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.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average of its detected Sars-CoV-2 is up a bit. The last calculation was made on 1/13.

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.

ÉTAT DES LIEUX MALADIES des familles de #gazaverified sur les journées 14 au 19 janvier 2026 (29 familles avec malades)

On été malades :
- Mohammedzakria et sa famille (anna)

- Waseem a été malade aussi et maintenant ça va mieux. (delphine)

- mohshbair (joann)
- a été malade aussi la semaine dernière [semaine du 5 janvier], couché 2-3 jours

Suivi par le collectif :
- mitqal + famille, en cours de guérison (gomli)
- ils ont vu un médecin et ont acheté médicaments, mais ils ont coûté cher https://toot.community/@mittall/115910253960389138

- Doaagaza + famille (anna) https://mastodon.social/@doaagaza/115903283433106264

- famille de Danya hospitalisée (delphine)
- Elle était très inquiète pour le règlement des frais d'hospitalisation.

- mohammed hussein et sa femme (marion) ont également attrapé le virus qui circule à Gaza. https://mastodon.social/@MohammedHussein/115915331166193703

- Ahmed Emad Aymad (marion)

- Dalia (solène) était dans une clinique pour sa fille il y a 4 jours pour ce même virus https://mastodon.social/@daliarezk/115882542952298802

- Le père d'Aseel a besoin d'un traitement régulier pour sa maladie rénale (solène) https://mas.to/@Aseelsehwel/115877229226010827
- Elle même est aussi malade et souffre d'une allergie pulmonaire similaire à l'asthme. "J'ai l'impression d'étouffer." https://piaille.fr/@Gardenia/115915879017869847

- Aya https://mastodon.social/@rania40 (solène) a perdu un proche aujourd'hui. Il est décédé pour des raisons de santé (et faute avoir des médicaments pour son hypertension artérielle)

Informations depuis les messages publiques :
- Petit garçon de 5 ans, Nasser de la famille lubna
- Born without a working thyroid, Hypothyroidism nécessite argent pour traitement $150 https://mastodon.social/@Lubnaaj5/115888038523253305

- Garçon Islam de la famille Eslam (pas sur du prénom, la mère s’appelant aussi islam ?) https://mastodon.social/@eslamradwan1_D_5/115899982578418086
- Petit garçon Yahaya, de la famille Eslam
- même virus que son frère apparemment https://mastodon.social/@eslamradwan1_D_5/115905785105333157

- mari de Nirmeen82 https://mastodon.social/@Dalla1982/115905949676685062
- "Every so often, he endures severe vomiting for two or three days, unable to sleep at all because of the pain."

- Petite fille Ward de la famille Nour https://mastodon.social/@nourgaza/115904731264206929
- "My daughter Ward,once full of life, is now bedridden and unable to move or go to school. After our tent flooded,the freezing cold and dampness broke her fragile body. She urgently needs medical care and warmth."

- parents de Mohammedhelp mohmad30 nécessitent traitement et soin https://mastodon.bida.im/@Mohmad30/115898753822136284

- Mère de Azez malade, état critique, nécessite des traitements https://mastodon.social/@azezwaj/115904511250279220

- Ibrahim46 a besoin de d'argent pour son traitement https://mastodon.social/@ibrahim46/115904411055662792

- Enfants de mohammed zakria souffrent de froids, nécessite $50 https://mastodon.social/@mohammedzakria/115903141688455912

- Enfants de Maisa malades https://mastodon.social/@maisakr/115901116159896897

- Femme de Mohammed Ismail souffre particulièrement du froids https://mastodon.social/@mohamedismail96/115900871362433347

- Mohammed frère de Danyarelkhodari hospitalisé et toute la famille malade https://mastodon.social/@danyarelkhodari/115900213777205730

- Mère de Eslam94 a besoin d'argent pour son traitement https://mastodon.social/@eslam94/115882442807889808

- Isra'a souffre d'une rage de dents
https://mastodon.social/@israajamal/115898029582331968

- Reem a besoin d'une opération chirurgicale $1500 pour survivre
https://mastodon.social/@reem_osama/115900882961119161

- Rawan a la grippe https://mastodon.social/@Rawan_kh22/115836090562630708

- La famille de Abeer et Sameer ont attrapés le #covid https://mastodon.world/@mmotherps/115911070698569748

- Sakher souffre de la leptospirose et a besoin de soutient pour s'acheter les médicaments https://mastodon.social/@Sakhergaza13/115909628712525746

- Mahmoud Mohmmed a besoin de médicaments pour son neveu orphelin qui est malade lui aussi https://mastodon.social/@mahmoudmohmmed233/115906128257305077

- Lina a besoin d'aide pour sa famille aussi, son mari a une grosse infection à la jambe et a besoin d'antibiotiques
L'une de leurs filles est également malade https://mastodon.social/@lina19942810/115908565142283692

- Motaz (rendez-vous de vérification avec gaza-verified prévu pour fin janvier) s’est blessé au pied. https://mastodon.social/@ArchMotaz/115905478810568445

- Qusai, le second fils de Asar, est malade
https://mastodon.world/@AsarSameer@mastodon.social/115912096718306274

Why do I still mask in 2026? Because in addition to it's direct damage, even mild COVID infections leave you vulnerable to getting sick for years afterwards. And let's not forget that COVID is cumulative! I'd rather wear a mask than deal with that.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971225005090

#COVID #maskup

FYI - almost anytime I go out in general public wearing face masks I get flurries of both - Why the hell are you still masking? and Where can I get your gaiter/face covering?
I always mask up. This isn’t new. This isn’t changing when almost no one else masks up & has decided to normalize #Covid.
People with disabilities are lockdowned from societal understanding because people who stopped masking up -> lack empathy & don't believe they'll ever be as disabled or more disabled. It's foolhardy, at best.

#MasksSaveLives #LongCovidIsReal #AirborneInfections #virology #medical #health #MasksSolidarity #PreventativeHealth #DisabledPeoplePower #PeopleWithDisabilities

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Overhead shot of my legs in purple boots and blue jeans with white beaded rhinestones stripes, standing on grass, with a chain locked by two combination locks, one purple and one blue.

Relatively major culture-maker Boing Boing is running the headline:

COVID pandemic enters seventh year with no end in sight

and the article is not ableist, not bullshit, not denying reality. Nice!

https://boingboing.net/2026/01/16/covid-pandemic-enters-seventh-year-with-no-end-in-sight.html

#BoingBoing #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne

oh cool! another step completed on my journey to get the vivistim implant so i can hopefully have two hands to type with someday! fuck you #covid fuck you #stroke

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.

Good news: it looks like the data collection and posting cadence is back on track. The DoH even backfilled the missing data.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average of its detected Sars-CoV-2 is up a bit. The last calculation was made on 1/6.

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.