COVID-19 A reminder that the province has shifted to its summer data release schedule: only wastewater data will be published weekly; other data will come out on the first Thursday of the month. Wastewater Wastewater is trundling along at low-but-not-quite-zero levels, sometimes going up a little, sometimes going down a little. 💩💧 From Jeff’s wastewater… Continue reading 2026-05-22 BC
Category: Hantavirus
2026-05-22 General
COVID-19 Long COVID 💊🎉 This paper from Japan (2026-05-15) reports that outpatients with confirmed COVID-19 who took ensitrelvir/Xocova were 14% less likely to get Long COVID than controls who took placebos. Patients who took molnupiravir had a 19% lower risk, but the change in risk was not statistically significant for nirmatrelvir+ritonavir/Paxlovid. (Editor’s Note: Xocova has… Continue reading 2026-05-22 General
2026-05-15 BC
COVID-19 A reminder that the province has shifted to its summer data release schedule: only wastewater data will be published weekly; other data will come out on the first Thursday of the month. Wastewater 💩💧 From Jeff’s wastewater spreadsheet with data through 2026-05-03: Hantavirus Transmission Four of the Canadians on the MV Hondius ship are… Continue reading 2026-05-15 BC
2026-05-15 General
COVID-19 Long COVID This paper from Japan (2026-05-08) reports that Long COVID rates dropped from Delta to Omicron/2022 to Omicron/2024, in both children and adults: Note that most people with Long COVID symptoms got better relatively quickly, but it then plateaued: if you weren’t better after ten months, you weren’t likely to be better at… Continue reading 2026-05-15 General
2026-05-08 General
COVID-19 Long COVID This conference presentation (which I think is from China) (2026-05-03) reports that SIM01, a mix of pre- and probiotics, significantly helped Long COVID patients compared to placebo. SIM01 reduced fatigue, insomnia, memory loss, and shortness of breath. (Unfortunately, there’s very little details or information, so this is only slightly more convincing than… Continue reading 2026-05-08 General