Paxlovid relapse insights from 7 individuals High viral loads at enrollment and for 17 days; detectable live virus up to 11 days, 3 with culturable virus up to 16 days, no resistance mutations by virus sequencing medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Rapid testing important to guide re-entry

FYI: Symptoms are NOT required to be infectious Symptom-free spread is MAJOR contributor to spread in this pandemic High virus load (rapid Test Pos) is good indicator of infectivity If you or your child no Longer has symptoms but Still Pos on rapid test -> Assume Infectious

“Reported cases and deaths from COVID 19 continue to decline globally”, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus At World Health Organization (WHO) presser. “This trend should be interpreted with caution, because many countries have reduced the number of tests they do, which in turn reduce the numbers of cases they find."

This is a scary paper, and I didn’t want to amplify before having a chance to give it a good read. It is methodologically well done, and suggestive of “cumulative injury” from successive sars-2 infections. H/t Marie

Get your popcorn ready. Here’s a pre-print of our latest data on SARS-CoV-2 aerosol shedding. 🧵 medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Thing is, I have never met a chronically ill disabled person pretend to be sick or exaggerate their illness for "benefits" but I sure as heck have seen them pretend to be well and power through their pain because ableism demands that of them. Miss me with this "fraud" BS.

A new web app aims to help people assess their risk of contracting COVID-19 in a particular space by logging carbon dioxide levels at different locations across the city. Dilshad Burman reports. bit.ly/3Khvk9p

Life expectancy in the U.S. fell precipitously in 2020 and 2021, the sharpest two-year decline in nearly 100 years, largely because of Covid. nyti.ms/3QYXubA

An isolation period of 5 days after Covid is totally inadequate for most people. New report from >63,000 people. Negative rapid tests are an essential guide jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… JAMA Network Open

Medical school lectures on respiratory pathogens in 2060: “Interestingly in the 1900s and early 2000s, doctors thought respiratory viruses were transmitted by fomites, not aerosols. They spent a tremendous amount of energy cleaning hands/surfaces instead of cleaning indoor air.”

Absolutely wild: An Ohio city paid $800K to wipe out ~ $200M of medical debt for its 268,508 residents.

A superbug killed my daughter at 25. Here's how Congress can save others. usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

A South Korean tour group's van became stuck in the snow outside a house in Williamsville, New York. They homeowners, luckily, had a well-stocked kitchen. And so began an unlikely holiday weekend. nyti.ms/3WEfydy

Boston-area wastewater levels are where they were in early Jan and rising fast. MA COVID hospitalizations are at highest since winter Omicron wave, with > 100 COVID deaths last week for the first time in a long time. Little public acknowledgment. We have become comfortably numb.

Bills Mafia is with you, 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧. ❤️💙

Please pray for our brother.

Niagara Falls will light up blue tonight in support of Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills and the City of Buffalo. The illumination board says the American Falls and Canadian Horseshoe Falls will be blue tonight from 9:00 to 9:15 p.m. @wkbw #Bills #PrayforDamar

The world's elite at the Davos forum are enjoying every possible protection from Covid, including PCR testing, air filtration, UVGI light. Why isn't this being offered to everyone else? Every school, every workplace should have the same protections as the rich and powerful.

Wonderful opinion essay in NYT about cystic fibrosis that asks the question, how do adults with CF who have had life long severe disease change their lifestyles? Cystic Fibrosis Patients Had Early Deaths. But Now With New Drugs the Prognosis Has Changed. nytimes.com/2023/02/06/opi…