In 6 weeks, BA.2 has replaced Delta as second most dominant in 🇩🇰(46%) to BA.1(53%). In 🇦🇺(with very low testing numbers), BA.2 has gone from <1% to 6% = Delta in 4 weeks. covariants.org Interesting to see the comparison over the next few weeks.

9s to transmit... that sounds alot less than 4 hours.

LIVING WITH COVID, a 🧵 Since covid isn’t going away (thanks to a series of poor choices over the last 2 years), it’s time to brainstorm what a real exit strategy might look like because “living with covid means accepting more deaths” doesn’t work for me. We can do better.

1/🧵 What is #LongCOVID⁉️   A disabling malady from ongoing inflammation, autoimmunity, & potential viral reservoirs (GI, brain?)   NEW DATA: The Lungs “light up” on special MRI Scans 3 to 9 months later in patients never hospitalized for COVID.   bit.ly/344Oajp

THREAD: I keep being asked when we can go "back to normal" or "like it was before". My personal thoughts: We've added a new disease to our population, more infectious and more severe than flu. The world pre 2020 no longer exists - we may want it to, but it just doesn't. 1/13

Why isn’t the pandemic over yet? Why did we require boosters? Authorities including the CDC are finally acknowledging that our vaccines provide protection for only 3-4 months at a time. I interview @fitterhappieraj to go over possible reasons why. youtu.be/jCWfytQXpEs

scribbler Of Oz 😷 #TakeCareOfYourAir 🌱 I found this helpful.

"Vaccines only" #COVID19 strategy w removal of other protections makes perfect if you hold 6 beliefs Each belief WAS reasonable in 2020, yet proved wrong w time. Now, to maintain the idea that things are OK, each of these 6 beliefs must be defended with ever more vigor 🧵

There's a common myth being passed around that longCOVID is rare, that it only affects medically infirm people, that it can't happen to me. Here's a short thread on the famous people that are dealing with #longCOVID 1/

Australia's COVID situation is out of control. This Medium post builds on my Twitter thread from last week and looks in depth at where we are, how we got here, and what we need to do to turn things around. medium.com/@ColinKinner/a… 1/

This is a brilliant segment by the @Todayshow about the direct connection between catching Covid and the raised risk of a heart attack. I had to keep pinching myself to check it was real and I wasn't dreaming. Thank you NBC News Erin McLaughlin Dr. John Torres Please share widely!

Great. Fantastic. We are infecting everyone repeatedly with a virus that is doing damage to the immune system about halfway between zero and complete destruction. Hands up who would like a half destroyed or half functional immune system?

Has there been any data released recently on which RATs are best at detecting the most recent variants?

This is big, folks. The The White House is supporting next generation—nasal and variant-proof Covid vaccines —and therapies with a $5 billion program washingtonpost.com/health/2023/04… by Dan Diamond Thanks to the relentless efforts of Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH Archived and @WHCOVIDResponse👍

JUST TRY AND STOP HIM 😤 Reece Walsh has Nerves of Steel.

You come to me, on this day, complaining about usage limits? I gave you Claude. I gave you Sonnet. I gave you Opus. I gave you artifacts, projects, a search bar. I put the whole operation in your pocket for $20 a month and you come to MY mentions saying "please try again in a