Sources and updates, June 12
Sources and updates for the week of June 12 include Long COVID deaths, ventilation in schools, Moderna’s latest vaccine, and more.
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CDD is almost at 100 issues: Share your favorite posts
Next Sunday, the COVID-19 Data Dispatch reaches a major milestone: issue #100. I’m inviting readers to share their favorite posts and other feedback.
Read MoreUnpacking U.S. data gaps and lack of public health action with Jason Salemi
Last week, I had a new story published at FiveThirtyEight about the challenges a new CDC forecasting center is facing. Here’s one of the interviews I did for that piece, with epidemiologist Jason Salemi.
Read MoreNational numbers, June 12
As I predicted last week, the brief dip in reported COVID-19 cases was a result of the Memorial Day holiday, not an actual signal of the BA.2/BA.2.12.1 wave reaching its peak. National case counts are up again this week, with the country still reporting over 100,000 new cases a day. And remember, the true infection rate could be five or more times higher, thanks to under-testing.
Read MoreCOVID source shout-out: the gasoline index?
Apparently, there’s a new TikTok trend in which users try to smell gasoline and find that it has no scent. This could be another indicator, like the Yankee Candle Index, of new surges.
Read MoreSources and updates, June 5
Sources and updates for the week of June 5 include a new chart on the CDC’s wastewater dashboard and studies showing COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on Native Americans.
Read MoreStar Trek predicted post-viral illness, but provided few tools to stop its spread
It’s been a somewhat slower week for COVID-19 news, so here’s something a little different: a reflection on a very old episode of Star Trek, in the context of post-viral illness.
Read MoreFAQ: BA.4 and BA.5, potentially the most transmissible Omicron subvariants yet
America’s current COVID-19 surge is being driven by BA.2 and its sublineage BA.2.12.1. But there are other versions of Omicron out there to which we need to pay attention—namely, BA.4 and BA.5. Here’s a brief FAQ on these two subvariants, including why scientists are concerned about them and where they’re spreading in the U.S.
Read MoreNational numbers, June 5
The BA.2/BA.2.12.1 surge continues. According to the CDC, the number of new cases reported nationwide dropped last week, compared to the prior week; but this drop is more likely a result of the Memorial Day holiday than of an actual slowdown in transmission.
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