regroup_horizon, to politicalscience
@regroup_horizon@eupolicy.social avatar

Do you need data related to for your research? 👀📚 Look no further! 👇

Our portal has been filled with new datasets, varying from citizens' attitudes on the to its impact on migration, labor and municipalities. ✅

See here: https://panddemic.regroup-horizon.eu/

@politicalscience @politicaltheory @sociology

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

By Scott Squires @scott_squires

"Disney could improve ventilation and could encourage masks to stay safer but nope, just slap a legal disclaimer and you are done. No need to do anything because there are no requirements for any business from anyone."

@auscovid19

Twitter/X source: https://twitter.com/scott_squires/status/1708948967344709960

cbecker, to academicchatter
@cbecker@hci.social avatar

So, one of my favourite is happening in two weeks. The program looks fantastic. There is also an FAQ page. Nice!

Except... does the page mention ? No. Maybe the "hybrid experience" page mentions ? No. Nothing on any 'attend' page mentions anything pandemic. You can assure yourself that the venue is non-smoking, but the word "mask" is absent. 🤷‍♂️ This is what collective denial looks like.
Do better.
@academicchatter

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

COVID-Related Sepsis Deadlier Than Initially Estimated: Study.

🔹SARS-CoV-2 accounted for approximately 1 in 6 cases of sepsis during the first 33 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

#COVID19 #Sepsis @auscovid19

Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2809966

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

‘It will happen’: Need to prepare for new pandemic and what we’ll likely be hit with next.

A Melbourne-made COVID vaccine that shows great promise in protecting against Omicron’s many deadly mutations could be mass produced and rolled out across the globe.

@auscovid19

Source: https://heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/covid-vaccine-architects-converge-on-melbourne-to-explain-challenge-of-developing-jabs-at-speed/news-story/27d188699dc7bf0f012d04f338267a2e

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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

🇯🇵 Japan's schools face double whammy of the FLU and COVID.

Between Sept. 11 and Sept 17:

🔹86,510 cases of COVID were reported
🔹34,665 cases of Influenza were reported
🔹2,400 schools decided to either suspend or to close school facilities altogether
🔹 48 schools reported whole facility closures

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/25/japan/science-health/flu-covid-waves/

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

Here’s how much coronavirus people infected with COVID-19 may exhale

"Based on the new data, the team estimates that a high shedder could potentially exhale enough virus to infect someone in a closed space in about 20 seconds, making even elevator rides risky. With an average shedder, infection could take a little under 4 minutes."

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-infected-covid-19-exhale

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

Health experts warn 'Disease X' will dwarf COVID with predicted death toll of 50 million.

Dame Kate Bingham says Disease X could be as infectious as measles and as deadly as Ebola.

#COVID19 #DiseaseX @auscovid19

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/health-experts-warn-disease-x-31016326

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not.

"A recent study found that more cancer patients died of COVID during the Omicron surge than in the first winter wave, in part because people around them had stopped taking precautions."

Respiratory viruses can unmask or exacerbate chronic conditions of the heart, lung or kidneys and trigger autoimmune conditions. “It’s much bigger than simply the actual infection”

#COVID19 @auscovid19

Source: https://nytimes.com/2023/09/23/health/hospitals-masking-mandates.html

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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

Long COVID: MRI scans reveal new clues to symptoms

"People living with long COVID after being admitted to hospital are more likely to show some damage to major organs, according to a new study."

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66890505

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

People whose long COVID symptoms include neurological issues have a different gut flora, researchers say.

@auscovid19

Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/gut-flora-of-some-long-covid-patients-is-less-diverse-say-researchers-1.6570120

augieray, to random
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

Each fall, the population of Madison, WI soars by 25% almost overnight as 70,000 students and faculty return to dorms, classrooms, bars, and sports venues. Here is that chart of in Madison wastewater. Because it's so hard to tell when classes started, I marked it for you. (1/4)

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

"Labor has been accused of running a “protection racket” for state premiers by opting to hold an inquiry into Australia’s COVID response instead of a royal commission with the power to compel witnesses."

#COVID19 #Australia @Mark_Butler_MP @AlboMP @auscovid19

Source: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/labor-is-poised-to-announce-a-new-covid-inquiry-amid-calls-to-include-scrutiny-of-states/news-story/e9a0c93a8e015872f9e7d9559ee87361

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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

The 'highly mutated' COVID variant BA.2.86 — known as Pirola — has landed in Australia.

One case has been detected in Australia, in a laboratory in Western Australia, genomic sequencing data shows.

However, there could be more out there because only a fraction of all COVID-19 infections get submitted to for testing.

#COVID19 #Pirola #BA286 @auscovid19

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-21/new-covid-strain-variant-pirola-ba-2-86-in-australia-symptoms/102873304

rolle, to random
@rolle@mementomori.social avatar

Well, that’s a first.

ai6yr, to random

"Sonoma County officials Tuesday issued a health order requiring health care workers to wear masks in patient care settings, a move triggered by rising cases of respiratory illnesses, such as COVID-19 and influenza." https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-county-issues-masking-order-for-health-care-workers-as-covid-19-case/

SirTapTap, to random
@SirTapTap@mastodon.social avatar

Depressing that "more than half of americans plan to get latest covid booster" is good news, but it's better than last round. Hopefully utterly idiotic partisan divide is starting to wane.

Just get your shots. Yeah even republicans. I fucking hate you but your corpses are fucking up our medical systems, stop it.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/more-than-half-of-americans-plan-to-get-updated-covid-shot/

admin, to socialwork
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Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
Open LEMMY instance for all mental health workers: https://lem.clinicians-exchange.org
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TITLE: COVID News

Thank you Dr. Lepkowsky

-------- Forwarded Message --------

Disclaimer: The data in this column come from either mainstream news
media sources or scientific research published in peer-reviewed
journals (each category can be determined by following the links in
the reference section). This column's author acknowledges the cultural
bias of the world scientific community in its belief that the
scientific method is the most viable available alternative for
assessing COVID-19 and its effects in an objective manner through a
structured process of observable and repeatable hypothesis testing.

Summary: Hospitalizations from COVID-19 rose for an eighth straight
week to 18,871 people/week see "COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Eighth
Week in a Row" under Virology & Epidemiology).

Moderna says its upcoming COVID-19 vaccine should work against the
BA.2.86 variant that has caused worry about a possible surge in cases
(see "New Moderna Vaccine to Work Against Recent COVID Variant" under
Vaccomes, Treatment & Testing).

COVID vaccines will have a new formulation this year, according to a
decision announced today by the US Food and Drug Administration that
will focus efforts on circulating variants. The move pushes last
year's bivalent vaccines out of circulation because they will no
longer be authorized for use in the United States (see "New COVID
Vaccines Force Bivalents Out" under Policy).

The CDC is not specifically saying whether long COVID patients should
get the new COVID boosters, flu shots, or RSV vaccines, and the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) referred similar questions to the CDC
(see "Should Long COVID Patients Get the Flu, RSV, and New Booster
Shots?" under Policy).

Research continues to show that early intervention with antibiotics
reduces the risk of fatality from COID-19 (see "Early Empiric
Antibiotic Use in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19" under Vaccines,
Treatment & Testing).

In ICU-patients ≥70 years old, COVID-19 is associated with greater
mortality rates than bacterial or viral pneumonia (see "Increased
Mortality in ICU Patients ≥70 Years Old With COVID-19 Compared to
Patients With Other Pneumonias" under COVID Complications).

After the US Food and Drug Administration authorized new monovalent
COVID vaccines, the CDC recommended the new booster vaccinations for
everyone (see "Universal Monovalent COVID Vaccines Backed by CDC"
under Policy).

About 103 million Americans had COVID-19, and about a third of those
led to long COVID. New data indicate that some cases of long COVID-19
might be going unidentified because the patient's initial infection
wasn't detected (see "Some People With Long COVID Tested Negative for
COVID-19" under COVID Complications).

Although SARS-CoV-2 infection among young children typically results
in mild infection, it can result in serious illness, including
multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, long-term sequalae, and
death. mRNA COVID-19 vaccination provides protection against
symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection for at least 4 months after
vaccination among children aged 3–5 years (see "Safety Monitoring of
mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Third Doses Among Children Aged 6 Months–5
Years" under Vaccines, Treatment & Testing).

A new meta-analysis has shown that SGLT2 inhibitors do not lead to
lower 28-day all-cause mortality compared with usual care or placebo
in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (see "SGLT2-inhibitors: No
Benefit in Hospitalized COVID-19" under Vaccines, Treatment &
Testing).

The COVID-19 booster vaccine typically causes transient, clinically
insignificant elevations in glucose levels in people with type 1
diabetes (see "COVID Booster May Transiently Raise Glucose Levels in
T1D" under Vaccines, Treatment & Testing).

"Cost May Lead Many to Skip COVID Testing: Why That's a Problem" (see
under Media News).

The May 11, 2023 termination of the PHE has made it increasingly
difficult to accurately track COVID-19 new cases or fatalities.
However, new variants of concern continue to emerge, with consequent
infections and deaths.

Since the termination of the PHE, data on vaccination rates are no
longer being tracked. The last known US COVID-19 vaccination rates
(May 10, 2023) are as follows: full
vaccination (two initial doses) 69.3%; at least one updated booster
dose: 17% (see "Track Covid-19 in the U.S." under
Vaccines, Treatment & Testing). "Our World in Data" stopped trying to
track US booster rates on August 30, 2022 and shows a flat line since
then.


Virology & Epidemiology:

COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering
(CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU):
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
and
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/united-states

Our World in Data:
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data

Worldometer:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Health Equity Tracker:
https://healthequitytracker.org/exploredata?gclid=Cj0KCQjw-4SLBhCVARIsACrhWLUL78j0e9QYUZtcHe_eMhwzCgsIqClo1P9-7GVeRfEW8ewY8Xi7o0QaApCmEALw_wcB

COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Eighth Week in a Row:
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/996410?ecd=wnl_dne1_230915_MSCPEDIT_etid5855961&uac=397605ET&impID=5855961


Vaccines, Treatment & Testing:

Current U.S. COVID Vaccination Rate:
https://www.google.com/search?q=us+covid+vaccination+rate&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS936US936&oq=us+covid+vaccination+rate+&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l7j0i457i512j0i512.4456j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Track Covid-19 in the U.S.:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/covid-cases.html

Early Empiric Antibiotic Use in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19:
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/995862?ecd=wnl_edit_tpal_etid5834655&uac=397605ET&impID=5834655

New Moderna Vaccine to Work Against Recent COVID Variant:
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/996213?ecd=WNL_trdalrt_pos1_230910_etid5840723&uac=397605ET&impID=5840723

Safety Monitoring of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Third Doses Among Children
Aged 6 Months–5 Years:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/993043

SGLT2-inhibitors: No Benefit in Hospitalized COVID-19:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996426?ecd=wnl_dne10_230915_MSCPEDIT_etid5855961&uac=397605ET&impID=5855961

COVID Booster May Transiently Raise Glucose Levels in T1D:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996455?ecd=wnl_dne4_230915_MSCPEDIT_etid5855961&uac=397605ET&impID=5855961


Policy:

New COVID Vaccines Force Bivalents Out:
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/996300?ecd=wnl_newsalrt_230911_MSCPEDIT_New_Covid_etid5843749&uac=397605ET&impID=5843749

Should Long COVID Patients Get the Flu, RSV, and New Booster Shots?:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996286?ecd=WNL_trdalrt_pos1_230911_etid5844198&uac=397605ET&impID=5844198

Universal Monovalent COVID Vaccines Backed by CDC:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996378?ecd=wnl_dne4_230914_MSCPEDIT_etid5852504&uac=397605ET&impID=5852504


COVID Complications:

Increased Mortality in ICU Patients ≥70 Years Old With COVID-19
Compared to Patients With Other Pneumonias:
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/994778?src=FYE

Some People With Long COVID Tested Negative for COVID-19:
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/995857?src=FYE


Media News:

Cost May Lead Many to Skip COVID Testing: Why That's a Problem:
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/996471?ecd=wnl_edit_tpal_etid5857656&uac=397605ET&impID=5857656


Hoping that is helpful information--

Chuck

Charles M. Lepkowsky, Ph.D.
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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

By Henry Madison @RageSheen

Guy makes sheep noise at person in mask.

'Why the sheep noise?'
'Because only sheep wear masks.'
'Why sheep?'
'Because sheep all copy each other.'
'That guy is the only person I can see in this whole building wearing a mask.'
'...'

@auscovid19

Twitter/X source: https://twitter.com/RageSheen/status/1702529038387232990

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 14 September 2023

🔹Active cases: 603 (+87)
🔹Active outbreaks: 107 (+22)
🔹Residents: 465 (+85)
🔹Staff: 138 (+2)
🔹Reported deaths in 2023: 1,097 (+5)

🔸5,864 aged care COVID deaths since beginning of pandemic

🔸686 reported deaths in 2020
🔸226 reported deaths in 2021
🔸3,855 reported deaths in 2022
🔸1,097 reported deaths in 2023

#agedcare #COVID19 @AnikaWells @Mark_Butler_MP @AlboMP @auscovid19

Source: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covid-19-outbreaks-in-australian-residential-aged-care-facilities-15-september-2023?language=en

brainwane, to random
@brainwane@social.coop avatar

If you paid for funeral expenses for someone who died in the US, and their death certificate mentions COVID as a cause, you may be eligible for up to US$9,000 in funeral expense assistance from the US federal government.

https://www.fema.gov/disaster/historic/coronavirus/economic/funeral-assistance

Eligibility does not depend on your income, even if you have a high income right now: https://www.fema.gov/node/does-fema-consider-annual-household-income-when-determining-how-much-covid-19-funeral

More info: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/historic/coronavirus/economic/funeral-assistance/faq

Currently, Sept. 30, 2025 is the end date for submitting applications, I believe.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

🇯🇵Japan reports being in COVID ‘9th wave,’ caution urged.

"Hospitals across the nation report the highest number of infected patients since the disease was downgraded in May."

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15003207

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

🇦🇺 COVID-19’s toll on children and young people

"A growing body of work is challenging the view that COVID-19 does not pose a significant threat to most children and young people. It comes amid growing concerns that there could be long-term implications for some young people who have contracted the virus."

Australian children and young people over the past 2 years.

This includes data showing that:

🔹 Around 50,000 children aged 0-14 were hospitalised with COVID between 2021-2022.

🔹 On average one child was admitted to ICU every day in 2022, totalling 362 admissions among 0-14-year-olds.

🔹 Hospitalisation and mortality rates for COVID far exceed those for other respiratory diseases such as influenza and RSV.

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.croakey.org/covid-19s-toll-on-children-and-young-people/

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to random
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

Qantas loses High Court appeal over sacking of 1,700 baggage handlers and cleaners during COVID-19 pandemic.

#COVID19 @Qantas @auscovid19

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-13/high-court-rules-in-qantas-twu-battle-over-ground-crew-staff/102848684

Free_Press, to random
@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar

GET A SHOT TO LIVE!

CDC recommends the new Covid booster shot for ALL Americans over the age of six months

Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths rising in the US as the new Covid variant runs through society.

The booster could be available as early as this week.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/fda-approves-new-covid-booster-amid-rising-cases/story?id=103084102

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