Covid General Articles, Discussions, Videos
I’ve burned a lot of bridges over the past few years and my kids are homeschooled. I no longer have 1st person accounts of COVID’s toll on people’s health. Are people in your life sicker? Are the kids sicker? I need to be re-tethered… please share your stories.
“I’ve burned a lot of bridges over the past few years and my kids are homeschooled. I no longer have 1st person accounts of COVID’s toll on people’s health. Are people in your life sicker? Are the kids sicker? I need to be re-tethered… please share your stories.”
(🧵It's the Сονіd, ѕtυріd!): Viewing the US election through the lens of the ongoing ЅАRЅ-Соν-2 раndеmіc.
“(🧵It's the Сονіd, ѕtυріd!): Viewing the US election through the lens of the ongoing ЅАRЅ-Соν-2 раndеmіc.
(My hot take on what happened, and where things are headed. Prelude to the final 🧵in the "How does it end" series)…
…No country can expect sustained 3% growth, if 3% of its workforce drops out every year.
There is no path forward - for the US or any other country - without addressing this. Repeated covid infections are not a sustainable situation.”
Thread: Public Comment on HICPAC Concerns 🧵
“Thread: Public Comment on HICPAC Concerns 🧵
1/ I’m here not to address HICPAC directly, but to speak to those listening—healthcare professionals, patients, and advocates—who are committed to public health and safety.
Let me highlight several critical concerns.”
🔥📣 I am thrilled to bring you this fascinating, shocking interview with former CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield. 👀 I almost fell off my seat a number of times. 👀
“🔥📣 I am thrilled to bring you this fascinating, shocking interview with former CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield. 👀 I almost fell off my seat a number of times. 👀”
COVID map update reveals shift in "very high" water virus levels
November 12, 2024
“Between October 27 and November 2, wastewater sampling from New Mexico revealed ‘very high’ levels of the virus, with ‘high’ levels being detected in Oregon, Arkansas, and Maine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).”
Between October 27 and November 2, wastewater sampling from New Mexico revealed "very high" levels of the virus, with "high" levels being detected in Oregon, Arkansas, and Maine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Sonoma County reinstates mask mandate for health care workers amid rising illnesses
“Sonoma County will reinstate its mask mandate starting next week, the health department announced Tuesday. The order was issued in response to rising rates of respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 and influenza during the winter months.”
No, the COVID-19 Pandemic Isn’t Over
“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.’
Epidemic vs. endemic vs. pandemicTo understand why the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over, let’s do a quick refresher on the definitions of “epidemic,” “endemic” and “pandemic.”
Ignoring Public Health May Have Cost Democrats the Election
“President Biden owed his 2020 win in part due to his promise that he would do better than his predecessor in handling the pandemic; that unlike Trump, he would “follow the science.” And at first, he did. But once it became clear that new variants would arise and vaccines would not prevent all Covid cases—though they did limit hospitalizations and deaths—the Biden administration went way off course. Rather than following the science and ramping up rapid-test production, covering testing and new vaccines, and upholding commonsense safety measures like masking in health care, his Covid czar, a corporate executive, chose to pretend Covid was a thing of the past.”
President Biden owed his 2020 win in part due to his promise that he would do better than his predecessor in handling the pandemic; that unlike Trump, he would “follow the science.” And at first, he did. But once it became clear that new variants would arise and vaccines would not prevent all Covid cases—though they did limit hospitalizations and deaths—the Biden administration went way off course. Rather than following the science and ramping up rapid-test production, covering testing and new vaccines, and upholding commonsense safety measures like masking in health care, his Covid czar, a corporate executive, chose to pretend Covid was a thing of the past.
How healthy is your child's classroom?
“Analysis: future classrooms can be designed to be sustainable, resilient to the changing climate and provide a healthy learning space for the children”
Analysis: future classrooms can be designed to be sustainable, resilient to the changing climate and provide a healthy learning space for the children
Australians lost around 100 million work hours in one year due to long COVID, study shows
“Australians lost around 100 million work hours in one year due to long COVID, study shows”
Australians lost around 100 million work hours in one year due to long COVID, study showsThe study found that in 2022, up to 1.3 million people were affected by this condition, which resulted in the national economy losing almost $10 billion in productivity.Most workers affected by long COVID in 2022 were aged from 30 to 49, according to the study. So
The Long COVID Tipping Point?
“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. “
There are GEEK CONS in the year 2024 that have mask requirements,while disability conferences abandoned masking (& abandoned immunocompromised ppl) when the gov’t told them to in 2022🤡
“There are GEEK CONS in the year 2024 that have mask requirements,while disability conferences abandoned masking (& abandoned immunocompromised ppl) when the gov’t told them to in 2022🤡”
PMC COVID-19 Forecasting Model, Nov 11, 2024
“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.”
Comparing strategies for the mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection risk in tiered auditorium venues
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.
A spike in COVID deaths has driven a decline in Australian life expectancy for the second year running
“A spike in COVID deaths has driven a decline in Australian life expectancy for the second year running”
A spike in COVID deaths has driven a decline in Australian life expectancy for the second year running
What If the Covid Safety Net Had Been a Starting Point For Change?
“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?”
COVID-19 & The 2024 Election
“Instead of prioritizing public health, the Biden-Harris Admin elected to construct an artificial ‘post-pandemic’ finish line for them to cross and throw themselves a party. It failed to result in meaningful electoral success during the midterm elections. Another holiday season came around, with more children developing serious “post-pandemic” health issues…The Biden Administration, and the larger Democrat Party, had formed a new consensus with the anti-vaccine movement: That you stupid proles all need to shut the hell up and simply embrace unlimited COVID-19 infections, especially on the job, and especially the burden of bringing the disease home to your family, infecting your loved ones. If you wind up disabled by it, well, you no longer exist to us anymore - so drop dead. You are no longer entitled to your own health or entitled to protect your children's health. Your employer is now entitled to your health, and may throw it away at the drop of a hat, fully protected by the legal system..”
As David Tennant's Macbeth gets cancelled, more questions are raised around Covid protections
“The cancellations of Macbeth, with David Tennant in the lead role, has led to questions being raised around the ongoing ambivalence to the continuing public health threat of coronavirus (Covid-19) – not least in the arts.”
The cancellations of Macbeth, with David Tennant in the lead role, has led to questions being raised around the ongoing ambivalence to the continuing public health threat of coronavirus (Covid-19) – not least in the arts.
THE UNRAVELLING - A SCIENTIST . AN ARTIST . A FATHER
“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.”
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 vaccine of RBD integrated with immune evasion mutation shows broad protection against SARS-CoV-2
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.
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.
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.”
SARS-CoV-2 variants induce increased inflammatory gene expression but reduced interferon responses and heme synthesis as compared with wild type strains
This study provides some insights into why some people remain asymptomatic when infected with SARS-CoV-2, particularly the newer variants