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Kid Cudi Checked Into A Mental Health Facility Because Of Depression
The hip hop artist shared his decision publicly.
By Korin Miller
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Kid Cudi is opening up about his struggle with depression. The hip hop artist, whose real name is Scott Mescudi, announced on Facebook Tuesday night that he has checked himself into a inpatient mental health treatment center for "depression and suicidal urges." "I am not at peace," he wrote in the candid post. "I haven't been since you've known me. If I didn't come here, I would've done something to myself. I simply am a damaged human swimming in a pool of emotions every day of my life."
The 32-year-old says depression and anxiety has "ruled my life for as long as I can remember." "I can't make new friends because of it. I don't trust anyone because of it and I'm tired of being held back in my life," he said. "I deserve to have peace."
Mescudi ended his post—which included three mentions of feeling "ashamed"—by saying, "I feel like sh*t, I feel so ashamed. I'm sorry."
The post was raw and honest, and a good summary of what it's like to live with depression. "It is very common to feel ashamed of being depressed," clinical psychologist John Mayer, Ph.D., author of Family Fit: Find Your Balance in Life, tells SELF. "There is still a strong stigma in our society concerning depression, consequently most people feel the social stigma against being depressed."
In fact, feeling a persisting sense of shame is one of the diagnostic criteria for depression, licensed clinical psychologist Alicia H. Clark, Psy.D., tells SELF—and it can prevent people from getting the help they need. "If left unchecked, it can have life-threatening consequences," she says.
Understanding that shame and guilt are the result of mental distortions fueled by depression can help. "I sometimes say that shame is 'your depression taking the wheel' or 'your mind playing tricks on you,'" Clark says. "This is not to say that the negative beliefs and feelings aren't real, they just are part of the vicious cycle of depression—both its byproducts and its fuel."
Mescudi isn't alone in his battle with depression. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, 3 to 5 percent of people suffer from depression at any given time, and the lifetime risk is 17 percent.
When Mescudi references going to rehab, it means that he has opted for inpatient care at a mental health facility, which isn't as common as outpatient care (i.e. visiting a mental health professional regularly). Experts say that which treatment option is better for a person ultimately depends on the patient and their needs. "Inpatient care has the benefit of taking the individual away from the pressures and triggers that fuel the person's depression," Mayer says. Inpatient care also offers more "intensive" care because the patient can receive daily therapy, rather than waiting a week to see their caregiver, and doctors can adjust medication (if it's needed) quickly, he notes.
Inpatient care is often a good idea when a person is suicidal, Clark says, adding "for people grappling with severe problems, inpatient care is a critical lifeline."
But Mayer points out that there are downsides to inpatient care, including cost, and taking the patient away from their daily obligations such as work and family. "It is easy for a health professional or even worse a friend or relative to throw out, 'Check yourself into a facility.' But, what about your job? Your career path? Your finances?" he says. "Even if your insurance pays 80 percent of the care, your 20 percent of inpatient care can be enormous and set you back years financially, ironically fueling depression in the future." Mayer says he's helped "many" people after they've come back from a facility and their lives became worse.
Clark says safety is the number one concern to consider when it comes to deciding on inpatient or outpatient care. "If you can't keep yourself safe, then you need to seek inpatient help," she says. It's also important to determine whether outpatient care is helping you—if it is, you're probably OK to stick with that.
If you're unsure what kind of care you need, ask an inpatient service coordinator or licensed mental health professional for guidance. "Reaching out to get the information is sometimes the hardest, but most important, step," Clark says.
If you or someone you know is struggling with a mental health disorder, visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness website for valuable resources to find help and support, or call the toll-free helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264).
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Babes in the Wood: Survivor speaks in an interview
Fry Electronics TeamDecember 2, 2022
The survivor of killer Russell Bishop spoke up in her first aired interview.
In February 1990, Rachael Watts, then just seven years old, was roller skating in Whitehawk.
She was dragged into a car by Bishop, who had been cleared of the Babes in the Wood murders three years earlier due to a series of prosecutorial errors.
Bishop then drove 14 miles to Devil's Dyke and strangled her in the back seat of his car. She was stripped naked and sexually abused.
He then left her for dead in gorse bushes, but unbeknownst to Bishop, was still alive and managed to survive.
Now Ms Watts has spoken out in her first broadcast interview to heal.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour this morning, she told Emma Barnett of the moments after her attack: "I woke up, crawled out of the undergrowth which cut my arms and legs and scratched me all over
"I was dizzy and sick and couldn't walk well, it was very muddy. I stumbled more than I ran."
As a result of her attack, Ms Watts suffers from aggrophobia and severe anxiety.
Ms Watts, in her 40s, told Woman's Hour: "I've been silent for many years and don't really allow myself to get close to people
"I've held on to this mystery for so long, trying to explain why I am the way I am.
"My husband spent many years tearing down the brick walls I built. I built brick walls to keep me from feeling.
"He beat her down and now I allow myself to be loved and to love him."
Ms Watts revealed she only recently told her parents that she remembered being attacked and was fully conscious while Bishop raped her.
In 2018, just four years ago, Bishop was finally convicted of the Babes-in-the-Wood murders after prosecutors said the similarities in both Rachael's kidnapping and the 1987 murders were clear.
When Bishop was tried again for the murders of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows in Wild Park, the ordeal brought back.
Bishop died of cancer in prison earlier this year. He was 55 years old.
When asked if that was any kind of relief for her, Ms Watts told Radio 4: "I was neither thrilled nor saddened by it.
"Unfortunately, I'm very jaded, which is why I can talk about it so boldly, that's how I dealt with it internally."
Severe aggrophobia means Ms Watts has trouble leaving the house.
Journalist Eileen Fairweather, who originally shared her story, set up GoFundMe to raise money so Ms Watts can plant a healing garden.
Ms Watts told Woman's House: "I am a prisoner. Unfortunately I'm broken. But I won't always be."
One of the ways Ms Watts is dealing with her mental health issues is by sitting in the garden and getting the sun on her face.
"The garden gives me comfort," she told Radio 4.
Woman's Hour host Emma Barnett asked her about Bishop's notoriety as the Babes in the Wood killer.
Ms Watts said she didn't like the name.
"It makes him sound infamous, like the Moors Killers, and gives him a title.
"It's like remembering him. But he died and his memory should go with it."
Ms Watts' fundraiser has raised over £18,650.
To donate to the fundraiser, please visit here:
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Aoraia
Infraordo: Exoporia
Superfamilia: Hepialoidea
Familia: Hepialidae
Genus: Aoraia
Species (13): A. aspina – A. aurimaculata – A. dinodes – A. enysii – A. flavida – A. hespera – A. insularis – A. lenis – A. macropis – A. oreobolae – A. orientalis – A. rufivena – A. senex
Aoraia Dumbleton, 1966
Type species: Porina dinodes Meyrick, 1890
Fixation: original designation
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Dugdale, J.S. 1994. Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (30) Extract and PDF Reference page. [See p. 40]
Aoraia is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 13 described species, all endemic to New Zealand. The type species of this genus is Porina dinodes Meyrick, 1890.[1][2] This genus contains some large species with a wingspan of up to 150 mm.
Aoraia aspina
Aoraia aurimaculata
Aoraia dinodes
Aoraia ensyii
Aoraia flavida
Aoraia hespera
Aoraia insularis – confined to Stewart Island/Rakiura & the small islands off Stewart Island/Rakiura.
Aoraia lenis
Aoraia macropis
Aoraia oreobolae
Aoraia orientalis
Aoraia rufivena
Aoraia senex
Buller's moth
Buller's moth (Aoraia mairi) is possibly extinct[3] and the description of this moth remains in doubt as the only recorded specimen, taken in 1867, has been lost.[4]
"Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species". www.nhm.ac.uk. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
Meyrick, E. (1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 22: 204–220. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
Foottit, Robert G.; Adler, Peter H., eds. (2009). Insect biodiversity : science and society. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 94. ISBN 9781405151429.
"Notes on families and subfamilies of larger moths included in this guide". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2016.


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On a brisk Tuesday morning as the first warm rays of the sun began to peek over horizon, Judy Poponak, 66, stood with her friends outside the Spring West Election House near Bellefonte, one of the oldest polling places in Centre County.
Things were not going smoothly. The one-room building was too small to accommodate all the voters flooding in, so a lot of them ended up standing outside in the cold. Then the voting machine malfunctioned a half hour after voting started. Parking was tight as more people arrived.
Despite all, the voters — including Poponak and her friends — waited patiently to help elect the next president of the United States.
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Shuyao Chen is a senior at Penn State majoring in photojournalism. She is currently a photographer for Onward State, an independent student news website. She also is the Penn State football correspondent for Sports Illustrated Campus Rush. In 2015, she participated in the Online News Association's Student Newsroom in Los Angeles. Shuyao, from Wenzhou, China, is genuinely curious about the world and passionate about visual storytelling. Her hobbies include playing the piano and singing Italian operas. You can reach her at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).


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Compass Career College
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The enrolled student population at Compass Career College is 57.3% White, 39.3% Black or African American, 1.94% Hispanic or Latino, 0.971% Asian, 0.485% Two or More Races, 0% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, and 0% American Indian or Alaska Native. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all is 43.3% White, 25.7% Hispanic or Latino, and 18.7% Black or African American.
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The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Compass Career College are Registered nurses (1,233,152 people), Medical & health services managers (134,300 people), Pharmacists (116,394 people), Physicians & surgeons (108,403 people), and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives (108,320 people).
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Q: How can I incorporate if statement when calculating IRR in R? This is a simple function I use to calculate IRR. However, there are incidences when all cash flows are negative and return "Error in uniroot(npv, c(0, 1), cf = cf) :   f() values at end points not of opposite sign." Is there any way I can put if statement so that when IRR can't be computed, R simply returns 0?
npv<-function(i,cf,t=seq(along=cf)) sum (cf/(1+i)^t)
irr <- function(cf) {uniroot(npv, c(0,1), cf=cf)$root }
irr(cf)

A: You could use the all function:
irr <- function(cf) {
              if(all(cf < 0)) return(0)
              uniroot(npv, c(0,1), cf=cf)$root
       }

*

*If the all function returns TRUE, the return function will return 0 and then exit the function.

*If the all function returns FALSE, then the uniroot function will run as it did previously.

A: I should mention that even after the accepted answer your functions seem to contain a small error:
npv<-function(i,cf,t=seq(along=cf)) sum (cf/(1+i)^t)
irr <- function(cf) {
    if(all(cf < 0)) return(0)
    uniroot(npv, c(0,1), cf=cf)$root
}

Which considering this example:
> npv(c(-123400, 36200, 54800, 48100), i = 0.025)
[1] 8528.911

The problem is that the defaults for t=seq(along=cf) will make you discount the cash flows by 1:4. Since the initial cash outflow of -123400 is usually considered a PV, you end up out of sync for the discounting.
This should fix things:
npv<-function(i,cf,t=seq(along=cf)-1) sum (cf/(1+i)^t)

Giving you this:
> npv(c(-123400, 36200, 54800, 48100), i = 0.025)
[1] 8742.134

But generally I would use financial or FinCal for computing IRR or NPV (or MIRR):
> require(financial)
> cf(c(-123400, 36200, 54800, 48100), i = 2.5)

Cash Flow Model

Flows:
      1       2       3       4
-123400   36200   54800   48100

 IRR%: 5.96
 NPV Extremes at I%:

   I%     NPV     NFV     NUS
1 2.5 8742.13 9414.32 3060.95

> require(FinCal)
> npv(c(-123400, 36200, 54800, 48100), r = 0.025)
[1] 8742.134
> irr(c(-123400, 36200, 54800, 48100))
[1] 0.05959787

A: IRR may fail in may more instances than just when all cash flows are zero. To cater for every one of those scenarios you may want to tryCatchthe error, instead.
npv<-function(i,cf,t=seq(along=cf)) sum (cf/(1+i)^t)
irr <- function(cf) {tryCatch(uniroot(npv, c(0,1), cf=cf)$root,
         error=function(e) return(NA))
        }

irr(cf)

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Le zénaga ou zenaga (Tuẓẓungiyya dans la langue même) est une langue berbère de l'Ouest dont les locuteurs sont principalement situés au sud-ouest de la Mauritanie entre Mederdra et la côte atlantique, et au Sénégal.

La langue comprendrait aujourd'hui de 200 à 25 000 locuteurs.

Comme l'attestaient déjà les écrits de René Basset et Louis Faidherbe, le zénaga est également parlé au Sénégal. Le mot zénaga est d'ailleurs l'une des étymologies envisagées pour le nom du fleuve Sénégal, et donc du pays. Le nombre de locuteurs y serait d'environ  selon une source québécoise.

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Bibliographie
 Al-Chennafi, M. & Norris, H. T. 1981. « How the Hassaniyya vernacular of Mauritania supplanted Zenaga », The Maghreb-Review, n° 76 (5-6), p. 77-78
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 Basset, René. 1909. « Mission au Sénégal », Bulletin de correspondance africaine n° 39, Paris, Leroux.
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 Taine-Cheikh, Catherine. 2007. « Périphérie géographique et perméabilité aux contacts. Le cas du Maghreb », "Romano-Arabica", n° 6-7 (2006-2007 "Peripheral Arabic Dialects", Éd.  George Grigore), pp. 159-178.
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 Taine-Cheikh, Catherine, "Dictionnaire zénaga-français. Le berbère de Mauritanie présenté par racines dans une perspective comparative", Köln,  Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Berber Studies n° 20, 2008, XCIX + 650 p. [avec un avant-propos d'Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh],
 Taine-Cheikh, Catherine. 2009. « La lexicographie du zénaga et le problème de classement par racines », Éd.  R. Vossen, D. Ibriszimow & H.J. Stroomer, "Etudes berbères IV. Essais lexicologiques et lexicographiques et autres articles. Actes du «4. Bayreuth-Frankfurt-Leidener Kolloquium zur Berberologie», 21-", Köln, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Berber Studies n° 25, pp. 231-247,
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 Taine-Cheikh, Catherine. 2010. « Ordre, injonction, souhait et serment en zénaga (étude comparative) », Éd.  H. J. Stroomer / M. Kossmann / D. Ibriszimow / R. Vossen, "Etudes berbères V. Essais sur des variations dialectales et autres articles", Köln, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Berber Studies n° 28, pp. 191-212,
 Taine-Cheikh, Catherine. 2010. « The role of the Berber deictic ad and TAM markers in dependent clauses in Zenaga », Éd.  I. Bril (éd.), "Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy. Syntax and pragmatics", Amsterdam / Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 355-398.
 Taine-Cheikh, Catherine. 2010. « Aux origines de la culture matérielle des nomades de Mauritanie. Réflexions à partir des lexiques arabes et berbères ». "The Maghreb Review" ["Spécial issue on Mauritania", Part 1,  Éd.  P. Bonte et S. Boulay], 35 (n° 1-2), pp. 64-88.

Voir aussi
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 liste de langues
 langues par famille
 langues afro-asiatiques
 langues berbères

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End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003) - ickleReview (cinema)
Henry Rollins, member of Black Flag and now a stand-up comedian and leader of the Rollins Band, often talks about the Ramones during his gigs. He has this story he tells of when he went to see the Ramones when he was a kid in Virginia or someplace, how raw and intense the experience was. How Joey Ramone came on stage, said, "We're the Ramones. 1, 2, 3, 4," and they were straight into the first song. How they pounded the heck out of you and played song after song after song with hardly a breath in between, leaving you exhausted by the end of the set. Awesome. Hardcore. Intense. Favourite words of Rollins.
This rockumentary never really captures what the Ramones are like live (there is very little decent live footage and often the studio recordings have to be dubbed over the top because the acoustics were so bad), but it does show you who the Ramones were. I only went because Rollins was so enthusiastic about them. I've never knowingly listened to any of their albums. They have very much a cult following, especially from other bands, who often say the Ramones were the reason they wanted to be in a band.
The first part of the film is a little confusing as there are a lot of old rockers' talking heads, often introduced by name only once. It traces the band's roots back to Queens, New York, where they used to hang out together - a bunch of freaks who didn't really fit in and didn't have a great time at school. How they formed a band and started to play gigs at a club called CBGB's, where Television and Blondie used to play. This was at a time when New York was being drained by the "white flight". One thinks of the smackhead era depicted in The Panic in Needle Park: the Bowery was a shithole. The Ramones, I guess, are partly the reason why now it's such a trendy, young place to hangout, where the indie scene is huge and why bands like the Strokes have made it big in this generation.
Slowly, watching the film, you learn that Johnny Ramone was the leader who used to take charge and boss people around. He insisted they wear their "uniforms": jeans and black leather jackets. He got pissed off when Dee Dee hung out with Connie, a crackwhore, and got into fights with her. He would bully Joey, who was an obsessive compulsive and would delay them with all his rituals and superstitions when they were on the road. He would probably be the reason why drummer Tommy eventually left the band when he got so exhausted by the touring schedule.
Later, we find out that Johnny stole Joey's girlfriend and married her - a grudge which they kept for over 18 years - but strangely, they never left the band (perhaps because they had nowhere else to go, nothing else to do), whereas Tommy and Dee Dee did.
Johnny is actually really funny with his pessimistic, conservative arrogance and his refusal to be civil to anyone. Dee Dee is quite charming as the dumbfuck smackhead. You can see why Johnny would never let him do interviews. Joey eventually came out of his shell when all the attention he was getting as the lead singer went to his head and made him speak out, made him want to influence where the band was going.
Directors Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia do a great job of piecing together all the material into a chronological narrative, up to the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, and the deaths of Joey from cancer in 2001 and Dee Dee from an overdose in 2002. You really get the sense of how much they influenced the British punk rock scene, selling many more albums in the UK than they ever managed in the US, where they were never accepted by the mainstream music industry and never allowed radio airtime, for fear they would puke up everywhere and cause havoc. But then, bands like this are never in spirit going to be part of the mainstream; their whole appeal is that they were different from everything else out there at the time, 1974, when 7-minute solos where the prog-rock standard; the Ramones, who were never good musicians, showed that anyone, even the talentless, could do it (their legacy is that many of those others did: that's why we have the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Strokes and, my current personal favourite, Mando Diao).
Nugget: the best moments are about Dee Dee and Johnny, especially Dee Dee's hilarious attempt at becoming a hip-hop star, which you just gotta see. It's all quite conventional in how it's put together, but it's entertaining and informative viewing nevertheless.
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This is a project developed during one of the #SOD16 hackathons.
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How Effective Are the Vaccines Against Omicron?
Do the COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters Protect Against Omicron? Here's What Doctors Say
Pfizer and Moderna say their boosters greatly increase virus-fighting antibodies.
By Jake Smith Updated: Dec 20, 2021
The Omicron variant of COVID-19, listed as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization, is spreading rapidly throughout the United States.
Both Pfizer and Moderna say preliminary studies show antibody protection is improved with a third dose of their vaccines.
For now, much remains unknown about the variant, and the CDC and FDA are exploring potential Omicron-specific boosters with Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson.
The first detected case of the Omicron variant in the United States was announced on December 1—and with case counts doubling as quickly as every day and a half, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects it to become the dominant strain in a matter of weeks. Now, there's one question researchers are racing to answer: Do the COVID-19 vaccines and boosters protect against Omicron?
Here's what we know so far: The Omicron variant, a new strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was designated a variant of concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 26. It's been detected throughout the United States, and although it was only responsible for about 3% of domestic COVID-19 cases as of December 11, experts say it's poised to unseat Delta as the dominant variant very soon.
Omicron Covid-19 Symptoms You Need to Know About
Breakthrough Cases of COVID-19: What to Expect
This variant features a high number of mutations, meaning it's unique from other strains like Delta—and these mutations could allow it to slip past the immune systems of both the vaccinated and those who have already had COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) says; it appears to be harder for existing antibodies to recognize. It also seems to spread between people much more easily than other variants, the WHO reports.
A study from South Africa, where Omicron was first detected, found that two doses of Pfizer provided 70% protection against severe COVID-19 and 33% protection against infection during the wave of Omicron infections in the country; people who previously had COVID-19 had a "significantly higher" likelihood of breakthrough infections.
Amid these revelations, both experts and the public are now questioning how effective vaccines could be against the variant. But researchers are still waiting for more data on how effective the vaccines and boosters are against Omicron, plus whether it's more contagious or dangerous than other strains. The CDC recommends that everyone age 5 and above get their first rounds of vaccines, while adults 18 and older roll up their sleeves again for a booster dose.
How effective are the available vaccines at protecting against Omicron? Are boosters necessary for full protection? And will Omicron-specific vaccines become necessary? This is everything we know about Omicron and the vaccines, according to doctors.
How effective are the COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron?
"There's every reason to believe that if you get vaccinated and boosted, you would have at least some degree of cross-protection, very likely against severe disease, even against the Omicron variant," Anthony Fauci, M.D., the nation's leading infectious disease expert, said on December 3.
Preliminary laboratory studies, which do not include real-world data, conducted by Pfizer found that antibodies from two doses of its vaccine underperformed against Omicron—but that three doses effectively "neutralize" the variant. Virus-fighting antibodies also increased by 25 times with a third dose.
Research from Moderna showed similar results: Although two doses of its vaccine didn't provide much protection against the Omicron variant, antibodies increased by 37 times, 29 days after a booster dose. (A full third dose of the vaccine also triggered about 83 times more antibodies than two doses alone.)
Again, the CDC strongly encourages all eligible people to get their COVID-19 vaccines. "Current vaccines are expected to protect against severe illness, hospitalizations, and deaths due to infection with the Omicron variant," the CDC explains. "However, breakthrough infections in people who are fully vaccinated are likely to occur. With other variants, like Delta, vaccines have remained effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalizations, and death."
The data shows that the vaccines effectively prevent serious disease—their primary purpose, says infectious disease expert Amesh Adalja, M.D., a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. "The best way to protect yourself against severe disease from Omicron or any other version of COVID-19 is to get fully vaccinated."
How much protection do boosters offer against Omicron?
Boosters are "definitely advisable" amid the emergence of the Omicron variant, says David Thomas, M.D., professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Late last month, the CDC strengthened its recommendation that all adults get a booster shot if at least two months have passed since their Johnson & Johnson shot or six months have passed since their final dose of Pfizer or Moderna.
Again, laboratory studies from Pfizer and Moderna found that three doses of their vaccines offer a strong antibody response to Omicron, leading to dozens of times more antibody protection than the standard two doses—suggesting that booster doses are very much worth getting.
"Boosters ... will provide the best protection as we head into a possible Omicron wave."
"We do know that the boosters increase the overall immune response to SARS-CoV-2, and will provide the best protection as we head into a possible Omicron wave," says Christine Johnston, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor in the department of medicine at the University of Washington and associate medical director of the UW Virology Research Clinic. And it still offers protection against the life-threatening Delta variant, which experts say might tick up during winter, too.
The boosters currently offered in the United States are the same formulation as the original vaccines—they haven't changed since they were first approved, with the exception of dosage adjustments for Moderna boosters. But the CDC and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are in talks with Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson about the possibility of streamlining Omicron-specific boosters, which are already being developed and could be available within months.
"We will learn a lot more in the coming weeks about whether there will need to be an Omicron-specific vaccine," Dr. Johnston says. "It is reassuring that Omicron specific vaccines are already being developed in case they are needed." But you shouldn't wait until then to get your booster—it's better to be protected now instead of months down the line.
How easily does Omicron spread?
Because of Omicron's mutations, the WHO says, it poses a higher threat of reinfection—causing COVID-19 in those who have antibodies either through vaccination or a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection—than previous variants of concern. In areas where there is community spread of Omicron, cases are doubling every one and a half to three days, the WHO warns, significantly faster than Delta.
Omicron is now the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa, where it was first announced, and one early study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, found that as Omicron spread throughout the country, the number of daily COVID-19 reinfections spiked. "The timing of these changes strongly suggests that they are driven by the emergence of the Omicron variant," the study says, meaning it could evade antibodies.
This doesn't necessarily mean it's time to panic though. Although Omicron is likely more transmissible than previous iterations of SARS-CoV-2, it might cause less severe illness. For example, one of Europe's biggest Omicron outbreaks so far, a holiday party in Norway where 130 people were infected, has resulted in no hospitalizations.
"It almost certainly is not more severe than Delta," Dr. Fauci told AFP on December 7. "There is some suggestion that it might even be less severe, because when you look at some of the cohorts that are being followed in South Africa, the ratio between the number of infections and the number of hospitalizations seems to be less than with Delta."
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But these are early reports, and it's not yet possible to say anything definitive about Omicron; it could appear to be milder than Delta because of skewed data. For example, the attendees of the Norwegian party were vaccinated, meaning they could have had more protection from severe illness than a group of unvaccinated people.
"Personally, I am concerned that one still might get and spread COVID-19 even if vaccinated," Dr. Thomas says. "Fortunately [the vaccines] can keep you from getting very sick."
"Similar to earlier in the pandemic, there will be a lot of new data coming out rapidly over the next few weeks as we try to answer the questions about how transmissible Omicron is, the severity of illness caused by Omicron, and how well current vaccines work against Omicron," Dr. Johnston says.
Until more is known about the variant, there are things people can continue to do to mitigate getting others sick. "We have many known strategies to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, including vaccination—primary series and boosters—masking, distancing, staying home if you have symptoms, testing, and improving ventilation when indoors," she explains. "We need to continue to use all strategies as we learn more about Omicron."
This article is accurate as of press time. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly evolves and the scientific community's understanding of the novel coronavirus develops, some of the information may have changed since it was last updated. While we aim to keep all of our stories up to date, please visit online resources provided by the CDC, WHO, and your local public health department to stay informed on the latest news. Always talk to your doctor for professional medical advice.
Jake Smith, an editorial fellow at Prevention, recently graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in magazine journalism and just started going to the gym. Let's be honest—he's probably scrolling through Twitter right now.
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I've been giving into my Peter Pan cravings for the past few days. As I was picking up a snow treat of a dozen doughnuts for my colleagues, I nearly got smacked by the front door when I was busy reading a sign that said "Pączki on Thursday." God, I love my neighborhood.
Pączki are a Polish Mardi Gras week treat, typically served on Fat Thursday (yesterday), and sometimes on Fat Tuesday. It's a yeast doughnut filled with fruit jam or Bavarian cream, sugar dusted or iced. Apparently the difficulty of making your own homemade pącki leads many Poles to just buy it from bakeries, and with a five days left of Mardi Gras, there has to be more around Greenpoint. I believe a weekend of pącki tasting may be in order. Of course I stopped by Peter Pan yesterday, after work because morning sleepiness tends to make me forget things, and though they weren't fresh out of the oven, I had to get one. Peter Pan was offering a sugar dusted prune-filled, and other combinations filled with Bavarian cream, I chose chocolate frosted.
For $1, I ate my third delicious doughnut in two days. Soft yeast dough holding a good amount of sweet Bavarian cream, holy Moses! I can only imagine the deliciousness of a fresh one-a thought that is making me drool. For one thing, the frosting would be a bit better; mine had gotten the hard crust that happens from a day of sitting around. I hope they are serving these through Ash Wednesday, I've been looking to gain 5 pounds of doughnut.


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Graham Hoare's appointment is part of a wider expansion of the management team at the battery cell maker
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Britishvolt's 30 gigawatt-hour plant in Blyth, England, is scheduled to start production in 2023.
Britishvolt has hired veteran Ford executive Graham Hoare as president of its global operations, the company said.
Hoare's appointment comes after the battery-cell maker recruited the U.S. automaker's former European vice president of product development, Joe Bakaj, as an advisor in March.
Britishvolt has also hired Nick Spencer, a former BMW and Jaguar Land Rover executive to join Bakaj on its advisory board.
Hoare's title of president of global operations is newly created and reflects Britishvolt's global ambitions.
Hoare retired from Ford at the end of April after 19 years at the company, finishing his career as chairman of the company's UK's operations. In 2018, he was tasked with overseeing Ford's cost-cutting program in the UK.
Prior to that Hoare was Ford's global director of vehicle evaluation and verification, based in the UK and he also held the job of director of powertrain research and advance engineering, based in Dearborn, in the U.S.
Hoare's appointment to Britishvolt, starting June 1, strengthens the startup's executive team as it searches for customers for its battery cells.
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Hoare's title of president of global operations is newly created and reflects Britishvolt's wider ambitions.
The company has said it will begin construction of its new cell plant in Blyth, north east England, later this year, with production of battery cells slated to begin at the end of 2023.
The company has announced it wants to build a second plant in Canada.
"Graham brings significant and wide-reaching industry experience to Britishvolt, further enhancing the expertise of our global leadership team," CEO Orral Nadjari said.
Nadjari recently he said was looking to finance Britishvolt's expansion by listing the company in the U.S. through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.
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