This morning I made an omelette. It’s the first thing I’ve cooked in over a week. Felt great. Still coughing occasionally and my lungs feel crunchy at night and early morning but I’m definitely feeling much better than I have been. #COVID 👍

Took a new #COVID test a bit ago and I’m finally negative. Huzzah! Go, go immune system! Let me be a reminder to everyone to stay up-to-date on your shots. It’s still out there folks. Glad I’m feeling better, thx for all your well wishes. 💕🖖

After one week of law school, my daughter now has #Covid. Be careful out there. #dc

#america failed #COVID response, and as they are now going on a witch hunt after #fauci , this article is doing a great job at summarizing the situation.

#news #healthcare

https://archive.ph/2026.08.22-202427/https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/08/20/the-real-covid-19-scandal-is-still-unfolding

@arrrg
I wish that were true, but 80 million people still reelected #DisasterDon despite his 1st term catastrophe (exploded the #Debt, crashed the economy, and dismissed #Covid resulting in 1.2M deaths.) The #cult has their Reality Filter on full blast.

Consider that T**** himself would NEVER qualify for #TopSecret clearance, yet he is now privy to BEYOND Top Secret info, took home SCIF-protected docs, and is now being milked for info by #Putin on a daily basis. 😱

#DisasterPresidency

This week's COVID-19 in BC blog post:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/08/21/2026-08-21-general/

(There is no separate BC post this week.)
#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #rsv

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 is higher. Looks like a (for now, modest) summer wave is upon us :( The last 7DRA calculation was on 8/11.

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.

@ikuo1000 Yes, the data of the graphs is from the healthcare sector, so people have to realize this is only a small fraction of our everyday workforce. Imagine our airline pilots and air traffic controllers, other fields where our safety is in their hands. It truly is frightening the trajectory we are on when #Covid denialism is pervasive and covid reinfections continue.

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp

COVID-19 Hits People Before They Are Born
https://buymeacoffee.com/newscafe/covid-19-hits-people-before-they-are-born
#health #covid #covid19

Today, I was asked about effective air cleaners, because wildfires have already begun to flare in North America.

Extensive global testing has found that a DIY #CorsiRosenthalBox will outperform almost every commercial HEPA unit while costing less to run.

For the US & Canada, the best source of filters to build one is Costco: Filtrete 1900, 2200, or 2500 models with at least one 20-inch dimension.

These units also help mitigate allergens and infectious aerosols like #Covid and Influenza.

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Infographic explaining the materials and steps for assembling a Corsi-Rosenthal Box air cleaner. It is made of four HVAC filters for the side panels, a piece of cardboard for the floor under them, and a box fan placed on top with a cardboard shroud panel. All the edges where the different sides meet are taped together with duct tape to keep it rigid and to create an airtight seal. The alt text character limit is too small to include everything. So, if you would like a fully detailed description of the build process and the contents of this infographic, feel free to DM me.

Occupational-grade #RespiratoryProtection

A table or chart of NIOSH-approved air-purifying respirator cartridges manufactured by MSA by type, colour, and purpose. ( This is too much information for alt-text. )

The colour-coding by type is standardised, at least in the US.

Please remember that air purifying respirators do not supply oxygen.

A better resolution PDF is at https://media.msanet.com/NA/USA/LawEnforce/CartridgeChart/1000-37_42CFR_WallChart.pdf

#Respirators #RespiratorsWork #COVID

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A table or chart listing 47CFR84 NIOSH approved cartridge types, their colours and which hazards they are used to protect against.

The Trump CDC is reporting #COVID in the USA in wastewater is at (near) an *all time low*.

This is awesome news! Some caveats.

The data goes back to September 2024. I argue (without direct evidence) that 2025-2026 has had lower COVID infections than prior years.

2023-2024 would be the only time you could say COVID was lower than today, and I don't buy that. I heard more about new COVID cases years ago. I tried to verify this but came up short.

This is why I say it's an all time low, because it's the lowest in 2025-2026.

I think the only way you would see wastewater data decline like this is any of:
1. Actual viral load in wastewater is declining
2. The virus is changing/mutating (maybe people shed less of it)
3. Change in number/operation of wastewater observation sites
4a. "Convenient" changes in reporting that happen to make the reports look better than they are.
4b. Fraud. A more deliberate, less justifiable version of 4a.

Although the line is ticking upwards, even the uptick is below any level in 2024-September through 2025-December.

As for what caused this, I'm going with mostly (1) with a little of (2) and (4a). But I can be convinced otherwise.

https://www.cdc.gov/wastewater/respiratory-viruses/national.html?cove-tab=1

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National American wastewater graph allegedly showing that covid cases are near an all time low this week.

Occupational-grade #RespiratoryProtection

A table or chart of NIOSH-approved respirator cartridges by type, colour, and purpose. ( This is too much information for alt-text. )

The colour-coding by type is standardised, at least in the US.

#Respirators #RespiratorsWork #COVID

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A table or chart listing 47CFR84 NIOSH approved cartridge types, their colours and which hazards they are used to protect against.