Some COVID things I am tracking:
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Sharp rise in UK, especially in hospital admissions
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I have no words…
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Lying when reciting the Hippocratic Oath is now required in Florida?
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The comment about COVID was the best part of Wanda Sykes’ interview with Stephen Colbert (set at the 6:37 mark):
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Where’s the herd immunity? Our research shows why Covid is still wreaking…
admittedly i haven’t read the article yet. but to answer the headline: i think we’re still waiting until 80-90% of the population is vaccinated. i don’t think you can get “herd immunity” until the herd is immunized
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Also…
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Was Glastonbury to blame?
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But Long COVID affects more people than many realize. In the U.S. alone, roughly one in five adults with a known previous case of COVID-19 currently has Long COVID symptoms, according to recent data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Others could be living with the condition without realizing it.
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Glastonbury, Ascot, Wimbledon (and Platty Jubbly) – an opportunity to wipe out the upper/middle classes.
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I just got back from a drive that was long enough to listen to two interesting podcasts which look back at the effect of COVID-19 and the pandemic on the lives of 6 teenagers.
The first part, third teen, is a humbling insight into the Kibera district near Nairobi, Kenya.
The second part has a rather wrenching story of a wildly fit, active young woman who became infected by COVID when “a few privileged kids” decided to hold a big party, got COVID, then came to school in the hopes of getting exams cancelled. The young woman in the story got long COVID… 
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According to the ACQ, the cases of COVID-19 were found among counsellors. But an absent counsellor can deprive a dozen youth of supervision, says Beauchemin. “It’s a headache for organizations. If we are not able to maintain the prescribed [counsellor to child] ratios, we are in a situation where we have to stop the camp operations.”
Add to that, they have been struggling to get staff in the first place.
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BA.2.75 may be the next variant of concern, making a splash in India, branching from BA.2 rather than a continuation of BA.4/5.
Via People’s CDC 7/4/22 weather report: People's CDC COVID-19 Weather Report | People's CDC
ETA: Also worth noting is the unprecedented sustained wastewater plateau, per the report: “This is the predictable result of removing all protections & allowing the virus to circulate freely.”
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My daughter was a last-minute fill-in for a camp for deaf kids last year, which meant her criminal screening didn’t get back in time so she was legally never allowed to be alone with the kids. I can only imagine how hard the situation was for the camp director and the camp nurse, both of whom had to also fill in as approved guardians 24/7. And that was for a very small, specialized camp with only two sessions (based on age).
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