“Epidemic vs. endemic vs. pandemic
To understand why the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over, let’s do a quick refresher on the definitions of ‘epidemic,’ ‘endemic’ and ‘pandemic.’
“Imagine the impact over the next decade. This isn’t just about individuals; it’s a 10% chance of our doctors, pilots, presidents, soldiers, and police officers all grappling with the debilitating effects of Long COVID. When essential roles in society are consistently compromised, the risks are stacked like blocks in an increasingly unstable tower—one that can only lean so far before it topples. The more we ignore the impact of Long COVID, the closer we edge toward this collapse.
The toll of Long COVID is not a hypothetical future but an unfolding reality. As it affects more people, it strains every facet of society—healthcare, insurance rates, disability programs, and economic productivity. “
“PMC COVID-19 Forecasting Model, Nov 11, 2024
We're starting to get out 1st glimpse of the shape of the winter wave.
🔸Expected transmission a month from now: 1.3 million daily infections 🔸Best-case: 0.7 million daily infections 🔸Worst-case: 1.8 million daily infections
There's nothing in the data yet to suggest the winter will be markedly different from last year, which is very bad news. Within 3 weeks, we'll have a much better sense of what path we're on and what the peak of the wave may look like, likely around NYE.”
study on COVID-19 in auditoriums found displacement ventilation minimized infection risk, while natural ventilation had highest spread.
Masks, shorter events, and lower occupancy helped reduce risks.
“What If the Covid Safety Net Had Been a Starting Point For Change? Steven W. Thrasher Looks Back at America’s Brief Experiment in True Government Care
What if when Joe Biden came into office in 2021, the Covid-19 safety net he was handed had become a new floor?
What if that was his baseline—and the newly elected Democratic president, sold by his most ardent supporters as FDR 2.0, had used our Covid-19 response as the bare minimum of a new social contract with Americans?
What if the caring nature of the best aspects of the US Covid response became the map for international relations—leading not just to international cooperation on infectious disease, but on matters of war, climate and genocide?”
NZ-804, a new oral drug, stops SARS-CoV-2 replication in animal models.
Unlike current treatments, it’s safe, low-cost, and has a high barrier to resistance.
“Self-funded short documentary about the true nature of Covid / Sars-CoV-2, and the impact that Long Covid has had on one family.
Derived from material photographed in Sept. 2024 for the feature length documentary project THE UNRAVELLING, currently in pre-production / development.”
A protein-based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has been developed.
It is based on the spike protein containing a modified receptor binding domain (cRBD) with a set of engineered mutations.
It provides broad protection against various SARS-CoV-2 variants.
November 5, 2024: “A reminder that ~800,000 Americans have been killed by COVID since the Biden-Harris administration began. Tens of millions have Long C0VlD. And C0VlD spread more in September 2024 than any point in 2020. They refuse to do anything to stop the spread, even as thousands die weekly.”
“China's Wuhan lab accused of Covid leak develops intranasal vaccine to protect against all forms of coronavirus”
“Hold up you’re telling me that by the 3rd time I get COVID, there’s a 1 in 2.5 chance I develop life-changing chronic illness ⁉️⁉️
Uhhh CDC wtf?? Y’all were on TV every night in 2021, where you at with this?! Did you fuck up?? (1/2)” Thread:
“#CovidIsNotOver This is my 15th semester teaching RN and NP students about Covid 19 pathophysiology. Not a lot has changed except for how much damage we now know the virus causes. It still baffles me that people don’t know it’s airborne, don’t know the risks. 1”
Educational Thread:
TRUTH:
“I have never had a non-white person act like they even notice my mask, let alone give me any sort of grief over it. This is 100% something only white people do.”
“Several Bay Area counties have reinstated mask mandates at health care facilities to coincide with the beginning of respiratory virus season.
Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, along with the City of Berkeley, have all issued health orders requiring the use of face masks in health care settings starting on November 1 and continuing through March 31, 2025.”
Study at KU Leuven on hamsters finds that immunity from XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine favors the original strain, limiting antibody response to newer variants like JN.1.
Highlights the challenge of updating vaccines for evolving SARS-CoV-2.
