Endemic Report
The major stats remain unchanged.
Undoubtedly, the biggest news over the past week was departing DNI chief Gabbard's release of newly declassified documents relevant to alleged COVID origins, including US funding of Wuhan research and Fauci's alleged involvement (re: Rand Paul).
The latest COVID-19 news:
- "COVID-19 vaccine linked with lower risk of heart attack, stroke: Study"
- "People with pre-existing physical, mental conditions face similar risk of long COVID"
- "Coadministration of COVID-19, influenza vaccines may lower MACE risk in older adults" {"MACE is a broad term that includes cardiovascular death, heart attack, stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure""
- "When travel restrictions became trade frictions: Evidence from Covid-era border closures"
- "The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine advisory committee voted unanimously today to recommend Moderna's mRNA influenza vaccine, mFlusiva, for adults 50 and over. This was its first time reviewing a new vaccine application since 2023"
- "Preventing the next pandemic using AI-designed vaccines"
- "Head-to-head comparison suggests flu was much more likely to lead to hospitalization than COVID last winter"
- "Most pandemics start when a pathogen spreads from animals to humans. It's a leading explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic: the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is a cousin to coronaviruses that live in bats"
- "UKHSA: New Pandemic More Than 25% Likely Within 5 Years"
- "Invivyd Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase 3 LIBERTY Trial Evaluating VYD2311 Antibody Versus mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine"
- "Vaccines administered in autumn and winter 2025 to 2026 showed approximately 55% effectiveness against symptomatic disease among older adults within 2 months of vaccination"
- " in some Long COVID patients"
- COVID-19 relief fraud/other crimes:
- "Texas woman gets 1 year, 9 months in prison for claiming Eaton fire, California COVID-19 benefits"
- "Wisconsin gang members sentenced to life for murder and COVID-19 fraud"
- "Former Charlotte City Councilmember's daughter pleads guilty in COVID-19 relief fraud case"
- "2 Atlanta women indicted in alleged COVID rental aid fraud scheme"
- "70-year-old Ohio man admits to COVID-19 relief scam"
- Legal/political issues:
- "Eighth Circuit Puts Nurse’s Covid Vaccine Lawsuit Back on Track"
- "Superior Court flexibly defines period in COVID-19 class action against long-term care home"
- "Joe Rogan says US presidents tried getting him removed from Spotify over COVID vax views"
- "Nurse struck off for saying Covid jab 'caused cancer'"
- "COVID vaccine complications: Is the government doing enough?"
Other Notes
The blog continues to attract a seemingly new normal of about 1K pageviews daily. I'm still working on my first June essay. X/Twitter seems to be stabilizing; it has been a while since any tweets have gone viral or my followers have had a sustained push.
I've seen some movement in egg prices, with ShopRite breaking $1 for a dozen budget-brand eggs. Lidl's regular price is down to $1.46.
