@kakape Thanks, I hate it
(sounds really, really bad; then again, maybe it will make people take precautions that are already badly needed for covid)
Yes, this brings the CDC guidelines for COVID into line with guidelines for RSV and influenza.
It's not just that is COVID more severe. The guidelines for RSV and influenza are not right either. We need universal paid sick leave, not permission to return to work while still contagious.
2024: "We have respirators that electrostatically capture viral particles, ventilation and filtration systems to clean indoor air, and UV lights to kill viruses."
1918: "That's incredible! What's it like living without all this illness?"
2024: "Oh, we don't actually use them."
@erictopol "we estimated the number of first SARS-CoV-2 infections based on the intersurvey difference in cumulative infection-induced seroprevalence" --> they don't seem to be taking into account that people lose their antibodies. The Spanish surveys in 2020 had partially-overlapping samples. 45% of the people who had antibodies in March-July had no antibodies in November.
I'd listen to the IHR and IFR numbers, but don't trust that novid estimation
The diffuse inflammation of the brain in symptomatic people with Long Covid by PET scans, with matched controls, and correlation with their blood inflammatory biomarkers
Leaders around the world, take note of this simple, smart message: The best protection is when everyone wears a mask.
Normalize taking care of others.
Also, get Covid19 boosters and flu shots, improve ventilation, monitor air quality, support people to stay home when sick.
Carl T. Bergstrom
T. Ryan Gregory
Eric Topol
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)
Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD