13 thoughts on “C-19 Chat Post – December 5-11 2022”

1. Thanks TK.

   I heard on the morning news that children’s cold medicines are flying off store shelves due to the rise in RSV cases. There is no shortage of medicine however. Supplies will be increased in the coming days.

   1. Wrote about this issue yesterday. https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2022/12/04/as-tripledemic-of-flu-rsv-and-covid-19-surges-shortages-of-drugs-are-having-a-disproportionate-impact-on-children/

      1. Your article is very timely Joshua. Thanks.

         Would parents making sure that their kids their flu shots help with the RSV spread, or are they totally separate illnesses?

         1. Totally separate.
            I also don’t believe there is a vaccine against RSV.

            1. There will be soon! https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-announces-positive-top-line-data-phase-3-global

               1. Awesome. Thank you, Ace

         2. Great article as always, Joshua.

            A major contributor to the problem is that Covid supresses immune systems for up to eight months. This was predictable. Heaven knows I have not shut up about it for nearly three years. I don’t need to repeat what we should have done

            There is no vaccine for RSV. I do think they are working on one. Unrelated to one for kids, I saw something recently about a trial for a vaccine for seniors.

2. Life expectancy dropped 0.9 years in the U.S. in 2021 compared to 2020 (n 2020 it dropped ~2 years compared to 2019), and rose an average of 0.4 years in comparable countries. Meanwhile, the U.S. spent way more on healthcare per person. This is a public health problem that requires a major bipartisan effort to address: https://twitter.com/ShameekRakshit/status/1600145469140717569

3. Hard to feel pride when we put politics before the safety of our children.

   https://twitter.com/denise_dewald/status/1600150942875152385?s=46&t=ukg-me9QOGEAaNY_Kq2QMA

   We are not the only fools

   https://twitter.com/dfisman/status/1600083649642340352?s=46&t=ukg-me9QOGEAaNY_Kq2QMA

   https://twitter.com/meetjess/status/1600011227677196293?s=46&t=ukg-me9QOGEAaNY_Kq2QMA

   1. This tells the story
      https://twitter.com/jreinermd/status/1600092128939454464?s=46&t=bITG2iTlC456cX6LCB9Mrg

4. Regardless of what happens to the price of Paxlovid once the product is “commercialized” in 2023, a uniquely American situation will emerge in which a person’s access to a potentially life-saving Covid-19 treatment will likely depend on arbitrary features like insurance status, age, and Medicaid-eligibility.
   https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2022/12/07/when-paxlovid-is-commercialized-in-2023-patient-access-to-the-covid-19-treatment-will-depend-on-insurance-status/?sh=28cbff5b1397

5. Is it a Covid surge or a tri surge?

   https://twitter.com/jreinermd/status/1600655843313213440?s=61&t=KvtnLwMRbXXi0TlEQwjotA

   1. Everything is surging at the moment.

      On a different topic, this BBC report on forcible insertion of IUD devices and Depo Provera injections in thousands of Greenlandic women by the Danish authorities is shocking. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63863088

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