This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

rest in power rita hester, and happy trans day of remembrance

bluesky needs a bookmark function taking screenshots is NOT sustainable… (i will forget)

"Journalists may want to be done with COVID-19, but the virus isn’t done with us — or the communities we live in and report on. It is a disservice to people’s health and lives to mischaracterize or inaccurately report on COVID-19.”

- @hashtagjames.bsky.social

rjionline.org/news/breakin...

If I just followed you on Bluesky, it's likely thanks to this handy dandy lil tool.

@kirabira.bsky.social made a really good point on Twitter/X: "masking, using air purifiers, and other mitigation methods" on a regular basis and having this be the default rather than just during surges "would make the peaks less likely and less dramatic when they happen"

Wastewater monitoring for different COVID strains has opened the door to monitoring sewage for different diseases and even illicit drugs. We may update our tracker with more features in the future, so bookmark this and check back regularly at: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Besides following your local health department, follow @thesicktimes.bsky.social, a long COVID accountability and investigative publication run by @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social and @mileswgriffis.bsky.social, and other folks monitoring long COVID advocacy and impacts (6/7)

Local and state health departments have created dashboards displaying wastewater levels along with death, hospitalization and case data.
coronavirus.marinhhs.org/surveillance (Marin County)
covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-wa... (Santa Clara County)
www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID... (CDPH)

This being said, COVID wastewater levels are one of several reliable indicators of whether there’s a surge in your community. If levels are higher than normal in your area, consider protecting yourself by masking up, washing your hands often and/or getting an air purifier. (4/7)

Public health researchers agree that JUST looking at wastewater data isn’t enough to make community-level health decisions or gauge how much COVID exposure risk there is in a community. (3/7)

We realized when we first launched this tracker back in May that this is NOT a post-COVID era. There are still thousands of cases and hospitalizations every week nationwide, and the number of people experiencing long COVID is increasing. (2/7)

💩🦠 NEW TRACKER ALERT 🦠💩

Using data and methodologies from
@wastewaterscan.bsky.social and Verily (leading national wastewater tracking efforts), @sfchronicle.bsky.social has created a Bay Area COVID wastewater data tracker/dashboard (thread 🧵: 1/7)

www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...