#Flu, #covid and #RSV #vaccines are available. In the absence of guidance from the federal government, here’s what you need to know

https://archive.ph/7Cacr #US

Woke up to a headache and very mild fever. The #COVID #vaccine is doing its job, I guess. Hoping coffee will help with the headache. Ouch.

Fuck me... its jumped to Mamals...

H5 Mortality rate amongst humans is 47% (Based on 2003-2009 data).
H5 Mortality rate amongst humans is 47% (Based on 2003-2009 data).
H5 Mortality rate amongst humans is 47% (Based on 2003-2009 data).
H5 Mortality rate amongst humans is 47% (Based on 2003-2009 data).
H5 Mortality rate amongst humans is 47% (Based on 2003-2009 data).
H5 Mortality rate amongst humans is 47% (Based on 2003-2009 data).

Apparently... it 'doesnt spread well amongst humans'.

This shit will make #Covid look like seasonal cold...

#epidemic #viral #birdflue #Australia #H5N1

This week's Pandemics in BC post:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/09/12/2026-09-12-general/

No BC-specific post this week. The province will resume publishing data when we get back to "the fall schedule", whenever that is.

#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles

A friend tried to get her #COVID #COVID19 vaccine at Kaiser in #seattle this week, and was told they’d be available in about three weeks. So, first week in October-ish?

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Schillaci su Conte e la commissione Covid: “Parlarne ancora fa perdere voti”

“Credo che il Covid sia stato un dramma nazionale e che agli italiani non piaccia molto ricordare quanto è avvenuto, perchè magari in famiglia c’è stato un morto, una persona che ha sofferto, una persona che è stata ricoverata. Credo, e lo dico da politico, che sia un argomento che non porta voti“. Lo ha detto il ministro della Salute, Orazio Schillaci, intervistato da Alessandro Mantovani e Martina Castigliani alla Festa del Fatto Quotidiano alla Versiliana. “Io, però, non sono un parlamentare. Ora c’è una Commissione d’inchiesta. Quella del Covid è stata una tragedia e ci sono dei modi per cui, laddove la cosa riavvenisse, per migliorare quello che non è andato. È nell’interesse di tutti”.
L'articolo Schillaci su Conte e la commissione Covid: “Parlarne ancora fa perdere voti” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Schillaci on Conte and the Covid commission: "Talking about it further loses votes."

I believe the Covid was a national tragedy, and Italians don't particularly like to remember how much happened, because maybe someone died in their family, someone suffered, someone was hospitalized. I say that, as a politician, it’s an issue that doesn't bring votes. That’s what Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said, interviewed by Alessandro Mantovani and Martina Castigliani at the Festa del Fatto Quotidiano at Versiliana. “But I’m not a parliamentarian. There is now an investigative commission. The Covid was a tragedy, and there are ways to improve things where it could happen again. It's in everyone’s interest.”

Schillaci article on Conte and the Covid commission: "Talking about it still loses votes" comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#Conte #Covid #Italians #Health #OrazioSchillaci #AlessandroMantovani #MartinaCastigliani #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/09/12/covid-schillaci-voti-commissione-notizie/8504840/

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Liste d’attesa e oncologia, gli interventi dei lettori del Fatto all’incontro con Schillaci. E la domanda del direttore Travaglio

Liste d’attesa, risorse per il Servizio sanitario nazionale, case di comunità e differenze tra Regioni. Alla Festa del Fatto il ministro della Salute Orazio Schillaci risponde alle domande dei giornalisti e alle critiche che arrivano dal pubblico. Sul nodo delle attese, Schillaci rivendica la piattaforma di Agenas per monitorarle: “Prima non avevamo un sistema”. Dal pubblico si alza la replica di un’addetta ai lavori: “Qui da anni seguiamo le liste d’attesa, non basta monitorarle, bisogna capire come si risolve il problema. E lo risolvi mettendo dentro risorse”. Nel confronto con i giornalisti Martina Castigliani e Alessandro Mantovani torna il tema del sottofinanziamento della sanità e del rapporto con le nuove spese militari. Schillaci dice di essere “il primo a chiedere più risorse“, ma aggiunge che salute e difesa non possono essere considerate “una competizione a chi prende più soldi”.
Si parla poi di case di comunità e ricorso al privato convenzionato. Secondo i dati regionali citati dal ministro, delle 1.270 strutture previste 350 offrirebbero già almeno cinque delle prestazioni programmate. Sul privato Schillaci lo definisce “sussidiario al pubblico”, ricordando però che molte scelte dipendono dalle Regioni. Dal pubblico interviene anche il direttore del Fatto Marco Travaglio. Dopo l’esperienza del Covid, chiede, “è sostenibile avere 20 centrali di spesa, 20 sanità diverse?”. Schillaci riconosce gli effetti di “almeno 20 anni” di regionalismo e rivendica per il ministero maggiori poteri di controllo e indirizzo: “Non è possibile che le aspettative di vita dipendano da quale regione uno si trova”.
L'articolo Liste d’attesa e oncologia, gli interventi dei lettori del Fatto all’incontro con Schillaci. E la domanda del direttore Travaglio proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Waiting lists and oncology, the readers of Il Fatto Quotidiano's interventions at the meeting with Schillaci. And the question from editor-in-chief Travaglio.

Waiting lists, resources for the national health service, community residences, and regional differences. At Festa del Fatto (The Fact Festival), Health Minister Orazio Schillaci answers questions from journalists and criticisms coming from the public. Regarding waiting times, Schillaci claims the Agenas platform to monitor them: “Before we didn’t have a system.” A worker responds from the audience: “Here for years we’ve been following the waiting lists; simply monitoring isn’t enough, we need to understand how to solve the problem. And you solve it by putting in resources.” In the discussion with journalists Martina Castigliani and Alessandro Mantovani, the issue of underfunding of healthcare and its relationship with new military spending returns. Schillaci says he is “the first to ask for more resources,” but adds that health and defense cannot be considered “a competition to see who spends more money.”

The topic then shifts to community residences and recourse to private facilities. According to the regional data cited by the minister, of the 1,270 planned structures, 350 would already offer at least five of the scheduled services. Regarding the private sector, Schillaci defines it “subsidiary to the public,” but notes that many choices depend on the regions. The editor of Il Fatto Quotidiano, Marco Travaglio, also intervenes from the public. After the Covid experience, he asks, "Is it sustainable to have 20 spending centers, 20 different health systems?" Schillaci acknowledges the effects of “at least 20 years” of regionalism and claims greater powers of control and direction for the ministry: “It’s not possible that life expectancy depends on which region one is in.”

The article discusses waiting lists and oncology, with interventions from readers of Il Fatto at the meeting with Schillaci. And the question from editor Travaglio comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#IlFattoQuotidianos #Travaglio #FestadelFatto #OrazioSchillaci #Schillaci #Agenas #MartinaCastigliani #AlessandroMantovani #first #IlFattoQuotidiano #MarcoTravaglio #Covid #IlFatto

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/09/12/liste-attesa-oncologia-schillaci-video/8504804/

RT @Kristof_Poland: Die zweite Weltbetrug

mehr auf Arint.info

#AI #Aufklärung #COVID #Geschichte #Wahrheit #Weltbetrug #arint_info

https://x.com/Kristof_Poland/status/2098353780269920620

Repeat COVID infections tied to higher odds of new health conditions
#COVID https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/repeat-covid-infections-tied-higher-odds-new-health-conditions

Il Fatto Quotidiano: “Stellantis cadente” di Andrea Tundo alla festa della Fiom di Torino: “Mirafiori rischia di spegnersi da sola senza nuovi modelli”

“Senza nuovi modelli, Mirafiori rischia di spegnersi”. A dirlo è il giornalista de Ilfattoquotidiano.it Andrea Tundo che a Torino ha presentato il suo nuovo e-book “Stellantis Cadente” (ed. Paperfirst) di fronte agli operai e alle operaie della festa Fiom di Torino. L’autore ha ripercorso la storia dell’eclissi dell’auto italiana nonostante i proclami dell’azienda. “Il 2025 è stato l’anno peggiore degli ultimi settant’anni e nei primi sei mesi del 2026 i numeri di produzione in Italia sono stati identici a quelli del 2020, l’anno del Covid, in cui sono state chiuse per oltre un mese”, ricorda Tundo.
Basta pensare che negli ultimi vent’anni la crisi dell’automotive ha portato alla perdita di oltre trentamila posti di lavoro nel Torinese, come ricorda il responsabile Fiom per Mirafiori Gianni Mannori. E “quelli che sono rimasti, da diciotto anni vivono la cassa integrazione”. Una parola che non è vuota, ma vuol dire “comprare i pelati peggiori del discount, non potersi curare, non uscire più a mangiare la pizza e continuare a camminare intorno alla fabbrica pregando che un giorno possano tornare dei nuovi modelli”, come racconta il giornalista de La Stampa Niccolò Zancan nel suo libro “L’Ultimo operaio”, presentato insieme a “Stellantis cadente” con la moderazione della giornalista de Il Sole24Ore Filomena Greco e la partecipazione del segretario nazionale della Fiom-Cgil Samuele Lodi, responsabile automotive.
L'articolo “Stellantis cadente” di Andrea Tundo alla festa della Fiom di Torino: “Mirafiori rischia di spegnersi da sola senza nuovi modelli” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

“Stellantis Falling” by Andrea Tundo at the Fiom Turin celebration: “Mirafiori risks shutting down on its own without new models.”

Without new models, Mirafiori risks shutting down. This is what journalist Andrea Tundo of Ilfattoquotidiano.it said, who presented his new e-book “Stellantis Cadente” (ed. Paperfirst) to the workers and union members at the Fiom Turin festival in Turin. The author recounted the eclipse of Italian automobiles despite the company’s claims. “2025 was the worst year in the last seventy years, and in the first six months of 2026 production figures in Italy were identical to those of 2020, the year of Covid, when they were closed for over a month,” Tundo recalls.

It’s worth considering that over the past twenty years, the automotive crisis has led to the loss of over thirty thousand jobs in Turin, as recalled by Fiom representative for Mirafiori, Gianni Mannori. And “those who remained have been living on short-time work for eighteen years.” A word that is not empty, but means "buying the worst discounted goods, unable to take care of themselves, no longer going out to eat pizza and continuing to walk around the factory praying that one day new models will return,” as journalist Niccolò Zancan of La Stampa recounts in his book “L’Ultimo operaio,” presented together with “Stellantis cadente” with the moderation of Il Sole24Ore journalist Filomena Greco and the participation of Fiom-Cgil national secretary Samuele Lodi, automotive division head.

“Stellantis Cadente” by Andrea Tundo at the Fiom Turin festival: “Mirafiori risks shutting down on its own without new models” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#Stellantis #AndreaTundo #Mirafiori #Ilfattoquotidianoit #StellantisCadente #Paperfirst #Turin #Italian #Italy #Covid #Tundo #NiccolòZancan #LaStampa #IlSole24Ore #FilomenaGreco #Fiom-Cgil #SamueleLodi #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/09/10/stellantis-cadente-festa-fiom-torino-mirafiori-video/8502655/

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

Last week I highlighted really terrible SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average for 8/25, but said, maybe this is a crazy outlier, let's see next week's numbers. Well, they're in, and the updated numbers are quite, quite bad. These calculations of the 7DRA were done on 8/30 and 9/1, and they are by far the worst numbers we've seen in a year (which is as far back as the dataset goes). :( :( :(

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

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A screencap of the Washington State Department of Health's Covid wastewater data for the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. The trend line of the graph is described in the toot text.

Lukewarm tip for the #covid cautious: if you wait until the end of the run and choose a midweek matinee, you will have the theater virtually to yourself.

So, finally saw The Odyssey, and it was better than I expected. Enough words have already been spent on this movie, but I just need to ask: Did you find Circe to be quite an appealing character? (Caveat: I didn’t watch the gross-out bits.)

il manifesto: Scuola, una trappola di calore: 1 aula su 13 ha l’aria condizionata

Nonostante le promesse fatte durante e immediatamente dopo il Covid, e a dispetto della canicola che ha reso invivibili i luoghi chiusi come le aule scolastiche, secondo il XXIV rapporto […]
The post Scuola, una trappola di calore: 1 aula su 13 ha l’aria condizionata first appeared on il manifesto.

School is a heat trap: one out of every thirteen classrooms has air conditioning.

Despite the promises made during and immediately after Covid, and in spite of the heatwave that made enclosed spaces like classrooms unbearable, according to the XXIV report […]
The post School, a Heat Trap: 1 out of 13 classrooms has air conditioning first appeared on il manifesto.

#Covid #School #first

https://ilmanifesto.it/scuola-una-trappola-di-calore-1-aula-su-13-ha-laria-condizionata

#adulting @ appointment to get the last shot in a series, nurse did an upsell to also get a #FluShot - heck yeah!

I asked, but they didn't have the new #covid booster and we were both a little disappointed. but still, thanks, modern #medicine! I 🫶 #nurses #CHA

Could dormant viruses help explain long COVID? What UT researchers found

https://www.statesman.com/news/healthcare/article/long-covid-university-of-texas-dell-medical-school-22412680.php

#science #biology #covid

I got both my COVID booster and my flu shot today. Please clap 👏

#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #Influenza #Vaccines

IlPescara: Degrado e sporcizia intorno alla palazzina rossa (l'ex ospedale covid): Blasioli (Pd) chiede intervento urgente [FOTO]

Degrado e sporcizia nelle aree esterne della palazzina covid dell'ospedale di Pescara: è l'allarme lanciato dal vicepresidente del consiglio regionale Antonio Blasioli del Pd, che ha effettuato una visita ispettiva alla struttura nota come palazzina rossa, portando il caso all'attenzione della...

Damage and dirt around the red building (former Covid hospital): Blasioli (Pd) asks for urgent intervention [PHOTO]

Degradation and dirt in the outdoor areas of the Covid pavilion at the Pescara hospital: this was the alarm raised by regional council vice-president Antonio Blasioli of the Pd (Democratic Party), who carried out an inspection visit to the structure known as the red pavilion, bringing the case to the attention of...

#Covid #Blasioli #Pescara #AntonioBlasioli

https://www.ilpescara.it/politica/ospedale-covid-degrado-palazzina-covid-blasioli.html

Agenzia Nova: Covid: Liris (Fd'I), da audizioni nuovi interrogativi sul caso Di Donna

07 set 16:34 - (Agenzia Nova) - Le audizioni odierne della commissione Covid "aggiungono nuovi elementi alla vicenda dei rapporti tra l'avvocato... (Com)

Covid: Liris (Fd'I), from hearings new questions about the Di Donna case

September 7, 16:34 – (Agenzia Nova) - Today’s hearing by the Covid commission “adds new elements to the affair concerning the relationship between the lawyer… (Com)”

#Liris #AgenziaNova #Covid

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/6a9ecc5f287688.89675706/7753522/2026-09-07/covid-liris-fd-i-da-audizioni-nuovi-interrogativi-sul-caso-di-donna

'Meer lockdowns dan nodig, meer slachtoffers dan nodig: Mulder rekent af met Rutte en Van Dissel'

"Mulder was tijdens de coronacrisis lid van het Red Team, een onafhankelijke groep wetenschappers en gezondheidsexperts die ongevraagd advies gaf aan het kabinet. Rutte liet zich echter voornamelijk adviseren door het OMT, een expertgroep onder aanvoering van RIVM-baas Jaap van Dissel.

Volgens Mulder was Rutte onvoldoende opgewassen tegen Van Dissel. „Er werd eigenlijk alleen maar gekoerst op de bezetting van de ic-bedden. Pas als die vol dreigden te raken, werd er ingegrepen."

"Mulder zelf was in die jaren meestal weken eerder met het zien van de opkomst van een nieuwe variant dan het RIVM. Hij gebruikte daarvoor een snelle test, terwijl de methode van het RIVM weken meer tijd in beslag nam. „En als je eerder ziet dat er een nieuwe variant aankomt die veel mensen ziek kan maken, kun je ook eerder ingrijpen.”

https://www.gelderlander.nl/gezond/meer-lockdowns-dan-nodig-meer-slachtoffers-dan-nodig-mulder-rekent-af-met-rutte-en-van-dissel~a0928593/

Zonder paywall:
https://archive.ph/ajuFp

@rivm

#pec #corona #covid

The Trump CDC is reporting #COVID in the USA in wastewater is at (near) an *all time low*.

This is awesome news! Some caveats.

The data goes back to September 2024. I argue (without direct evidence) that 2025-2026 has had lower COVID infections than prior years.

2023-2024 would be the only time you could say COVID was lower than today, and I don't buy that. I heard more about new COVID cases years ago. I tried to verify this but came up short.

This is why I say it's an all time low, because it's the lowest in 2025-2026.

I think the only way you would see wastewater data decline like this is any of:
1. Actual viral load in wastewater is declining
2. The virus is changing/mutating (maybe people shed less of it)
3. Change in number/operation of wastewater observation sites
4a. "Convenient" changes in reporting that happen to make the reports look better than they are.
4b. Fraud. A more deliberate, less justifiable version of 4a.

Although the line is ticking upwards, even the uptick is below any level in 2024-September through 2025-December.

As for what caused this, I'm going with mostly (1) with a little of (2) and (4a). But I can be convinced otherwise.

https://www.cdc.gov/wastewater/respiratory-viruses/national.html?cove-tab=1

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National American wastewater graph allegedly showing that covid cases are near an all time low this week.

I've been contacted by somebody I cut ties with years ago, because they went along with the end of Covid safety protocols with a cheerful vengeance. They're now asking if I know of a doctor who treats Long Covid. I have to figure out what to say.

I think it's a "teachable moment"? If I can find a way to get some info across without being a dick about it? Obviously "Well well well, look who's..." is not the correct option. No. #covid #longcOVID #covidIsNotOver

@benroyce @uriel

There are a bunch of reasons why the AfD are stronger in Eastern Germany. Here are some of them at the top of my head:

During the Cold War, the official stance of the East German government: "There are no Nazis here, all the Nazis went to West Germany!" Meanwhile, West Germany _did_ make some attempts at de-Nazification. They were incomplete, and only partially successful, but progress _was_ made.

And West Germany had far more immigration, which means that West Germans got far more used to immigrants from all over the world. And this close contact helped reduce bigotry.

Then, after the Berlin Wall collapsed and Germany was reunified, West Germany basically took over East Germany, and the political and economic leaders of West Germany basically treated East Germany as a bankruptcy case. This caused a collapse of Eastern German living standards, and even today most regions of East Germany lag behind West Germany. And the major employers which do exist are mostly local branches of West German companies, rather than homegrown industries.

As you can imagine, this caused a lot of resentment in East Germany against West German leaders, so there was always a lot of potential for "protest votes".

Then there were two major crises of the last two decades. First, there was the Syrian refugee crisis, which brought nearly a million refugees to Germany. Lots of Germans put in a lot of effort to help the refugees... but there was also a lot of resentment that the fascists exploited.

Then there was the #COVID pandemic, which - just like in the USA - brought out a lot of antivaxxers and conspiracy fantasists. This, too, was exploited heavily by the fascists.

And because the resentment of authority figures and potential for protest votes was greater in Eastern Germany, this was where the AfD has had their biggest successes. Including today's election in #SaxonyAnhalt .

I hope this explains _why_ the fascists in Germany had these successes, and successes in Eastern Germany in particular. Though of course, this doesn't _excuse_ the people who vote for the AfD - it is very clear what the AfD stands for, for anyone who cares to look.

And I also want to make very clear that the AfD is by no means restricted to Eastern Germany - they have numerous followers in the rest of Germany as well, even if it's not enough to take over state governments. It's not a simple case of "West Germany good, East Germany bad".

It looks like NHS England doesn’t offer COVID 19 vaccines to anyone younger than 75 (!) without an existing comorbidity or compromised immunity. The rest of us can get vaccinated at our own expense. At ~£100, I can afford it, but how can this be? #CovidIsNotOver #Politics #COVID

This week's Pandemics in BC posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/09/05/2026-09-05-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/09/05/2026-09-05-bc/

#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles

Chise posted a nice thread on Bluesky about ensitrelvir, an anti viral that has been shown to prevent symptomatic #covid #covid-19 infection in people who have been exposed to it through household contacts. It needs to be given within 72 hours of the index case's initial symptoms and reduces symptomatic infections for the household contacts by two thirds. It is approved by the FDA and is marketed under the name Xocova.

https://bsky.app/profile/sailorrooscout.bsky.social/post/3mupdiuwrzc2m

The 2026-2027 #covid #covid19 vaccines are shipping. Maggie Astor has a writeup on the state-by-state availability here. #giftlink

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/well/live/covid-vaccines-fall-2026.html

Reminder #1: the FDA has approved the vaccines for everyone 65+ and people younger than that if they have conditions that might lead to worse outcomes for infection. You can self-attest to those conditions. The list of conditions is here: https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html.

Looking over this list, I have to say the bar is not high. Former or current smoker? Physically inactive? BMI over 25? Have a mood disorder? I have had pets that hit a 75% pass rate on this qualifying conditions list, so surely you will find something on this list that applies to you.

Reminder #2: Washington (and many other states) have standing orders that broaden access even more. and are in effect again this year. In Washington State anyone 6 months or older who do not have vaccine contraindications can get a Covid vaccine without a prescription. Details here: https://doh.wa.gov/you-and-your-family/immunizations-and-vaccines/diseases-and-vaccines/covid-19 (but not updated for 2026-2027 yet).

Reminder #3: Are you a Washington State resident and cost is a barrier? See the "Is there a cost for COVID-19 vaccines?" section of the standing order page for information about the state's Childhood and Adult Vaccines Programs and how to access them.