“death rates among working age people – those 18 to 64-years-old – are up 40 percent in the third and fourth quarter of 2021 over pre-pandemic levels.”

“He said the data shows COVID deaths are greatly understated among working age Americans.” wfyi.org/news/articles/… Something tells me the actuarial industry is paying pretty close attention to cause of death and excess mortality burden…

Is COVID immune compromising? Is there immunity debt?

Just stumbled into the crossfire of replies in someone else’s thread & got asked some pointed & fair questions on my views on who & how we should communicate on topics that get deeply technical very fast.

cc: @amandalhu

1/x 1st I’m a pediatric infectious disease clinician that principally researches epidemiology of travel military deployment associated diseases with an eye to informing policy and medical education strategies.

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Congratulations and thanks to @BalboaPeds and @USUhealthsci PEDs ID faculty Nanda Ramchandar and colleagues for this excellent report on COVID prevention and mitigation onboard a US Navy hospital ship. Key takeaways from the manuscript (open access link below in OP)

https://twitter.com/BalboaPeds/status/1610672920514424833

“In contrast to the experience of other vessels earlier in the pandemic, such as the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, for whom 26.6% of shipboard personnel tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during its outbreak,here, we demonstrate…”

A lot of tweeting about what the proper infection control method for RSV is.
I’ll tell you the text book answer and then speak a little bit to how we got there…
🧵 While some hospitals may have stricter requirements, standard precautions (hand washing) plus contact precautions (gown and glove) is the recommendation. This extract from the AAP’s Committee on Infectious Diseases - the Redbook, reflects the standard of care.