Realllllllllly love the post-holiday tradition of people being sick but coming into work anyway as if we didn't just live through a global pandemic caused by airborne transmission of a highly transmissible virus ??
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) January 8, 2024
After the holidays, respiratory virus activity continues to build across the US. Overall activity is high in all but ~12 states. Experts are analyzing test positivity indicators, ER visits, & hospitalizations. Elevated activity found for #Covid, flu & RSV https://t.co/tWv6mGCeH3 pic.twitter.com/hVAHuAqFer
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 9, 2024
Last night's update: 388,000 new cases, more than 2,000 dead https://t.co/tIP0ymGNyM
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) January 8, 2024
WAPO: Another Covid wave hits U.S.
Coronavirus samples detected in wastewater suggests infections could be as rampant as they were last winter.https://t.co/0jtKNNFXM8
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 4, 2024
Biobot has now (unexpectedly) updated too, confirming 2nd highest peak wastewater readings. Right at the peak of the Nov 30th forecast.
Their numbers suggest:
🔸️1,480,000 new infections/day
🔸️1 in 22 currently infected pic.twitter.com/LbnvBco6LS— JWeiland (@JPWeiland) January 5, 2024
CDC: Covid hospitalizations up by 20% in one week.
U.S. Covid deaths are up by 12.5% over the same period. https://t.co/gPJuFDAUsj pic.twitter.com/xjgQvWoaoi
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 6, 2024
Wastewater update 1/9/24:
As +/- predicted by the 5 1/2 week old model (next post), new Biobot data suggests we are at peak levels. Should decline from here.
🔸1,570,000 new infections/day
🔸1 in every 210 became infected today
🔸1 in every 21 people currently infected pic.twitter.com/OoU6vXsZxW— JWeiland (@JPWeiland) January 9, 2024
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WHO leader says COVID-19 is "still a pandemic"
And may I remind you:
* COVID is airborne.
* It's not "all Omicron".
* It's not just about ICUs and deaths, but about longer-term impacts.
* It's not just about huge waves, but sustained high baselines.https://t.co/6fPEMz4YpS— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) January 6, 2024
India: JN.1 becomes dominant strain in most parts of the country
"In the last week of December, JN.1 cases accounted for 83.3% of all Covid positive samples at Insacog labs in the northern region. The figure for the western region was 73.1%." https://t.co/yV8Alzl0Kt
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 7, 2024
Thailand: Covid cases rising after New Year break
Covid hospitalisations are up 7% on last week. The number of people reporting respiratory problems from Covid-19 also increased by 6.2% over the same period.
https://t.co/j61gmBqsfJ— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 3, 2024
Greece advises public to wear masks amidst COVID outbreak
“The last week has shown increases of 85-90 percent in these viruses and this means that in the next 2-3 weeks we will have an even higher viral load.”
Neokosmos report:https://t.co/0Dqm2I1UDK
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 6, 2024
Christina Pagel: JN.1 could fuel Britain's biggest ever Covid wave
An estimated 2.54 million Britons had the virus on 13 December.https://t.co/fzR1NqojlT pic.twitter.com/moroE5mUVc
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 6, 2024
PAHO: Covid-19 surging in some southern hemisphere countries
"Some countries in the southern hemisphere are reporting higher incidences of respiratory disease than expected for this season .. due to the circulation of SARS-CoV-2."https://t.co/GcpORIykRh pic.twitter.com/QM6DeoKlLz
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 10, 2024
3rd highest number of daily hospital admissions in Ontario since the pandemic started was reached on January 1st 2024, and school has not even resumed yet. Another very normal new year. pic.twitter.com/cuGzeP6RWF
— Diego Bassani, PhD (@DGBassani) January 5, 2024
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… “In the beginning of the pandemic, we were really looking at seven to 10 days as the window of time where people had to quarantine or isolate after an exposure,” says Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at Johns Hopkins University. “That has shortened significantly now.”
An incubation period is the length of time it takes someone to develop symptoms after exposure to a pathogen. The incubation period for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has shortened considerably since the virus first began circulating, recent data suggest. Incubation periods averaged about five days when the Alpha variant was dominant, about 4.5 days when Beta and Delta were dominant, and about 3.4 days once Omicron took over, according to a 2022 research review.
Newer research from various countries, including Japan, France, and Singapore, also suggests Omicron strains have incubation periods of about three days, or even a little less.
The virus’ incubation period is likely shrinking for a few reasons, says Shane Crotty, chief scientific officer at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology. The virus has evolved over time, becoming faster and more adept at infecting humans, Crotty says. Nearly everyone has also now had at least one brush with COVID-19, whether through vaccination or illness. Each encounter leaves behind instructions for the immune system, helping it recognize the virus faster the next time it appears.
“You having symptoms is all about your immune system being activated,” Crotty explains. “The whole pre-symptomatic period is bad news because your immune system has not managed to pull the fire alarm yet.” A shorter incubation period means that your body is “recognizing the virus faster and pulling those sprinkler systems faster.”
Federal health authorities, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend testing no sooner than five days after a COVID-19 exposure, unless you develop symptoms earlier. But since current variants seem to have incubation periods of around three days, Pekosz says it’s appropriate to test as soon as day three, again unless symptoms start earlier…
Given all this variation, Pekosz recommends monitoring your health for up to a week after an exposure and wearing a mask around other people during that time. Remember, too, that false negatives are possible on at-home tests. If you get a negative result, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends taking at least one more test 48 hours later to confirm it…
Supplementary:
#Coronavirus FAQ: My partner/roommate/kid got #Covid and I didn't. How come? https://t.co/58ONyPeZG6
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 9, 2024
High vaccine protection against moderate and severe Covid in children and teens throughout the pandemichttps://t.co/xJdZOhwJG5 @chenyong1203
And lower risk of cardiac complications among the vaccinated group during Omicron periods pic.twitter.com/j32s0BPYu8— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 8, 2024
Univ of Connecticut researchers are investigating why vaccines don't work as well in some older adults https://t.co/nQ4pKPtPeV
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 7, 2024
Potential nasal spray? A compound called a stapled lipopeptide protects against infection by #SARSCoV2. Experimental compound is from a family that obstructs the "landing gear" of several viruses. Lipopeptides foil the mechanism viruses use to infect cells https://t.co/kraZwzzVXL
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 5, 2024
Study: Covid-19 cognitive deficits equivalent to 20 years of ageing.
"At one year, in those who had required hospitalisation, cognitive deficits were global and equivalent in magnitude to 20 years of ageing."https://t.co/fS3pfhZrSZ https://t.co/k7w5sdoH9A
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 10, 2024
Researchers have found that gut microbes can affect response to #Covid vaccination. Team at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet say gut microbiome can influence how well people respond to mRNA vaccines, suggesting key gut bacteria enhance the immune response https://t.co/XkWsDtFbm1 pic.twitter.com/3BtuF7SP59
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 4, 2024
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It's 3 weeks since I wrote thread below. Since then, the JN.1-driven surge in Covid cases has pushed me into my red zone. Yes, as @EricTopol describes, cases are rising more than hospitalizations, but you still don't want to get Covid if you can avoid it. https://t.co/NP0CWzHElv https://t.co/54joBr7Mfh
— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter) January 8, 2024
Topol: The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron.
Why are we still playing make-believe?
LA Times article:https://t.co/opwTiwI9tz
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 5, 2024
U.S: Coronavirus levels in Boston-area waste water have surged to second-highest point since pandemic began
Boston Globe report: https://t.co/w8G0FZsdeW
— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) January 10, 2024
Re-upping this since the arrow on our twitter-wheel-o'-fortune has once again landed on "Biden's COVID policy is just like Reagan and AIDS" https://t.co/0lxaaiiunT
— Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) January 8, 2024
The reason AIDS flew under the radar is (1) a government coverup-via-deliberate-incompetence (2) due to the fact that only a small marginalized community was being affected. This necessarily couldn't have happened if a huge fraction of society was getting it
— industrial hunter gatherer ???? (@notkavi) January 8, 2024
— NOBODY (@NotFromHere300) January 4, 2024
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