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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 1d

There's a new BA.3.2.2 from South Africa today. For the most part, there's been little substantial change in BA.3.2 over the past few months—mostly synonymous mutations & very little happening in spike.

But this new one has 3 spike mutations & looks quite interesting. 1/6

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 1d

Of the ~600/1200 of these CDC workers that were RIFd during the shutdown, I wonder how many of those were doing Covid monitoring or contributing to the Covid dashboards.

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Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 2d

a bunch of new XFG designations spanning from 845S to 679R and 704L. B ut the most interesting one is PL.6 a LF.7.1.10 (445P) that got 478T and S:T500A, becoming the ifrst lineage with S:T500A to get a designation

Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 3d

Quick Sars cov2 variant update.
XFG.17.2.1 ( 219S 679R) is the fastest then there PE.1.4/PE.1.7 but still an Oceania only lineage.
After them some new designations are to watch XFG.10.4 first XFG designated with 435S
PQ.2.8.1 has S:H445P.

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 2d

This was a beautiful drawing that was made for a mask distro event earlier today.

Graphic showing some of the different mask types, with a reminder to check that the mask has the certification on it. If it is not certified, don’t wear it.

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 2d

I was taking with someone earlier today about the correlation between increases in car crashes with active Covid infections/covid waves.

This is for them, as they were interested in seeing the paper.

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Driving under viral impairment: Linking acute SARS-CoV-2 infections to elevated car crash risks

This study explores the linkage between acute SARS-CoV-2 and car crashes across U.S. states, correlating with COVID-19 mitigation strategies, vaccination rates, and Long COVID prevalence. This investi...

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 2d

And this is a problem how? lol

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to late September.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, falling slightly to 81% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was flat at 8%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 3d

Prototyping Mask Brace with 3D Printing & Planned Silicone Mold Pour - Part 4
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Prototyping Mask Brace with 3D Printing & Planned Silicone Mold Pour - Part 4

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 3d

Mask Brace Development (Flow Issues Near Nose) - Part 3
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Mask Brace Development (Flow Issues Near Nose) - Part 3

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 3d

Mask Brace Development - Part 2
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Mask Brace Development - Part 2

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 3d

Hypoventilation Issue Encountered at High Intensity Running - Mask Brace Development Part 1
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Hypoventilation Issue Encountered at High Intensity Running - Mask Brace Development Part 1

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Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 3d

Quick Sars cov2 variant update.
XFG.17.2.1 ( 219S 679R) is the fastest then there PE.1.4/PE.1.7 but still an Oceania only lineage.
After them some new designations are to watch XFG.10.4 first XFG designated with 435S
PQ.2.8.1 has S:H445P.

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to late September.

XFG.* "Stratus" was higher at 73%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell to 18%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Global #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 3d

The trickle of BA.3.2.2 samples from Western Australia has continued.

While the frequencies of this variant are still quite low, it’s ongoing spread (likely to many thousands of infections by now) gives it every opportunity to acquire the mutations it needs to succeed.

#COVID19 #Australia
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 3d

If I were actively trying to destroy the United States from within, going after and dismantling its public health would be like the first thing I’d do.

Just pointing that out.

This is beyond dangerous. It’s leaving us vulnerable in a way we can’t really fathom until it’s too late.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

EPA officials directed scientists to assess whether the government could develop methods for detecting abortion pills in wastewater — a practice sought by the anti-abortion movement. The request appears to have originated from a letter sent from GOP members to Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator.

Under Trump, E.P.A. Explored if Abortion Pills Could Be Detected in Wastewater

Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the medication if necessary — a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement.

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 4d

Ah okay, I had been told many years back that /s was serious and /j for joking.

It looks like I’m out of date with the abbreviations, my b.

Looks like /srs is serious now

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 4d

No, it’s not seasonal. It’s all year round spread

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 4d

Was thinking about how it’s probably not a fun time to be dating randomly from your community

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 4d

I like to daydream before I go to
sleep, and I came up with the phrases DTM and DTT.

The context was a dating profile and saying if you want to be DTF, you’ve gotta by DTM (down to mask) and DTT (Down to test).

Feels clever. Going to actual sleep now. Use if you will.

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 4d

Handing out masks on Saturday.

Brief update - it looks like the wastewater signal is already starting to head back up.

Like I was thinking before, it looks like we’re having a mirror year to the 2023-2024 summer to winter waves where they roll directly into the other.

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 8d

From this earliest announcement there was a strict sign-off with no changes to the recs.

I’ll be the most interested in the Covid vaccine consent form when that is released…

Do you all see now why we’ve been railing against the endemicity designation? And why Biden should have prioritized this?

Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 8d

CDC director approves vaccine recommendations from ACIP, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Covid vaccines should be available after "informed consent" and pediatricians should split up the chickenpox vaccine from the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) shot.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/c...

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Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 8d

with the last upload BA.3.2.2 represents 20% of samples collected in September in Western Australia. and 40% of the most recent ones. the tree shows no cluster involved so it is circulation
nextstrain.org/fetch/genome...

Caveat Oceania and Australia have their own epi dynamics

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 8d

Long Covid is the most common chronic illness among children now. Congratulations?

Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 9d

The Great Barrington Dec. aka the “let covid rip” policy, legitimated the death of over a million Americans, is disabling of tens of millions more, & failed to achieve its own instrumental goal, ending the pandemic. It did succeed hwvr in gutting public health & eroding public trust in science

Five years ago today, we authored the Great Barrington Declaration, arguing for focused protection instead of lockdowns. A wholehearted thank you to the almost one million co-signers. We were proven right.

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 8d

I would as well. I was pretty shocked I could only find like two papers testing cleaning supply fumes and mask effectiveness against them.

My initial guess is that the chlorine gas may be binding to the surgical mask material in some sort of
reaction.

Shows something’s better than nothing 🤷🏻‍♂️

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