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cremevax👩🏻‍💻🏳️‍🌈​🇨🇦🇺🇦

Hi, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

Starting with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant: last week, the Sars-CoV2 7-day running average headed down. Historically speaking, it's at the lower end of the scale. Last data is from 4/1.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistica. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the feditubes, at @WADeptHealth.

A screencap of the Washington State Department of Health's Covid wastewater data for the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. The trend line of the graph is described in the toot text.
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Mixter Kit O'Connell

“We’re trying to find the missing pieces that help people connect the dots and the intersectionalities of capitalism and this pandemic.”

New today in Deceleration: "Mask Blocs" help the sick, #disabled, and #COVID-conscious stay involved in their communities in #Texas, while raising awareness about why this needs to be a core issue for organizing on the Left. deceleration.news/texas-mask-b

An image of a group of masked people holding a banner on an overpass reading Long COVID is a Public Health Emergency! One in the center of the group is holding their hand up in a dramatic gesture. Headline text: Texas 'Mask Blocs' Struggle to fill COVID-19 Health Gaps as Federal and State Attacks Ramp up. These volunteer and anarchist led groups are working overtime in cities around the state to keep their communities safe from COVID-19 even as Texas lawmakers debate a ban on masks and a warming planet promises more pandemics on the way.
#disability#politics#USpol
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Keith Soltys

This week's Featured Links post has links to articles about how Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought, a growing conservation burial movement, the sprawling 'metroburb' where 'Severance' is filmed, and nine more.

coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/04

#AI, #COVID19, #Environment, #Finance, #Medical, #Movies #TV, #Politics, #Programming, #Science, #Security, #Society, #Space, #Technology

coredump3.blogspot.comFeatured Links - April 7, 2025Links to things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about. A floor-cleaning robot   Starliner’s flight to the space s...
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Violet Madder

It's time to start digging in to my mask project!

I need good, solid resources to back up a presentation I'll be giving to the local public. What are the most reliable and ethical doctors, journalists, advocates, research, statistics, or sites that you've seen?

I'll be talking about air quality, advocating environmental justice through citizen science and mutual aid, and my focus is going to be ventilation and masking.

The program is organized by a local group of folks that started putting up air sensors all over town because of toxic chemical leaks from nearby refineries. They got a grant through a university, and they may be able to help me out in getting an air quality sensor so I can test the CO2 in local buildings. I'd also like to be able to pass out some mask samples. I've been trying to find info on other things like sip valves, elastomeric respirator exhaust valve filter adapters, good sites to buy masks and so on.

Since these issues got politicized and the CDC and WHO are increasingly corrupt/hamstrung, finding good info is a fuckin MESS. I could really use some help!

What's been very interesting to me is, the folks who promote masking are usually ALSO right on other issues. Masks are required at the local anarchist book fairs, for example, which to me says a LOT. The people I follow here on Mastodon who are solidly against genocide, fascism, capitalism, and lesser evilism are the SAME people who are solidly for issues like universal healthcare, right to repair, accessibility, direct action, labor organizing, etc etc-- you have a moral consistency that inspires my respect and hope, and I want to learn more from you!

Next post below will be where I list the sources I've collected, updating as I go.

#masks
#respirators
#ventilation
#COVID19
#covidCautious
#birdFlu
#H5N1
#measles
#publicHealth
#airQuality
#environmentalJustice
#mutualAid
#purpleAir
#citizenScience

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Augie Ray

Fun facts about my spreadsheet of #COVID19 studies: If you simply read down the column of brief quotes captured from each study:

- It'd take you eight hours to get through the summaries, and
- You'll never take another COVID infection as lightly as you do today.

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Augie Ray

My spreadsheet of #COVID19 studies finding longer-term risks from infections has grown to 1,900 studies. Recent studies find:

- Increasing Long COVID risks with reinfection in kids
- Higher rates of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections for 12 months after COVID
- Vascular function may not improve within 1.5 years after COVID-19
- Brain alterations in children following mild COVID-19
- COVID-19 is associated with poor sperm quality

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

Google DocsCOVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Studies
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Augie Ray

STUDY finds that Long #COVID19 patients at a rehabilitation clinic showed a lower quality of life than patients with asthma or COPD, accompanied by poor mental health. Association of SSD (somatic symptom disorder) with DLI (daily life impairment) was stronger in PCS than in asthma, and was not significant in COPD.

nature.com/articles/s41598-025

NatureThe implications of somatic symptom disorder on the impairment of daily life are greater in post-COVID syndrome than in asthma or COPD - results of a cross-sectional study in a rehabilitation clinic - Scientific ReportsThe aim was to compare the relationship between somatic symptom disorder (SSD), anxiety, depression, clinical symptoms, and daily life impairment (DLI) in post-COVID syndrome (PCS), asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In a cross-sectional study, 371 patients (161 PCS, 121 asthma, 89 COPD) of a pulmonary rehabilitation clinic received the questionnaires PHQ-15 (Patient Health Questionnaire-15) and SSD-12 (Somatic Symptom Disorder-12) to determine SSD, GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7) to determine anxiety disorder, and PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) to determine depression. Lung function was estimated using whole-body plethysmography. Predictors for DLI were assessed by regression models and ROC analyses. Association of SSD with DLI was stronger in PCS (odds ratio 13.8; 95% confidence interval 1.7-109.9) than in asthma (8.5; 2.4–30.1), and was not significant in COPD (1.9; 0.5–7.5). In asthma and COPD, strongest predictors were GAD-7 (15.0; 1.9-116.8) and PHQ-9 (8.9; 1.1–71.8), respectively. Diffusion capacity was predictive in COPD (0.947; 0.916–0.979) and asthma (0.967; 0.943–0.993), but not in PCS. To conclude, SSD appears to have greater impact on DLI in PCS than asthma or COPD patients. This should be recognized appropriately during rehabilitation. Furthermore, increased psychological comorbidity should also be considered and adequately treated in asthma and COPD if necessary.
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Augie Ray

STUDY finds evidence of potential brain alterations in children following mild #COVID19. "Our results showed increased cortical area, volume, and LGI (Local Gyrification Index) in the left superior parietal cortex, as well as increased cortical thickness in the left lateral occipital cortex among children with COVID-19. SCN analysis revealed altered network topology and larger CP (choroid plexus) volumes in the COVID group, suggesting virus-induced neuroinflammation."

nature.com/articles/s41598-025

NatureMultimodal MRI analysis of COVID-19 effects on pediatric brain - Scientific ReportsThe COVID-19 pandemic has raised significant concerns regarding its impact on the central nervous system, including the brain. While the effects on adult populations are well documented, less is known about its implications for pediatric populations. This study investigates alterations in cortical metrics and structural covariance networks (SCNs) based on the Local Gyrification Index (LGI) in children with mild COVID-19, alongside changes in non-invasive MRI proxies related to glymphatic function. We enrolled 19 children with COVID-19 and 22 age-comparable healthy controls. High-resolution T1-weighted and diffusion-weighted MRI images were acquired. Cortical metrics, including thickness, surface area, volume, and LGI, were compared using vertex-wise general linear models. SCNs were analyzed for differences in global and nodal metrics, and MRI proxies, including diffusion tensor imaging along the perivascular space and choroid plexus (CP) volume, were also assessed. Our results showed increased cortical area, volume, and LGI in the left superior parietal cortex, as well as increased cortical thickness in the left lateral occipital cortex among children with COVID-19. SCN analysis revealed altered network topology and larger CP volumes in the COVID group, suggesting virus-induced neuroinflammation. These findings provide evidence of potential brain alterations in children following mild COVID-19, emphasizing the need for further investigation into long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes.
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