American adults! You all now have access to a FREE, 24/7 ON DEMAND TELEHEALTH system for #COVID19 and influenza so you can get prescribed #Paxlovid or anti-flu medications, any time, day or night, that you test positive.
Anyone in the US who is 18 or older can use the telehealth service to talk to a prescriber if they test positive for flu or COVID.
AND! As a special service for those who are poor, old, or a veteran, they will also ship you free COVID and flu tests if you want. Sign up in the same system.
#Test2Treat is a pilot program being run by the NIH:
"This program is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand how technologies such as at-home tests and telemedicine can improve healthcare access for individuals across the country. Findings will be used to inform future public health programs for the American people. Any data shared with researchers will be limited to what is necessary to evaluate the program and will not include information which can identify you.
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Please note, this program is free, and we will never request your specific payment or insurance information, nor will bill or contact any insurance provider you may have.
You must be at least 18 years old to participate."
“The cats were found dead with no apparent signs of injury and were from a resident population of ≈24 domestic cats that had been fed [unpasteurised] milk from sick cows. Clinical disease in cows on that farm was first noted on March 16; the cats became sick on March 17, and several cats died in a cluster during March 19–20. In total, >50% of the cats at that dairy became ill and died.”
Der #Grippe-Tsunami rollt massiv über uns hinweg. Die Lungen unserer intensivpflichtigen Patienten sehen verheerend aus.
Jede/r Zehnte mit #Influenza im Krankenhaus stirbt 😢
… und die #Impfquoten sind geradezu unterirdisch 🤷🏻♂️
Hier also mein Artikel über den #Corona-Winter.
Viele Punkte kennt man schon. Corona selbst erscheint nicht mehr so dramatisch, allerdings mit zwei potenziellen Einschränkungen.
Spannend wird, was #Grippe und RSV mit den Kindern machen.
In DE erzählen sich ja alle gegenseitig, #Influenza sei für Kinder harmlos.
Ahahaha. Nein.
Hab neulich n Seminar von ner US-Pädiaterin gesehen, da waren allein zwei ganze Slides voll mit gängigen #Langzeitfolgen.
FDA: "Today, the FDA received some initial results from its nationally representative commercial milk sampling study. The agency continues to analyze this information; however, the initial results show about 1 in 5 of the retail samples tested are quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)-positive for HPAI viral fragments, with a greater proportion of positive results coming from milk in areas with infected herds. " https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/updates-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai
"Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a statement that approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at a facility in Parmer County, Texas." #eggs#influenza#h5n1#FoodSupply#chickens
NEW: The nail in the coffin:
COVID IS WORSE THAN FLU😷
‘It’s a “much more serious threat” and affects nearly every organ system in the body, new study finds. "We trivialize COVID infections to our own peril."👇
The very first canon of nursing … is this: to keep the air [the patient] breathes as pure as the external air, without chilling him.” —Florence Nightingale—1858
Today in Labor History November 11, 1918: World War I ended, with 10 million dead, 21 million wounded, 7.5 million prisoners and missing in action, and another 22 million killed by the influenza pandemic that was exacerbated by the war. (The pandemic would ultimately kill 50-100 million). Originally celebrated as Armistice Day, November 11 is now known as Veterans Day. And once again, we’re on the verge of an imperialistic World War, but this time with weapons that can obliterate the planet, during another pandemic that has already killed 7 million by the most conservative estimates, over 1 million in the U.S., alone.
Don’t let there be another World War. Peace now in Gaza! Peace now in Ukraine! Down with all imperialism, colonialism, authoritarianism and state violence! Down with capitalism! Down with fascism and supremacy. Freedom, justice, peace, autonomy, and prosperity for all people, regardless of race, religion, gender, ability, age, or sexual orientation.
Influenza- und Covid-Hospitalisierungen in CH-SUR.
Man vergleiche mit der hohen Covid-bedingten Übersterblichkeit (Maximum in KW 48, Daten ebenfalls bis KW 3).
Bei einem Viertel erfolgte die Ansteckung im Spital.
Quellen: BAG, BFS
Lediglich 6 Spitäler sind noch im CH-SUR-Register erfasst. Die dargestellten Hospitalisierungszahlen stellen nur einen Bruchteil der insgesamt wöchentlich hospitalisierten Menschen dar.
"Why the world’s first pandemic treaty may never happen
With less than six months to go, countries are still not really negotiating, say diplomats."
"The U.S., EU, U.K., Canada, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates have all indicated that they aren’t happy with the entire article on the mechanism.
The first diplomat said they believed that industry is the “main pressure” on high-income countries, with countries stating in talks that the private sector doesn’t want the mechanism."
Ah, look, the CDC's ILI (Influenza Like Illnesses) still up and running. Right now, declining. Will have to keep an eye on this. (you would expect if H5N1 starts person-to-person spread you'll see this spike, like you saw with COVID-19. #ILI#H5N1https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
Here's with all the recent seasons (COVID-19 era) -- all of the spikes on this were COVID-19, not influenza since 2020. You can see the 2023-24 Season had a big spike in December./January, which is when the last big COVID-19 went through (XBB.1.5) -- which hit hard in Dec/Jan but then tailed off rapidly, one of the omicron variants. Haven't seen a spike since then (cross fingers). The blue/purple line with a lot of spikes was 2019-2020 season when COVID-19 first appeared in the US. #ILI#influenza#disease#tracking