Here I chatted with @SarahNev from @FT for this piece
The evidence suggests that Sars-Cov-2 infection leads to an increased risk of chronic disease
Governments have not fully grasped the costly implications for healthcare systems and national economies
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LitCovid is the most comprehensive resource on #COVID19, providing a central access to 398.723 👀 relevant articles in PubMed.
The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics (eg #LongCovid) and geographic locations.
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PMC COVID-19 Tracker, Dec 25, 2023 (U.S.)
At peak surge, we will have 2 million U.S. #COVID infections/day.
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans will get infected during the peak 2 months of this winter surge. That’s 105 million infections & >5 million resulting #LongCOVID cases.
ALT U.S. Winter 2023-24 COVID Surge
Best Estimate Range
Rank among COVID waves 2nd 2nd 4th
Date of peak Jan 10 Jan 3 Jan 17
Daily infections at peak 2.0 million/day 1.7 million/day 2.1 million/day
Percentage of population infectious at peak 4.1% (1 in 24) 3.7% (1 in 27) 4.4% (1 in 23)
CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR
December 25, 2023
Wastewater Levels (copies/mL)
1137
New Daily Cases
1,655,000
% of Population Infectious
3.46% (1 in 29 people)
New Daily Long COVID Cases
83,000 to 331,000
4-WEEK FORECAST FOR
January 22, 2024
Wastewater Levels (copies/mL)
1,293 (14% higher)
New Daily Cases
1,881,000
% of Population Infectious
3.94% (1 in 25 people)
New Daily Long COVID Cases
94,000 to 376,000
As a clinical health psychologist, I notice that many people are using psychological defense mechanisms to downplay the risk of COVID.
These are my Top 7 examples:
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ALT Top 7 Psychological Defense Mechanisms
Used to Downplay COVID
George Knapp’s 4 page letter to Congress which was entered into the Congressional Record by Rep. Tim Burchett at the House Oversight Committee UAP Hearing on July 26, 2023.
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