Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.
The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average is low. The last 7DRA calculation was on 6/2.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
"Leading OB-GYN society breaks from CDC on recommended vaccines for pregnant women, including COVID-19"
"All pregnant people should get the COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and Tdap vaccines..."
This is the first time the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released an immunization schedule independent of the US CDC.
#HealthCare #USA #Pregnancy #CIDRAP #Vaccines #RSV #COVID #TDAP
Read the full article: https://whn.global/due-process-for-people-precaution-for-pathogens/
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #HantavirusAndes #Hantavirus #AndesHantavirus #HealthPolicy #Pandemic #AirborneTransmission #Ebola #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #InfectionPrevention

By Naomi Bar-Yam Discussions of public health precautions for emerging diseases like Andes hantavirus, often include, “We shouldn’t overreact before we have definitive proof.” Sometimes this idea is framed explicitly or implicitly through one of the foundational principles of criminal law: innocent until proven guilty. That principle is essential in human justice. However, viruses are … Continued
No #covid wastewater levels reported for New Brunswick this week but nearby Charlottetown PEI is HIGH while Halifax NS is LOW as of 2026-05-31
REMINDER, When #DonTheCon was trashing #Biden for high prices (due to the #SupplyChainCrisis he himself caused by ignoring #Covid) during the 2024 campaign, #inflation was just 2.4%.
It is now 4.2% (is THIS what he meant by "turning around" the Biden economy? Taking us from 2.4% to 4.2%?)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/10/inflation-report-rate
#TooStupidToBePresident #DonTheCon #DisasterPresidency #Affordability
RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/116725662872836382
Imagine how #climate scientists feel. Or #Covid doctors. Or even the indigenous people, one of whom once said:
"When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money."
But some sociopaths can make money RIGHT NOW, and that's all they are capable of caring about.