2/9 - “Across the country, almost all gov efforts to curtail the coronavirus have evaporated. Mask mandates have been lifted on public transit. Conservative lawmakers have hamstrung what public-health departments can do in emergencies. COVID funding remains stalled in Congress.”
3/9 - “The White House and the CDC have framed #COVID19 as a problem for individuals to act upon—but action is hard when cases and hospitalizations are underestimated, many testing sites have closed, and rose-tinted CDC guidelines downplay the coronavirus’s unchecked spread.”
4/9 - “But #COVID19 is far from solved. The coronavirus is still mutating. Even at one of the lowest death rates of the pandemic, it still claims the lives of hundreds of Americans daily, killing more than twice as many people as die, on average, in car accidents.”
5/9 - “Its costs are still disproportionately borne by millions of long-haulers; immunocompromised people; workers who still face unsafe working conditions; and Black, Latino, and Indigenous Americans, who are still dying at higher rates than white Americans.”
6/9 - “For any disease, there is a moral case against neglecting those who are most vulnerable; for #COVID19, there’s also still a self-interested case for even the privileged and powerful to resist the pull of neglect.”
7/9 - “For more than a year, the U.S. has focused on using vaccines and drugs to avert severe disease and death, while deprioritizing other means of preventing infections, such as masks and ventilation.”
8/9 - “Long-haulers have already won important victories, including pressing institutions such as the WHO and the CDC to formally recognize #LongCovid, and so securing substantial research dollars for #LongCovid research from the NIH and private philanthropists.”
9/9 - “After misguidedly focusing on surface-cleaning hygiene theater, leaders are now starting to grasp the importance of ventilation and filtration. The White House has launched a Clean Air in Buildings Challenge but falls short of actually mandating businesses to take action.”
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1/9 - “A surge in #COVID19 hospital admissions driven by the #BA5 of #Omicron, accompanied by the inability of vaccines to prevent reinfection, has prompted health policymakers to rethink their approach to boosters.” ft.com/content/4f71ac…
2/9 - “Research into immune imprinting, whereby exposure to the virus via either infection or vaccination determines an individual’s level of protection, is now driving the debate over the make-up of #COVID19 vaccines.”
3/9 - “Immunologists say that, >2y into the pandemic, people have acquired very different types of immunity to the #SARSCoV2, depending on which strain or combination of strains they have been exposed to — leading to big diff in #COVID19 outcomes between indiv and countries.”
1/5 - “In 169 Georgia elementary schools, #COVID19 incidence was 35% lower in 39 schools that improved ventilation through dilution alone and 48% lower in 31 schools that improved ventilation through dilution combined with filtration.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
2/5 - “A simulation model found that filtration with 2 high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) cleaners alone or combined with mask wearing could potentially reduce exposure to infectious particles by an estimated 65% or 90%, respectively.”
3/5 - “Many enhancements to ventilation and filtration can be made at no or low (<$100) cost: opening windows, inspecting and maintaining HVAC systems, and using fans to increase the effectiveness of open windows. Portable HEPA air cleaners can be added for a few hundred $ each.”
1/9 - “‘Living with the virus’ is proving much harder than the early vaccine success suggested: this fight is far from over.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
2/9 - “According to the latest numbers, released today, the UK added more than half a million new #COVID19 infections in the past week, and the estimated number of people with #COVID19 in total was somewhere between 3% and 4% of the population.”
3/9 - “Many have been rather unwell and off work or school, with the associated disruptions to education, healthcare and other vital services. These infections will also inevitably add to the toll of #LongCovid cases.”
1/5 - “#COVID19 infections in England have jumped by 34% in a week as new #Omicron variants drive a wave of cases, according to the ONS (week to June 24): an estimated 1.8mn people — 3.35% of the population in England — would test positive for Covid.” ft.com/content/f765fd…
2/5 - “Scotland remains the nation hit hardest by the surge in infections, with an estimated 288K cases — representing 5.47% of the pop. The Scottish total is up 15% on the week before. In Wales, 3.49% of people, and in Northern Ireland 3.87% would have the virus, the ONS found.”
3/5 - “The virus is spreading fast, even though between 97 and 98% of people across the UK have antibodies from vaccinations or previous infections, according to the ONS.”
2/9 - Western Europe
PT is the first country to see its #COVID19#BA5 wave declining, med mortality.
- Surging/rising in the LUX (R-eff=1.35); FR=1.30; IT=1.24; AU=1.21; IRL=1.21; BE=1.19; CH=1.18; UK=1.17; ICL=1.16; NO=1.15; NL=1.15; SE=1.13; DK=1.10; DE=1.08, low-med mort.
3/9 - East-Central Europe
- Surge/increase/plateau in their #COVID19 epid activ in Albania (R-eff=1.40); Slovakia=1.31; Bulgaria=1.29; Czechia=1.28; Serbia=1.27; Greece=1.26;Slovenia=1.23; Croatia=1.25/Lithuania=1.19;Latvia=1.11/Estonia=0.98;
No report from Ukraine since Feb 24.
1/4 - France (R-eff=1.29) experiences a surge in #COVID19 cases driven by #BA5, low mortality. 81.2%>1 dose.
128,729 cases and 37 deaths/day to be reported by Jul 06, if at same pace.
Forecast for Jun 30 to Jul 03: tinyurl.com/COVIDfrance
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2/4 - One mainland Région is experiencing worrying and rapid surge in its #COVID19 epidemic activity, with medium mortality:
PACA (R-eff=1.32).
3/4 - Twelve mainland Régions are experiencing a surge in their #COVID19 epidemic activity, with low mortality:
AURA (R-eff=1.24);
Bg-Fr-C=1.23;
Bret=1.26;
Ctre-V-de-L=1.24;
Corse=1.28;
Gd-Est=1.22;
Hts-de-Fr=1.23;
Ile-de-Fr=1.24;
Norm=1.24;
Nouv-Aq=1.26;
Occit=1.28;
P-de-L=1.26.