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Wear a fitting N95, KF94 or KN95 as nychealthy recommended. The CDC confirmed that COVID is year-round and wastewater levels are VERY HIGH in 22 states, HIGH in 14 states, Moderate in 13 states. bit.ly/3VwpRT4 #StopMaskBans instagram.com/p/C9spaKdvhW-/…

Called these folks at the FDA again asking for expedited Novavax approval. Interesting update, one of the assistants transferred me to a voicemail but before that said: "We're getting a lot of calls about this. If people keep calling they may release an official update soon"

FEMA Disaster Survivor Teams will be available to assist survivors in applying for disaster assistance, focusing their work in shelters. Those looking to apply elsewhere… 1/ #Helene #WNC

#Helene DONATIONS DROP OFF FOR #ASHEVILLE & SURROUNDING AREAS Collecting donations tomorrow 9am-7pm at ALL MY HEART TATTOO STUDIO Southend 214 West Tremont Ave Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28203 “we will be personally hand-delivering these items on Wednesday into Asheville.” 1/

2 boxes of Free COVlD Antigen Self Tests I ordered through COVIDTESTS.gov just arrived. I went to fda.gov/covidtestdates to find the extended expiration dates. My tests are good till Dec 12. Did you order yours? MaskTogetherAmerica #FreeTests

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My future in NYC is looking grim. Though nychealthy does recommend masking, the mayor kept trying to reinstate the prepandemic mask ban. CO2 levels are proxy for risk of exposure to airborne pathogens. CDC standard is 800ppm. 2396ppm average for a rush hour MTA train is unsafe.

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a media briefing on 12/10/2024: “We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease & #LongCOVID and it still kills…The world might want to forget about COVlD-19, but we cannot afford to.”

The CDC reported 105,780 provisional deaths involving COVID‑19 in the United States from January 2023 through August 2024.  Within the same time frame, the CDC reported 13,956 provisional deaths attributed to influenza in the United States.

CDC numbers just dropped: 🔹Covid transmission is picking up rapidly 🔹1 in 73 people in the Midwest were actively infectious on Dec 7 and rising 🔹If following historical trends (no false peak), 1 in 41 people in the Midwest are actively infectious today

Today is the sharpest 1-week relative increase in Covid transmission (54%) since the BA.1. Omicron surge in December 2021.

Many MTA riders wear masks due to poor ventilation, high levels of viral illness & pollution in NYC. We ask our officials to fight for public health, instead, Ritchie Torres is proposing a mask ban that would discriminate #immunocompromised visitors/New Yorkers. #StopMaskBans 💔

The most concerning Respiratory Pathogen Trends in the U.S. between Dec 29, 2024—Jan 4, 2025 from SyndromicTrends.com • Respiratory Syncytial Virus: 11.9% • Influenza A: 15.0% • Human Rhinovirus/Enterovirus: 13.9% • Coronavirus: 11.8% #MaskTogetherAmerica #StopMaskBans

People are starting to take notice of one of COVID's unpleasant effects: increased susceptibility to fungal overgrowth. This points to the long term effects COVID causes in your immune response. 🧵

This interesting study shows that use of intranasal antihistamine chlorpheniramine may prevent COVID-19 progression to Long COVID when used during acute infection. A striking image (blue = placebo, red = treatment group):