Small college town, Eastern WA, #Covid explosion 2 wks after students arrive,, 1 wk after public schools in session. It's an annual tradition. Why I got my covid vaccine 2 wks ago, even though it is last season's vaccine. No new fall 2026/27 covid vaccines on the shelves here yet. US public health planning always arrives too late for the party. Stay safe, folks!

#MaskUp #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

Katelyn Jetelina (“Your Local Epidemiologist”) on Pemgarda for #COVID #COVID19 protection for immunocompromised people, plus the CDC measles reporting clusterfuck[*].

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/measles-deaths-covid-19-and-common

[*] - those of us that live in the US are in desperate need of some “juking the stats” gifs from The Wire. Pls remedy giphy ok thx.

Il Fatto Quotidiano: “Ho pensato di morire, sono rimasto appeso ad un elicottero del soccorso alpino dopo una calata di 100 metri da una montagna”: Gabriele Vagnato su DMAX con “Giorno di prova”

Gabriele Vagnato sbarca su DMAX (canale 52) da stasera, martedì 1 settembre alle 21:25, con “Giorno di prova“. Il conduttore tv, comico e content creator entra nella vita di diversi professionisti per 24 ore, mettendosi alla prova in prima persona nei mestieri più diversi. “Giorno di prova”, che online ha raccolto milioni di visualizzazioni, porta sul piccolo schermo il suo sguardo ironico e curioso sulla realtà, raccontando le sfide caratteristiche di ogni “principiante” agli inizi.
In ogni episodio Gabriele si affianca ai professionisti, segue le loro regole, affronta addestramenti, interventi e attività operative, mettendosi alla prova in contesti dove preparazione, esperienza e sangue freddo fanno la differenza. Dalle Squadre Operative di Supporto dell’Arma dei Carabinieri ai Vigili del Fuoco, da una giornata in ambulanza all’ingresso in un bunker segreto, fino al Soccorso Alpino e al Settimo Reggimento Carabinieri, ogni puntata accompagna il pubblico nel cuore di mondi che tutti conoscono, ma che pochi hanno avuto l’opportunità di vivere da vicino.
“Mi sono trasferito a Milano nel 2019, dopo il Covid e quando non arrivavano i risultati, mi sono sentito perso.- ha raccontato a FqMagazine Vagnato – In Calabria mia madre aveva perso il lavoro e avevo realmente pensato di andare via da Milano. Una piattaforma era interessata all’idea di ‘Giorno di Prova’, poi l’hanno scartata. Ho cercato di farmela produrre da una casa di produzione di Roma, ma mi hanno chiesto una barca di soldi e io non li avevo, allora ho deciso di lanciarmi da solo con 2 puntate prova”.
L'articolo “Ho pensato di morire, sono rimasto appeso ad un elicottero del soccorso alpino dopo una calata di 100 metri da una montagna”: Gabriele Vagnato su DMAX con “Giorno di prova” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

“I thought I was dying, I remained hanging from a mountain rescue helicopter after a 100-meter drop from a mountain.” - Gabriele Vagnato on DMAX with “Test Drive Day”.

Gabriele Vagnato lands on DMAX (channel 52) from tonight, Tuesday, September 1st at 9:25 PM with "Trial Day.” The TV host, comedian and content creator enters the lives of several professionals for 24 hours, testing himself firsthand in a wide variety of professions. “Trial Day,” which has garnered millions of views online, brings his ironic and curious gaze on reality to the small screen, telling the challenges characteristic of every “beginner” starting out.

In each episode, Gabriele accompanies the professionals, follows their rules, faces training sessions, interventions and operational activities, testing himself in contexts where preparation, experience and coolness under pressure make all the difference. From the Support Operations Teams of the Carabinieri to the Fire Department, from a day in an ambulance to entering a secret bunker, to Alpine Rescue and the Seventh Regiment of the Carabinieri, each episode takes the public into the heart of worlds that everyone knows, but few have had the opportunity to experience firsthand.

“I moved to Milan in 2019, after Covid and when I wasn’t getting results, I felt lost.- he told FqMagazine Vagnato – In Calabria my mother had lost her job and I really thought about leaving Milan. A platform was interested in the idea of ‘Trial Day,’ but they rejected it. I tried to get it produced by a Rome production house, but they asked for a boatload of money and I didn’t have any, so I decided to launch it myself with 2 trial episodes.”

“I thought I was going to die, I remained hanging from an alpine rescue helicopter after a 100-meter drop from a mountain”: Gabriele Vagnato on DMAX with “Trial Day” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#100-meter #GabrieleVagnato #TestDriveDay #Gabriele #Carabinieri #theFireDepartment #AlpineRescue #theSeventhRegiment #Milan #Covid #FqMagazineVagnato #Calabria #TrialDay #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/09/01/ho-pensato-di-morire-sono-rimasto-appeso-ad-un-elicottero-del-soccorso-alpino-dopo-una-calata-di-100-metri-da-una-montagna-gabriele-vagnato-su-dmax-con-giorno-di-prova/8493643/

I recently had my first doctor refuse to wear a mask for me.

They confidently told me “new science shows you only have to wear one when you’re sick”.

I reminded them that asymptomatic transmission is real and that I’m immunocompromised & have been hospitalized for a cold…

They still refused.

I’ve only had one other healthcare worker refuse and it was a tech so I was able to request a different person perform my test (I have masks required as an accommodation in my medical chart).

Sadly I can’t just request a different doctor.

Interestingly this was one of the only appointments I’ve had where I haven’t brought a man with me.

Male friends usually accompany me and just sit in the room wearing a mask and it tends to increase compliance.

Once again misogyny in medicine rears its ugly head.

I was fortunate to be wearing a fitted N99 and have a laminar flow air purifier, so I was as protected as possible. This is a privilege not afforded to everyone.

But I also have no natural defences.

I shouldn’t be expected to risk my health to get healthcare.

There was no logical reason the doctor couldn’t put on a mask.

They had them in the clinic.

I had extra N95s in my bag.

They just didn’t want to.

They found the idea that they might infect me to be offensive.

I am begging healthcare workers to stop doing this.

You should be masking by default.

With everything we know about how COVID is transmitted it’s ridiculous we don’t have mandatory masking in healthcare.

At the bare minimum, you should mask mirror.

You shouldn’t put the onus on the patient to beg for you to do the right thing.

You shouldn’t be spreading misinformation about how masks are only needed if you’re sick.

You shouldn’t be risking your patients health.

The imbalance of power is real and needs to be respected.

I had no options in the moment. It was care I urgently needed and I couldn’t simply walk out.

I was confident enough to push the issue a little, but not past the point where it might compromise my care.

I had to do a quick risk analysis and decide to take my chances.

No patient should have to do that.

We need masks and clean air in healthcare.

We need doctors to show us they understand the science of airborne transmission.

No one should ever have to choose between care and covid.

#covid #COVIDisAirborne #sarscov2 #disability #ableism #healthcare

FYI... 💡

CVS is taking reservations for the 2026 - 2027 Covid vaccine... 💉 ⚕️

#Covid #CVS #Vaccine #Vaccines

Domani: Cosa succede nel settore vinicolo: alla radice di una policrisi

Nel 2025 il consumo di vino ha toccato il livello più basso dal 1957: pesano la pandemia di Covid, le tensioni internazionali e una cultura che guarda agli alcolici con comprensibile sospetto. Ma la contrazione non è uniforme e rappresenta la somma di fenomeni anche molto diversi tra loro

What’s happening in the wine sector: at the root of a multi-crisis

In 2025, wine consumption reached the lowest level since 1957: the pandemic of Covid, international tensions, and a culture that views alcoholic beverages with understandable suspicion weigh heavily. However, the contraction is not uniform and represents the sum of phenomena that are very different from each other.

#Covid

https://www.editorialedomani.it/idee/cultura/cosa-succede-nel-settore-vinicolo-alla-radice-di-una-policrisi-alb09uue

"Michael Hoerger estimates that approximately 1 in 95 Americans was actively infectious with COVID using CDC data from 8/22/26 and Biobot data. Many places in the U.S. have much higher levels of COVID in wastewater. Hoerger introduced a new Interactive US map on the PMC COVID-19 Dashboard which shows COVID risks for each county in the United States. For example, 1 in every 33 people is currently infected with COVID in Santa Clara county, California"

#Covid #Covid19

https://pmc19.com/interactive.php

Auch wenn die #COVID -Prävalenz in Deutschland _deutlich_ unter den Vorjahren liegt, wollte ich mich auch diesen Herbst wieder impfen lassen.

Weiß jemand, ob eine neue #Impfung in Vorbereitung ist, und wann die erhältlich ist?

Und sind derzeit irgendwelche neuen Varianten unterwegs von denen man was wissen sollte?

https://robert-koch-institut.github.io/Abwassersurveillance_AMELAG_-_Wochenbericht/#/

Introducing the NextGen Covid Vax Tracker!

https://vaxtracker.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/introducing-the-nextgen-covid-vax-tracker/

A monthly update on vaccine progress, featured vaccines, analyses, plus lots of background info.

#Vaccines #Covid #Covid19

Pretty sure I have / had COVID-26 Edition™ since Tuesday, when symptoms first started.

I feel as rough as a badger's arse. 😵‍💫

#covid #covid19 #virus #sick #illness #viruses

Update: family member went to a pharmacy in DC yesterday evening to pick up some #covid tests and they were sold out.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tiffanycli/117157606279388278

Don't forget her $1m donation to #Covid vaccine research..

This week's Pandemics in BC blog post:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/08/29/2026-08-29-general/

The BC post should return next week, assuming the province publishes the data they say they are going to.

#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #influenza #measles #vaccines #bundibugyo

Today: Perché il vaccino a mRna è una nuova svolta per l’oncologia (e quali sfide restano da superare)

I vaccini a mRna si sono fatti conoscere dal grande pubblico appena cinque anni fa, dando un contributo cruciale per traghettarci fuori dalla pandemia di covid. E ora sembrano già pronti a fare il loro ingresso trionfale anche nel mondo dell’oncologia. Il nome della terapia in questo caso è...

Why is the mRNA vaccine a new breakthrough for oncology (and what challenges remain to be overcome)?

mRNA vaccines gained public attention just five years ago, playing a crucial role in guiding us out of the Covid pandemic. And now they seem ready to make their triumphant entrance into the oncology world as well…

#Covid

https://www.today.it/dossier/sanita/vaccino-mrna-cura-tumori-intervista-michele-del-vecchio.html

Caitlin Rivers has a guide to seasonal vaccinations and treatment options specifically for people who are immunocompromised

#COVID #COVID19
https://www.forceofinfection.com/ic-guide-to-seasonal-vaccinations2026/

#GiftLink #COVID #COVID19

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/well/live/covid-vaccines-fall-2026.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.wsJ5.8JIA0ckqi9T5&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Hmm. That's disappointing. I went to the #CVS site to schedule our fall #vaccines, and I can only schedule #flu shots. They don't have last year's #COVID shots anymore. Given what we know about #ACIP, I'm highly suspicious of this message. "We are expecting an updated COVID vaccine for the 2026–2027 season to be approved in the coming days. Appointments will be available for the updated vaccine as soon as it is approved. Please check back soon." Right. 1/2

Not so fast...

Turns out the COVID booster is not yet available and our (very kind) pharmacist doesn't know when it will be.

"It's coming, we're just not sure when" he said. "Probably mid-September."

Since irony is dead, does wishing for RFK Jr to catch COVID make me a bad person?

#Vaccines
#COVID
#OldPeopleOfMastodon

I believe the doctors and researchers at the Long Covid/post infectious disease conference in Amsterdam should be wearing N95s.

They need to lead by example.

Demonstrate that COVID is not over and that repeat infections only increase your risk of disability.

Stop chains of transmission.

#covid #COVIDisAirborne #longcovid #wearamask #disability #chronicillness

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Greetings, 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 climbed up some more from last week's numbers. The last 7DRA calculation was on 8/18. PS, it looks like the data for the ~ six week outage early this summer got backfilled for all three sites.

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 doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistica. 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

Alt...

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.

My #dc #va #md people, what are you hearing on the grapevine about #covid in the community right now?

I have a sneaking suspicion, based on exactly 3.5 pieces of evidence, that there’s an observable wave happening right now, but it hasn’t quite broken through the collectively agreed social denial that Covid is still a thing.

Katelyn Jetelina (“your local epidemiologist”) and Edward Nirenberg have a summary of what vaccines will be available this fall in the US:

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/your-guide-to-fall-2026-vaccines

#COVID #COVID19

'Nieuw onderzoekscentrum long covid zoekt steun bij publieke en private investeerders'

"Er komt een nationaal Research & Innovation Center voor long covid en andere post-acute infectieuze syndromen (PAIS). De Stichting Long Covid heeft het initiatief genomen voor een
onafhankelijke stichting"

"De Stichting Long Covid heeft aan zeven wetenschappers financiering toegekend. Het gaat om Jeroen den Dunnen, Brent Appelman en Michele van Vugt van Amsterdam UMC, Rob Wüst van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Niels Eijkelkamp van UMC Utrecht en Melvin Lafeber en Sandra Hoeboer van Erasmus MC. Immunoloog Jeroen den Dunnen is aangesteld als wetenschappelijk onderzoeksleider. De onderzoekers kunnen direct van start."

"Zodra onderzoek aanknopingspunten voor een mogelijke behandeling oplevert, wil het centrum deze zo snel mogelijk in klinische studies verder onderzoeken.

De stichting werkt nu aan de opbouw van het centrum en aan een fysieke basis. Het streven is om dit voor het einde van 2026 duidelijk te hebben."

https://www.skipr.nl/nieuws/onderzoekscentrum-voor-long-covid/

#Gezondheid #LongCovid #PostCovid #PAIS #covid

@longcovid

Back on our household covid alert protocol:

Fan in front window pushing air through.

Masking and testing.

Spouse was in close masked proximity to a friend who later diagnosed on Saturday.

Friend is now sick and achy, they managed to get Paxlovid covered by their US private health insurance, we're not sure if friend's spouse is taking precautions.

This is friend's 4th time with covid.

How many times do people need to get covid?

Is repeatedly getting covid without consequence?

#covid

So I’ve been sick with covid since last week (first time, thank you), and one of the weirder things is that the only indication from Garmin that I'm sick is my stress level.

Resting Heart Rate, HRV, Respiration, and Pulse Ox are all “in range,” but every day is “stressful.”

#Garmin #Covid