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  1. A 40-year-old woman has died from measles complications in Pennsylvania, marking the state’s third measles-associated death this year as the US experiences its worst resurgence of the highly contagious disease in 35 years.
    #Measles

     www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

    Pennsylvania woman dies from m...

  2. An unvaccinated woman in Jefferson County, PA (west-central PA; includes Punxsutawney of groundhog day fame) died Sept 12th of complications of what so far looks like #measles, including rash and fever. Definitive test results should be back in a few days.

    🎁 share.inquirer.com/OTChTm

    #measles
    #Vaccine
    #MeaslesCanKill

  3. Another Pennsylvania #measles death, this time in an unvaccinated 40 year old woman.

    3 deaths with less than 700 confirmed cases suggests this outbreak is much larger than reported (no surprise).

    Pennsylvania woman dies of mea...

  4. THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
    for September 3rd, 2026
    by independent journalist @violetblue

    - US #Measles cases ⬆️; CDC un-reported 2 confirmed measles deaths

    - 32,857 state-reported #Cyclosporiasis cases; tracking stopped in some states due to CDC-defined "season" ending 8/31

    - #Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing on record per the UN (6k confirmed cases, 3k deaths)

    - 1st documented #H5N1 #BirdFlu cases in minks, "who have similar respiratory tracts to humans"

    - 29 states in major outbreaks during US's 13th #Covid surge

    - Appointments for this Fall's Covid vaccines already available in the US at CVS, Costco

    - Anti-gaslighting guidance from a Black women w/ Long Covid

    - How to re-start a Covid safety journey for those who stopped

    ...and much more.

    ✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨

    patreon.com/violetblue/posts/p

    #ThreatModel #ThreatModelCovid #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #COVIDnews #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver

  5. THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
    for September 3rd, 2026
    by independent journalist @violetblue

    - US #Measles cases ⬆️; CDC un-reported 2 confirmed measles deaths

    - 32,857 state-reported #Cyclosporiasis cases; tracking stopped in some states due to CDC-defined "season" ending 8/31

    - #Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing on record per the UN (6k confirmed cases, 3k deaths)

    - 1st documented #H5N1 #BirdFlu cases in minks, "who have similar respiratory tracts to humans"

    - 29 states in major outbreaks during US's 13th #Covid surge

    - Appointments for this Fall's Covid vaccines already available in the US at CVS, Costco

    - Anti-gaslighting guidance from a Black women w/ Long Covid

    - How to re-start a Covid safety journey for those who stopped

    ...and much more.

    ✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨

    patreon.com/violetblue/posts/p

    #ThreatModel #ThreatModelCovid #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #COVIDnews #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver

  6. THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
    for September 3rd, 2026
    by independent journalist @violetblue

    - US #Measles cases ⬆️; CDC un-reported 2 confirmed measles deaths

    - 32,857 state-reported #Cyclosporiasis cases; tracking stopped in some states due to CDC-defined "season" ending 8/31

    - #Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing on record per the UN (6k confirmed cases, 3k deaths)

    - 1st documented #H5N1 #BirdFlu cases in minks, "who have similar respiratory tracts to humans"

    - 29 states in major outbreaks during US's 13th #Covid surge

    - Appointments for this Fall's Covid vaccines already available in the US at CVS, Costco

    - Anti-gaslighting guidance from a Black women w/ Long Covid

    - How to re-start a Covid safety journey for those who stopped

    ...and much more.

    ✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨

    patreon.com/violetblue/posts/p

    #ThreatModel #ThreatModelCovid #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #COVIDnews #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver

  7. THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
    for September 3rd, 2026
    by independent journalist @violetblue

    - US #Measles cases ⬆️; CDC un-reported 2 confirmed measles deaths

    - 32,857 state-reported #Cyclosporiasis cases; tracking stopped in some states due to CDC-defined "season" ending 8/31

    - #Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing on record per the UN (6k confirmed cases, 3k deaths)

    - 1st documented #H5N1 #BirdFlu cases in minks, "who have similar respiratory tracts to humans"

    - 29 states in major outbreaks during US's 13th #Covid surge

    - Appointments for this Fall's Covid vaccines already available in the US at CVS, Costco

    - Anti-gaslighting guidance from a Black women w/ Long Covid

    - How to re-start a Covid safety journey for those who stopped

    ...and much more.

    ✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨

    patreon.com/violetblue/posts/p

    #ThreatModel #ThreatModelCovid #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #COVIDnews #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver

  8. THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
    for September 3rd, 2026
    by independent journalist @violetblue

    - US #Measles cases ⬆️; CDC un-reported 2 confirmed measles deaths

    - 32,857 state-reported #Cyclosporiasis cases; tracking stopped in some states due to CDC-defined "season" ending 8/31

    - #Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing on record per the UN (6k confirmed cases, 3k deaths)

    - 1st documented #H5N1 #BirdFlu cases in minks, "who have similar respiratory tracts to humans"

    - 29 states in major outbreaks during US's 13th #Covid surge

    - Appointments for this Fall's Covid vaccines already available in the US at CVS, Costco

    - Anti-gaslighting guidance from a Black women w/ Long Covid

    - How to re-start a Covid safety journey for those who stopped

    ...and much more.

    ✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨

    patreon.com/violetblue/posts/p

    #ThreatModel #ThreatModelCovid #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #COVIDnews #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver

  9. Unvaccinated Valencia County child tests positive for measles, marking 19th New Mexico case in 2026

    The New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday announced that an unvaccinated child in Valencia County has tested…
    #Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Valencia #case #Measles #NewMexico #statehealthdepartment #Statehealthofficials #ValenciaCounty
    europesays.com/spain/84806/

  10. An #IntensiveCare doc looks at the #Trump order on #vaccines:
    "If the schedule is changed, the costs will be measured over time. Today in the form of more sick kids with #measles. Two decades out in the form of meningococcal #meningitis in a college freshman who wasn't 'high-risk' until the dorm outbreak. Three decades out in the form of congenital #rubella in the pregnancy of a woman whose split MMR doses were started but never finished. Forty years out in the child born in 2027 who never received the hepatitis B birth dose and reaches my #ICU around 2066 with a failing liver tied to a chronic infection acquired at birth."
    medpagetoday.com/opinion/secon

  11. Johns Hopkins University: New U.S. Disease Tracker strengthens monitoring of vaccine-preventable diseases. “The U.S. Disease Tracker, created and run by Johns Hopkins University, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, in partnership with state and territorial public health agencies, will initially monitor cases of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/06/johns-hopkins-university-new-u-s-disease-tracker-strengthens-monitoring-of-vaccine-preventable-diseases/
  12. CW: virus precaution geekery

    @rattletat

    Yes, good air quality will quash ongoing transmission "on average" over time.

    Fresh air also has a significant up side for clarity of thinking. People only tend to complain about opening windows if the weather's cold: chills and heating bills!

    Filters likewise are mostly up side except for the cost.

    But the "on average, good air quality quashes ongoing transmission" can still include infections in the meantime - esp downwind of an infectious person.

    LFT tests... they're not pointless, because they'll find some of the most-infectious people, but they aren't reliable. Lots of false negatives at middling viral loads.

    Even a negative NAAT result only means "negative now and likely for some hours", not necessarily "still negative tomorrow".

    Testing on arrival is a logistical challenge. It's slow (e.g. Pluslife ~30 mins, LFT ~15), so you've got people waiting around whose status is unknown.

    People testing beforehand: most don't have access to NAAT. And it relies on trust, which is not necessarily wise when so many people don't genuinely believe it's important.

    Also, each test is for one or more specific illnesses: e.g. a covid test won't catch someone coming in with flu or measles.

    There's a reason why people do still mask even though the other things exist.

    @thomasfuchs

    #EventManagement #covid #flu #measles #ConCrud