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#PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #COVIDConscious

My local pharmacy say they should have vaccine stocks for spring covid boosters next week. so that's nice.

For most of us, covid isn't the deadly threat that it once was, but it can still be pretty nasty. Better to get vaccinated and reduce the risk as much as possible.

#Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #Vaccines

Recent analysis by several Variant Hunters has confirmed that BA.3.2.* is preferentially infecting children. This pattern has repeated in every country examined, which AFAIK are all of those with data by Patient age.

For example, here’s a comparison of recent samples from New York. For children, BA.3.2.* is 11% of samples, vs just 1.4% of adults, so around 8X more common among children.

I have integrated the Patient age data from GISAID and done my best to clean and aggregate it on a new "by Age" page in my dataviz.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Global
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#Covid19 #Covid19NZ #CovidIsNotOver #NZ

Health NZ has changed its advice on Covid-19 vaccinations, saying most healthy people aged 30-64 no longer need regular boosters.
But there were exceptions and anyone who wanted or needed a booster could still have a free one every six months.
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Epidemiologist Michael Baker disagreed with the change and urged Te Whatu Ora to think again.
He worried not being regularly boosted would lead to more people getting long Covid.
About nine percent of New Zealanders had experienced some form of long covid, and many were living with chronic, debilitating symptoms, he said.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/591172/health-nz-changes-advice-on-covid-19-vaccinations
He goes on to criticise the lack of recognition of #LongCovid