Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

Just as in Japan, the Olympics are a catalyst for the pandemic in China. Who knows what the actual numbers are but the officially reported ones are the highest since the very start of the pandemic.

Maybe the numbers are still high in Germany since they have the capacity to keep measuring? A lot of countries restricted testing so reported numbers went down a lot sooner than the actual numbers. In Germany reported deaths are in step with the reported cases while in most places reported deaths peaked far later than reported cases. Or it can be that Germany opened back up a bit too early.

It's not over yet, cases are slowly rising again in countries that opened back up. The virus should run out of people to infect you would think. Atm there are still over 7,000 people dying each day from Covid-19. And who knows what damage the pandemic is doing in Ukraine on top of the war casualties.

https://time.com/6153254/ukraine-russia-war-covid-19/

Ukraine was struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic even before Russian troops advanced on the country. It was slower to launch its COVID-19 vaccination campaigns than other European countries, and while the government encouraged citizens to get immunized, most people struggled to find a way to get the shot, didn’t feel the need to get vaccinated, or didn’t trust the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

Just before the invasion on Feb. 24, only 35% of the Ukrainian population had been vaccinated.


My wife was finally well enough to get the booster shot, which promptly knocked her out again. Yet 3 days later it's already much better. Still a nasty reaction, pain everywhere, swollen all over, much worse than I had. I guess better than the real thing.