A COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Employing Upconversion Nanoparticles
A new COVID-19 rapid test using upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) is 100 times more sensitive than current tests, detects virus in saliva, and provides results in under 15 minutes.
Covid General Articles, Discussions, Videos
I made this up awhile ago. Still valid and still many in healthcare know nothing about any of this. Feel free to print out and leave in waiting rooms.
Useful flyer with Covid info
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.
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.
Genetic risk factors for COVID-19 and influenza are largely distinct
The genetic risk factors for susceptibility to Covid are markedly different from flu
August 2nd update:
August 2, 2024: Covid is surging
1 in every 37 people currently infected 🔸59% higher than 12 month avg.
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.”
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
Paris 2024 Was Supposed to Be ‘Normal’—But You Can't Compete With COVID
COVID cases started popping up before the Games even began—and haven’t eased since.
Humana Tumbles After Warning of Higher Hospital Admissions
Olympics athletes 'think there's a huge issue brewing in Paris' after Adam Peaty's positive Covid test
"Olympics athletes think Covid is 'becoming a problem' at the game in Paris amid Adam Peaty's recent positive test, according to reports."
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.”
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
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.
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.
Thread on our new state of the science review on . Commissioned by , peer-reviewed, coauthored with , and Janko Nikolich. Link for free access is here (after 50 days that won’t work, then you’ll have to…
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.
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)
California is still getting crushed by COVID. When will it end?
July 28, 2024: COVID-19 has raged through California over the past few months, and with cases still headed skyward, the virus shows no signs of retreating.
US State Restrictions and Excess COVID-19 Pandemic Deaths
What was the cost of weak mask & vax Covid protections in some U.S. states?
$1.3 to $5.4 TRILLION
221,000 to 447,000 DEATHS
IN JUST TWO YEARS
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.
After Four Years, 59% in U.S. Say COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over
57%, report that their lives have not returned to normal, and 43% expect they never will.
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Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling
“Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force.
The intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked has resulted in more than 24,000 scientific publications, making it the most researched health condition in any four years of recorded human history.”
Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force.
The intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked has resulted in more than 24,000 scientific publications, making it the most researched health condition in any four years of recorded human history.
I intuited that early start of Paxlovid blunts immunity, allowing viral rebound once drug ended. I thus predicted both Joe and Jill Biden's rebounds (before they occurred), as they started Pax on day of symptoms.
"Y'all Masking?" hashtag goes viral on X, showing maskers they are not alone
'Playing COVID roulette': Some infected by FLiRT variants report their most unpleasant symptoms yet
Each time you get COVID, he said, is “kind of like playing COVID roulette.”
Relationship between acute SARS-CoV-2 viral clearance with Long COVID Symptoms: a cohort study
NEW study finds that the longer the time from peak viral load to viral RNA clearance during acute COVID-19, the higher risk of developing #LongCOVID.
Work ability and return-to-work of patients with post-COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC Public Health
After Covid infection 40% do NOT return to normal work. Study: “The influence of post-COVID-19 on the working-age population is SUBSTANTIAL, and it is expected to result in enduring strains on economic and healthcare systems.”
What COVID-19 Does To The Body (Fourth Edition, March 2024)
'Endemic' SARS-CoV-2 and the death of public health