We still need good information, not Trump crap. I got COVID for the first time just three months ago.
Category: Coronavirus
COVID numbers are increasing
CDC says summer COVID wave may have begun : Shots – Health News : @NPR I will have more to say about this in the coming week as additional data comes in… https://t.co/e9hrPAiqxb
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) July 29, 2023
It’s time to stock up on tissues, bingeable TV options and Covid-19 tests. Yes, many signs are pointing to a Covid-19 summer surge – although one that’s far less intense than what emerged the past few summers. https://t.co/D1MC2Bbrvj
— CNN (@CNN) July 29, 2023
Covid-19 is on the rise again as the world approaches the fourth virus season since the coronavirus arrived on the scene https://t.co/kN43FD8B8I
— CNN (@CNN) August 4, 2023
I've added a forecast model to the US COVID positivity rate from the reference lab, including a 95% confidence interval through the end of August. pic.twitter.com/guY4SP8Qkr
— Michael Olesen 💉😷🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@maolesen) August 6, 2023
More tweets on Covid and animals
A form of coronavirus is threatening Cyprus' cat population, and animal rescuers are racing to find a cure pic.twitter.com/9NmwS7nhTt
— CNN (@CNN) July 14, 2023
People spread the virus that causes Covid-19 to wild white-tailed deer in the United States more than 100 times in late 2021 and early 2022, according to a new study from the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service https://t.co/Owh6p9Coqf
— CNN (@CNN) July 12, 2023
Zoo outbreak highlights human-to-animal COVID-19 risk
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) July 14, 2023
An outbreak of #COVID19 in gorillas and lions at the Rotterdam Zoo likely originated from people but spread animal-to-animalhttps://t.co/7yWNOM7XsW
Photo: Coen Versluis / Flickr cc pic.twitter.com/jXdaCR2bU4
One of the ways new COVID variants may arise isn’t through human populations—it’s in other animals. https://t.co/CnJHBTpGLW
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 6, 2023
“But testing of wild animals is infrequent, and COVID-19 has likely impacted many more species, which emerging research is beginning to show.
— Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) July 12, 2023
‘I think the spread to wildlife animals is much wider than previously thought.’” https://t.co/5nRBubaDY2
Tweets on limitations of Covid tests
We have often wondered if the rapid antigen tests didn't work very well on the latest variant. Turns out 90% of asymptomatic cases are missed by RAT. #covid #CovidIsntOverhttps://t.co/qjgM8hTwvH
— Paul Keeble ME/CFS/LC (@PaulRKeeble) July 12, 2023
At-home covid tests are less effective than previously thought, but that's not the same as saying they're useless. What it does indicate is we need better, more widely available tests. We have little idea how bad COVID is right now. @salon @nicolekarlis https://t.co/Xd4mDf9Krf
— ⬡:: troy/farah (@filth_filler) June 26, 2023
Tweets on COVID-19 in wastewater
I often get asked for the CDC wastewater page. Here is a link to the page.https://t.co/Dgeqn1gTAU
— Covid Report (@CovidDataReport) July 9, 2023
Just presented at #CROI2023: We counted the number of kids and adults fully masked at school and compared it to wastewater in covid. After correcting for background vaccination and case rates, masking was significantly associated with lower probability of covid+ 💩 (1/x) pic.twitter.com/xgAYxt5t7w
— Rebecca Fielding-Miller(rkfmiller@sciences.social) (@rkfmiller) February 22, 2023
cc: @COVIDPoops19 https://t.co/tQuMZhLUkR
— Craig Helmstetter (@c_helmstetter) February 24, 2023
THREAD. Boston wastewater observations since Dec 1.
— Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) March 3, 2021
(compiling my Boston wastewater tweets in one spot)
Data source: https://t.co/gqpDWnQzSx pic.twitter.com/Ypq7NUe0Wg
Some results from our recent study are discussed 🛩💩🧬
— Kata Farkas🇭🇺🇬🇧🏴 (@KataFarkas211) January 22, 2023
CDC is talking to airlines about wastewater testing in planes. New reports support that strategy. https://t.co/6IsO8BY6Ib via @nbcnews
Wastewater surveillance has provided valuable information during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the U.S. system needs sustained funding and to be implemented more equitably across regions and demographic groups, according to a new report. https://t.co/2s4HknqW4h
— NYT Health (@NYTHealth) January 21, 2023
This note just out in MMWR. Never in a million years imagined myself contributing to one of these…https://t.co/Z1G211wzSw
— Aaron Bivins, PhD, PE (@shitsheaux) February 23, 2023
Wastewater study finds #masks prevent #COVID-19 in schools https://t.co/23JNXzUldF cc @GidMK @DFisman @DrJenGunter @rkfmiller: "…it's really promising for how we can be effective even with real-world masking strategies, and how it doesn't have to be all or nothing."
— Timothy Caulfield (@CaulfieldTim) February 23, 2023
From the plane bathrooms…..
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 23, 2023
Wastewater #SARSCoV2 genomic surveillance of >80 international flights coming into the US JFK
—81% positive for the virus
—Confirms ability to detect variants
—Took only a few minutes to collect samples https://t.co/pgqXccdOpZ pic.twitter.com/aBEFXLLNyL
Tweets on long COVID
“Long Covid has harmed the work force,” says a new report on workers’ compensation claims in New York state. It found that most people who received workers’ comp for long Covid either needed medical treatment or were unable to work for six months or more. https://t.co/Unl82ewJFR
— Pam Belluck (@PamBelluck) January 24, 2023
"While pacing can make a huge difference … it also comes with a cost. Pacing often means cutting back on both work and favorite activities … And it can represent a challenging reversal for people … accustomed to leading busy, active lives." https://t.co/aU9v6KbPOo
— HRH Katriona, Duchess of (@LongCovidDuchy) January 16, 2023
"Research review suggests long COVID may last indefinitely for some people and mimic other ailments"
— Dakota (@Dakota_150) January 16, 2023
"They also found that in many cases, the symptoms of long COVID become nearly indistinguishable from several other conditions, such as chronic…https://t.co/4R6ubK7HNp
Our comprehensive review of #LongCovid has just been publishedhttps://t.co/EgO7gtFvoe
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 13, 2023
Phenomenal work by @ahandvanish @LisaAMcCorkell @juliamv @NatureRevMicro pic.twitter.com/X78QqFr7WK
“The most common symptom of #LongCOVID is fatigue, and that was not on this list. Also missing was PEM, POTS, ME/CFS. These are some of the major presentations I am seeing in my clinic population, so it is a major limitation…” -@MVGutierrezMD https://t.co/r7vCFLBD0O
— Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD (@MVGutierrezMD) January 12, 2023
“We found that a staggering 90% of people living with #LongCovid initially experienced only mild illness.. These symptoms had an impact on health as severe as the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury.” https://t.co/OTKpYDqFDL
— charlos (@loscharlos) January 5, 2023
Study looking at #LongCovid 2 years after infection:
— Hannah Davis (@ahandvanish) January 21, 2023
Despite exercise, respiratory & olfactory rehab, cognition/speech therapy & psychological support, the main symptoms (fatigue, neurocognition, muscle) did not resolve.
Only 9% of patients recovered. 1/https://t.co/hPBbx1dnYm pic.twitter.com/BxeKGOI9AG
Brain fog and other symptoms of #LongCovid appear to be correlated with delayed clearance of the virus from the upper respiratory tract, via 9 serial PCR assessments out to 42 days in 73 participants https://t.co/dnVqXkztJx pic.twitter.com/uCkFLW7ozU
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 20, 2023
Tweets on returning to office work
After more than two years of fighting against return-to-office mandates, workers are fed up with their bosses’ inflexible policies and are taking their battle to court. https://t.co/qBnnkPUvfY
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 6, 2024
Many workers dreaded going back to the office. Now that the long-anticipated return is here, how's it going?
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 29, 2022
Free coffee doesn't do the trick, and the dogs at home are not happy, but readers told us what has helped them with the transition. https://t.co/z6jvOO47TN
Commercial property woes grow with only 9% of Manhattan office workers back in the office full time https://t.co/yEO6KLUVss
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) October 4, 2022
Even transitioning to just three mandatory days in the office is proving difficult for some companies. https://t.co/Z8yMECcXjE
— FORTUNE (@FortuneMagazine) September 28, 2022
WSJ Editor-In-Chief Matt Murray emails staffers with an updated return-to-office policy: "It's now time to take the next steps toward normalcy," he writes.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 15, 2022
Staffers are expected, starting Nov. 1st, to be in the office at least 3x a week; senior editors and managers full time. pic.twitter.com/CB3Ornyp1y
Bosses want workers back by Labor Day. They’re not going in without a fight.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 5, 2022
Employees still have plenty of leverage and they’re not afraid to use it to keep working remotely. https://t.co/tJn9FUGoqW
Weekly peak office attendance is still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels https://t.co/6EDjy51PKs
— Axios (@axios) March 18, 2024
Amazon is requiring its workers to return to the office full time, a switch from the company's three-day-a-week policy. https://t.co/m32rLwIrDo
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 16, 2024
School test score declines were not from school shutdowns
No – if it were the result of shutdowns, then places that shut down and stayed closed longer would have had far worse outcomes than those that didn't. They didn't. California, for instance, did better than avg, and LA was the only place to have reading scores actually go up. https://t.co/zKa3IP9Z6R
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) October 24, 2022
Plummeting U.S. test scores aren’t a red state vs. blue state thing https://t.co/6YuaWlfAMx
— Eugene Robinson (@Eugene_Robinson) October 24, 2022
Trump attacked the CDC. Thousand died because of his pandemic response and lies
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 17, 2022
COVID-19 death rates are higher among Republicans
Just one of the many things I blame Trump for. He provided funding for vaccines but didn’t do enough to promote them and spread lots of misinformation.
New study of almost 600,000 deaths in Ohio and Florida shows that registered Republicans had far higher excess-death rates than registered Democrats during the pandemic, with almost all of the gap coming after vaccines were available.https://t.co/OG4kVq3SrB
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) October 3, 2022
Political affiliation has emerged as a potential risk factor for COVID-19, amid evidence that Republican-leaning counties have had higher COVID-19 death rates than Democrat-leaning counties. (@jwswallace @paulgp @jasonlschwartz @yalesph @YaleSOM) Details: https://t.co/PIg6giIFyH pic.twitter.com/CBDijPv1ye
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) October 3, 2022
Covid deaths are unevenly distributed among Republicans and Democrats, but experts are still puzzling over why these differences exist. https://t.co/9y7tnT294C
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) October 6, 2022
This is a very large part of the reason why more Republicans than Democrats are dying from COVID. https://t.co/I7xmCbbStW
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) October 25, 2022
😳”Average excess death rates in Florida & Ohio were 76% higher among Rs than Ds from March 2020 to Dec 2021, *** Excess deaths refers to deaths above what wld be anticipated based on historical trends.” https://t.co/nblZ0nCj86
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) October 22, 2022
Sad! 