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Eric Kim (김현철) @inkskratch.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 21:28 UTC

Something important about Deb Aoki's "making manga in the states" thread on twitter is that it discusses the differences between the two ecosystems: the focus on merch to make back high table costs vs. the focus on story and low table costs

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:30 UTC

Keeping my language really specific because I want to make it clear this isn't an expression of pessimism, but rather an effort to help people make better-informed decisions around their health and safety ❤️

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:28 UTC

To be clear, it is overall good news that hospitalization rates are down! But if you're trying to get a handle on your chances or someone else's chances of getting infected/re-infected, it is not a realistic or accurate metric by which to measure that risk assessment.

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:23 UTC

Chances are good that your county still has that data, though, and given the high transmission percentage of the new KP.3 variant and its differing symptom set from older variants, wastewater is your best bet for getting a realistic, accurate picture of your region's COVID rates for risk assessment.

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:21 UTC

Some counties, like mine, now no longer report wastewater scans for the public, as of June 30th of this year. I plan to spend some time this month looking into why, which policies went into that decision on the state and county level, and what local political measures can be taken to push back.

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:17 UTC

As far as I know, the most reliable way at present to track COVID rates in your area is to look at wastewater data, which is something many people have to hunt down, given how many counties selectively report it now; and to check up on it often, given the current surge. But the information IS there.

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:15 UTC

I don't say this to be disheartening, and I know a lot of people feel disheartened by how difficult acting with due diligence around COVID has become, but if your goal is to avoid getting infected or passing on infection, critical common sense around the methodology behind cultural truisms is key.

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:12 UTC

3. COVID symptoms are not recognized as such. Due to the institutional, societal, and cultural stigma now associated with COVID, not only do hospitals often list secondary symptoms a COVID patient suffers from as their reason for admission, patients themselves do not think they have COVID.

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:10 UTC

2. Counties are no longer obligated to report recent hospitalization rates due to COVID. While some counties are still acting in the interest of the common good reporting their COVID rates, the vast majority of hospitals and counties are no longer tracking that information for the public.

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:08 UTC

1. Hospitalization is an indicator of severity of an acute COVID infection, but not rate of transmission. This does not account for asymptomatic transmission, transmission that does not require hospitalization, nor transmission overall. If your goal is to avoid getting infected, this is not useful.

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 11:07 UTC

"Hospitalizations are low" is not a useful measure of how rampant COVID infection rates are for three reasons:

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 08:47 UTC

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