MCPS Covid Data Updated Daily (in a single thread)

[Anonymous]

The data is encouraging. This data is from 5/29/22, reported today. There are 47 new student infections and 8 new staff infections reported since yesterday. There have been 1760 active infections at MCPS within the last 10 days. This is 699 less than yesterday's 10-day average. Of 210 schools in MCPS plus Central Office, 136 (65%) are improving, 54 (26%) are steady, and 20 (10%) are getting worse.

10% (22 of 210) schools have an infection rate of 2% or more. 0% (0 of 210) schools have an infection rate of 10% or more.
Location Last 10 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Central Office 29 N/A
Winston Churchill High 127 2,459 5.20%
Robert Frost Middle 42 1,088 3.90%
Bradley Hills Elementary 20 533 3.80%
Wood Acres Elementary 17 582 2.90%
Woodfield Elementary 10 363 2.80%
Burning Tree Elementary 13 476 2.70%
Diamond Elementary 20 815 2.50%
Wyngate Elementary 19 773 2.50%
Somerset Elementary 12 497 2.40%
Cedar Grove Elementary 11 449 2.40%
Thomas S. Wootton High 50 2,132 2.30%
Cabin John Middle 27 1,155 2.30%
Farmland Elementary 20 888 2.30%
Little Bennett Elementary 16 733 2.20%
Olney Elementary 15 680 2.20%
Piney Branch Elementary 14 682 2.10%
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary 14 679 2.10%
Richard Montgomery High 51 2,583 2.00%
Northwood High 41 2,046 2.00%
Georgian Forest Elementary 13 647 2.00%
Sherwood Elementary 11 551 2.00%
Meadow Hall Elementary 9 459 2.00%

59% (123 of 210) schools in MCPS plus Central Office have 4 or more reported infections in the past 10 days. Of those schools, 30% (63 of 209) are in the double-digits with 10 or more infections.

Location Last 10 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Winston Churchill High 127 2,459 5.20%
Richard Montgomery High 51 2,583 2.00%
Thomas S. Wootton High 50 2,132 2.30%
Walter Johnson High 50 3,139 1.60%
Robert Frost Middle 42 1,088 3.90%
Northwood High 41 2,046 2.00%
Northwest High 35 2,773 1.30%
Quince Orchard High 30 2,320 1.30%
Central Office 29 N/A
Sherwood High 28 1,966 1.40%
Cabin John Middle 27 1,155 2.30%
Clarksburg High 26 2,546 1.00%
James Hubert Blake High 24 1,946 1.20%
Julius West Middle 24 1,502 1.60%
North Bethesda Middle 24 1,270 1.90%
Col. Zadok Magruder High 22 1,797 1.20%
Bethesda-Chevy. Chase High 21 2,530 0.80%
Damascus High 21 1,533 1.40%
Albert Einstein High 20 2,127 0.90%
Bradley Hills Elementary 20 533 3.80%
Diamond Elementary 20 815 2.50%
Farmland Elementary 20 888 2.30%
Takoma Park Middle 20 1,247 1.60%
Tilden Middle 20 1,146 1.70%
Wyngate Elementary 19 773 2.50%
Rockville High 17 1,613 1.10%
Rosa Parks Middle 17 929 1.80%
Walt Whitman High 17 2,213 0.80%
Wood Acres Elementary 17 582 2.90%
Gaithersburg High 16 2,615 0.60%
Hallie Wells Middle 16 1,086 1.50%
Little Bennett Elementary 16 733 2.20%
Sligo Middle 16 823 1.90%
Ashburton Elementary 15 939 1.60%
Olney Elementary 15 680 2.20%
Garrett Park Elementary 14 762 1.80%
Herbert Hoover Middle 14 1,114 1.30%
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary 14 778 1.80%
Montgomery Blair High 14 3,501 0.40%
Piney Branch Elementary 14 682 2.10%
Rocky Hill Middle 14 1,116 1.30%
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary 14 679 2.10%
Burning Tree Elementary 13 476 2.70%
Georgian Forest Elementary 13 647 2.00%
Maryvale Elementary 13 715 1.80%
Luxmanor Elementary 12 730 1.60%
Ridgeview Middle 12 876 1.40%
Somerset Elementary 12 497 2.40%
Cedar Grove Elementary 11 449 2.40%
Lakelands Park Middle 11 1,214 0.90%
Sherwood Elementary 11 551 2.00%
Snowden Farm Elementary 11 822 1.30%
Takoma Park Elementary 11 624 1.80%
Thomas W. Pyle Middle 11 1,454 0.80%
College Gardens Elementary 10 594 1.70%
Greencastle Elementary 10 771 1.30%
Kingsview Middle 10 1,105 0.90%
Paint Branch High 10 2,292 0.40%
Poolesville High 10 1,382 0.70%
Silver Spring International Middle 10 1,289 0.80%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary 10 589 1.70%
Watkins Mill High 10 1,802 0.60%
Westland Middle 10 897 1.10%
Woodfield Elementary 10 363 2.80%
Fairland Elementary 9 635 1.40%
Fallsmead Elementary 9 587 1.50%
Fields Road Elementary 9 543 1.70%
Gaithersburg Middle 9 1,014 0.90%
John T. Baker Middle 9 934 1.00%
Lois P. Rockwell Elementary 9 514 1.80%
Meadow Hall Elementary 9 459 2.00%
Bayard Rustin Elementary 8 823 1.00%
Rock Creek Valley Elementary 8 434 1.80%
Silver Creek Middle 8 891 0.90%
Springbrook High 8 1,902 0.40%
Stone Mill Elementary 8 569 1.40%
Wheaton High 8 2,666 0.30%
Bannockburn Elementary 7 469 1.50%
Benjamin Banneker Middle 7 964 0.70%
Carderock Springs Elementary 7 378 1.90%
Rock Creek Forest Elementary 7 795 0.90%
Seneca Valley High 7 2,243 0.30%
William H. Farquhar Middle 7 738 0.90%
A. Mario Loiederman Middle 6 1,059 0.60%
Belmont Elementary 6 384 1.60%
Cold Spring Elementary 6 370 1.60%
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary 6 565 1.10%
Glenallan Elementary 6 778 0.80%
Greenwood Elementary 6 596 1.00%
Jackson Road Elementary 6 745 0.80%
Ritchie Park Elementary 6 420 1.40%
Rosemary Hills Elementary 6 610 1.00%
Sligo Creek Elementary 6 716 0.80%
William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary 6 556 1.10%
Woodlin Elementary 6 619 1.00%
Chevy Chase Elementary 5 509 1.00%
Clarksburg Elementary 5 856 0.60%
Earle B. Wood Middle 5 1,174 0.40%
John F. Kennedy High 5 2,020 0.20%
Newport Mill Middle 5 737 0.70%
North Chevy Chase Elementary 5 260 1.90%
Redland Middle 5 688 0.70%
Roberto W Clemente Middle 5 1,061 0.50%
Strathmore Elementary 5 553 0.90%
Wayside Elementary 5 502 1.00%
Argyle Middle 4 1,084 0.40%
Beall Elementary 4 562 0.70%
Brooke Grove Elementary 4 519 0.80%
Brown Station Elementary 4 676 0.60%
Burtonsville Elementary 4 677 0.60%
Clopper Mill Elementary 4 520 0.80%
Flower Valley Elementary 4 583 0.70%
Forest Knolls Elementary 4 551 0.70%
Fox Chapel Elementary 4 651 0.60%
John Poole Middle 4 482 0.80%
Jones Lane Elementary 4 473 0.80%
Lakewood Elementary 4 480 0.80%
Neelsville Middle 4 908 0.40%
Oakland Terrace Elementary 4 546 0.70%
Rachel Carson Elementary 4 768 0.50%
Rock View Elementary 4 713 0.60%
Shady Grove Middle 4 614 0.70%
Westbrook Elementary 4 335 1.20%
William Tyler Page Elementary 4 703 0.60%

124 (59%) of the 209 MCPS schools and the Central Office had >= 4 infections in the past 10-days as of 5/29/22.
64 (30.4%) of the 209 MCPS schools and the Central Office had >= 10 infections in the past 10-days as of 5/29/22.
24 (11.4%) of the 209 MCPS schools and the Central Office had >= 20 infections in the past 10-days as of 5/29/22.
8 (3.8%) of the 209 MCPS schools and the Central Office had >= 30 infections in the past 10-days as of 5/29/22.
6 (2.8%) of the 209 MCPS schools and the Central Office had >= 40 infections in the past 10-days as of 5/29/22.
4 (1.9%) of the 209 MCPS schools and the Central Office had >= 50 infections in the past 10-days as of 5/29/22.
1 (0.4%) of the 209 MCPS schools and the Central Office had >= 60 infections in the past 10-days as of 5/29/22.
1 (0.4%) of the 209 MCPS schools and the Central Office had >= 70 infections in the past 10-days as of 5/29/22.
1 (0.4%) of the 209 MCPS schools and the Central Office had >= 80 infections in the past 10-days as of 5/29/22.

There has been a poster that believes that prior infection from BA.2 and/or vaccines will provide sufficient protection against BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and/or BA.5. If that poster is right, then we should see nothing but declining numbers for the next two weeks.

There is also the possibility that even if BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and/or BA.5 evades protection, it will take a while to spread, so MCPS can make it through the next two weeks unscathed.

Hopefully.

[Anonymous]

^^ Ignore this statement since the count is re-baselining: "This is 699 less than yesterday's 10-day average."

[Anonymous]

The vaccines and prior infection provide protection against severe illness. No one claimed they provide durable, long-term protection against infection. But we don’t need them to as long as people are just having mild illnesses.

You really haven’t figured out that’s the endgame for Covid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The vaccines and prior infection provide protection against severe illness. No one claimed they provide durable, long-term protection against infection. But we don’t need them to as long as people are just having mild illnesses.

You really haven’t figured out that’s the endgame for Covid?

We haven't seen Covid's playbook yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The vaccines and prior infection provide protection against severe illness. No one claimed they provide durable, long-term protection against infection. But we don’t need them to as long as people are just having mild illnesses.

You really haven’t figured out that’s the endgame for Covid?

We haven't seen Covid's playbook yet.

You know covid isn’t sentient, don’t you?

Wow. That must be the poster that doesn't know what antibodies are. Did you figure out they don't go away after 5 days yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The vaccines and prior infection provide protection against severe illness. No one claimed they provide durable, long-term protection against infection. But we don’t need them to as long as people are just having mild illnesses.

You really haven’t figured out that’s the endgame for Covid?

We haven't seen Covid's playbook yet.

You know covid isn’t sentient, don’t you?

Wow. That must be the poster that doesn't know what antibodies are. Did you figure out they don't go away after 5 days yet?

Not a big reader, huh? Slippery Rock grad?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you were correct, then Omicron "B" should have had just one wave.

Just like you only get the flu once in your life? Or one cold?

Antibodies wane over time. Very roughly speaking, the immune system remembers how to produce them. After an exposure, your immune system ramps up production. Your body has a head start after an infection, but how much of a head start decreases over time.

This paper shows some of the antibodies don't work as well against the newer strains. The practical significance of that isn't fully clear, since your body's immune system adapts, and there are a lot of parts to it.

Based on previous variants, we have every reason to think prior infection/vaccination will continue to provide substantial protection. Your body may not have as much of a head start as before against these variants, so it's certainly possible, if not likely, that you'll be more likely to experience symptoms, but we don't know much of a practical difference these new variants make.

Reason to think and reality are two different things. Everyone I know who got it in April/May also had it earlier in the year.

Do you see the irony about posting this statement right after posting the study about the protection offered from prior infection or vaccination?

You probably don’t…

These people have COVID brain damage. Notice how they're still talking about the imaginary anti vaccine person who's afraid of covid.

"No one cares anymore" -= "I don't read the news anymore because if I did I'd have to face the fact that I've deliberately exposed my kids repeatedly to a contagious virus that will have lifelong effects. How do I live with myself? By mocking people who wear masks and calling them anti vaxxers."

"Oh, and in my free time, I am also a 'medical' professional."

Here’s your problem. You’re getting your information from the news instead of from actual experts. There’s no evidence of long-term effects of Covid beyond the small rates we see with other viruses. Though, I’m sure you don’t actually know that, since you’d actually have to read more than just the headlines of news articles. And we already know you don’t even read the first paragraph of the articles you link to.

If only you were capable of reading at all?

It's so funny how you start crying that someone is being a bully whenever we start laughing at your lack of nuance, reading comprehension, or critical thinking skills, "medical professional" dad.

I mean, I assume you must be asd. And that's okay. Explains so much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you were correct, then Omicron "B" should have had just one wave.

Just like you only get the flu once in your life? Or one cold?

Antibodies wane over time. Very roughly speaking, the immune system remembers how to produce them. After an exposure, your immune system ramps up production. Your body has a head start after an infection, but how much of a head start decreases over time.

This paper shows some of the antibodies don't work as well against the newer strains. The practical significance of that isn't fully clear, since your body's immune system adapts, and there are a lot of parts to it.

Based on previous variants, we have every reason to think prior infection/vaccination will continue to provide substantial protection. Your body may not have as much of a head start as before against these variants, so it's certainly possible, if not likely, that you'll be more likely to experience symptoms, but we don't know much of a practical difference these new variants make.

Reason to think and reality are two different things. Everyone I know who got it in April/May also had it earlier in the year.

Do you see the irony about posting this statement right after posting the study about the protection offered from prior infection or vaccination?

You probably don’t…

These people have COVID brain damage. Notice how they're still talking about the imaginary anti vaccine person who's afraid of covid.

"No one cares anymore" -= "I don't read the news anymore because if I did I'd have to face the fact that I've deliberately exposed my kids repeatedly to a contagious virus that will have lifelong effects. How do I live with myself? By mocking people who wear masks and calling them anti vaxxers."

"Oh, and in my free time, I am also a 'medical' professional."

Here’s your problem. You’re getting your information from the news instead of from actual experts. There’s no evidence of long-term effects of Covid beyond the small rates we see with other viruses. Though, I’m sure you don’t actually know that, since you’d actually have to read more than just the headlines of news articles. And we already know you don’t even read the first paragraph of the articles you link to.

If only you were capable of reading at all?

It's so funny how you start crying that someone is being a bully whenever we start laughing at your lack of nuance, reading comprehension, or critical thinking skills, "medical professional" dad.

I mean, I assume you must be asd. And that's okay. Explains so much.

What is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you were correct, then Omicron "B" should have had just one wave.

Just like you only get the flu once in your life? Or one cold?

Antibodies wane over time. Very roughly speaking, the immune system remembers how to produce them. After an exposure, your immune system ramps up production. Your body has a head start after an infection, but how much of a head start decreases over time.

This paper shows some of the antibodies don't work as well against the newer strains. The practical significance of that isn't fully clear, since your body's immune system adapts, and there are a lot of parts to it.

Based on previous variants, we have every reason to think prior infection/vaccination will continue to provide substantial protection. Your body may not have as much of a head start as before against these variants, so it's certainly possible, if not likely, that you'll be more likely to experience symptoms, but we don't know much of a practical difference these new variants make.

Reason to think and reality are two different things. Everyone I know who got it in April/May also had it earlier in the year.

Do you see the irony about posting this statement right after posting the study about the protection offered from prior infection or vaccination?

You probably don’t…

These people have COVID brain damage. Notice how they're still talking about the imaginary anti vaccine person who's afraid of covid.

"No one cares anymore" -= "I don't read the news anymore because if I did I'd have to face the fact that I've deliberately exposed my kids repeatedly to a contagious virus that will have lifelong effects. How do I live with myself? By mocking people who wear masks and calling them anti vaxxers."

"Oh, and in my free time, I am also a 'medical' professional."

Here’s your problem. You’re getting your information from the news instead of from actual experts. There’s no evidence of long-term effects of Covid beyond the small rates we see with other viruses. Though, I’m sure you don’t actually know that, since you’d actually have to read more than just the headlines of news articles. And we already know you don’t even read the first paragraph of the articles you link to.

If only you were capable of reading at all?

It's so funny how you start crying that someone is being a bully whenever we start laughing at your lack of nuance, reading comprehension, or critical thinking skills, "medical professional" dad.

I mean, I assume you must be asd. And that's okay. Explains so much.

What is wrong with you?

I don't like you. I don't like your disinformation spam. I don't like the way you denigrate women. I don't like your continued, festering presence on these boards.

Now, I'm up at 2am because I've got a call with China in 20 mins. What's your excuse? Not local? Ridden with guilt and anxiety? Sh$tfaced?

I don't care. I just want you to go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you were correct, then Omicron "B" should have had just one wave.

Just like you only get the flu once in your life? Or one cold?

Antibodies wane over time. Very roughly speaking, the immune system remembers how to produce them. After an exposure, your immune system ramps up production. Your body has a head start after an infection, but how much of a head start decreases over time.

This paper shows some of the antibodies don't work as well against the newer strains. The practical significance of that isn't fully clear, since your body's immune system adapts, and there are a lot of parts to it.

Based on previous variants, we have every reason to think prior infection/vaccination will continue to provide substantial protection. Your body may not have as much of a head start as before against these variants, so it's certainly possible, if not likely, that you'll be more likely to experience symptoms, but we don't know much of a practical difference these new variants make.

Reason to think and reality are two different things. Everyone I know who got it in April/May also had it earlier in the year.

Do you see the irony about posting this statement right after posting the study about the protection offered from prior infection or vaccination?

You probably don’t…

These people have COVID brain damage. Notice how they're still talking about the imaginary anti vaccine person who's afraid of covid.

"No one cares anymore" -= "I don't read the news anymore because if I did I'd have to face the fact that I've deliberately exposed my kids repeatedly to a contagious virus that will have lifelong effects. How do I live with myself? By mocking people who wear masks and calling them anti vaxxers."

"Oh, and in my free time, I am also a 'medical' professional."

Here’s your problem. You’re getting your information from the news instead of from actual experts. There’s no evidence of long-term effects of Covid beyond the small rates we see with other viruses. Though, I’m sure you don’t actually know that, since you’d actually have to read more than just the headlines of news articles. And we already know you don’t even read the first paragraph of the articles you link to.

If only you were capable of reading at all?

It's so funny how you start crying that someone is being a bully whenever we start laughing at your lack of nuance, reading comprehension, or critical thinking skills, "medical professional" dad.

I mean, I assume you must be asd. And that's okay. Explains so much.

What is wrong with you?

I don't like you. I don't like your disinformation spam. I don't like the way you denigrate women. I don't like your continued, festering presence on these boards.

Now, I'm up at 2am because I've got a call with China in 20 mins. What's your excuse? Not local? Ridden with guilt and anxiety? Sh$tfaced?

I don't care. I just want you to go away.

What is wrong with you? Seriously, why don't you go away? I can only imagine how you treat your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you were correct, then Omicron "B" should have had just one wave.

Just like you only get the flu once in your life? Or one cold?

Antibodies wane over time. Very roughly speaking, the immune system remembers how to produce them. After an exposure, your immune system ramps up production. Your body has a head start after an infection, but how much of a head start decreases over time.

This paper shows some of the antibodies don't work as well against the newer strains. The practical significance of that isn't fully clear, since your body's immune system adapts, and there are a lot of parts to it.

Based on previous variants, we have every reason to think prior infection/vaccination will continue to provide substantial protection. Your body may not have as much of a head start as before against these variants, so it's certainly possible, if not likely, that you'll be more likely to experience symptoms, but we don't know much of a practical difference these new variants make.

Reason to think and reality are two different things. Everyone I know who got it in April/May also had it earlier in the year.

Do you see the irony about posting this statement right after posting the study about the protection offered from prior infection or vaccination?

You probably don’t…

These people have COVID brain damage. Notice how they're still talking about the imaginary anti vaccine person who's afraid of covid.

"No one cares anymore" -= "I don't read the news anymore because if I did I'd have to face the fact that I've deliberately exposed my kids repeatedly to a contagious virus that will have lifelong effects. How do I live with myself? By mocking people who wear masks and calling them anti vaxxers."

"Oh, and in my free time, I am also a 'medical' professional."

Here’s your problem. You’re getting your information from the news instead of from actual experts. There’s no evidence of long-term effects of Covid beyond the small rates we see with other viruses. Though, I’m sure you don’t actually know that, since you’d actually have to read more than just the headlines of news articles. And we already know you don’t even read the first paragraph of the articles you link to.

If only you were capable of reading at all?

It's so funny how you start crying that someone is being a bully whenever we start laughing at your lack of nuance, reading comprehension, or critical thinking skills, "medical professional" dad.

I mean, I assume you must be asd. And that's okay. Explains so much.

What is wrong with you?

I don't like you. I don't like your disinformation spam. I don't like the way you denigrate women. I don't like your continued, festering presence on these boards.

Now, I'm up at 2am because I've got a call with China in 20 mins. What's your excuse? Not local? Ridden with guilt and anxiety? Sh$tfaced?

I don't care. I just want you to go away.

DP
Disinformation spam? Self awareness isn’t your strong suit, I see.
Ps - those of us who understand Covid aren’t going away. We’re just here laughing at you and your constant need to whine if things aren’t going your way.

Ps - being “capable of reading” and actually understanding scientific literature are two completely different things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you were correct, then Omicron "B" should have had just one wave.

Just like you only get the flu once in your life? Or one cold?

Antibodies wane over time. Very roughly speaking, the immune system remembers how to produce them. After an exposure, your immune system ramps up production. Your body has a head start after an infection, but how much of a head start decreases over time.

This paper shows some of the antibodies don't work as well against the newer strains. The practical significance of that isn't fully clear, since your body's immune system adapts, and there are a lot of parts to it.

Based on previous variants, we have every reason to think prior infection/vaccination will continue to provide substantial protection. Your body may not have as much of a head start as before against these variants, so it's certainly possible, if not likely, that you'll be more likely to experience symptoms, but we don't know much of a practical difference these new variants make.

Reason to think and reality are two different things. Everyone I know who got it in April/May also had it earlier in the year.

Do you see the irony about posting this statement right after posting the study about the protection offered from prior infection or vaccination?

You probably don’t…

These people have COVID brain damage. Notice how they're still talking about the imaginary anti vaccine person who's afraid of covid.

"No one cares anymore" -= "I don't read the news anymore because if I did I'd have to face the fact that I've deliberately exposed my kids repeatedly to a contagious virus that will have lifelong effects. How do I live with myself? By mocking people who wear masks and calling them anti vaxxers."

"Oh, and in my free time, I am also a 'medical' professional."

Here’s your problem. You’re getting your information from the news instead of from actual experts. There’s no evidence of long-term effects of Covid beyond the small rates we see with other viruses. Though, I’m sure you don’t actually know that, since you’d actually have to read more than just the headlines of news articles. And we already know you don’t even read the first paragraph of the articles you link to.

If only you were capable of reading at all?

It's so funny how you start crying that someone is being a bully whenever we start laughing at your lack of nuance, reading comprehension, or critical thinking skills, "medical professional" dad.

I mean, I assume you must be asd. And that's okay. Explains so much.

What is wrong with you?

I don't like you. I don't like your disinformation spam. I don't like the way you denigrate women. I don't like your continued, festering presence on these boards.

Now, I'm up at 2am because I've got a call with China in 20 mins. What's your excuse? Not local? Ridden with guilt and anxiety? Sh$tfaced?

I don't care. I just want you to go away.

Oooooo a call to CHINA. You must be so important! I will start listening to what you say immediately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The vaccines and prior infection provide protection against severe illness. No one claimed they provide durable, long-term protection against infection. But we don’t need them to as long as people are just having mild illnesses.

You really haven’t figured out that’s the endgame for Covid?

Then that suck for 20% of the children.

over 1 in 5 COVID-19 survivors under the age of 65 could develop long COVID

coronavirus inoculation has only a "slight protective effect" against long COVID

long COVID might "affect a patient's ability to contribute to the work force and might have economic consequences for survivors and their dependents."

The study's results could "potentially translate into millions of people with new diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, neurologic problems"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdcs-study-tells-us-long-095511394.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The vaccines and prior infection provide protection against severe illness. No one claimed they provide durable, long-term protection against infection. But we don’t need them to as long as people are just having mild illnesses.

You really haven’t figured out that’s the endgame for Covid?

Then that suck for 20% of the children.

over 1 in 5 COVID-19 survivors under the age of 65 could develop long COVID

coronavirus inoculation has only a "slight protective effect" against long COVID

long COVID might "affect a patient's ability to contribute to the work force and might have economic consequences for survivors and their dependents."

The study's results could "potentially translate into millions of people with new diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, neurologic problems"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdcs-study-tells-us-long-095511394.html

Other interesting parts of that article.

"Symptoms are typically first identified about four weeks after the initial infection, and can then last weeks or even months before maybe going away or perhaps coming back again."

Such as a lingering cough after a bad cold. Or perhaps coming back. Such conviction there.

"The study's results could "potentially translate into millions of people with new diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, neurologic problems," epidemiologist Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, who was not involved in the research, told the Times."

He would certainly fit in on this message board. Read a headline and predict the apocalypse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The vaccines and prior infection provide protection against severe illness. No one claimed they provide durable, long-term protection against infection. But we don’t need them to as long as people are just having mild illnesses.

You really haven’t figured out that’s the endgame for Covid?

Then that suck for 20% of the children.

over 1 in 5 COVID-19 survivors under the age of 65 could develop long COVID

coronavirus inoculation has only a "slight protective effect" against long COVID

long COVID might "affect a patient's ability to contribute to the work force and might have economic consequences for survivors and their dependents."

The study's results could "potentially translate into millions of people with new diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, neurologic problems"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdcs-study-tells-us-long-095511394.html

What about the 1-in-6 people that study found had the same symptoms as long covid, but no evidence of a past infection?

Can you point to any results from that study that support the claim that long covid is preventing people from contributing to the work force, or that it is leading to serious, chronic conditions that don’t resolve with time? You’re not going to be able to, because the study didn’t (and couldn’t) look at that. You seem to be confusing what some people fear with what we actually know.

If you've been following the studies coming out on long covid, you should have already observed a pattern. The weaker the controls (or complete lack thereof), the higher the estimated rate of long covid. This obviously comes as no surprise, but it bears calling attention to. This was a good study, but it still had weak controls. Individuals implicitly self-selected, since it was based on people choosing to seek medical attention. Most of the conditions are subjectively assessed, usually through symptom reporting by patients, sometimes by assessments by the providers. The patients and doctors know which patients previously had covid, so many will be more inclined to be looking for (and seeking treatment for) symptoms believed to be associated with long covid.

Is there a higher-than-baseline risk of various medical conditions following recovery from a virus? Of course there is. That's not unique to covid. And that doesn't mean had it not been for covid they wouldn't develop those conditions following recovery from some other infection.