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At 11 a.m. this morning, @EthnicMediaSvc goes live with a discussion on beating the winter Covid surge with widely-available treatments. Join us on our Facebook page. ethnicmediaservices.org/media-briefing…
"We are in the winter surge," says Dr. Rita Nguyen of the California Dept. of Public Health. "This is the 1st winter surge of a three-year pandemic where we have treatments available."
"Isolate and seek treatment when you are Covid positive," says Dr. Rita Nguyen at an @EthnicMediaSvc news briefing moderated by Regina Wilson of @CaliforniaBlac2 #COVID19 "As soon as you start to feel sick, get treatment." Decreases risk by 85%
Status of the latest #COVID19 Wave in #NewYork #BellwetherState
NY just uploaded 425 sequences - had to update charts!
Top circulating variants - BA.5.2.1 (20%), BA.4.6 (15%)
Proportion of BQ* lineages are increasing
BQ.1* (2.84%) & BQ.1.1* (1.00%)đź‘€
NY just uploaded 425 sequences - had to update charts!
Top circulating variants - BA.5.2.1 (20%), BA.4.6 (15%)
Proportion of BQ* lineages are increasing
BQ.1* (2.84%) & BQ.1.1* (1.00%)đź‘€
BQ.1.1 (aka #Cerberus) is able to evade all available mAb therapeutics including #Evusheld and #Bebtelovimab.
Bivalent boosters (OG/Omicron.BA.5) will potentially protect the boosted from getting severe disease.
Please get #boosted ASAP!
Bivalent boosters (OG/Omicron.BA.5) will potentially protect the boosted from getting severe disease.
Please get #boosted ASAP!
We may have to switch to #SequenceToTreat from #TestToTreat soon...
mAbs work well against BA.2.3.20
#Bebtelovimab works well against most BA.2.75* without spike K444 mutations
None of the mAb currently authorized by @US_FDA will work against BQ.1. lineage
mAbs work well against BA.2.3.20
#Bebtelovimab works well against most BA.2.75* without spike K444 mutations
None of the mAb currently authorized by @US_FDA will work against BQ.1. lineage
1/ Re: Rapid Antigen Tests - Are you confused after today's BC COVID-19 press conference?
Let's take a deeper dive
Let's take a deeper dive
2/ Firstly, it is important to understand that not everyone infected with COVID-19 is infectious (capable of transmitting to others):
BLUE = Infected
RED = Infectious subset
BLUE = Infected
RED = Infectious subset
3/ During the course of an infection, the viral load changes. Most people are infectious for a brief period of time:
