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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com |
Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...
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Raymond Gibson
@raymondgibson.bsky.social
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Florida’s activity is very high.
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Sarah E. Steinberg
@sarahesteinberg.bsky.social
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I've stopped looking at the maps for a year after Oregon stopped reporting - have they restarted /do you know if it's trustworthy now? The "minimal" sandwiched btwn CA and WA "high" is a bit suspicious but depends on the data... All so hard...
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Gary Whitehouse
@coffeeanddanish.bsky.social
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Ditto in Oregon. Lots of cases in friends and friends of. (Here in one of the homes of wastewater testing.)
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joel hanes
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Silicon Valley is ahead of the curve, and San Jose has a particularly bad outbreak right now.
covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-wa...
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m o c h y
@mochy.bsky.social
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Hillary M
@hillarym.bsky.social
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Sigh. I had almost convinced myself it would probably be ok to spend a weekend in NYC for my birthday in a couple weeks so long as I masked indoors. NY state numbers are pretty good, but it’s only a matter of time before the tourists make that shoot up. 😭
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SqueakynBB
@squeakynbb.bsky.social
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Oh dang. On with my mask. I need precautions for health issues for those of you who don’t approve.
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Nancy Friedman
@fritinancy.bsky.social
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30 Covid cases in a 43-unit retirement community in my Oakland (CA) neighborhood.
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Andrew Sterian
@steriana.bsky.social
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On vacation in Las Vegas and I think I am the only person wearing a mask in crowds
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Hannah
@hc101.bsky.social
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I just ran into a medical professional in the Boston hospital network who went out of her way to tell me to mask up for my safety because numbers are high
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J.B. Zimmerman
@jbzimmerman.bsky.social
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I had no idea this was an available information source. Cool!
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Elisabeth Van Every
@e-van-every.bsky.social
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Yep. Seattle area, sudden upswing in my social circles. Mostly people who don’t mask consistently. And some who are claiming that urging people to mask is “shaming” those who get it. Thanks for telling on yourselves. 😒
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Iris Esther
@irisesther54.bsky.social
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In Puerto Rico, there is a surge of Covid-19 cases. I'm back to wearing masks.
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Nealer 🍁
@acanuck.bsky.social
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Great, and over here in Canada the Ontario government announced they're going to stop waste water testing all together 🙃
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Crab Wells
@crabofdoom.bsky.social
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My mom and I have been home testing every two weeks since March. Mine today was negative, but hers came up positive. First time in four years, and after *every* available shot & always masking in public this whole time. Well, except that her work (Goodwill) expressly forbids masks in the dress code.
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Macburns
@macburns.bsky.social
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#Octoberfest is the big #COVID delivery program from #Bavaria virus waves.
1% death rate.
#BirdFlu
56% death rate
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@tross.bsky.social
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I hope your friends get better soon 🫂!
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Devin𓅃
@devin-eleven.bsky.social
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I should know by now that whenever people increasingly tell me to relax and not mask that a covid wave is due. Every time.
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Dawn Xiana Moon
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Anecdata: At least 10 of my friends have tested positive for COVID in the last 2 weeks, almost entirely unrelated contacts. Two of them (who don't know each other) got COVID for the first time ever. At least in Chicago the wave seems huge right now.
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Shenanigans
@shenanigans.bsky.social
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I live in rural California and our town is a hotbed of Covid right now
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PeterS
@paradiddletriplets.bsky.social
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i have a term for when nobody gives a shit: culling the herd.
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andyroz Go Green
@andyroz.bsky.social
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In AU we're seeing abnormally high flu and whooping cough as well. The waste-water testing is a great way to get early info on outbreaks, levels of illnesses and drug usage etc. I'm pretty sure we used to only test for Giardia, Cryptosporidium etc.
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Berrak Sarıkaya
@berrakbiz.bsky.social
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A friend of mine in WA caught it for the first time this week.
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Chuck Wendig
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
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I really wish we could choose to do a booster every six months if we were so inclined — feels like I’m catching COVID right at the wane of immunity from the last booster.
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Candace Robb Author
@candacerobbauthor.bsky.social
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Yep.
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Brian Drell
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Yup I tested positive yesterday morning. The fun never stops.
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ULTRAGOTHA
@ultragotha.bsky.social
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Anecdotally, my sibling in WA caught it for the first time two weeks ago.
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Anymouse
@anymouse.bsky.social
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My state (Nebraska) shut down its state wastewater test site page, part of my Republican-run state's continued effort to hide Covid-19 information. The CDC page says there are a fifteen state sites but doesn't say where they are. The chart shows the same level as last year.
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Nic 🍉
@nml-dc.bsky.social
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Spiking in DC again, not that it ever fully goes away here. But multiple people I know in different contexts got it last week.
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Roberta Gibson
@robertagibson.bsky.social
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Yep, my friends too.
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c______z
@boshyboo.bsky.social
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Thanks I hate being more up to date with this than my doctor is
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@hawkslight.bsky.social
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hurblegurble but masks are uncomfortable and awkwaaaard pule I'm literally the only person I see in public SoCal wearing a mask, aside from some medical employees
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Lise MacTague
@lisemactague.bsky.social
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Oh boy. Just in time for my supervisor to want me back in the office instead of working remote full time.
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Edgardo Block
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The Massachusetts coloring (high) very much ACK, MV, and Cape-driven if the 2020,21, and 22 trends hold. (Did not check 2023.)
The Boston data also shows slight but with some pretty high individual readings
www.mwra.com/biobot/biobo...
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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com
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There’s not a lot of official messaging lately but we all know what to do by now. If not getting sick is important to you, masks (especially good ones, and especially in crowded/poorly ventilated spaces) are helpful, testing before gatherings is helpful, being up to date on vaccines is helpful.
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brainwane
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Anecdata: I caught COVID, for the 1st time, 2 weeks ago. I believe I caught it either while masked (N95) indoors or while unmasked outdoors in New York City.
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Charles King
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I took a short SWA flight (Oregon to the Bay Area) yesterday. I only saw a dozen or so other masked people in the airport and just two on my flight. Summer vacation roulette...
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Tim Mikulski
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Same here in DC area
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