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The Tuesday edition of the virus update is now out with the latest news and data of the day.
The Super Flu Is Leading To Serious Illness And Filling Up Hospitals youtu.be/0-CiPIUmcck?... via
The Super Flu Is Leading To Serious Illness And Filling Up Hospitals youtu.be/0-CiPIUmcck?... via
January 6, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The Tuesday edition of the virus update is now out with the latest news and data of the day.
The Super Flu Is Leading To Serious Illness And Filling Up Hospitals youtu.be/0-CiPIUmcck?... via
The Super Flu Is Leading To Serious Illness And Filling Up Hospitals youtu.be/0-CiPIUmcck?... via
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Pennsylvania reports 22 flu-related deaths amid high hospitalization rates www.wtae.com/article/penn...
Pennsylvania reports 22 flu-related deaths amid high hospitalization rates
Health officials urging vaccinations and preventive measures.
www.wtae.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Pennsylvania reports 22 flu-related deaths amid high hospitalization rates www.wtae.com/article/penn...
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In 2026 there will be more mass media articles and commentators ridiculing people taking precautions to avoid SARS-CoV-2 infection while simultaneously hundreds of pieces of research will be published further demonstrating the long-term harms of infection.
Ignore the ridicule.
Ignore the ridicule.
January 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
In 2026 there will be more mass media articles and commentators ridiculing people taking precautions to avoid SARS-CoV-2 infection while simultaneously hundreds of pieces of research will be published further demonstrating the long-term harms of infection.
Ignore the ridicule.
Ignore the ridicule.
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We don't know if the BA.3.2.2 saltation will mirror BA.2.86>JN1.
Yet, I'm struck by complacency & cognitive dissonance wrt vax & possible impact.
For flu, a handful of HA muts is bad clinically, despite OK ANNUAL vax ND50.
BA.3.2.2 is off the map, but apparently all is well...
Yet, I'm struck by complacency & cognitive dissonance wrt vax & possible impact.
For flu, a handful of HA muts is bad clinically, despite OK ANNUAL vax ND50.
BA.3.2.2 is off the map, but apparently all is well...
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We don't know if the BA.3.2.2 saltation will mirror BA.2.86>JN1.
Yet, I'm struck by complacency & cognitive dissonance wrt vax & possible impact.
For flu, a handful of HA muts is bad clinically, despite OK ANNUAL vax ND50.
BA.3.2.2 is off the map, but apparently all is well...
Yet, I'm struck by complacency & cognitive dissonance wrt vax & possible impact.
For flu, a handful of HA muts is bad clinically, despite OK ANNUAL vax ND50.
BA.3.2.2 is off the map, but apparently all is well...
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Not in a million years did I think she would bounce back this quickly.
Sienna is 🎄 ready ❤️
Sienna is 🎄 ready ❤️
December 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Not in a million years did I think she would bounce back this quickly.
Sienna is 🎄 ready ❤️
Sienna is 🎄 ready ❤️
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Sometimes, viruses don't have to be the bad guys...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Oncolytic Reovirus mediates innate-driven SARS-CoV-2 elimination in the absence of cell toxicity
Interplay between type I interferon (IFN) driven innate responses and viral antagonism strongly influences SARS-CoV-2 transmission and the COVID-19 disease course. Hence, variant adaptation includes d...
www.biorxiv.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Sometimes, viruses don't have to be the bad guys...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Flu (+RSV/HMPV etc) doesn't have to be "super" to cause profound harm, disruption, & NHS pressure.
SARS2 variants don't have to be "more virulent".
Not being in the emergency phase of a pandemic does NOT mean we should revert back to ignoring infectious disease.
#VaccinesPlus
SARS2 variants don't have to be "more virulent".
Not being in the emergency phase of a pandemic does NOT mean we should revert back to ignoring infectious disease.
#VaccinesPlus
December 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Flu (+RSV/HMPV etc) doesn't have to be "super" to cause profound harm, disruption, & NHS pressure.
SARS2 variants don't have to be "more virulent".
Not being in the emergency phase of a pandemic does NOT mean we should revert back to ignoring infectious disease.
#VaccinesPlus
SARS2 variants don't have to be "more virulent".
Not being in the emergency phase of a pandemic does NOT mean we should revert back to ignoring infectious disease.
#VaccinesPlus
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We've been doing wastewater metagenomics for 2 years.
In the first 20 months we never detected measles once.
However, in the last 4 months we've detected it 10 times across numerous states.
It's going endemic again; good reason to get vaccinated.
health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroo...
In the first 20 months we never detected measles once.
However, in the last 4 months we've detected it 10 times across numerous states.
It's going endemic again; good reason to get vaccinated.
health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroo...
DOH MONITORING FIRST WASTEWATER DETECTION OF MEASLES IN KAUAʻI COUNTY
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is monitoring a positive wastewater sample for measles virus, the first wastewater detection of the virus for Kauaʻi County. The sample was collected ...
https://health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroom/doh-monitoring-first-wastewater-detection-of-measles-in-kauaʻi-county/
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We've been doing wastewater metagenomics for 2 years.
In the first 20 months we never detected measles once.
However, in the last 4 months we've detected it 10 times across numerous states.
It's going endemic again; good reason to get vaccinated.
health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroo...
In the first 20 months we never detected measles once.
However, in the last 4 months we've detected it 10 times across numerous states.
It's going endemic again; good reason to get vaccinated.
health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroo...
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Three more BA.3.2 detections from US wastewater. Rhode Island (different sewershed, but near the previous one), Vermont, and Florida. All from CDC NWSS data.
Looks like it might be getting a foothold in New England.
@snpoehlm.bsky.social @ryanhisner.bsky.social @siamosolocani.bsky.social
Looks like it might be getting a foothold in New England.
@snpoehlm.bsky.social @ryanhisner.bsky.social @siamosolocani.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Three more BA.3.2 detections from US wastewater. Rhode Island (different sewershed, but near the previous one), Vermont, and Florida. All from CDC NWSS data.
Looks like it might be getting a foothold in New England.
@snpoehlm.bsky.social @ryanhisner.bsky.social @siamosolocani.bsky.social
Looks like it might be getting a foothold in New England.
@snpoehlm.bsky.social @ryanhisner.bsky.social @siamosolocani.bsky.social
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I know two people who’ve recently been diagnosed with lymphopenia.
In both cases, they were informed that the likely cause was “a virus”.
They weren’t told which one. 🤷
In both cases, they were informed that the likely cause was “a virus”.
They weren’t told which one. 🤷
Lymphopenia after Omicron is dangerous! A study shows significant/lasting drops in major immune cells (T cells, B cells, NK cells) for >20 months in adult patients exposed during the Omicron variant’s “Mass Infection” from Dec 2022 to Feb 2023 in China. www.instagram.com/p/DSEctsTEXT...
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I know two people who’ve recently been diagnosed with lymphopenia.
In both cases, they were informed that the likely cause was “a virus”.
They weren’t told which one. 🤷
In both cases, they were informed that the likely cause was “a virus”.
They weren’t told which one. 🤷
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December 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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"I want to get busy," she says. "I want to get out there.
"I want to be working, I want to be doing something."
"Some days I can walk and walk, and then other days I get out of the house, take a few steps and say 'that's enough for today'." Anita
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#LongCovidKids
"I want to be working, I want to be doing something."
"Some days I can walk and walk, and then other days I get out of the house, take a few steps and say 'that's enough for today'." Anita
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#LongCovidKids
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"I want to get busy," she says. "I want to get out there.
"I want to be working, I want to be doing something."
"Some days I can walk and walk, and then other days I get out of the house, take a few steps and say 'that's enough for today'." Anita
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#LongCovidKids
"I want to be working, I want to be doing something."
"Some days I can walk and walk, and then other days I get out of the house, take a few steps and say 'that's enough for today'." Anita
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#LongCovidKids
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Dr Oz: “I think we all agree that Covid has passed”.
No we do not agree!
Anyone who thinks Covid has passed has no business in charge of public health.
It’s still here. It’s still killing and disabling.
Get your booster if you can. Wear a mask (ideally an N95) and clean the air!
No we do not agree!
Anyone who thinks Covid has passed has no business in charge of public health.
It’s still here. It’s still killing and disabling.
Get your booster if you can. Wear a mask (ideally an N95) and clean the air!
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Dr Oz: “I think we all agree that Covid has passed”.
No we do not agree!
Anyone who thinks Covid has passed has no business in charge of public health.
It’s still here. It’s still killing and disabling.
Get your booster if you can. Wear a mask (ideally an N95) and clean the air!
No we do not agree!
Anyone who thinks Covid has passed has no business in charge of public health.
It’s still here. It’s still killing and disabling.
Get your booster if you can. Wear a mask (ideally an N95) and clean the air!
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Pls share. Looking for a new podcast? My battle with stage IV cancer is not all gloom and doom. Finding light in darkness on The Butterfly Pavilion Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#LongCovid #Cancer #podcast #dadanddaughter
#LongCovid #Cancer #podcast #dadanddaughter
October 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Pls share. Looking for a new podcast? My battle with stage IV cancer is not all gloom and doom. Finding light in darkness on The Butterfly Pavilion Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#LongCovid #Cancer #podcast #dadanddaughter
#LongCovid #Cancer #podcast #dadanddaughter
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Help me out, I’ve got another wastewater virus mystery.
This one really blows my mind.
1/
This one really blows my mind.
1/
October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Help me out, I’ve got another wastewater virus mystery.
This one really blows my mind.
1/
This one really blows my mind.
1/
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If you are fed up with social media suppressing info on Covid, other viruses and Long Covid, give this a like and repost. Let's make our voices be heard LOUD and clear all across everyone's feed!!
October 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you are fed up with social media suppressing info on Covid, other viruses and Long Covid, give this a like and repost. Let's make our voices be heard LOUD and clear all across everyone's feed!!
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March 2024, Texas Observer: "Clearing the Air"
'Long COVID sufferers advocate for a healthier world'
'Al-Aly called the ongoing waves of infection and development of new long-haulers, “an invisible crisis of the aftereffects of the pandemic"
www.texasobserver.org/long-covid-t...
'Long COVID sufferers advocate for a healthier world'
'Al-Aly called the ongoing waves of infection and development of new long-haulers, “an invisible crisis of the aftereffects of the pandemic"
www.texasobserver.org/long-covid-t...
Clearing the Air: Long COVID Sufferers Call for a Healthier World
Even young, healthy Texans can suffer for years after COVID infections.
www.texasobserver.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
March 2024, Texas Observer: "Clearing the Air"
'Long COVID sufferers advocate for a healthier world'
'Al-Aly called the ongoing waves of infection and development of new long-haulers, “an invisible crisis of the aftereffects of the pandemic"
www.texasobserver.org/long-covid-t...
'Long COVID sufferers advocate for a healthier world'
'Al-Aly called the ongoing waves of infection and development of new long-haulers, “an invisible crisis of the aftereffects of the pandemic"
www.texasobserver.org/long-covid-t...
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“When you have a disability people can’t see,” Joy says of her daughter, “you don’t get as much empathy.”
The long Covid numbers are enormous, rivaling conditions like ADHD and autism as one of the most common chronic diseases in American youth today.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
The long Covid numbers are enormous, rivaling conditions like ADHD and autism as one of the most common chronic diseases in American youth today.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
October 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“When you have a disability people can’t see,” Joy says of her daughter, “you don’t get as much empathy.”
The long Covid numbers are enormous, rivaling conditions like ADHD and autism as one of the most common chronic diseases in American youth today.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
The long Covid numbers are enormous, rivaling conditions like ADHD and autism as one of the most common chronic diseases in American youth today.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Seriously, Pistons...
The fastest way to Long Cövid is exercise and exertion within the first 6-8 weeks...
I see those with plenty of organ injury and ample regrets.
I'm here to educate and caution. I've long given up on trying to persuade...
My 10 cents 🤷🏻♂️
The fastest way to Long Cövid is exercise and exertion within the first 6-8 weeks...
I see those with plenty of organ injury and ample regrets.
I'm here to educate and caution. I've long given up on trying to persuade...
My 10 cents 🤷🏻♂️
@davidjoffe64.bsky.social another unlcear story of exercise with infecton www.verywellhealth.com/working-out-...
Can You Work Out If You Have COVID? Here’s What Experts Recommend
If you test positive for COVID-19 or have symptoms, experts say you can still work out as long as you know the signs that you should take it easy.
www.verywellhealth.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Seriously, Pistons...
The fastest way to Long Cövid is exercise and exertion within the first 6-8 weeks...
I see those with plenty of organ injury and ample regrets.
I'm here to educate and caution. I've long given up on trying to persuade...
My 10 cents 🤷🏻♂️
The fastest way to Long Cövid is exercise and exertion within the first 6-8 weeks...
I see those with plenty of organ injury and ample regrets.
I'm here to educate and caution. I've long given up on trying to persuade...
My 10 cents 🤷🏻♂️
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The old mask did not work, business is making its rounds in social media comments again. Here is an archive/list of studies that prove masking does work if you wear the right type of mask!
www.datareport.info/masking-stud...
www.datareport.info/masking-stud...
Masking Studies
Masking Studies
www.datareport.info
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The old mask did not work, business is making its rounds in social media comments again. Here is an archive/list of studies that prove masking does work if you wear the right type of mask!
www.datareport.info/masking-stud...
www.datareport.info/masking-stud...
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South Carolina confirms full-blown outbreak of measles. www.wrdw.com/2025/10/02/s...
SAFETY ALERT: South Carolina confirms full-blown outbreak of measles
South Carolina officially has a measles outbreak, even while Georgia deals with a cluster of cases as low vaccination rates in the region raise concerns.
www.wrdw.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
South Carolina confirms full-blown outbreak of measles. www.wrdw.com/2025/10/02/s...
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"My name is Rachel and it was early in the first lockdown when I got ill. I was 12 years old and the message at the time was that Covid didn’t affect children, so I believed it"
www.longcovidkids.org/post/my-chil...
#YoungVoices #PatientVoices #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
www.longcovidkids.org/post/my-chil...
#YoungVoices #PatientVoices #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
"My childhood ended overnight" Rachel's Story| Long Covid Kids Real Life Stories
"My name is Rachel and it was early in the first lockdown when I got ill. I was 12 years old and the message at the time was that Covid didn’t affect children, so I believed it"Rachel now 18 is still ...
www.longcovidkids.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"My name is Rachel and it was early in the first lockdown when I got ill. I was 12 years old and the message at the time was that Covid didn’t affect children, so I believed it"
www.longcovidkids.org/post/my-chil...
#YoungVoices #PatientVoices #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
www.longcovidkids.org/post/my-chil...
#YoungVoices #PatientVoices #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
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Now designated XFG.1.1! it was a long time without a 452R lineage being designated. For now it slowly spread to multiple places in North America. Its backbone XFG.1 is much less fastt than other XFGs due to 445P . we will see if it is 445P to allow 452R (as it is for L441R-cfr XFJ-LF.7.9 etc)or not
XFG.1 + S:W452R keepes expanding now also Nevada and Minnesota.
We can't exclude a superspreading event, but in the case this is a classical chain of trasmission it would mean it is here to stay
We can't exclude a superspreading event, but in the case this is a classical chain of trasmission it would mean it is here to stay
September 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Now designated XFG.1.1! it was a long time without a 452R lineage being designated. For now it slowly spread to multiple places in North America. Its backbone XFG.1 is much less fastt than other XFGs due to 445P . we will see if it is 445P to allow 452R (as it is for L441R-cfr XFJ-LF.7.9 etc)or not
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In the midst of states thinking about removing vaccine mandates, Maryland will protect access to vaccines for all of its residents with flu season approaching. wtop.com/maryland/202...
Maryland to protect access to vaccines with flu season approaching - WTOP News
In the midst of states thinking about removing vaccine mandates, Maryland will protect access to vaccines for all of its residents with flu season approaching.
wtop.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
In the midst of states thinking about removing vaccine mandates, Maryland will protect access to vaccines for all of its residents with flu season approaching. wtop.com/maryland/202...