"The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections."

#COVID19US #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne @auscovid19

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-urge-americans-get-new-covid-19-boosters-2023-08-20/

By JWeiland @JPWeiland

August 17th update (Biobot): US community spread is back up to "high" with an estimated 610,000 daily new infections.

Similar levels in all 4 US regions.

🔸610,000 new infections/day⬆️
🔸1 in every 550 new people were infected today
🔸1 in every 55 people currently infected

#COVID19US @auscovid19 #COVIDisAirborne #COVIDIsNotOver

Twitter source: https://twitter.com/JPWeiland/status/1692307567123546355

New COVID-19 hospitalizations have accelerated for a 4th straight week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data now shows.

A total of 10,320 patients in the U.S. were newly hospitalized with COVID-19 for the week ending August 5, according to the figures published Monday, an increase of 14.3% from the week before.

#COVID19US @auscovid19

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-hospitalizations-rise-fourth-week-eg-5-variant/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says COVID variant EG.5 is now dominant, including strain some call "Eris"

EG.5 (17.3%)
XBB.1.16 (15.6%)
XBB.2.23 (11.2%)
XBB.1.5 (10.3%)
FL.1.5.1 (8.6%)

Experts say EG.5 is one of the fastest growing lineages worldwide, thanks to what might be a "slightly beneficial mutation" that is helping it outcompete some of its siblings.

#COVID19US #EG5 @auscovid19

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-variant-eg-5-now-eris/

🇺🇸 U.S. sees biggest rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations since December.

#COVID19US @auscovid19

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-hospitalizations-rise-biggest-weekly-increase-since-december/

Senator Dick Durbin serves as the Democratic Whip the second-highest ranking position in the Senate for the Democratic Caucus revealed on Sunday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, marking his 3rd positive test in the span of 1 year.

#COVID19US #SenatorDickDurbin

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4115140-durbin-tests-positive-for-covid-19-for-third-time-in-one-year/

New COVID-19 variants giving ‘Arcturus’ (XBB.1.16) a run for its money.

🔹Omicron subvariants EG.5 and XBB.2.3 are making inroads in the U.S.

#COVID19US #EG5 #XBB23 @auscovid19

Source: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-07-07/new-covid-19-variants-giving-xbb-1-16-or-arcturus-a-run-for-its-money

How many Americans still haven't caught COVID-19? CDC publishes final 2022 estimates.

Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults and older teens had still not caught COVID by the end of last year, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while 77.5% had antibodies from at least 1 prior infection.

#COVID19US @auscovid19 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-many-americans-havent-caught-covid-cdc-estimates/

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now separately tracking several new COVID-19 variants. Among the new variants now being tracked is EU.1.1"

🔹EU.1.1 is now 1.7% of U.S. cases nationwide

#COVID19US #EU11

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-covid-variant-eu-1-1-cdc/

Absence from work at record high as Americans feel strain from COVID.

About 1.5 million Americans missed work because of sickness in December. Each month, more than a million people have called out sick for the past 3 years.

About 7% of Americans currently have long Covid, which can affect productivity and ability to work, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

#COVID19US #America
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/29/covid-absence-workforce-health-long-covid

Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.5 accounts for 61.3% of 🇺🇸U.S. COVID cases.

#COVID19US #XBB15

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/omicron-sub-variant-xbb15-accounts-613-us-covid-cases-cdc-2023-01-27/

‘People aren’t taking this seriously’: experts say 🇺🇸 US COVID surge is big risk.

The majority of COVID hospitalizations are among those 65 and older, although the share for children under 4 roughly doubled in 2022.

In the past week, COVID deaths rose by 44%, from 2,705 in the week ending 4 January to 3,907 in the week ending 11 January.

#COVID19US

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/15/covid-19-coronavirus-us-surge-complacency

Sterbezahlen der letzten fünf Wochen im Verhältnis zur Bevölkerung:

60.000☠️ auf 1.412.000.000🙂

=0,0042% China 🇨🇳

14.000☠️ auf 331.900.000🙂

=0,0042% USA 🇺🇸

„In China ist es wirklich schlimm, die fehlenden Impfungen und geringe Bevölkerungsimmunität sorgen für katastrophale Zustände…“

Ach und im superimmunen Schweden 🇸🇪 wären wir übrigens bei 0,0135% 😬

#herdenimmunität ?
#CovidIsNotOver
#COVID19US #COVID19China #Covid
#SARSCoronavirus2 #SarsCoV2

I contracted COVID-19 for the first time this week. Despite being masked, I went to a concert on Friday and I think that's where I was exposed. I had a headache that lasted 24 hours. I have severe joint and limb pain. I am on my 3rd dose of Paxlovid (of 10). I feel twice my age. If a 'mild' variant can make a fully vaccinated and boosted middle-aged man feel like shit, you can see how this disease has killed over 3 Million Americans. #COVID19US #pandemic #COVID19

Soit @ChrisChristie@twitter.com a tellement perdu de neurones qu'il est devenu démocrate, soit il a compris. #COVID19US

RT @ABCPolitics@twitter.com

“Everybody’s gotta put the health of the people they’re going to be in touch with first,” Chris Christie says, adding he’s “surprised” Vice President Pence still plans to be on the campaign trail, despite two of his top aides testing positive for COVID-19. http://abcn.ws/31C35wQ

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1320364822194753536

#Covid19 update from Malik: Is prison authorities’ real plan ‘Let the prisoners die’? https://enoughisenough14.org/2020/04/21/covid19-update-from-malik-is-prison-authorities-real-plan-let-the-prisoners-die/ #prisoners #antireport #CoronaCrisis #coronavirus #Covid_19 #Lockdown #Covid19usa #COVID19US

Just saw this and argh this is so true.

#covid19us #COVID19

Two (2) days clean and sober.

-Confessions of a face-touching addict-

#coronavirus #COVID19US