Pandemic Roundup: March 21, 2024 - by @violetblue https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-100819438
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"the new mutations taking over are as creepy as they are alarming. There is the usual “don’t panic” messaging coming from bug hunters, but the rapid evolution is already pushing surges, which tells me we’re getting another CovidGroundhog Day of community transmission, increased #LongCovid cases, and trampled immunity right after the last one. Keep an eye on these (“#FLiRT”) mutants & use caution when they are downplayed under the “we don’t know how severe” rhetoric."
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Pandemic Roundup: April 25, 2024 by @violetblue
"New data: Current covid vaccine (XBB) shows poor protection from current variants (JN.1); Chicago child infected with covid and measles siultaneously; Monoclonal treatments show promise for long covid; WHO renamed airborne transmission, memes ensue; Covid virus disrupts protein production and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 2, 2024 by @violetblue
"Data blackout: All US #COVID19 hospital data reporting stopped; “KP.2 is one of the most immune-evading variants to date”; Economist report: #LongCovid to cost US 1.5B work hours lost in 2024 (over $152.6B); 'Silent' organ damage found in over half of long Covid patients; Novavax announces non-mRNA JN.1 vaccine for Fall and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 9, 2024 by @violetblue
"New KP.2 FLiRT variant dominant in US, “defies vaccines”; Cases surge globally; AstraZeneca to withdraw #COVID19 vaccine; Moderna: #LongCOVID risk “rises with each additional infection”; WHO offices were upgraded against airborne viruses same month it stated covid isn’t airborne (May 2020) and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 16, 2024 by @violetblue
"US: NC votes to ban masks “for public health reasons”; Global covid rise continues in US, NZ, UK, more; FDA: stop using Cue tests; Covid 60% more deadly than influenza; Novavax: fall vaccine good reactivity against FLiRT; Switzerland: Most long #COVID19 insurance claims rejected; Successful Unite To Fight 2024 conference and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 23, 2024 by @violetblue
"Global surge intensifies: Australia cases are “up very sharply”; Italy cases up 47% in one week; Singapore cases explode; China warns citizens about New Zealand Covid wave; UK surge increases; New gold standard review of 100 studies: Masks work; ; Scores of teachers with ‘catastrophic’ #LongCOVID to sue UK government and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 30, 2024 by @violetblue
"Worldwide surge worsens: US, NZ, AU, etc.; AU health minister urges people to “mask up”; Egypt surge prompts #COVID19 crackdown; Study: masking on long flights prevents covid transmission; Lady Gaga contagious onstage for 5 nights; her makeup artist has #LongCOVID; List of 200+ athletes, entertainers & notable people with LC & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: June 6, 2024 by @violetblue
"Global surge ramps up; New data: XBB.1.5 boosters “low effectiveness” against JN.1; Study: Covid’s aftereffects can last more than 3 years; Ziyad Al-Aly: “90% of people with #LongCOVID had mild #COVID19”; 50% of kids that died from Covid had no underlying conditions; NYT headlines lab leak conspiracy theory and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: June 13, 2024 by @violetblue
"US North Carolina passes anti-mask bill; There is now an official diagnosis definition for #LongCOVID; Study: Long COVID looks like acute infection in the brain; Over 17 million US adults (7%) reported long covid in 2023; Thousands report infection after Taylor Swift’s Madrid Eras concert; The ACT UP NY COVID-Safer Pride Guide & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: June 20, 2024 by @violetblue
"FDA changes Fall booster to current #COVID19 strain; New York officials want to ban masks" US wastewater rise spikes higher in its seventh week; “Australia is finally waking up to post-Covid POTS nightmare”; Madrid, Spain positivity rate hits 61.40%; France urges masking, isolation and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: June 27, 2024 by @violetblue
"Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brussels, Ireland, UK, Canada, Taiwan, US, Canada all report ongoing, rapidly increasing #COVID surge metrics; Heavier #SocialMedia use tied to more frequent #COVID19 vaccination; “Over 200 million people worldwide have #LongCOVID”; Marvel admits to purposely ignoring and gaslighting the pandemic and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: July 4, 2024 by @violetblue
"LA’s mask ban mayor has #COVID19 now; WSJ: mild infections can cause strokes, other problems 3 years later; Covid prompts UK hospitals to reintroduce masking, UK surge worsens; Incredible video of an experimental #LongCOVID body scan at UCSF; AstraZeneca applies to EU for its covid prevention drug and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: July 11, 2024 by @violetblue
"Antihistamines shown to help “prevent viral entry” of #COVID19 and help improve #LongCOVID [in one phenotype!]; US, UK, Canada, Taiwan, Italy, Greece, Scotland: huge increase in all covid metrics from last week; Violet Affleck’s advocacy for masks and long covid prevention headlines NYT, CNN; #YallMasking goes viral and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: July 18, 2024 - by @violetblue
"US President Biden announces 3rd infection; Masks back at #TDF2024; Study: “Each variant has its own #LongCOVID fingerprint,” vaccinated risk “substantial”; Hundreds of teachers with long covid sue UK Department for Education; “US #COVID19 activity rising steadily”; Call to action: Long Covid Kids open letter and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: July 25, 2024 by @violetblue
"#COVID19 clusters at Paris 2024 Olympics include Australia, France; #Paris2024 volunteers resigned over lack of covid protections; Variant KP3 supercharges global surge; LB.1 expected to overtake; Study: Portable air purifiers work; Testing water-resistant respirator masks; England: covid adds 15% increase in new diabetes cases & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 1, 2024 - by @violetblue
"US: stricter mask rules could’ve saved 250K+ lives; Paris Olympics: 17 known covid infections and counting; Plague ship season is here; Tourists warned about doubled cases in Greece, Cyprus, Belgium, and Ireland; N95 masks last longer than we thought; Staying safe when your housemates don't care & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 8, 2024 by @violetblue
"WHO: #COVID19 circulation is 2-20x higher than what’s being reported, rising in 84 countries; Over 40 Australian Olympians got covid at the games; New York’s Nassau county bans masks; Jon Stewart out with covid; Data: US youth suicides decreased during high mitigation periods and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 15, 2024 by @violetblue
"#LongCOVID worldwide estimate 407 million; US: 1.3 million daily infections, 1 in 36 actively infectious; Study: N95 Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID; Study: Paxlovid beyond 8 days stopped rebound; Russia: 28% rise in one week; UK, Wales: 61% of hospital cases infected in hospital and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 22, 2024 by @violetblue
"Almost 10% of US lung transplants go to COVID-19 patients; Retraction: Original #LongCOVID kids study massively underestimated incidence;; Previously undiscovered long covid symptoms: internal tremors and vibrations; 10 campuses: University of California bans face masks and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 29, 2024 by @violetblue
"Zuckerberg laments removing anti-vax, covid conspiracy Facebook content; Stanford University to host Great Barrington Declaration conference; #LongCOVID a "public health crisis for kids”; Long covid ended careers for 1M Americans (so far); Blood clotting “a primary effect” of #COVID19 infection and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
