COVID-19, flu, and RSV are all currently spreading in NYC. You can protect yourself and those around you by taking these steps: https://t.co/plx1iFaGTT ⬇️
The US experienced multiple waves of community spread even after most restrictions were lifted.
There is no evidence that early widespread infection via GBD-style policy would have prevented them nor would it have made it safe for more vulnerable to return to normal activity.
Traveling for the holidays? Stay well on your way by wearing a high-quality mask like an N95 in crowded indoor spaces like airports and planes. Also wash your hands frequently, cover your cough or sneeze, and avoid traveling if you’re sick.
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New York State Health Commissioner says that in 2024, three times as many New Yorkers died from COVID than the flu, nearly 3,000 to roughly 700.
It’s just like the flu, except it’s not like it at all.
SARS-CoV-2 causes lasting epigenetic "scars" that reprogram the immune system, driving chronic inflammation and Long COVID.
Emerging "epidrug" therapies aim to reverse these marks and restore health.
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This is wild. Essentially a refusal to do their job. Just hanging up a sign saying “pathogens welcome here”.
At what point does having “public health” exist become a liability for public health?
An experimental mRNA vaccine developed by @UF College of Medicine clinician scientists is bringing researchers one step closer to developing a universal cancer vaccine. Read more about the #UFMedResearch study, published in @natBME, at https://t.co/E1Wm0YjRqg.
@pjhn22@AnciraBecky@YahooNews Daycares in most locations were closed a few months. They have been open for nearly five years by the time this cohort starts school.
CDC Blackout on COVlD Wastewater Data
Their dashboard "updated" today. The data did not. This is NOT normal. The data updated even when external communication was previously banned. Leveraging Biobot data, PMC estimates 1 in 171 people in the U.S. are actively infectious.
“216,617 U.S. children had a parent or caregiver who died from COVID through approximately the first two years of the pandemic, according to a 2022 analysis. Half of them were between the ages of 5 and 13.” https://t.co/K6PFqtMchK
5 years after the start of the pandemic, Long COVID continues to affect many.
In this documentary, 4 healthcare workers in Chile share their struggle with a disease that the system still doesn’t know how to handle. In this thread, we share their testimonies. (Engl. captions)
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