Data Report

SUMMARY - The classic Covid-19 symptoms of losing your sense of taste and smell are no longer common in the latest Covid-19 variants that people can be infected with. While people may still lose these senses with a Covid-19 infection, this symptom has diminished with each successive Covid-19 variant wave.

LINK - https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/08/03/covid-loss-smell-taste/

SUMMARY - Emory Healthcare, located in Atlanta, Georgia, reported that it has dropped most Covid-19 related masking requirements as of July 27, 2023. It has also dropped the requirement to get the Covid vaccine as a means of employment since "current evidence does not indicate that it [vaccination from Covid-19] prevents health care workers from spreading the virus to others."

LINK - https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/07/er_mask_policy_update_27-07-2023/story.html

SUMMARY - The band leader for Paramore, Hayley Williams, has provided an update on the band's situation. Both herself and and others in the band had a "non-contagious" illness that required "antibiotics and steroids" that apparently started in Houston (July 11th, if the concert dates are accurate). It was stated that the cause was "not food poisoning."

SPECULATION - What would be a "non-contagious" illness that affects multiple band members in the same band and requires a week of "antibiotics and steroids" to recover from that isn't food poisoning? July 11th is just one week after the July 4th weekend. If it were a contagious illness, what illness would begin to show signs after a week?

LINKS -

https://people.com/paramore-hayley-williams-health-update-after-week-of-misery-7566965 (Update from Hailey Williams)

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/paramore-2023-tour-dates-heres-where-band-is-playing-1235166185/ (concert dates)

FACTS - The singer Toni Kelly & American Football player Marquise Goodwin have recently had medical emergencies involving blood clots (see their respective topics here on this board). News sources cite that BOTH medical emergencies involved having blood clots in their legs and near their lungs.

SPECULATION - What if this is a condition caused by "Pulmonary Embolism"? Also, if so, one cause of this condition is current or prior infection of Covid-19. Granted, this hypothesis is speculation; There are several non-Covid-19 reasons for why someone would be afflicted with this condition. HOWEVER, there is, as of yet, no data to rule this possibility out.

LINKS -

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pulmonary-embolism/symptoms-causes/syc-20354647

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35059331/

SUMMARY - Singer Tori Kelly, age 30, was hospitalized on Sunday night (2023-07-23) after she suddenly collapsed while at dinner. Her current known status is that she is suffering from blood clots in her legs and near her lungs.

The singer is known for winning the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album.

LINK - https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/24/singer-tori-kelly-rushed-hospital-blood-clots/

SUMMARY - WestVac, a Chinese-based pharmaceutical company, has developed a Covid vaccine made to combat the XBB lineage of the virus to be ready for clinical trials.

COMMENTARY - Although promising, let us remember that China (and, by extension, a lot of their companies) is not entirely transparent with it's information and details concerning a lot of topics, including Covid-19.

Entering a clinical trial is not synonymous with succeeding in what the treatment sets out to achieve. A lot of these trials fail. If every drug or treatment that entered clinical trials succeeded in what they had wanted to accomplish, we would already had cured several forms of cancer along with Alzheimer's & Parkinson's disease by now. This is also not an mRNA-styled vaccine, such as the ones from Moderna or Pfizer and, given past history, mRNA-styled vaccines have had the most success in dealing with the virus.

As in all such cases, let us hope for the best from these clinical trials but be prepared to keep searching for a more successful response.

LINK - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-first-of-its-kind-in-the-world-the-recombinant-multivalent-covid-19-protein-vaccine-against-xbb-variants-by-westvac-biopharmawest-china-medical-center-sichuan-university-has-been-approved-for-clinical-trials-by-the-national-301828543.html

No one likes being a "spelling czar" (especially me) but...

If you have a spare moment, "Canadain" should be "Canadian" (as in the topic, "Canadain Covid Support").

If anyone else sees a spelling mistake on this forum, share it here so that it may be corrected in due time. Be polite and, just remember: Everyone makes mistakes and what's important is correcting those mistakes so that readers have the best information possible.

On the one hand, an unfortunate development but, on the other hand, completely understandable given the circumstances.

Pfizer & Moderna dominated the initial market in the US and, subsequently, never relinquished it. J&J had an initial advantage being only one shot and also capable of not needing special cold storage. However, factors such as limited vaccine acceptance & it's initial problems with manufacturing ultimately doomed it.