Erin ConroySep 21, 2023

Americans have contracted over ***50 million*** #COVID infections in the last 3 months- of SUMMER, mind you - according to a seasoned monitor of wastewater data.

That works out to somewhere between 5 million and 20 million people who will be identified as having #ChronicCOVID.

And even more who have unrealized or invisible symptoms that may result in brain damage, heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, etc.

https://twitter.com/michael_hoerger/status/1704371381943603676/photo/1

Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA on X

As we've (hopefully) passed the peak of the U.S. late-summer 2023 C0VID wave, is it still a good time to advocate for further precautions? YES! It's the perfect time. (A psychologist's non-calculus version). In contrast to our usual graph, which shows daily cases (see QT), this…

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Show threadErin Conroy

"plan to take multi-layered precautions like using masks, getting boosters, and using remote options through January" "

My advice? Media sources & doctors who spin this as "numbers are going down! yay!" do not have your family's interests at heart & should be cut out of your diet. I can bet they weren't focusing on rising numbers when that was happening.

[He estimates 40,000 #ChronicCOVID cases per day, or 3,600,000 total, which means he's using the lowest rate possible, or 7% of infections]

Sep 21, 2023 at 3:25amWeb
Show threadErin ConroySep 21, 2023

We are going into our 5th winter of the #COVID pandemic (4th with any kind of data), if you can believe it.

The patterns of our collective infection of each other are very, very predictable. Our highest waves respond directly to social behaviors we choose, like return to schools with no infection controls, & holiday travel. The only thing that has successfully reduced the waves of infection have been public health measures we take as a collective, like masking, ventilation & physical distancing

Show threadErin ConroySep 21, 2023

Our vaccinations won't prevent our getting infected, incubating new mutations, or passing it on to others, so we will need to wear masks regardless.

And if engaged in behavior that is vulnerable to exposure or have a known exposure, test 3 times w/48 hours between each test, to make sure we're not infected with the new varieties w/higher immune escape, & infecting others.

Show threadErin ConroySep 21, 2023

"Weekly hospital admissions have nearly doubled over the past month, including a 19% bump in the most recent week, CDC data shows. And a sample of laboratories participating in a federal surveillance program show that test positivity rates have tripled in the past two months."

" "the US has been living in a "fantasy world" where people pretend COVID-19 is "not relevant," Dr. Deborah Birx, [Trump's] White House Coronavirus Response Task Force coordinator"

Eat me, Birx.

https://abc7chicago.com/covid-cases-2023-cdc-immunity-testing/13738857/

It seems like everyone has COVID. Why this wave may be worse than official data suggests

Judging by word of mouth among family, friends and coworkers, it can seem like everyone knows someone who's sick with COVID-19 right now.

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Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 21, 2023
@chargrille personally, I'll #KeepMasksOn and will propably upgrade further for safety and health alone...
Show threadRiaResistsSep 21, 2023
@kkarhan @chargrille I’m wearing mine.
Show threadEd SuominenSep 21, 2023
@chargrille It’s just surreal. I’m starting on my second half-century and have never seen anything like the mass delusion making people just fine with inhaling a dangerous airborne pathogen.
Show threadBruce MirkenSep 21, 2023
@edsuom @chargrille If only we could convince people that #COVID19 turns you trans. 🤣
Show threadMat WrightSep 21, 2023

@BruceMirken @edsuom @chargrille

that is one piece of disinformation I would fully support promoting as the right wing would go nuts and demand SoMe sites shut those posts down and then disintegrate into a cesspool of their own nothingness

Show threadErin ConroySep 21, 2023
@edsuom Me too. The kind of damage to our bodies caused by this virus, and the high chance of getting it from even one infection, is unreal. If you & your loved ones had a 2-8% chance of being totally disabled every time you caught the "flu," it seems like you might try to stop them from getting it at least, even if you didn't care about your own health.
Show threadErin ConroyOct 8, 2023

@edsuom I read today that 1 in 18 Americans currently has (known) #ChronicCOVID. That would not count undiagnosed disease, the people who have recovered from their chronic COVID symptoms sometime in the last 4 years, nor those who have chronic illnesses from their COVID infection that falls outside the #LongCOVID diagnostic criteria (e..g, diabetes, stroke damage, heart attack or heart disease only, liver disease, etc.).

#MECFS #COVID

Show threadBruce MirkenSep 21, 2023
@chargrille In other words, the things that prevent death and disability are the very things the far right has demonized as "communist" or "deep state" or whatever this week's villain is. And yet the media let the same people get away with calling themselves "pro-life." #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask
Show threadHudsonSep 21, 2023
@chargrille Getting the new shot on Friday
Show threadErin ConroySep 21, 2023

@HudsonHutton

Awesome! That'll help you if you do get infected. I'm glad you're doing it & taking care of yourself.

I hope all of us who are vaccinated will keep wearing our N95s to reduce infection levels & the mutations that breed new variants!