>Do I have long covid?

No. The symptoms are only counted after getting a bad case of Covid. Nothing before Covid is counted. Even so, there needs to be a correlation to the virus.

>it’s just not bad enough to hit the news yet.

Here's the official data from the HHS data hub in the US:

You can also search capacity for specific hospitals on this site:

https://public-data-hub-dhhs.hub.arcgis.com/pages/f498500804b3412fa096e8d6e0c8f0d4

And don't forget the beds are also getting filled up now with RSV and flu cases.

>found out theres no way to do it.

For US:

You just call/message your primary care provider and they'll either order additional testing for you at your doctor's office if you're sick or you can get lab testing at nearby pharmacies.

>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “strongly encourages” everyone who self-tests to report their positive results to a health care provider, who may order a P.C.R. test or otherwise report the data to state authorities. But only a few state health departments, including those in Colorado and Washington, collect data from home tests. Others, like in Massachusetts and New York, allow individual county health departments to decide whether they want to collect home test results.

https://archive.ph/bj0Rk

But yes, doctors are only required to report lab tests to the CDC.

>CDC strongly encourages everyone who uses a self-test to report any positive results to their healthcare provider. Healthcare providers can ensure that those who have tested positive for COVID-19 receive the most appropriate medical care, including specific treatments if necessary.

>In most jurisdictions, healthcare providers who diagnose COVID-19 are required to report those cases to public health.

>The US Government does not want to construct any barriers that would deter the use of self-tests.  COVID-19 surveillance continues to be based on results from laboratory testing. The primary role of case reporting is to allow public health agencies to take actions to mitigate disease spread. The public health community, including CDC, is confident that situational awareness remains strong without receiving self-test results.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/self-testing.html

In Massachusetts, for example, you can use the state's app to share your test anonymously, but it won't be counted towards official numbers.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/share-your-positive-covid-test-anonymously-with-massnotify

>they're not doing that much official testing and tracking.

This is true with at-home testing. People are more likely to pop over to their local pharmacy than to go to a doctor. The USPS has sent over 270M free at-home Covid tests to Americans.

Congress discontinued the program, but you can find out more about at-home testing here: https://www.covid.gov/tests

>Covid is a strain of the Flu.

It's a Coronavirus related to SARS; not a flu strain. Its other name is SARS-COV-2. It's in the family Coronaviridae while the flu is in the family Orthomyxoviridae.

>reporting on cases and keep to death rates?

What's more interesting to me is the number of active Long Covid patients. The data isn't updated nearly as often as general cases or Covid-related deaths. And the numbers, just in the U.S. alone, are scary high:

>Overall, 1 in 13 adults in the U.S. (7.5%) have “long COVID” symptoms, defined as symptoms lasting three or more months after first contracting the virus, and that they didn’t have prior to their COVID-19 infection.

>Older adults are less likely to have long COVID than younger adults.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220622.htm

It's not talked about nearly enough. For those that don't know about it:

>Long COVID has been described as having the potential to affect nearly every organ system, causing further conditions (sequelae) including respiratory system disorders, nervous system and neurocognitive disorders, mental health disorders, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, musculoskeletal pain, and anemia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_COVID

And here I thought the conspiracy theory was about AIDS? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4265931/

Japan just hit 117,840 new cases on November 25th.

I hope for a speedy recovery to S. Korea and Japan!

These should be required on every storefront: https://i.imgur.com/KOu905i.jpg

You still need to inform the blood center beforehand by submitting a travel form. You still won't be able to just show up and give blood: https://www.redcrossblood.org/content/dam/redcrossblood/documents/travel_for-2.pdf

It's better to just use RapidPass to be certain: https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/manage-my-donations/rapidpass.html

>Those previously deferred under former vCJD criteria will need to be reinstated before being able to donate. Reinstatement of previously deferred donors began October 3 and it’s estimated it will take several months to complete as it affects hundreds of thousands of donors. Individuals will be informed when their reinstatement is complete. Individuals may also contact the Red Cross Donor and Client Support Center at 1-866-236-3276 for information about donor eligibility.

https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/2022/more-people-now-eligible-to-give-blood-with-the-red-cross.html

That's good. Fuck cancer!

Imagine that instead of spending money on bombs, he spent it to feed his people.

Nice to see the History Channel do something productive and not instantly link it to the aliens at the first Thanksgiving.

Beat that paywall: https://archive.ph/BTrrA

It can be sustainable, but costs are high and they need to be built on 25 acres of land near the shoreline to prevent the possibility of leaking into aquifers. You can make more of them if they're designed like ocean oil refineries that bring water to shore by pipeline, but that would cost even more. However, I can't imagine the costs being a problem by 2050 when facing no glaciers.

The main issue is the brine that is produced at the outflow. It's pretty bad for the environment. Solving that is essential before building thousands of them.

Environmentalpy safe, advanced desalination is going to be the most important technology to develop in the next decade. Clean water from oceans is going to be necessary to prevent a dustbowl when you have no glaciers.

I predict Republicans will simultaneously rally against it and take credit for it. As is tradition.

I take offense to that!

Or just use Afrin in your nose and take Sudafed like a normal person.

>Sure if the Chess club is a sport.

It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and tournaments require drug testing.

Does Japan not have the ability to shoot these missiles down that get too close to their waters?