"Actually, tuberculosis (TB) incidence may represent the best bellwether for Covid induced post-infection immune damage." - A certain minimizer in 2022 bmj.com/content/390/bm…

Colorado COVID warning: Covid has entered my home. We have always taken more risks than in the Covid Careful community. But the risks have been measured. I learned this past month my hubby has been taking more risks, & less measured than i do. Now, he has COVID 🧵

Bluesky is currently unavailable in Mississippi as age verification censorship crackdowns due to “child safety” laws are beginning to hit the U.S. bsky.social/about/blog/08-…

Monday: Collapsed and died. Tuesday: Collapsed and died. Wednesday: Collapsed and died. Thursday: Collapsed and died. Friday: Collapsed and died. Every day. Every week.

Researchers studied a fragment of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and found it accelerates aggregation of alpha-synuclein, the protein central to Parkinson’s disease, making the resulting clumps more toxic to brain cells. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Aug 22nd Update: WW having technical issues, but I can fill in the gap reasonably with ED data. South and West are ~60% higher than other regions, all regions increasing. 🔸️430,000 new infections/day 🔸️1 in 77 currently infected 🔸️1 in 190 infectious out of household

Massachusetts health officials had already discussed the possibility of coordinating vaccine recommendations with neighboring states, rather than relying on federal health agencies for guidance. But in the wake of the meeting….. 👀

Biobot shows rising COVID transmission in the U.S. Note that last week's levels were corrected upward substantially, so take what appears as leveling off this week with a grain of salt. They may get corrected upward too. I expect rising levels through early September.

Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to early August. Growth of XFG.* "Stratus" has continued, and it remains dominant at 60%. The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has been slowly declining, to 27%. #COVID19 #Global #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus 🧵

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN Over 2000 records have fallen no-stop since June and keep falling every single day. Today more records were broken - *=all time R: 36.6 Kasenuma 36.2 Kashimadai 37.4 Zao * 36.0 Ononiimachi 36.6 Yamada * The record heat will continue all September !

Emily in Paris Assistant Director Diego Borella Dies at 47 After ‘Collapsing’ During Filming of the Netflix Show Borella died while filming the fifth season of the series in Venice, Italy, on Aug. 22 people.com/emily-in-paris…

COVID-19 cases in Japan increase for the ninth straight week | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…

Spain: 10% increase in neurological impairment in children who were gestated with COVID-19