Cycling. Health. Covid. Diet.

[guerney]

Cheaper:

Plant-based coronavirus vaccine being tested in Scotland

Medicago was shown to reduce the risk of symptomatic infections caused by the Delta variant by around 75%.

news.stv.tv

 

[guerney]

New data shows GSK-Vir drug works against all Omicron mutations

British drugmaker GSK said on Tuesday its antibody-based COVID-19 therapy with U.S. partner Vir Biotechnology is effective against all mutations of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, citing new data from early-stage studies.

www.reuters.com

 

[guerney]

Early data shows Pfizer vaccine less effective against Omicron

South African researchers say people who recovered and were vaccinated are largely protected against the new variant, vaccination alone still likely to prevent severe disease

www.timesofisrael.com

 

[AndyBike]

Hello everyone! Do you monitor your health? Recently I realized that I pay too little attention to the state of my body. It made me start looking for some good drugs and reliable nutritional supplements. I think CBD oil is my choice because it is truly a multi-functional nutritional supplement that can replace many drugs.

Do you have a ebike or are you shortly going to be plugging some cbd oil /.

Most members arrive with a Hello, im such and such and this is the bike ive bought....

 

[guerney]

As an overweight person, I don't want to hear this either:

The Coronavirus Attacks Fat Tissue, Scientists Find

The research may help explain why people who are overweight and obese have been at higher risk of severe illness and death from Covid.

www.nytimes.com

SARS-CoV-2 infects human adipose tissue and elicits an inflammatory response consistent with severe COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the viral pathogen SARS-CoV-2, has taken the lives of millions of individuals around the world. Obesity is associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. In this report, we demonstrate that human adipose tissue from multiple...

www.biorxiv.org

1.5 stones more to lose, lost three and a bit...

 

[richtea99]

Do you have a ebike or are you shortly going to be plugging some cbd oil /.

Most members arrive with a Hello, im such and such and this is the bike ive bought....

Quite right - I've reported him, Andy.

 

[guerney]

This pandemic is a nanoscale Godzilla vs Other Mutated Monsters movie. I hope there's no Godzuki...

China reports cases of a new, more transmissible Delta strain, 'sub-lineage AY.4'

WION (World Is One News) brings latest & breaking news from South Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and rest of the World in politics, business, economy, sports, lifestyle, science & technology with opinions & analysis.

www.wionews.com

 

[guerney]

"Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less severe covid, major South African study concludes "

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/14/south-africa-omicron-coronavirus/

 

[guerney]

South Africa: previous infections may explain Omicron hospitalisation rate

High levels of previous infection in province at centre of outbreak may be behind relatively low level of severe disease, expert says

www.theguardian.com

 

[guerney]

COVID-19: New needle-phobia friendly coronavirus vaccine could protect against virus mutations

The new technology uses a jet of air to push the vaccine through the skin and aims to predict how the virus could mutate.

news.sky.com

Cambridge COVID vaccine in clinical trials

Needle-free vaccine targets COVID-19 variants and future coronaviruses

www.cam.ac.uk

 

[guerney]

Association of Psychiatric Disorders With Mortality Among Patients With COVID-19

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2775179

 

[guerney]

Beyond Omicron: what’s next for COVID’s viral evolution

The rapid spread of new variants offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months.

www.nature.com

 

[AndyBike]

I think that cycling is an excellent way to stay in shape.

Hear Hear.

 

[guerney]

Omicron found to grow 70 times faster than Delta in bronchial tissue

Study of tubes between windpipe and lungs could help explain Covid variant’s rapid transmission

www.theguardian.com

 

[guerney]

Doug Ericksen, state senator who fought vaccine mandates, dies at 52

Washington Republican and Trump supporter who opposed pandemic emergency orders said he tested positive for Covid in El Salvador

www.theguardian.com

 

[guerney]

While omicron explodes around the world, covid cases in Japan keep plummeting and no one knows exactly why

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/22/japan-covid-omicron-falling-cases/

 

[GLJoe]

I think that cycling is an excellent way to stay in shape.

It is indeed.
As is exercise in general, and eating healthily.

In fact, since this thread was started, more and more evidence has come to light showing the correlation between severity of Covid symptoms (and especially mortality!) with how unhealthy people are in general.

Which should make all of us wonder why our governments have done virtually nothing in this area.
Any sane person would have thought improving the health of the nation through campaigns to enhance exercise and diet should have been a top priority.

 

[guerney]

The omicron variant could give fully vaccinated people ‘super immunity’

Breakthrough infections might give people more immunity to COVID-19.

www.deseret.com

 

[guerney]

Breakthrough infections generate ‘super immunity’ to COVID-19, study suggests

COVID-19 vaccination provides a foundation of protection that’s enhanced by breakthrough infection; ‘the key is to get vaccinated.'

news.ohsu.edu

 

[richtea99]

Risk of hospital stay 40% lower with Omicron than Delta, UK data suggests

Researchers find those who test positive with new Covid variant up to 25% less likely to attend hospital at all

www.theguardian.com

40% less overnight stays. That's really good.
However, balancing that out is the rate of spread of Omicron appears greater than 140%* compared to Delta.
Hence we're still heading for NHS overload if the transmission rates stay as they are.

It's basically a race of booster versus Omicron - an estimated 200k Omicron infections per day versus 1m boosters + ~10 days whilst it kicks in.

In my area quite a lot of people continue to take reasonable precautions (masking up, meeting outside, keeping rooms ventilated, etc), which should help dampen the transmission a little. I'm glad they're bothering.

Fingers crossed for you all over Xmas.


(*From the same article: 'NHS England also said 301 Covid admissions were recorded by hospitals in London on 20 December, up 78% week on week...')