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The Weather

Twenty-seven US states remain at High to Very High levels of SARS-CoV-2 detected in wastewater since February 28, 2024, with five states not reporting.

Wastewater levels are decreasing throughout the country except in the Midwest. The South is still experiencing extremely high transmission. As a reminder, the last two weeks, shown in gray, are provisional data. These values may change as additional wastewater sites report data.

Despite these ongoing high levels of transmission in most of the country, and in defiance of pleas from civil society to protect the most vulnerable among us, the CDC has once again decided to walk back already insufficient protections – this time in the form of isolation guidance. It announced on Friday at 1 pm that it will repeal the 5-day isolation period for COVID-19 and instead treat COVID-19 like it does other respiratory viruses like flu and RSV, linking isolation length with symptomatology and fever. This policy, of course, is not based on the best evidence–just vibes and a lack of care for those of us still dying (1000s weekly) and still becoming disabled by Long COVID.

Last week, the CDC recommended that people 65 years and older should receive an updated booster. It did not approve a booster for other people in high-risk categories because they didn’t bother studying the benefits and risks in these groups.

Wins

OK. So it’s been a rough week. But you know what? We are all fighting back. We see you all making calls, creating and signing petitions, joining and expanding Mask Blocs, creating and distributing zines, and making your own air-cleaning systems. We see so many more masked, tested, and ventilated events than we used to! We are mobilizing collective power to keep each other safe and to transform this state.

Next week, March 11, will mark the 5th anniversary of the declaration of the pandemic. We’re not where we should be, but this pandemic has radicalized a lot of us. Keep connecting. Keep finding your people. Keep going. We will win.

Oh! And check out these Free COVID-19 and flu test vending machines in King County, Washington!

Variants

JN.1 is still the most dominant variant circulating in the United States and is projected to account for 92.3% of all circulating variants by March 2nd, 2024. Two JN.1 descendants, JN.1.13 and JN.1.18, are now the second and third most common circulating variants, projected to be at 3.3% and 1.8%, respectively.

To check for circulating variants within your community, you can find your HHS Region through the CDC Variant Tracker dashboard.

Long Covid

In an article published in Science, Drs Ziyad Al-Aly and Eric Topol reviewed the perplexing case of Long COVID. They discuss the lack of consensus and systematization when it comes to the classification of the disease, partly due to its different mechanisms and manifestations. For example, younger adult and female Long COVID patients are more likely to be afflicted by fatigue, dysautonomia, brain fog, and post-exertional malaise, while older patients are more likely to deal with cardiovascular and metabolic complications. They also discuss the current potential treatments for Long COVID, but express that since nonpharmaceutical interventions have been neglected, vaccines are the only available therapy. However, vaccines are unable to prevent Long COVID. Ultimately, they state that the only way to prevent Long COVID is by ending COVID transmission, such as by administering pan-variant neutralizing intranasal vaccines.

On March 15, 2024, the Long COVID March will be taking place in Washington D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial. The march is intended to mobilize Long COVID patients and allies to demand acknowledgment and policy changes from the government. You can read the march’s mission statement, which includes a list of objectives.

Take Action

Join us in demanding the CDC reinstate the 5-day COVID isolation policy. Despite the guidelines having already been dropped, we must still fight for adequate protections from COVID to safeguard our communities from harm. Make your voices known by sending a letter to the White House and your elected officials through our Action Network. The People’s CDC will also be implementing other action items in the coming weeks, so look out for those!

Today is COVID Memorial Day, in which we remember the 1.2 million lives lost to COVID in the United States, and show solidarity with the millions living with COVID grief and Long COVID. Check out Marked by COVID to learn more or to participate in today’s virtual vigil.

Again, we must continue to contact our elected officials to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, and we must continue to wear and require the wearing of high-quality respirators such as N95s and KN95s at protests and within organizing spaces.

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geekysteven · 2 months

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centers-against-disease-control · 1 year

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toshootforthestars · 2 months

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From the report by Beth Mole, posted 29 Feb 2024:

In a lengthy background document, the agency laid out its rationale for consolidating COVID-19 guidance into general guidance for respiratory viruses—including influenza, RSV, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, enteroviruses, and others, though specifically not measles. The agency also noted the guidance does not apply to health care settings and outbreak scenarios. "COVID-19 remains an important public health threat, but it is no longer the emergency that it once was, and its health impacts increasingly resemble those of other respiratory viral illnesses, including influenza and RSV," the agency wrote. The most notable change in the new guidance is the previously reported decision to no longer recommend a minimum five-day isolation period for those infected with the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Instead, the new isolation guidance is based on symptoms, which matches long-standing isolation guidance for other respiratory viruses, including influenza. "The updated Respiratory Virus Guidance recommends people with respiratory virus symptoms that are not better explained by another cause stay home and away from others until at least 24 hours after both resolution of fever AND overall symptom are getting better," the document states. "This recommendation addresses the period of greatest infectiousness and highest viral load for most people, which is typically in the first few days of illness and when symptoms, including fever, are worst." The CDC acknowledged that the eased isolation guidance will create "residual risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission," and that most people are no longer infectious only after 8 to 10 days. As such, the agency urged people to follow additional interventions—including masking, testing, distancing, hygiene, and improving air quality—for five additional days after their isolation period. "Today’s announcement reflects the progress we have made in protecting against severe illness from COVID-19," CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen said in a statement. "However, we still must use the commonsense solutions we know work to protect ourselves and others from serious illness from respiratory viruses—this includes vaccination, treatment, and staying home when we get sick." Overall, the agency argued that a shorter isolation period would be inconsequential. Other countries and states that have similarly abandoned fixed isolation times did not see jumps in COVID-19 emergency department visits or hospitalizations, the CDC pointed out. And most people who have COVID-19 don't know they have it anyway, making COVID-19-specific guidance moot, the agency argued. In a recent CDC survey, less than half of people said they would test for SARS-CoV-2 if they had a cough or cold symptoms, and less than 10 percent said they would go to a pharmacy or health care provider to get tested. Meanwhile, "The overall sensitivity of COVID-19 antigen tests is relatively low and even lower in individuals with only mild symptoms," the agency said. The CDC also raised practical concerns for isolation, including a lack of paid sick leave for many, social isolation, and "societal costs." The points are likely to land poorly with critics. “The CDC is again prioritizing short-term business interests over our health by caving to employer pressure on COVID guidelines. This is a pattern we’ve seen throughout the pandemic,” Lara Jirmanus, Clinical Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said in a press release last month after the news first broke of the CDC's planned isolation update. Jirmanus is a member of the People's CDC, a group that advocates for more aggressive COVID-19 policies, which put out the press release. Another member of the group, Sam Friedman, a professor of population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, also blasted the CDC's stance last month. The guidance will "make workplaces and public spaces even more unsafe for everyone, particularly for people who are high-risk for COVID complications," he said.

But, the CDC argues that the threat of COVID-19 is fading. Hospitalizations, deaths, prevalence of long COVID, and COVID-19 complications in children (MIS-C) are all down. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at preventing severe disease, death, and to some extent, long COVID—we just need more people to get them. Over 95% of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in the 2023–2024 respiratory season had no record of receiving the seasonal booster dose, the agency noted. Only 22% of adults got the latest shot, including only 42% of people ages 65 and older. In contrast, 48% of adults got the latest flu shot, including 73% of people ages 65 and older. But even with the crummy vaccination rates for COVID-19, a mix of past infection and shots have led to a substantial protection in the overall population. The CDC even went as far as arguing that COVID-19 deaths have fallen to a level that is similar to what's seen with flu. "Reported deaths involving COVID-19 are several-fold greater than those reported to involve influenza and RSV. However, influenza and likely RSV are often underreported as causes of death," the CDC said. In the 2022–2023 respiratory virus season, there were nearly 90,000 reported COVID-19 deaths. For flu, there were 9,559 reported deaths, but the CDC estimates the true number to be between 18,000 and 97,000. In the current season, there have been 32,949 reported COVID-19 deaths to date and 5,854 reported flu deaths, but the agency estimates the real flu deaths are between 17,000 and 50,000. "Total COVID-19 deaths, accounting for underreporting, are likely to be higher than, but of the same order of magnitude as, total influenza deaths," the agency concluded.

(say no to raw dough: CDC)

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tomorrowusa · 9 months

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Ever since Gov. Ron DeSantis ramped up his anti-woke crusade, Florida has been hit by a series of Biblical-style plagues. Malaria is trending in the state, the citrus crop is the worst since the Great Depression, and water temperature on the state's Gulf coast has hit 101.1° F.

Now leprosy is hitting Florida.

The Centers for Disease Control said in a recent statement that cases of leprosy have been increasing in Central Florida with the region accounting for 81 percent of reported cases in the state and almost one-fifth of reported cases nationwide. Leprosy is a bacterial infection characterized by discolored skin, lumps and nerve damage. If untreated, the disease can progress to paralysis, blindness and physical disfigurement. Most people think of leprosy as a disease from biblical times when it was considered a curse. The Hebrew word for leprosy used in the Bible -- tsara'ath -- loosely translates to "unclean." According to the CDC, several of the newly reported cases in Florida don't appear to have any connection to the "traditionally known" risk factors for catching the disease. For instance, while leprosy was previously known to affect people who immigrated from areas where the disease was endemic, the CDC says roughly one-third of the cases in Florida were contracted locally, while the rate of new cases among people born outside the U.S. has actually been declining for the past 20 years.

There may be an environmental reason for this upsurge.

"The absence of traditional risk factors in many recent cases of leprosy in Florida, coupled with the high proportion of residents who spend a great deal of time outdoors, supports the investigation into environmental reservoirs as a potential source of transmission," the CDC said.

The state has a climate-denier governor who spends most of his time outside the state at campaign events trying to prove that he's more extreme than Donald Trump.

Florida's problems will spiral while DeSantis continues to roam around the US praising slavery while endlessly screaming "woke! woke! woke!" at anybody who disagrees with his far right views.

Floridians should not expect DeSantis to take the leprosy outbreak seriously. He has already stated that if he's elected president he'd consider appointing anti-vaxxer and conspiracy nut RFK Jr. as head of the Centers for Disease Control.

Ron DeSantis suggests RFK Jr. for a role at the FDA or the CDC

#ron desantis #florida #leprosy #biblical plagues #climate change #centers for disease control #republicans #the gop #republican extremism #gop presidential nomination #election 2024

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officialyourdailyinspiration · 2 years

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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is promoting to youth an online chat space that discusses sex, polyamorous relationships, the occult, sex change operations, and activism, and is specifically designed to be quickly hidden while being used...

#Breitbart #CDC Directs LGBT Children to Secretive Chats About Sex Changes and the Occult #United States #government #Centers for Disease Control #CDC #hidden from parents #Spencer Lindquist #planned parenthood #breitbart.com

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pandemichub · 1 year

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Public health isn't politically and or ideologically neutral. And as always health, care, policy and access disproportionately impacts marginalized and vulnerable populations. These groups must be apart of any approach, policies or systems and institutions created or operating in the case of the aforementioned.

#covid-19 #covid 19 #covid #sars cov 2 #public health #Non pharmaceutical interventions #NPIs #Mitigations #CDC #Centers for disease control #WHO #World Health Organization #Intersectionality #Intersectional #POC #Disabled #Immunocompromised #Poor

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newsrepertoire · 1 year

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Catching right-wingers red-handed. I uncovered a barrage of bad journalism when several conservative news outlets scrambled to report about a single tweet concerning a two-year-old, voluntary document. Mind you, I haven't even had my journalism degree for a year yet. But who's really the noob?

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petnews2day · 19 days

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New York's most popular companions

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/4c0pF

New York's most popular companions

What if science allowed you to talk to your pet? Which pet would speak first, dogs or cats? Buzz60’s Keri Lumm shares the results of a new study conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Healthy Paws. Thursday, April 11 is National Pet Daya holiday dedicated to those “pets who may not always get the companionship […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/4c0pF #DogNews #Animal, #AnimalWelfare, #Animals, #Centers, #CentersForDiseaseControl, #Control8217, #Disease, #Dogs, #Events, #Family, #For, #Holidays, #HolidaysU0026SeasonalEvents, #Overall, #OverallPositive, #Pets, #PetsU0026Animals, #Positive, #Seasonal, #U0026, #Welfare

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centers-for-disease-control · 3 months

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Hey, new(ish) parody blogs, how are y’all doing?

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abs0luteb4stard · 1 year

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“Why aren’t we using medical products as effectively and efficiently as our peer countries? A lot of it has to do with choices that people make because of the things that influenced their thinking,”

Misinformation is not limited to addressing COVID-19, also including health conditions such as cardiovascular diseases. Now that everyone is connected to the Internet, he said, misinformation can reach larger audiences, which can make people more hesitant about their health care.

Those living in rural areas are emerging as “faring much worse” when it comes to health and life expectancy.

The United States leads the world in “innovation and medical products” and has the “safest food in the world.”

And yet, we’re not using those products, and our diets are not leading the world,” he said. “So it’s an implementation phase, where we’ve really got a problem.”

In 2021, life expectancy dropped in the U.S. for the second year in a row, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention falling from 77.0 to 76.1 years.

•In a nutshell, If misinformation is killing people because they're stupid then it's an acceptable loss.

#death #morbid humor #America #Life Expectancy #misinformation #covid-19 #the internet #hicks #hillbillies #50% of rednecks are okay #murica #CDC #Centers for Disease Control #medical science

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surgeaki · 2 years

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Nova PANDEMIA, diz OMS

Aumento da forma de contágio da Varíola do Macaco OMS declara emergência de saúde global devido ao avanço da doença, que já soma 16 mil infectados em 75 países. Entenda porque o contágio infantil representa uma nova fase – e o que pode acontecer daqui para frente. O Centers for Disease Control (CDC) americano confirmou os dois primeiros casos de varíola dos macacos em crianças nos EUA. Segundo…

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digitalcombination · 2 years

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Your Guide to At-Home COVID-19 Tests For International Travel

If you are traveling abroad, your first question is probably, are COVID-19 tests accurate? In this article, we will discuss the accuracy of COVID-19 tests and their cost. We will also discuss where to buy COVID-19 tests. While false-positive results are rare, you should always get a second test to be certain. If your first test is negative, you can isolate until you can get a second, more…

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#Centers for Disease Control #COVID-19 varies #False positives on COVID-19 tests are rare

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reportwire · 2 years

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Migrants and Refugee camps (DGMQ)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine has an Asia Field Program in the CDC-Thailand country office. The team has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in refugee, immigrant, and migrant populations through their support of disease detection and prevention efforts. One area of focus has been to develop and support outbreak response in…

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#(DGMQ)#and Prevention #CDC #Centers for Disease Control #Centers for Disease Control and Prevention #COVID-19 #Division of Global Migration and Quarantine #global health security #global public health #government #Migrant #Point of Entry #Public health #Ready #Refugee #South East Asia #Thailand #United States government

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centers-against-disease-control · 7 months

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Obligatory pinned post!! Hi, I'm Centers Against Disease Control, a joke blog for everything tasty, squishable, and horrendous

I am not the CDC and neither am I against the CDC or their teachings, so please do not associate any serious

Just helping out my friend @centers-for-disease-control

Hope you enjoy!!

#centers against disease control #blej :P

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