How To Avoid Catching Covid While Flying - October 16, 2024 "Wear a mask—before you’re even on the plane" "Research has found that wearing a well-fitting, high-quality mask like an N95 or KN95 lowers your chances of picking up COVID-19 by 83%" Source: https://archive.md/54zir @npub15gr4...ztdn

“If people really understood the science behind all this, they would have a very different attitude” Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty Dr. Arijit Chakravarty: "I think that if you’re out there taking COVID seriously, and if you’re out there still trying to avoid repeated infections, you’re still doing the right thing. It is still possible to avoid being infected and a worthwhile goal." Source:

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Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty

In this interview, Dr. Chakravarty discusses the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health globally five years after the initial out...

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XEC Variant May Be Driving ‘Silent’ COVID-19 Surge In December 2024. "Not talking about COVID-19 doesn’t mean that it has gone away. The trouble, though, is many people are acting as if COVID has gone" "Failing to take appropriate precautions could leave you open to getting COVID, both the long and the short of it." Source: https://archive.md/7mZaT @npub15gr4...ztdn

New COVID strain sweeps Queensland with ‘sharp increase’ in cases. “Don’t be the person who gives the unwelcome gift of COVID-19,” the chief health officer warns as a new variant lands 250 Queenslanders in hospital daily. Source: https://archive.md/z5YKD @npub15gr4...ztdn

Kidney Decline Faster After Severe COVID vs Other Pneumonia. "COVID-19 infection may be harder on the kidneys than other respiratory tract infections, a Swedish observational study indicated." Study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2828493?utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=122624 Source: https://archive.md/hvHCr @npub15gr4...ztdn

‘Mutant’ Covid-19 wave hits Queensland. "The latest wave has come as a result of the newest Covid-19 strain – XEC" "Almost 1 in 5 Queenslander hit with COVID-19 this year were hospitalised" Source: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/mutant-covid19-wave-hits-queensland/news-story/06773784e59a8981688c06fb43731dd1 @npub15gr4...ztdn

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA weekly COVID update: 20 December 2024 #COVID19Australia #COVIDisntOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE @npub15gr4...ztdn

Aussie scientists make huge Covid discovery. "Researchers developing Australia’s first mRNA Covid vaccine say they may have solved the “immune imprinting” issue that has contributed to the declining effectiveness of boosters as the virus mutates" Study: https://www.cell.com/molecular-therapy-family/methods/fulltext/S2329-0501(24)00196-7 Source: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/australias-first-mrna-covid-vaccine-candidate-could-solve-immune-imprinting-problem/news-story/0082546e557b54c71bbbb6af81e738d3

Queensland: Weekly infection surveillance report: 9 Dec to 15 Dec 2024 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 2,044 (+11.2%) 🔹Influenza: 285 (+6.7%) 🔹RSV: 573 (+4.9%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 305 (+55.6%) 🔸Influenza: 16 (+77.7%) 🔸RSV: 40 (+73.9%) @npub15gr4...ztdn Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu

🇺🇸US COVID update: Dec 16, 2024 🔸1 in every 64 people currently infected 🔸748,000 new daily infections 🔸5,236,000 new weekly infections "There is more transmission today than during 73.3% of the pandemic." #COVID19US Source: 📄.pdf