Anonymous
01/31/2021 18:33
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Highly recommend this reddit post for anyone like me who badly needed some good ones today. It's full of links to cites/videos and generally very worth reading IMO.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/l97t6x/comment/glhwpu8
It's waaay long to just paste here, but here's a sample.
The currently approved vaccines work against new variants, all of them. Even that new one you just read about. Seriously, it's very probably, not going to be a problem.
You can feel free to ignore any news story or blog or comment that uses the word “strain” instead of “variant”. There are currently no Covid19 “strains”, only variants.
Many variants aren't that great at being viruses. Some have already gone extinct, and the rate of extinction will probably increase over time. Yes, that mink variant you were worried about last year is probably gone forever.
Thank you!
This pandemic has made me realize that there are 100% people in the media who are 100% putting out BS or BS-adjacent stories that are 100% meant to scare people. So that they can make money. I'd thought maybe this was true before, a little bit; I'd spoken with news people who said it was hard for them b/c they got excited over bad news after being in the media for a while, but seriously, these stories are false and they are still being reported, and the reporters know that they are false and they are purposefully misleading readers. So that's Uplifting and hopeful news in that we can stop believing the bad news and the ridiculous headlines.
I agree with this 100% and I want to thank you for posting this.
Its good to remind ourselves of this .
Anonymous
01/31/2021 18:32
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:Highly recommend this reddit post for anyone like me who badly needed some good ones today. It's full of links to cites/videos and generally very worth reading IMO.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/l97t6x/comment/glhwpu8
It's waaay long to just paste here, but here's a sample.
The currently approved vaccines work against new variants, all of them. Even that new one you just read about. Seriously, it's very probably, not going to be a problem.
You can feel free to ignore any news story or blog or comment that uses the word “strain” instead of “variant”. There are currently no Covid19 “strains”, only variants.
Many variants aren't that great at being viruses. Some have already gone extinct, and the rate of extinction will probably increase over time. Yes, that mink variant you were worried about last year is probably gone forever.
I personally cannot stomach reddit recently. Lots of really really nasty and negative comments on pretty much every single sub.
So thank you for posting that excerpt on here.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 17:31
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Highly recommend this reddit post for anyone like me who badly needed some good ones today. It's full of links to cites/videos and generally very worth reading IMO.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/l97t6x/comment/glhwpu8
It's waaay long to just paste here, but here's a sample.
The currently approved vaccines work against new variants, all of them. Even that new one you just read about. Seriously, it's very probably, not going to be a problem.
You can feel free to ignore any news story or blog or comment that uses the word “strain” instead of “variant”. There are currently no Covid19 “strains”, only variants.
Many variants aren't that great at being viruses. Some have already gone extinct, and the rate of extinction will probably increase over time. Yes, that mink variant you were worried about last year is probably gone forever.
Thank you!
This pandemic has made me realize that there are 100% people in the media who are 100% putting out BS or BS-adjacent stories that are 100% meant to scare people. So that they can make money. I'd thought maybe this was true before, a little bit; I'd spoken with news people who said it was hard for them b/c they got excited over bad news after being in the media for a while, but seriously, these stories are false and they are still being reported, and the reporters know that they are false and they are purposefully misleading readers. So that's Uplifting and hopeful news in that we can stop believing the bad news and the ridiculous headlines.
The media has been really creepy throughout this, and I’m not just talking FOX News. CNN and NBC too.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 16:23
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:Highly recommend this reddit post for anyone like me who badly needed some good ones today. It's full of links to cites/videos and generally very worth reading IMO.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/l97t6x/comment/glhwpu8
It's waaay long to just paste here, but here's a sample.
The currently approved vaccines work against new variants, all of them. Even that new one you just read about. Seriously, it's very probably, not going to be a problem.
You can feel free to ignore any news story or blog or comment that uses the word “strain” instead of “variant”. There are currently no Covid19 “strains”, only variants.
Many variants aren't that great at being viruses. Some have already gone extinct, and the rate of extinction will probably increase over time. Yes, that mink variant you were worried about last year is probably gone forever.
Thank you!
This pandemic has made me realize that there are 100% people in the media who are 100% putting out BS or BS-adjacent stories that are 100% meant to scare people. So that they can make money. I'd thought maybe this was true before, a little bit; I'd spoken with news people who said it was hard for them b/c they got excited over bad news after being in the media for a while, but seriously, these stories are false and they are still being reported, and the reporters know that they are false and they are purposefully misleading readers. So that's Uplifting and hopeful news in that we can stop believing the bad news and the ridiculous headlines.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 13:52
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Highly recommend this reddit post for anyone like me who badly needed some good ones today. It's full of links to cites/videos and generally very worth reading IMO.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/l97t6x/comment/glhwpu8
It's waaay long to just paste here, but here's a sample.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/l97t6x/comment/glhwpu8
It's waaay long to just paste here, but here's a sample.
The currently approved vaccines work against new variants, all of them. Even that new one you just read about. Seriously, it's very probably, not going to be a problem.
You can feel free to ignore any news story or blog or comment that uses the word “strain” instead of “variant”. There are currently no Covid19 “strains”, only variants.
Many variants aren't that great at being viruses. Some have already gone extinct, and the rate of extinction will probably increase over time. Yes, that mink variant you were worried about last year is probably gone forever.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 10:13
Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
J&J Vaccine Provides Strong Shield Against Severe Covid
"
In a study of more than 43,000 people, the vaccine prevented 66% of moderate to severe cases of Covid-19, according to a company statement Friday. And it was particularly effective at stopping severe disease, preventing 85% of severe infections and 100% of hospitalizations and deaths.
“If you can prevent severe disease in a high percentage of individuals, that will alleviate so much of the stress and human suffering” of the pandemic, said Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious-disease official, at a briefing on the results with company and government officials."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-29/j-j-single-dose-vaccine-provides-strong-shield-against-covid-19
"
In a study of more than 43,000 people, the vaccine prevented 66% of moderate to severe cases of Covid-19, according to a company statement Friday. And it was particularly effective at stopping severe disease, preventing 85% of severe infections and 100% of hospitalizations and deaths.
“If you can prevent severe disease in a high percentage of individuals, that will alleviate so much of the stress and human suffering” of the pandemic, said Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious-disease official, at a briefing on the results with company and government officials."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-29/j-j-single-dose-vaccine-provides-strong-shield-against-covid-19
Anonymous
01/31/2021 10:11
Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-vaccines-are-slowing-spread-of-virus-already-early-study-shows-lbwwgsvrh/
Covid vaccines are slowing spread of virus already, early study shows
excerpt from the article:
Infection rates in the over-80s have fallen by 36 per cent this month. Other age groups have seen similar falls, while the biggest drop is in twenty-somethings whose rates have halved.
Covid vaccines are slowing spread of virus already, early study shows
excerpt from the article:
Infection rates in the over-80s have fallen by 36 per cent this month. Other age groups have seen similar falls, while the biggest drop is in twenty-somethings whose rates have halved.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 10:08
Subject: Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
https://nypost.com/2021/01/29/data-shows-one-third-of-americans-could-have-covid-19-immunity/
"As many as 1/3 of Americans could have COVID-19 immunity: analysis"
Cases were down 17.2 percent nationally this week compared to last while hospitalizations were down 10.3 percent, the data shows.
"As many as 1/3 of Americans could have COVID-19 immunity: analysis"
Cases were down 17.2 percent nationally this week compared to last while hospitalizations were down 10.3 percent, the data shows.
Anonymous
01/30/2021 19:46
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here are today's Bloomberg numbers: 94.4 millions shots given around the world so far, with 30.5 million given in the U.S. at an average rate of 1.35 million Americans being vaccinated a day.
That US number has been steadily creeping up.
Yes it has! Hopefully, when J&J gets approved it will increase even more. We've got this!
Anonymous
01/30/2021 19:41
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:Here are today's Bloomberg numbers: 94.4 millions shots given around the world so far, with 30.5 million given in the U.S. at an average rate of 1.35 million Americans being vaccinated a day.
That US number has been steadily creeping up.
Anonymous
01/30/2021 19:12
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Here are today's Bloomberg numbers: 94.4 millions shots given around the world so far, with 30.5 million given in the U.S. at an average rate of 1.35 million Americans being vaccinated a day.
Anonymous
01/30/2021 18:12
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
The Times of London is reporting on real world evidence that their aggressive vaccination campaign is already slowing their pandemic. I can’t even read the whole article bc of the paywall, but they are Britain’s paper of record so I’m hopeful they are right 
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-vaccines-are-slowing-spread-of-virus-already-early-study-shows-lbwwgsvrh/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-vaccines-are-slowing-spread-of-virus-already-early-study-shows-lbwwgsvrh/
Anonymous
01/30/2021 16:27
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
It's not clear what exactly is included in this "six weeks" means, but it sounds like good news to me. I.e, we're going to get delayed in some sense, but not derailed, by variants in the next year.
"Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Tuesday that his company is working on boosters to combat coronavirus variants. BioNTech, Pfizer's partner, said it could produce a new vaccine for a COVID-19 variant in about six weeks. Bourla said at Bloomberg's The Year Ahead conference on Monday that the company is working on a process to create booster shots."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/know-4-worrisome-coronavirus-variants-183443258.html
"Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Tuesday that his company is working on boosters to combat coronavirus variants. BioNTech, Pfizer's partner, said it could produce a new vaccine for a COVID-19 variant in about six weeks. Bourla said at Bloomberg's The Year Ahead conference on Monday that the company is working on a process to create booster shots."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/know-4-worrisome-coronavirus-variants-183443258.html
Anonymous
01/30/2021 11:39
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/29/there-will-be-enough-covid-vaccines-for-the-entire-us-adult-population-by-june-doctor-says.html
If all goes according to plan, there will be enough vaccines for all adults in the U.S. by June. I think that we may be able to have 4th of July BBQs this summer!
Thank you for sharing! Good news, indeed!
Anonymous
01/30/2021 09:54
Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/29/there-will-be-enough-covid-vaccines-for-the-entire-us-adult-population-by-june-doctor-says.html
If all goes according to plan, there will be enough vaccines for all adults in the U.S. by June. I think that we may be able to have 4th of July BBQs this summer!
If all goes according to plan, there will be enough vaccines for all adults in the U.S. by June. I think that we may be able to have 4th of July BBQs this summer!