Just plugged today's CDC numbers into my new forecasting model (releases Mon). My initial reaction was "Jesus Christ. That's bad. That's really really bad." If you live in the West in particular, it's currently about as bad as last winter. About 1 in 23 infectious out West.

With 195 publicly LGBTQ athletes competing at #Paris2024 #TeamLGBTQ would currently be in 8th place on the medal table. That’s ahead of every country that criminalises homosexuality. Data: Outsports #OlympicGames outsports.com/2024/8/10/2409…

Medicare for all. Subsidized daycare.

This didn't take long: Sweden reports a case of clade I (I'm guessing clade Ib) #mpox, in someone who traveled to "an affected region." Clade Ib is the version of the virus transmitting from person to person. h/t Infectious Disease Tracker dn.se/direkt/2024-08…

And so it happens... Nobody knows, how bad it might be (or not)... However, we are determining the odds by being cautious (or not)... #Mpox #Mpox2024 #mpoxoutbreak #pandemic #vaccination bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The world's in a better place vis-a-vis #mpox vaccine production than it was in 2022, during the clade IIb international outbreak. But there are still limits on supplies. Bavarian Nordic CEO laid out their numbers for STAT. statnews.com/2024/08/16/bav…

This has never been more true than today.

CoronaHeadsUp There i fixed it.

According to the WHO clade 1 Mpox is now a GLOBAL health emergency, and the incubation period can be up to 21 days According to the UK govt list of HCIDs clade 1 Mpox is airborne In months there’ll be a lot of people with Mpox saying “but we didn’t know” Yeah we did - mask NOW

Just a reminder, unlike Pfizer & Moderna, Novavax targets S2 The stable part of the Spike protein The part that doesn't vary between mutations More & more that appears to be a good thing 👏👏👏 .Novavax

BREAKING: Pete and Chasten are headed to the key swing state of Wisconsin today to campaign for Kamala Harris. This is great news.

But it’s just a cold, right? 🤷🏽‍♂️

The top 1% have never had it so good. They are making money hand over fist. At the same time, weekly wages for the average worker are nearly $50 less than they were 50 years ago. What does that say about American economic policy?

.Dept. of Agriculture confirms 3 dairy herds in California have tested positive for #H5N1 #birdflu. Interesting to see them push this out on a holiday. aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

#H5N1 Emails Reveal How Health Departments Struggle To Track Human Cases of Bird Flu: some farm owners resisting monitoring of employees for signs of bird flu, making it challenging to track case numbers, severity, changes in symptoms or infectivity. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/b…

APHIS #H5N1 Confirms 2 Layer Farms 10/15/24 Franklin Co WA 839,700 hens Cache Co UT 1,852,900 hens Franklin owned by Oakdale Egg Farms near Pasco media reports w/ video 8 H5N1 presump pos cullers (5 CDC conf so far) genetics descr as NOT B3.13 largest H5N1 clust in US hist 1/2

Getting closer to 1918, folks. Scientists isolated #H5N1 from the eyes of a dairy worker, and it efficiently infected alveolar epithelial cells. Those alveoli cells are deep in your lungs, and are the primary

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