Infectious disease
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Coronavirus Tidbits #316, October 13, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. ~ ~ ~ To get rid of AI in Google searches: If you add "udm=14" to the end of any Google search, you only get Web results in your search. It clears out all the clutter. ~ ~ ~ Check your voter registration!…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #314, September 29, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. Latest post: Metformin vs. Paxlovid: https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2024/09/25/want-to-prevent-long-covid-should-you-take-metformin-or-paxlovid/ News Mike Hoerger: 9/23 Expect about 29 million infections in the U.S. over the next month if the model holds. In a classroom of 30-35 people, there's about a 50% chance at least one person is infectious…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #313, September 22, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. New post: What You Can’t See Can Kill You — Health, Wildfire Smoke And Covid News You are reading this Tweet during the pandemic. Transmission is higher this time of year than during any prior September. Many people have not had a vaccine…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #312 September 15, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. News @JPWeiland: Cases will still be high for a good few weeks here but the trajectory down is good. It won't be increasing. ~ ~ ~ @michaelhoerger Nationally, we appear to have passed the peak of our late-summer wave, and it's not pretty.…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #311, September 8, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. ~ ~ ~ My Interview on Outbreak News Today - re CDC: Robert Herriman asked me to do a podcast about Parvovirus. With my usual tact, I asked him if we might also talk about something I'm passionate about -- the CDC. MaskTogetherAmerica…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #309 August 25, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. A call to action--to defeat the GOP and protect democracy. Given what is going on with the Supremes and in the world, it's clearly more important than ever that we work to do this. There are so many ways you can help, from…
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Coronavirus and Mpox Tidbits #308, August 18, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. I wrote 2 posts this week: What you need to know about human Parvovirus https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2024/08/14/cdc-issues-an-alert-about-parvovirusheres-what-you-need-to-know/ ~ ~ ~ More importantly: Mpox And Mask Bans - A Recipe For Disaster https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2024/08/16/mpox-and-mask-bansa-recipe-for-disaster/ News Mike Hoerger: “The U.S. now tops 1.3 million daily infections. 2.8% of the…
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Coronavirus and Avian Flu Tidbits #306, August 4, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. News JP Weiland: August 2nd update: Estimated daily infections rise to 900,000 as KP.3.1.1 nears dominance with some speed. 1 in every 37 people currently infected 59% higher than 12 month avg. “WALGREENS COVID UPDATE: As of July 28, COVID testing positivity is…
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Coronavirus and Avian Flu Tidbits #304, July 21, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. ~ ~ ~ A call to action--to defeat the GOP and protect democracy. Given what is going on with the Supremes and in the world, it's clearly more important than ever that we work to do this. There are so many ways you…
- Avian influenza, Coronavirus - Covid19, Infectious disease, Medicine, Medicine & Politics, Public health
Coronavirus and Avian Flu Tidbits #303, July 14, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. ~ ~ ~ Everyone paying attention knows that these are increasingly desperate times if we are to save our democracy (with all its warts). This is no time to sit out the election because you don't like Biden, or whoever the Dems hastily…