HA ‼️

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It's going to take a while to sort out the AI slop and hallucinations.

April 10th Update:

Both NWSS and WWScan data sets suggest the lowest transmission levels in more than 4 years. BA.3.2 (Cicada) modestly impacting primarily the under 18 group.

Estimates:
🔸118,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 550 currently reasonably infectious (5 day window)

Has anyone studied the psychic toll of years spent waking up to the unhinged rantings of a vicious madman who could kill us all — and then going about one’s day per usual?

March 29th Update:

Nearing record lows in transmission since Omicron in late 2021. Midwest and South are low, while Northeast and West are at very low transmission levels.
Estimates:
🔸135,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 500 currently reasonably infectious (5 day avg window)

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More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds A new study says the early U.S. COVID-19 death toll is much higher than official counts, and that there were disparities in which deaths were missing from those tallies.

The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths. apnews.com/article/covi...

There is still hope for you.

Please know that you’re not alone in whatever you’re feeling. There are people who get it. There are people who know what it’s like to come out on the other side.

It’s okay to ask for help: twloha.com/find-help

March 10th Update:
After a relatively low transmission winter, we had a long shoulder, but numbers are starting to trend further down. Still elevated in the Midwest and Northeast. NWSS & WWScan:

Estimates:
🔸325,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 200 currently infected

Is this really what America has become?

At a meeting in the town of Surprise, Arizona regarding the huge detention facility that ICE wants to build there.

NYC infectious disease update:

We do care.

As a Minnesotan, I have been deeply affected by the shootings of Melissa and Mark Hortman, Renee Macklin Good, and Alex Pretti. I wrote this song for them, and workshopped it with students at the Svoboda Center for Civic Engagement at St. Olaf College.

Beautiful ♥️

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

I agree 💯% ‼️

Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

Opinion | This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year

A tally of the damage www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...

Right now, in the USA, Covid cases are low.
However, Influenza A cases are sky high.

"2025 wasn't my year." But you survived, so maybe it was.

What surprised you in 2025? What are you looking forward to in 2026?

This is heartening.

Annus horribilis.
In health and in many, many other areas.

“Disentangling social isolation, loneliness, and later-life cognitive function for older adults in the United States: Evidence from causal inference modeling”
Published in The Journals of Gerontology.

Effectiveness of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children... This report describes COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among children ages 9 months to 17 years.

COVID-19 vaccines protect children from severe illness, a new report from (~checks notes~) CDC finds. Meanwhile, the administration no longer recommends COVID-19 shots for kids.

COVID cases remain relatively low but are rising in the Midwest, the Northeast and parts of the South. Cases are still declining in the West, with the exception of Alaska.

Preprint of study which supports the use of Metformin during Covid, to reduce the incidence of long-Covid.

Flu "Variant K" appears to be expanding rapidly in the US as noted in BIOFIRE data. Confidence is increasing that this will be a bad flu season.

Weekly U.S. COVID update:

- New cases: 67,386 est.
- Admissions: 4,717 (+57%)
- In hospital: 3,002 (-3%)
- In ICU: 442 (+4%)
- New deaths: N/A
- Average: N/A

Time to get your Fall Covid booster.