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Adelaide, South Australia 🇦🇺
I wear a N95 respirator in all indoor spaces, and busy outdoor areas.
SARS-CoV-2 is airborne … i.e. floats in the air like invisible smoke … you breathe it in without knowing you are 😷😷😷
To my knowledge, I have not had Covid-19
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🚨 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
🚨 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 🦠 Flu is AIRBORNE 🦠 COVID is AIRBORNE 🦠 RSV is AIRBORNE 🦠 Measles is AIRBORNE 🦠 Whooping cough is AIRBORNE These viruses spread through the air you breathe, especially indoors. Protect yourself and others: 😷 Wear a well-fitting mask (N95/P2 Respirator) 💉 Stay up to date with vaccinations 🌬️ Improve indoor air (ventilation & HEPA filters) Clean air, masking and vaccinations save lives.
December 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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South Australia Weekly Respiratory Update: 20 Dec to 24 Dec 2025 (5 days)

Reported cases:

🔹COVID: 148 (+21.3%)
🔹Flu: 829 (-7.8%)
🔹RSV: 67 (+26.4%)
🔹Pertussis: 62 (-24.3%)

Reported deaths in 2025:

🔸COVID: 81
🔸Flu: 70
🔸RSV: 16
🔸Pertussis: 5

Source: sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...
A screenshot of a Respiratory infections dashboard dated Wednesday, 24 December 2025 from NSW Health. The page explains that data covers the previous week and is usually updated on Fridays, with adjustments for public holidays. Tabs are shown for COVID-19, Flu, RSV, and Pertussis. The COVID-19 section lists summary figures: 148 new cases reported this week 11,221 cases year to date 18,421 cases in the previous year to date 81 deaths year to date 230 deaths in the previous year
December 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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New Zealand COVID weekly update: 21 Dec 2025

15 Dec to 21 Dec 2025:

🔹Reported cases: 171 (+2.3%)
🔹Reported Deaths: 9 (-30.7%)
🔹Reported deaths last 30 days: 37
🔹Total deaths: 5,519 (+9)

2 Dec to 8 Dec 2025:

🔹Hospitalisations: 19 (-20.8%)

#COVID19NZ

Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...
A screenshot of New Zealand’s COVID-19 Reporting dashboard showing overall case counts over time. A large line/area graph displays daily reported cases (7-day rolling average) from 2020 to 2025, with a sharp peak in early 2022 and smaller waves through 2023–2024, tapering to low levels in 2025. Summary tiles at the top show 2.7M total cases, 736 cases in the last 30 days, and 171 cases in the last 7 days. A sidebar menu lists filters (Age, Ethnicity, District, Deprivation), and the dashboard is built in Microsoft Power BI. Source: Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) — As at Sunday, 21 December 2025.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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PMC COVID Update, Dec 22, 2025 (U.S.)

All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate increased a touch to 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-812.

That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
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December 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Australian Influenza update:

The unusual second wave of influenza is continuing in most states of Australia, driven by the clade K (H3N2 clade 2a.3a.1, subclade K) – "Kangaroo variant".

#Influenza #Australia
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December 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to late November.

Globally from October, BA.3.2.* "Cicada" showed a growth advantage of 4.7% per day (33% per week) over XFG.* "Stratus". This has been skewed down by a massive dump from Canada.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Global #BA_3_2 #Cicada
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December 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for South Australia, to late November.

NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" is dominant but generally falling, finishing at 56%. JN.1.* +DeFLuQE (led by PE.1.4) is also very significant at 37%.

No further samples of BA.3.2.* were reported.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia #BA_3_2
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December 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to early December.

In a chaotic scene, NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" is being challenged by JN.1.* +DeFLuQE (led by PE.1.4) and XFG.* "Stratus".

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE #XFG #Stratus
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December 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to the end of November.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, but fell to 81% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was up slightly to 9%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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December 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to the end of November.

XFG.* "Stratus" continued to dominate, up slightly to 73%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" also rose, to 23%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Canada #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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December 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to the end of November.

For the UK, BA.3.2.* "Cicada" showed a slowing growth advantage of 3.2% per day (22% per week) over XFG.* "Stratus", which predicts a crossover in late January.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #UK #BA_3_2 #Cicada
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December 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to the end of November.

BA.3.2.* "Cicada" showed a slightly slowing growth advantage of 7% per day (49% per week) over XFG.* "Stratus", which predicts a crossover in late December.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR #BA_3_2 #XFG #Stratus
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December 20, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 16 Dec to 22 Dec 2025

Reported cases:

🔹COVID: 413 (+10.1%)
🔹Influenza: 1,994 (+17.9%)
🔹RSV: 409 (+31.0%)

Hospitalisations:

🔸COVID: 25 (-21.8%)
🔸Influenza: 93 (+40.9%)
🔸RSV: 39 (+25.8%)

Source: health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...
A Queensland Government Queensland Health update titled “COVID-19”, with data extracted on 22 December 2025. COVID-19: – 25 people were in hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 5 (20%) were aged 65–74 years and 16 (64%) were aged 75 years or older. – 413 people were diagnosed in the last week; 39 (9%) were aged 65–74 years and 84 (20%) were 75 years or older. Influenza: – 93 people were in hospital with influenza, 65 (70%) aged 65 years and over. – 1,994 people were diagnosed in the last week; 376 (19%) were aged 65 years or older. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): – 39 people were in hospital with RSV; 2 (5%) were under 6 months, and 8 (21%) were aged 6 months to under 2 years. – 409 people were diagnosed in the last week; 9 (2%) were under 6 months, and 97 (24%) were aged 6 months to under 2 years. Date: 22 December 2025 Source: Queensland Health, Queensland Government
December 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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US Weekly COVID update: Dec 22, 2025

🔸1 in 67 Actively Infectious
🔸732,000 New Daily Infections
🔸4,470,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸232,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸224,000 to 890,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,300 to 2,200 Weekly Deaths

Source: pmc19.com/data/
A colour-coded map of the United States titled “COVID-19 Heat Map, Based on CDC Wastewater Data and Levels (U.S.)” dated December 22, 2025. The map is produced by the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) and attributed to Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA. States are shaded by COVID-19 wastewater transmission levels: Very High (dark red), High (red), Moderate (orange), Low (yellow), Very Low (pale yellow), and Limited Data (diagonal stripes). Several Midwest and parts of the Northeast show moderate to high levels, with at least one state in very high. A note says data were last updated 12/13/25 and that levels may be worse than shown. Text at the bottom states the U.S. is in its 12th COVID wave, with 16 states at moderate to very high transmission as of December 13, and variability even in very low regions. The website pmc19.com/data appears on the map. Date: December 22, 2025 Author: Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA A table titled “National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.)” dated December 22, 2025, from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) model with the source pmc19.com/data. Infections: – Proportion actively infectious: 1 in 67 (1.5%) – New daily infections: 732,000 – Infections in the past week: 4,470,000 – Infections in 2025: 232,000,000 – Cumulative infections per person: 4.86 Long COVID: – New daily infections leading to Long COVID: 37,000–146,000 – New weekly infections leading to Long COVID: 224,000–890,000 Excess deaths: – From new daily infections: 220–360 – From new weekly infections: 1,300–2,200 A note at the bottom states that daily infections are about the same as last week, and that roughly 4.5 million weekly infections are expected to result in over 200,000 new chronic conditions and approximately 2,000 excess deaths. Date: December 22, 2025 Author/Source: Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) A table titled “COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates” dated December 22, 2025, from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) model, source pmc19.com/data. The table lists U.S. states with columns for CDC level, estimated percentage actively infectious, and the chance that at least one person is infectious in a room of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people. Most states are marked Very Low, Low, or Moderate, while Connecticut, Kentucky, and Maine are highlighted in red as High prevalence. Estimated active infection ranges from 1 in 392 (0.3%) in California to 1 in 30–36 (2.8–3.4%) in high-prevalence states. Room-risk estimates rise sharply in high states, reaching 94–97% for rooms of 100 people. Several states are marked with an asterisk indicating limited data reporting. A note states that levels are likely considerably higher today due to lagged state reporting. Data last updated: 12/13/25. Date: December 22, 2025 Author/Source: Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) A continuation table titled “COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates” dated December 22, 2025, from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) model, source pmc19.com/data. It lists U.S. states from Missouri through Wyoming, showing CDC level, PMC estimate of the percentage actively infectious, and the chance that at least one person is infectious in rooms of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people. Most states are categorized as Very Low, Low, or Moderate. Oklahoma is highlighted in red as High, with an estimate of 1 in 40 (2.5%) actively infectious, and room-risk estimates rising to 92% in a 100-person room. Moderate states include Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and West Virginia. Footnotes indicate limited reporting for some states, and that North Dakota has no direct data, using averages from Minnesota, Montana, and South Dakota. A note explains that Puerto Rico provides qualitative estimates only, and that actual levels are likely considerably higher today due to lagged state reporting. Data last updated: 12/13/25. Date: December 22, 2025 Author/Source: Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC)
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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How Not to Give or Get COVID for Christmas.

"No one wants to be sick for the holidays! Gathering with friends and family during the holidays can spread more than just good cheer; some guests could unknowingly pass along a viral illness like COVID (and flu, RSV and measles)"
How Not to Give or Get COVID for Christmas - WHN
No one wants to be sick for the holidays! Gathering with friends and family during the holidays can spread more than just good cheer; some guests could unknowingly pass along a viral illness like COVI...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Week ending 13 December 2025

🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.0% (+0.6%)

🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 2 out of 4

🔹COVID: 751 (+5.6%)
🔹Influenza: 4,557 (+14.9%)
🔹RSV: 338 (-9.4%)

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A screenshot from the NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report – week ending 13 December 2025 (NSW Health). A highlighted notice states: “Influenza is at a high level of activity. COVID-19 is at a low level of activity. RSV is at a low level of activity.” Below, the summary explains that influenza activity is increasing and unusually high for this time of year, driven mainly by influenza A, particularly the H3N2 subtype, subclade K. COVID-19 and RSV are reported as remaining at low levels. A NSW Health table titled “Notifications of COVID-19, influenza and RSV”, showing laboratory-confirmed cases in the community. An interpretation note says that in the past week there was a 5.6% increase in COVID-19 notifications, a 14.9% increase in influenza, and a 9.4% decrease in RSV. The table lists results for the week ending 13 December 2025 and year-to-date totals: COVID-19: 751 cases this week; 81,348 year to date Influenza: 4,557 cases this week; 180,132 year to date RSV: 338 cases this week; 70,776 year to date The data are sourced from laboratory testing and reflect reported community infections. A bar chart titled “Figure 5. Weekly notifications of COVID-19, Influenza and RSV, by date of test and type of test performed, NSW, 1 June 2024 to 13 December 2025.”* The visible panel shows COVID-19 weekly notifications in NSW. Bars represent weekly case counts by test date. Notifications are highest in June–July 2024, decline through late 2024, rise again in early 2025, then peak sharply around June–July 2025 before steadily falling toward late 2025, reaching relatively low levels by November–December 2025. The x-axis shows dates from June 2024 to January 2026, and the y-axis shows weekly notifications up to about 8,000. A NSW Health surveillance graphic showing COVID-19 test positivity trends. An interpretation note states that COVID-19 test positivity increased to 3.0%, influenza positivity rose to 17.2%, and RSV positivity declined to 0.9%. Below is a chart of weekly COVID-19 positive tests and percent positivity at NSW sentinel laboratories from June 2024 to mid-December 2025, with positivity generally low and fluctuating over time. At the bottom, a table summarises the four weeks to 14 December 2025. For the week ending 14 December, COVID-19 positivity is highlighted at 3.0%, based on 221 positive cases from 7,367 PCR tests, with only 2 laboratories reporting, noted as subject to change.
December 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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By Hiroshi Yasuda:

A COVID wave kills selected vulnerable people while making healthy people vulnerable.

You may be selected in the next wave.

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Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) @Yash25571056 A COVID wave kills selected vulnerable people while making healthy people vulnerable. You may be selected in the next wave. 8:59 AM · Dec 14, 2025 · 76.2K Views
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate was flat at 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-1,011.

That implies a 3% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
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December 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to late November.

For Australia, BA.3.2.* "Cicada" is showing a steady growth advantage of 2.5% per day (18% per week) over NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus", which predicts an imminent crossover (the data routinely lags).

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia #BA_3_2
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December 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to late November.

In a chaotic scene, NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" is being challenged by JN.1.* +DeFLuQE (led by PE.1.4) and XFG.* "Stratus".

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE #XFG #Stratus
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December 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to late November.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, up again to 84% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was down slightly to 8%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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December 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to late November.

XFG.* "Stratus" continued to dominate, but fell to 67%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" rose slightly to 18%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Canada #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #FLiRT
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December 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to late November.

For the UK, BA.3.2.* "Cicada" is showing a strong growth advantage of 5% per day (35% per week) over XFG.* "Stratus", which predicts an imminent crossover.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #UK #BA_3_2 #Cicada
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December 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to late November.

BA.3.2.* "Cicada" is showing a very strong growth advantage of 7.9% per day (55% per week) over XFG.* "Stratus", which predicts a crossover in late December.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR #BA_3_2 #XFG #Stratus
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December 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM