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(This is a series of archival posts regarding an excellent weekly #COVID #newsletter)

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Excerpts from the Dec 9, 2022

Here is why the CDC is recommending that people wear #N95 masks indoors

*High number of cases of respiratory illness including COVID, #Influenza and #RSV across the United States are filling hospitals.

Newsletter: https://drruth.substack.com/p/covid-news-12922

Archival link of the excerpts I selected from the Dec 9, 2022 newsletter

https://archive.ph/seVIJ

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COVID news 12/9/22

Hi all, COVID cases are very high across the United States since the Thanksgiving holiday. Reported cases do not reflect the true number of people with COVID since many people are either testing at home or are no longer testing if they feel sick because of the optic that “the pandemic is over”. The problem is that the pandemic is far from over. This week, the CDC strongly recommended that people

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Dr Ruth weekly #COVID #newsletter 1/14/2023

At least 65 Mill people around the world are estimated to have or had #LongCOVID. For mild COVID infections 10%-30% will get long COVID, 50%-70% of hospitalized people will have long COVID and 10 -12% of vaccinated people will get Long COVID. The most common ages for getting long COVID is between age 36 and 50 years and more than 90% of long COVID happen after mild acute COVID infections.

Archival link to my excerpts
https://archive.ph/61ruj

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Dr Ruth Ann Crystal has one of the best weekly #COVID newsletters, She is based in the San Francisco Bay area, California

COVID news 1/28/23

"This week, XBB.1.5 has increased from 49% of cases last week to 61% of cases this week in the United States. XBB.1.5 represents almost all of the cases in the northeast, but after the holiday surge, we are starting to see cases and hospitalizations stabilize and start to decrease.

Archival link to my excerpts:
https://archive.ph/mNQsl

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Excerpts from Dr Ruth Crystal's #Covid newsletter, 2/4/23

"The FDA has removed #Covid testing requirements for high-risk people to get #Paxlovid prescriptions. Previously patients could only get Paxlovid i[with] a positive test but now “in rare instances, people with recent exposure & symptoms can be diagnosed with Covid
even without the negative test result, and get Paxlovid prescribed.“

Archival link to my excerpts
https://archive.ph/EemzM

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