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be on the lookout for symptoms of covid the respiratory virus
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source on hospitalizations:
- government of canada
- cbc news
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The Weather
In the US, 41 out of 54 states and territories are at high or very high COVID wastewater levels as of 1/18/2024. Ten states and territories have no data available. It’s important to note that levels of “moderate,” “low,” or “minimal” do not necessarily indicate a low risk of COVID exposure in our daily lives. Viral spread is still ongoing even if at lower levels, and precautions are warranted to protect ourselves and others.
Looking at the CDC’s national and regional wastewater data over time, we continue to see “Very High” levels nationally. It’s important to note that the last two weeks are provisional data, indicated by a gray shaded area on the graph, meaning that those values can change as additional wastewater sites report data.
Although wastewater data does not provide the same level of detail as previous PCR-based testing data, wastewater monitoring is an important ongoing resource to inform us about the current COVID situation. While the provisional data tentatively shows a downward trend this week, time will tell whether this is a true decrease in the final data. A downward trend does not mean continued decreases are guaranteed or that protections should be relaxed. Multilayered protections help drive COVID spread lower, and relaxing protections can lead to a resurgence of viral spread.
Visit the CDC’s State and Territory Trends page to see available wastewater testing near you, including the number of wastewater sites reporting. Write your elected officials to let them know you want to keep and expand wastewater testing in your area and nationally.
Wins
In November 2023, the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) passed a series of draft proposals that will further weaken already insufficient protocols employed within healthcare settings. HICPAC refuses to reckon with the airborne nature of infectious diseases such as SARS-CoV-2, and does not propose crucial measures such as universal masking with well-fitted respirators, isolation periods, and ventilation. The People’s CDC has penned a letter to the ACLU alerting them of HICPAC’s irresponsible decisions, and the ramifications associated with them. We hope that by working together with the ACLU, we can implement public advocacy and legal actions in order to tackle this critical issue.
You can read the full letter here.
Johns Hopkins reinstated healthcare masking on 1/12/2024, in response to high respiratory virus levels. As with many other healthcare systems and public health departments that have restored healthcare masking when facing public pressure, we hope that universal masking can become a standard of care rather than a short term response to a surge. See “Take Action” below for more information.
Variants
JN.1, now the most prominent variant in the United States, is estimated to account for 85.7% of circulating variants by 1/20/2024. HV.1 is expected to drop to 5.3%, and all other variants are estimated to make up less than 2% each. Although ongoing viral spread allows opportunities for new variants to emerge, the latest 2023-2024 COVID vaccine boosters, COVID tests, and COVID treatments are still expected to be effective for JN.1.
Current updated booster uptake is low (as of January 19, 2024, the CDC reports that only 21.5% of adults and 11% of children have received it). It is not too late to get the updated booster, and to protect yourself against the latest variant!
Hospitalizations
In the most recent week (ending January 13, 2024), we see a slight downward trend in new hospital admissions, currently at 32,861. We see a similar slight downtick in currently hospitalized patients with COVID , at 27,879. This most recent week shows a slight decrease in hospitalizations, although it is too soon to say whether hospitalizations for the current surge have passed their peak. Hospitals continue to be overwhelmed. The data also lacks information on hospital-acquired infections. We urge you to continue taking stringent precautions, such as donning a well-fitting respirator (e.g., N95, KN95) in all indoor spaces–and especially in healthcare settings.
Long COVID
Amid ongoing advocacy by Long COVID groups, the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a committee hearing on “Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care.” The hearing included testimony from three Long COVID patients and four Long COVID physicians and researchers, bringing much-needed attention to the urgent need for funding for Long COVID research and treatments, and to the need for improved access to care for Long COVID patients. We recognize the community care modeled by some of the panelists and attendees who wore masks for the hearing, and we wish the senators on the committee would mask up as well.
Take Action
Write your elected officials to let them know that Long COVID impacts all of us, and that we need ongoing support for Long COVID research and clinical care. Ask Senators to support bill S.2560, the Long COVID Support Act. Ask Representatives to support bills HR.1114 (Long COVID RECOVERY NOW Act) and HR.3258 (TREAT Long COVID Act).
Although some healthcare settings have reinstated masking in response to high COVID levels along with high respiratory virus activity, ongoing pressure is needed to restore, keep, and expand masking broadly. Use our letter template and toolkit to call or write your elected officials in support of healthcare masking.
Want to do more to support healthcare masking? Consider starting, sharing, or joining a local campaign. Check out work in Illinois, Maryland, and Wisconsin, just to name a few. Also, sign and share our letter to the ACLU asking them to join us in supporting safe and equitable access to healthcare. Sign on is open until 2/1/2024.
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Covid isn't over! We're now going into an endemic! It will continue to evolve and make new variants, each more deadly than the last. I know people will say, "It will only kill the already disabled and elderly." Thanks for condemning my life and thousands of others to death because you wanted to go back to "normal life" and didn't do the bare minimum of getting vaccinated!
#covid19#covid 19#covid variants#disabled#disability#invisible disability#physical disability#chronically ill#chronic disability#chronic illness#chronic pain#spoonie#tw covid#covid mention#covid vaccine
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#lol#truly#coronavirus#covid-19#face masks#idgafwtcdcsybwymfm#covid variants#as someone from a pentecostal church background this is particularly hilarious#masks on#wear ya mask
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Please understand, COVID is still a thing and people are still getting sick, hospitalized and even dying from it. The idea that the COVID epidemic was over was made up by people who wanted to get people back to work, which meant they had to get kids back in school. With the vaccinations, the occurances of being infected by the original COVID virus are far below the standard for an "epidemic" but that is because the COVID virus has mutated.
The public was also noticing how clean the air and water were during quarantine, and those who put impurities into the air and water didn't want the public to get any big ideas about making them stop doing that.
Those within the American health care and insurance system should already realize that no one cares if you live or die. They only care if you make and spend money, or if you are a money drain on the system. If you are a drain it is best for the system that you die quickly before too much money is lost.
So do not depend on media or politicians to tell you when your health is in danger. You are on your own. The World Health Organization is usually reliable. But, the WHO depends upon countries to send them accurate reports, so again, they may not be completely reliable, through no fault of their own.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/08/08/eris-covid-variant-eg-5-omicron/
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"The variant was identified in China in February 2023 and was first detected in the United States in April. It is a descendant of the Omicron variant XBB.1.9.2 and has one notable mutation that helps it to evade antibodies developed by the immune system in response to earlier variants and vaccines. That advantage may be why EG.5 has become the dominant strain worldwide, and it could be one reason Covid cases have been rising again.
That mutation “may mean that more people are susceptible because the virus can escape a little bit more of that immunity,” Dr. Pekosz said."
"Data released this week on X (formerly Twitter) by scientists in China showed that BA.2.86 is so different from previous versions of the virus that it easily escapes antibodies produced in response to earlier infections — even more than EG.5 does. The data (which have not yet been published or peer-reviewed) suggest that the updated vaccine will be less effective against it, too."
Wear your mask.
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Covid kraken & orthos??
they’re running out of names because these governments and people can’t behave 😒
WEAR YOUR FUCKING MASKS & GET VACCINATED!!!
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Just wanted to let you all know my COVID is gone. I tested negative on Tuesday. I beat it up!
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#muskrat proving once again that he is actually thick as shit#covid 19#covid variants#can someone strap him to the next rocket he launches
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#covid#covid vaccine#covid variant#covid vax#spooniestrong#spoonie#disability#chronic illness#disabled
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By Sonya Goins
Mayo Clinic
April 13, 2023
While COVID-19 rates in the U.S. are relatively low and are declining, the World Health Organization (WHO) is keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant. The omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, known as "Arcturus," has been listed by the WHO as a variant under monitoring since March 22. Experts say this variant has a higher transmissibility rate than previous strains but doesn't appear to be more dangerous.
"It is causing increasing case counts in certain parts of the world, including India. We're not seeing high rates of XBB.1.16 yet in the United States, but it may become more prominent in coming weeks," says Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic.
He says experts are seeing new symptoms with the new variant.
"One new feature of cases caused by this variant is that it seems to be causing conjunctivitis, or red and itchy eyes, in young patients. This is not something that we've seen with prior strains of the virus," Dr. Binnicker adds.
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Respiratory rates declining
Dr. Binnicker says respiratory viruses, including COVID-19 infections, influenza, and RSV have declined in the U.S. in recent weeks.
"The case counts of respiratory infections have begun to drop as we're entering into the spring months in the Northern Hemisphere with warmer temperatures and people getting outdoors," says Dr. Binnicker. "Respiratory viruses, like SARS-CoV-2, tend to decline in the spring and summer months, and that is what we're seeing in most parts of the U.S. right now."
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, keeps emerging because the virus mutates and copies itself as it spreads from person to person, creating new variants.
"New variants come and go. We're seeing increased transmission rates, so higher levels of infectivity with recent COVID-19 variants, but in general, they tend to be causing less severe disease in individuals, which is good news," explains Dr. Binnicker. "This is likely due to a combination of factors, including higher vaccination rates, higher rates of immunity from prior infection, and lower pathogenicity of recent variants."
Although COVID-19 rates in the U.S. are relatively low, health experts recommend people remain vigilant in using these preventive measures:
Wash your hands frequently.
Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
Stay home if you feel sick or have any symptoms of COVID-19.
Learn more about Mayo Clinic Laboratories.
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Deer Carry COVID Variants No Longer Seen in People
By Cara Murez
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While COVID-19 variants Alpha, Gamma and Delta are no longer circulating among humans, they continue to spread in white-tailed deer.
The animals are the most abundant large mammal in North America. Scientists aren’t sure whether the deer could act as long-term reservoirs for these obsolete variants.
In a new study,…
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Make Your Business Idea Look Like A Million Bucks
After a year of unprecedented pressure on businesses worldwide, you might think the ongoing uncertainty makes now the worst time to start a new business. But it’s exactly that uncertainty that makes now a good time to flex your entrepreneurial muscles and turn your business idea into an online success story. The trick is finding the right opportunity. 2020 has seen businesses and consumers around the world embrace the internet in a way that we hadn’t quite done so before and for those looking to make money online there are so many opportunities that give you access to a global audience. Here are 5 ideas to explore and some successful business tips to make them work:
1. Dropshipping – A relatively new type of business model which allows you to set up an online store without buying and storing stock. Instead you act as an intermediary taking orders for a manufacturer who then ships the products you sell direct to the customer. Start-up costs are relatively low and the only necessities are a laptop and a basic knowledge of digital marketing. You’re responsible for all marketing and it’s becoming a crowded market but if you can nail it this can be a very lucrative business proposal.
2. Virtual assistant – Businesses will always need admin and with many having to cut costs there is likely to be an increased demand for virtual assistants. You agree to take on admin/reception duties for SMEs in exchange for a monthly fee. You’ll need a pretty good understanding of admin processes and flexibility to accommodate the needs of different clients, but you get a degree of autonomy over your working day.Business analysts predict that this looks like an industry that is here to stay owing to the huge cost savings for businesses who are increasingly seeing the benefits in outsourcing admin services.
3. Freelance digital marketing – Digital marketing is crucial for any business and any good business analyst will tell you it’s important to stand out, but in-house teams are likely to be one of the casualties of post-Covid restructures.As boardrooms protect their businesses by focusing efforts and spend elsewhere, outsourcing digital marketing to freelancers is a set increase exponentially. You will take on responsibility for a brands’ social media, blogs etc for a fixed monthly fee or for a price per project and you can carry out your work from anywhere in the world and with minimum outlay and equipment. You’ll need a good grasp of English (or whichever language you’ll be writing in) and the ability to carry out your own research. You don’t need qualifications or experience but if you understand SEO and have any successful business tips to pass on you can really stand out in this market.
4. Online tutoring – Home schooling proved to be a lot tougher than lots of parents expected, and for many, face-to-face extra-curricular tutors online tutoring were their only option. With schools now adapting their teaching and learning to include online lessons for students in the event of further lockdowns, online tutoring has emerged as a bona fide business idea. And now that parents are aware of the benefits of online tutoring the demand for it is increasing, not just for day to day teaching but for extra-curricular tutoring to help give children an advantage.
If you’re a qualified teacher there is always demand for tutoring in the core subjects, but this needn’t be restricted to academic subjects; music teachers, personal trainers, yoga instructors in fact anyone who teaches anything can now teach it online.
5. Flipping houses – Covid has made house selling a buyers’ market and if you have available funds and like a gamble then flipping could be for you. For this you’ll require a decent estate agent and (ideally) some friends who are tradesmen and owe you a favor. Flipping is essentially buying low and selling high to make a significant profit. It’s a simple business idea but one that, if you get it right, can be extremely lucrative. You’ll need a keen eye for a bargain, nerves of steel and the ability to manage a project through to completion to make a go of this one.
Before you start any kind of business there are few things you must do:
Be honest with yourself. Do you have the skills and the work ethic to make it succeed?
Draw up a business proposal. Even if you are not taking out a loan it’s good to have a plan.
Make sure you understand the target market for your business idea.
Plan your working week. Don’t expect to have loads of extra time on your hands every day.
Check the internet and journal for successful business tips.
Prepare a workspace in your home. Look for and have a clear out rather than working among clutter. Invest in a proper desk and chair, buy a new laptop/PC if necessary.
The internet has created a global market the likes of which we have never seen before and Covid-19 has given users everywhere a greater confidence is using it to buy, sell and transact their business at home and abroad. If you have an online business idea and have been waiting for the right time to strike, then that time is now.
#online business#online marketing#business#business tips#business proposal#successful business tips#make money online#money from internet#passive income#make money fast#business ideas#covid#covid vaccine#covid variants#branding#brand design
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BQ.1 already represents 8.3% of all circulating variants in New York State. via
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Anecdotal, not fact-checked: hearing this one causes more diarrhoea and vomiting and is more immune evasive. We'll see in coming weeks, I guess.
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