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Mat Wright

so, Island Health has apparently been trying to contact us for urgent tests, but Gmail is flagging emails from them as Spam and Suspicious - go figure that tech is against public health

Never heard of paravirus 'parainfluenza' - but that is what we have, and they want more from us.... and a good friend who is an infectious disease NP is like WTAF!!!

@hannu_ikonen

#BCpoli#Covid#Covid19
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Mat Wright

Wife is entering week 4, I'm in week 3 of an 'unknown' virus that truly feels like a combination of noro and Covid. Reduced lung function, no appetite, incredible fatigue

She was tested for everything at ER with no conclusion. Now friends reporting they have this and are cancelling Spring Break trips.

Stay masked, stay safe - public health is asleep

#Covid#Covid19#Flu
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"Instead, experts from within the FDA, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Department of Defense gathered Thursday to go over surveillance data from the US and around the world about flu viruses that are currently circulating.

The FDA is recommending that flu vaccines for the 2025-26 season be trivalent, protecting against two strains of influenza A and one of influenza B."

cnn.com/2025/03/13/health/fda-

CNN · After canceling meeting of independent advisers, FDA issues 2025-26 flu vaccine recommendationsBy Katherine Dillinger
#PublicHealth#flu#FDA
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Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith

Also frustrated that the #NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene still isn't releasing accurate hospitalization counts for #flu and #RSV, but it looks like the case counts are finally down to relatively low levels - below 8,000 for #influenza and below 700 for #rsvirus!

I think I finally feel comfortable hosting karaoke in person next week, for the first time this year!

But as long as there are lots of people suffering and dying, I still #WearAMask in trains, buses and doctors' offices!

Influenza positive test results in NYC Highlights for week ending March 8, 2025 (Week 10) 7,056 specimens were positive for influenza, a 16% decrease from the previous week; 45% were positive for influenza A 640 specimens were positive for RSV, a 13% decrease from the previous week. Influenza-like illness visits were at 7% of all weekly visits. There were no influenza-associated pediatric deaths reported this week. Season to date, a total of seven influenza- There were four influenza outbreaks reported from long-term care facilities this week. Season to date, a total of 121 Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data) RSV positive test results in NYC Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data)
Outpatient Influenza-like illness visits in NYC by season The curve for 2024-2025 peaks in the week ending February 1. In the week ending March 8, it is around 7%, just above the value for that week last year.
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🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦

We didn’t just learn how to beat the #flu annually, we eliminated one of the 2 major lineages of Influenza B. No one has seen a positive B/Yamagata test in 5 years.

It is comprehensible that we could wipe out human flu entirely if we had widespread masking and vaccination for long enough. Maybe 3 years. We'd likely also do quite a job on RSV and other airborne viruses. med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/11

Chart: Positive flu tests With some help from masks, social distancing and fewer crowded gatherings, we beat the flu — but just for a season. Source: C.D.C. Four-week rolling average of positivity rates from approximately 300 clinical laboratories across the U.S.
Med-MastodonDr. Lucky Tran :verified: (@luckytran@med-mastodon.com)Attached: 1 image At the start of COVID, we all learned how to beat airborne viruses like the flu: by wearing masks and staying home when we are sick. It's a real shame we haven't translated those important lessons into long-term behavioral change.
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Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith

It looks like as of the week ending March 1, #RSV cases in #NYC have now been below 1,000 for two weeks. The #flu is below 10,000 cases per week, and hospital visits for #InfluenzaLikeIllness are below 8%!

To be safe, I'm going to skip the live band karaoke I was hoping to attend last week, but I will be hosting karaoke over Zoom on Monday!

My mother and I are still recovering from #rsvirus that was diagnosed in early February. Please #WearAMask in hospitals, doctors' offices and trains!

Influenza positive test results in NYC Highlights for week ending March 1, 2025 (Week 9) 8,320 specimens were positive for influenza, a 24% decrease from the previous week; 54% were positive for influenza A 731 specimens were positive for RSV, a 16% decrease from the previous week. Influenza-like illness visits were at 7% of all weekly visits. There were no influenza-associated pediatric deaths reported this week. Season to date, a total of seven influenza- There were five influenza outbreaks reported from long-term care facilities this week. Season to date, a total of 117 Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data) RSV positive test results in NYC Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data)
Outpatient influenza-like illness visits in NYC by season The 2024-2025 curve is now at 7%, just above the level in 2023-2024 and well above the level in 2022-2023
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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

#Trump and #RFKJr yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign 😡

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stopping a successful flu vaccination campaign that juxtaposed images of wild animals, such as a lion, with cute counterparts, like a kitten, as an analogy for how immunization can help tame the flu.

Flu cases rise again, while COVID takes a back seat
The news was shared with staff during a meeting on Wednesday, according to two CDC staffers who spoke with NPR on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, and a recording reviewed by NPR.

#CDC #vaccines #flu #publichealth
npr.org/sections/shots-health-

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Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith

The CDC's RESP-NET showed me you can compare the impact of different viruses by calculating hospitalizations per lakh per day. It seems to have so far escaped the predations of Musk and Kennedy, so I've been reluctant to draw too much attention to it!

These screenshots show that 2024-25 has been almost as bad as the previous two years, but this year the #flu has caused most of the hospitalizations, more than twice as many as #COVID and #RSV combined!

cdc.gov/resp-net/dashboard/

Line graph from RESP-NET showing cumulative hospitalization rates for four flu seasons. 2018-19 peaked in early march at 6.2 people hospitalized per lakh population per day. 2022-23 peaked in mid-November at 22.3. 2023-24 peaked in mid-December at 21. 2024-25 has peaked twice, in early January at 18.3 and in early February at 19.4, and preliminary data shows it dropping after that.
CDC RESP-NET screenshot showing weekly hospitalization rates for 2024-25, broken down by virus. We see that COVID hospitalizations peaked the first week in January at 4.2 per lakh per day, and RSV hospitalizations peaked the same week at 3.8. Most of the hospitalizations in this season have been for flu, with a peak of 10.3 the first week in January and another peak of 13.6 the week ending February 1.
Screenshot of contagion.grieve-smith.com based on RESP-NET data: COVID, flu and RSV hospitalizations 7-day average per lakh in the US Feb 8: Influenza 13.4 2/8/2025 2/22/2025 Combined 18.9 9.6 COVID 2.7 1.5 Flu 13.4 6.3 RSV 2.8 1.8 Source United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (data)
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Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith

Due to incomplete data, it turns out the #RSV case count in #NYC was NOT below 1,000 in the week ending February 15. But it's again reported below 1,000 for the week ending February 22.

Cases of #RSVirus and the #flu are clearly trending down. Let's hope they keep dropping, and don't get revised up too far!

In combination with the drop in COVID cases, this suggests that overall March will be safer from respiratory infections. It's stil a good idea to #WearAMask in crowded spaces !

Influenza positive test results in NYC Highlights for week ending February 22, 2025 (Week 8) 11,106 specimens were positive for influenza, a 29% decrease from the previous week; 62% were positive for influenza 903 specimens were positive for RSV, a 17% decrease from the previous week. Influenza-like illness visits were at 9% of all weekly visits. There was one influenza-associated pediatric death reported this week. Season to date, a total of seven influenza- There were three influenza outbreaks reported from long-term care facilities this week. Season to date, a total of 112 Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data) RSV positive test results in NYC Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data)
Outpatient influenza-like illness visits in NYC by season The percentage for 2024-2025 continues to drop, and is around 9% for the week ending February 22, 2025.
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Tony Meredith

Normal science. Normal international collaboration. Today, recommendations from WHO on 2025-26 flu vaccines for the northern hemisphere.
And I'm reading the US news too about defunding science, banning contact with WHO, and cancelling expert advice on flu vaccines.
#flu
who.int/news/item/28-02-2025-r

www.who.intRecommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2025-2026 northern hemisphere influenza seasonThe World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2025-2026 influenza season in the northern hemisphere. The announcement was made at an information session at the end of a 4-day meeting on the Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines, a meeting that is held twice annually. WHO organizes these consultations with an advisory group of experts gathered from WHO Collaborating Centres and WHO Essential Regulatory Laboratories to analyse influenza virus surveillance data generated by the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). The recommendations issued are used by the national vaccine regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical companies to develop, produce, and license influenza vaccines for the following influenza season. The periodic update of viruses contained in influenza vaccines is necessary for the vaccines to be effective due to the constant evolving nature of influenza viruses, including those circulating and infecting humans.The WHO recommends that trivalent vaccines for use in the 2025-2026 northern hemisphere influenza season contain the following: Egg-based vaccinesan A/Victoria/4897/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;an A/Croatia/10136RV/2023 (H3N2)-like virus; anda B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus.Cell culture-, recombinant protein- or nucleic acid-based vaccinesan A/Wisconsin/67/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;an A/District of Columbia/27/2023 (H3N2)-like virus; anda B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus. The recommendation for the B/Yamagata lineage component of quadrivalent influenza vaccines remains unchanged from previous recommendations:a B/Phuket/3073/2013 (B/Yamagata lineage)-like virus. 
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William Lindsey :toad:

"In a July 2023 podcast, Kennedy falsely claimed: 'There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective', despite the overwhelming scientific evidence supporting the safety and effectiveness of vaccines in reducing rates of death and disease around the world. He has told Fox News that he still believes in the long-debunked 1998 study linking the MMR vaccine to autism."

~ Adrienne Matei

#RFKJr #measles #vaccines #vaccination #destruction #healthcare #flu
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theguardian.com/global/2025/fe

The Guardian · Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’By Adrienne Matei
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