2025-03-07 BC

COVID-19 levels are still quite low compared to other points in the pandemic (and insanely high compared to pre-pandemic). Flu mayyybe is starting to taper off. Measles There are new measles cases in BC, in addition to the one we had last month. This article (2025-02-06) reports on the first case; this article reports (2025-02-07)… Continue reading 2025-03-07 BC

2025-03-07 General

COVID-19 Long COVID ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ›Œ This preprint using data from USA and UK (2025-03-01) reports that people with hypermobility are at increased risk of Long COVID. People with generalized joint hypermobility have a 29% higher risk of Long COVID than controls; people with extreme hypermobility have a 112% higher risk than controls. This higher risk is… Continue reading 2025-03-07 General

2025-03-01 BC

Influenza is still going up! Most indicators say that COVID is still slowly trending down, but the number in hospital (which is what I consider one the most meaningful measures) is slowly going up. Charts From the BC CDC Situation Report: Note: donโ€™t get too excited about the approximately zero deaths: there were zero deaths… Continue reading 2025-03-01 BC

2025-03-01 General

Recommended Reading ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿคฎ Did you know there was a horse flu epidemic in 1872 (also see this Wikipedia section) which crippled the US (and probably Canada)? I didn’t. ๐Ÿคฏ COVID-19 Long COVID ๐ŸŽ‰ This older paper (2023-02-07) reports that maraviroc and pravastatin — two HIV treatments — significantly reduced symptoms in Long COVID patients. (Both… Continue reading 2025-03-01 General