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Episode 163: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On?
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.

#wastewater levels#Covid Statistics
·cidrap.umn.edu·
Episode 163: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On?
Long COVID science, research and policy
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
#Long Covid#Ziyad Al-Aly#Post-Acute Conditions#analysis
·nature.com·
Long COVID science, research and policy
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!

“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...”

#Long Covid
·x.com·
New interdisciplinary review was published on current Long COVID science, with a roadmap for science and policy!
Indoor air quality impact on viral transmission | Chief Scientist
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.
#Clean Air
·chiefscientist.gov.au·
Indoor air quality impact on viral transmission | Chief Scientist
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'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.
#masks#mask bans
·x.com·
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.
August 2nd update:
August 2nd update:

August 2, 2024: Covid is surging

1 in every 37 people currently infected 🔸59% higher than 12 month avg.

·x.com·
August 2nd update:
The Indomitable Covid Virus
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.”

·open.substack.com·
The Indomitable Covid Virus
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 $$ and great insurance:
1 in 37 Americans have COVID. This means that there are ~300K ppl who have COVID right now that will develop long COVID, just as I did. This is what it's like to get long COVID as a healthy young person, and what treatments are available when you have $$ and great insurance:
Detailed Long Covid anecdote
#Long Covid#Anecdote
·x.com·
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:
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
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.”
#Long Covid
·nejm.org·
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
German decathlete Eitel to miss Paris in latest Covid-19 case
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

·sports.yahoo.com·
German decathlete Eitel to miss Paris in latest Covid-19 case
The 'slow pool' is being blamed for the historic lack of swimming records at the Olympics. If this lack of records is replicated in the track & field events (and elsewhere), we're going to need a new unifying theory for something that might have slowed down all the athletes
The 'slow pool' is being blamed for the historic lack of swimming records at the Olympics. If this lack of records is replicated in the track & field events (and elsewhere), we're going to need a new unifying theory for something that might have slowed down all the athletes
Or maybe it’s the widespread Covid infection in participants.
·x.com·
The 'slow pool' is being blamed for the historic lack of swimming records at the Olympics. If this lack of records is replicated in the track & field events (and elsewhere), we're going to need a new unifying theory for something that might have slowed down all the athletes
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage.
Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage.
#Long Covid
·sciencedirect.com·
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID: a clinical update
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage. The burden of this disease, both on the individual and on health systems and national economies, is high.
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage. The burden of this disease, both on the individual and on health systems and national economies, is high.
#Long Covid
·thelancet.com·
Long COVID: a clinical update
United States Epidemic Update: 7/29/2024
United States Epidemic Update: 7/29/2024

United States Epidemic Update: 7/29/2024

Please wear a respirator. It's COVIDy out there.

Death data are partial/provisional. 2020-2024 SARS2 Deaths: 1,195,036 (+458)

·x.com·
United States Epidemic Update: 7/29/2024
Frontiers | Deaths related to post-COVID in Italy: a national study based on death certificates
Frontiers | Deaths related to post-COVID in Italy: a national study based on death certificates
“Post-COVID, might be particularly severe and potentially life-threatening. However, little is known on the impact of post-COVID condition on mortality. Aim of the present study is to assess and quantify Post-COVID deaths in Italy in years 2020 and 2021, based on an analysis of death certificates.”
Post-COVID, might be particularly severe and potentially life-threatening. However, little is known on the impact of post-COVID condition on mortality. Aim of the present study is to assess and quantify Post-COVID deaths in Italy in years 2020 and 2021, based on an analysis of death certificates.
#Long Covid
·frontiersin.org·
Frontiers | Deaths related to post-COVID in Italy: a national study based on death certificates