Dangerous garbage being presented “science writing”. Two *actual* facts surrounding infection:
“Your risk of #LongCOVID, a currently incurable chronic illness, after surviving an acute COVID infection currently sits conservatively at ~6-7%”
I genuinely thought there might be a momentary lull between the summer and autumn waves this year here.
“I genuinely thought there might be a momentary lull between the summer and autumn waves this year here. But no. There's tons of infections around, and XEC (which seems to be able to reinfect due to the T22N mutation on the spike, growth below) is not hanging around.”
Cryptosporidiosis was one of the original AIDS-defining conditions.
Cryptosporidiosis was one of the original AIDS-defining conditions.
This chart overlays Covid surges and cryptosporidiosis.
Covid levels right now:
September 2, 2024 Covid levels
The two main takeaways from this graph are the following:
Overall, fewer than 20% of COVID-19 deaths are being reported in these public places in all provinces (a bit higher in Quebec in fall/winter season, but not much).
Provinces are only reporting 20% of COVID deaths, that would mean that Alberta's 735 deaths in the last 12 months is actually around 3675. Which would be by far the #1 cause of death.
US record-keeping is similarly limited/skewed
If you want to make an ordinary COVID transmission map less informative, just adjust the hue by -150 in PhotoShop to turn scary red to calming blue.
Only 33% of hospitals in the U.S. submitted COVID data this week, which is similar to last week but down from 91% in May. This means actual case numbers and hospitalizations are substantially higher than reported.
“Only 33% of hospitals in the U.S. submitted COVID data this week, which is similar to last week but down from 91% in May. This means actual case numbers and hospitalizations are substantially higher than reported.”
U.S. reports more than 1,000 new COVID deaths for the 3rd week in a row
Some back-of-the-envelope math to think about what the next few years will look like.
“Some back-of-the-envelope math to think about what the next few years will look like.
Assumptions: *average of 1 infection/person/yr *half of infections are asymptomatic *super-optimistic: symptomatic cases recover fully in one week (no long COVID etc.)
What happens? 1/4”
Great thread:
BREAKING: Up to 50% of Americans Expected to Be Infected in Current COVID-19 Wave.
“BREAKING: Up to 50% of Americans Expected to Be Infected in Current COVID-19 Wave.
The current COVID-19 wave in the U.S. has resulted in approximately 24.3% of Americans being infected since May 2, and around 19.3% since the surge began on June 23.”