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The 1918 flu defined how pandemics 'should' behave: severe, but quickly over. This model was written into pandemic plans & collective thinking across the globe. The SARS2 virus is a different entity. It is still here & still evolving. theconversation.com/a-pandemic-tha… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

'They need to back off': Farm states push back on Biden’s bird flu response. Let’s call this what it is: a blind spot in pandemic preparedness. Kai Kupferschmidt politi.co/3JN3lyH via POLITICO

Q&A – avian influenza H5N1 (and what it means for New Zealand- currently free ) newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/07/qa-…

Bird flu should be monitored in wastewater, pandemic experts say statnews.com/2024/05/01/h5n…

This made me smile. These were right next to each on my feed. Marc Johnson Bernd M. Gawlik

poops.nz Updated dashboard -New Zealand wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. Weekending 19 May. Increase 📈trend nationally in levels in wastewater. KP.3 was at 22% weekending 5 May (delay due to seq machine issues). Another update on variants next week.

poops.nz Updated dashboard -New Zealand wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. For the week ending 16 June, levels are still elevated in wastewater nationally (& 📈compared to 4 weeks ago). KP.3 at 43.5% for weekending 2 June. Another update on variants next week.

poops.nz Updated dashboard -New Zealand wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. Week ending 30 June. Nationally, levels decreased again. Peak seems behind us now, for now. But at higher than low baseline a year ago. No variant update but graph added anyway- KP.3 at 50%.

poops.nz Updated dashboard -New Zealand wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. Week ending 7 July. Nationally, levels decreased again. Levels at most of 25 sites tested are less than 4 weeks ago. Variant analysis of up to 20 sites show KP.3 at 65% week ending 30 June.

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Finally published - thanks Leighton Watson, Nic Steyn Joanne Hewitt and the wastewater team at @ESRNewZealand for a great collaboration. Jointly estimating epidemiological dynamics of Covid-19 from case and wastewater data in Aotearoa New Zealand nature.com/articles/s4385…

poops.nz Updated dashboard - New Zealand wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. Week ending 14 July. Nationally, SARS-CoV-2 level is not too dissimilar to week before. 25 sites : 7 catchments in the South Island; rest in the North Island. No variant update.

poops.nz Updated dashboard - New Zealand wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. From 11 sites, 10 submitted samples last week, so slightly down in % coverage. A sequence run planned for next week (including next weeks samples, so variants in next update).

Early bird registration is now open #OHA2024 The 10th #OneHealth Aotearoa Symposium 📅3-4 December 2024 📍University of Otago Wellington 💻In-person and online Key speakers & themes on #AntimicrobialResistance, climate change, Te Ao Māori & more! Link: otago.ac.nz/conference/one…

poops.nz New Zealand wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. Variants tracked include XEC - noting a variation on proportions week on week can be expected especially when low concentrations of total virus levels are being detected.

Early bird registration closes Tue 5th November #OHA2024 The 10th #OneHealth Aotearoa Symposium 📅3-4 December 2024 📍University of Otago Wellington 💻#AntimicrobialResistance, climate change, Te Ao Māori & more! Link: otago.ac.nz/conference/one…

Contaminated shellfish pose a significant risk to consumers. Read "Droplet DIgital PCR for Precise Quantification of Human Norovirus in Shellfish Associated with Gastroenteritis Illness" in IAFP's #JFP tr.ee/hOSb57fjAg

Deeply shocked to see the bullying & attempted intimidation of President Zelenskyy in Oval Office today. President Zelenskyy’s people are suffering hugely as they defend their freedom. They & their leader deserve support not abuse. Europe must now step up: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…