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#COVIDisAirborne

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Second time #CDC has reported estimates for more than two regions at a time since October.

To be clear, national data used for chart above are modeled on regional data collection.

LP.8.1 now estimated at majority in Great Lakes, nearing majority in NY/NJ and Mid-Atlantic.

XEC (incl. XEC.4) still around a quarter share in all three regions.

[For color key, see: covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-track]

❖ #ThisIsOurPolio #Covid #Covid19 #SARS2 #variants #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #WearAMask #BetterMasks

Map: Nowcast Estimates for 3/2/2025 - 3/15/2025 by HHS Region Source: Centers for Disease Control Map shows pie charts for three of ten regions, reflecting regional estimated proportions for specimens collected for the most recent biweekly reporting period. Bold text over Canada portion of map reads: "Nowcast estimates are only available for HHS regions having at least 300 sequences in the two weeks ending 02/15/2025". Dominant strains by tracked region: NY/NJ: LP.8.1 (orange) 47%, XEC (clover) 22%, LF.7 (dirty blue) 5%, LB.1.3.1 (fountain blue) 5%. Mid-Atlantic: LP.8.1 (orange) 42%, XEC (clover) 25%, MC.28.1 (flat blue) 8%, KP.3.1.1 (sea bluish cyan) 5%. Great Lakes: LP.8.1 (orange) 60%, XEC (clover) 24%, KP.3.1.1 (sea bluish cyan) 4%. Of ten regions, seven regions are blank. ALT-text by beadsland at ko-fi.
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A FLuQE wavelet opened September, cresting as KP.3.1.1 / MC wave into November. FDA's second-guess vaccine target, KP.2, dropped out in December. Updated #CDC estimates indicate we've been in a JN.1.11 soup pretty much since then.

No new variants broken out by CDC, as KP.1.1.3 / LP descendant LP.8.1 approaches majority.

No recent GISAID data—as Raj's dashboard hasn't updated in near a month.

❖ #ThisIsOurPolio #Covid #Covid19 #SARS2 #variants #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #dataviz #datavis

Chart: Estimated U.S. Variant Proportions by Common Name Sources: Centers for Disease Control, CoV-Lineages, NYITCOM Research, Daniele Focosi, World Health Network, others [ beadsland on Ko-fi ] Reskin of CDC's Variants Nowcast, and any significant variants in GISAID not broken out by CDC. Five bar-style tree-charts, for fortnights through March 2–15. Legend of last fortnight, organized by subheadings of color-grouped families and convergent clusters. Percentages overlay each color key, reflecting share as of most recent tree-chart. Essentially all WHO-Vaccine-Target JN.1. JN.1.11 accounts for over three fifths; JN.1.11 + FLiRT for near half. For fortnight of 1/19–2/1, packed bubble charts fill single-variant tiles, indicating diversification of those variants (per GISAID) that wouldn't otherwise be apparent from CDC's Nowcast. Legend: LP.8.1 [purple]: 47% - LP.8.1.1 / NY† & other LP.8.1 JN.1 + FLiRT-KS [browns]: 26% - XEC.2†, XEC.8† & other XEC 2% - XEC.4 2% - XEQ ⅒% - other KS.1 JN.1.11 [greens]: ¾% - KP.3 15% - MC.10.1, MC.28.1, MC.19, MC.1 & other KP.3.1.1 / MC JN.1 + FLiRT [reds]: 4% - LF.7 3% - LB.1.3.1 / NL 0% - LB.1 JN.1.11 + FLiRT [blues]: ½% - XEK 0% - KP.2.3 & KP.1.1.3 / LP Other [greys]: ½% - JN.1.16 ⅐% - other WHO-Vaccine-Target JN.1 ⅒% - Other (not specified) † Dagger variants are not broken out by CDC, yet represent a significant share of recent GISAID sequences.
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tj (i make it past the end)

"The act of forgetting has always been a tool of oppression. We cannot adequately resist that which has been revised, erased, or forgotten by our community members. But few will acknowledge that this is happening with COVID. Just as one may utter that “slavery was back then, get over it”, when we use verbiage like “post-pandemic” we are rendering oppression as a static past event rather than an ever-evolving present that shapes our shared future. This tactic has always been useful to those who wish to profit off of our suffering and the cycle will continue to repeat if we do not acknowledge and act on the truth of our current reality. If we do not reckon with our failures to each other around COVID and do the work to remedy it, are we better than those who try to ban our people’s histories’ from the schools? We aid in the crusade to forget every day when we do not consider the pandemic as both current and deadly."

~V. Copeland

forgeorganizing.org/article/re

The ForgeReflecting on COVID, Year 5 - The ForgeVee Copeland, a disabled organizer and former policy analyst details their experience facing the lack of care in movement strategy around surviving the current administration It has been a treacherous five years since the COVID pandemic began.  According to the World Health Organization, more than seven million people across the globe have died from COVID-19, […]
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Lauralee Dukeshire

This week is Long COVID awareness week. My career has been on hold (and may be over) since I became disabled by COVID. We need to learn from the mistakes of the ongoing pandemic to prevent more people being disabled and killed now AND in the next pandemic. #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #LongCovid #CleanAir

surreynowleader.com/opinion/an

Surrey Now-Leader · ANALYSIS: We need to learn from COVID-19 – before it's too lateFive years in to the ongoing pandemic, we need to know how to best face the next one
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Broadwaybabyto

I wrote a guest article for Healthy Debate that looks at why we need mandatory masks in healthcare, why surgical masks aren’t enough, and how the mounting threats to public health are putting lives at risk.

If you’re a healthcare worker, mask up.

Show us you take your oath to “do no harm” seriously

healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topic

Healthy Debate · ‘We might die because you won’t wear a mask’: A plea to health-care workers - Healthy DebateLet’s start protecting people in health-care settings as that’s where people should have the best understanding of a viral threat.
#covidisairborne#covidisnotover#longcovid
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Broadwaybabyto

Today marks the five year anniversary of Covid being declared a pandemic. Some things I want people to remember:

The threat is not gone. People are still dying and becoming disabled every single day

COVID is airborne. It’s always been airborne. Droplet transmission was pushed incorrectly & then doubled down on for economic reasons. If governments admit it’s airborne, they have to spend money upgrading air quality and providing respirators etc.

The only way to avoid Long Covid is to not get Covid.

A well fitted respirator like an N95 offers excellent personal protection

Mask mandates belong in healthcare

If you’re not masking for your patient, you’re abdicating your responsibility to do no harm

It costs nothing to open a window and it will improve ventilation and reduce odds of viral spread. Air purifiers work well too

COVID is a social justice issue. Masks, tests, air filters, paid time off… these things all cost money. The disease disproportionately impacts those who are most vulnerable and multiple marginalized

Repeat infections don’t make you stronger. They don’t give you immunity. They actually harm your brain, heart and immune system. They’re also NOT inevitable

Kids are harmed by COVID too. They need the adults to protect them. We need clean in schools and on school buses

We went “back to normal” for capitalism. It wasn’t because it was safe. It wasn’t because there was a cure. Governments and those in power Are willing to sacrifice us to keep end stage capitalism afloat a little longer

Repeat infections are NOT inevitable. We can still curb the spread. We don’t have to accept constant sickness and disability as our new normal.

May we be in a much better place five years from now than we are today.

If you know someone suffering from Long Covid, reach out to them. Ask them how you can support them. Remind them they’ve not been forgotten. Wear a mask for them. They are counting on you.

#covidisairborne#covidisnotover#sarscov2
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Denis - The COVID info guy -

How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world.

'The failure to initially recognize and later acknowledge the airborne spread of COVID-19, was the root cause of major shortcomings in the pandemic response.'

"Airborne mitigations would have greatly reduced viral transmission and therefore reduced evolution, that is to say the production of new variants."

#COVIDisAIRBORNE #COVIDisNotOVER @auscovid19

archive.md/ehzgB

How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate
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Broadwaybabyto

For years, folks looked the other way as millions died or became disabled by Covid. They shouted “your health is not my responsibility” or “only the vulnerable” were at risk.

This callous disregard for human life has desensitized us. It helped pave the way for the current atrocities.

You can’t label a group of people expendable and not have it change you.

You can’t turn away in the face of evil and not pay a price.

Wear a mask. Protect one another. Resist.

Stand up for anyone & everyone who’s different than you. Fight for their rights.

Don’t wait until it happens to you.

#uspoli#fascism#resist
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Broadwaybabyto

Pandemics change people. We aren’t used to dealing with the mass death, disability & uncertainty that comes with them.

Unfortunately due to technology & misinformation, society is choosing NOT to process its collective trauma.

Most people are firmly in denial about COVID, and many are grasping on to conspiracy theories and harmful rhetoric in order to return to their 2019 version of “normal”.

That denial is changing us. Refusing to deal with trauma has consequences.

We’re becoming more detached, reckless and apathetic.

There’s still time to change. It starts with acknowledging that the threat has not passed and we all need to do our part to protect our health & the health of those around us.

We have to begin to adapt so that we can heal.

#pandemic#publichealth#trauma
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