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Analysis reveals global post-covid surge in infectious diseases
“large post-covid global surge in common communicable diseases including influenza, measles, tuberculosis, and whooping cough has been identified in a new analysis of data from 60 organisations and public health agencies.
Since the beginning of 2022, 44 countries have experienced a 10-fold increase in the incidence of at least one of 13 infectious diseases compared with a pre-pandemic baseline, according to the analysis”
I truly think it would be useful for the public to understand “what, exactly, were this project’s stated goals?”
“So one can only conclude that the CDC purposefully redesigned their COVID graphic to downplay the severity and reduce attention paid to the —by far— number one cause of death by infectious disease.
Why? What purpose does this suppression serve?”
The CDC dropped the darkest colors and went from 10 levels of wastewater viral activity to 5.
The CDC dropped the darkest colors and went from 10 levels of wastewater viral activity to 5.
Making the map look MUCH MORE APPEALING.
This change was made with zero announcement, AGAIN, between September 4th and today.
“We haven’t seen a widely distributed virus in recent human history that has had this property.”
COVID activity is high, but Canada not 'remotely close' to worst days of the pandemic: experts
“I don’t think the majority of scientists who were looking at this early in 2020 or at the end of 2019 expected that, four years later, we’d be dealing with unrelenting waves of variants, which are immune evasive…
…We haven’t seen a widely distributed virus in recent human history that has had this property.”
“I don’t think the majority of scientists who were looking at this early in 2020 or at the end of 2019 expected that, four years later, we’d be dealing with unrelenting waves of variants, which are immune evasive,” Razak said.
“We haven’t seen a widely distributed virus in recent human history that has had this property.”
Covid-19 was presented as a one and done infection, that ‘only’ killed the vulnerable, that didn’t harm kids, that was spread by droplets not air.
“Covid-19 was presented as a one and done infection, that ‘only’ killed the vulnerable, that didn’t harm kids, that was spread by droplets not air. That vaccines would prevent. Now NONE of the above are true, we are floundering in denial with no plan. Covid is not over.”
U.S. to resume mandatory reporting of COVID hospitalizations
“Hospitals in the United States will soon be required to report hospital admissions related to COVID-19, restoring a mandate which was lifted earlier this year, according to federal officials. The new rules are due to take effect on November 1.”
COVID shots no longer free for uninsured, could cost up to $200
The federal bridge access program was set to end this December, but it expired early because of a move by Congress.
The federal bridge access program was set to end this December, but it expired early because of a move by Congress.
Declaring COVID-19 “endemic,” Biden administration oversees policy of forced mass infection
“The United States is currently mired in its ninth wave of mass infection since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the population now completely abandoned by the powers that be. A policy of forced infection has emerged, in which all public health measures have been scrapped and the most basic protection of mask-wearing is being criminalized in a growing number of counties and states.
Wastewater data show that over 1.2 million Americans are being infected with COVID-19 every day. Hospitalizations are climbing, in particular among children and the elderly, while official deaths are approaching 1,000 per week. Excess deaths, a more accurate measure of the real death toll attributable to COVID-19, stand at over 500 per day, with the cumulative death toll in the US nearing 1.5 million. Long COVID, an array of symptoms which are often debilitating, now affects over 20 million Americans and over 400 million people globally.”
It's staggering how many people have been killed by COVID worldwide
“The Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, has a mass of around 500,000 metric tons. To match 1.69 million metric tons (the estimated weight of all the bodies of those excess deaths due to the pandemic), you would need around 3.4 Burj Khalifas.”
What would an adequate COVID response look like?
“Refusal to directly communicate 1) how COVID spreads 2) that it can be avoided 3) how it can be avoided while modeling mitigation, makes pandemic communications much more difficult for vulnerable people, activists and marginalized groups attempting to reduce disease burden in their communities. We should not be swimming against the current of public health officials’ poor pandemic hygiene.”
Refusal to directly communicate 1) how COVID spreads 2) that it can be avoided 3) how it can be avoided while modeling mitigation, makes pandemic communications much more difficult for vulnerable people, activists and marginalized groups attempting to reduce disease burden in their communities. We should not be swimming against the current of public health officials’ poor pandemic hygiene.
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
Oops! Looks like Covid IS airborne, folks.
“All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences…”
All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.
UV STUDIES | Modeling methods to address office building clean air targets
“The results of the study illustrate a significant potential energy-efficiency opportunity provided by GUV technology to realize healthier buildings.”
The results of the study illustrate a significant potential energy-efficiency opportunity provided by GUV technology to realize healthier buildings.
I will never stop talking about the dangers of COVID. I have been sick for four years since August of 2020 (before vaccines were even released). This is real. It is happening. People ignoring it doesn’t make them invincible.
“I will never stop talking about the dangers of COVID. I have been sick for four years since August of 2020 (before vaccines were even released). This is real. It is happening. People ignoring it doesn’t make them invincible.”
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.”
Are mask ban laws about public safety or for lawmakers to quiet protesters?
“They just have one goal. The UC administration would like to stop speech on campus about Palestine,” he said. “That’s really cynical from a college administration.”
“They just have one goal. The UC administration would like to stop speech on campus about Palestine,” he said. “That’s really cynical from a college administration.”
UT researchers say they found an antibody that protects against all COVID-19 variants
A team of researchers, led by folks at the University of Texas at Austin, believe they’ve found an antibody that protects against all COVID-19 variants.
A team of researchers, led by folks at the University of Texas at Austin, believe they’ve found an antibody that protects against all COVID-19 variants.
Responding to Long COVID Responsibly - Global Virus Network
“Beyond persistent symptoms, Long COVID is also associated with an increased risk for significant medical events, including major adverse cardiovascular events and new-onset diabetes mellitus.(1) For many people, Long COVID has a significant impact on their ability to work, study, take care of their families, and participate in other activities of daily living. For these reasons, Long COVID is often described as a “mass disabling event.”(2) Long COVID can also lead to financial hardship, social isolation, and mental health challenges.”
Study puts understanding of long COVID and vaccination into question | CIDRAP
“A new study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic suggests that being vaccinated against COVID-19 does little to prevent long COVID.
The findings contradict what has become conventional wisdom in the last 3 years—that vaccines offer a chance to significantly reduce the risk of long COVID, or new or persistent symptoms 3 months or more after infection, most likely by reducing the severity of infection.
Melanie Swift, MD, MPH, was the lead author of the study, which was published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. She said despite the current thinking that vaccines reduce the risk of developing long COVID, she wasn’t surprised she found no association.”