The Ancient One
@theancientone.bsky.social
An Old Soul. Proud Father & Husband, Engineer, Fitness Nut, Coffee Fiend, General Nuisance. 🏴☠️
Spend most of my time and focus on COVID and Climate Change.
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Spend most of my time and focus on COVID and Climate Change.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnnp4xgmn5ptcr4wiegqqukk/feed/aaamd4gdnixtw
Covid is bad for your mind, memory, and cognition.
Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
February 29, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Covid is bad for your mind, memory, and cognition.
Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The clouds came down low and gorgeous to see
February 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM
The clouds came down low and gorgeous to see
Waste water trend has reversed for SARS2 in recent weeks. This is concerning given recent peak.
February 6, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Waste water trend has reversed for SARS2 in recent weeks. This is concerning given recent peak.
Good morning. A sunrise that lit the sky on fire
January 19, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Good morning. A sunrise that lit the sky on fire
Right now, COVID is surging. The current variant, JN.1* achieved dominance nationally as estimated by the CDC. Wastewater signal is already 2nd highest of the pandemic and not yet peaked everywhere.
It you take precautions, stay vigilant. If you wonder if you should be (yes) now is the time.
It you take precautions, stay vigilant. If you wonder if you should be (yes) now is the time.
January 7, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Right now, COVID is surging. The current variant, JN.1* achieved dominance nationally as estimated by the CDC. Wastewater signal is already 2nd highest of the pandemic and not yet peaked everywhere.
It you take precautions, stay vigilant. If you wonder if you should be (yes) now is the time.
It you take precautions, stay vigilant. If you wonder if you should be (yes) now is the time.
A large hospital in Germany is warning that COVID patients requiring intensive care including ECMO (10%).
src: X: @ChariteBerlin
src: X: @ChariteBerlin
December 23, 2023 at 3:53 PM
A large hospital in Germany is warning that COVID patients requiring intensive care including ECMO (10%).
src: X: @ChariteBerlin
src: X: @ChariteBerlin
CDC Issues Health Alert Network statement:
"Urgent Need to Increase Immunization Coverage for Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Immunizations..."
emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han...
"Urgent Need to Increase Immunization Coverage for Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Immunizations..."
emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han...
December 14, 2023 at 8:44 PM
CDC Issues Health Alert Network statement:
"Urgent Need to Increase Immunization Coverage for Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Immunizations..."
emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han...
"Urgent Need to Increase Immunization Coverage for Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Immunizations..."
emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han...
Twitter/X tried to fix a bug and broke itself...no external links (including annoying ads) work for now. Happy Wednesday
December 13, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Twitter/X tried to fix a bug and broke itself...no external links (including annoying ads) work for now. Happy Wednesday
SARS2 Variant JN.1* is an outlier. It is clear that this is advantageous in the current background.
Chart h/t: @StuartTurville from Twitter/X
TMPRSS2 activation of Omicron lineage Spike glycoprotein is regulated by TMPRSS2 cleavage of ACE2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Chart h/t: @StuartTurville from Twitter/X
TMPRSS2 activation of Omicron lineage Spike glycoprotein is regulated by TMPRSS2 cleavage of ACE2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM
SARS2 Variant JN.1* is an outlier. It is clear that this is advantageous in the current background.
Chart h/t: @StuartTurville from Twitter/X
TMPRSS2 activation of Omicron lineage Spike glycoprotein is regulated by TMPRSS2 cleavage of ACE2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Chart h/t: @StuartTurville from Twitter/X
TMPRSS2 activation of Omicron lineage Spike glycoprotein is regulated by TMPRSS2 cleavage of ACE2
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
CDC Nowcast is forecasting JN.1 to be at 21.4% prevalence currently, rapidly displacing other variants.
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...
December 8, 2023 at 3:22 PM
CDC Nowcast is forecasting JN.1 to be at 21.4% prevalence currently, rapidly displacing other variants.
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...
The last time the National SARS2 wastewater monitoring was this high was early January. We are undeniably in a surge. How fast/much disease spread remains to be seen, but we have some indication from EU that the trajectory will be high for this case wave.
December 4, 2023 at 2:15 PM
The last time the National SARS2 wastewater monitoring was this high was early January. We are undeniably in a surge. How fast/much disease spread remains to be seen, but we have some indication from EU that the trajectory will be high for this case wave.
Areas shown in in color (other than gray) are moderate to very high COVID activity. We are just coming out of a mass-travel and mass-gathering holiday event.
November 29, 2023 at 3:22 AM
Areas shown in in color (other than gray) are moderate to very high COVID activity. We are just coming out of a mass-travel and mass-gathering holiday event.
"Widespread application of the updated XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccines could confer an even larger growth advantage...to JN.1...potential threat to the newly authorized COVID-19 vaccines."
XBB.1.5 monovalent mRNA vaccine booster elicits robust neutralizing antibodies
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
XBB.1.5 monovalent mRNA vaccine booster elicits robust neutralizing antibodies
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 28, 2023 at 5:05 PM
"Widespread application of the updated XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccines could confer an even larger growth advantage...to JN.1...potential threat to the newly authorized COVID-19 vaccines."
XBB.1.5 monovalent mRNA vaccine booster elicits robust neutralizing antibodies
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
XBB.1.5 monovalent mRNA vaccine booster elicits robust neutralizing antibodies
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Covid wastewater data is trending up in Sweden and Finland. As are hospitalizations.
November 22, 2023 at 3:48 AM
Covid wastewater data is trending up in Sweden and Finland. As are hospitalizations.
CDC Nowcast showing dominance of the COVID variant HV.1 at ~29% for regions reporting.
Importantly, PCR testing and sequencing is very low. Our ability to understand recent changes and inputs to this model are greatly limited compared to what they once were. At this time BA.2.86.1 (JN.1) is <1%.
Importantly, PCR testing and sequencing is very low. Our ability to understand recent changes and inputs to this model are greatly limited compared to what they once were. At this time BA.2.86.1 (JN.1) is <1%.
November 14, 2023 at 1:24 PM
CDC Nowcast showing dominance of the COVID variant HV.1 at ~29% for regions reporting.
Importantly, PCR testing and sequencing is very low. Our ability to understand recent changes and inputs to this model are greatly limited compared to what they once were. At this time BA.2.86.1 (JN.1) is <1%.
Importantly, PCR testing and sequencing is very low. Our ability to understand recent changes and inputs to this model are greatly limited compared to what they once were. At this time BA.2.86.1 (JN.1) is <1%.
COVID wastewater signal Nation Wide 👀
November 8, 2023 at 7:05 PM
COVID wastewater signal Nation Wide 👀
Same energy seen here from Leonard Buzzardstein
October 22, 2023 at 12:40 AM
Same energy seen here from Leonard Buzzardstein
Good morning. Just this jet stream turned bright red-orange by the rising sun.
October 18, 2023 at 12:28 PM
Good morning. Just this jet stream turned bright red-orange by the rising sun.
The high rate of ER visits from COVID-19 after school starts in children.
H/t: JPWeiland
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H/t: JPWeiland
twitter.com/JPWeiland/st...
October 13, 2023 at 10:57 PM
The high rate of ER visits from COVID-19 after school starts in children.
H/t: JPWeiland
twitter.com/JPWeiland/st...
H/t: JPWeiland
twitter.com/JPWeiland/st...
COVID variant HV.1 is quickly crowding our others in the soup of various lineages. It has a clear growth advantage based on sequence counts.
October 13, 2023 at 3:56 PM
COVID variant HV.1 is quickly crowding our others in the soup of various lineages. It has a clear growth advantage based on sequence counts.
Friday the 13th as Halloween approaches. Have a spooky great Friday.
October 13, 2023 at 1:43 PM
Friday the 13th as Halloween approaches. Have a spooky great Friday.
Study from India: Post COVID sequelae among COVID-19 survivors: insights from the Indian National Clinical Registry for COVID-19
gh.bmj.com/content/8/10...
gh.bmj.com/content/8/10...
October 11, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Study from India: Post COVID sequelae among COVID-19 survivors: insights from the Indian National Clinical Registry for COVID-19
gh.bmj.com/content/8/10...
gh.bmj.com/content/8/10...