In Giappone ci sono delle cicale che suonano Pachelbel a comando. I ricercatori dell'Università di Tsukuba hanno inserito elettrodi nell'addome di questi insetti, trasformandoli in altoparlanti biologici controllati elettricamente.
Ora le cicale ora emettono suoni modulati, e aprendo scenari incredibili: dai biobot per esplorare aree disastrate alla sorveglianza "invisibile". Un giorno, sentendo il loro canto, vi chiederete: è naturale o programmato?
Good morning SARS2PAians!
I hope your very cloudy annd humid Spring is going well. 💐💐💐
The only thing I have right now are VOC visuals.
Nationally, KP.2 in the lead at 12% of random sequencing. The FLiRT variants are not far behind and VERy fast variants KP.3 and LB.1 are still making fast gains even after only a few days.: https://ibb.co/309Ygcj
In PA, classic JN.1 is still at the lead here. We don't have KP.3 here but we do have fast mover LB.1 which is now over 5% of random sequencing.: https://ibb.co/CpyDWkH
IN NY/NJ, immune evasive variants LB.1 already at over 7% of testing and KP.3 almost at 5%.: https://ibb.co/LZ1hZM7
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Wastewater
Biobot has released a statement saying they are stopping keeping up their COVID-19 wastwater visuals. There's still WastewaterSCAN but only three sheds are on there.: https://ibb.co/2tYPPcm
https://biobot.io/from-raw-data-to-actionable-insights-biobots-evolution-of-public-data-sharing/
This is another removal of a GREAT tool that helped everyone stay informed, and gave a heads-up when to buckle down on source control issues.
A very good potential replacement for Biobot is Iowa Covid-19 Tracker and I'll start to try to get familiar with that as soon as I can sit down to do it so the vizzes might look very different soon.: https://iowacovid19tracker.org/
I hope to have more info on Friday, and until then have a GREAT week and safe Spring! 💐💐💐
#covid #Covid19 #SARS2PA #CovidIsNotOver #Pennsylvania #PA #JN1 #FLiRT #F456L #R346T #spike_f456l #spike_r346t
I'm crushed that #Biobot stopped posting real-time county-level #wastewater data. They were the most consistent & transparent source to show that #CovidIsNotOver. Wish they offered subscriptions, I'd pay!
My local #Massachusetts water authority uses Biobot, will this affect their data too?! They don't cover my county exactly, but they're close.
https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm
Are there any other sources? I'm looking into #WastewaterSCAN, tho they also don't have my county.
Seeing some posts about how now is a good time to do things because #wastewater values are "low" nationwide.
Unfortunately, my county didn't get the memo. In my area, #Biobot values are relatively low, but still about 2x the lowest values of summer 2023 & just about the same as peak values of winter 2020-21.
So, forgive me if I just carry on as usual. 😷
(I know viral shedding is higher for latest variants, but I don't think that can account for all of the difference.)
Yikes. 😬
Any time covid is even mentioned now, it's to say that we're "past the winter surge" and "#wastewater levels are decreasing".
But my area's "decreasing" wastewater is still high!! And now, the latest #biobot data shows my area's wastewater is back up to recent PEAK values!
And still schools and hospitals and "public health" will do NOTHING to prevent infections. 😠
Source: https://biobot.io/data
A full week of wastewater data now shows a steep decline in covid numbers in the #Boston area.
One interesting thing is that the wave peaks *at* January 1st. I would have expected it to be after, due to transmission at New Years parties. This could imply that covid waves now are more influenced by population immunity and seasonal factors and less by human behaviors (like having parties)—though I imagine all of the above are factors.
(As ever, I'm not an expert.)
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