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"The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the coronavirus variant first found in India last year as a "variant of global concern".




It said preliminary studies show the B.1.617 mutation spreads more easily than other variants and requires further study.




The variant has already spread to more than 30 countries, the WHO says.




Three other variants from the UK, South Africa and Brazil have been given the same designation.


A mutation is elevated from a "variant of interest" to a "variant of concern" (VOC) when it shows evidence of fulfilling at least one of several criteria, including easy transmission, more severe illness, reduced neutralisation by antibodies or reduced effectiveness of treatment and vaccines.








The variant is being studied to establish whether it is responsible for a deadly surge in India, which is currently overwhelming hospitals and crematoriums.




India reported 366,161 new infections and 3,754 deaths on Monday, down from record peaks. Experts say the actual figures could be far higher than reported.









Surging cases have meant that oxygen shortages continue to be a problem and have spread beyond the capital, Delhi.


Local media in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh reported that 11 Covid patients died overnight in the city of Tirupati after an oxygen tanker supplying the hospital was delayed.


The Indian government says there is evidence of a link between the variant and India's deadly second wave, but that the correlation is not yet "fully established".






Several states have imposed localised lockdowns, curfews and curbs on movement over the last month.






However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is coming under increasing pressure to announce a nationwide lockdown and stop the spread of the virus.




He is also facing criticism for allowing massive gatherings at Hindu festivals and election rallies to go ahead despite rising cases.






On Monday, Delhi's health minister said the capital had just three or four days of vaccine supplies left.


Shortages are further disrupting a lagging vaccination programme, with just over 34.8 million, or about 2.5% of the population receiving both doses of a vaccine so far.


The WHO says current vaccines will continue to be effective against the Indian variant, although the WHO's technical lead did say there may be some evidence of "reduced neutralization," at a press conference on Monday.




https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57067190













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A 3 in 1000 chance of death is still a huge risk. But if you feel like playing that kind of Russian Roulette with your life...

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Lol....dumb fuck.
Go back to your shanty.
 
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"Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 81 countries


...We find that over 20.5 million years of life have been lost to COVID-19 globally.


...The average years of life lost per death is 16 years.


...Our results (Fig. 1, fourth panel) support the claim that the true mortality burden of COVID-19 is likely to be substantially higher.


...This study’s sample presents an average age-at-death of 72.9...




Current analysis means that the IFR (an infection fatality fee) is in reality between about 0.5 and 1 — that’s between 5 and ten occasions increased than for the flu.


... by the point one reaches the age of 81, one’s common life expectancy is between 88 and 90...


...Sir David estimates that solely 5 to 15 per cent of the deaths are individuals who would have died this yr.


...And naturally there are different dangers than dying. One of many issues that the sceptics don’t spend a lot time speaking about is the long-term results of catching the virus,
about which we nonetheless know comparatively little. Analysis suggests about 1 in 20 individuals is prone to undergo from so-called Lengthy Covid.


...It’s [the flu] in reality a lot much less contagious than the novel coronavirus, and the measures now we have in place to take care of the latter are successfully stamping out the previous.
Maybe our tolerance of flu deaths, which we usually take without any consideration, will change."




"Age isn’t the only factor.


Studies have found that people with heart disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, asthma, respiratory conditions, immune deficiency disorders, and other preexisting conditions face higher risks
from COVID-19. CDC research has also found that minorities are more vulnerable, mostly due to multiple conditions worsened by socioeconomic factors and health care inequities.


Outside the United States, access to quality hospital care is playing a role in the virus’s fatality rate. If you are in a place that has advanced clinical care and doctors trained to use
mechanical ventilators, you’re more likely to survive."




TeeJay said:
Median age of those who die are 84
90%+ have 2 or more other serious illnesses at time of death
Symptoms of covid are identical to common flu


By this point I would think most of you would stop drinking the Kool Aid





See above.




TeeJay said:


90%+ have 2 or more other serious illnesses at time of death







Many who die of gunshot wounds had 2 or more serious illnesses or comorbidities (e.g. obesity, see above).
Does that mean they didn't die from the gunshot wound. No, they did die from the gunshot wound.
Likewise people who died from covid died from covid, not from other preexisting conditions.
 

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Meanwhile, while you hide in your shanty, the rest us are living life normally.
 

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