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COVID-19 rebound can occur without Paxlovid treatment, study suggests

Rebounding COVID-19 symptoms may occur in nearly one-third of people infected with the virus, even if they haven’t taken Paxlovid, early research suggests.

A team led by researchers at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital conducted the study, which was published Aug. 2 in the medical preprint server MedRxiv and has not been peer-reviewed.

Among 568 COVID-19 untreated outpatients who participated in the study, 27 percent said virus symptoms returned after initially improving. Another 10 percent said symptoms rebounded after previously resolving. Twelve percent of patients saw virus levels rebound, meaning they tested positive several days after receiving a negative test, according to NBC News.

“Viral RNA rebound or symptom relapse in the absence of antiviral treatment is common, but the combination of high-level viral and symptom rebound is rare,” researchers said.

Source: COVID-19 rebound can occur without Paxlovid treatment, study suggests

Study finds college vaccine mandates lowered COVID-19 deaths by 5% | University of Hawaiʻi System News

A national study looking at the impacts that mandated vaccine policies had on universities and colleges and their surrounding communities found that those policies reduced the overall death rate of the U.S. in fall 2021 by about 5%, roughly 7,300 lives.

Almost 700 colleges and universities across the country established COVID-19 vaccine mandates to return to campus. Researchers took data from the first 13 weeks of the fall 2021 semester. They found that colleges that had vaccine mandates reduced new COVID-19 cases by 339 per 100,000 residents in the surrounding communities, and new deaths by 5.4 per 100,000 residents.

 

Source: Study finds college vaccine mandates lowered COVID-19 deaths by 5% | University of Hawaiʻi System News

Rising COVID-19 case numbers bring Atlanta into ‘Red Zone’

The shift to the red zone comes a few weeks after Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens issued a rule requiring mandatory masks during public meetings that are held inside city facilities.

The city recommends following the Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines of wearing a mask indoors in public, regardless of your vaccination status and staying up to date with vaccinations and boosters.

If you are at a high-risk for severe disease, officials say you should try to avoid non-essential public indoor activities and have a plan for rapid testing.

Source: Rising COVID-19 case numbers bring Atlanta into ‘Red Zone’

La Casa de Papel/Money Heist Thursdays, Part 3, ep. 2: Aikido vs. Empathy!! — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Adoro como enseña el Profe!  /  Fantastic, how the Professor teaches!    Y si, tienen una Guerra Sucia, otra vez…   /  And, yup, they have a Dirty War, again… (La Tortura ==  El Miedo / Torture == Fear) Photo by Ana Maria on Pexels.com Lt. Alcazar:  perfect name!!  /  Tieniente Alcazar: perfecto!! Que […]

La Casa de Papel/Money Heist Thursdays, Part 3, ep. 2: Aikido vs. Empathy!! — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Have We Passed The Point Of No Return?

Filosofa's Word

A couple of days ago I came across an article in The Atlantic that really gave me pause, made me step back and view our current situation in a bit of a different light … a chilling light.  Brian Klaas is a global-politics professor at University College London. He is the author of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us, so he knows of what he speaks here …


America’s Self-Obsession Is Killing Its Democracy

The U.S. still has a chance to fix itself before 2024. But when democracies start dying—as ours already has—they usually don’t recover.

By Brian Klaas

In 2009, a violent mob stormed the presidential palace in Madagascar, a deeply impoverished red-earthed island off the coast of East Africa. They had been incited to violence by opportunistic politicians and media personalities, successfully triggering a coup. A few years later, I traveled to the island…

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