Mastodawn

@kathleenivy.bsky.social May 7, 2024

Denis - The COVID info guy -May 7, 2024

What are the most reliable rapid antigen tests? | racgp.org.au

"A new study has analysed 26 RATs from Australia and Canada, finding only 6 could effectively detect the lowest concentrations of COVID-19."

#COVID19 #RATs #rapidantigentests @auscovid19

Source: https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/what-are-the-most-reliable-rapid-antigen-tests

newsGP - What are the most reliable rapid antigen tests?

A new study has analysed 26 RATs from Australia and Canada, finding only six could effectively detect the lowest concentrations of COVID-19.

NewsGP

@kathleenivy.bsky.social Aug 20, 2023

Caramelized Shallots Aug 15, 2023

>>Remember: It’s not weird to not want to get COVID<<

Wow! A rare article to recommend N95 and ventilation.

It also includes this amazing paragraph!

#COVIDIsNotOver #COVID #MaskUp #CovidIsAirborne

https://www.kqed.org/news/11957790/the-new-covid-eris-variant-and-rising-cases-what-you-need-to-know

The JN.1 COVID Variant: Symptoms, Incubation Period and When to Test | KQED

A new COVID variant is spreading. Here's what you need to know about the incubation period, symptoms and when to take a test.

@kathleenivy.bsky.social Aug 20, 2023

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Jorge Caballero, MD Aug 19, 2023

And for the record, there's no real debate among reasonable experts: multiple COVID infections are bad. To the extent that there's *any* reasonable disagreement among experts it's over a very narrow range of extreme badness— from more likely to suffer permanent damage to vital organs (lungs, heart, kidneys, brain) ➡️ more likely to end up dead. I wouldn't want anyone to get the impression that "you'll be perfectly fine" is part of the debate because it most definitely is not.

@kathleenivy.bsky.social Jul 31, 2023

Dr Pieter Peach Jul 31, 2023

Today a theatre nurse instructed a surgeon to swap out of a medical mask to an N95 when the surgeon admitted to having tonsillitis. Great to see the patient advocacy and understanding that fit tested respirators protect patients.
This should be the standard going forward.

#N95 #MasksWork #infectionprevention

@kathleenivy.bsky.social Jul 26, 2023

Eric Topol Jul 25, 2023

If you'd have told me 2 or 3 years ago that a real-time wastewater surveillance algorithm would become the primary way to detect Covid on the rise, I wouldn't have believed it. But it is now:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216021120

@kathleenivy.bsky.social Jul 22, 2023

"While the ostensible goal was to reduce overall casualties, it was not to prevent a huge number of deaths and serious long-term disability, only to stretch it out in time to make it more acceptable to society"
https://johnsnowproject.org/insights/flattening-the-curve/

Flattening the Curve

It is no exaggeration to say ‘flattening the curve’ has had a profound impact on how governments and the general public view public health and the provision of healthcare.

John Snow Project

@kathleenivy.bsky.social Jul 20, 2023

“It’s not just the magnitude of change, it’s the rate of change that’s an issue... we have highways and railroads that are set in place, our infrastructure can’t move. Almost all my colleagues have said that, in hindsight, we have underestimated the consequences. Things are moving faster than we thought, which is not good.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/climate-crisis-james-hansen-scientist-warning

‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come

James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’

The Guardian

@kathleenivy.bsky.social Jul 20, 2023

@kathleenivy.bsky.social Jul 19, 2023

Mark Newton Jul 19, 2023

I've occasionally posted this on the other site, but never on fedi.

The finest document ever produced by Australian public servants.

@kathleenivy.bsky.social Jul 19, 2023

"The most important thing is a reality check, delivered by our leaders to say, ‘actually, we’ve got a big challenge on our hands. We want to reduce transmission’,”
https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/covid-immunity-australia-2023/?s=09