Levels are still slowly going up locally and at many places around the world. Multiple Pathogens Recommended Reading This article (2026-07-20) discusses why people get hostile towards not just the messaging of an epidemic, but also at health care workers. COVID-19 Long COVID 🧠 This paper from USA (2026-07-21) reports that among people with neurological… Continue reading 2026-07-24 General
Category: RSV
2026-07-10 General
There are a number of places around the world which are starting to see an increase in cases, e.g. Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, parts of Australia, and parts of the USA. They are starting from a very low base, but infectious diseases can spread exponentially. 😕 I would like to point out that the BC Provincial… Continue reading 2026-07-10 General
2026-06-26 General
Canadian Respiratory Viruses 🦠 We don’t have data from the province, but the all-Canada data on the big three “kick-your-ass” viruses are all really really low right now. From the Canadian Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report (2026-06-26) with data through June 20th: Even measles is down (see way below). Also per the Canadian Respiratory Virus Surveillance… Continue reading 2026-06-26 General
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
2026-05-01 General
COVID-19 Vaccines ❌ The acting head of the US CDC, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, blocked publication of a paper in the US CDC’s weekly (and highly respected) journal. It is hugely unusual for a paper to get blocked like that by a high official (probably unprecedented, though I don’t know all of the US CDC’s history),… Continue reading 2026-05-01 General
2026-04-24 General
COVID-19 Long COVID This long article (2026-04-21) on transauricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) talks a little bit about how some long haulers experimenting with (non-approved) taVNS self-treatment have found relief from taVNS, but the article talks even more about how it has negative effects for some long haulers. (TL;DR: be careful about your experimenting with… Continue reading 2026-04-24 General
2026-02-05 General
This week’s postings will be short because I have Stuff To Do for the next few days. COVID-19 Long COVID This paper from USA (2026-01-27) reports that women who had both depressive and anxiety symptoms pre-pandemic and got a COVID-19 infection were 78% more likely to get Long COVID in 2020 and 2021 of the… Continue reading 2026-02-05 General
2026-01-09 General
COVID-19 COVID-Related Excess Death and Sickness 🤰 This paper from USA (2025-01-01) reports babies who were exposed to COVID-19 while in the womb had neurological developmental issues compared to babies who were not exposed. Compared to controls, exposed children: 🤰 This paper from China (2025-12-23) reports that eggs for IVF which are taken while the… Continue reading 2026-01-09 General
2026-01-02 General
This is a short posting because there wasn’t much news over the holidays. The province didn’t release any data this week, so there’s no BC-specific posting. (The province says they will release data next Thursday.) COVID-19 COVID-Related Excess Sickness and Death This paper from USA (2025-12-23) reports that people hospitalized for COVID-19 had a 2.11… Continue reading 2026-01-02 General