Great. A friend just tested positive for #Covid (again). She says she thinks she could have gotten it from her young grandkids, both of whom are showing cold symptoms. I asked if they're vaccinated and she said she doesn't know; their mother is "weird about vaccinations." 🙄

Come on people! #Vaccinate your kids! Protect them and their grandparents!

Che fatica essere si-vax quando si leggono queste notizie... belle le scienze e la medicina quando non ci sono di mezzo politica e interessi finanziari...ovvero mai

#vaccines #covid #covid19 #vaccini

#covid
https://xkcd.com/1520/

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.

Remember how the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average of its detected Sars-CoV-2 levels went up lots last week? Well, it went down lots this week. I don't know what was going on two weeks ago, but, hey, glad to see this. The last calculation was made on 2/8.

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.

“[In] music spaces, the denial is huge,” phytocene said. “Because I think if musicians were to admit that every day they put themselves at risk, they wouldn’t be able to do that career.”

https://thesicktimes.org/2026/02/17/these-artists-are-making-concerts-safer-with-covid-19-precautions/

#news #covid #LongCovid #music #musicians #PublicHealth

@BigHeadMode

do you know anyone with advice on where to buy #covid masks/respirators?

I mostly know of Canadian sources, and your bio says USA.

@Texan_Reverend just posted this box of 440 water-resistant respirators for $50
https://zeroes.ca/@Texan_Reverend@kind.social/116079490576870117 and has dozens of links to other models under "US Respirator Sourcing" at https://texanalysis.com/

@askazero anyone else have suggestions for BigHeadMode sourcing "semi-"disposable" masks for a group" in the USA?

Long #covid in kids: “Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisystem effects and highlight the need to promote vaccination in younger populations and support ongoing research to better understand PASC, identify high-risk subgroups, and improve prevention and care strategies.”

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00476-1/fulltext