Pandemic Report
CDC weekly stats. No meta stat updates since early January. The regional trends show some growth in the central to southeast US:
The Sick Times:
The latest COVID-19 news items:
- "Study finds no link between COVID-19 vaccines and autism"
- "Winter Olympic athletes are rightfully taking COVID-19 precautions"; "Olympians who got COVID in 2022 are using masks, sanitizer and vitamins for the Milan Games"; "Winter Olympics rocked by Covid outbreak - as Aussie team receive bad news on the eve of the Games"
- "Long COVID Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Mechanisms"
- "UW research: Human trials begin for SARS virus vaccine"
- "Immunocompromised individuals require multiple Covid booster doses"
- "COVID infection may impair male fertility, but vaccination shows no effect"
- "Vaccination cuts risk of COVID-19 respiratory failure or death by 80%"
- "Study Finds Declining Perceptions of Safety of Covid-19, Flu, and MMR Vaccines"
- "Health officials expand wastewater testing beyond COVID-19 to detect measles, mpox"
- "Substantial Number of Older Adults Do Not Think They Need Flu, COVID-19 Vaccines"
- "Maternal mRNA COVID-19 vaccine not linked to offspring neurodevelopment"
- Prosecutors go after COVID-19 relief or other crimes:
- "Feds arrest Atlanta man accused of stealing $1.5M in COVID-19 relief funds"
- "Bronx NYPD officer indicted, accused of carrying out COVID-19 loan fraud scheme"
- "Former Charlotte councilwoman to plead guilty in federal COVID-19 relief fraud case"
- "Man sentenced for $11.5 million COVID-19 relief fraud"
- "Former DCA employee among 6 charged in alleged $230,000 Georgia COVID relief scam"
- Legal/political issues:
- "Former prospect sues White Sox, claiming COVID-19 vaccination ended his career"
- "Court strikes down appeal against death benefits claim for widow of truck driver who contracted COVID-19"
- "The New York Times: School Closures in the Spring Saved Lives, Study Asserts"
- "New York court forces freight company to pay for COVID-19 workplace death"
- "HHS Defeats Lawsuit Over Covid-19 Injury Compensation Policy"
- "NYS Dept. of Health expands investigation into forged Covid vaccination records"
- "Justin Penn Analyzes Dismissed FCRA Claims Over COVID-19 Mortgage Forbearance Reporting"
- "FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application – for reasons with no basis in the law"
- "Inspector General: Baltimore spent more than $500k in COVID federal funds on Artscape musicians"
- "Doctor loses lawsuit accusing Mayo Clinic of retribution over COVID, sex differences"
- "Ken Paxton backs doctor in ivermectin dispute for COVID-19 patient in Fort Worth"
- "Northwestern agrees to $4M settlement over COVID learning shift. Here's who is eligible"
Other Notes
The blog got an unusually high number of pageviews on Feb.9 with more normal hits elsewhere. No essays published yet in a short month that needs them to reach 40 posts. X/Twitter followers tend to fluctuate; I thought they had solidified around 215 but they have fluctuated in a 5-follower range below.
