Joe Pajak (Dr)Apr 24, 2023
#COVIDtracking: #Arcturus in the UK:
Currently, #XBB.1.16 sample numbers are very low, though this may change as time goes on, and as further data becomes available.
✍️There's simply no sense in govt's attitude to @ONS surveillance, it's ever more vital now.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/arcturus-covid-variant-deaths-uk-b2325837.html
Arcturus mapped: Is new Covid-19 variant in your region?

New XBB.1.16 variant has made its way to almost every corner of the UK

The Independent
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Apr 25, 2023
25 Apr 2023 @Join_ZOE UK
🦠1,041,496 currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID
📈More blighted by #LongCovid
📈More hospitalisations
📈More lives lost
🌬️This virus is airborne
🧪Govt should increase surveillance
🔊Public health should improve infection prevention and control.
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Apr 25, 2023
#COVIDtracking:🛫🛬
'The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the need for continuous and effective health surveillance for rapid detection and real-time tracking of emerging infectious viruses and mutations among representative communities'. HT: @TheLancet
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2823%2900129-8/fulltext?dgcid=hubspot_update_feature_updatealerts_langlo&utm_campaign=update-langlo&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=255553175&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_GdOsr4omJCrYNjMJt5pluII41tKwTxD81fumuuE3tQmKPfy0GlJAkWspM2UW2HehSsAQNV-KK3HkKXMQ4MuXDU_5bNA&utm_content=255485037&utm_source=hs_email
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Apr 25, 2023
#COVIDtracking: #XBB.1.16
#Arcturus, this #variant of concern.
✍️Importance of genomic surveillance & not letting our guard down. @LawrenceYoung11
✍️Need continuous, effective health surveillance for rapid detection & real-time tracking.🛬@WelshBoffin et al. @LancetGH
💯Not🚀👩‍🔬 science!
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)
28 Apr 2023 @Join_ZOE
🦠1,021,464 currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID in the UK
🔺Inflection point arriving?
🌬️The virus is airborne
📈More blighted by #LongCOVID
📈More lives lost to this disease
🧪Reinstate @ONS virus surveillance
🔊Improve public health infection prevention control
Apr 28, 2023 at 7:54amWeb
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Apr 28, 2023
🔺An 'inflection point' is reached where rate of transmission begins to decline or increase - i.e. changes in direction or shape of a function or graph, including changes in the rate of transmission in the context of tracking spread of the virus.
🔺Time to increase surveillance.
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Apr 28, 2023

Notice: 24 Mar 2023

Final UK weekly Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey.
@ONS

✍️Vital virus surveillance reports ceased!

Show threadex or current IDF unwelcomeApr 28, 2023
@JoePajak My daughter has it for second time - dangerous for an asthmatic