Day: April 24, 2021

A new study out of College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University is blunt: People kept traveling and going about their daily lives–even when they were experiencing COVID symptoms!

“We could not detect any significant change of movement when people should self-quarantine. On the other hand some people almost did not leave home since the beginning of the pandemic, while others move freely around,” says Dr. Janusz Wojtusiak in a university release.

Wojtusiak and the team find the most common ailment volunteers continued to travel normally with was a headache. In fact, results show headaches were always listed as a symptom even if participants had other issues as well.

Other possible COVID symptoms participants experienced included coughs and sore throats.

Despite this, participants traveled an average of 139 miles each week during the study. This window during the pandemic includes periods when Virginia was under a stay-at-home order and after the mandate was lifted. The average volunteer also visited just under six different locations each week during this time.

BUT!!!

Although some volunteers may have had potential coronavirus symptoms, none actually reported suffering a COVID-19 infection. Therefore, the team could not positively link infection rates to movement in this report. The team notes future studies will include data from the winter of 2020, when health officials noted another virus surge in many areas.

So often when we post COVID related links and news, the feedback we hear is that we are fear mongering and creating chaos.. that the world has ‘moved on.’

But despite the lessening media attention, every time a vaccine goes into an arm, an angel gets its wings.

Covid is alive and well. . . Across America and the world. While some nations are in awe at the United States’ vaccine administration, it has yet to be seen if there is a long term ‘booster’ that will be necessary and how varying variants will end up acting.

That is why a few news snippets are a little troubling..

From INDIA, things seem to have spiraled desperately out of control.

Hospitals in Delhi have warned they are at breaking point. At the Holy Family Hospital, intensive care units are full and there is no room for any more beds.

“Almost every hospital is on the edge. If oxygen runs out, there is no leeway for many patients,” Dr Sumit Ray told the BBC.

“Within minutes, they will die. You can see these patients: they’re on ventilators, they require high-flow oxygen. If the oxygen stops, most of them will die.”

India is now seeing the surge of all surges…

At the Jaipur Golden Hospital, a doctor told the BBC the government had allocated 3.6 tonnes of oxygen, to be delivered by 17:00 on Friday.

However, the supply – a fraction of what was promised – only arrived at midnight, he told the BBC.

From London: Thousands have taken to the streets to protest.. They are protesting lockdowns and vaccine passports ..

Meanwhile .. back in my own home land.

I was speaking to a friend today .. he is an RN at a local hospital here in Pennsylvania where we write our dispatches from..he said while the hospital he works at has become understaffed due to the pressures on some forcing them to quit, something else recently has been more concerning.

The plight of the COVID patient has gone from respiratory fatigue to mental anguish. He said that patients, in the past two weeks, have been actively removing their medical devices, fighting back, and having brain fog beyond anything seen before. It seems as though this new version of COVID, whatever this new variant that is hitting, has caused much more brain and overall confusion.

Yes, he confirms that breathing issues are still happening. The typical COVID infection stuff.. but now the new type of sickness includes complete and total cognitive skills being deluged by this new variant.

He even conjured that perhaps this is an altogether new virus.