I am and it is now 3 months since I first had symptoms and almost 3 months since I was diagnosed with Covid-19. I am mostly okay but I have long Covid. So, I still get really tired really easily and winded really easy. I haven't been able to get my booster yet because the doctor and pharmacist said to wait until I was mostly okay because if I would have gotten it while still having active symptoms like the cough and such it could kick it off again and we don't want that. My sister got it and had refused to get vaccinated along with my two nieces and she only had a sinus infection symptom. She is also much healthier than I am and doesn't have the health problems I do. Kian is doing fine. You would never know he had it. My Dad still hasn't gotten it but he is going to my sister's today for Easter dinner and I of course am not invited as usual. So, I said to him that I hope he doesn't get sick because she refuses to vaccinate and just because he has his vaccinations and booster doesn't mean he won't get it. I am kind of irritated that the mask mandates have been dropped because I think we are going to be right back where we started shortly. And I still wear mine in stores and stuff because it has been just over a year since I got my second vaccination. I am hoping to get my booster this week sometime. I may do it on Friday when I have to run into Salem since my counselor said they have a site set up right across from the clinic and I have to check in on Friday anyway. I really think had I not been vaccinated I would have been in some serious trouble. It's nothing to mess with and people are stupid if they think they won't get it or "it won't happen to me" because you NEVER know how it is going to hit you. That's what makes it such a scary bug. Our family member that worked on the Moderna vaccine had worked in the field for decades with some of the deadliest pathogens on the planet and said that Covid even scared him. We lost him to a heart attack in June of this past year. I just think it is ridiculous that people refuse to take it seriously.

[Lagie]

24 minutes ago, blackmagicrose said:

Our family member that worked on the Moderna vaccine had worked in the field for decades with some of the deadliest pathogens on the planet and said that Covid even scared him.

 Eek. Sorry for your loss. *hugs*

 

We were running at a 1% positivity rate for a while. Now we're back up between 6 and 10% daily. Of course, some of our customers wonder why we continue to follow protocols (1 person per 30 square feet, masks, sanitizing, social distancing), and I'm thankful I still have the law of the land to back me up. Churches were allowed back to 100% capacity last week (just in time for Easter, duh) so we'll see what happens to our numbers in the coming weeks.

[Astreya]

@blackmagicrose

I'm really sorry to hear about your continuing problems. I have to agree with what your late relative said about the virus as I read about everything I could in studies about SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19, and the things that have been discovered so far show that it is indeed a really nasty bug. At least your son seems to have gotten away unscathed as things look!

 

@Lagie

By now wearing a mask is mostly mandatory in much of Germany, too. More and more people run around in the shops without any masks. I bet the numbers will soon go up again pretty strongly.

 

In April, the number of deaths for all of Germany has been around 200 per day in the 7-day average for quite a while now. Due to the Easter holidays (during holidays, usually only part of the data gets transferred to the RKI) it went down to about 170 for the last 2 days. But of course many politicians (particularly in areas where elections are due) claim that the pandemic is over by now...

 

Here's an interesting analysis that takes a look at the current situation:

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/04/04/Great-Pandemic-Denial/

 

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As of today, Monday, April 18, 10:00 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6134 (-283) active cases, while 40 297 (+362)  people are considered to have recovered. 455 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 46 886 (+79) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 512.5 (+1.9) / Incidence for NRW: 768.1 (-35.0).

 

Currently 57 (-2) persons are treated in hospital, with 7 (-1) of them in intensive care, 4 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Tuesday, April 19, 08:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6065 (-69) active cases, while 40 502 (+205)  people are considered to have recovered. 455 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 47 022 (+136) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 479.1 (-33.4) / Incidence for NRW: 670.1 (-98.0).

 

Currently 57 (+-0) persons are treated in hospital, with 8 (+1) of them in intensive care, 4 (+-0) of them needing artificial respiration.

 

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As of today, Wednesday, April 20, 08:30 GMT+1, my home town (population 210 000) has 6244 (+179) active cases, while 40 502 (+-0)  people are considered to have recovered. 455 (+-0) persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 47 201 (+179) people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 392.7 (-86.4) / Incidence for NRW: 676.0 (+5.9).

 

Currently 68 (+11) persons are treated in hospital, with 7 (-1) of them in intensive care, 1 (-3) of them needing artificial respiration.

Source: Stadt Oberhausen

Edited April 20, 2022 by Astreya

[Lagie]

40 minutes ago, Astreya said:

Here's an interesting analysis that takes a look at the current situation:

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/04/04/Great-Pandemic-Denial/

That's a very thorough analysis (and scary!). Thanks.

[Kaini]

The continued denial just gets more and more depressing. I wish humanity was better, in short.

[Long_Before_Sunrise]

My neighbor got up at 6 am yesterday. And he coughed and he coughed and he coughed. Loud deep coughing like the kind of cough that makes you throw up. And he opened and closed the doors on his truck and moved things. *thump* *thump* I'm standing there, phone in hand, wondering if I should call 911, if he passed out, when he finally gets in his truck 20-30 minutes of steady coughing later and leaves. Quickly.

Edited April 20, 2022 by Long_Before_Sunrise

[Lagie]

Our politicians are fip-flopping between 'oh, be cateful, the numbers are up' (Well, duh, since you allowed churches to go back tp 100%, what did you expect would happen?) and 'hmm, we may drop mask mandates soon' (because you're pandering to a bunch of idiot foreigners). I miss having a medical doctor in charge. His former minister of health, also a doctor, reminds people to look at hospitilization numbers (creeping up) and positivity rates (from 1% on April 4th to 7% on April 11th to 12% on April 18th to 22% yesterday!). The numbers do not support the waffling.

 

Stats for April 27th in The Bahamas:

16 cases from a mere 73 tests (21.9% positivity), 13 of those on my island, for a new overall total of 33,527 cases. 7 people in hospital, none in the ICU. Total deaths have remained stable at 789 since April 6th.

[PrincessLucy]

I work at a grocery store in Connecticut. They just called up all the department managers into the office to tell us that we are now mandated to wear masks and we need to make our part-timers wear them. I was wearing mine anyway, but so many people got together for mother's day without masks so this is like closing the Barn Door after the horses have escaped.

 

We did get together yesterday to celebrate my late mother, and we all masked. Her funeral was mandatory mask.

[Lagie]

Of our 99 tests on Saturday, 37 were positive.  34 of those on my island. New total: 33,732 cases for The Bahamas.

 

And one of today's headlines? "Covid Outbreak at Office of the Prime Minister" Gee. Why am I not surprised? Especially when the other headline is "Majority of new virus cases were transmitted locally" so it seems the tourists that people like to blame are not at fault after all. Sigh. I am very glad our mask mandate is still in place.

[Astreya]

Well, my little fight with pulmonary embolism made me slack a bit with updates here.

 

But my time in the ICU definitely showed me that that I should not allow myself any slack wearing masks whenever I go outside shopping or where I might meet other people plus taking extra care disinfecting everything I touch.

 

Next to my bed was a guy who was put into an artificial coma with artificial respiration, and even though he wasn't a Covid patient (the infectious disease ICU is separate from the interdisciplinary and surgical ICU where I had to stay), I could hear too well what the nurses and doctors had to do to keep him alive - from periodically cleaning his respiratory tract to cleaning up sores from him lying in his bed still for too long, even though the nurses had to roll him around every hour or so.  I guess I will try to get my 4th vaccination ASAP - I might not be old enough, but I guess a recently survived double pulmonary embolism should put me into the vulnerable persons category.

 

@Lagie

Here the positive quote of the PCR tests isn't even reported any more as the laboratories are overwhelmed. I guess the most relevant number currently is the amount of patients in hospitals and ICUs which is constantly going down for some weeks now.

 

@PrincessLucy

I hope you will manage to stay clear of the virus, too!

 

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As of today, Monday, May 9, 09:00 GMT+2, my home town (population 210 000) has 5721 active cases, while 43 863  people are considered to have recovered. 465 persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 50 049 people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 314.5  / Incidence for NRW: 479.5.

 

Currently 36 persons are treated in hospital, with 5 of them in intensive care, 2 of them needing artificial respiration.

[PrincessLucy]

Just minutes after they told us masks were mandatory and handed them out somebody went around saying that they've changed their minds because I guess they realized they'd have to pay $2 an hour Hazard pay for everybody and they don't want to do that.

[Lagie]

Covid gets closer and closer. Our head vet at the shelter is still out with it. My stepmother tested positive on Sunday and my father on Monday. He's double vaxxed, double boosted, so is only experiencing mild cold-like symptoms (he's 85, so yes, I'm worried for him) so far. I hope it stays that way. He was in my shop May 5th so I'm hoping that was long enough ago, I'm out of danger. *crosses fingers* I will try to have my second booster on Monday. They've started offering them so as to use up a batch that expires at the end of the month.

 

49 new cases on Wednesday (25.1% positivity), 42 on my island, for an overall total now of 34,060 in the Bahamas. 11 people in hospital, 2 of those in the ICU. 9 reclassified deaths (from the 'under investigation' group) take the death toll to 810 now.

 

And most people are carrying on as if it's business as usual. Mask mandate and limits on people in shops (1 person per 30 square feet) are both still in place, though, thank goodness.

[trystan]

according to cdc.gov, my county now has high transmission rates.  guess i ought to dust off that mask for saturday at work again.....

[AsymDoll13]

Seems we're low where I am. That's good to know. Had it in January (double vaxxed, boosted, mask wearing and still caught it). 

[Astreya]

@Lagie

I hope your parents wiil get through the infection without any lasting effects! Plus I'll keep my fingers crossed that you will get your 2nsd booster, too. Stay safe!

 

In Germany it appears as if the transmission rates slowly go down even though the mask mandates aren't enforced strictly anyway. I diligently keep wearing my mask anyway as I totally don't want to risk an infection after my recent pulmonary embolism.

 

My Mom got her second booster yesterday, but I couldn't get mine as I'm currently under a fresh anti-coagulant therapy and the doc didn't want to risk an intramuscular injection while I still get 30mg of Xarelto per day. My first booster was in December 2021 (my Mom's in October 2021), so I guess it is okay to wait a little longer anyway (according to some study I saw the best effects were seen if the 2nd booster was given about 7 months after the 3rd vaccination), plus both Moderna and BioNTech currently work on an upgraded version of the vaccine, and it's probably sensible to wait for this as it will be targeted better on the Omicron variant (and possibly even work better against other SARS-CoV-2 mutations, too).

 

As of Thursday, May 19, 09:00 GMT+2, my home town (population 210 000) has 3966 active cases, while 46 474  people are considered to have recovered. 468 persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 50 908 people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 230.5  / Incidence for NRW: 372.8.

 

Currently 46 persons are treated in hospital, with 2 of them in intensive care, none of them needing artificial respiration.

 

Edited May 20, 2022 by Astreya
"3rd" not "2rd"

[Marcus Pheonix]

3 hours ago, Astreya said:

@Lagie

I hope your parents wiil get through the infection without any lasting effects! Plus I'll keep my fingers crossed that you will get your 2nsd booster, too. Stay safe!

 

In Germany it appears as if the transmission rates slowly go down even though the mask mandates aren't enforced strictly anyway. I diligently keep wearing my mask anyway as I totally don't want to risk an infection after my recent pulmonary embolism.

 

My Mom got her second booster yesterday, but I couldn't get mine as I'm currently under a fresh anti-coagulant therapy and the doc didn't want to risk an intramuscular injection while I still get 30mg of Xarelto per day. My first booster was in December 2021 (my Mom's in October 2021), so I guess it is okay to wait a little longer anyway (according to some study I saw the best effects were seen if the 2nd booster was given about 7 months after the 2rd vaccination), plus both Moderna and BioNTech currently work on an upgraded version of the vaccine, and it's probably sensible to wait for this as it will be targeted better on the Omicron variant (and possibly even work better against other SARS-CoV-2 mutations, too).

 

As of Thursday, May 19, 09:00 GMT+2, my home town (population 210 000) has 3966 active cases, while 46 474  people are considered to have recovered. 468 persons sadly died.  All in all there have been 50 908 people who suffered from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of newly infected people per 100 000 citizens in the last 7 days is 230.5  / Incidence for NRW: 372.8.

 

Currently 46 persons are treated in hospital, with 2 of them in intensive care, none of them needing artificial respiration.

 

 

30mg of Xarelto? I didn't even know that was available, here the max you can get is 20mg.

 

Here some oral courses of anti-virals (the type primarily authorised for use to treat hepatitis C) have been approved for treating coronnavirus. But they cost like 10k for a box. I've had a few people calling to ask about them but so far haven't actually had to dispense any.

[StormBirdRising]

On 3/13/2022 at 6:12 AM, Melusina said:

Er.  And I do not think most of the US is operating like Orange County right now - or that most of the US ever operates like Orange County, which is an unusually wealthy part of the country, with 2-3x the average national household income depending when you look.  Privilege changes experience of just about everything.  

 

 

We're not really privileged here in the OC, we're just different.  

 

https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2020/07/orange-county-school-reopening-gavin-newsom/

[Astreya]

3 hours ago, Marcus Pheonix said:

30mg of Xarelto? I didn't even know that was available, here the max you can get is 20mg.

Well, I got the 15mg pills, but so far have had to take one in the morning plus one in the evening, hence 30mg for the day to make sure that the blood clots in my lungs completely dissolve. From tomorrow on I'll have to take one 20mg pill per day for a whole year as precaution.

Edited May 20, 2022 by Astreya