Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
hachyderm.io is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Hachyderm is a safe space, LGBTQIA+ and BLM, primarily comprised of tech industry professionals world wide. Note that many non-user account types have restrictions - please see our About page.

Administered by:

Server stats:

9.4K
active users

hachyderm.io: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.7

Public *
unicorndeburgh

I think the CDC — and governments in general — should be pushing *hard* for cleaner air, more paid sick leave, and masking whenever rates increase.

Oddly, while I disagree with the CDC’s recent recommendation, this CDC article seems very solid.

1/n

cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/ba

www.cdc.govBackground for CDC's Updated Respiratory Virus Guidance | Respiratory Illnesses | CDCCOVID-19 remains an important public health threat, but it is no longer the emergency that it once was.
Public
unicorndeburgh

I’d like to see this chart going back to 2015 or so. Would it tell the story “COVID isn’t causing more hospitalizations than the flu, but we’re now getting sick a whole hell of a lot often in general”? That's certainly the way it seems to me. :-(

2/n

Chart from 2019 to now showing hospitalizations due to flu, COVID and RSV. COVID isn't higher than flu this winter, but COVID plus flu plus RSV combined looks a lot worse than the pre-pandemic levels
Public *
unicorndeburgh

"Although hospitalizations and deaths involving COVID-19 have declined substantially since 2022, rates of infections with the virus have not".

Chart shows COVID deaths high in 2020 through 2022, then dropping below 5,000 people dying per week -- while the rate of COVID infections stays pretty much at the same level from 2020 to today.

3/n

Chart shows COVID deaths high in 2020 through 2022, then dropping below 5,000 people dying per week -- while the rate of infection with COVID stays pretty much at the same level from 2020 to today
Public *
unicorndeburgh

And get the latest COVID shot!

"COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of symptomatic disease and hospitalization by about 50% compared to people not up to date on vaccination. Over 95% of adults hospitalized in 2023-2024 due to COVID-19 had no record of receiving the latest vaccine. Treatment with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) in persons at high risk of severe disease has been shown to decrease risk of hospitalization by 75% and death by 60%"

4/n

cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/ba

www.cdc.govBackground for CDC's Updated Respiratory Virus Guidance | Respiratory Illnesses | CDCCOVID-19 remains an important public health threat, but it is no longer the emergency that it once was.
Public
unicorndeburgh

"Ventilation and related strategies to improve indoor air quality can reduce infective viral particle concentrations in indoor air. In 2023, informed by accumulating evidence, CDC issued recommendations for using ...(MERV) 13 or greater and getting at least 5 air changes per hour of clean air in occupied spaces through air flow, filtration, or air treatment."

Get yourself an Aranet CO2 monitor to check your office, and the places you go! MAKE SOME NOISE!

5/n

aranet.com/products/aranet4/

AranetAranet4 - CO2 monitorThe perfect companion for indoor environments allowing you to monitor CO2 levels, temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure
Public
William Pietri

@unicorndeburgh We're at the airport, and we're getting breakfast. To be sure it was reasonably safe, I pulled out my meter. I love having it with me. @marick

Photo of restaurant table with condiment caddy. Above it on a ledge sits a CO2 monitor that reads 764.
ExploreLive feeds
About