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   unicorndeburgh (unicorndeburgh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 12:12:18 JST unicorndeburgh

   I think the CDC — and governments in general — should be pushing *hard* for cleaner air, more paid sick leave, and masking whenever rates increase.

   Oddly, while I disagree with the CDC’s recent recommendation, this CDC article seems very solid.

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   #COVID #publichealth

   https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/background/index.html

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     unicorndeburgh (unicorndeburgh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 12:18:08 JST unicorndeburgh

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     "Ventilation and related strategies to improve indoor air quality can reduce infective viral particle concentrations in indoor air. In 2023, informed by accumulating evidence, CDC issued recommendations for using ...(MERV) 13 or greater and getting at least 5 air changes per hour of clean air in occupied spaces through air flow, filtration, or air treatment."

     Get yourself an Aranet CO2 monitor to check your office, and the places you go! MAKE SOME NOISE!

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     https://aranet.com/products/aranet4/

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     unicorndeburgh (unicorndeburgh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 12:18:09 JST unicorndeburgh

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     And get the latest COVID shot!

     "COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of symptomatic disease and hospitalization by about 50% compared to people not up to date on vaccination. Over 95% of adults hospitalized in 2023-2024 due to COVID-19 had no record of receiving the latest vaccine. Treatment with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) in persons at high risk of severe disease has been shown to decrease risk of hospitalization by 75% and death by 60%"

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     https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/background/index.html

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     unicorndeburgh (unicorndeburgh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 12:18:10 JST unicorndeburgh

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     I’d like to see this chart going back to 2015 or so. Would it tell the story “COVID isn’t causing more hospitalizations than the flu, but we’re now getting sick a whole hell of a lot often in general”? That's certainly the way it seems to me. :-(

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     unicorndeburgh (unicorndeburgh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 12:18:10 JST unicorndeburgh

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     "Although hospitalizations and deaths involving COVID-19 have declined substantially since 2022, rates of infections with the virus have not".

     Chart shows COVID deaths high in 2020 through 2022, then dropping below 5,000 people dying per week -- while the rate of COVID infections stays pretty much at the same level from 2020 to today.

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