World Health Network: COVID-19 circulates year-round, and surges can happen at any time. Prevention shouldn't be limited to periods of increased transmission.

Whether you're trying to avoid infection or prevent spreading COVID-19 to others, taking precautions matters.

Wearing a well-fitting respirator, improving indoor air quality, and staying home when sick can help reduce transmission and protect our communities.

#COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhn.bsky.social/post/3mysbfulkf22i

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Black graphic with a green strip at the top, the whn.global logo in the upper left, and a “COVID-19” label in the upper right. Large heading in white and green: “What can you do to lower your risk of COVID-19?” Bullet points: - Wear a well-fitting respirator - Improve indoor ventilation - Use air purifiers - Stay up to date on vaccinations - Avoid crowded indoor spaces - Wash your hands regularly At the bottom: “Protecting yourself starts with prevention.”

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Black graphic with a green strip at the top, the whn.global logo in the upper left, and a “COVID-19” label in the upper right. Large heading in white and green: “How can you avoid spreading COVID-19?” Bullet points: - Stay home when sick - Avoid close contact with others - Wear a well-fitting N95 mask - Open windows for fresh air - Use air purifiers - Cover coughs and sneezes - Wash your hands regularly At the bottom: “Protecting others starts with you.”

@ai6yr

get their names in advance, so they can be dragged to the inquest once the pandemic is over, and held to account for their criminal negligence

#birdflu #covid #pandemic

Ontario get out an vote today. And book your COVID and Flu shots. #COVID #onpoli #elections

💉 ⚕️ Ottawa residents can now get flu shots and COVID-19 vaccines

All individuals over six months of age are now eligible for both the flu and COVID-19 vaccine.

People can receive their vaccines at pharmacies or local health care providers.

#Covid #Ottawa #Ontario

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/ottawa-residents-can-now-get-flu-shots-and-covid-19-vaccines/

@statsguy COVID too. I'm two weeks too young for a free jab. Cost me £97 for the second year running. I can afford it but many cannot. #vaccination #COVID #flu

Dianna Cowern aka Physics Girl on getting "a very mild" case of COVID19, and becoming disabled with LongCOVID as a result.

It's been four years, Dianna is still disabled, and most doctors still don't accept LongCOVID as a real diagnosis, much less agree on a treatment.

Worth listening to (or reading the transcript, if that works better for you)

#COVID #LongCOVID #PhysicsGirl

https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/the-finest/physics-girl-spent-her-life-explaining-science-then-science-couldnt-explain-her-illness

@STATnews @HelenBranswell was the only one reporting on covid as early as January 1, 2020 in the US. I remember seeing it that day and noting to myself that it was something to keep tabs on.

#Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp

edit: found :) thanks!

https://ohai.social/@thatkatharine/117490877613501433

https://www.helloworlds.ca/the-long-covid-game/

original post:

one of yall COVID-cool Fediversians linked a really interesting educational rpg and i'm so struggling to find it -- please help!

iirc a teacher created a slideshow game that uses the metaphor of a curse and wards that, with dice rolls, represented COVID, Long COVID, and appropriate measures to stop transmission

i'm wanting to adapt this and expand on it for educational programming, but i cannot at all find the original. can anyone help me out?

boosts welcome :)

#covid #LongCovid #game #education

After a lot of back and forth and not being sure if it would happen, I have finally been vaccinated against covid and flu.

£98 lighter, thanks to a 10% off discount for having 2 vaccines at once.

#covid #flu

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A woman with light skin tone and bright pink hair wearing a white and pink striped knitted jumper with a small round blue sticker which says "I've had my flu jab"

*on the Titanic as it’s sinking*

Passenger to crew: help! Do you have anything to keep me from drowning?!

Crew: yes, *points to life vest* but it will make you look fat.

Passenger: oh never mind then.

#Covid #Masking #PeopleAreFuckingStupid

The COViD and Flu vaccines are kicking my ass today! #COVID #Flu #Vaccination

I've booked a private flu & covid vaccinations for tomorrow morning cos I absolutely cannot risk getting either and I do not qualify for an NHS one despite having long COVID, being disabled by COVID, and dealing with a chronic illness since having COVID and no longer being able to work.

#Covid #NHS

Last night I opened the window and clapped (very loudly) for the #PHP folks.

#covid

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

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

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's SARS-CoV2 seven-day running average numbers are bouncing around a fairly high range. The last seven day running average calculation was done on 10/13.

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.

Good Morning #Canada
I'm feeling irritable and beat up this morning - likely the result of my wife and I getting our #Flu and #COVID shots yesterday. I'm not sorry about suffering a little bit for protection and I'll be back to my cute and cuddly self by tomorrow. Meanwhile the latest respiratory virus surveillance report from #HealthCanada (Oct.16th) shows infections are up slightly and #FluSeason has almost officially started.

#CanadaIsAwesome #GetVaccinated

https://health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-virus-surveillance/

A second #Labour MP has been suspended from the party amid concerns that he tried to avoid repaying a taxpayer-funded #Covid loan.

Perran Moon, the MP for Camborne and Redruth, is accused of trying to wind up his company in November 2022 without paying off a bounce back loan given to support small businesses during the pandemic

It comes after Bayo Alaba, the Labour MP for Southend East and Rochford, was suspended in August following his refusal to say whether two attempts to wind up his business were blocked because he had failed to repay an outstanding loan.

Oh dear.

Gisteren ons corona prikje gehaald. Voor het eerst heb ik last van bijwerkingen. Een nacht met hele vreemde ijldromen, koorts, alles doet pijn en ook nog een zere arm. Herkenbaar voor meer mensen? 🙄
#covid #vaccinatie

During the #covid pandemic 43,000 people died in care homes

I have now had 8 shots of the COVID vaccine. Long live science, and long live the Dutch and Singaporean governments that made these available to me free of charge!

Feels great to have my firmware up-to-date.

#COVID #Vaccines

Baroness Hallett concluded today that #Covid "spread like wildfire because of a lack of PPE"

"There isn't a lack of PPE it just seems to be in the wrong place," said Matt Hancock in April 2020

AND

On May 15, 2020, Matt Hancock stated during a Downing Street press conference that the government had tried to throw a "protective ring" around care homes right from the start of the pandemic. The report concluded that Hancock's claim was "unfounded" and that "quite the opposite was true"

Hancock should be brought to trial.

Here he is lying to the country
1,000s died

(Handcocks's denial begins at 3:30)

at 4:42 he says to Suzzana Reid
"There were shortages locally, but there was no national shortage because of the work my team did"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDlc-wLVF-8&t=135

#CovidInquiry
#matthancock