Pandemic Roundup: March 21, 2024 - by @violetblue https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-100819438
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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"
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Pandemic Roundup: September 5, 2024 by @violetblue
"New Mayo Clinic study suggests vaccination does little to prevent #LongCOVID; A deep dive on #Novavax; A US mask ban analysis; Exciting prevention data on nasal vaccines in animal trials; New pan-coronavirus vaccine antibody discovered; Alzheimer's-like” brain changes in Long Covid patients and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
