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Erin Conroy Sep 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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Erin Conroy Sep 21, 2023

"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]

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Erin Conroy Sep 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

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Erin Conroy

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.

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Erin Conroy Sep 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/