Is COVID Spike Proof Pandemic Isn't Over? w/ Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding - Thom Hartmann

[Rhiannon12866]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into crowded public spaces without a mask, a new COVID variant that can bite through vaccines has arrived. This wasn’t a summer flu, it’s not even a lapse in immunity, it’s EG5 the new COVID variant. EG5 is on the loose this summer and any expert would tell you, it's a killer. Thom Hartmann is joined by Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding - Aired on 08/11/2023.

[LittleGirl]

1. Two of my friends got covid last week

They moved to NJ recently. They were vaxxed and boosted so their illness was short lived. Thankfully.

[sybylla]

2. Hubs just tested positive.

And we have been very careful in a part of the Midwest where sewer data is low.

Everyone in our family still masks, but workplaces are only as safe as the workplace policies.

This is the first time I got hassled in a store - ever - for masking by a couple of mouth-breathers standing next to my cart containing an air purifier and meds.

[moose65]

3. The title of this post makes no sense

Is Covid spike proof pandemic isn’t over?? What!?!

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Sorry, I had no problem understanding it.

[moose65]

10. Ha!

I guess in my head I grouped the first words: is Covid spike-proof 😆

[LiberalArkie]

5. Needs s comma really, "Is Covid Spike, Proof Pandemic Isn't Over?"

[Wonder Why]

9. I don't think it qualifies. Reading definitions of "pandemic", they are pretty vague

so it becomes a matter of opinion. Flu season occurs every year and spikes and people die from it (particularly the elderly) but we've had Covid twice - once months after fourth shot and one months after 5th. Neither was particularly any worse than a cold. Paxlovid is available. Another new shot is coming. Some people still die but many the unvaccinated except those at risk as they would be to flu or who don't take Paxlovid in time.

The danger of death or Long Covid will likely be around for a long time but whether it qualifies any more as a pandemic, at least in most advanced countries that have easy access to vaccines and Paxlovid, is a matter of debate.

[samplegirl]

6. I've got the Covvid

now. Not happy and have had 5 shots.

[Blues Heron]

7. calling it a spike is really a misnomer

the falling case rate had been slowing, then cases bottomed out in mid june, then slowly began rising in an accelerating way. The curve looks like the bottom of a bowl. The time from the slowing of the falling case rate - to the bottom of the bowl - to now rising cases is something like 4 months.

We have had 4 months to do something about getting the message out, but, hey lets wait till cases are really rising again before even noticing, then lets call it a spike.

[MagaSmash]

8. Infuriating. I've managed to avoid covid so far; but how long can good luck last?

Still mask up when I shop at Trader Joes

[appalachiablue]

11. K/R Thanks for posting. Take care folks.