(11-24-2023, 08:25 AM)Infolurker Wrote: Here we go again.... thousands upon thousands swamp Chinese hospitals. What is it this time?

Reports say the CCP is blocking information and downplaying it.


Video:

https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1727678793572065684


Undiagnosed pneumonia outbreak in China puts pressure on pediatric hospitals, prompts questions


https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/undiagnosed-pneumonia-outbreak-china-puts-pressure-pediatric-hospitals-prompts-questions


https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/child-pneumonia-11222023114634.html

(11-24-2023, 08:23 PM)SomeJackleg Wrote:

(11-24-2023, 08:25 AM)Infolurker Wrote: Here we go again.... thousands upon thousands swamp Chinese hospitals. What is it this time?

Reports say the CCP is blocking information and downplaying it.


Video:

https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1727678793572065684


Undiagnosed pneumonia outbreak in China puts pressure on pediatric hospitals, prompts questions


https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/undiagnosed-pneumonia-outbreak-china-puts-pressure-pediatric-hospitals-prompts-questions


https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/child-pneumonia-11222023114634.html

note to self, swing by walmart and buy 100  48 = 192 mega rolls of non scented angel soft toilet paper or what ever the have on the self.

(11-25-2023, 04:23 AM)Infolurker Wrote: Toilet paper? Ha, you should have a couple hundred rolls in reserve by now

Quote:You know we have less than a year before the election and they would love to lock us down and have some more fraudulent unaccountable mail in voting.

(11-24-2023, 08:25 AM)Infolurker Wrote: Here we go again.... thousands upon thousands swamp Chinese hospitals. What is it this time?

Reports say the CCP is blocking information and downplaying it.


Video:

https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1727678793572065684


Undiagnosed pneumonia outbreak in China puts pressure on pediatric hospitals, prompts questions


https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/undiagnosed-pneumonia-outbreak-china-puts-pressure-pediatric-hospitals-prompts-questions


https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/child-pneumonia-11222023114634.html

(11-25-2023, 05:51 AM)SomeJackleg Wrote: i guess i got a little complacent cause there's always full shelf's of it when ever i go shopping even though many other products shelf's are empty and have been for a while and prices for other products are insane.

should have known better.

(11-29-2023, 04:01 AM)stilhuman Wrote: i wonder if Gates is smiling? im sure the MSM has their scripts ready to go, ready to scare the crap out of everyone. Pfizer no doubt has some new killer vaccine waiting...smh

(11-29-2023, 04:08 AM)Infolurker Wrote:

(11-29-2023, 04:01 AM)stilhuman Wrote: i wonder if Gates is smiling? im sure the MSM has their scripts ready to go, ready to scare the crap out of everyone. Pfizer no doubt has some new killer vaccine waiting...smh

I think they will save that for next year... lead in for mail in voting again.

Quote:A wave of childhood respiratory illnesses in China is not only overwhelming doctors and hospitals, but it is also prompting questions about the spike itself and how worried the rest of the world should be. 

While a surge of infections was expected in China this winter, the first since COVID-19 restrictions were eased, epidemiologists say it's the high number of pneumonia cases that is concerning. When coronavirus restrictions were lifted in other countries, including the United States, there was a jump in influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, not clusters of pneumonia. 

China has partly blamed the bump on "immunity debt," a concept that claims efforts — such as lockdowns, masking, and social distancing — to avoid infectious diseases for a prolonged period make entire populations more susceptible to illness when those precautions are lifted. It claims that known, not novel, pathogens are driving the increase.

But not everyone is buying it, given the Chinese government's alarming lack of transparency during previous outbreaks, including COVID-19, which turned into a worldwide pandemic that killed almost 7 million people.

[b]How many people are sick in China? [/b]

A lot. Multiple media outlets, both foreign and domestic, have reported that the surge in respiratory illnesses has pushed pediatric units across the country to their limits, although there appears to be no firm total figure available.

The Global Times reported Tuesday that Beijing Children's Hospital was treating more than 9,000 patients a day and had been at full capacity for more than two months.

Outpatient clinics were also getting hammered, with appointments not available for at least seven days.

National Health Commission spokesman Mi Feng advised parents in densely populated areas with long wait times to take their children to smaller medical facilities or general hospitals for pediatric care in an effort to blunt the risk of cross-infection.

[b]Is China hiding anything? 
[/b]

China insists it is not and has urged calm, but the country hasn't had the best track record regarding transparency. Chinese authorities tried to cover up the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China, and led to nearly 7 million deaths worldwide.

Dr. Ashish Jha, the former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said when it comes to China, "I always think the key is, to quote President Reagan, 'trust but verify.'"

Jha, now the dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University, said the U.S. also has measures to verify China's claims. 

Another cause for concern is the WHO itself. The arm of the United Nations responsible for international public health has been criticized for going soft on China over its lack of transparency during the coronavirus outbreak. The organization, which receives funding from Beijing and is often dependent on the ruling Communist Party, repeated misinformation from the Chinese authorities without checking the facts and was slow to declare a public health emergency despite evidence the coronavirus was quickly spreading around the world. It also praised China's top leadership for its help. Since then, the WHO has tried to restore its reputation, though critics have been skeptical.

Quote:Pneumonia cases in children are unexpectedly surging in the Netherlands at an alarming rate — at the same time as China continues to grapple with a tidal wave of respiratory illnesses threatening to overwhelm its hospitals.

Last week, 80 out of every 100,000 children in the Netherlands between ages 5 and 15 were treated for pneumonia, reported the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL).

Neither NIVEL nor the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands could offer an explanation for the sudden uptick in pneumonia cases among children.


It is unknown whether the worrying health trend seen in Europe is connected to the disturbing rise in mystery respiratory illnesses that were sweeping across parts of China.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese health officials argued that no new or unusual pathogens had been found in the pneumonia cases.

The surge in illnesses has been blamed on children contracting known viruses like the flu, rhinoviruses, the respiratory syncytial virus, and the adenovirus, which they had avoided during the two years of COVID restrictions.

Medical experts in China have suggested that a lack of exposure to common viruses during the protracted lockdown has weakened the population’s immunity.

In the Netherlands, however, COVID-era measures have been gone for a long time, raising questions as to what could have triggered this new surge in childhood pneumonia cases.

(11-30-2023, 12:47 AM)Infolurker Wrote:

Quote:Mysterious child pneumonia cases spike in parts of Europe 

(11-24-2023, 08:23 PM)SomeJackleg Wrote: note to self, swing by walmart and buy 100  48 = 192 mega rolls of non scented angel soft toilet paper or what ever the have on the self.

(11-30-2023, 04:38 PM)Snarl Wrote:

(11-24-2023, 08:23 PM)SomeJackleg Wrote: note to self, swing by walmart and buy 100  48 = 192 mega rolls of non scented angel soft toilet paper or what ever the have on the self.

Hint: Bidet (the modern ones are an amazing invention)

If you're outdoors (or might ever be stuck out there), the three-washcloth method is probably more sanitary than what the ancient Romans used (a sponge on a stick shared publicly ... gross!!).

Quote:[b]Ohio is experiencing an outbreak of pediatric pneumonia, leading to the establishment of an emergency express lane for children. This outbreak has raised concerns as it mirrors the health crisis currently being faced by China. The US is grappling with the situation as it unfolds.[/b]