#influenzab — Public Fediverse posts
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Influenza B al alza: expertas del Hospital Clínico U. de Chile llaman a reforzar la prevención este invierno | vía #UChileRadio
#enfermedadesrespiratorias #influenzab #planinvierno #salud #universidaddechile
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Royal Brock
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Brockville #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #SEPH0083 (formerly #SEHU0054 )Date: 2026-05-13
Public Health Unit: Southeast Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSEPH (formerly #OnObSEHU )Click or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Royal Brock
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Brockville #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #SEPH0083 (formerly #SEHU0054 )Date: 2026-05-13
Public Health Unit: Southeast Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSEPH (formerly #OnObSEHU )Click or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Amica Dundas
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: 5th Floor
Location: #Dundas #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #HPHS0038Date: 2026-05-08
Public Health Unit: #Hamilton Public Health Services
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObHPHSClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Amica Dundas
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: 5th Floor
Location: #Dundas #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #HPHS0038Date: 2026-05-08
Public Health Unit: #Hamilton Public Health Services
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObHPHSClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Listowel Memorial Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: CCC Unit
Location: #Listowel #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #HPHU0028Date: 2026-05-05
Public Health Unit: Huron Perth Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObHPHUClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Listowel Memorial Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: CCC Unit
Location: #Listowel #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #HPHU0028Date: 2026-05-05
Public Health Unit: Huron Perth Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObHPHUClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Dufferin Oaks
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: East Luther Grand Valley
Location: #Shelburne #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #WDGH0009Date: 2026-05-02
Public Health Unit: Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObWDGHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Dufferin Oaks
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: East Luther Grand Valley
Location: #Shelburne #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #WDGH0009Date: 2026-05-02
Public Health Unit: Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObWDGHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Extendicare Timmins
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Timmins #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #NEPH0002Date: 2026-04-17
Public Health Unit: Northeastern Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNEPHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Extendicare Timmins
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Timmins #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #NEPH0002Date: 2026-04-17
Public Health Unit: Northeastern Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNEPHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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#FYI #USA #MicrobeTV #ThisWeekInVirology #DanielGriffin #VincentRacaniello #MASA #MakeAmericaSaneAgain #infectiousdiseases #vaccinate #vaccines #rabies #CDC #Ecoli #rawMilk #rawCheese #EBV #mononucleosis #MS #measles #influenza #flu #influenzaA #influenzaB #RSV #covid19 #covid #sarscov2 #LongCovid
#TWIV 1312 clinical update 09.Apr.2026
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#FYI #USA #MicrobeTV #ThisWeekInVirology #DanielGriffin #VincentRacaniello #MASA #MakeAmericaSaneAgain #infectiousdiseases #vaccinate #vaccines #rabies #CDC #Ecoli #rawMilk #rawCheese #EBV #mononucleosis #MS #measles #influenza #flu #influenzaA #influenzaB #RSV #covid19 #covid #sarscov2 #LongCovid
#TWIV 1312 clinical update 09.Apr.2026
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#FYI #USA #MicrobeTV #ThisWeekInVirology #DanielGriffin #VincentRacaniello #MASA #MakeAmericaSaneAgain #infectiousdiseases #vaccinate #vaccines #Ecoli #rawMilk #rawCheese #measles #influenza #flu #influenzaA #influenzaB #RSV #covid19 #covid #sarscov2 #LongCovid
#TWIV 1310 clinical update 02.Apr.2026
Dr. Griffin's bowtie of today: Prions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rbMI7Ela80
shownotes: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1310/
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#FYI #USA #MicrobeTV #ThisWeekInVirology #DanielGriffin #VincentRacaniello #MASA #MakeAmericaSaneAgain #infectiousdiseases #vaccinate #vaccines #Ecoli #rawMilk #rawCheese #measles #influenza #flu #influenzaA #influenzaB #RSV #covid19 #covid #sarscov2 #LongCovid
#TWIV 1310 clinical update 02.Apr.2026
Dr. Griffin's bowtie of today: Prions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rbMI7Ela80
shownotes: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1310/
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Brantford General Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: B8 Medicine Unit
Location: #Brantford #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #GEPH0002Date: 2026-04-01
Public Health Unit: Grand Erie Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObGEPHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #Influenza B
Facility: Brantford General Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: B8 Medicine Unit
Location: #Brantford #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #GEPH0002Date: 2026-04-01
Public Health Unit: Grand Erie Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObGEPHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: Group A Strep (Streptococcus pyogenes) + #Influenza B + Human #Metapneumovirus
Facility: Central East Correctional Centre
Facility Type: Other Congregate Living Setting
Unit/Floor/Area: 4B
Location: #Lindsay #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #LLPH0057Date: 2026-03-19
Public Health Unit: Lakelends Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObLLPHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
#GAS #StrepA #GroupAstrep #FluB #InfluenzaB #HMPV -
Outbreak: Group A Strep (Streptococcus pyogenes) + #Influenza B + Human #Metapneumovirus
Facility: Central East Correctional Centre
Facility Type: Other Congregate Living Setting
Unit/Floor/Area: 4B
Location: #Lindsay #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #LLPH0057Date: 2026-03-19
Public Health Unit: Lakelends Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObLLPHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
#GAS #StrepA #GroupAstrep #FluB #InfluenzaB #HMPV -
Outbreak: #InfluenzaB (not subtyped) + #Parainfluenza Virus
Facility: Villa Minto
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Cochrane #Ontario
Date: 2025-05-05Public Health Unit: Northeastern Public Health
Facility Tracking Hash: #NEPH0010 (formerly #POHU0002)
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNEPH (formerly #OnObPOHU)Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #InfluenzaB + #Parainfluenza Virus
Facility: Extendicare Timmins
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Timmins #Ontario
Date: 2025-04-19Public Health Unit: Northeastern Public Health
Facility Tracking Hash: #NEPH0002
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNEPHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Kämpfe seit ein paar Tagen mit #Grippe bzw. #Influenza. Gerade abends geht das #Fieber immer wieder ordentlich hoch. 🤒🥵
Hat jemand vielleicht ein paar weitere Tipps außer #Ibuprofen, #Paracetamol und #Wadenwickel?
#Grippewelle #Grippeimpfung #InfluenzaA #InfluenzaB #Viren #Influenzawelle #Gesundheit #Infektion #Infektionskrankheit
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Kämpfe seit ein paar Tagen mit #Grippe bzw. #Influenza. Gerade abends geht das #Fieber immer wieder ordentlich hoch. 🤒🥵
Hat jemand vielleicht ein paar weitere Tipps außer #Ibuprofen, #Paracetamol und #Wadenwickel?
#Grippewelle #Grippeimpfung #InfluenzaA #InfluenzaB #Viren #Influenzawelle #Gesundheit #Infektion #Infektionskrankheit
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Bitte tragt Maske 😷 ✌️❣️ #MaskUp . Überall. Hilft bei : #SARSCoV2 , #RSV, #InfluenzaA , #InfluenzaB #AlleKrank 🤧 muss nicht sein #CleanAir #CovidIsAirborne #Multisystemerkrankung
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Structural Convergence and Water-Mediated Substrate Mimicry Enable Broad #Neuraminidase #Inhibition by #Human #Antibodies
Source: BioRxIV, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.27.625426v1?rss=1
Abstract
Influenza has been responsible for multiple global pandemics and seasonal epidemics and claimed millions of lives. The imminent threat of a panzootic outbreak of avian influenza H5N1 virus underscores the urgent need for pandemic preparedness and effective countermeasures, including monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Here, we characterize human mAbs that target the highly conserved catalytic site of viral neuraminidase (NA), termed NCS mAbs, and the molecular basis of their broad specificity. Cross-reactive NA-specific B cells were isolated by using stabilized NA probes of non-circulating subtypes. We found that NCS mAbs recognized multiple NAs of influenza A as well as influenza B NAs and conferred prophylactic protections in mice against H1N1, H5N1, and influenza B viruses. Cryo-electron microscopy structures of two NCS mAbs revealed that they rely on structural mimicry of sialic acid, the substrate of NA, by coordinating not only amino acid side chains but also water molecules, enabling inhibition of NA activity across multiple influenza A and B viruses, including avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses. Our results provide a molecular basis for the broad reactivity and inhibitory activity of NCS mAbs targeting the catalytic site of NA through substrate mimicry.____
#aH1n1 #aH5n1 #abstract #avianInfluenza #AVIANINFLUENZA #birdFlu #h5n1 #health #influenzaB #monoclonalAntibodies #news #research #SEASONALINFLUENZA
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@Volksverpetzer Nicht "komplett" im Sinne von 100%ig, aber es ist eine sooo geringe Inzidenz übrig und nur in sehr wenigen Ländern, dass es für die Impfung erstmal nicht mehr relevant ist: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00066-1/fulltext (siehe Table 1 > Zeilen für 2022 & 2023) Auch gut 🙂 bzw. 🖖😷✌️
#Influenza #InfluenzaImpfung #InfluenzaB -
@Volksverpetzer Nicht "komplett" im Sinne von 100%ig, aber es ist eine sooo geringe Inzidenz übrig und nur in sehr wenigen Ländern, dass es für die Impfung erstmal nicht mehr relevant ist: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00066-1/fulltext (siehe Table 1 > Zeilen für 2022 & 2023) Auch gut 🙂 bzw. 🖖😷✌️
#Influenza #InfluenzaImpfung #InfluenzaB -
Querdenker so: »Masken und Maßnahmen bringen nichts und sind nur Repression.«
Die Wissenschaft: »Der Stamm #Yamagata der #Influenza wurde durch die Maßnahmen ausgerottet.«
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00066-1/fulltext
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Querdenker so: »Masken und Maßnahmen bringen nichts und sind nur Repression.«
Die Wissenschaft: »Der Stamm #Yamagata der #Influenza wurde durch die Maßnahmen ausgerottet.«
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00066-1/fulltext
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"Researchers at the Doherty Institute have made a breakthrough in understanding influenza B, identifying promising targets for vaccine development. They discovered specific immune responses that effectively neutralize the virus, potentially leading to more effective vaccines against influenza B strains in the future."
@TheDohertyInst #influenzaB #fluvaccine
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"Researchers at the Doherty Institute have made a breakthrough in understanding influenza B, identifying promising targets for vaccine development. They discovered specific immune responses that effectively neutralize the virus, potentially leading to more effective vaccines against influenza B strains in the future."
@TheDohertyInst #influenzaB #fluvaccine
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U[pdate for 2/23/2024!
Good Morning SARS2PAians! ❄️❄️❄️
There's no new CDC stuff for today.
VOCs
JN.1 and its cousins/offspring continues to smash the leaderboard globally and in the US: https://ibb.co/xSW90JK
And here in PA: https://ibb.co/FX4VJgb
Lineage News
JN.1.11 has totally fizzled out (that's the difference between how it looks in a lab compared to actual infectivity) but there is a new variant that is being VERY closely scoured for by geneticists: JN.1.23 (that's JN One Dot Twenty-Three.)
This variant has an absolutely astounding ACE2Binding ability (which means it's easier to "stick" to lungs) + very good escape rate (which means it looks different than anything else before it and the body isn't sure how to react to it).: https://ibb.co/B45zX5B
It is definitely way beyond "uh-oh" at this point.: https://ibb.co/9T5pv5z
It has already been found on 3 continents (South America/Brazil, North America/California, and Asia/India) and also in Canada/Alberta. it's now being tracked on Rajnarayanan's Tableau chart for the US.: https://ibb.co/xMwRyyC
This also has so much binding ability, it has the most potential to even "spend" some of its infectivity on other mutations that will benefit its children, sacrificing it for more severity or more innate infectivity....which would be very bad.
The good news is that this variant has only 2 differences between it and what we're already dealing with. Despite the very good ACE2 binding, XBB.1.5 vaccines and prior infections with JN.1 should hold against it at least a little while.: https://ibb.co/42D30fZ
(Note: don't get infected to prevent infection. That's silly. There's NO sure way to know if you were infected with JN.1 unless you get your case sequenced. Get vaccinated and use source control. That's smart and NOT silly.)
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WastewaterWastewater SARS2 material is rising in the US again. Not a good sign.: https://ibb.co/DGx889k
Regionally, all regions except the West are starting to tick upwards again.: https://ibb.co/dtKpRsK
In PA, the 5 stations that report to Biobot are showing very volatile elves, but Chester, Lackawanna, Luzerne, and MontCo are handling it. :canparrot: GOOD GOING. Source control keeps those numbers down!!!: https://ibb.co/JxZX7YC
BucksCo is on an uptick, now above national averages. Please be cautious and keep working at it for Spring!!! 💐
The PA DoH Wastewater dashboard reflects these rising levels, with levels especially rising in Monroe County. PLEASE USE SOURCE CONTROL. Wear a quality respirator, clean the air with MERV-13 or HEPA filters, and STAY HOME if you are sick!: https://ibb.co/DwtcNgd
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Year-Over-YearWant to remind everyone that this year has the highest national wastewater numbers of all COVID years at this time.: https://ibb.co/WP98zxT
(I changed the color of the 2024 year because the original color used to represent it was...pretty unseeable.)
MORE people are getting infected/reinfected more quickly, and you can see the general trend is for the absolute baseline rising throughout the year.
This is in addition to, on WastewaterSCAN, high levels of other respiratory pathogens like RSV, FluA and FluB and the gastro-disturbing (and just gross) Norovirus.: https://ibb.co/ggyxfBt
Wash hands to prevent especially non SARS pathogens.
🌊👍🌊Wash fruits and veg too before you eat them!
🌊🍎🥒🌊Guys, this is us on our way to a high tide that will never drop IF we don't use source control.
But if we do, we can prevent life, learning, and financial loss going into spring and have a LOVELY and healthy new season soon! 💐
#covid #Covid19 #SARS2PA #CDC #CovidIsNotOver #Pennsylvania #PA #JN1 #JN1TwentyThree #JN123 #Norovirus #Influenza #InfluenzaB #Flu #FluB #WearAMask #CleanTheAir #VaccinesSaveLives #Wastewater #StayHomeIfSick #SourceControl #USESourceControl #COVIDSourceControl
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U[pdate for 2/23/2024!
Good Morning SARS2PAians! ❄️❄️❄️
There's no new CDC stuff for today.
VOCs
JN.1 and its cousins/offspring continues to smash the leaderboard globally and in the US: https://ibb.co/xSW90JK
And here in PA: https://ibb.co/FX4VJgb
Lineage News
JN.1.11 has totally fizzled out (that's the difference between how it looks in a lab compared to actual infectivity) but there is a new variant that is being VERY closely scoured for by geneticists: JN.1.23 (that's JN One Dot Twenty-Three.)
This variant has an absolutely astounding ACE2Binding ability (which means it's easier to "stick" to lungs) + very good escape rate (which means it looks different than anything else before it and the body isn't sure how to react to it).: https://ibb.co/B45zX5B
It is definitely way beyond "uh-oh" at this point.: https://ibb.co/9T5pv5z
It has already been found on 3 continents (South America/Brazil, North America/California, and Asia/India) and also in Canada/Alberta. it's now being tracked on Rajnarayanan's Tableau chart for the US.: https://ibb.co/xMwRyyC
This also has so much binding ability, it has the most potential to even "spend" some of its infectivity on other mutations that will benefit its children, sacrificing it for more severity or more innate infectivity....which would be very bad.
The good news is that this variant has only 2 differences between it and what we're already dealing with. Despite the very good ACE2 binding, XBB.1.5 vaccines and prior infections with JN.1 should hold against it at least a little while.: https://ibb.co/42D30fZ
(Note: don't get infected to prevent infection. That's silly. There's NO sure way to know if you were infected with JN.1 unless you get your case sequenced. Get vaccinated and use source control. That's smart and NOT silly.)
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WastewaterWastewater SARS2 material is rising in the US again. Not a good sign.: https://ibb.co/DGx889k
Regionally, all regions except the West are starting to tick upwards again.: https://ibb.co/dtKpRsK
In PA, the 5 stations that report to Biobot are showing very volatile elves, but Chester, Lackawanna, Luzerne, and MontCo are handling it. :canparrot: GOOD GOING. Source control keeps those numbers down!!!: https://ibb.co/JxZX7YC
BucksCo is on an uptick, now above national averages. Please be cautious and keep working at it for Spring!!! 💐
The PA DoH Wastewater dashboard reflects these rising levels, with levels especially rising in Monroe County. PLEASE USE SOURCE CONTROL. Wear a quality respirator, clean the air with MERV-13 or HEPA filters, and STAY HOME if you are sick!: https://ibb.co/DwtcNgd
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Year-Over-YearWant to remind everyone that this year has the highest national wastewater numbers of all COVID years at this time.: https://ibb.co/WP98zxT
(I changed the color of the 2024 year because the original color used to represent it was...pretty unseeable.)
MORE people are getting infected/reinfected more quickly, and you can see the general trend is for the absolute baseline rising throughout the year.
This is in addition to, on WastewaterSCAN, high levels of other respiratory pathogens like RSV, FluA and FluB and the gastro-disturbing (and just gross) Norovirus.: https://ibb.co/ggyxfBt
Wash hands to prevent especially non SARS pathogens.
🌊👍🌊Wash fruits and veg too before you eat them!
🌊🍎🥒🌊Guys, this is us on our way to a high tide that will never drop IF we don't use source control.
But if we do, we can prevent life, learning, and financial loss going into spring and have a LOVELY and healthy new season soon! 💐
#covid #Covid19 #SARS2PA #CDC #CovidIsNotOver #Pennsylvania #PA #JN1 #JN1TwentyThree #JN123 #Norovirus #Influenza #InfluenzaB #Flu #FluB #WearAMask #CleanTheAir #VaccinesSaveLives #Wastewater #StayHomeIfSick #SourceControl #USESourceControl #COVIDSourceControl
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Good Morning SARS2PAians!!
Thankfully, there is not a whole lot new going on with COVID. There are still no upcoming variants that will overtake JN.1.x.y yet.
No new CDC maps.
The most important thing is some non-SARS2 wastewater stuff.
For SARS2/COVID, national wastewater is starting to level out after a (worrying for me) uptick at the beginning of the month.: https://ibb.co/8dt7jGg
Regionally, the Northeast still has by far the highest concentration but is clearly levelling off from a small uptick. Other regions are ever so slightly rising but are mostly steady.: https://ibb.co/DKqYBzm
In PA, some increases in Bucks which is making the levels go above national average. PLEASE use source control to keep this from getting worse.: https://ibb.co/M7mnNJ5
Also in ChesterCo, all systems I'm watching clearly shows a strong increase there. PLEASE practice SOURCE CONTROL.
You can see on the most recent PA Wastewater Dashboard that levels are increasing in major areas in PA (Pittsburgh, Chester, Monroe Cos.).: https://ibb.co/9tkbxnJ
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Non-COVID PathogensWastewaterSCAN currently shows the levels for ALL respiratory pathogens (SARS2, RSV, FluA, FluB) as HIGH in our region and also for Norovorus (the "24-hour stomach bug") as HIGH.: https://ibb.co/1nPBsBp
Looks like University Park's levels of RSV are almost going vertical.: https://ibb.co/jZCxwvR
ChesterCo is having strong increases of Influenza B.: https://ibb.co/TBMVhMD
Norovirus in ChesterCo is already crazy high AND on a VERY strong increase. (What's going on over there and in UPark?? College kiddos? Please tell your college kiddos to practice source control!): https://ibb.co/fFkbFMS
You can see there that the left vertical axis the numbers for Noro are bonkers (RSV range is from 0 to 280, Noro goes from 10,000 to 110,000 😳)
Read about Norovirus from the Cleveland Clinic: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17703-norovirus
Norovirus is primarily a SANITARY but also CLOSE CONTACT issue.
WASH YOUR HANDS.
Do not eat off unclean dinnerware. Avoid oysters and other seafood during high outbreaks.
Wash off fruits and veggies before you eat them.
Do NOT prepare food if you are sick.
STAY HOME. The CDC is wrong.: https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/111924800740495932
STAY HOME.
Wear a quality respirator in large crowds!
If we can keep this stuff under control through the rest of the winter, first of all it will be a MUCH more pleasant Spring. Secondly, if a new COVID variant appears and is fast enough to go worldwide, we won't be worrying about five other pathogens.
I hope we can work together to make a FANTASTIC and healthy Spring!! 💐
#covid #Covid19 #SARS2PA #CDC #CovidIsNotOver #Pennsylvania #PA #JN1 #Norovirus #Influenza #InfluenzaB #Flu #FluB #WearAMask #CleanTheAir #VaccinesSaveLives #Wastewater #StayHomeIfSick
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Good Morning SARS2PAians!!
Thankfully, there is not a whole lot new going on with COVID. There are still no upcoming variants that will overtake JN.1.x.y yet.
No new CDC maps.
The most important thing is some non-SARS2 wastewater stuff.
For SARS2/COVID, national wastewater is starting to level out after a (worrying for me) uptick at the beginning of the month.: https://ibb.co/8dt7jGg
Regionally, the Northeast still has by far the highest concentration but is clearly levelling off from a small uptick. Other regions are ever so slightly rising but are mostly steady.: https://ibb.co/DKqYBzm
In PA, some increases in Bucks which is making the levels go above national average. PLEASE use source control to keep this from getting worse.: https://ibb.co/M7mnNJ5
Also in ChesterCo, all systems I'm watching clearly shows a strong increase there. PLEASE practice SOURCE CONTROL.
You can see on the most recent PA Wastewater Dashboard that levels are increasing in major areas in PA (Pittsburgh, Chester, Monroe Cos.).: https://ibb.co/9tkbxnJ
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Non-COVID PathogensWastewaterSCAN currently shows the levels for ALL respiratory pathogens (SARS2, RSV, FluA, FluB) as HIGH in our region and also for Norovorus (the "24-hour stomach bug") as HIGH.: https://ibb.co/1nPBsBp
Looks like University Park's levels of RSV are almost going vertical.: https://ibb.co/jZCxwvR
ChesterCo is having strong increases of Influenza B.: https://ibb.co/TBMVhMD
Norovirus in ChesterCo is already crazy high AND on a VERY strong increase. (What's going on over there and in UPark?? College kiddos? Please tell your college kiddos to practice source control!): https://ibb.co/fFkbFMS
You can see there that the left vertical axis the numbers for Noro are bonkers (RSV range is from 0 to 280, Noro goes from 10,000 to 110,000 😳)
Read about Norovirus from the Cleveland Clinic: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17703-norovirus
Norovirus is primarily a SANITARY but also CLOSE CONTACT issue.
WASH YOUR HANDS.
Do not eat off unclean dinnerware. Avoid oysters and other seafood during high outbreaks.
Wash off fruits and veggies before you eat them.
Do NOT prepare food if you are sick.
STAY HOME. The CDC is wrong.: https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/111924800740495932
STAY HOME.
Wear a quality respirator in large crowds!
If we can keep this stuff under control through the rest of the winter, first of all it will be a MUCH more pleasant Spring. Secondly, if a new COVID variant appears and is fast enough to go worldwide, we won't be worrying about five other pathogens.
I hope we can work together to make a FANTASTIC and healthy Spring!! 💐
#covid #Covid19 #SARS2PA #CDC #CovidIsNotOver #Pennsylvania #PA #JN1 #Norovirus #Influenza #InfluenzaB #Flu #FluB #WearAMask #CleanTheAir #VaccinesSaveLives #Wastewater #StayHomeIfSick
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Global News BC: ‘Came back with a vengeance’: B.C. doctor urges flu shot as kids return to school https://globalnews.ca/news/9935657/bc-doctor-urges-flu-shot/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #pediatricinfectiousdiseasedoctor #BCCentreforDiseaseControl #newCOVID-19variantBA.2.86 #BCChildren'sHospital #Dr.DavidGoldfarb #BCinfluenzaB #influenzaB #BCflushot #BCdoctor #BChealth #Health #bcflu #rsv #BC
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Global News BC: ‘Came back with a vengeance’: B.C. doctor urges flu shot as kids return to school https://globalnews.ca/news/9935657/bc-doctor-urges-flu-shot/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #pediatricinfectiousdiseasedoctor #BCCentreforDiseaseControl #newCOVID-19variantBA.2.86 #BCChildren'sHospital #Dr.DavidGoldfarb #BCinfluenzaB #influenzaB #BCflushot #BCdoctor #BChealth #Health #bcflu #rsv #BC
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CW: #Argentina #Epidemiology #RespiratoryViruses
I will soon start reporting weekly on the figures we have here (random tests on outpatients/ambulatory people) :
I'm not giving figures yet as I need to know first whether the tests are for patients with respiratory symptoms or all patients.
The #RSV seems to be weakening and #flu is now the most likely to strike. This year, the flu strain is #InfluenzaA #H1N1, but the #InfluenzaB epidemic could also start very soon, just like last year.
Very little #SARSCoV2 has been detected compared with the last wave at the start of the year.
The avian flu is still monitored in birds (more details next week). -
CW: #Argentina #Epidemiology #RespiratoryViruses
I will soon start reporting weekly on the figures we have here (random tests on outpatients/ambulatory people) :
I'm not giving figures yet as I need to know first whether the tests are for patients with respiratory symptoms or all patients.
The #RSV seems to be weakening and #flu is now the most likely to strike. This year, the flu strain is #InfluenzaA #H1N1, but the #InfluenzaB epidemic could also start very soon, just like last year.
Very little #SARSCoV2 has been detected compared with the last wave at the start of the year.
The avian flu is still monitored in birds (more details next week). -
RT @ECDC_Outbreaks: Last week in #epidemiology - our weekly bulletin - #CDTR is out!
This issue focuses on:
➡️ #COVID19
➡️ iatrogenic #botulism
➡️ group A streptococcal infection
➡️ seasonal #influenza
➡️ #chikungunya & #dengue
➡️ #influenzaB among young peopleFull report https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-week-11-12-18-march-2023
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Health/status/1637740912791912450
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RT @ECDC_Outbreaks: Last week in #epidemiology - our weekly bulletin - #CDTR is out!
This issue focuses on:
➡️ #COVID19
➡️ iatrogenic #botulism
➡️ group A streptococcal infection
➡️ seasonal #influenza
➡️ #chikungunya & #dengue
➡️ #influenzaB among young peopleFull report https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-week-11-12-18-march-2023
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1637740749243441154
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Gibt es eigentlich Erfahrungen mit den Vierfach-Tests, die #Corona #Grippe ( #InfluenzaA und #InfluenzaB ) und #RSV erkennen sollen? Kann man die nicht für Besuche von Restaurants, Kneipen oder Veranstaltungen wieder als Pflicht einführen? Will endlich mal wieder feiern gehen und entspannt in einer Kneipe sitzen. Nervt!