

Samal ajal lähevad tuhanded vaktsiinidoosid äraviskamisele

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990828The new COVID-19 strain known as "Arcturus" has increased in the U.S. so much that it has been added to the CDC's watch list. Officially labeled XBB.1.16, Arcturus is a subvariant of Omicron that was first seen in India and has been on the World Health Organization's watchlist since the end of March. The CDC's most recent update now lists Arcturus as causing 7% of U.S. coronavirus cases, landing it in second place behind its long-predominant Omicron cousin XBB.1.5, which causes 78% of cases. Arcturus is more transmissible but not more dangerous than recent chart-topping strains, experts say.
Ma olen alates jaanuarist katsetanud seda ja tuleb tunnistada, et see "digilugu" ei tööta kohe üldse mitte, vaid peksab segast.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991107The severity of neurologic and non-neurologic symptoms associated with long COVID appear to be linked to the severity of the initial infection, new research suggests.
Investigators at Chicago's Northwestern Hospital compared neurologic post-acute sequelae of COVID infection in hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients about 7 months after onset of the virus and found only 60% reported they had "recovered" from the virus.
Both study groups of had an average of seven neurological symptoms, with 91% experiencing more than four symptoms. Brain fog, headache, and dizziness were the most common neurologic symptoms and fatigue was the most common non-neurologic symptom in all patients. Both groups reported impaired quality of life in cognitive, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, and depression.
Patients who had been hospitalized were more likely to have an abnormal neurologic exam, compared with their nonhospitalized counterparts as well as a normative US population, while nonhospitalized patients had lower results only in attention tasks.
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Praegu sarnaneb Meritsa sõnul koroonaviirus gripile, kuid võib veel olla natukene ohtlikum. Seda seetõttu, et leidub endiselt inimesi, kes pole koroonaviiruse vastu immuunsed. „Kuna viiruse levik ei ole oluliselt vähenenud ja on püsinud kõrgel tasemel viimane aasta ja kolm-neli kuud, omikroni ilmumisest saadik, siis ma olen isegi üllatunud, et praeguseks tuleb ikka veel sellised juhtumeid välja,“ ütles Merits.
https://www.delfi.ee/artikkel/120183840 ... ti#daltop7Need, kes on endiselt vaktsineerimata, peaksid Meritsa sõnul seda kindlasti tegema. Eriti puudutab see kas vanuse või immuunsüsteemi tõttu riskirühma kuuluvaid inimesi. „Seda on üsna masendav vaadata, et pooled koroonaviirusega surnud on vaktsineerimata. Samal ajal, kui nendes vanusegruppides, kus surmajuhtumid tulevad, on vaktsineerimise tase 95% kanti. Ehk 5% sellest grupist annab poole n-ö ohvritest.“
Need riskirühma kuuluvad inimesed, kellel on juba paar koroonavaktsiini tehtud, võiksid Meritsa sõnul kaaluda neljanda ja viienda kaitsesüsti saamist, sest viirus levib endiselt ja raske põdemine pole välistatud. Ta lisas, et vaktsineerida võiks pigem sügisel uue viirushooaja eel, sest viimased kolm aastat on näidanud, et viiruse levik väheneb suvel märgatavalt.
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