Mid-July covid-19 check

Generally it would seem so. Before omicron there wasn't really even enough reinfections to get a good idea of how common it was. Omicron does appear to be changing this, for the worse, but it still seems super rare to get reinfected even if the rate of reinfection is rising.

 

As I sit and await the lady to come in and give my booster shot, I was given a handout to read… Typical stuff but then there was a substantial amount of information dedicated to something they were calling “spike-vax”. I haven’t heard of that before. Is spike-vax a new weapon in the war on Covid?

 

No, it’s the name given to the Moderna vac that the FDA approved last week.
https://www.fda.gov/emergency-prepa...ovid-19/spikevax-and-moderna-covid-19-vaccine

 

Hey @GeneWright …… I see the Covid rates slowly climbing in my state again. You have been very in the know on this thing as it has progressed. Are you hearing we are going to have another explosion?

 

Catchy marketing name. I can imagine the macho commercials.

Here's how a snarky Democrat describes "SPIKE-VAX!". This is what happens when children don't learn how to speak in Public. I would like to see him talk to Will Smith like that!

 

I don't think I've seen anything too big out of the U.S. after that February spike. I'm cautiously optimistic at the moment things are starting to clear up. Crazy that this thread is almost 2 years old

 

Who cares? ...it's over. Ridiculous overreaction for political gain. The death rate is less now than the common flu...so what are we really doing? Using Covid to dismantle the Constitution? It's over.

 

Well... I am not a medically minded sort of fellow and Gene has certainly had his pulse on this thing. Covid near closed my business earlier this year. Out of an eight person office, six were stricken with it at the same time. I don't know his role and I do know better than to ask, but Gene has the line on this thing and I am a person that likes to plan at my office. If another round is coming, I want to be prepared.

 

There are plenty of proven therapeutics that aren't being disseminated. If fact, the government has been going out of their way to restrict the use of proven therapeutics. The government is intentionally making Covid worse. It's political!

 

No one has EVER talked about using Ivermecin formulated for livestock...on Humans.
Here's what the FDA says....

Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19

COVID-19. We’ve been living with it for what sometimes seems like forever. Given the number of deaths that have occurred from the disease, it’s perhaps not surprising that some consumers are turning to drugs not approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

One of the FDA’s jobs is to carefully evaluate the scientific data on a drug to be sure that it is both safe and effective for a particular use. In some instances, it can be highly dangerous to use a medicine for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 that has not been approved by or has not received emergency use authorization from the FDA.

There seems to be a growing interest in a drug called ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in humans. Certain animal formulations of ivermectin such as pour-on, injectable, paste, and "drench," are approved in the U.S. to treat or prevent parasites in animals. For humans, ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses to treat some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea.

However, the FDA has received multiple reports of patients who have required medical attention, including hospitalization, after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for livestock.

Here’s What You Need to Know about Ivermectin

• The FDA has not authorized or approved ivermectin for use in preventing or treating COVID-19 in humans or animals. Ivermectin is approved for human use to treat infections caused by some parasitic worms and head lice and skin conditions like rosacea.
• Currently available data do not show ivermectin is effective against COVID-19. Clinical trials assessing ivermectin tablets for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in people are ongoing.
• Taking large doses of ivermectin is dangerous.
• If your health care provider writes you an ivermectin prescription, fill it through a legitimate source such as a pharmacy, and take it exactly as prescribed.
• Never use medications intended for animals on yourself or other people. Animal ivermectin products are very different from those approved for humans. Use of animal ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in humans is dangerous.

What is Ivermectin and How is it Used?
Ivermectin tablets are approved by the FDA to treat people with intestinal strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis, two conditions caused by parasitic worms. In addition, some topical forms of ivermectin are approved to treat external parasites like head lice and for skin conditions such as rosacea.

Some forms of animal ivermectin are approved to prevent heartworm disease and treat certain internal and external parasites. It’s important to note that these products are different from the ones for people, and safe only when used in animals as prescribed.

When Can Taking Ivermectin Be Unsafe?
The FDA has not authorized or approved ivermectin for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19 in people or animals. Ivermectin has not been shown to be safe or effective for these indications.

There’s a lot of misinformation around, and you may have heard that it’s okay to take large doses of ivermectin. It is not okay.

Even the levels of ivermectin for approved human uses can interact with other medications, like blood-thinners. You can also overdose on ivermectin, which can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension (low blood pressure), allergic reactions (itching and hives), dizziness, ataxia (problems with balance), seizures, coma and even death.

Ivermectin Products for Animals Are Different from Ivermectin Products for People
For one thing, animal drugs are often highly concentrated because they are used for large animals like horses and cows, which weigh a lot more than we do— up to a ton or more. Such high doses can be highly toxic in humans. Moreover, the FDA reviews drugs not just for safety and effectiveness of the active ingredients, but also for the inactive ingredients. Many inactive ingredients found in products for animals aren’t evaluated for use in people. Or they are included in much greater quantity than those used in people. In some cases, we don’t know how those inactive ingredients will affect how ivermectin is absorbed in the human body.

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consu...-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19

 

Most of these studies are done on confirmed Covid cases. Although these therapeutics reduce the severity of the infection, it's greatest benefit is "preventing" infections from overpowering the body's immune system. Why exactly, has the FDA taken so long to even test safe therapeutics? It's a Scandal!

Ivermectin as Potential COVID-19 Treatment Gets Studied at Duke University




Jan. 21, 2022 -- Doctors at Duke University are leading a national study to test whether three drugs could effectively treat COVID-19 — including ivermectin — according to The News & Observer.

The study, which began last summer, is attempting to provide a comprehensive assessment of the controversial treatment. Ivermectin has been celebrated by some as a potential COVID-19 treatment and ridiculed by others who say there’s no proof that the drug works against the coronavirus, and in fact, could be harmful to patients.

“There were some early studies that showed that it could potentially be helpful with COVID-19, but they were not large enough to be definitive,” Adrian Hernandez, MD, one of the study leaders and a cardiologist at Duke University, told the newspaper.

“So we want to know either way, is it potentially beneficial or not,” he said.

Ivermectin is typically used to kill parasites in animals, including heartworm in dogs and gastrointestinal worms in horses and cows. Since the late 1980s, the drug has been used in humans to treat parasitic infections and other illnesses.

However, it’s not approved to treat COVID-19, and the FDA has warned that using the drug, especially formulations made for animals, can be dangerous. The FDA has received multiple reports of people who needed medical attention and hospitalization after taking ivermectin meant for livestock.

At the same time, people have been trying the drug in hopes that it will treat COVID-19. That’s why it’s important to answer the major questions around it, Hernandez said.

“We should understand if there are any benefits,” he told the newspaper. “And if not, we should be able to report that back out to the public clearly and note what shouldn’t be done.”

The Duke study is testing three drugs under ACTIV-6, which is one of a series of studies of potential COVID-19 treatments and vaccines launched by the National Institutes of Health. The goal is to find treatments and vaccines that could make COVID-19 as manageable as the seasonal flu.

The two other drugs in the study are fluvoxamine, a medicine often prescribed for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and fluticasone furoate, a steroid medication prescribed through an inhaler for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

All three drugs are approved for use in humans, are proven to be safe, and are easy to use at home, the newspaper reported. They also rarely interact with other medications, which could make them good options to treat mild to moderate cases of COVID-19.

“Just like we’re trying to do testing at home, we’re looking at how can you conveniently do treatment at home,” Hernandez said.

About 2,500 people from across the U.S. have taken part in the ACTIV-6 study so far. To qualify, study participants must be 30 or older, have tested positive for the coronavirus within the previous 10 days, and have at least two symptoms. They receive an overnight package with one of the drugs or a placebo, and report how they’re feeling each day by phone or online.

Researchers at Duke are looking for evidence that the drugs either shorten the time that people feel sick or prevent them from getting worse and needing hospitalization, the newspaper reported.

With the recent surge in new COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, enrollment in the study has picked up in recent weeks, the newspaper reported. Hernandez said the study team may have enough data to release initial results within in a month or so.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/202...covid-19-treatment-studied-at-duke-university

 

Well dang…. My baby brother is 17 years younger than me. He is one of these guys that is a complete fitness nut…… He caught Covid early on before we had a vaccine. It didn’t slow him down much. When the vaccine came out he got it soon as he could so he wouldn’t get sick again……. Here we are two years later. He has suffered from shortness of breath ever since he caught Covid two years ago. Today the doctor tells him he has swelling around the heart. Called it plurisy. And I’ll be darned if his doctor didn’t tell him that condition may have been brought on by his Covid vaccine. Is this really brought on by the vaccine?

 

Man crap. Here we go again. I been vaxxed, boosted, transfused….. And I am Covid positive. At least I don’t feel like death like the last time….. Thanks Santa!

 

Shucks! Ain't it the way. Did you get the bivalent booster? The forth one.

 

Leave it to the am-bivalent one to bring that up.

 

I kid you not… Tomorrow at 10:30 I was scheduled for a physical, flu shot and Covid booster. Oddly, I don’t feel so bad but my wife tells me I am talking like a drunk man. I think I sound fine!

 

Funny, I see the same language above that you managed to ignore in this case. Partisan hack.

 

Technically, you aren't boosted against COVID if you haven't had the forth shot but even that is no guarantee of not getting COVID. My wife was in India in October and had all of the COVID boosters and still got COVID on her trip.

 

Pleurisy isn't swelling around the heart Randy . . . it's inflammation of the lining around the lungs.

Inflammation of the lining around the heart is pericarditis.

 

And what is crap?