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CBS News: Pediatrics group's COVID-19 vaccine recommendations differ from CDC advice

The American Academy of Pediatrics is sharing new vaccine recommendations that, for the first time in 30 years, differ from U.S. government advice.

In the guidance published Tuesday, the AAP is "strongly recommending" COVID-19 shots for children ages 6 months to 2 years old. For older children, shots are also advised but up to parents' discretion, the AAP said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-shot-recommendations-american-academy-of-pediatrics-cdc/

#covid19 #vaccines #parenting

If you want to get a heart attack before the age of 35, the best way to do so in 2024 is?

a. Developing a cocaine use disorder/habit
b. Having Recurrent COVID infections
c. Smoking Nicotine products
d. Living a sedentary lifestyle

The answer is B.

Ask me how I know, and I'll be about as open to talking about my experiences as Vietnam vets were when they came home.

#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver

am half bald, lost most of my eyebrows, have no eyelashes left, am about 40 lbs overweight and paler than death but i did it, AM DONE WITH #CHEMO AND I GOT TO RING THAT FUCKING BELL!!!

next up: radiation and a year of immunotherapy. but for now am greatful. it could have been worse after landing in the emergency room TWICE, once for #COVID19, the other for a blood clot that also had me a week in the hospital.

i rang that bell with my sons, and i got to say with my whole chest, #fuckCancer.

If you get #COVID19, please stay home until you're recovered (and ignore the new CDC guidance), if you can. Here's why:

YOU need rest. It's vital for recovery. Exertion can raise risks of rebound or chronic symptoms.

THOSE AROUND YOU need to avoid infection. We know people with COVID are typically infectious for 5–8 days.

THE WORLD needs to diminish COVID's pace of mutation. More infections mean greater risk of new, risky, immune-evasive variants.

Staying home, if you can, is a win-win-win.

Something's afoot with #COVID19 in #Ireland. Hospitalizations were near pandemic lows throughout Spring. But, in just two or three weeks, hospitalizations have exploded to the highest level in almost a year. And, and at the rate it's rising, within days could be at the highest level in 18 months.

https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/pages/hospitals-icu--testing

In today's "Duh" #COVID19 study, researchers found that patients have fewer surgical site infections when hospitals have infection control measures. "Our significant results conclude that an association may exist between the enhanced infection control measures used during the COVID-19 pandemic and lower incidence of SSIs we observed during this period."

Huh, infection-control measures reduce infections. Shocking!

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/iwj.14583

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Hospitals are killing patients because they don't feel like doing infection control

Unfortunately, true. #COVID19

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/hospitals-are-killing-patients-because?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

🗣 📢 IT'S FINALLY #Bday4Liza SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

given it’s my first surviving cancer and a pandemic, am spending it in the exotic landscape of Bellevue hospital waiting to get a friggin’ #COVID19 booster shot.

so how’s your day going ao far?

#HappyBirthdayToMe

I knew the CDC is no longer tracking Covid cases, but this still seems like an absurd state of affairs. "Most likely increasing"?

"Cases are most likely increasing in 39 states & aren’t declining anywhere in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

"The CDC no longer tracks Covid cases, but it estimates transmission based on emergency department visits."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-summer-wave-rcna158638

Also: Zero mention of masks in this article.

#Covid #Covid19 #CovideIsNotOver

Great interview:

I should point out that there are, in fact, places that have installed all of these: fresh air, filtering, and germicidal UV lights. Do you know where they are?

Where?

PA: The White House, Congress, Number 10 Downing, Parliament, the Reichstag, and WHO. All of our leaders have these protections and procedures in place.

But not our schoolchildren.

The school where former CDC director Rochelle Walensky’s children go, they have these upgrades. #COVID19

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/from-long-covid-odds-to-lost-iq-points-ongoing-threats-you-dont-know-about

If you have symptoms, stay home. Then test two days later.

“If a person with #COVID19 tests immediately with a rapid test when symptoms emerge, they receive a false negative as much as 92% of the time. Waiting two days after symptoms brings that rate down to 70%… Our symptoms are happening sooner, but it takes longer to reach enough virus in your body for it to be detectable.”

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-covid-days.html

COVID surges to ‘very high’ or ‘high’ levels in dozens of states, including multiple in New England, CDC says

Wastewater surveillance data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the prevalence of #COVID19 has hit “very high” levels in seven states, including California, Texas, and Florida.

Another 19 states are registering “high” levels, including New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/16/nation/covid-levels-surge-in-half-of-us-states/

#CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask #PublicHealth #GetVaccinated

In November 2021, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said #COVID19 cases in the U.S. need to fall “well below 10,000” per day for the country to achieve some semblance of pre-pandemic life.

Since then, we've almost never been below 200,000 cases per day, and we're currently seeing almost 900,000 cases per day (based on wastewater analysis.)

How's the “normal” going for us?

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/dr-fauci-says-us-covid-cases-need-to-fall-below-10000-a-day-to-get-to-a-degree-of-normality.html

https://pmc19.com/data/

Please pay attention to the growing pile of evidence that kids are at significant risk from repeated #COVID19 infections.

“Children do get long COVID, and it’s not rare. Some children are severely affected; they are not faking it or making it up.”

https://www.healthday.com/healthday-tv/infectious-disease/the-14-most-common-long-covid-symptoms-in-children-and-teens

Mucosal ("sterilizing") Covid vaccine trials are kicking into high gear.

Tens of thousands of next generation trial volunteers will be needed in the US soon. And we've got the first details for a Project NextGen "mini-efficacy" trial...

The first step for human challenge trials of intranasal etc vaxes is underway in the UK...

All this & more in my latest nextgen vax update @PLOS ...1/2

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/08/31/mucosal-covid-vax-trials-kicking-into-high-gear-update-20/

#Vaccines #Covid #Covid19

Air changes per hour (ACH) significantly impact airborne contaminant removal efficiency. Aim for higher ACH to ensure cleaner air.

Find out more: https://airsupportproject.com/strive-for-6-to-12-ach/

#AirQuality #HealthSafety #COVID19 #AirSupportProject
#KnowBetterBreatheBetter

I mean, who would've guessed?! STUDY finds that masks worn in hospitals prevent needless infections!

"The usage of FFP2 masks reduced the incidence of viral respiratory infections from 22.1 to 2.1% (p < 0.005). This reduced the time on ward from a median of 26 days to 23.5 days (p = 0.002)."

It remains impossible for me to understand why healthcare facilities refuse to wear masks and protect patients. #COVID19

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-72646-y

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#covid19 #StillCOVIDing #COVIDconscious #MaskUp #Respirator #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #CovidCautious

EVERY SINGLE DAY in parenting groups, I see posts that say "[family member] knowingly exposed us to an illness! What do I do?"

We literally learned AN ENTIRE SET OF SKILLS FOR HOW TO HANDLE THIS DURING A MULTI-YEAR PANDEMIC THAT NEVER ENDED.

But now that everyone is "back to normal," I guess they have amnesia about masks, pods, and explicit conversations about illness and exposures?

#covid #covid19 #pandemic #parenting #family #boundaries

We recognize that people wear masks for many important reasons. Why do you mask? Help promote health and safety in our communities.

#Masking #KN95 #YallMasking #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #COVID #COVID19 #CommunityHealth

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It's been a year since a good #CovidConscious friend of mine passed away unnecessarily due to lack of access to #MentalHealth treatments. I just updated this resource on the BioPsychoSocial Impacts of #Covid19

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GY8SZfIeApt09bTn7Hs3jv0qqneEzFA1AUJEUcOmMvo/edit?usp=drivesdk

#CovidIsNotOver

Major funding cuts to the vaccine pipeline announced in the US, but important advances for mucosal Covid vaccines globally:

- 10th mucosal vax reaches phase 2 (in Canada)
- Another human challenge trial as prep for mucosal trials started in Singapore
- Trial results, including one for intranasal vax in kids in China

And lots more in my latest next generation Covid vaccine update now online @PLOS

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/03/31/mucosal-covid-vaccine-trials-progress-us-rd-funding-cuts-nextgen-update-27/

#Vaccines #Covid #Covid19

"Why are so many children getting Long COVID?"

We pretended COVID is gone. We've avoided masks. We've done nothing to clean the air in classrooms. Very few children are getting vaccinated. We do nothing to change kids' activities to keep them safer during surges.

Yes, it sure is a mystery why so many children are getting Long #COVID19. Get your children vaccinated, opt for more outdoor activities, and ask about ventilation and filtration in your children's classrooms.

https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-so-many-children-getting-long-covid-2080950

It appears that Long COVID is now the most common chronic health condition in children, surpassing asthma.

"There is no cure for long COVID, but researchers are working hard to find treatment." The best way to avoid Long COVID is to avoid another #COVID19 infection.

Every reinfection increases the risk of Long COVID. Kids may be young, healthy, and less at risk of chronic outcomes compared to older adults, but they are not immune to infection or Long COVID issues.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2834486