This week's Pandemics in BC blog posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/08/07/2026-08-07-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/08/07/2026-08-07-bc/

#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles #influenza

Agenzia Nova: Covid: Conte a Meloni, amo verita', confrontiamoci, non chiedero' mai scudo

07 ago 22:24 - (Agenzia Nova) - Giorgia Meloni, "in preda alla frustrazione della mia audizione fiume, e' venuta allo scoperto con un post... (Rin)

COVID: Conte tells Meloni, I love the truth, let’s talk, I will never ask for protection/a shield.

August 7, 22:24 – (Agenzia Nova) - Giorgia Meloni, “overwhelmed by the frustration of her lengthy hearing, came out into the open with a post...” (Rin)

#COVID #Conte #Meloni #AgenziaNova #GiorgiaMeloni

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/6a764627c62372.74764696/7682138/2026-08-07/covid-conte-a-meloni-amo-verita-confrontiamoci-non-chiedero-mai-scudo

Nervous laugh from a senior dev coworker I don't usually see face-to-face. He is staring at me 'cause I am wearing an N95 mask as I walk into a room at the same time as him. He asks,

"Heh heh, I see!
Are you...
Is there something you know?...
That I should worry about?"

I am the last one in the room to still be wearing a mask.

There is one other masking coworker in a nearby group.

That's it.

So many words. No words.

#covid #n95

Some coworkers show up in an N95 mask, sometimes, because they are working sick. They know they are sick, know they are contageous, but they still are going to come to work.

Or maybe, just show up sick, no mask, sit there and cough for hours. One fellow, a boss, with covid. Knew it, still came to work, sat there and coughed.

I couldn't tell him off.

I need this job. My family needs my paycheck.

I can't retire. I will have to work until I die.

I try to delay that as long as I can.

#covid

Today: Tra Conte e Meloni volano gli stracci e non c'entra solo il Covid

L'audizione di Giuseppe Conte alla commissione d'inchiesta sulla gestione dell'emergenza Covid ha avuto una coda polemica e, possiamo giurarci, non sarà l'ultima. C'è stato un botta e risposta via social con la premier Giorgia Meloni. La presidente del Consiglio pungola il leader dei 5 Stelle: "A...

The sheets are flying between Conte and Meloni and it’s not just about the COVID pandemic.

Giuseppe Conte’s hearing before the Covid emergency management inquiry commission was contentious and, we can assure you, will not be the last. There was a back-and-forth via social media with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The Prime Minister stung the leader of the Five Star Movement: “A…

#Conte #Meloni #COVID #GiuseppeConte’s #Covid #GiorgiaMeloni #theFiveStarMovement

https://www.today.it/politica/giorgia-meloni-giuseppe-conte-scontro-covid.html

Repubblica.it: Covid, Conte accusa: “Meloni regista del plotone d’esecuzione”. La premier: “La verità è un diritto”

Cinque ore di botta e risposta tra FdI e il leader del M5S: dal Green pass ai vaccini. Il confronto riprenderà il 14 settembre

COVID, Conte accuses: “Meloni is the director of the execution squad.” The prime minister: “The truth is a right.”

Five hours of back-and-forth between FdI and the leader of the M5S: from the Green Pass to vaccines. The discussion will resume on September 14th.

#COVID #Conte #Meloni

https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2026/08/07/news/conte_difesa_audizione_commissione_covid-425516499/

RaiNews: La commissione parlamentare Covid, storia di un teatro di scontro politico

Dal 18 settembre 2024, davanti alla Commissione si sono alternati scienziati, politici, imprenditori. Ma è qui che va in scena anche il duello tra maggioranza e opposizione

The parliamentary COVID committee: a history of political confrontation.

Starting September 18, 2024, scientists, politicians, and business leaders have taken turns appearing before the Commission. But it’s here that the duel between the majority and opposition also plays out.

#COVID

https://www.rainews.it/video/2026/08/commissione-parlamentare-covid-storia-di-un-teatro-di-scontro-politico-carlo-maria-miele-tg1-01e82b44-aee4-4fe3-83a9-e6d82812cba4.html

Agenzia Nova: Covid: Lisei (Fd'I), seguito audizione Conte il 14 settembre

06 ago 20:27 - (Agenzia Nova) - L'audizione dell'ex presidente del Consiglio, Giuseppe Conte, oggi leader del Movimento cinque stelle davanti... (Rin)

COVID: Lisetti (FDI), followed by hearing Conte on September 14th

August 6, 8:27 PM – (Agenzia Nova) - The hearing of the former Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, today leader of the Five Star Movement before… (Rin)

#COVID #Lisetti #Conte #AgenziaNova #GiuseppeConte #theFiveStarMovement

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/6a74d53dd96c93.79240828/7678948/2026-08-06/covid-lisei-fd-i-seguito-audizione-conte-il-14-settembre

Il Tempo: Covid, Conte “Piano pandemico 2006 inadeguato, virus senza precedenti”

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “Il Piano pandemico del 2006 ha rappresentato una risposta totalmente inadeguata, perchè ci trovavamo dinanzi a un virus senza precedenti: non a caso la comunità scientifica internazionale ha predisposto uno strumento di risposta specificamente modellato sul Covid; tale strumento ha contemplato azioni anche non previste, come ad esempio le zone rosse”. Lo ha detto il leader M5s ed ex presidente del Consiglio Giuseppe Conte in audizione presso la commissione Covid. “Ogni provvedimento di gestione della pandemia, a partire dallo stato di emergenza – aggiunge – è passato dal vaglio del ministero della Salute e degli esperti: i vaccini antinfluenzali presenti nel Piano del 2006 non avrebbero avuto nessuna efficacia contro il Covid”. -foto Ipa Agency – (ITALPRESS)

COVID, Conte “Pandemic Plan 2006 inadequate, unprecedented virus”

ROME (ITALPRESS) – “The pandemic plan of 2006 represented a totally inadequate response, because we were facing a virus without precedent: that’s why the international scientific community prepared a specific response tool specifically modeled on Covid; this tool contemplated actions even unforeseen, such as red zones.” This was said by the leader of the Five Star Movement and former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during his hearing before the Covid commission. “Every measure taken to manage the pandemic, starting with the state of emergency – he adds – has passed through the scrutiny of the Ministry of Health and experts: the influenza vaccines present in the 2006 plan would have had no efficacy against Covid.” -photo Ipa Agency – (ITALPRESS)

#COVID #Covid #theFiveStarMovement #GiuseppeConte #theMinistryofHealth

https://www.iltempo.it/italpress/2026/08/06/news/covid-conte-piano-pandemico-2006-inadeguato-virus-senza-precedenti--48800006/

Agenzia Nova: Covid: Conte, stato d'emergenza necessario, senza sarebbe crollata la rete di protezione

06 ago 17:38 - (Agenzia Nova) - La dichiarazione dello stato di emergenza durante la pandemia di Covid-19 era "necessaria" per "attivare le... (Rin)

COVID: Conte, state of emergency necessary, without it the protection network would have collapsed.

August 6, 5:38 PM – (Agenzia Nova) – The declaration of the state of emergency during the Covid-19 pandemic was “necessary” to “activate the… (Rin)”

#COVID #Conte #AgenziaNova

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/6a74aacecd4b22.48946856/7678467/2026-08-06/covid-conte-stato-d-emergenza-necessario-senza-sarebbe-crollata-la-rete-di-protezione

Today: Conte sentito dalla Commissione di inchiesta sul Covid: "Un plotone d'esecuzione"

Il leader del Movimento 5 stelle, Giuseppe Conte, sta fornendo la sua relazione alla Commissione d'inchiesta sulla gestione dell'emergenza Covid. L'ex premier, a Palazzo Chigi durante i primi due anni della pandemia da Covid-19, è stato audito dopo mesi di polemiche tra Fratelli d'Italia e il...

Witness testimony from the COVID investigation commission: “A firing squad”

The leader of the Five Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte, is presenting his report to the Commission of Inquiry into the management of the Covid emergency. The former prime minister, at Palazzo Chigi during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, was questioned after months of controversy between Brothers of Italy and the...

#COVID #theFiveStarMovement #GiuseppeConte #Covid #PalazzoChigi #BrothersofItaly

https://www.today.it/politica/conte-audizione-commissione-inchiesta-covid.html

Agenzia Nova: Covid: Conte, diffido ministero Salute dal pagare 100 milioni a societa' privata

06 ago 15:32 - (Agenzia Nova) - "C'e' la possibilita' che siano stati transati e consegnati a una societa' privata 100 milioni di euro dello... (Rin)

COVID: Conte doubts Ministry of Health will pay €100 million to private companies

August 6, 3:32 PM – (Agenzia Nova) – “There is the possibility that 100 million euros were transferred and delivered to a private company…” (Rin)

#COVID #Conte #MinistryofHealth #AgenziaNova

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/6a748ed671fb68.54130091/7677741/2026-08-06/covid-conte-diffido-ministero-salute-dal-pagare-100-milioni-a-societa-privata

Agenzia Nova: Covid: Conte, mia audizione in Commissione slitta di qualche ora

06 ago 13:06 - (Agenzia Nova) - "A causa del protrarsi dei lavori d'aula alla Camera dei deputati, l'audizione in commissione Covid e' slittata... (Rin)

COVID: Conte, my hearing with the Committee is delayed by a few hours.

August 6, 13:06 – (Agenzia Nova) – “Due to the prolonged work sessions in the Chamber of Deputies, the hearing before the Covid committee has been postponed…” (Rin)

#Conte #Committee #AgenziaNova #Covid

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/6a746baf3e2a12.40731978/7677103/2026-08-06/covid-conte-mia-audizione-in-commissione-slitta-di-qualche-ora

Hmm, just thought, "How convenient that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why
'we are experiencing high demand',
while also
justifying no health restrictions anywhere because 'the pandemic is over' [sic]."

#UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #PublicHealthPolicy #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts

'Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19'

"we reveal significant reactivation of Herpesviridae and Anelloviridae during acute COVID-19, with distinct temporal dynamics for different viruses, and demonstrate that reactivation correlates with disease severity, host immune effects and clinical outcomes."

"Our findings challenge the prevailing view that chronic viral reactivation is primarily a consequence of immunosuppression, demonstrating that reactivations occur frequently in immunocompetent individuals during severe illness and in association with increased systemic inflammation."

"we demonstrate persistence of viral reactivation in convalescence, and report an association of Anelloviridae with long COVID."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10740-z

#health #covid #LongCovid #PostCovid #herpesvirus #annellovirus

Fauci's diaries reveal a public icon privately butt-dialling Barbra Streisand — the New Yorker weighs in
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/our-fauci-diaries-ourselves
Anthony Fauci became a symbol of truth and integrity during the pandemic. In his diaries, he’s mostly talking about how he “butt called” Barbra Streisand.
#culture #culture #covid

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

Il Tempo: Da Conte la solita distrazione di massa (e a sinistra i polli ci cascano)

Sarebbe bastato poco, il tempo di un «amen», per scoppiare a ridere in faccia a Giuseppe Conte. Era sufficiente fermarsi sulla doppia frasetta: «Telefonerei a Zelensky e poi a Putin». Figurarsi: il primo non avrebbe alcuna ragione di prendere la chiamata, e il secondo nemmeno, sia pure per motivi opposti. Anche perché da Mosca non hanno certo bisogno di telefonare per trasmettere veline ai loro piccoli fans dislocati in Occidente. Ma non facciamoci distrarre anche noi, perché di questo stiamo parlando: pura distrazione di massa, praticata furbescamente da Conte e subìta ingenuamente da troppi altri.
Lui butta lì una frasetta sull'Ucraina, e tutti si mettono a commentarla come se nonsapessero già il finale della storia. Esattamente com'è avvenuto su Hamas, sull'Iran, e su ogni altro tema di politica internazionale, anche stavolta sarà il massimalismo grillino a dare la linea al Pd, con Schlein, tutti i dem e i loro giornali di riferimento che ieri hanno fatto finta di balbettare qualche obiezione ma da domani - volenti o nolenti - si adegueranno docilmente.
E allora a cosa serviva la sortita contiana sulla politica estera? Elementare, Watson. A distogliere l'attenzione dal caso Covid, dal mega scandalo delle mascherine, a partire dai 900 milioni di maxiprofitto (a favore di chi?) stimati da Il Tempo e non smentiti da nessuno. Ma vi rendete conto? La gente moriva, e qualcuno si è messo in tasca quasi un miliardo. Dopo di che, cinque o sei anni più tardi, il primo ministro di allora mette su una tarantella per tentare fino all'ultimo di sottrarsi alla Commissione che deve interrogarlo, mentre la magistratura lo ha già trattato in guanti bianchi.
E infatti la notizia del giorno è questa: Conte ha finalmente annunciato le sue dimissioni dalla Commissione (quelle per cui fu necessario un appello de Il Tempo ai Presidenti delle Camere), ma intanto, perla sua audizione, si era premurato di indicare una data impossibile, essendo oggi previste concomitanti votazioni in Aula, sicché la seduta della Commissione è stata necessariamente sconvocata dal presidente Lisei. E adesso? In ogni caso, non facciamoci portare a spasso dall'uomo con la mascherina (cinese).

From Conte, the usual mass distraction (and the chickens fall for it on the left)

It would have taken just a little bit, the time of an “amen,” to burst out laughing in Giuseppe Conte’s face. It was enough to simply stick to the double-sentence phrase: "I would call Zelensky and then Putin." Imagine that: the first wouldn't have any reason to take the call, and neither would the second, albeit for opposite reasons. And that’s because from Moscow they certainly didn't need to make calls to transmit sweet nothings to their little fans stationed in the West. But let's not get distracted by us either, because that's what we’re talking about: pure mass distraction, skillfully practiced by Conte and naively endured by far too many others.

He throws out a quick phrase about Ukraine, and everyone starts commenting on it as if they didn't already know the ending of the story. Exactly as happened with Hamas, Iran, and every other topic in international politics – this time it will be the maximalist Five-Star stance that sets the line for the PD, with Schlein, all the Dems and their reference newspapers pretending to stammer some objections yesterday but from tomorrow - willingly or not - they will obediently adapt.

So what was Conte’s sortie on foreign policy for? Elementary, Watson. To divert attention from the Covid case, the mega-scandal of masks, starting with the 900 million profit (for whom?) estimated by Il Tempo and not denied by anyone. But do you realize? People were dying, and someone put almost a billion in their pocket. After that, five or six years later, the then prime minister puts on a tango to try until the last moment to evade questioning by the Commission, while the judiciary has already treated him with white gloves.

And indeed, the news of the day is this: Conte has finally announced his resignation from the Commission (the one for which it was necessary an appeal from Il Tempo to the Speakers of the Chambers), but meanwhile, for his hearing, he had taken care to indicate an impossible date, being today scheduled simultaneous votes in the Chamber, so the Commission session was necessarily canceled by President Lisei. And now? In any case, let's not get carried away by the man with the mask (Chinese).

#Conte #GiuseppeConte’s #Zelensky #Putin #first #second #Moscow #Ukraine #Hamas #Schlein #Watson #Covid #IlTempo #Commission #Chambers #Chamber #Lisei #Chinese

https://www.iltempo.it/opinioni-e-commenti/2026/08/04/news/editoriale-direttore-daniele-capezzone-da-conte-la-solita-distrazione-di-massa-e-a-sinistra-i-polli-ci-cascano--48773729/

Repubblica.it: Covid, salta l’audizione dopo le dimissioni di Conte: è scontro tra FdI e M5s

Seduta sospesa a seguito delle tensioni tra i deputati meloniani e i parlamentari pentastellati

COVID, hearing skipped after Conte's resignation: clash between FdI and M5S.

Suspended session following tensions between Melonist deputies and Five-Star parliamentarians.

#COVID #Conte #Melonist

https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2026/08/03/news/commissione_covid_conte_scontro_m5s_fdi-425510205/

Domani: Come è profondo il mare degli sportivi. Il rinascimento del nuoto in acque libere

Negli ultimi anni il circuito open water ha progressivamente allargato le boe della partecipazione collettiva: c’entrano la coscienza climatica, la volontà di tornare alla natura dopo il Covid e (in Italia) un testimonial molto pop

How deep is the sea of athletes. The renaissance of open water swimming.

In recent years, the open water circuit has progressively expanded the collective participation buoys: this is due to climate awareness, the desire to return to nature after Covid and (in Italy) a very popular spokesperson.

#Covid #Italy

https://www.editorialedomani.it/sport/come-e-profondo-il-mare-degli-sportivi-il-rinascimento-del-nuoto-in-acque-libere-ei7h2zf8

Shameful

#RFKJr targets #Fauci & pushes #medical #misinformation in fiery CNN interview

In attempting to rewrite the history of the #US #Covid-19 response, “Health” Secy Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday pinned the blame for pandemic lockdowns on Dr. Anthony Fauci, while simultaneously reviving a string of debunked assertions about #vaccines, #RSV & #measles.

#Trump #PublicHealth #science #medicine #PublicDisservice #eugenics #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #USpol
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/02/politics/rfk-jr-fauci-medical-misinformation

@vicfroh

Can't there be a crowdfund for Fauci to countersue these lying vindictive murderous traitorous fascist GOP arseholes?
Or perhaps a class action lawsuit against said arseholes, in behalf of the victims of their criminal neglect?

#Covid #Fauci #Trumpfascist #fascist_usa

This week's Pandemics in BC blog post:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/08/01/2026-08-01-general/

(There should be a BC post next week, as the province is supposed to release data on the first Thursday of the month.)

#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles #pathogens

Adnkronos - ultimoratop: Covid, picco di casi in Cina: a luglio è tornato al primo posto tra le infezioni respiratorie

(Adnkronos) - Pregliasco: "Un promemoria del fatto che il virus resta con noi e può causare nuove ondate anche in estate, no allarmismo ma vigilanza"

COVID, surge in cases in China: In July it returned to first place among respiratory infections.

(Adnkronos) – Pregliasco: “A reminder that the virus remains with us and can cause new waves even in summer, not alarmism but vigilance.”

#COVID #China #first #Pregliasco

https://www.adnkronos.com/internazionale/esteri/covica-cina-oggi-casi_48MJ3v4RfANSQxnEAwdUBf

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