COVID-19 vaccinations to resume amid surge in cases
August, 2024: South Korea: COVID-19 vaccinations to resume amid surge in cases
"Just 4 months after fully shifting to endemic approach, gov’t scrambles to contain virus."
The Korea Times
Air Purifiers for Cars: Everything You Need to Know - Kelley Blue Book
“Some automakers are taking steps to improve the air inside their vehicles. Honda Motors Europe introduced a premium air filter to prevent various germs, virus particles, and allergens from entering the cabin.”
Some automakers are taking steps to improve the air inside their vehicles. Honda Motors Europe introduced a premium air filter to prevent various germs, virus particles, and allergens from entering the cabin.
Noah Lyles' collapse with Covid: How not to manage health at the Olympics
“…sports officials and team doctors have put athletes’ health last, not first, during the Paris Olympics.”
People living with HIV with the Omicron variant infection have milder COVID-19 symptoms: results from a cross-sectional study - AIDS Research and Therapy
PEOPLE LIVING with HIV with the OMICRON variant INFECTION have MILDER COVID-19 SYMPTOMS
Results from a cross-sectional study
We are sitting on a powder keg. 400 million in the world already have long covid (so far) just as the had predicted 100s of millions would need caregivers due to COVID. Each infection increases risk so by 3, 4, or 5 many will have major health issues, heart attacks, /1
Long-term prognosis at 1.5 years after infection with wild-type strain of SARS-CoV-2 and Alpha, Delta, as well as Omicron variants
Long-term prognosis at 1.5 years after infection with wild-type strain of SARS-CoV-2 and Alpha, Delta, as well as Omicron variants
Long COVID is still a problem, racking up a global cost of $1 trillion
“For months, governmental officials around the world have appeared to want to forgo discussing the specter of long COVID. As a new review makes clear, that is wishful thinking—and the latest COVID variants may well kick long COVID into overdrive, a scenario that researchers and experts have been warning about for some time.”
For months, governmental officials around the world have appeared to want to forgo discussing the specter of long COVID. As a new review makes clear, that is wishful thinking—and the latest COVID variants may well kick long COVID into overdrive, a scenario that researchers and experts have been warning about for some time.
The Covid Summer Games
“What’s happening at the Olympics in Paris is emblematic of the broader societal denial, the desire to construct a social reality at odds with the physical reality of a still-existing & dangerous virus.”
This might be a long thread so bear with me.
Thread:
About 3 months ago I was diagnosed with POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) from long covid and I would like to share how difficult and frustrating it was to get diagnosed - every step of the way.
Episode 163: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On?
August 9, 2024: Covid is not over and we are not “post pandemic.” . In the US, Covid wastewater levels have continued to climb and have now exceeded the height of last summer's uptick.
Based on the latest data posted by CDC, 44 states have levels of wastewater activity considered high or very high.
Long COVID science, research and policy
New Review of Long COVID: 400 million people impacted by a disorder that affects nearly every organ system, leading to an annual global economic toll of $1 trillion or 1% of the global GDP
The cumulative global incidence of long COVID is around 400 million individuals, which is estimated to have an annual economic impact of approximately $1 trillion
New interdisciplinary review was published on current Long COVID science, with a roadmap for science and policy!
“New interdisciplinary review was published on current Long COVID science, with a roadmap for science and policy!
It is written in plain language, so it's worth a read on its own, but I just want to pull out some highlights about what WE DO KNOW into a single thread...”
UPDATE: After advocates submitted thousands of comments, the rule passed!
US hospitals will be required to report key COVID, flu, and RSV hospitalization data again outside of public health emergencies, after initially ending the requirement earlier this year.
Advocacy works!
A COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Employing Upconversion Nanoparticles
A new COVID-19 rapid test using upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) is 100 times more sensitive than current tests, detects virus in saliva, and provides results in under 15 minutes.
I made this up awhile ago. Still valid and still many in healthcare know nothing about any of this. Feel free to print out and leave in waiting rooms.
Useful flyer with Covid info
Indoor air quality impact on viral transmission | Chief Scientist
“The impact of Indoor air quality on the transmission of airborne viral diseases in public buildings: a systematic review of evidence was commissioned through the Office of the Chief Scientist and prepared by the University of Wollongong Sustainable Buildings Research” Centre.
'Scared to put on my mask': Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed on in spat over mask
Scared to put on my mask': Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed on in spat over mask
Scared to put on my mask': Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed on in spat over mask
It's official: Mask ban in Nassau County, New York passes along party lines, 12-0 (7 abstentions). It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
Genetic risk factors for COVID-19 and influenza are largely distinct
The genetic risk factors for susceptibility to Covid are markedly different from flu
August 2nd update:
August 2, 2024: Covid is surging
1 in every 37 people currently infected 🔸59% higher than 12 month avg.
The Indomitable Covid Virus
August 2024: “It’s a major wave now, with an estimated new 900,000 infections per day, as my friend Jay Weiland estimated based on the 2 sources of US wastewater data (definitely worth following him at X or Threads). The slope of rise of SARS-CoV-2 levels is still steep, so we haven’t yet reached the plateau. It’s already towered beyond 4 prior waves of the US pandemic.”
1 in 37 Americans have COVID. This means that there are ~300K ppl who have COVID right now that will develop long COVID, just as I did. This is what it's like to get long COVID as a healthy young person, and what treatments are available when you have $$ and great insurance:
Detailed Long Covid anecdote
Paris 2024 Was Supposed to Be ‘Normal’—But You Can't Compete With COVID
COVID cases started popping up before the Games even began—and haven’t eased since.
Humana Tumbles After Warning of Higher Hospital Admissions
Olympics athletes 'think there's a huge issue brewing in Paris' after Adam Peaty's positive Covid test
"Olympics athletes think Covid is 'becoming a problem' at the game in Paris amid Adam Peaty's recent positive test, according to reports."
COVID WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE:
August, 2024: The Scottish Covid wastewater signal is now at the highest point in over 2 YEARS… in summer!
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
“The Covid-19 pandemic has been perceived mainly as a dangerous acute outbreak of infection that killed more than a million people in the United States and 7 million worldwide.1,2 However, in the pandemic’s wake, Covid-19 has left many millions more with a variety of chronic, systemic, and often disabling conditions collectively known as “long Covid.” In the United States alone, survey data indicate that approximately 7% of adults and more than 1% of children — numbering 15 to 20 million Americans and more than 60 million globally — have had long Covid.”
German decathlete Eitel to miss Paris in latest Covid-19 case
"Today is and will be one of the worst days of my life. What I'm feeling right now is beyond any defeat I've ever experienced in sport. I'm absolutely stunned, devastated and no longer understand the world."
M. Eitel 🇩🇪 is out of the Olympics for Covid
Nasal COVID-19 vaccine halts transmission | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Study in hamsters indicates vaccines targeting nose, mouth may be key to controlling spread of respiratory infections
Covid rates in the UK and Europe - where to avoid summer wave on holiday
August, 2024:
Covid rates in the UK and Europe – where to avoid summer wave on holiday