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Seafood workers at higher risk for COVID-19--study

Tue, 2022-03-22 09:53 — mike kraft

UNH Report: Seafood workers at higher risk for COVID-19

Workers in the seafood industry were twice as likely to contract COVID-19 than employees in other food industries, according to a new study from the University of Hampshire.

Tight working conditions on vessels, as well as in seafood processing factories, appears to have played a direct role.

“You have people working, just like in any food processing, in really close quarters, working side by side together, on these food lines,” said Easton White, assistant professor of biological sciences at UNH, who led the study.

White said fishers faced challenges using PPE while onboard vessels, where a wet environment made the use of masks less effective.

The report, published in the journal PeerJ, based its findings on media reports and documented outbreaks between April 2020 and July 2021. ...

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High Death Rate in Hong Kong Shows Importance of Vaccinating the Elderly

Tue, 2022-03-22 09:35 — mike kraft

The first time the Omicron variant breached Hong Kong’s coronavirus defenses, in late 2021, the city stamped it out, cementing its status as one of the world’s most formidable redoubts of “zero Covid.”

But a few weeks later, Omicron came to the metropolis again, this time causing an outbreak among cleaners at a public-housing estate that spiraled out of control. The conflagration of resulting cases is now killing people at a rate exceeding that of almost any country since the coronavirus emerged.

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NY doesn’t expect ‘steep surge’ from variant--Health official

Tue, 2022-03-22 09:26 — mike kraft

State official: NY doesn't expect 'steep surge' from variant ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's top health official said Monday that she doesn't expect to see a big surge in COVID-19 cases in the state as a new subvariant of the virus grows more prevalent. The omicron variant BA.2, commonly known as “stealth omicron," now represents 42% of all cases in New York, according to state Health Commissioner Mary Bassett. AP NEWS

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New figures on Polarized U.S. Public Opinion About Public Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mon, 2022-03-21 19:23 — mike kraft

Public Opinion on Public Health During the Pandemic This Viewpoint examines the stark differences in how Democrats and Republicans viewed the role of public health during the COVID-19 pandemic to understand the implications for the future of public health. JAMAHealthForum

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Cambridge study on long COVID patients indicates high percentage of brain fog and concentration problems

Mon, 2022-03-21 13:33 — mike kraft

Long COVID study indicates “something concerning is happening”

Two new studies are reporting on an ongoing long COVID research project investigating the persistent effects of COVID-19 on cognition in the months after acute disease. The University of Cambridge-led research found many long COVID patients are experiencing significant and measurable memory or concentration impairments even after mild illness.

“Long COVID has received very little attention politically or medically,” said Lucy Cheke, senior author on the new studies. “It urgently needs to be taken more seriously, and cognitive issues are an important part of this. When politicians talk about ‘Living with COVID’ – that is, unmitigated infection, this is something they ignore.”

The new findings come from an ongoing project called The COVID and Cognition Study (COVCOG). The study recruited nearly 200 COVID-19 patients across late 2020/early 2021 and around the same amount of demographically matched uninfected controls. The goal was to “map the terrain” of cognition in post-acute COVID-19.

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Dakotas cut back on COVID-19 reporting

Mon, 2022-03-21 10:14 — mike kraft

South Dakota ends daily COVID-19 reporting PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Health officials in South Dakota say COVID-19 case rates have dropped so dramatically they’ll no longer give daily updates. The Argus Leader reported that the state health department ended daily reports on Friday and will now give only weekly reports. AP NEWS

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U.S. status of Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5

Mon, 2022-03-21 10:00 — mike kraft

... About 18 million US children under 5 are still not eligible for the protection of a Covid-19 vaccine. Children are less likely than adults to be hospitalized or to die from Covid-19, but at least 400 children age 4 and younger have died from Covid-19, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Experts say the wait for a vaccine may not be much longer.

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Three vaccine shots are 94 percent effective against death or ventilation during omicron--CDC study

Mon, 2022-03-21 09:47 — mike kraft

CDC study: 3 shots 94 percent effective against death or ventilation Three doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines were 94 percent effective in preventing death or the need for a ventilator during the omicron surge, according to a new study. Peter Sullivan TheHill

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UK Covid infections rise, driven by BA.2 Omicron variant

Mon, 2022-03-21 08:43 — mike kraft

Covid: Rise in UK infections driven by BA.2 Omicron variant One in 20 people infected, with record high rates in elderly people due a spring Covid booster vaccine. BBC News

Covid cases have continued to rise in the UK, with an estimated one in every 20 people infected, figures from the Office for National Statistic suggest.

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Another Covid Surge May Be Coming. Are We Ready for It?

Mon, 2022-03-21 08:38 — mike kraft

Scarcely two months after the Omicron variant drove coronavirus case numbers to frightening heights in the United States, scientists and health officials are bracing for another swell in the pandemic and, with it, the first major test of the country’s strategy of living with the virus while limiting its impact.

At local, state and federal levels, the nation has been relaxing restrictions and trying to restore a semblance of normalcy. Encouraging Americans to return to prepandemic routines, officials are lifting mask and vaccine mandates and showing no inclination of closing down offices, restaurants or theaters.

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