Endemic Report
CDC Weekly stats /trend: As we enter early spring with warmer weather, COVID is declining in 90% of the states and steady in the remaining states.
The Sick Times:
COVID news items:
- "Study estimates more than 155,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early during pandemic"
- "Up to 60% of health care workers may have long COVID 4 years after infection"
- "Swedish study reveals COVID-19 may increase glandular fever risk"
- "Severe COVID-19 Linked to Higher Lung Cancer Risk"
- "Vitamin D supplements don’t cut COVID health care use, symptom severity, trial shows"
- "November mask mandate credited for decline in Covid-19 hospitalizations"
- "“Lazy” bacteria may protect against long Covid"
- "COVID-19 Child Cases Have Increased by 21% Since Early August"
- Prosecutors pursue COVID relief fraud/other crimes:
- "Dunkirk man pleads guilty to theft of government funds during COVID-19"
- "Former Wheeling business owner pleads guilty in $300,000 COVID-19 relief fraud case"
- "Apollo Beach man used COVID-19 funds to purchase luxury vehicle, hotel: DOJ"
- "Former Cleveland restaurant owner pleads guilty to charges of misusing COVID relief funds"
- "2 LAPD officers charged with COVID-19 unemployment insurance fraud"
- Political/legal issues:
- "[Ohio state] Rep. Richardson Supports Amendment to Prevent Mandatory Vaccination of COVID-19"
- "Air Force upgrades records for nearly 600 discharged over COVID-19 vaccine"
- "Florida man stripped of U.S. citizenship after $3.8 million COVID-19 fraud scheme, judge rule"
- "Instant View: US court order blocking vaccine policy changes a win for public health, experts say"
- "Hegseth extends COVID-19 reinstatements by one year"
Other News
The blog continues to get dubious pageviews, although it can get multiple days for daily posts to break double digits. I'm still delayed in pushing out essays. X/Twitter followers remain range bound; I had a bounce-back earlier this week, but that has mostly tapered down.
