Day: November 28, 2020

  • COVID-19 and the Long haul Hell

    COVID-19 and the Long haul Hell

    A vast number of people who get COVID-19 recover.. There is no fear and no scare necessary to speak that truth. However, there is a mystery of those who are completely healthy that have harsh case, and those who you’d think wouldn’t last a day with it that end up being largely asymptomatic. Is that just the game of chance? Science needs to research that.

    What however is becoming an increasingly troubling piece of information, about 5% or so of those who get COVID not only don’t recover, but instead carry strange symptoms for the “long haul.” With the virus being new, it is difficult to tell just how long the “long haul” will be for this subset of those afflicted.

    A well respected doctor who we have been following since even before the pandemic began in 2020 is James Campbell. His daily updates have made him a household name around the world. His November 28 2020 update actually discusses the long haulers in great detail, and it is worth the viewing:

    One person who has been writing about this scary feature is Paul Garner, who warns for people to try not to dominate the virus. He wrote this recently,

    I believe there are thousands of people with long haul covid-19 who are overdoing it and making themselves ill with these relapses, across the whole spectrum of conditions. Many have fatigue, and overreaching causing relapse seems common. NICE guidelines from 2007 emphasise an individualised approach, and this is correct. We need people around us that listen and treat us with kindness, as we learn how to learn how to accommodate the illness. Websites and self-help apps may help, but alone are insufficient. A group of four of us have formed a pacing group, meet online weekly, and support each other daily. It really helps.

    To make things even scarier, a new potential “long hauler” syndrome is being reported.. While at this time it is not official and anecdotal only, many of those who are suffering from the longer affliction are noticing that they are suddenly losing their teeth!

    Even the New York TIMES has been reporting information on this newest strange event of those who had COVID-19.

    Teeth falling out without any blood loss is unusual, Dr William Li, president and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, a nonprofit that studies the health and disease of blood vessels, said.

    He said his team were investigating some of the ‘bewildering’ problems Covid-19 patients are having months after illness.

    Dr Li said it’s possible that the virus damages blood vessels that keep the teeth alive, and that’s why there is no pain when it falls out.

    Developing..

  • The horror of 2020 complete! The OFFICE will be taken off Netflix December 31, 2020

    The horror of 2020 complete! The OFFICE will be taken off Netflix December 31, 2020

    This show grew in popularity even after it ended in 2013.. and 2020 saw a huge rebound as people discovered and rediscovered it during COVID-19 quarantines..

    But now the long feared end is nigh.. on the final night of 2020, no less..

    Indeed, NBCUniversal – which owns the streaming rights to The Office – let the show’s license to Netflix expire once they formulated plans to build out their own streaming service.

    They saw the popularity of the show skyrocket..

    They will now move the program to their streaming platform PEACOCK.

    Peacock actually has two tiers – one is free and comes with over 13,000 hours of programming (with ads), while Peacock Premium is just $4.99 a month and features more than 20,000 hours of programming. They have not yet revealed if The Office will be available on the free tier, or if it’ll be exclusive to the Premium tier..

  • And they are….NOT OFF!

    And they are….NOT OFF!

    One of our yearly traditions since we began this website back in 1999 was the imagery and pageantry of Black Friday madness! Brawls and fights.. people going out to shop but landing in a coma, all while old terrible quality cell phone videos caught the rampage..

    None of that this year.

    NOTHING.

    It was quite quaint and orderly. We did not even get sent one fight, one punch… one scream.. The masks kept those who actually shopped quite quiet!

    The AP captured the event for history like this, with Alexandra Olson writing,

    The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy.

    Talk about depressing!

    But is it all the virus?

    For years, we have seen spending habits changing.

    Big box chains have been slowly bleedings for years, and “local Saturday” shops have been closing.. Cyber Monday has immersed from the shuffle with the grand prize!

    A graphical representation:

    This year, Black Friday is a story of the haves vs the everyone else!

    People in line for a Playstation 5 may have been equipped with the hundreds to spend to get it, but were shocked to hear their local game stop only had 2 per store for the most part!

    Meanwhile, the rest of the country is seeing a spike in hunger and food lines..

    While you may not see in on the American media cable channel of your choice, the world is watching a nation spiral out of control..

    The UK GUARDIAN reports,

    In what is traditionally a season of celebration, less than half of US households with children feel “very confident” about having enough money to afford the food needed over the next month, according to the US Census Bureau’s latest pandemic survey. A staggering 5.6m households struggled to put enough food on the table in the past week.

    Families of color are suffering disproportionately with 27% of black and 23% of Latino respondents with children reported not having enough to eat sometimes or often over the past week – compared with 12% of white people.

    Overall food insecurity has doubled since last year due to record unemployment and underemployment rates. For families with children, hunger is three times higher than in 2019, according to analysis by Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, director of the non-partisan Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.

    Another British publication, the UK DAILY MAIL, is showcasing a starving nation during pandemic

    A staggering 5.6 million people struggled to put enough food on the table in the past week according to US Census survey data, while an estimated two million people are expected to go hungry in New York this holiday season.

    From New York to California, people waited for hours on end to claim their parcels for the holidays and celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Tyler Perry and Tracy Morgan have lent a hand.

    So yes..

    This year we miss images like this:

    Because now all we see are images like this: