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PMC COVID Dashboard, July 28, 2025 (U.S.) 🧵1/12 PMC estimates 400,000 new daily infections. 1 in 118 people actively infectious. Weekly stats: 🔹2.8 million infections (>40x reported cases) 🔹>140,000 resulting #LongCOVID cases 🔹>1,000 resulting excess deaths
We’re disappointed, but not surprised, to see attempts to block the use of N95s & other respirators in healthcare settings. Please comment by August 19 to support a strong national standard. We have a how-to guide w/ some sample comments here: donoharmbc.ca/national-stand…
Canada’s new respirator standard (CSA Z94.4-25) is a major step forward in protecting healthcare workers — but it’s facing opposition. WHN strongly supports this science-based policy and urges others to submit a public comment before the August 19 deadline. Read our full…
Back in 2020 I gave the same warning and carried the same concern that covid was like a cancer. For this claim, many virologists and nay-sayers came out of the woodwork to disparage and slander me because of their lack of scientific imagination and professional contempt, like…
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong Issues Urgent Warning: COVID-19 is Not Just a Respiratory Virus—It’s Like cancer "This virus has beaten us." In a chilling revelation, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong—renowned surgeon, scientist, and billionaire biotech pioneer—warns that COVID-19 is far more…
We distributed >1,000 tests in 90 minutes. Musicians, restaurant workers, bar tenders, churchgoers, patients, & families were well represented. These are more than test kits! We include web addresses for CDC state-level data & the PMC dashboard. #CommunityCare
The CDC reports #NewOrleans has had 2 weeks of "Very High" Covid transmission. Get free tests Monday, 9-10am at Harmony Park, corner of Claiborne & Carrollton. Protect your family & our community. Support safety for people who have cancer, Long COVID, or are immunocompromised.
NEW: Walgreens reports the highest US Covid positivity rate since Sep 5, up 2.8% to 30.7% as of July 27. CA & FL have the highest positivity rates since mid-August. Testing demand rises 25%, the fastest rate since January.
#Guam is having a terrible spike in COVID transmission. The CDC reports "limited data," but they've got more wastewater sites than several other regions.
The CDC has COVID transmission as "Moderate" in #California, based on wastewater surveillance. However, levels remain significantly higher in the Bay Area. PMC estimates that any dark red (Very High) zone has >1 in 40 actively infectious.
New Orleans is surging with COVID 🔥"Very High" transmission (CDC) 🔥Biggest active surge of any state (LA) 🔥1 in 32 estimated actively infectious (PMC) 🔥1,000 free rapid tests on Monday morning (9-10am, Jul 28) at Harmony Park #NOLA #NewOrleans
As a physician, I’m just not so sure our brains were made to stream this much grief and tragedy day in, day out, while not being able to do anything to stop the hurt/suffering.
T Cell Dynamics in COVID-19, Long COVID and Successful Recovery 🔥Long COVID involves a complex and PERSISTENT IMMUNE DYSREGULATION. #LeonardiEffect Interesting Russian study: ➡️"While most clinical studies of COVID-19 immunity focus on major T-cell populations, this study…
Autoimmunity in Children Post-COVID: A Silent Risk johnsnowproject.org/primers/autoim…
Since 2020, the number of working Americans reporting a disability has risen from approx 29M to nearly 36M as of June 2025. From Jan 2009 to Jan 2021, the number reported was stable around 6M people annually, but since 2021, it’s steadily increased to 8.5M annually (2024).
Turns out that in 1955, they didn't yet know the difference between MS and ALS, but they did think that both could be caused by viruses. Today, the best available evidence shows MS is likely caused by EBV, while ALS is likely caused by activation of HERV-W. Fascinating.
Do you know about the Readimask hack for dentists who won’t mitigate? I use this, plus first appointment of the day. Surprisingly easy to just breathe through your nose during dental work. x.com/findmeabluebir…
My Readimask N95 hack for dental work!
I tried. I think a lot of people are going to be thinking that they wished they had listened to me in a few years. rutgers.edu/news/study-sho…
CORONAVIRUSES and the BRAIN: Exploring Hidden Links to Neurological Diseases Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) include seven types, with MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-1, and SARS-CoV-2 being the most contagious and causing severe pandemics.
Every now and then I consider the statistic that Long Covid is now the **number one chronic illness in children in america**, even ahead of asthma, and I think to myself: Oh my word. And this has still **only just started**.