#Flu

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

2 days ago

Some 174 (-1) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥90%).

Of 260 (-1) counties reporting any PICU capacity, over one in five are over or near full.

So many places where there aren't enough staff for sick or injured kids to receive required care.

Map: Pediatric Hospital & PICU Capacity by County & State
Data: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute
Updated: June 7, 2023

[ beadsland on Ko-fi ]

Shows a color scale of 7-day average inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average inpatient beds staff for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to light yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks reflecting state-level average.

Sparse grey dots show vast expanses where no PICU beds are reported. Dense patterns of black dots represent counties where PICUs are full or near full.

Much of the map is hatched red-orange with grey dots, with purple-red-orange counties. Some yellow, mostly in Mississippi watershed. Black & black-dotted counties can be spied in all regions. The state of Idaho stands out as a black-grey hatch surrounded red/orange/yellow hatches in surrounding states.

Auscandoc

3 days ago

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-07/covid-and-flu-hospital-admissions-on-the-rise-in-queensland/102446094 “Queensland Health data shows 583 beds in the state's public hospitals yesterday were needed for patients who had either #flu or #COVID – 210 with the flu and 373 with the pandemic virus.”

“While more patients are being cared for in Queensland hospitals with COVID than the flu, Dr Gerrard said the number of admitted flu cases requiring #ICU was 12 per cent, compared with 1.3 per cent for the pandemic virus.”

3 days ago

#Queensland ##COVID light remains on green despite rising hospital admissions for the pandemic virus and #flu
-**If only** **we could have predicted that this could happen**. If there was just some pattern to it. Or some sort of history to it. Or some way of recording to see it was happening. Or some structured multicoloured warning system that would help alert us to prepare *before *we surged.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-07/covid-and-flu-hospital-admissions-on-the-rise-in-queensland/102446094

Scientific Frontline

3 days ago

A successful long-term experiment with live #hogs indicates Nebraska #scientists may be another step closer to achieving a safe, long-lasting and potentially universal #vaccine against #swine #flu.
#Pharmaceutical #Virology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/06/phar06062301.html

A bit of nice news:
CDC reported zero pediatric #flu deaths for the week ending May 27 — the first time in 32 weeks that FluView hasn't included word of new flu deaths in kids.
154 flu deaths among kids have been reported so far for the 2022-23 season. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

A graph from the CDC showing pediatric flu deaths across 4 seasons: 2019-20 (199 deaths); 2020-21 (1 death); 2021-22 (46 deaths) and 2022-23 (154 deaths to date).

Epi-Yeti

Hey #YYC, just a heads-up! 📢 The cvd wastewater levels are still holding strong, surpassing the levels from before the #Omicron peaks. #Flu on the right for comparison.

Crystal Steltenpohl

https://www.cos.io/flulab

Just learned about the Community Trainer Certification Program. This program will provide researchers who are open science early adopters in the flu community with skills, recognition, and support they need to raise awareness for open science and educate their peers and community members on how to practice open science in daily research.

Really cool!

#flu #OpenScience #AcademicChatter #virology #epidemiology #PublicHealth

Mark

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230526_15

Japan to stockpile vaccines for H5N1 bird flu virus

Japan has decided to change its stockpile of flu vaccines in order to be able to deal with the H5N1 bird flu virus

The ministry’s panel of experts says the H5N1 virus is highly likely to infect humans in the near future, and that more transmissible variants could emerge. There have already been reports of infections in mammals.

#flu #BirdFlu #Japan #vaccines #H5N1 #healthcare #medical #health

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity (darkest counties on map above):

⒈ Coconino, AZ ≥150%
⒉ Collier, FL ≥150%

Idaho—141%

⒊ Wood, WV—125%
⒋ Ingham, MI—116%
⒌ Pope, AR—101%

⒍ Buncombe, NC—100%
⒎ Bonneville, ID—100%
⒏ Somerset, NJ—100%
⒐ Potter, TX—100%
⒑ Anoka, MN—100%

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Some 175 (-10) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥90%).

Of 261 (+3) counties reporting any PICU capacity, near one in six are over or near full.

So many places where there aren't enough staff for sick or injured kids to receive required care.

Map: Pediatric Hospital & PICU Capacity by County & State
Data: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute
Updated: May 31, 2023

Shows a color scale of 7-day average inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average inpatient beds staff for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to light yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks reflecting state-level average.

Sparse grey dots show vast expanses where no PICU beds are reported. Dense patterns of black dots represent counties where PICUs are full or near full.

Much of the map is hatched red-orange with grey dots, with purple-red-orange counties. Some yellow, mostly in Mississippi watershed. Black & black-dotted counties can be spied in all regions. The state of Idaho stands out as a black-grey hatch surrounded red/orange/yellow hatches in surrounding states.

CellBioNews

#evolution #epizootic #H5N1 #AIV

#Genetic change increased bird #flu severity during US spread, shows study.

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-genetic-bird-flu-severity.html

Nonya Bidniss

Canada reports first H5N5 avian flu in a mammal; US reports more H5N1 in animals
#influenza #flu
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/canada-reports-first-h5n5-avian-flu-mammal-us-reports-more-h5n1-animals

Using #death certificates, #CDC released provisional mortality data for all causes in the US. (Not every county listed #COVID as cause of death, so this is likely an undercount for COVID.)

3.2 million people died in 2022, which is a 5% decrease from 2021. About 244,986 people died of COVID in 2022, a 46% decrease from COVID deaths in 2021.

Dr. Griffin emphasizes that COVID is not the flu, since #flu killed “only” 19,000 people (at least compared to COVID). 4/

#TWiVTLDR

A “hemagglutin stem nanoparticle vaccine” for #flu induces neutralizing antibodies in healthy adults. This is one step toward a universal flu #vaccine, since the “stem” in question is the part of the spike coating that doesn’t change, while the rest of the spike does. Although Dr. Racaniello wonders if we apply selection pressure there, if that part would start to change too. 😅 2/

#TWiVTLDR

Olivier Blond

I've been told to be more explicit: your (immune) defenses have probably been weakened since you caught #COVID
But these defenses are lowered against any bugs! 🦠

That's why the #WHO unexpectedly says that we need to increase hospital capacity, whether it's for the respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus, or bacteria. **Because you've been hacked!** 🧱

As well, don't forget that most of the viruses that enter our respiratory tract are airborne, even bacteria 🗣️

#MaskUp #Flu #RSV #Strep

Cardboard Robot

@augieray @donmelton Today somebody accidentally sneezed in my face at the market. I was wearing a mask and didn’t worry about covid or flu or whatever. I accidentally sneezed in my mask passing somebody and they weren’t wearing a mask but I’m sure they were relieved I had one on.

#covid #flu #whatever

Michel Salim :TwinPines:

https://www.covidvaccinestudy.com/covidflu

#PSA There's a #Pfizer #covid #flu combined #vaccine trial going on now. If you are in the US you can sign up here

#VaccineTrial

#Japan Will Prepare Supplies of #H5N1 {#Prepandemic} #Avian #Flu Virus #Vaccine (CVV), https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/id/news/427842/

EU Health - #HealthUnion

RT @ECDC_Flu: The 2022/23 #influenza season is ending in EU/EEA.

Cases & severe infections can occur, it therefore remains essential to continue testing all patients presenting with severe acute respiratory symptoms for #flu & #SARSCoV2 to guide treatment & inform epidemiological assessments. https://t.co/RaIXqwqcfD

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Health/status/1662030056888074240

CDC (bot)

#HCPs: #DYK? CDC released a new data dashboard, RESP-LENS, which reports lab-confirmed #COVID19, #flu, and #RSV at participating emergency departments nationally. Access the dashboard here: https://bit.ly/43tXSol.

CellBioNews

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-bird-flu-fells-marine-creatures.html

Bird #flu fells nearly 9,000 marine creatures in #Chile.

#H5N1 #virus #epizootic

ECDC

RT @ECDC_Flu: The 2022/23 #influenza season is ending in EU/EEA.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1662008622241521665

Neil Hopkins

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-flu-immunisation-programme-plan/national-flu-immunisation-programme-2023-to-2024-letter

Hey #UK folks

Feels a bit early to be thinking about #flu & winter #healthcare (no, it's never too early)...

But...

Here's a Government update on who will be eligable for the flu #vaccination from 1 September this year:

Do share with those who need to know!

tbw

#flu
#BloodClots
#swelling
#ChestPain
#PulmonaryEmbolism
#DeepVeinThrombosis
#anticoagulant

PSA
After being laid up with flu, watch out for blood clots. This wasn't something I was thinking of and it almost killed me.

Symptoms: swelled leg, pains in chest. Finally went to doctors and an emergency hospital visit saved the day.
Now on anticoagulants for 6 months.

We are all busy but be aware.

The Japan Times

The flu season in Japan has continued into May, with experts attributing the prolonged spread of infections to low herd immunity and government relaxation of coronavirus measures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/25/national/flu-mass-infections/?utm_content=bufferfd22a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #flu #health #schools #covid19 #covid19injapan

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity (darkest counties on the map above):

#1 Coconino, AZ ≥150%
#2 San Juan, UT ≥133⅓%
#3 Collier, FL—132%

Idaho—131%

#4 Aroostook, ME—111%
#5 Onondaga, NY—106%

#6 Potter, TX—100%
#7 Buncombe, NC—100%
#8 Collin, TX—100%
#9 Anoka, MN—100%
#10 Galveston, TX—100%

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Some 185 (+5) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).

Of 258 (-3) counties reporting any PICU capacity, near one in six are over or near full.

So many places where there aren't enough staff for sick or injured kids to receive required care.

#Brazil, The Ministry of #Health informed this Tuesday (23) that four residents of Espírito Santo are still under suspicion of being contaminated with the #avian #flu virus (#H5N1). The blood samples collected from these people are being analyzed by Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation). https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/scienceandhealth/2023/05/brazil-has-4-suspected-cases-of-avian-flu-in-humans.shtml

Henrique

Oh boy... Why have I decided to take the COVID and influenza shots together?... Remember me to never do this again. #covid #flu #dont

😔Looks like Qld has dropped its #Flu hospitalisation data.
Graphs from: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu

#Flu and #RSV in #Queensland, week to 21MAY2023
😷Total detections: Flu⬆️, RSV⬆️
😷Percent positive: Flu⬆️, RSV⬇️
😷No flu subtyping available for this week but 87% FluA 2023 year-to-date

#Brazil, #Fiocruz received, this Monday (22), samples of 12 suspected #human cases of #H5N1 #avian #flu from the north coast of #Rio. Patients were monitored since the last day 19 after showing symptoms of influenza. https://odia.ig.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/2023/05/6637548-fiocruz-avalia-amostras-de-12-casos-suspeitos-de-gripe-aviaria.html

Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/05/experimental-universal-flu-vaccine-with-an-mrna-based-design-enters-trial/

@hmpxvt 🎺💉 The cavalry's possibly already around the next block.

#SaveLives #MRNAVaccines #Flu #BirdFlu #UniversalVaccines #Research #RnD #ScienceHelps #ScienceSavesLives

anubis2814

Yup, The problem with people's understanding of "the flu" is that "the flu" in the common usage is just generic #flu like symptoms. fever, aching, drowsiness, inflammation and sleepiness. You get over it in 1-3 days. #INFLUENZA on the other hand is a very nasty disease that can kill you. I know an adult man in maybe his 40s who died from it. Influenza can last up to 2 weeks and cause long term vascular issues like covid. #Covid side effects have finally come down to near influenza levels of both death and long time health risks. Yearly death rates of covid was 2.5x the flu in march and dropped to 2.3x in may. Long covid has dropped from 42% of all hospitalized in 2021 to 28% this year. Long flu in 2021 was at 30%. Comparing COVID to a super flu would have been useful if people actually knew just how dangerous influenza was and didn't confuse it with flu like symptoms. Its why people refuse to get the flu shot still to protect others because they will say "I got the flu shot and it gave the flu" no you got flu-like symptoms, just like we got flu like symptoms with the covid shot and that reaction protected you from the deadly flu and covid. The same people who refuse to get covid boosters will be the same people who refuse to get flu boosters. If everyone was vaxxed and boosted for both the numbers would be incredibly low for everyone. US science communication just sucks.

Christian Kent

Let be save you the time — the newspaper headline is "Disturbing report about #flu #vaccine" — the story is … not enough people are getting the vaccine

YOU'RE the problem, media

screenshot of a news article from news.com.au that has the headline "Disturbing report about flu vaccine" and a vaccine needle being prepared

#Brazil, Health rules out 34 suspected cases of #H5N1 #avian #flu in #humans; another 2 are investigated, https://www.ururau.com.br/noticias/saude/saude-descarta-34-casos-suspeitos-de-gripe-aviaria-em-humanos-outros-2-sao-investigados/58887/

#Brazil, This Saturday (20) the Ministry of Health ruled out a suspected case of #avian #flu (#H5N1) in an employee at Parque Fazendinha, in Vitória, Espírito Santo, where a sick bird was found. https://ootimista.com.br/panorama/saude-descarta-caso-suspeito-de-gripe-aviaria-em-humano-no-es-apos-teste-negativo/

#Brazil, Ministry of Health investigates new suspected cases of #avian #flu in #humans in ES, https://www.noroestenews.com/2023/05/ministerio-da-saude-apura-novos-casos.html

#Flu season is over, but reports of pediatric flu deaths from the 2022-23 season continue to trickle in. CDC reported +2 deaths in kids in today's FluView. One occurred the week ending Dec. 10, the 2nd the week ending March 4. Year to date total=152. https://cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

This is a chart showing the number of reported deaths in kids in the US cased by flu, by year, since the CDC began tracking pediatric flu deaths in the 2004-2005 season. At this point the total for 2022-23 is 152, the 5th highest annual total.

kurtsh

Giddy up, researchers.
"Human trial of mRNA universal flu vaccine begins" - New Atlas
https://newatlas.com/medical/human-trial-mrna-universal-flu-vaccine/
#flu #vaccine #mrna

Jason Yip

Long-sought universal #flu #vaccine: #mRNA -based candidate enters clinical trial https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/05/experimental-universal-flu-vaccine-with-an-mrna-based-design-enters-trial/

Heh, falling behind again with the #TWiVTLDR but here’s May 4: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1004/

The FDA approved Arexvy, the first #RSV vaccine in the US, for people 60+, fully licensed. Dr. Racaniello will get it!

The numbers for this #flu seasons are in, the rates were similar to 2017/2018 season, although it peaked significantly earlier. (Note that the numbers include 19,000 deaths, and 145 kids who died…and nobody really #masks for flu to start with…) 1/

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":

#1 🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (Low)
#2 🟢Collier, FL ≥150% (L)

Idaho—134%

#3 🟢Ohio, WV—133% (L)

#4 🟢Effingham, IL—117% (L)
#5 🟢Clinton, NY—112% (L)
#6 🟢Gallatin, MT—111% (L)

#7 🟢Fairfax, VA—108% (L)
#8 🟢Aroostook, ME—106% (L)
#9 🟢Westchester, NY—103% (L)
#10 🟢Onondaga, NY—103% (L)

[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Some 180 (-5) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥90%).

Of these, ONE is High "Level"—per CDC—while 178 only rate LOW. Community Levels were meaningless.

Of 261 (-1) counties reporting any PICU capacity, near one in five are over or near full.

Map: Pediatric Hospital & PICU Capacity by County & State
Sources: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute
Updated: May 17, 2023

Shows a color scale of 7-day average inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average inpatient beds staff for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to light yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks reflecting state-level average.

Sparse grey dots show vast expanses where no PICU beds are reported. Dense patterns of black dots represent counties where PICUs are full or near full.

Much of the map is hatched red-orange (TX purple) with grey dots, with purple-red-orange counties. Some yellow, mostly in Mississippi watershed. Black & black-dotted counties can be spied in all regions. The state of Idaho stands out as a black-grey hatch surrounded red/orange/yellow hatches in surrounding states.

steve dustcircle ⍻

#Cardio #exercise could slash risk of dying from #flu or #pneumonia
https://talker.news/2023/05/16/cardio-exercise-could-slash-risk-of-dying-from-flu-or-pneumonia-study/

IT News

Experimental universal flu vaccine with an mRNA-based design enters trial - Enlarge / The flu virus, showing the H and N proteins on its surface. (... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1939739 #universalfluvaccine #infectiousdisease #publichealth #influenza #flushots #science #vaccine #health #mrna #flu #nih

Tech news from Canada

Ars Technica: Experimental universal flu vaccine with an mRNA-based design enters trial https://arstechnica.com/?p=1939739 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #universalfluvaccine #Infectiousdisease #publichealth #influenza #flushots #Science #vaccine #Health #mRNA #flu #NIH

GötterdämmerCät

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/05/experimental-universal-flu-vaccine-with-an-mrna-based-design-enters-trial/ #mrna #flu #vaccine

Ringo

https://yeshua.is/2023/05/16/bs-vax-death-weapon-push-marches-onward

#england #flu #vax #birdflu

kcarruthers

https://www.flutracking.net/Join/AE/inv96

Hey Aussies help us to track #flu and #covid!

In 2022 we saw both COVID-19 and flu circulating, but we are unsure how they will both behave in 2023 and into the future. We need more participants around Australia to help us track, and understand, flu & COVID-19 in your local community.

Please join us by clicking here:

CDC reports another pediatric #flu death from this flu season; the child died shortly before Christmas. The season's pediatric death toll stands at 150. It could go up a bit, though likely not a lot higher at this point.
Data=CDC. Graph=me. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

This is a graph showing pediatric flu deaths, by year, reported to the CDC. This year's total has reached 150, which makes 2022-23 the 5th worst season for flu deaths since CDC started collecting these data in the 2004-05 season.

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":

#1 🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (Low)
#2 🟢Aroostook, ME—144% (L)

Idaho—135%

#3 🟢Fairfax, VA—114% (L)

#4 🟢Nueces, TX—100% (L)
#5 🟢Ramsey, MN—100% (L)
#6 🟢Bonneville, ID—100% (L)
#7 🟢Collin, TX—100% (L)
#8 🟢Buncombe, NC—100% (L)
#9 🟢Potter, TX—100% (L)
#10 🟢Denton, TX—100% (L)

[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Some 185 (-7) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).

Of these, NONE are High "Level"—per CDC—while 184 (99½%) only rate LOW.

Full but Low.

Of 262 (+3) counties that report any PICU capacity, over one in five are full or near full.

So I totally neglected to post the last few weeks of #TWiVTLDR so here goes a giant flood of #COVID science for the Mastos, I guess.😅

April 23, TWiV 1001! https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1001/

VA patients were 1.6x more likely to die if hospitalized for COVID than if they were hospitalized from the #flu (both looked at death within 30 days). Risk of death was also lowered with the number of COVID vaccine doses. 1/

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Of 69 (+5) counties ≥ 100% capacity per HHS data, ONE is CDC High "Level"; NONE are Medium.

Reporting ≥ 90%—212 (+3).

For counties w/ ICUs—near one in ten are full or near full.

Some hundred hospitals have stopped reporting. "Pretty dysfunctional", says Jha.

[Edit for ICUs bugfix.]

Map: Adult Hospital & ICU Capacity by County
Sources: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute
Updated: May 3, 2023

Shows a color scale of 7-day average adult inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average adult inpatient beds staffed for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks, reflecting state-level reported capacity.

Patterns of black circles represent counties where adult ICUs are near full; circles are dotted where adult ICUs are entirely full. Sparse grey dots show areas where no ICU beds are reported.

Most of the map is dark purple-orange, with splotches of lighter orange-yellow in the interior, mostly in the Rockies and lower Midwest. Black indicators heavily pepper the map.

RS, Author, Novelist

#mask #maskup #masking #covid #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #flu #writingcommunity #writersofmastodon

@plaguepoems
The WHO can only advise. They do so, and whilst governments may not head their advise (or their medical community), we personally can.

I do.

I wear a mask so I neither easily become a breeding ground for mutation nor, if I fail, circulate the virus "pretty much unchecked."

Do I get bonus points for neither having had a cold nor the flu since 2019 because of wearing a mask? That's weeks of misery not experienced by me, and by not spreading years of misery not shared in the population. 😷

#boostingIsSharing

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":

#1 🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (Low)
#2 🟢Glynn, GA ≥133⅓% (L)

Idaho—132%

#3 🟢Collier, FL—130% (L)
#4 🟢Wood, WV—125% (L)
#5 🟢Florence, SC—121% (L)

#6 🟢Onondaga, NY—117% (L)
#7 🟢Wicomico, MD—117% (L)
#8 🟢Fairfax, VA—112% (L)

#9 🟡Seminole, GA—103% (Medium)
#10 🟢Potter, TX—100% (L)

[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Some 192 (+13) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).

Of these, NONE are High "Level"—per CDC—while 189 (98½%) only rate LOW.

Full but Low.

Of only 259 (✗) counties that report any PICU capacity, near one in eight are full or over capacity.

[Edit to fix PICUs bug.]

Ian

Just been stabbed repeatedly.
Well twice, once in each arm.
#Flu in the left, #CovidBooster in the right.

CDC's weekly #flu update, FluView is out. It's clear at this point the seasonal epidemic is over. But pediatric deaths continue to be reported. There were 2 reported in the week ending April 22. One occurred back in early Jan but one occurred in mid April. The pediatric death toll for the 2022-23 season stands now at 145.
I created this graph, with data from the CDC.

This is a graph showing reported pediatric flu deaths by year going back to 2004-05, the first year CDC started recording them. This year's total to date is 145, which is edging towards the high end for non-pandemic flu seasons. (The toll in 2009-10, during the H1N1 flu pandemic, was 288.)

#Flu #vaccine done for another year, #COVID booster last week.
Does everyone in other countries around the world get lollipops after a shot? We usually do in Aus. It's a bit early for sugar, but I'll take it!
#Quandrivalent for the win. #influenza

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":

#1 🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (Low)
#2 🟢Clarke, AL ≥150% (L)

Idaho—143%

#3 🟢Fairfax, VA—117% (L)
#4 🟢Shelby, TN—102% (L)

#5 🟢Potter, TX—100% (L)
#6 🟢Buncombe, NC—100% (L)
#7 🟢Bonneville, ID—100% (L)
#8 🟢Somerset, NJ—100% (L)
#9 🟢Anoka, MN—100% (L)
#10 🟢Chesterfield, VA—100% (L)

[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]

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Some 179 (-40) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).

Of these, ZERO are High "Level"—per CDC—while 177 (98.9%) only rate LOW.

Full but Low.

Of only 91 (-18) counties that report any PICU capacity, over one in six are full or over capacity.

oigreslima

@katan @fedibikes_br @fedibikes #Flu joga hoje 16h no Maracanã. Metrô cheio da torcida mais bonita do #RJ 😏🇭🇺😏🇭🇺😏🇭🇺

Alan Kotok

https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44709

Biotech Gains $53.7M Infectious Disease Test Award

A maker of #diagnostics for #infectious diseases is receiving a $53.7 million #contract to develop and validate reliable #home molecular #tests for Covid-19 and #flu infections.

#News #Science #Business #Covid19 #SARSCoV2 #Influenza #MedicalDevice #PointOfCare #Biotechnology #MachineLearning #BARDA #FDA

Scanning electron microscope image of SARS-Cov-2 virus emerging from cells

Ms. Opossum is burnt out.

Fung et al, 2023: Incidence of #longCOVID vs. long #flu is 16.6% & 17.0% for outpatients, 29.2% & 24.6% for hospitalized. However, controlling for demographics, LC patients had a higher chance of being hospitalized (1.2x) despite avoidance of hospitals.
https://www.reddit.com/r/COVIDZero/comments/12silqe/fung_et_al_2023_incidence_of_long_covid_vs_long/

Table 4. Healthcare utilization of long COVID and long Flu patients (CI, confidence interval; ED, emergency department; IRR, incidence rate ratio; OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation).

Charlie McHenry

On the #immunoloogy front: AI-designed T-cell vaccine for Covid may last longer than current vaccines - boosters may not be necessary and T-cell vaccines may offer broader protection across multiple variants. This development from a public/private partnership pairing a Penn State with a #biotech pharmaceutical development firm. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/t-cell-vaccine-covid-19-may-last-longer-current-vaccines/ #vaccines #vaccinedevelopment #epidemeology #infectiousdiseases #pandemic #covid #covid19 #flu

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":

#1 🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (Low)
#2 🟢Hawaii, HI ≥133⅓% (L)

Idaho—140%

#3 🟢Fairfax, VA—116% (L)
#4 🟢Aroostook, ME—104% (L)

#5 🟢Ramsey, MN—100% (L)
#6 🟢Potter, TX—100% (L)
#7 🟢Bonneville, ID—100% (L)
#8 🟢Somerset, NJ—100% (L)
#9 🟢St. Lucie, FL—100% (L)
#10 🟢Anoka, MN—100% (L)

[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Some 219 (+30) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).

Of these, ONE is High "Level"—per CDC—while 215 (98%) only rate LOW.

Full but Low.

Of only 109 (+12) counties that report any PICU capacity, near one in five are full or over capacity.

@who You can see that the European region has had a couple of #Flu seasons compared to"the world". Are we starting to see the interaction between flu & #SARSCoV2 in these data (at the population level). It would be gr8 to overlay RSV on these graphs #WHO (& all viruses, but I understand:Slightly smiling face:)

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/influenza-update-n--443

For the first time since the early pandemic days, at least 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, #influenza [#flu] 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 overtook #SARSCoV2 [#COVID19] for a time driven by northern hemisphere winter, according to #WHO #FluNet Update N° 443

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Of 63 (-6) counties ≥ 100% capacity per HHS data, NONE are CDC High "Level"; NONE Medium.

Reporting ≥ 90%—196 (-34).

For counties w/ ICUs—over one in five are full or near full.

Over a hundred hospitals have stopped reporting. "Pretty dysfunctional", says Jha.

Map: Adult Hospital & ICU Capacity by County
Sources: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute
Updated: Apr 12, 2023

Shows a color scale of 7-day average adult inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average adult inpatient beds staffed for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks, reflecting state-level reported capacity.

Patterns of black circles represent counties where adult ICUs are near full; circles are dotted where adult ICUs are entirely full. Sparse grey dots show areas where no ICU beds are reported.

Most of the map is dark purple-orange, with splotches of lighter orange-yellow in the interior, mostly in the Rockies and Midwest. Black indicators heavily pepper the map.

kcarruthers

Uh oh 😷 cc @mpesce: China records world's first human death from H3N8 bird #flu -WHO https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-records-worlds-first-human-death-h3n8-bird-flu-who-2023-04-12/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-11/covid-flu-vaccinations-encouraged-as-transmission-increases/102207870

Everything you need to know about getting a flu and #COVID shot this year

"For planning purposes we are considering the potential early start to the #flu season and a protracted flu season and a flu season that coincides with both #RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and COVID circulating at reasonable levels."

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":

#1 🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (Low)
#2 🟢Lauderdale, MS ≥133⅓% (L)

Idaho—133%

#3 🟢Effingham, IL—117% (L)
#4 🟢Fairfax, VA—113% (L)
#5 🟢Aroostook, ME—109% (L)
#6 🟢Florence, SC—102% (L)

#7 🟢Boone, MO—100% (L)
#8 🟢Buncombe, NC—100% (L)
#9 🟢Bonneville, ID—100% (L)
#10 🟢St. Lucie, FL—100% (L)

[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]

Steve

It’s #flu jabby jab day. Let’s see how 💩 I feel tonight 😵

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Some 189 (-15) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).

Of these, ONE is High "Level"—per CDC—183 (i.e., ~97%) only rate LOW.

Full but Low.

Of only 97 (-2) counties that report any PICU capacity, near three in ten are full or over capacity.

China has reported a fatal human case of #H3N8 bird flu, only the 3rd known case ever. Virus was found in a wet market where the woman spent time before falling ill. WHO currently assesses the risk of human2human spread of this virus to be low.
Under the International Health Regulations, countries must report human infections with non-human #flu strains within 24 hrs of detection. In this case WHO was informed 24 days after the woman was hospitalized & 11 days after her death.

On 27 March 2023, the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China notified WHO of one confirmed case of human infection with an avian influenza A(H3N8) virus. The patient was a 56-year-old female from Guangdong province with an onset of illness on 22 February 2023. She was hospitalized for severe pneumonia on 3 March 2023 and subsequently died on 16 March 2023.

😷Hospital admissions: Flu ⬆️, RSV⬆️

📚These graphs & tables were screen - captured from the latest #Queensland (Australia) Government #Flu surveillance report found here.
Great job.
https://health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu

#Flu and #RSV in #Queensland, week of 27MAR-02APR2023.

😷Total detections: Flu⬆️, RSV⬆️
😷Percent positive: Flu⬆️, RSV⬆️
😷90% FluA
🔹 81% A/H1N1 for 2023; 5 of 6 in previous week, 0 typed this week

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Of 85 (+19) counties ≥100% capacity per HHS data, TWO are CDC High "Level"; 7 are Medium.

Reporting ≥90%—265 (+34).

For counties w/ ICUs—now one in four are full or near full.

Over a hundred hospitals have stopped reporting. "Pretty dysfunctional", says Jha.

Map: Adult Hospital & ICU Capacity by County
Sources: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute
Updated: Mar 29, 2023

Shows a color scale of 7-day average adult inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average adult inpatient beds staffed for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks, reflecting state-level reported capacity.

Patterns of black circles represent counties where adult ICUs are near full; circles are dotted where adult ICUs are entirely full. Sparse grey dots show areas where no ICU beds are reported.

Most of the map is dark purple-orange, with splotches of lighter orange-yellow in the interior, mostly in the Rockies. Black indicators heavily pepper the map.

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":

#1 🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (Low)
#2 🟢San Juan, UT ≥133⅓% (L)
#3 🟢Neshoba, MS ≥133⅓% (L)
#4 🟡Aroostook, ME—141% (Medium)

Idaho—133%

#5 🟢Dona Ana, NM—120% (L)
#6 🟢Clinton, NY—120% (L)
#7 🟢Fairfax, VA—112% (L)

#8 🟢Florence, SC—106% (L)
#9 🟢DeKalb, GA—103% (L)
#10 🟢Onondaga, NY—102% (L)

[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Some 194 (-2) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥ 90%).

Of these, ONE is High "Level"—per CDC—nineteen in twenty only rate Low.

Full but Low.

Of only 93 (-9) counties that report any PICU capacity, near one in four are full or over capacity.

Derek van Vliet

#Covid19 #Coronavirus #Covid #Flu #Science #PublicHealth

Scientists have developed a sensor that can test for Covid and flu at the same time and tell which one you have within 10 seconds, with very small samples.

The sensor is so sensitive that it could identify viral particles in people’s breath.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-or-flu-ultra-thin-sensor-can-detect-both-within-10-seconds-say-scientists-12843973

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Of 66 (-5) counties ≥ 100% capacity per HHS data, NONE are CDC High "Level"; 6 are Medium.

Reporting ≥ 90%—231 (+1).

For counties w/ ICUs—near one in four are full or near full.

Over a hundred hospitals have stopped reporting. "Pretty dysfunctional", says Jha.

Map: Adult Hospital & ICU Capacity by County
Sources: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, American National Standards Institute
Updated: Mar 22, 2023

Shows a color scale of 7-day average adult inpatient beds occupied over 7-day average adult inpatient beds staffed for 48 contiguous states only. Scale runs from black (well over 140%), to purple (120%), to red (80%), to orange (50%), to yellow (10%). Counties for which no hospitals/beds are reported are represented by colored hatch marks, reflecting state-level reported capacity.

Patterns of black circles represent counties where adult ICUs are near full; circles are dotted where adult ICUs are entirely full. Sparse grey dots show areas where no ICU beds are reported.

Most of the map is dark purple-orange, with splotches of lighter orange-yellow in the interior, mostly in the Rockies. Black indicators heavily pepper the map.

#ThisIsOurPolio #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

Counties by pediatric capacity—colored per CDC "Levels":

#1 🟢Coconino, AZ ≥150% (Low)
#2 🟡San Juan, UT ≥133⅓% (Medium)
#3 🟢Dona Ana, NM ≥150% (L)
#4 🟢Aroostook, ME ≥150% (L)

#5 🟢Jackson, MS—143% (L)
#6 🟢Collier, FL—114% (L)

Idaho—109%

#7 🟢Fairfax, VA—109% (L)
#8 🟢Florence, SC—106% (L)
#9 🟢Clinton, NY—105% (L)
#10 🟡Onondaga, NY—102% (M)

[Darkest counties on map tooted above.]

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Some 196 (-7) counties have pediatric care near or over capacity (≥90%).

Of these, FOUR are High "Level"—per CDC—over nine in ten only rate Low.

Full but Low.

Of only 102 (━) counties that report any PICU capacity, near one in five are full or over capacity.

#ThisIsOurPolio #pediatric #hospitals #pedsICU #RSV #Strep #Flu #LongCovidKids #CovidIsNotOver #nurses #MassDisablingEvent #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks #dataviz #datavis

Pediatric staffing never recovered to pre-omicron levels. Rather, ongoing attrition has reduced beds by near 10K since May.

Capacity Level down a point—as Hospitals Surveyed climbs a point.

Peds Critical Staffing remains high. Over a hundred kids in covid PICU.

Chart: Pediatric Capacity: United States
Source: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Svcs

Stacked area chart of daily 7-day averages for pediatric Unoccupied Beds, Non-Covid Beds, and Acute Covid Beds, for the period from August 2020 through Mar 20, 2023. Hash marks—indicating PICU beds—overlay bottom of each stacked area.

Dotted lines indicate historical and current Hospitals Surveyed (83%), Hospital Capacity Level (71%) and Critical Staffing Level (12%). First has fallen off as psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals have gone to once-annual reporting; second is the ratio of total occupied pediatric beds to total staffed pediatric beds, nationally; last the ratio of hospitals with pediatric beds reporting critical staffing shortages as a share of those that answered said question either 'yes' or 'no'.

Capacity was climbing toward 55K, with climbing occupancy, before plummeting to under 10K in Jan '22. Feb '22 saw gain toward 45K; above in Apr, before trending down to now well below 40K.

Dr. Griffin went into detail about the #COVID+#flu at-home test, he’s very excited about it, although the company that makes it just filed for bankruptcy. 😅 2/

#TWiVTLDR

Heidi Li Feldman

Belgium will be requiring proprietors of indoor spaces to post information about how ventilated indoor air is. I hope this becomes a trend worldwide. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00642-9 #Covid #Flu #Ventilation #COVIDisAirborne #Health

Brittany Trang

https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/08/fda-comment-approval-covid-flu-home-test-lucira/

That feeling when the FDA doesn't give you your #FOIA but instead confirms something was weird by putting out a whole public statement 👀

NEW: Why Lucira's #Covid + #flu test EUA was delayed

CDRH director Jeff Shuren's statement is meant to "address misinformation", but the FDA hasn't responded to questions about what misinformation that specifically is.

It's likely tied to criticism of the FDA around the timing of the authorization/bankruptcy.

Cab