It's worrying that both parties are blocking a commission on COVID. The US has one of the worst pandemic responses in the world, and we need to learn lessons in order to both do better in managing the current pandemic and respond to future pandemics. nytimes.com/2022/12/12/us/…

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Missed the updated report from OHSU on 16 Dec, so quick check in here. I use draftable to compare the newest version to the last to highlight changes draftable.com/compare/WXTLrh… Very little changed, CoVid is high but plateauing, RSV and Flu at record levels. Next update 6 Jan.

Kinda skeptical of these last two data points, lowest CoVid wastewater levels in the last year... May be a Christmas miracle though. public.tableau.com/app/profile/or…

Rick Bright Pooled test positivity for the travellers genomic surveillance program has rarely dropped below 20% during the entire life of the program, regardless of predeparture testing requirements. covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…

Great thread as always from Chris here. A brilliant member of the public who put forth the effort to simplify visualizations and provide cogent summaries of incomprehensibly large amounts of data. Great follow if you're not, neat info on The Gorge too!

Worth noting the current spike in cases/hospitalizations in the NE is driven by XBB, which is just getting started here (grey). Usually we're 4-6 weeks behind the NE/CA trends, so buckle up for a rough winter. Stay masked, get vaxxed. public.tableau.com/app/profile/or…

Wasn't a miracle after all, headed back up public.tableau.com/app/profile/or…

It’s worth looking into if you’re not covered. I personally used this service for years when I was freelance, and while it’s not perfect it’s good.

Still confused as to how ER visits for CLI are way down down but hospitalizations are up. Is severity rate dropping? Are other behaviors changing? Stopped trusting cases awhile ago but now I’m questioning CLI graphs…

Had missed this a few weeks ago... No data for you content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORDHS…

Been awhile, life stuff, I’m all good. Ok with that out of the way… Listen to your friends in the Mask Bloc, Tina, this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. Masks work. Hospitals have viruses. Don’t enable hospital transmission. x.com/maskblocpdx/st…

This past week in Oregon, every day 3 people died from CoVid. Is this where we expected to be 3 years ago when this started? Of course not. Is this where we should expect to be 3 years from now? I hope not.