#covidisnotover — Public Fediverse posts
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See Which State Reports Covid And Flu Are Increasing Rapidly
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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See Which State Reports Covid And Flu Are Increasing Rapidly
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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Spielberg is demonstrating he understands airborne infection and how to mitigate it!
He's outside at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and he's wearing a KN95!
A good respirator protects you and those around you.
Covid is not over and a mask is a great way to stay healthy.
#covidisnotover #covidisairborne #longcovid #disability #chronicillness #wearamask
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Spielberg is demonstrating he understands airborne infection and how to mitigate it!
He's outside at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and he's wearing a KN95!
A good respirator protects you and those around you.
Covid is not over and a mask is a great way to stay healthy.
#covidisnotover #covidisairborne #longcovid #disability #chronicillness #wearamask
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Spielberg is demonstrating he understands airborne infection and how to mitigate it!
He's outside at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and he's wearing a KN95!
A good respirator protects you and those around you.
Covid is not over and a mask is a great way to stay healthy.
#covidisnotover #covidisairborne #longcovid #disability #chronicillness #wearamask
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Spielberg is demonstrating he understands airborne infection and how to mitigate it!
He's outside at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and he's wearing a KN95!
A good respirator protects you and those around you.
Covid is not over and a mask is a great way to stay healthy.
#covidisnotover #covidisairborne #longcovid #disability #chronicillness #wearamask
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Spielberg is demonstrating he understands airborne infection and how to mitigate it!
He's outside at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and he's wearing a KN95!
A good respirator protects you and those around you.
Covid is not over and a mask is a great way to stay healthy.
#covidisnotover #covidisairborne #longcovid #disability #chronicillness #wearamask
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A Look At Measles And The Latest US Covid Hotspots
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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A Look At Measles And The Latest US Covid Hotspots
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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VIHA Risk Assessment chart for protective gear is another example of BC health's ongoing failcare. I had to ask for this additional handwritten sign to be put up to protect my Mom better in Jubilee Hospital. I had told staff the VIHA signs they put up weren't clear enough & that we need everyone entering her room to be masked up. Their response was that Mom didn't meet the risk assessment for required masking. I responded with, the risk assessment chart is absolutely flawed if it's not requiring people to mask up around an extremely immune compromised liver cancer patient. You're health care workers. You should know that cancer patients need to be protected. You should not need to be told these basic proactive precautions, especially as fellow health care providers. Put your PPE/masks on.
Full stop.#PPE #FailureToProtect #LiverCancer #CancerCaregivers #Cancer #PrayersForMom #VIHA #MasksSaveLives #AirborneInfections #AirborneInfectionProtection #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCpoli #Eugenics #Ableism #BCNDP #BonnieHenry #SocialMurder #UnsafeHospitals #hospital #PatientsAdvocacy #ProtectPatients #Doctors #Nurses #LPN #BCNursesUnion #CDNpoli #CovidIsNotOver #StopTheSpread #PreventativeHealth
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VIHA Risk Assessment chart for protective gear is another example of BC health's ongoing failcare. I had to ask for this additional handwritten sign to be put up to protect my Mom better in Jubilee Hospital. I had told staff the VIHA signs they put up weren't clear enough & that we need everyone entering her room to be masked up. Their response was that Mom didn't meet the risk assessment for required masking. I responded with, the risk assessment chart is absolutely flawed if it's not requiring people to mask up around an extremely immune compromised liver cancer patient. You're health care workers. You should know that cancer patients need to be protected. You should not need to be told these basic proactive precautions, especially as fellow health care providers. Put your PPE/masks on.
Full stop.#PPE #FailureToProtect #LiverCancer #CancerCaregivers #Cancer #PrayersForMom #VIHA #MasksSaveLives #AirborneInfections #AirborneInfectionProtection #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCpoli #Eugenics #Ableism #BCNDP #BonnieHenry #SocialMurder #UnsafeHospitals #hospital #PatientsAdvocacy #ProtectPatients #Doctors #Nurses #LPN #BCNursesUnion #CDNpoli #CovidIsNotOver #StopTheSpread #PreventativeHealth
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VIHA Risk Assessment chart for protective gear is another example of BC health's ongoing failcare. I had to ask for this additional handwritten sign to be put up to protect my Mom better in Jubilee Hospital. I had told staff the VIHA signs they put up weren't clear enough & that we need everyone entering her room to be masked up. Their response was that Mom didn't meet the risk assessment for required masking. I responded with, the risk assessment chart is absolutely flawed if it's not requiring people to mask up around an extremely immune compromised liver cancer patient. You're health care workers. You should know that cancer patients need to be protected. You should not need to be told these basic proactive precautions, especially as fellow health care providers. Put your PPE/masks on.
Full stop.#PPE #FailureToProtect #LiverCancer #CancerCaregivers #Cancer #PrayersForMom #VIHA #MasksSaveLives #AirborneInfections #AirborneInfectionProtection #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCpoli #Eugenics #Ableism #BCNDP #BonnieHenry #SocialMurder #UnsafeHospitals #hospital #PatientsAdvocacy #ProtectPatients #Doctors #Nurses #LPN #BCNursesUnion #CDNpoli #CovidIsNotOver #StopTheSpread #PreventativeHealth
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VIHA Risk Assessment chart for protective gear is another example of BC health's ongoing failcare. I had to ask for this additional handwritten sign to be put up to protect my Mom better in Jubilee Hospital. I had told staff the VIHA signs they put up weren't clear enough & that we need everyone entering her room to be masked up. Their response was that Mom didn't meet the risk assessment for required masking. I responded with, the risk assessment chart is absolutely flawed if it's not requiring people to mask up around an extremely immune compromised liver cancer patient. You're health care workers. You should know that cancer patients need to be protected. You should not need to be told these basic proactive precautions, especially as fellow health care providers. Put your PPE/masks on.
Full stop.#PPE #FailureToProtect #LiverCancer #CancerCaregivers #Cancer #PrayersForMom #VIHA #MasksSaveLives #AirborneInfections #AirborneInfectionProtection #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCpoli #Eugenics #Ableism #BCNDP #BonnieHenry #SocialMurder #UnsafeHospitals #hospital #PatientsAdvocacy #ProtectPatients #Doctors #Nurses #LPN #BCNursesUnion #CDNpoli #CovidIsNotOver #StopTheSpread #PreventativeHealth
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VIHA Risk Assessment chart for protective gear is another example of BC health's ongoing failcare. I had to ask for this additional handwritten sign to be put up to protect my Mom better in Jubilee Hospital. I had told staff the VIHA signs they put up weren't clear enough & that we need everyone entering her room to be masked up. Their response was that Mom didn't meet the risk assessment for required masking. I responded with, the risk assessment chart is absolutely flawed if it's not requiring people to mask up around an extremely immune compromised liver cancer patient. You're health care workers. You should know that cancer patients need to be protected. You should not need to be told these basic proactive precautions, especially as fellow health care providers. Put your PPE/masks on.
Full stop.#PPE #FailureToProtect #LiverCancer #CancerCaregivers #Cancer #PrayersForMom #VIHA #MasksSaveLives #AirborneInfections #AirborneInfectionProtection #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCpoli #Eugenics #Ableism #BCNDP #BonnieHenry #SocialMurder #UnsafeHospitals #hospital #PatientsAdvocacy #ProtectPatients #Doctors #Nurses #LPN #BCNursesUnion #CDNpoli #CovidIsNotOver #StopTheSpread #PreventativeHealth
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#Corona #Luftreiniger #Covid #C19 #SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #covidisairborne #CleanAir #CoronaVirus #TragtMaske #RSV #H5N1 #GrippeViren #Norwegen #IgnoringCovidIsDeadly
Auch im #Urlaub habe ich meine #Maske 😷, #Luftreiniger und #Desinfektionsmittel mit dabei💪
Bitte #TragtMaske auch im Urlaub 😷💪 -
10/7/2024
Good Morning SARS2PAians! 🍁🍁🍁
I haven't been posting much because the picture didn't really change all that much for us so far. Numbers for PA wastewater are going down except for a bit in Philly.: https://ibb.co/sPRmszP
KP.3.x.y still very much at the top of the leaderboard.: https://ibb.co/09g7CCV
The newest variants to watch are MV.1 and especially recombinant XEC for the winter. XEC is really taking off in France and the UK is expecting doing some numbers with this. It's already hit 10% in some parts of Canada. It's at 2% so far in PA.: https://ibb.co/tDk0N5m
XEC was at 1% of random sequencing in the US at the beginning of September and at the end of the month was at 6%.
This doesn't seem like much but when you consider how blazingly FAST KP.3.1.1 is, this is thoroughbred level faster.
XEC is expected to grow steadily all fall and winter, and could end up being the troublesome winter variant.
That's all I have for now, until I see (but hopefully not) XEC potentially doing the numbers.
QUICK REMINDERS: Grab those tests kits available through the mail now and don't consume raw dairy!! 🍁🍁🍁
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #MV1#Wastewater
#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
10/7/2024
Good Morning SARS2PAians! 🍁🍁🍁
I haven't been posting much because the picture didn't really change all that much for us so far. Numbers for PA wastewater are going down except for a bit in Philly.: https://ibb.co/sPRmszP
KP.3.x.y still very much at the top of the leaderboard.: https://ibb.co/09g7CCV
The newest variants to watch are MV.1 and especially recombinant XEC for the winter. XEC is really taking off in France and the UK is expecting doing some numbers with this. It's already hit 10% in some parts of Canada. It's at 2% so far in PA.: https://ibb.co/tDk0N5m
XEC was at 1% of random sequencing in the US at the beginning of September and at the end of the month was at 6%.
This doesn't seem like much but when you consider how blazingly FAST KP.3.1.1 is, this is thoroughbred level faster.
XEC is expected to grow steadily all fall and winter, and could end up being the troublesome winter variant.
That's all I have for now, until I see (but hopefully not) XEC potentially doing the numbers.
QUICK REMINDERS: Grab those tests kits available through the mail now and don't consume raw dairy!! 🍁🍁🍁
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #MV1#Wastewater
#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
10/7/2024
Good Morning SARS2PAians! 🍁🍁🍁
I haven't been posting much because the picture didn't really change all that much for us so far. Numbers for PA wastewater are going down except for a bit in Philly.: https://ibb.co/sPRmszP
KP.3.x.y still very much at the top of the leaderboard.: https://ibb.co/09g7CCV
The newest variants to watch are MV.1 and especially recombinant XEC for the winter. XEC is really taking off in France and the UK is expecting doing some numbers with this. It's already hit 10% in some parts of Canada. It's at 2% so far in PA.: https://ibb.co/tDk0N5m
XEC was at 1% of random sequencing in the US at the beginning of September and at the end of the month was at 6%.
This doesn't seem like much but when you consider how blazingly FAST KP.3.1.1 is, this is thoroughbred level faster.
XEC is expected to grow steadily all fall and winter, and could end up being the troublesome winter variant.
That's all I have for now, until I see (but hopefully not) XEC potentially doing the numbers.
QUICK REMINDERS: Grab those tests kits available through the mail now and don't consume raw dairy!! 🍁🍁🍁
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #MV1#Wastewater
#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
9/16/2024
Good Morning SARS2PAians!
Hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather. ☀️😎☀️
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VOCsStill, nothing much has changed, the top two variants which also make up the bulk of random sequencing are KP.3.1.1 and KP.2.3.:https://ibb.co/9NJNYpj
XEC is still around, though in PA it's still at the bottom of the sequencing list and doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
There is a new variant that is being watched closely, and that is MV.1. It's shown to be potentially as fast as KP.3.1.1 with some very strange, little-understood mutations. It's a good competitor to KP.3.1.1 and while not very different from current variants, the actual mutations are very concerning because some are so rare.: https://ibb.co/XSRQXVX
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WastewaterWastewater levels are HIGH according to WastewaterSCAN, and CDC also considers them HIGH (not "Very High".): https://ibb.co/bmqSXvn
On the PA wastewater dashboard we're overall stable with some increases, but on WastewaterSCAN Harrisburg again is rising quickly, which shows a need for source control.: https://ibb.co/9wCTx3s
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That's all I have right now as I run out the door today! Please get those updated flu/COVID vaccinations, stay safe and we'll keep an eye on MV.1 together! 👀 👀 👀
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #MV1#Wastewater
#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
9/16/2024
Good Morning SARS2PAians!
Hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather. ☀️😎☀️
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VOCsStill, nothing much has changed, the top two variants which also make up the bulk of random sequencing are KP.3.1.1 and KP.2.3.:https://ibb.co/9NJNYpj
XEC is still around, though in PA it's still at the bottom of the sequencing list and doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
There is a new variant that is being watched closely, and that is MV.1. It's shown to be potentially as fast as KP.3.1.1 with some very strange, little-understood mutations. It's a good competitor to KP.3.1.1 and while not very different from current variants, the actual mutations are very concerning because some are so rare.: https://ibb.co/XSRQXVX
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WastewaterWastewater levels are HIGH according to WastewaterSCAN, and CDC also considers them HIGH (not "Very High".): https://ibb.co/bmqSXvn
On the PA wastewater dashboard we're overall stable with some increases, but on WastewaterSCAN Harrisburg again is rising quickly, which shows a need for source control.: https://ibb.co/9wCTx3s
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That's all I have right now as I run out the door today! Please get those updated flu/COVID vaccinations, stay safe and we'll keep an eye on MV.1 together! 👀 👀 👀
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #MV1#Wastewater
#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
9/16/2024
Good Morning SARS2PAians!
Hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather. ☀️😎☀️
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VOCsStill, nothing much has changed, the top two variants which also make up the bulk of random sequencing are KP.3.1.1 and KP.2.3.:https://ibb.co/9NJNYpj
XEC is still around, though in PA it's still at the bottom of the sequencing list and doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
There is a new variant that is being watched closely, and that is MV.1. It's shown to be potentially as fast as KP.3.1.1 with some very strange, little-understood mutations. It's a good competitor to KP.3.1.1 and while not very different from current variants, the actual mutations are very concerning because some are so rare.: https://ibb.co/XSRQXVX
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WastewaterWastewater levels are HIGH according to WastewaterSCAN, and CDC also considers them HIGH (not "Very High".): https://ibb.co/bmqSXvn
On the PA wastewater dashboard we're overall stable with some increases, but on WastewaterSCAN Harrisburg again is rising quickly, which shows a need for source control.: https://ibb.co/9wCTx3s
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That's all I have right now as I run out the door today! Please get those updated flu/COVID vaccinations, stay safe and we'll keep an eye on MV.1 together! 👀 👀 👀
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #MV1#Wastewater
#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
9/16/2024
Good Morning SARS2PAians!
Hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather. ☀️😎☀️
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VOCsStill, nothing much has changed, the top two variants which also make up the bulk of random sequencing are KP.3.1.1 and KP.2.3.:https://ibb.co/9NJNYpj
XEC is still around, though in PA it's still at the bottom of the sequencing list and doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
There is a new variant that is being watched closely, and that is MV.1. It's shown to be potentially as fast as KP.3.1.1 with some very strange, little-understood mutations. It's a good competitor to KP.3.1.1 and while not very different from current variants, the actual mutations are very concerning because some are so rare.: https://ibb.co/XSRQXVX
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WastewaterWastewater levels are HIGH according to WastewaterSCAN, and CDC also considers them HIGH (not "Very High".): https://ibb.co/bmqSXvn
On the PA wastewater dashboard we're overall stable with some increases, but on WastewaterSCAN Harrisburg again is rising quickly, which shows a need for source control.: https://ibb.co/9wCTx3s
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That's all I have right now as I run out the door today! Please get those updated flu/COVID vaccinations, stay safe and we'll keep an eye on MV.1 together! 👀 👀 👀
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #MV1#Wastewater
#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
1/2 for Sept. 9th, 2024
I hope you are having a healthy and productive late summer!☀️
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VOCsThe national mutation leaderboard hasn't changed much.: https://ibb.co/LP1L4LZ
There are no new mutations that are on the far horizon that can compete with KP.3.1.1 so far.
The closest competitor is the recombinant XEC, a combo of KS.1.1 and KP.3.1, and is maybe almost equally as fast as what we have now.
We have XEC already in PA.: https://ibb.co/JpnYfcJ
The good news is XEC, as I mentioned last time, has only 2 spike mutations different from KP.3.1.1, so any immunity granted against KP.x.y will also work very well against XEC.
Actually, the current versions are pretty stagnant. Stagnation is good as it gives us a breather, but it's also what happened between XBB and JN.1/KP.x.y.: https://ibb.co/BCqrTFN
Thanks to variant hunters, who constantly monitor virus genetics and then estimate growth rates (and some of which are not even paid to do this for us), we will have a few weeks to a month or two of any incoming fast, binding, or immune-evasive mutations.
Keep watching that space. It's important, especially as winter approaches.
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WastewaterWastewaterSCAN still has our region at HIGH levels of SARS2.: https://ibb.co/wRCwRkK
Chester's numbers are not low, but much more manageable than in other areas. Harrisburg is doing much better as numbers keep going down there! Good work Hburg!: https://ibb.co/Pm9kF4H
Our region's numbers are going down after a peak already. This is a relief. We are still the HHS region with the lowest numbers.: https://ibb.co/3zcRKJL
PA, after quite a sizeable spike, is VERy quickly returning to numbers way below national average and more on par with the rest of the region.: https://ibb.co/VtVxDYX
We're doing something right. 💪
But remember, numbers are still in the moderate to HIGH range, so please keep working on source control.
According to CDC, there is NO state right now having anything less than "moderate" wastewater levels. Clearly this is defintely NOT a best-case scenario going into Fall.
Existing immune deficiency due to previous reinfections (and first time infections!) and already very high virus spread might make for quite a high-maintenance Fall and Winter this year.
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Kits, vaxes, etc.Reminder that you can get 4 Federally funded tests kits by mail at the end of this month. Don't miss it!!
Covidtests.gov: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
There's also a tool from Vaccines.gov to find an mRNA KP.2 vaccination near you!!!
🔴Also reminder: if you have an uncomfortably strong reaction to mRNA vaccines, please do give Novavax a try. It's protein-based, and formulated much like a traditional tetanus shot, rather than mRNA.
https://us.novavaxcovidvaccine.com/find-a-vaccine
I am not in any way paid to promote Novavax. And I'm not the company President, but...I am in fact a client 😎
If you are unable to get Novavax, PLEASE.....get something.
🔴And gooooooo get a FLU SHOT too if you are able!
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Other Pathogens:coronavirus: H5N1
There was a first case already of H5N1 infection in a person in Missouri, NOT linked, so far, to animal contact and not farm related.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/health/first-human-case-of-bird-flu-not-linked-to-animals/index.html
This is the current picture for H5N1. Found in 14 states.: https://ibb.co/pfrFxtT
This is ...pretty bad. This is getting progressively...kinda bad.
🔴Please DO NOT consume raw dairy products: raw eggs, undercooked/rare meat, unpasteurized dairy. Dippy eggs. Raw egg-based cookie dough. Just don't.
🔴Use extra caution with animals like rodents in your home, especially if you have to deal with them after they're trapped.
🔴Keep your cats indoors and dogs away from prey. H5N1 has a super-high kill rate especially in cats.
Stock up NOW on a few N95s (you will NOT want less than a genuine N95 for this thing), gloves, and MERV-13 filters for those CR boxes.
CDC can repeat "risk assessment low" all they want, we should NOT be screwing around with something than has an estimated baseline 20% kill rate, which is the reason I spend so much time on this subject in a SARS2 forum.
The current genetics of H5N1 is not scary, but giving this thing more chances to hit the lottery is the worst thing we could be doing now.
🔴Again: H5N1 cannot combine with the pathogen that causes COVID19, because one is a SARS and the other is an influenza. They are way too different from each other. But it CAN combine with influenza A and B....and we are entering that season soon.
We can do the best things in preparation NOW for a worst case scenario which means building up some basic PPE at home, avoiding exposure. Prepare =/= panic.
Please stay safe this coming Fall and keep that source control down!
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#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #FLuQUE#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
1/2 for Sept. 9th, 2024
I hope you are having a healthy and productive late summer!☀️
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VOCsThe national mutation leaderboard hasn't changed much.: https://ibb.co/LP1L4LZ
There are no new mutations that are on the far horizon that can compete with KP.3.1.1 so far.
The closest competitor is the recombinant XEC, a combo of KS.1.1 and KP.3.1, and is maybe almost equally as fast as what we have now.
We have XEC already in PA.: https://ibb.co/JpnYfcJ
The good news is XEC, as I mentioned last time, has only 2 spike mutations different from KP.3.1.1, so any immunity granted against KP.x.y will also work very well against XEC.
Actually, the current versions are pretty stagnant. Stagnation is good as it gives us a breather, but it's also what happened between XBB and JN.1/KP.x.y.: https://ibb.co/BCqrTFN
Thanks to variant hunters, who constantly monitor virus genetics and then estimate growth rates (and some of which are not even paid to do this for us), we will have a few weeks to a month or two of any incoming fast, binding, or immune-evasive mutations.
Keep watching that space. It's important, especially as winter approaches.
__________
WastewaterWastewaterSCAN still has our region at HIGH levels of SARS2.: https://ibb.co/wRCwRkK
Chester's numbers are not low, but much more manageable than in other areas. Harrisburg is doing much better as numbers keep going down there! Good work Hburg!: https://ibb.co/Pm9kF4H
Our region's numbers are going down after a peak already. This is a relief. We are still the HHS region with the lowest numbers.: https://ibb.co/3zcRKJL
PA, after quite a sizeable spike, is VERy quickly returning to numbers way below national average and more on par with the rest of the region.: https://ibb.co/VtVxDYX
We're doing something right. 💪
But remember, numbers are still in the moderate to HIGH range, so please keep working on source control.
According to CDC, there is NO state right now having anything less than "moderate" wastewater levels. Clearly this is defintely NOT a best-case scenario going into Fall.
Existing immune deficiency due to previous reinfections (and first time infections!) and already very high virus spread might make for quite a high-maintenance Fall and Winter this year.
__________
Kits, vaxes, etc.Reminder that you can get 4 Federally funded tests kits by mail at the end of this month. Don't miss it!!
Covidtests.gov: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
There's also a tool from Vaccines.gov to find an mRNA KP.2 vaccination near you!!!
🔴Also reminder: if you have an uncomfortably strong reaction to mRNA vaccines, please do give Novavax a try. It's protein-based, and formulated much like a traditional tetanus shot, rather than mRNA.
https://us.novavaxcovidvaccine.com/find-a-vaccine
I am not in any way paid to promote Novavax. And I'm not the company President, but...I am in fact a client 😎
If you are unable to get Novavax, PLEASE.....get something.
🔴And gooooooo get a FLU SHOT too if you are able!
__________
Other Pathogens:coronavirus: H5N1
There was a first case already of H5N1 infection in a person in Missouri, NOT linked, so far, to animal contact and not farm related.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/health/first-human-case-of-bird-flu-not-linked-to-animals/index.html
This is the current picture for H5N1. Found in 14 states.: https://ibb.co/pfrFxtT
This is ...pretty bad. This is getting progressively...kinda bad.
🔴Please DO NOT consume raw dairy products: raw eggs, undercooked/rare meat, unpasteurized dairy. Dippy eggs. Raw egg-based cookie dough. Just don't.
🔴Use extra caution with animals like rodents in your home, especially if you have to deal with them after they're trapped.
🔴Keep your cats indoors and dogs away from prey. H5N1 has a super-high kill rate especially in cats.
Stock up NOW on a few N95s (you will NOT want less than a genuine N95 for this thing), gloves, and MERV-13 filters for those CR boxes.
CDC can repeat "risk assessment low" all they want, we should NOT be screwing around with something than has an estimated baseline 20% kill rate, which is the reason I spend so much time on this subject in a SARS2 forum.
The current genetics of H5N1 is not scary, but giving this thing more chances to hit the lottery is the worst thing we could be doing now.
🔴Again: H5N1 cannot combine with the pathogen that causes COVID19, because one is a SARS and the other is an influenza. They are way too different from each other. But it CAN combine with influenza A and B....and we are entering that season soon.
We can do the best things in preparation NOW for a worst case scenario which means building up some basic PPE at home, avoiding exposure. Prepare =/= panic.
Please stay safe this coming Fall and keep that source control down!
☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #FLuQUE#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
1/2 for Sept. 9th, 2024
I hope you are having a healthy and productive late summer!☀️
__________
VOCsThe national mutation leaderboard hasn't changed much.: https://ibb.co/LP1L4LZ
There are no new mutations that are on the far horizon that can compete with KP.3.1.1 so far.
The closest competitor is the recombinant XEC, a combo of KS.1.1 and KP.3.1, and is maybe almost equally as fast as what we have now.
We have XEC already in PA.: https://ibb.co/JpnYfcJ
The good news is XEC, as I mentioned last time, has only 2 spike mutations different from KP.3.1.1, so any immunity granted against KP.x.y will also work very well against XEC.
Actually, the current versions are pretty stagnant. Stagnation is good as it gives us a breather, but it's also what happened between XBB and JN.1/KP.x.y.: https://ibb.co/BCqrTFN
Thanks to variant hunters, who constantly monitor virus genetics and then estimate growth rates (and some of which are not even paid to do this for us), we will have a few weeks to a month or two of any incoming fast, binding, or immune-evasive mutations.
Keep watching that space. It's important, especially as winter approaches.
__________
WastewaterWastewaterSCAN still has our region at HIGH levels of SARS2.: https://ibb.co/wRCwRkK
Chester's numbers are not low, but much more manageable than in other areas. Harrisburg is doing much better as numbers keep going down there! Good work Hburg!: https://ibb.co/Pm9kF4H
Our region's numbers are going down after a peak already. This is a relief. We are still the HHS region with the lowest numbers.: https://ibb.co/3zcRKJL
PA, after quite a sizeable spike, is VERy quickly returning to numbers way below national average and more on par with the rest of the region.: https://ibb.co/VtVxDYX
We're doing something right. 💪
But remember, numbers are still in the moderate to HIGH range, so please keep working on source control.
According to CDC, there is NO state right now having anything less than "moderate" wastewater levels. Clearly this is defintely NOT a best-case scenario going into Fall.
Existing immune deficiency due to previous reinfections (and first time infections!) and already very high virus spread might make for quite a high-maintenance Fall and Winter this year.
__________
Kits, vaxes, etc.Reminder that you can get 4 Federally funded tests kits by mail at the end of this month. Don't miss it!!
Covidtests.gov: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
There's also a tool from Vaccines.gov to find an mRNA KP.2 vaccination near you!!!
🔴Also reminder: if you have an uncomfortably strong reaction to mRNA vaccines, please do give Novavax a try. It's protein-based, and formulated much like a traditional tetanus shot, rather than mRNA.
https://us.novavaxcovidvaccine.com/find-a-vaccine
I am not in any way paid to promote Novavax. And I'm not the company President, but...I am in fact a client 😎
If you are unable to get Novavax, PLEASE.....get something.
🔴And gooooooo get a FLU SHOT too if you are able!
__________
Other Pathogens:coronavirus: H5N1
There was a first case already of H5N1 infection in a person in Missouri, NOT linked, so far, to animal contact and not farm related.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/health/first-human-case-of-bird-flu-not-linked-to-animals/index.html
This is the current picture for H5N1. Found in 14 states.: https://ibb.co/pfrFxtT
This is ...pretty bad. This is getting progressively...kinda bad.
🔴Please DO NOT consume raw dairy products: raw eggs, undercooked/rare meat, unpasteurized dairy. Dippy eggs. Raw egg-based cookie dough. Just don't.
🔴Use extra caution with animals like rodents in your home, especially if you have to deal with them after they're trapped.
🔴Keep your cats indoors and dogs away from prey. H5N1 has a super-high kill rate especially in cats.
Stock up NOW on a few N95s (you will NOT want less than a genuine N95 for this thing), gloves, and MERV-13 filters for those CR boxes.
CDC can repeat "risk assessment low" all they want, we should NOT be screwing around with something than has an estimated baseline 20% kill rate, which is the reason I spend so much time on this subject in a SARS2 forum.
The current genetics of H5N1 is not scary, but giving this thing more chances to hit the lottery is the worst thing we could be doing now.
🔴Again: H5N1 cannot combine with the pathogen that causes COVID19, because one is a SARS and the other is an influenza. They are way too different from each other. But it CAN combine with influenza A and B....and we are entering that season soon.
We can do the best things in preparation NOW for a worst case scenario which means building up some basic PPE at home, avoiding exposure. Prepare =/= panic.
Please stay safe this coming Fall and keep that source control down!
☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #FLuQUE#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
1/2 for Sept. 9th, 2024
I hope you are having a healthy and productive late summer!☀️
__________
VOCsThe national mutation leaderboard hasn't changed much.: https://ibb.co/LP1L4LZ
There are no new mutations that are on the far horizon that can compete with KP.3.1.1 so far.
The closest competitor is the recombinant XEC, a combo of KS.1.1 and KP.3.1, and is maybe almost equally as fast as what we have now.
We have XEC already in PA.: https://ibb.co/JpnYfcJ
The good news is XEC, as I mentioned last time, has only 2 spike mutations different from KP.3.1.1, so any immunity granted against KP.x.y will also work very well against XEC.
Actually, the current versions are pretty stagnant. Stagnation is good as it gives us a breather, but it's also what happened between XBB and JN.1/KP.x.y.: https://ibb.co/BCqrTFN
Thanks to variant hunters, who constantly monitor virus genetics and then estimate growth rates (and some of which are not even paid to do this for us), we will have a few weeks to a month or two of any incoming fast, binding, or immune-evasive mutations.
Keep watching that space. It's important, especially as winter approaches.
__________
WastewaterWastewaterSCAN still has our region at HIGH levels of SARS2.: https://ibb.co/wRCwRkK
Chester's numbers are not low, but much more manageable than in other areas. Harrisburg is doing much better as numbers keep going down there! Good work Hburg!: https://ibb.co/Pm9kF4H
Our region's numbers are going down after a peak already. This is a relief. We are still the HHS region with the lowest numbers.: https://ibb.co/3zcRKJL
PA, after quite a sizeable spike, is VERy quickly returning to numbers way below national average and more on par with the rest of the region.: https://ibb.co/VtVxDYX
We're doing something right. 💪
But remember, numbers are still in the moderate to HIGH range, so please keep working on source control.
According to CDC, there is NO state right now having anything less than "moderate" wastewater levels. Clearly this is defintely NOT a best-case scenario going into Fall.
Existing immune deficiency due to previous reinfections (and first time infections!) and already very high virus spread might make for quite a high-maintenance Fall and Winter this year.
__________
Kits, vaxes, etc.Reminder that you can get 4 Federally funded tests kits by mail at the end of this month. Don't miss it!!
Covidtests.gov: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
There's also a tool from Vaccines.gov to find an mRNA KP.2 vaccination near you!!!
🔴Also reminder: if you have an uncomfortably strong reaction to mRNA vaccines, please do give Novavax a try. It's protein-based, and formulated much like a traditional tetanus shot, rather than mRNA.
https://us.novavaxcovidvaccine.com/find-a-vaccine
I am not in any way paid to promote Novavax. And I'm not the company President, but...I am in fact a client 😎
If you are unable to get Novavax, PLEASE.....get something.
🔴And gooooooo get a FLU SHOT too if you are able!
__________
Other Pathogens:coronavirus: H5N1
There was a first case already of H5N1 infection in a person in Missouri, NOT linked, so far, to animal contact and not farm related.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/health/first-human-case-of-bird-flu-not-linked-to-animals/index.html
This is the current picture for H5N1. Found in 14 states.: https://ibb.co/pfrFxtT
This is ...pretty bad. This is getting progressively...kinda bad.
🔴Please DO NOT consume raw dairy products: raw eggs, undercooked/rare meat, unpasteurized dairy. Dippy eggs. Raw egg-based cookie dough. Just don't.
🔴Use extra caution with animals like rodents in your home, especially if you have to deal with them after they're trapped.
🔴Keep your cats indoors and dogs away from prey. H5N1 has a super-high kill rate especially in cats.
Stock up NOW on a few N95s (you will NOT want less than a genuine N95 for this thing), gloves, and MERV-13 filters for those CR boxes.
CDC can repeat "risk assessment low" all they want, we should NOT be screwing around with something than has an estimated baseline 20% kill rate, which is the reason I spend so much time on this subject in a SARS2 forum.
The current genetics of H5N1 is not scary, but giving this thing more chances to hit the lottery is the worst thing we could be doing now.
🔴Again: H5N1 cannot combine with the pathogen that causes COVID19, because one is a SARS and the other is an influenza. They are way too different from each other. But it CAN combine with influenza A and B....and we are entering that season soon.
We can do the best things in preparation NOW for a worst case scenario which means building up some basic PPE at home, avoiding exposure. Prepare =/= panic.
Please stay safe this coming Fall and keep that source control down!
☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #FLuQUE#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands #mRNA #Novavax
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon and Holiday, SARS2PAians!
🔴1/2 Sept/2/2024
I hope you're having a GREAT late summer. ☀️
There's not much going on that is new right now in VOC land. Top variants are still KP.3, descendats of JN.1.
KP.3 is FAST. Super fast. It's like a heat-seeking missle, getting a lot of people that have never had COVID before, for the first time.
Including me 🙄 which is why I didn't post last week. I apologize yet again.
__________
My stuff (should you for some weird reason be curious)I tested + almost a week and a half ago and am STILL testing positive. I am doing everything possible to not give this thing air. I'm wearing an N95 outside all the time now and only going out if it's necessary. I have 2 Corsi-Rosenthal boxes that go every moment I'm home to protect my pets. I'm feeling OK but not 100%...maybe 75%.
I am determined to keep testing every day as long as it's financially doable.
I'm monitoring my symptoms, both acute, long term, and especially cognitive (most scary and hardest to tell) for any further changes.
I think I have Novavax (I am not paid to write this, I wish I was 🙄) to thank for not being worse than this because it's been clinically proven to grant extra protection to upper respiratory passages, which is ground zero for where SARS2 enters the body...(at least against the older variants).: https://ibb.co/1fCjZvr
BA.5 Study Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10451060/
AGAIN...if you have an uncomfortably strong reaction to mRNA, please give Novavax a try as overall, it's been proven to cause fewer side effects AND be more cross-protective between current mutations.
But if you do not have access to Novavax...Please. Get something.
__________
XECAs far as XEC (which is a recombinant of KP.3.3 and KS.1), it's still being monitored for spread as it's the only thing that can possibly even keep up with KP.3.x.y now.
The good thing is, it has a difference of only two spike changes from KP.3.1.1 (the top variant blazing around now) so vaccines will protect VERY well against it, too.: https://ibb.co/9yfCqFc
Both Novavax (JN.1 formula, the "trunk" of the current top variant tree) and mRNA (KP.2 formula, a "branch" of the tree that most closely resembles current variants) are very good matches to the top variants going around and they're all out for scheduling right now.: https://ibb.co/1RFn3HF
:canparrot: GO GET VAXED! (...and for flu, too!)
Also get those 4 Federally-funded test kits through the mail when they're available in late September!: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
__________
WastewaterWastewater numbers are still VERY HIGH according to CDC and WastewaterSCAN nationally.: https://ibb.co/Wx4jyKy
PA's wastewater numbers continue to rise:https://ibb.co/QPfQvmK
...while the rest of the HHS regions' numbers have seemingly hit peak. According to CDC we've been bumped up to the VERY HIGH slot.: https://ibb.co/QczqW3m
Harrisburg is again getting hit really hard with viral spread, being at the top in wasteewater right now out of HHS Region 3. Please stay safe and wear a quality well-fitting respirator in crowded areas or places with suboptimal ventilation!
Continued in next post.....
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #FLuQUE#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon and Holiday, SARS2PAians!
🔴1/2 Sept/2/2024
I hope you're having a GREAT late summer. ☀️
There's not much going on that is new right now in VOC land. Top variants are still KP.3, descendats of JN.1.
KP.3 is FAST. Super fast. It's like a heat-seeking missle, getting a lot of people that have never had COVID before, for the first time.
Including me 🙄 which is why I didn't post last week. I apologize yet again.
__________
My stuff (should you for some weird reason be curious)I tested + almost a week and a half ago and am STILL testing positive. I am doing everything possible to not give this thing air. I'm wearing an N95 outside all the time now and only going out if it's necessary. I have 2 Corsi-Rosenthal boxes that go every moment I'm home to protect my pets. I'm feeling OK but not 100%...maybe 75%.
I am determined to keep testing every day as long as it's financially doable.
I'm monitoring my symptoms, both acute, long term, and especially cognitive (most scary and hardest to tell) for any further changes.
I think I have Novavax (I am not paid to write this, I wish I was 🙄) to thank for not being worse than this because it's been clinically proven to grant extra protection to upper respiratory passages, which is ground zero for where SARS2 enters the body...(at least against the older variants).: https://ibb.co/1fCjZvr
BA.5 Study Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10451060/
AGAIN...if you have an uncomfortably strong reaction to mRNA, please give Novavax a try as overall, it's been proven to cause fewer side effects AND be more cross-protective between current mutations.
But if you do not have access to Novavax...Please. Get something.
__________
XECAs far as XEC (which is a recombinant of KP.3.3 and KS.1), it's still being monitored for spread as it's the only thing that can possibly even keep up with KP.3.x.y now.
The good thing is, it has a difference of only two spike changes from KP.3.1.1 (the top variant blazing around now) so vaccines will protect VERY well against it, too.: https://ibb.co/9yfCqFc
Both Novavax (JN.1 formula, the "trunk" of the current top variant tree) and mRNA (KP.2 formula, a "branch" of the tree that most closely resembles current variants) are very good matches to the top variants going around and they're all out for scheduling right now.: https://ibb.co/1RFn3HF
:canparrot: GO GET VAXED! (...and for flu, too!)
Also get those 4 Federally-funded test kits through the mail when they're available in late September!: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
__________
WastewaterWastewater numbers are still VERY HIGH according to CDC and WastewaterSCAN nationally.: https://ibb.co/Wx4jyKy
PA's wastewater numbers continue to rise:https://ibb.co/QPfQvmK
...while the rest of the HHS regions' numbers have seemingly hit peak. According to CDC we've been bumped up to the VERY HIGH slot.: https://ibb.co/QczqW3m
Harrisburg is again getting hit really hard with viral spread, being at the top in wasteewater right now out of HHS Region 3. Please stay safe and wear a quality well-fitting respirator in crowded areas or places with suboptimal ventilation!
Continued in next post.....
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #FLuQUE#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon and Holiday, SARS2PAians!
🔴1/2 Sept/2/2024
I hope you're having a GREAT late summer. ☀️
There's not much going on that is new right now in VOC land. Top variants are still KP.3, descendats of JN.1.
KP.3 is FAST. Super fast. It's like a heat-seeking missle, getting a lot of people that have never had COVID before, for the first time.
Including me 🙄 which is why I didn't post last week. I apologize yet again.
__________
My stuff (should you for some weird reason be curious)I tested + almost a week and a half ago and am STILL testing positive. I am doing everything possible to not give this thing air. I'm wearing an N95 outside all the time now and only going out if it's necessary. I have 2 Corsi-Rosenthal boxes that go every moment I'm home to protect my pets. I'm feeling OK but not 100%...maybe 75%.
I am determined to keep testing every day as long as it's financially doable.
I'm monitoring my symptoms, both acute, long term, and especially cognitive (most scary and hardest to tell) for any further changes.
I think I have Novavax (I am not paid to write this, I wish I was 🙄) to thank for not being worse than this because it's been clinically proven to grant extra protection to upper respiratory passages, which is ground zero for where SARS2 enters the body...(at least against the older variants).: https://ibb.co/1fCjZvr
BA.5 Study Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10451060/
AGAIN...if you have an uncomfortably strong reaction to mRNA, please give Novavax a try as overall, it's been proven to cause fewer side effects AND be more cross-protective between current mutations.
But if you do not have access to Novavax...Please. Get something.
__________
XECAs far as XEC (which is a recombinant of KP.3.3 and KS.1), it's still being monitored for spread as it's the only thing that can possibly even keep up with KP.3.x.y now.
The good thing is, it has a difference of only two spike changes from KP.3.1.1 (the top variant blazing around now) so vaccines will protect VERY well against it, too.: https://ibb.co/9yfCqFc
Both Novavax (JN.1 formula, the "trunk" of the current top variant tree) and mRNA (KP.2 formula, a "branch" of the tree that most closely resembles current variants) are very good matches to the top variants going around and they're all out for scheduling right now.: https://ibb.co/1RFn3HF
:canparrot: GO GET VAXED! (...and for flu, too!)
Also get those 4 Federally-funded test kits through the mail when they're available in late September!: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
__________
WastewaterWastewater numbers are still VERY HIGH according to CDC and WastewaterSCAN nationally.: https://ibb.co/Wx4jyKy
PA's wastewater numbers continue to rise:https://ibb.co/QPfQvmK
...while the rest of the HHS regions' numbers have seemingly hit peak. According to CDC we've been bumped up to the VERY HIGH slot.: https://ibb.co/QczqW3m
Harrisburg is again getting hit really hard with viral spread, being at the top in wasteewater right now out of HHS Region 3. Please stay safe and wear a quality well-fitting respirator in crowded areas or places with suboptimal ventilation!
Continued in next post.....
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #FLuQUE#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon and Holiday, SARS2PAians!
🔴1/2 Sept/2/2024
I hope you're having a GREAT late summer. ☀️
There's not much going on that is new right now in VOC land. Top variants are still KP.3, descendats of JN.1.
KP.3 is FAST. Super fast. It's like a heat-seeking missle, getting a lot of people that have never had COVID before, for the first time.
Including me 🙄 which is why I didn't post last week. I apologize yet again.
__________
My stuff (should you for some weird reason be curious)I tested + almost a week and a half ago and am STILL testing positive. I am doing everything possible to not give this thing air. I'm wearing an N95 outside all the time now and only going out if it's necessary. I have 2 Corsi-Rosenthal boxes that go every moment I'm home to protect my pets. I'm feeling OK but not 100%...maybe 75%.
I am determined to keep testing every day as long as it's financially doable.
I'm monitoring my symptoms, both acute, long term, and especially cognitive (most scary and hardest to tell) for any further changes.
I think I have Novavax (I am not paid to write this, I wish I was 🙄) to thank for not being worse than this because it's been clinically proven to grant extra protection to upper respiratory passages, which is ground zero for where SARS2 enters the body...(at least against the older variants).: https://ibb.co/1fCjZvr
BA.5 Study Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10451060/
AGAIN...if you have an uncomfortably strong reaction to mRNA, please give Novavax a try as overall, it's been proven to cause fewer side effects AND be more cross-protective between current mutations.
But if you do not have access to Novavax...Please. Get something.
__________
XECAs far as XEC (which is a recombinant of KP.3.3 and KS.1), it's still being monitored for spread as it's the only thing that can possibly even keep up with KP.3.x.y now.
The good thing is, it has a difference of only two spike changes from KP.3.1.1 (the top variant blazing around now) so vaccines will protect VERY well against it, too.: https://ibb.co/9yfCqFc
Both Novavax (JN.1 formula, the "trunk" of the current top variant tree) and mRNA (KP.2 formula, a "branch" of the tree that most closely resembles current variants) are very good matches to the top variants going around and they're all out for scheduling right now.: https://ibb.co/1RFn3HF
GO GET VAXED! (...and for flu, too!)
Also get those 4 Federally-funded test kits through the mail when they're available in late September!: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
__________
WastewaterWastewater numbers are still VERY HIGH according to CDC and WastewaterSCAN nationally.: https://ibb.co/Wx4jyKy
PA's wastewater numbers continue to rise:https://ibb.co/QPfQvmK
...while the rest of the HHS regions' numbers have seemingly hit peak. According to CDC we've been bumped up to the VERY HIGH slot.: https://ibb.co/QczqW3m
Harrisburg is again getting hit really hard with viral spread, being at the top in wasteewater right now out of HHS Region 3. Please stay safe and wear a quality well-fitting respirator in crowded areas or places with suboptimal ventilation!
Continued in next post.....
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #XEC #FLuQUE#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
I hope this cooler weather is bringing you some comfort after that ridiculously hot and humid past few weeks 😖
__________
VOCsNationally, KP.3.1.1 is still at the top of the leaderboard, as expected. This is one superfast variant, and also immune evasive to previous vaccination and infection due to antigenic drift.: https://ibb.co/rx5H4KB
One mutation that is closely being watched is XEC, a recombinant of KP.3.3 and KS.1.1.: https://ibb.co/bzFQX1j
Numbers are rather low right now: https://ibb.co/9bKFtWF
But it has a bit faster relative growth than what we're dealing with now.: https://ibb.co/S3701rR
It's already in PA and in 11 other States.: https://ibb.co/CW82KYL
It's not **superfast**, but if it's different enough than the upcoming vaccines AND existing immune priming, it has a lot of potential to add to the already high numbers and make this winter really.....somethin'. 😖
__________
Test Kits:canparrot: 4 more Federally funded home delivered test kits are going to be available in late September.: https://ibb.co/L56XdjP
Keep watching Covidtests.gov for more info!: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
__________
Go Get a Vax or Two (soon)KP.x.y based vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer have been approved and are steadily on their way to distribution; Novavax (probably JN.1) is coming soon, too.
🔴Reminder: If you have a very strong, rather inconvenient reaction to mRNA vaxes, please do give Novavax a try. It is more like a traditional tetanus shot in mechanics and is widely reported as causing little to no side-effects!
I do not work with any of these manufacturers (believe me I'd be making a looooooot more money if I did 💀) but I do have experience with both Novavax and mRNA shots if anyone has questions.
No matter what is available to you or not, please DO get something.
🔴Also get those flu shots coming up next month!
(Mostly because...well...the medical community does not want to deal with your entirely preventable severe flu on top of dealing with COVID patients and other people needing medical care.)
__________
WastewaterFolks...nationally, wastewater is really high right now, especially in the West. The map looked like this last week when PA was lower.: https://ibb.co/DCsjJys
The current CDC wastewater map has PA at "high" levels now. The kids are almost ready to go back to school if not there right now, and source control is going to be very important.: https://ibb.co/10SGmBc
WastewaterSCAN has the entire country as experiencing HIGH wastewater levels.
Every classroom should have a Corsi-Rosenthal box in it to reduce illness. There should be no silly excuses not to give these to kids as we enter the fall, especially if you actually really do care about learning loss.
The regional wastewater trends looked like this: https://ibb.co/rG8HnmY
....where the East was noticeably lower than the rest of the country, but now Eastern levels have not peaked yet and are still going up even though the West might have peaked.
The current trend map looks like this: https://ibb.co/Dp2BWSn
.....with the other HHS regions peaking (hopefully). We're still rising but hopefully we'll peak soooooooon and that will be that.
Region 3 is looking much better as of right now, and Harrisburg is HANDLING IT and bringing those numbers way down!! Good job Hburg!: https://ibb.co/gTJr241
I hope you have a safe and loss-free late Summer and early Fall!
☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
I hope this cooler weather is bringing you some comfort after that ridiculously hot and humid past few weeks 😖
__________
VOCsNationally, KP.3.1.1 is still at the top of the leaderboard, as expected. This is one superfast variant, and also immune evasive to previous vaccination and infection due to antigenic drift.: https://ibb.co/rx5H4KB
One mutation that is closely being watched is XEC, a recombinant of KP.3.3 and KS.1.1.: https://ibb.co/bzFQX1j
Numbers are rather low right now: https://ibb.co/9bKFtWF
But it has a bit faster relative growth than what we're dealing with now.: https://ibb.co/S3701rR
It's already in PA and in 11 other States.: https://ibb.co/CW82KYL
It's not **superfast**, but if it's different enough than the upcoming vaccines AND existing immune priming, it has a lot of potential to add to the already high numbers and make this winter really.....somethin'. 😖
__________
Test Kits:canparrot: 4 more Federally funded home delivered test kits are going to be available in late September.: https://ibb.co/L56XdjP
Keep watching Covidtests.gov for more info!: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
__________
Go Get a Vax or Two (soon)KP.x.y based vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer have been approved and are steadily on their way to distribution; Novavax (probably JN.1) is coming soon, too.
🔴Reminder: If you have a very strong, rather inconvenient reaction to mRNA vaxes, please do give Novavax a try. It is more like a traditional tetanus shot in mechanics and is widely reported as causing little to no side-effects!
I do not work with any of these manufacturers (believe me I'd be making a looooooot more money if I did 💀) but I do have experience with both Novavax and mRNA shots if anyone has questions.
No matter what is available to you or not, please DO get something.
🔴Also get those flu shots coming up next month!
(Mostly because...well...the medical community does not want to deal with your entirely preventable severe flu on top of dealing with COVID patients and other people needing medical care.)
__________
WastewaterFolks...nationally, wastewater is really high right now, especially in the West. The map looked like this last week when PA was lower.: https://ibb.co/DCsjJys
The current CDC wastewater map has PA at "high" levels now. The kids are almost ready to go back to school if not there right now, and source control is going to be very important.: https://ibb.co/10SGmBc
WastewaterSCAN has the entire country as experiencing HIGH wastewater levels.
Every classroom should have a Corsi-Rosenthal box in it to reduce illness. There should be no silly excuses not to give these to kids as we enter the fall, especially if you actually really do care about learning loss.
The regional wastewater trends looked like this: https://ibb.co/rG8HnmY
....where the East was noticeably lower than the rest of the country, but now Eastern levels have not peaked yet and are still going up even though the West might have peaked.
The current trend map looks like this: https://ibb.co/Dp2BWSn
.....with the other HHS regions peaking (hopefully). We're still rising but hopefully we'll peak soooooooon and that will be that.
Region 3 is looking much better as of right now, and Harrisburg is HANDLING IT and bringing those numbers way down!! Good job Hburg!: https://ibb.co/gTJr241
I hope you have a safe and loss-free late Summer and early Fall!
☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
I hope this cooler weather is bringing you some comfort after that ridiculously hot and humid past few weeks 😖
__________
VOCsNationally, KP.3.1.1 is still at the top of the leaderboard, as expected. This is one superfast variant, and also immune evasive to previous vaccination and infection due to antigenic drift.: https://ibb.co/rx5H4KB
One mutation that is closely being watched is XEC, a recombinant of KP.3.3 and KS.1.1.: https://ibb.co/bzFQX1j
Numbers are rather low right now: https://ibb.co/9bKFtWF
But it has a bit faster relative growth than what we're dealing with now.: https://ibb.co/S3701rR
It's already in PA and in 11 other States.: https://ibb.co/CW82KYL
It's not **superfast**, but if it's different enough than the upcoming vaccines AND existing immune priming, it has a lot of potential to add to the already high numbers and make this winter really.....somethin'. 😖
__________
Test Kits:canparrot: 4 more Federally funded home delivered test kits are going to be available in late September.: https://ibb.co/L56XdjP
Keep watching Covidtests.gov for more info!: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
__________
Go Get a Vax or Two (soon)KP.x.y based vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer have been approved and are steadily on their way to distribution; Novavax (probably JN.1) is coming soon, too.
🔴Reminder: If you have a very strong, rather inconvenient reaction to mRNA vaxes, please do give Novavax a try. It is more like a traditional tetanus shot in mechanics and is widely reported as causing little to no side-effects!
I do not work with any of these manufacturers (believe me I'd be making a looooooot more money if I did 💀) but I do have experience with both Novavax and mRNA shots if anyone has questions.
No matter what is available to you or not, please DO get something.
🔴Also get those flu shots coming up next month!
(Mostly because...well...the medical community does not want to deal with your entirely preventable severe flu on top of dealing with COVID patients and other people needing medical care.)
__________
WastewaterFolks...nationally, wastewater is really high right now, especially in the West. The map looked like this last week when PA was lower.: https://ibb.co/DCsjJys
The current CDC wastewater map has PA at "high" levels now. The kids are almost ready to go back to school if not there right now, and source control is going to be very important.: https://ibb.co/10SGmBc
WastewaterSCAN has the entire country as experiencing HIGH wastewater levels.
Every classroom should have a Corsi-Rosenthal box in it to reduce illness. There should be no silly excuses not to give these to kids as we enter the fall, especially if you actually really do care about learning loss.
The regional wastewater trends looked like this: https://ibb.co/rG8HnmY
....where the East was noticeably lower than the rest of the country, but now Eastern levels have not peaked yet and are still going up even though the West might have peaked.
The current trend map looks like this: https://ibb.co/Dp2BWSn
.....with the other HHS regions peaking (hopefully). We're still rising but hopefully we'll peak soooooooon and that will be that.
Region 3 is looking much better as of right now, and Harrisburg is HANDLING IT and bringing those numbers way down!! Good job Hburg!: https://ibb.co/gTJr241
I hope you have a safe and loss-free late Summer and early Fall!
☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
I hope this cooler weather is bringing you some comfort after that ridiculously hot and humid past few weeks 😖
__________
VOCsNationally, KP.3.1.1 is still at the top of the leaderboard, as expected. This is one superfast variant, and also immune evasive to previous vaccination and infection due to antigenic drift.: https://ibb.co/rx5H4KB
One mutation that is closely being watched is XEC, a recombinant of KP.3.3 and KS.1.1.: https://ibb.co/bzFQX1j
Numbers are rather low right now: https://ibb.co/9bKFtWF
But it has a bit faster relative growth than what we're dealing with now.: https://ibb.co/S3701rR
It's already in PA and in 11 other States.: https://ibb.co/CW82KYL
It's not **superfast**, but if it's different enough than the upcoming vaccines AND existing immune priming, it has a lot of potential to add to the already high numbers and make this winter really.....somethin'. 😖
__________
Test Kits:canparrot: 4 more Federally funded home delivered test kits are going to be available in late September.: https://ibb.co/L56XdjP
Keep watching Covidtests.gov for more info!: https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx
__________
Go Get a Vax or Two (soon)KP.x.y based vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer have been approved and are steadily on their way to distribution; Novavax (probably JN.1) is coming soon, too.
🔴Reminder: If you have a very strong, rather inconvenient reaction to mRNA vaxes, please do give Novavax a try. It is more like a traditional tetanus shot in mechanics and is widely reported as causing little to no side-effects!
I do not work with any of these manufacturers (believe me I'd be making a looooooot more money if I did 💀) but I do have experience with both Novavax and mRNA shots if anyone has questions.
No matter what is available to you or not, please DO get something.
🔴Also get those flu shots coming up next month!
(Mostly because...well...the medical community does not want to deal with your entirely preventable severe flu on top of dealing with COVID patients and other people needing medical care.)
__________
WastewaterFolks...nationally, wastewater is really high right now, especially in the West. The map looked like this last week when PA was lower.: https://ibb.co/DCsjJys
The current CDC wastewater map has PA at "high" levels now. The kids are almost ready to go back to school if not there right now, and source control is going to be very important.: https://ibb.co/10SGmBc
WastewaterSCAN has the entire country as experiencing HIGH wastewater levels.
Every classroom should have a Corsi-Rosenthal box in it to reduce illness. There should be no silly excuses not to give these to kids as we enter the fall, especially if you actually really do care about learning loss.
The regional wastewater trends looked like this: https://ibb.co/rG8HnmY
....where the East was noticeably lower than the rest of the country, but now Eastern levels have not peaked yet and are still going up even though the West might have peaked.
The current trend map looks like this: https://ibb.co/Dp2BWSn
.....with the other HHS regions peaking (hopefully). We're still rising but hopefully we'll peak soooooooon and that will be that.
Region 3 is looking much better as of right now, and Harrisburg is HANDLING IT and bringing those numbers way down!! Good job Hburg!: https://ibb.co/gTJr241
I hope you have a safe and loss-free late Summer and early Fall!
☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
Once again, I am requesting you accept my apology for shifting some posts to Monday instead of Friday. The past few weeks were...somethin'.
And I hope you are enjoying your SUMMER! ☀️
__________
:ms_arrow_right: WastewaterNothing has really changed tho, wastewater numbers are going WAY UP nationally and kids aren't even back to school yet.: https://ibb.co/X555c7w
Wearing a quality respirator should be considered in crowds, in places of low ventilation AND in ANY close contact...even outside.
Controlling this stuff at the source (which is other people already infected) NOW will prevent LEARNING LOSS this winter.
We don't want LEARNING LOSS.....do we? 🤔
While regionally, our Northeast region is still doing much, much better than the rest of the country, and Chester is doing much better than a few weeks ago, Harrisburg is still AT THE TOP of wastewater results for our region. Please respirator-up and be aware of social contacts in H-burg!: https://ibb.co/bHXf3SP
__________
:ms_arrow_right: Other Pathogens🔴Mpox
There's....um...still quite a lot going on that's not SARS2.
Mpox has been declared a Public Health Emergency of international Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Org.
This is NOT...N O T the same beast as in 2022.
This is a different clade (Clade I) which is many times more deadly than the 2022 version.
***EDIT: CLADE I IS THE NEWER VERSION OF MPOX AND I'VE ALSO EDITED THE REDDIT POST.***
Mpox Clade II has been separated out on WastewaterSCAN and you can see testing results for it there.: https://ibb.co/WDMzmjM
Yes there are some vaccines for it,: https://x.com/sailorrooscout/status/1824100811351244818
and they are both from smallpox as Mpox is in the same family and they are genetically similar enough to be cross-effective.
One is JYNNEOS (Imvanex, IMVAMUNE) which is non-replicating and pretty much safe for everyone. The ACTUAL smallpox vaccine is live virus which makes it...not really all that ideal because you have to be soooooo much more careful with it, but STILL effective for life as long as exposure remains low.
Mpox is not new and there are effective antivirals against it; however this clade is NEW and its high death rate is of concern.
We MUST ramp up vaccine production against this disease.
🔴H5N1
H5N1 is a version of Influenza A and is also separated out on WastewaterSCAN.: https://ibb.co/LZpj7pT
There are still new herds testing positive for H5N1 (Bird Flu/Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza/HPAI).
We MUST pull out all the stops and keep testing our food supply chain, especially pigs. Pigs are asymptomatic against H5N1 (which is like the woooooorst news I will probably learn this entire year) and yet they are the ideal mix of human-like and animal-like genomes that could trigger dangerous mutations.: https://ibb.co/HBNpXVW
DO NOT consume non-pasteurized dairy.
DO NOT consume undercooked meat and eggs (no dippy eggs, y'all!)
You might want to consider Ultra-Pasteurized dairy instead of "pasteurized" dairy and plant-based meat replacements.
🔴Cats have an especially VERY high death rate from H5N1, with end results similar to rabies (massive brain swelling and damage). Please keep your kitties indoors and away from dead birds.
__________
:ms_arrow_right: Fire/PM2.5So far so good with wildfire smoke over here in PA. While most of Canada is enveloped in lower air quality, we are so far not in the windpath of it.
Keep those Corsi-Rosenthal boxes handy in case the wind takes a turn for the worst for us. Keeping windows tightly closed is good for wildfire smoke but terrible for pathogen control. CR boxes can make up for this loss of filteration!
Honestly, everyone should have a CR box at home, and every classroom should have one. Especially this winter.
:coronavirus: This winter is going to be...somethin'...if we don't do some source control NOW.
:canparrot: We can do this with some empathy and a LOT of source control!
Please have a safe Summer and upcoming Fall! ☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #S31Del#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
Once again, I am requesting you accept my apology for shifting some posts to Monday instead of Friday. The past few weeks were...somethin'.
And I hope you are enjoying your SUMMER! ☀️
__________
:ms_arrow_right: WastewaterNothing has really changed tho, wastewater numbers are going WAY UP nationally and kids aren't even back to school yet.: https://ibb.co/X555c7w
Wearing a quality respirator should be considered in crowds, in places of low ventilation AND in ANY close contact...even outside.
Controlling this stuff at the source (which is other people already infected) NOW will prevent LEARNING LOSS this winter.
We don't want LEARNING LOSS.....do we? 🤔
While regionally, our Northeast region is still doing much, much better than the rest of the country, and Chester is doing much better than a few weeks ago, Harrisburg is still AT THE TOP of wastewater results for our region. Please respirator-up and be aware of social contacts in H-burg!: https://ibb.co/bHXf3SP
__________
:ms_arrow_right: Other Pathogens🔴Mpox
There's....um...still quite a lot going on that's not SARS2.
Mpox has been declared a Public Health Emergency of international Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Org.
This is NOT...N O T the same beast as in 2022.
This is a different clade (Clade I) which is many times more deadly than the 2022 version.
***EDIT: CLADE I IS THE NEWER VERSION OF MPOX AND I'VE ALSO EDITED THE REDDIT POST.***
Mpox Clade II has been separated out on WastewaterSCAN and you can see testing results for it there.: https://ibb.co/WDMzmjM
Yes there are some vaccines for it,: https://x.com/sailorrooscout/status/1824100811351244818
and they are both from smallpox as Mpox is in the same family and they are genetically similar enough to be cross-effective.
One is JYNNEOS (Imvanex, IMVAMUNE) which is non-replicating and pretty much safe for everyone. The ACTUAL smallpox vaccine is live virus which makes it...not really all that ideal because you have to be soooooo much more careful with it, but STILL effective for life as long as exposure remains low.
Mpox is not new and there are effective antivirals against it; however this clade is NEW and its high death rate is of concern.
We MUST ramp up vaccine production against this disease.
🔴H5N1
H5N1 is a version of Influenza A and is also separated out on WastewaterSCAN.: https://ibb.co/LZpj7pT
There are still new herds testing positive for H5N1 (Bird Flu/Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza/HPAI).
We MUST pull out all the stops and keep testing our food supply chain, especially pigs. Pigs are asymptomatic against H5N1 (which is like the woooooorst news I will probably learn this entire year) and yet they are the ideal mix of human-like and animal-like genomes that could trigger dangerous mutations.: https://ibb.co/HBNpXVW
DO NOT consume non-pasteurized dairy.
DO NOT consume undercooked meat and eggs (no dippy eggs, y'all!)
You might want to consider Ultra-Pasteurized dairy instead of "pasteurized" dairy and plant-based meat replacements.
🔴Cats have an especially VERY high death rate from H5N1, with end results similar to rabies (massive brain swelling and damage). Please keep your kitties indoors and away from dead birds.
__________
:ms_arrow_right: Fire/PM2.5So far so good with wildfire smoke over here in PA. While most of Canada is enveloped in lower air quality, we are so far not in the windpath of it.
Keep those Corsi-Rosenthal boxes handy in case the wind takes a turn for the worst for us. Keeping windows tightly closed is good for wildfire smoke but terrible for pathogen control. CR boxes can make up for this loss of filteration!
Honestly, everyone should have a CR box at home, and every classroom should have one. Especially this winter.
:coronavirus: This winter is going to be...somethin'...if we don't do some source control NOW.
:canparrot: We can do this with some empathy and a LOT of source control!
Please have a safe Summer and upcoming Fall! ☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #S31Del#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
Once again, I am requesting you accept my apology for shifting some posts to Monday instead of Friday. The past few weeks were...somethin'.
And I hope you are enjoying your SUMMER! ☀️
__________
:ms_arrow_right: WastewaterNothing has really changed tho, wastewater numbers are going WAY UP nationally and kids aren't even back to school yet.: https://ibb.co/X555c7w
Wearing a quality respirator should be considered in crowds, in places of low ventilation AND in ANY close contact...even outside.
Controlling this stuff at the source (which is other people already infected) NOW will prevent LEARNING LOSS this winter.
We don't want LEARNING LOSS.....do we? 🤔
While regionally, our Northeast region is still doing much, much better than the rest of the country, and Chester is doing much better than a few weeks ago, Harrisburg is still AT THE TOP of wastewater results for our region. Please respirator-up and be aware of social contacts in H-burg!: https://ibb.co/bHXf3SP
__________
:ms_arrow_right: Other Pathogens🔴Mpox
There's....um...still quite a lot going on that's not SARS2.
Mpox has been declared a Public Health Emergency of international Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Org.
This is NOT...N O T the same beast as in 2022.
This is a different clade (Clade I) which is many times more deadly than the 2022 version.
***EDIT: CLADE I IS THE NEWER VERSION OF MPOX AND I'VE ALSO EDITED THE REDDIT POST.***
Mpox Clade II has been separated out on WastewaterSCAN and you can see testing results for it there.: https://ibb.co/WDMzmjM
Yes there are some vaccines for it,: https://x.com/sailorrooscout/status/1824100811351244818
and they are both from smallpox as Mpox is in the same family and they are genetically similar enough to be cross-effective.
One is JYNNEOS (Imvanex, IMVAMUNE) which is non-replicating and pretty much safe for everyone. The ACTUAL smallpox vaccine is live virus which makes it...not really all that ideal because you have to be soooooo much more careful with it, but STILL effective for life as long as exposure remains low.
Mpox is not new and there are effective antivirals against it; however this clade is NEW and its high death rate is of concern.
We MUST ramp up vaccine production against this disease.
🔴H5N1
H5N1 is a version of Influenza A and is also separated out on WastewaterSCAN.: https://ibb.co/LZpj7pT
There are still new herds testing positive for H5N1 (Bird Flu/Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza/HPAI).
We MUST pull out all the stops and keep testing our food supply chain, especially pigs. Pigs are asymptomatic against H5N1 (which is like the woooooorst news I will probably learn this entire year) and yet they are the ideal mix of human-like and animal-like genomes that could trigger dangerous mutations.: https://ibb.co/HBNpXVW
DO NOT consume non-pasteurized dairy.
DO NOT consume undercooked meat and eggs (no dippy eggs, y'all!)
You might want to consider Ultra-Pasteurized dairy instead of "pasteurized" dairy and plant-based meat replacements.
🔴Cats have an especially VERY high death rate from H5N1, with end results similar to rabies (massive brain swelling and damage). Please keep your kitties indoors and away from dead birds.
__________
:ms_arrow_right: Fire/PM2.5So far so good with wildfire smoke over here in PA. While most of Canada is enveloped in lower air quality, we are so far not in the windpath of it.
Keep those Corsi-Rosenthal boxes handy in case the wind takes a turn for the worst for us. Keeping windows tightly closed is good for wildfire smoke but terrible for pathogen control. CR boxes can make up for this loss of filteration!
Honestly, everyone should have a CR box at home, and every classroom should have one. Especially this winter.
:coronavirus: This winter is going to be...somethin'...if we don't do some source control NOW.
:canparrot: We can do this with some empathy and a LOT of source control!
Please have a safe Summer and upcoming Fall! ☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #S31Del#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Afternoon SARS2PAians!
Once again, I am requesting you accept my apology for shifting some posts to Monday instead of Friday. The past few weeks were...somethin'.
And I hope you are enjoying your SUMMER! ☀️
__________
:ms_arrow_right: WastewaterNothing has really changed tho, wastewater numbers are going WAY UP nationally and kids aren't even back to school yet.: https://ibb.co/X555c7w
Wearing a quality respirator should be considered in crowds, in places of low ventilation AND in ANY close contact...even outside.
Controlling this stuff at the source (which is other people already infected) NOW will prevent LEARNING LOSS this winter.
We don't want LEARNING LOSS.....do we? 🤔
While regionally, our Northeast region is still doing much, much better than the rest of the country, and Chester is doing much better than a few weeks ago, Harrisburg is still AT THE TOP of wastewater results for our region. Please respirator-up and be aware of social contacts in H-burg!: https://ibb.co/bHXf3SP
__________
:ms_arrow_right: Other Pathogens🔴Mpox
There's....um...still quite a lot going on that's not SARS2.
Mpox has been declared a Public Health Emergency of international Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Org.
This is NOT...N O T the same beast as in 2022.
This is a different clade (Clade II) which is many times more deadly than the 2022 version.
Mpox Clade II has been separated out on WastewaterSCAN and you can see testing results for it there.: https://ibb.co/WDMzmjM
Yes there are some vaccines for it,: https://x.com/sailorrooscout/status/1824100811351244818
and they are both from smallpox as Mpox is in the same family and they are genetically similar enough to be cross-effective.
One is JYNNEOS (Imvanex, IMVAMUNE) which is non-replicating and pretty much safe for everyone. The ACTUAL smallpox vaccine is live virus which makes it...not really all that ideal because you have to be soooooo much more careful with it, but STILL effective for life as long as exposure remains low.
Mpox is not new and there are effective antivirals against it; however this clade is NEW and its high death rate is of concern.
We MUST ramp up vaccine production against this disease.
🔴H5N1
H5N1 is a version of Influenza A and is also separated out on WastewaterSCAN.: https://ibb.co/LZpj7pT
There are still new herds testing positive for H5N1 (Bird Flu/Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza/HPAI).
We MUST pull out all the stops and keep testing our food supply chain, especially pigs. Pigs are asymptomatic against H5N1 (which is like the woooooorst news I will probably learn this entire year) and yet they are the ideal mix of human-like and animal-like genomes that could trigger dangerous mutations.: https://ibb.co/HBNpXVW
DO NOT consume non-pasteurized dairy.
DO NOT consume undercooked meat and eggs (no dippy eggs, y'all!)
You might want to consider Ultra-Pasteurized dairy instead of "pasteurized" dairy and plant-based meat replacements.
🔴Cats have an especially VERY high death rate from H5N1, with end results similar to rabies (massive brain swelling and damage). Please keep your kitties indoors and away from dead birds.
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:ms_arrow_right: Fire/PM2.5So far so good with wildfire smoke over here in PA. While most of Canada is enveloped in lower air quality, we are so far not in the windpath of it.
Keep those Corsi-Rosenthal boxes handy in case the wind takes a turn for the worst for us. Keeping windows tightly closed is good for wildfire smoke but terrible for pathogen control. CR boxes can make up for this loss of filteration!
Honestly, everyone should have a CR box at home, and every classroom should have one. Especially this winter.
:coronavirus: This winter is going to be...somethin'...if we don't do some source control NOW.
:canparrot: We can do this with some empathy and a LOT of source control!
Please have a safe Summer and upcoming Fall! ☀️🍁☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA #KP3 #S31Del#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Morning SARS2PAians!
I hope you're enjoying this break from the brain-melting heat and humidity this summer. (It's so much better sleeping 😴)
WastewaterMy focus will be on wastewater as nothing has really changed mutation-wise. KP.3.x.y still wrecking us due to antigenic drift.
KP.3.x.y rising exponentially right now in wastewater. The positivity rate is not as terrible, but +rate is a lagging indication compared to wastewater.
CDC has the VAST MAJORITY of States experiencing VERY HIGH levels of SARS2 concentration in wastewater.: https://ibb.co/nR2kb6Q
PA is in the Moderate category on this map, and indeed the Northeast is in the lowest slot for WW increases out of all regions.:https://ibb.co/3r4j6KH
And actually the PA Wastewwater monitoring map looks much better than last time, but the peak isn't in sight yet.: https://ibb.co/9shCm3M
The highest raised levels in PA are in the Harrisburg region. Folks there might want to consider respirators in public and watch social contacts as school IS NOT going to make this metric better.: https://ibb.co/xG3rY4L
These increases nationally are matching what SHOULD be a post-Holidays winter wave.: https://ibb.co/sVwBs9L
There COULD be a chance that the latest KP.3.x.y variants are more gut-related, so people are shedding more in wastewater than compared to other variants, which in turn, means the +rate will not be as terrible...but using caution, wearing a quality respirator, keeping the air fresh and clean and being aware of social contacts means this wil be controlled for the new school year and we won't have to find things out the hard way.
PLEASE use some common sense and caution going into September.
🔴Vaccines have not been released yet, as soon as they are available, please get vaccinated with the newset version of COVID (JN.1 or KP.2) and the latest flu shot.
🔴Remember there is a two-week "prep stage" as it works through the system before a vaccine is fully effective.
:canparrot: With some common sense and source control we can stop the uphill statistics and prevent lots of life, finance, and learning loss.
I hope you continue to have a GREAT SUMMER! ☀️🔥☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA
#KP3 #S31Del#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Morning SARS2PAians!
I hope you're enjoying this break from the brain-melting heat and humidity this summer. (It's so much better sleeping 😴)
WastewaterMy focus will be on wastewater as nothing has really changed mutation-wise. KP.3.x.y still wrecking us due to antigenic drift.
KP.3.x.y rising exponentially right now in wastewater. The positivity rate is not as terrible, but +rate is a lagging indication compared to wastewater.
CDC has the VAST MAJORITY of States experiencing VERY HIGH levels of SARS2 concentration in wastewater.: https://ibb.co/nR2kb6Q
PA is in the Moderate category on this map, and indeed the Northeast is in the lowest slot for WW increases out of all regions.:https://ibb.co/3r4j6KH
And actually the PA Wastewwater monitoring map looks much better than last time, but the peak isn't in sight yet.: https://ibb.co/9shCm3M
The highest raised levels in PA are in the Harrisburg region. Folks there might want to consider respirators in public and watch social contacts as school IS NOT going to make this metric better.: https://ibb.co/xG3rY4L
These increases nationally are matching what SHOULD be a post-Holidays winter wave.: https://ibb.co/sVwBs9L
There COULD be a chance that the latest KP.3.x.y variants are more gut-related, so people are shedding more in wastewater than compared to other variants, which in turn, means the +rate will not be as terrible...but using caution, wearing a quality respirator, keeping the air fresh and clean and being aware of social contacts means this wil be controlled for the new school year and we won't have to find things out the hard way.
PLEASE use some common sense and caution going into September.
🔴Vaccines have not been released yet, as soon as they are available, please get vaccinated with the newset version of COVID (JN.1 or KP.2) and the latest flu shot.
🔴Remember there is a two-week "prep stage" as it works through the system before a vaccine is fully effective.
:canparrot: With some common sense and source control we can stop the uphill statistics and prevent lots of life, finance, and learning loss.
I hope you continue to have a GREAT SUMMER! ☀️🔥☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA
#KP3 #S31Del#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Morning SARS2PAians!
I hope you're enjoying this break from the brain-melting heat and humidity this summer. (It's so much better sleeping 😴)
WastewaterMy focus will be on wastewater as nothing has really changed mutation-wise. KP.3.x.y still wrecking us due to antigenic drift.
KP.3.x.y rising exponentially right now in wastewater. The positivity rate is not as terrible, but +rate is a lagging indication compared to wastewater.
CDC has the VAST MAJORITY of States experiencing VERY HIGH levels of SARS2 concentration in wastewater.: https://ibb.co/nR2kb6Q
PA is in the Moderate category on this map, and indeed the Northeast is in the lowest slot for WW increases out of all regions.:https://ibb.co/3r4j6KH
And actually the PA Wastewwater monitoring map looks much better than last time, but the peak isn't in sight yet.: https://ibb.co/9shCm3M
The highest raised levels in PA are in the Harrisburg region. Folks there might want to consider respirators in public and watch social contacts as school IS NOT going to make this metric better.: https://ibb.co/xG3rY4L
These increases nationally are matching what SHOULD be a post-Holidays winter wave.: https://ibb.co/sVwBs9L
There COULD be a chance that the latest KP.3.x.y variants are more gut-related, so people are shedding more in wastewater than compared to other variants, which in turn, means the +rate will not be as terrible...but using caution, wearing a quality respirator, keeping the air fresh and clean and being aware of social contacts means this wil be controlled for the new school year and we won't have to find things out the hard way.
PLEASE use some common sense and caution going into September.
🔴Vaccines have not been released yet, as soon as they are available, please get vaccinated with the newset version of COVID (JN.1 or KP.2) and the latest flu shot.
🔴Remember there is a two-week "prep stage" as it works through the system before a vaccine is fully effective.
:canparrot: With some common sense and source control we can stop the uphill statistics and prevent lots of life, finance, and learning loss.
I hope you continue to have a GREAT SUMMER! ☀️🔥☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA
#KP3 #S31Del#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick ! -
Good Morning SARS2PAians!
I hope you're enjoying this break from the brain-melting heat and humidity this summer. (It's so much better sleeping 😴)
WastewaterMy focus will be on wastewater as nothing has really changed mutation-wise. KP.3.x.y still wrecking us due to antigenic drift.
KP.3.x.y rising exponentially right now in wastewater. The positivity rate is not as terrible, but +rate is a lagging indication compared to wastewater.
CDC has the VAST MAJORITY of States experiencing VERY HIGH levels of SARS2 concentration in wastewater.: https://ibb.co/nR2kb6Q
PA is in the Moderate category on this map, and indeed the Northeast is in the lowest slot for WW increases out of all regions.:https://ibb.co/3r4j6KH
And actually the PA Wastewwater monitoring map looks much better than last time, but the peak isn't in sight yet.: https://ibb.co/9shCm3M
The highest raised levels in PA are in the Harrisburg region. Folks there might want to consider respirators in public and watch social contacts as school IS NOT going to make this metric better.: https://ibb.co/xG3rY4L
These increases nationally are matching what SHOULD be a post-Holidays winter wave.: https://ibb.co/sVwBs9L
There COULD be a chance that the latest KP.3.x.y variants are more gut-related, so people are shedding more in wastewater than compared to other variants, which in turn, means the +rate will not be as terrible...but using caution, wearing a quality respirator, keeping the air fresh and clean and being aware of social contacts means this wil be controlled for the new school year and we won't have to find things out the hard way.
PLEASE use some common sense and caution going into September.
🔴Vaccines have not been released yet, as soon as they are available, please get vaccinated with the newset version of COVID (JN.1 or KP.2) and the latest flu shot.
🔴Remember there is a two-week "prep stage" as it works through the system before a vaccine is fully effective.
:canparrot: With some common sense and source control we can stop the uphill statistics and prevent lots of life, finance, and learning loss.
I hope you continue to have a GREAT SUMMER! ☀️🔥☀️
#COVID19 #COVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2PA
#Pennsylvania #PA
#KP3 #S31Del#WearAMask #CleanTheAir #WashHands
#VaccinesSaveLives #StayHomeIfSick !