“We're a sick nation."
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“COVID, Flu, and RSV: Which Virus Has the Worst Outcomes? — COVID-19 still worse, but differences narrowed in 2023-2024 season compared with prior year”
January 1, 2025
“Trends started to shift in early December, though, with levels rising from low to high by the middle of the month. In the week ending December 21, there was nearly three times as much Covid-19 circulating in the US than there was during the week ending December 7, CDC data shows.”
“If people really understood the science behind all this, they would have a very different attitude”
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
December 29, 2024
Three Snow Leopards Die Of Covid-19.
Three snow leopards at a zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska, have died of complications from COVID-19, the Lincoln Children's Zoo announced Friday evening.
December 19, 2024:
“The northeast US has now passed the summer Covid peak on wastewater scan. This is a very rapid rise that shows no signs of slowing.”
First 8 mos of 2024:
"COVID-19 mortality was 70% higher than predicted; total mortality was 2% higher than predicted;"
“Thousands of patients and health care workers were infected during COVID-19 outbreaks in acute care facilities in Alberta in the last year, raising questions about why more isn’t being done to prevent in-hospital transmission… …’The reality is that people are dying from COVID in our hospitals, and we really are doing very little to prevent them getting ill and getting infected. And we wouldn't do the same for any other infectious disease,’”
December 14, 2024:
“Map of U.S. Covid transmission, per CDC data.
Bear in mind that reporting lags mean transmission has had 7 days to get worse.
Approximately 1 in 64 Americans are now actively infectious. “
November 22, 2024 “On Wednesday, the CDC warned it expects to see an increase in Covid and RSV levels in the coming weeks as large gatherings, travel and more time indoors allow disease to spread more easily person-to-person. The CDC recommends opening windows and doors for ventilation, wearing masks in crowded areas, practicing regular handwashing and being up-to-date on Covid and flu vaccinations to avoid getting sick. “
Nov 22, 2024: “Respiratory viruses continue to spread in Arizona. The Arizona Department of Health Services reported more than 1,000 cases of influenza last week and more than 2,100 cases of COVID-19.