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Sara Anne Willette ♿️🌈👩🏻‍💻𓅆 Profile picture
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I have Common Variable Immune Deficiency. I make graphs & ask people to wear a respirator. Husband: @AurielWillette
Jul 13, 2025 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The CDC is _very_ confident that SARS2 transmission is rising across the US.

Wearing a respirator in shared air spaces can help protect you against getting infected. Image
Image Michigan continues to see a positive signal for measles in Grand Traverse county, while cases are being reported in multiple states.

Measles is airborne, so wearing a respirator in shared air spaces can help protect you against measles (and SARS2). Image
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Dec 16, 2024 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
We are in the surge. Buckle up and wear your respirator.

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Image There's loads of virus out there, both SARS2 and influenza.
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Jul 22, 2024 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
United States Epidemic Update: 7/22/2024

Please wear a respirator.

**Death data are partial/provisional.**
2020-2024 SARS2 Deaths: 1,194,578 (+493)
2020-2024 Influenza Deaths: 21,764 (+23)


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May 13, 2024 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
United States Epidemic Update: 5/13/2024

Please wear a respirator.

**Death data are partial/provisional.**
2020-2024 SARS2 Deaths: 1,190,494 (+515)
2020-2024 Influenza Deaths: 21,131 (+97)
2023/2024 Long COVID Deaths: 2,057 (+8)


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timeseries graphs of sars2 viral activity by region and states within those regions, choropleth map of transmission on the most recent reporting date, timeseries graphs of rolling wastewater values for facilities in a chosen state (default is MA)
timeseries graphs of sars2 viral prevalence and a log transformed graph of the same data choropleth map of transmission on the most recent reporting week, timeseries graphs of rolling wastewater values for facilities in a chosen state (default is MA)
choropleth maps of epidemic growth likelihood for sars2 and influenza, as well as distribution plots
weekly choropleth map and cumulative choropleth map for sars2 timeseries showing hospitalization rates over multiple years Please get your annual influenza vaccine & wear a respirator indoors.

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timeseries graphs of flu viral activity by region and states within those regions, choropleth map of transmission on the most recent reporting date, log transformed graphs for both A and B
influenza like illness activity maps for the most recent reporting week annually starting 2008
Surveillance cases by season
weekly choropleth map and cumulative choropleth map for influenza timeseries showing hospitalization rates over multiple years
Dec 2, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I made some pretty big changes to my wastewater visualizations today. I hope that these are more accessible and granular than what the @CDCgov has provided, all built on the data they (and Verily) provide.

iowacovid19tracker.org

timeseries graphs of sars2 viral activity by region and states within those regions, choropleth map of transmission on the most recent reporting date, timeseries graphs of rolling wastewater values for facilities in a chosen state (default is NJ)
Image The first big change is having SARS2 viral activity levels by state, region, and the country-as-a-whole. Each portion of this viz can be filtered by state(s) and date range. Available data begin near the apex of BA.1. I broke out the "South" and the "West" into smaller groups. timeseries graphs of sars2 viral activity by region and states within those regions, choropleth map of transmission on the most recent reporting date
Nov 21, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I promised photos and adjustments for the doggie PM2.5 respirators I found on Temu:

#immunocompromised #CommonVariableImmuneDeficiency
#DogsDeserveProtectionToo share.temu.com/8jocvHvYRoA
A red and white Basenji wearing a PM2.5 respirator. The muzzle on the small was slightly large on Miss Bean, so I used the Aura N95 staple trick for smaller feminine faces to tighten the mask to her snoot. The masks have a nose wire, in case dogs with more narrow snoots need it molded. A staple about 1/2” from the base of the muzzle.
Jun 4, 2023 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Iowa SARS2+ & Influenza Update: 6/4/2023

@IowaHHS reporting goes on hiatus for summer, limiting respiratory reports to once monthly. I will supplement with wastewater.

Weekly Surveillance SARS2+: 57 (32% weekly increase)
Weekly Acute SARS2 Deaths: 7

iowacovid19tracker.org timeseries of wastewater sa... If you click through to my website, you can change the state/county selected to show your county by using the dropdown selector. All data are available based on when those data were initially shared by @CDCgov, @HHSGov, @CMSGov, and/or @WHO.

iowacovid19tracker.org timeseries of deaths by age...
Jun 4, 2023 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
United States SARS2+ & Influenza Update: 6/4/2023

Wastewater is rising in some sewersheds, but is remaining largely flat at the national level.

Weekly SARS2+ Deaths: 535
Cumulative SARS2+ Deaths: 1,134,309

iowacovid19tracker.org timeseries of wastewater sa... If you click through to my website, you can change the state/county selected to show your county by using the dropdown selector. All data are available based on when those data were initially shared by @CDCgov, @HHSGov, @CMSGov, and/or @WHO.

iowacovid19tracker.org timeseries of deaths by age...
Jun 4, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Wastewater Updates:

I edited the center value for wastewater concentration ranges to 25% of the average max value in any given 10-day period. I condensed multicounty facilities into their primary county, namely the county listed first in the NWSS dataset for a facility. I hunted down papers on coefficients for wastewater conversion into real-time cases and came up with log coefficients, but don’t feel confident about the linear conversion due to multiple factors (chronic infection, population, normalization, etc.).
Mar 8, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Three years ago today, my family and I went into protective isolation because I have Common Variable Immune Deficiency (along with many other invisible and high-risk disabilities).

Today will mark the 14th time I’ve left isolation. 🧵 Last year, my beloved Mr Beau got very sick with leptospirosis. It almost killed him, but we did everything possible to save him and got very lucky.

Three days ago, Beau was romping around and doing zoomies. I figure he hurt himself because he squeaks when he gets up/down.
Mar 8, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Miss Bean has been having some major itchies and chewing, so I had her tested for environmental and food allergies. 🧵 I expected that she would at least be allergic to something, probably turkey since she tends to get itchier after eating turkey.

I was not prepared for how many food and environmental allergies (224!!) afflicting my small Ma'am. Apparently she wants to be just like her dogmom.
Mar 7, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I would like to have ALL my elected representatives behave like responsible adults please. 😒 Falls are no joke. My right knee is still a rainbow of colors from my fall back in January.

Mar 6, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Dear University of Iowa,

Why do you engage in behavior that is discriminatory to your patients? Y’all are literally making it unsafe. Last week, I got a phone call from my immunology clinic at the hospital. They wanted to know when I was coming in for my next in-person appointment. My immunologist left the university over a year ago. I never saw her in-person once the pandemic started.
Feb 3, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The rest of the country is far ahead of where Iowa is in the XBB wave. We are lagged by about 3 weeks. @AltTextUtil
Feb 1, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
My husband is now leaving our house because his current university mandates he teach in-person with few/no precautions to protect either himself or his immunocompromised wife. He will instead be risking my 72yo mother’s health because she’s lower risk for severe SARS2 than I am. The spring semester does not end until the middle of May, three and a half months from now. I will be completely alone, aside from my dogs, for the next 119 days.

This is what Iowa and the US demands of immunocompromised people who don’t want to die by eugenics.
Oct 7, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Iowa-Specific COVID+ Update: 10/7/2022

Weekly Reported COVID+ Cases: 1,848 (10% decrease vs 1 week ago)
Likely Active Infections: 77,800
Cumulative COVID+ Iowans: 857,944

iowacovid19tracker.org timeseries graphs of COVID-19 positives and a choropleth map Cumulative COVID+ Tests: 984,740 (+2,505/week = 20% decrease vs 1 week ago)
Cumulative COVID Deaths: 10,097

iowacovid19tracker.org timeseries graphs of COVID-19 positives and a choropleth map
Oct 7, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
Nationwide COVID+ Update: 10/7/2022

Weekly Reported COVID+ Cases: 292,895 (11% decrease vs 1 week ago)
Likely Active Infections: 12,407,100
Cumulative COVID+ Cases: 96,443,656 (+79,192)

iowacovid19tracker.org/nationwide-dat… timeseries graphs of COVID-19 positives and a choropleth map Average Weekly COVID-19 Deaths: 2,418 (29% decrease vs 2 months ago)
Cumulative COVID Deaths: 1,056,702 (+634)

iowacovid19tracker.org/nationwide-dat… timeseries graphs of COVID-19 positives and a choropleth map
Oct 6, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
My day-tipsy butt is going way out on a limb here:

Blue MAGA (aka Dark Brandon)
Red MAGA (Trump is king)

Both of these are bad. Differing levels of bad, sure.

Please, please. Hold our leaders to account, regardless of party affiliation. PLEASE FFS. Disabled people, elderly people, little-human people.
We are all being harmed disproportionately because everyone else refuses to help protect us.

Get out of the tribal mindset. Remember that ALL OF US are valuable, not just people who vote like you or look like you.
Oct 6, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Iowa-Specific COVID+ Update: 10/6/2022

Weekly Reported COVID+ Cases: 1,848 (10% decrease vs 1 week ago)
Likely Active Infections: 77,800
Cumulative COVID+ Iowans: 857,944 (+160)

iowacovid19tracker.org timeseries graphs of COVID-... Cumulative COVID+ Tests: 984,740 (+2,505/week = 20% decrease vs 1 week ago)
Cumulative COVID Deaths: 10,097

iowacovid19tracker.org timeseries graphs of COVID-...
Oct 6, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
Nationwide COVID+ Update: 10/6/2022

Weekly Reported COVID+ Cases: 305,850 (8% decrease vs 1 week ago)
Likely Active Infections: 13,239,320
Cumulative COVID+ Cases: 96,363451 (+61,632)

iowacovid19tracker.org/nationwide-dat… timeseries graphs of COVID-... Average Weekly COVID-19 Deaths: 2,226 (32% decrease vs 2 months ago)
Cumulative COVID Deaths: 1,056,029 (+619)

iowacovid19tracker.org/nationwide-dat… timeseries graphs of COVID-...
Oct 6, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I am day drinking peach wine and updating vizzes on twitch.tv/iowacovid19tra…. I might also be singing along to great 80s music.