Endemic Report
CDC weekly stats:
No updates to the major stats or epidemic trend chart.
To reemphasize The Sick Times, the seasonal summer surge seems off to a slow start, with some initial trend in the Southeast US, although we haven't seen enough follow-up data to confirm. On the national stage, we still see Sen. Paul trying to use Gabbard's document dump to continue his obsessive pursuit of Fauci. WI Sen. Johnson continues to hype vaccine injuries.
Recent COVID-19 news items:
- "HHS Secretary Kennedy Signs COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization Declaration Terminations"
- "Wastewater signals suggest increasing SARS-CoV-2 circulation despite low national baselines, reinforcing surveillance as an early indicator rather than a definitive predictor of near-term clinical burden. Epidemiologic analyses have identified three recurring annual COVID-19 rises in the US, with a winter peak followed by smaller spring and mid-to-late summer increases."
- "Comprehensive review affirms that COVID mRNA vaccines are safe, effective"; "MRNA vaccines much safer than getting COVID-19: review"
- "COVID-19 made mRNA vaccines mainstream. WashU researchers say flu shots are next"
- "Menstrual Cycle Phase Alters COVID-19 Vaccine Outcomes"
- "NCCN Adds Pemivibart for COVID-19 Prevention in B-Cell Lymphomas"
- "Major Study Supports Same-Day COVID-19 and Flu Vaccination"
- "Artificial intelligence could usher in a new era of vaccine development"
- "Newly Approved Xocova Cuts SARS-CoV-2 Transmission To Household Contacts"
- "Study links severe COVID to higher TB risk, and vaccination appears to blunt the link"
- "Six Years After the First COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines, Billions of Doses Clarify Their Protection and Rare Risks"
- "One Shot Could Cover Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Tripledemic"
- "Study links diabetes to worse long COVID health outcomes"
- "COVID-19 Linked to Increased Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk"
- "Hidden protein linked to severe COVID-19 and lung disease risk"
- "FDA clears Visby Medical’s at-home Covid-19 and Influenza PCR test"
- "COVID-19 Boosters May Offer Protection Against Future Coronaviruses"
- "Still treating yesterday’s risk? Reconsidering antiviral use for mild-to-moderate COVID-19 cases in a broadly immune population"
- "AI Tool Finds More Long COVID Cases Than Codes"
- "Low Weight Linked to Severe Pediatric COVID"
- "Widely used pandemic pharmaceuticals harm marine aquatic ecosystems"
- "Ten weeks of cognitive rehabilitation reverses long Covid brain fog"
- "In Quebec, young adults were hit first by the pandemic"
- COVID relief fraud/other crimes:
- "Lincoln man sentenced for nearly $1.5M COVID-19 relief fraud used to fund 'lavish' lifestyle, DOJ reports"
- "North Carolina man pleads guilty to stealing $170k in fraudulent COVID-19 loans"
- "Benton County woman given 4-year sentence for $1.4 million COVID fraud scheme"
- Legal/political issues:
- "Supreme Court rejects legal battle over New York's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers"
- "Group that won court fight over COVID vaccine records presses FDA for legal fees"
- "OIG: FEMA COVID-19 Pandemic Response Allowed More Than $13 Billion in Improper Payments"
- "Jury awards $15 million in damages to families of 2 residents at Billings care facility"
- "Years Later, GOP Wing Nuts Still Can’t Get Over Covid19 Mask Mandates"
- "Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit Judges revive lawsuit against L.A. Unified"
- "Appeals court sides with city on Chicago police union COVID vaccine mandate case"
- "Florida AG seeks judge's impeachment after baby drowning COVID insanity acquittal"
Other Notes
My regular weekend posts next weekend may be delayed due to planned travel. (I will likely preschedule relevant daily posts.) Pageviews remain in a "new normal" elevated state. Most posts reach double-digit pageviews bit it may take a few days. I did hit the 40-post goal last month with a last-day essay; we are still short of a 500-post pace for the year. X/Twitter continues at a regular pace, no breakaway tweets but my followers up modestly for the week
