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luckytran

@luckytran@med-mastodon.com

📢 Scientist and organizer working in public health, climate justice, and science communication

🎓 Columbia, Cornell, Cambridge, Adelaide

➡️ Contact/Links: https://linktr.ee/luckytran

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Eclipse in NYC

(photo by @garyhershorn)

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hello darkness, my old friend

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Hey everyone, you have ONE JOB today. Don't be like this guy:

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UPDATE: COVID wastewater levels are low in most US states.

If you've been holding off on healthcare or other activities, now is one of the best times of the year to go.

Note that even in low periods you are still at risk of COVID exposure, so it makes sense to take precautions.

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CDC data shows that COVID wastewater levels are low or minimal in all four US regions.

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An important caveat with CDC's current wastewater level rankings is that compared with spring and summer of the first two years of the pandemic, there's still a notable amount of COVID spread in lulls thanks to more transmissible variants.

(chart below uses old CDC levels)

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Compared with the winter peak, COVID exposure risk in spring in the US has decreased around 4-5 fold, but can still be significant in crowds, so it's important to still take precautions like masking.

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You gotta respect the New York hustle

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CDC's recommendations for the public re: bird flu outbreak in the US

1️⃣ Avoid being near sick or dead animals and contaminated surfaces
2️⃣ Wear respiratory or eye protection if you are near
3️⃣ Do not prepare or eat uncooked or undercooked food such as raw milk or raw cheeses

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CDC's recommendations for farmers re: bird flu outbreak in the US

1️⃣ Wear N95 respirators, eye protection, and gloves, and wash hands to reduce risk of infection when handling animals
2️⃣ Train workers to use PPE correctly

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CDC's recommendations for clinicians re: bird flu outbreak in the US

1️⃣ Look out for symptoms
2️⃣ Follow infection control recommendations, including using PPE
3️⃣ Initiate antiviral treatment ASAP
4️⃣ Collect specimens and notify health depts
5️⃣ Encourage patients to isolate

If signs and symptoms compatible with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection are present: Isolate patient and follow infection control recommendations, including using PPE. Initiate empiric antiviral treatment as soon as possible. Do not delay treatment while awaiting laboratory results. Notify state and local health department to arrange testing for influenza A(H5N1) virus. Collect respiratory specimens from the patient to test for influenza A(H5N1) virus at the state health department. If the exposed person has conjunctivitis, with or without respiratory symptoms, both a conjunctival swab and a nasopharyngeal swab should be collected for testing. Encourage patients to isolate at home away from their household members and not go to work or school until it is determined they do not have avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. Starting empiric antiviral treatment with oral or enterically administered oseltamivir (twice daily for five days) is recommended regardless of time since onset of symptoms. Antiviral treatment should not be delayed while waiting for laboratory test results.

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Source:

CDC - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus: Identification of Human Infection and Recommendations for Investigations and Response

https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han00506.asp

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UPDATE: In the US, COVID wastewater levels are now low.

If you've been holding off getting healthcare or doing other indoor activities, now is one of the best times of the year to do these things more safely.

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Based on patterns from previous years, in the US, spring and early summer are usually the times when there is lower COVID-19 transmission compared to other times of year.

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Although COVID wastewater levels are relatively lower now, there is still a "substantial" baseline level of COVID (thanks to more transmissible variants), so it still makes sense to take precautions like masking when possible (e.g. in healthcare settings).

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There is never any excuse for leaving a hospital looking like this. Healthcare is a human right. Ceasefire now.

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People have spent years downplaying COVID by saying "it's just the flu." This is reckless for many reasons, one of those being that new flu strains pose a constant threat to public health. I really hope we don't have to experience directly how devastating the flu can be.

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To be clear, there are no signs of human-to human transmission of the bird flu strain that is spreading among dairy cattle, and has infected a person in Texas. But please understand that we monitor and worry about new flu strains because they are a serious threat. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/health/bird-flu-cattle-human.html

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“People who are still taking COVID precautions seriously have every right to be angry about being abandoned by public-health officials and experts. The very real pain that many people are experiencing has not been sufficiently acknowledged.” -me to TIME

https://time.com/6960789/covid-19-cautious-americans/

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Anti-maskers: “We should be free to choose to do what we want.”

Also anti-maskers: “I don’t feel comfortable sitting next to somebody with a mask on.”

Hypocrites.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna144887

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“A Long Island midwife is accused of falsifying hundreds of vaccination records for children she fed oral pellets in lieu of medically approved vaccines.” 😡 https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/17/long-island-midwife-fake-vaccination-records/

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One impact of COVID that we don’t talk about enough is how people are avoiding medical care because of lack of precautions like masking in healthcare settings. This doesn’t show up as COVID deaths or hospitalizations but delays in screening, diagnosis, and treatment increases the mortality rate of other diseases like cancer.

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Exciting news: We are getting closer to passing a bill that would provide free masks and tests through the mail to NYC residents!

The next important step is a health budget hearing THIS THURSDAY.

Testimonies are 2-3 minutes, and you can have Zoom on in the background while you wait your turn, so it's easy to do!

You don't need to be a NYC resident to testify. If you have visited NYC, please testify too, as a free mask program helps everyone.

Sign up here: http://council.nyc.gov/testify

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When weakening their COVID guidelines, one of the main justifications the CDC used is that the number of people with Long COVID is 'decreasing.'

In reality, the CDC's own data shows an alarming increase Long COVID in recent months.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/long-covid-symptoms-cdc?CMP=share_btn_url

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A new @pewresearch survey shows that people of color continue to be more concerned than white people about becoming sick from COVID-19, and spreading COVID-19 to other people.

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Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2024/03/07/how-americans-view-the-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccines-amid-declining-levels-of-concern/

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