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Eric's Risk Assessment<p>Calculate your personal <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/longCOVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longCOVID</span></a> risk</p><p><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/07/calculate-your-personal-long-covid-risk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/07</span><span class="invisible">/calculate-your-personal-long-covid-risk</span></a></p><p>The calculator: </p><p><a href="https://corical.immunisationcoalition.org.au/longcovid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">corical.immunisationcoalition.</span><span class="invisible">org.au/longcovid</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/sars2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sars2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/sarscov2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sarscov2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid19</span></a></p>
datum (n=1)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@DenisCOVIDinfoguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DenisCOVIDinfoguy</span></a></span> they also cite <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35810238/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/358102</span><span class="invisible">38/</span></a></p><p>which has this absolute adjective of a hypothesis:</p><blockquote><p>SARS-CoV-2 may bind to ACE2 in order to enter the host brainstem cell and change baroreflex sensitivity</p></blockquote><p>because</p><blockquote><p>The integral parts of the brain renin-angiotensin system, as ACE2 enzyme, are highly expressed in the brainstem, which may also be involved in baroreflex sensitivity, playing an important role in HRV. </p></blockquote><p>which would help explain POTS!!</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SARSCoV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARSCoV2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskUp</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cleanAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanAir</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/AirborneAware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirborneAware</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LongCOVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCOVID</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> so since the <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> normalized <em>"letting it spread"</em> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> under <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> did so the same and now this shite is a problem here as well!</p><ul><li>Fuck that, or rather <em>unfuck</em> the system!!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AvianFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianFlu</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AvianInfluenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianInfluenza</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vent</span></a></p>
Eric's Risk Assessment<p>Ensitrelvir Prevents <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> Infection as Post Exposure Prophylaxis</p><p>&gt; Japan-based Shionogi presented results for its investigational antiviral, ensitrelvir, that demonstrated a 67% reduction in the risk of developing COVID-19 in uninfected individuals treated after exposure, compared to a placebo at day 10</p><p><a href="https://www.contagionlive.com/view/ensitrelvir-prevents-covid-19-infection-as-post-exposure-prophylaxis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">contagionlive.com/view/ensitre</span><span class="invisible">lvir-prevents-covid-19-infection-as-post-exposure-prophylaxis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/sars2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sars2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/sarscov2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sarscov2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/antiviral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiviral</span></a></p>
sport of sacred spherical cows<p>Second time <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> has reported estimates for more than two regions at a time since October.</p><p>To be clear, national data used for chart above are modeled on regional data collection.</p><p>LP.8.1 now estimated at majority in Great Lakes, nearing majority in NY/NJ and Mid-Atlantic.</p><p>XEC (incl. XEC.4) still around a quarter share in all three regions.</p><p>[For color key, see: <a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-track</span><span class="invisible">er/#variant-proportions</span></a>]</p><p>❖ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ThisIsOurPolio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsOurPolio</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/variants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>variants</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/BetterMasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetterMasks</span></a></p>
sport of sacred spherical cows<p>A FLuQE wavelet opened September, cresting as KP.3.1.1 / MC wave into November. FDA's second-guess vaccine target, KP.2, dropped out in December. Updated <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> estimates indicate we've been in a JN.1.11 soup pretty much since then. </p><p>No new variants broken out by CDC, as KP.1.1.3 / LP descendant LP.8.1 approaches majority.</p><p>No recent GISAID data—as Raj's dashboard hasn't updated in near a month.</p><p>❖ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ThisIsOurPolio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsOurPolio</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/variants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>variants</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/dataviz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataviz</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/datavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datavis</span></a></p>
datum (n=1)<p>Learn from history. HISTORY INCLUDES THE PAST FIVE YEARS.</p><p>Statistics Canada is not falsifying huge datasets. <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/231208/dq231208a-eng.htm?HPA=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-</span><span class="invisible">quotidien/231208/dq231208a-eng.htm?HPA=1</span></a></p><p>The Tyee is not falsifying long form reporting. <a href="https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/02/What-We-Can-Do-Long-COVID/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/02</span><span class="invisible">/What-We-Can-Do-Long-COVID/</span></a></p><p>McMaster researchers are chasing health, not grants. <a href="https://healthsci.mcmaster.ca/long-covid-what-you-need-to-know-about-post-covid-19-condition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">healthsci.mcmaster.ca/long-cov</span><span class="invisible">id-what-you-need-to-know-about-post-covid-19-condition/</span></a> (though "can last months" should read "can last months, years, or perhaps never end.")</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LongCOVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCOVID</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SARSCoV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARSCoV2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidCompetent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidCompetent</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/StatisticsCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatisticsCanada</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a></p>
sport of sacred spherical cows<p>After no data two weeks ago, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> updates variant estimates.</p><p>After January's FLiRT soup (JN.1 and JN.1.11 lineages vying for dominance), we've returned to JN.1.11 soup (FLiRT and FLuQE clusters competing), that began when FLuQE majority ended in November.</p><p>There's been insufficient GISAID data for Raj to update U.S. dashboard. Might assume LP.8.1.1 / NY continues to drive growth of LP.8.1 fam.</p><p>❖ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ThisIsOurPolio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsOurPolio</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/variants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>variants</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/dataviz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataviz</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/datavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datavis</span></a></p>
author_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x7<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@NataliaArmyOf1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NataliaArmyOf1</span></a></span> Meanwhile their eternal messaging fight between:<br>* <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> is the flu<br>* <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> is a bioweapon, but do nothing about that except shut down the CDC<br>* deaths are hoaxes<br>* it killed a lot of people, but don't mask or vaccinate</p>
author_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x7<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@jnl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jnl</span></a></span> Until the USA **really** feels it, they will deny it's happening (like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> where __only__ 1.2+ million died).</p><p>So since USA tends to be in heavy drugged denial all the time, hit them as hard as you can, so it scars, so they will remember not to be so stupid again.</p>
author_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x7<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span> EmperorM didn't become a full-blown whatever it is now until after he caught <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> a few times, and then went on ketamine. 🤷🏻‍♀️</p>
sport of sacred spherical cows<p>Updated GISAID data early-mid January has FluQE31 KP.3.1.1 / MC and children down to under a third of all sequences.</p><p>FLiRT KS.1.1 / FLuQE KP.3.3 hybrid XEC now over two fifths.</p><p>JN.1 FLiRT descendant LF.7 is diversifying, while LP.8.1.1 / NY, MC.8.1, and XEQ (recombinant of FLiRT KS.1.1.2 and KP.3) all stand out.</p><p>❖ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ThisIsOurPolio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsOurPolio</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/variants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>variants</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a></p>
sport of sacred spherical cows<p>A FLuQE wavelet opened September, becoming MC wave into November. December saw both FLiRT clans and JN.1.11 vie for dominance, only for JN.1 FLiRT to win out.</p><p>Although <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> did update metadata today, data remains unchanged from two weeks ago.</p><p>At that time, FLiRT KS.1.1 / FLuQE KP.3.3 hybrid XEC family—never having reached majority—was being pressed by FLiRT LP.8.1.</p><p>New GISAID data from Raj.</p><p>❖ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ThisIsOurPolio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsOurPolio</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/variants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>variants</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/dataviz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataviz</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/datavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datavis</span></a></p>
author_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x7<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@sidereal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sidereal</span></a></span> You're on the survivor's "Noah's ark". The morale of that story is FAFO people drown.</p><p>I too haven't gotten sick since 2020 (even when a child brought something home from school). WFH and CO2 meter helped.</p><p>It wasn't until end of 2024 when I traveled to Japan and went to some places that made it difficult to mask and caught <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a>. It was at an onsen, or building-enclosed "ramens of the world" eatery.</p><p>So you're not alone, and good journey to us that pay attention.</p>
author_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x7<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@kimlockhartga" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kimlockhartga</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mcnado" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> 1.2 million+ died in US SARS2 totals.</p><p>More than the cumulative sum of all COMBAT deaths since the US Revolutionary War. Includes the Civil War, Vietnam, and also include Kansas Flu of 1918.</p><p>More people preventably dead than killed by the nuclear bombs in WW2 Japan.</p><p>The probably biggest single cluster of deaths in US history is passed off as hoax and false memory. And Tiktok is more important.</p><p>Describing US people as sheep is not strong enough of a word.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a></p>
sport of sacred spherical cows<p>Updated GISAID data entering January has FluQE31 KP.3.1.1 / MC and children down to just over a third of all sequences.</p><p>FLiRT KS.1.1 / FLuQE KP.3.3 hybrid XEC now approaching two fifths.</p><p>JN.1 FLiRT descendant LF.7 is diversifying, while KP.1.1.3 / LP scion LP.8.1, and recombinant XEL—child of JN.1 and FLiRT KS.1.1.2—both stand out.</p><p>❖ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ThisIsOurPolio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsOurPolio</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/variants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>variants</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a></p>
sport of sacred spherical cows<p>A FLuQE wavelet opened September, becoming MC wave into November. December saw both FLiRT clans and JN.1.11 vie for dominance, only for JN.1 FLiRT to win out.</p><p>After skipping update two weeks prior, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> broke out XEC.4, as FLiRT KS.1.1 / FLuQE KP.3.3 hybrid XEC family—never having reached majority—being pressed by FLiRT LP.8.1.</p><p>New dashboard from Raj givs us more recent GISAID data.</p><p>❖ <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ThisIsOurPolio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsOurPolio</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/variants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>variants</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/dataviz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataviz</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/datavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datavis</span></a></p>
emeritrix<p>Covid-savvy folk, can you tell me any more about the change in baseline this year? The "About" wastewater monitoring section as far as I can tell provides little further info than the brief description here: they use a standard deviation metric from the previous year's measurements to determine what newly counts as low/moderate/high etc. But what I want to know is, how do this year's categories actually compare with past categories? E.g., is "low" now a level that last year or two years ago would have been "high"? or vice versa? or what? (The kind of comparison ye olde biobot used to make easy in their year-over-year graphs).</p><p>Does anyone have more info on that or tips on where a non-techie layperson might find out? </p><p>Thx. <br> <br><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/about-data.html#anchor_14644" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cdc.gov/nwss/about-data.html#a</span><span class="invisible">nchor_14644</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenteringDeceptiveCategories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenteringDeceptiveCategories</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wastewater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a></p>
Mx Verda<p>Omni Mask: a clear / transparent / see-through / accessible thing to protect you from pathogens, the microbes that make you sick. </p><p>More than 51% of Autistic scholars agree: this is the *good* kind of masking in public! <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> may confirm. </p><p>anything on FB is now technophobe outreach -- which, if you have the patience for it, is immensely helpful. <br>Even just simple, blanket statements really help e.g.</p><p>Face masks reduce your risk of catching illnesses. <br>Face masks reduce your risk of developing serious illnesses. <br>FFP3 respirators are good-quality, safe face masks. <br>Sanitise or replace your respirator regularly to maintain protection from illnesses. </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/OmniMaskHealth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">facebook.com/OmniMaskHealth</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mask</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/respirator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respirator</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid19</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/CovidLong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidLong</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LongHaulers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongHaulers</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LongCovidKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovidKids</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SARS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SarsCoV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SarsCoV2</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/coronavirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coronavirus</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/corona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corona</span></a></p>
Mx Verda<p>Omni Mask: a clear / transparent / see-through / accessible thing to protect your from pathogens, the microbes that make you sick. <br>*Don't* get down with the sickness!</p><p>hey look some NERDS <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@omnimask322" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/@omnimask322</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/videos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videos</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mask</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/respirator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respirator</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid19</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/CovidLong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidLong</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LongHaulers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongHaulers</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LongCovidKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovidKids</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SARS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SARS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS2</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SarsCoV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SarsCoV2</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/coronavirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coronavirus</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/corona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corona</span></a></p>