We're now moving to the BA.2.12.1 wave as it has increased to 29% of new cases and will quickly out-compete BA.2 with its heightened infectiousness
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… today's CDC weekly genomic surveillance update

My son's name is Keith Wisecup. He passed away from Covid 11 days before his 26th birthday. He had no prior health conditions. Covid took his life. He's not just a number. He is my son. Forever loved, forever missed 11/21/1995-11/10/2021

Covid is not just a cold. I’ve never had to take my kids to a cardiologist after they had a cold.

🧵about covid and🫀issues

After my son developed long covid, I signed him and my daughter (who also had covid) up for an NIH study on pediatric covid outcomes. Through this study we discovered that they both have a potentially serious abnormality in their heartbeats

There seems to be a narrative that everyone has had covid, even when triple vaxed. So let me set the record straight, my entire family has not had covid - and I am a front line pediatric ICU doc who has actually taken care of covid patients. My daughter, 2 yo un-💉, also has not

“One day after Twitter announced it had accepted Musk's $44 billion takeover bid, Tesla shares sank 12.2%, wiping out more than $125 billion off the electric vehicle maker's market value.”
npr.org/2022/04/26/109…

every now and then i remember the guy who, 11 years ago, in my first week in NY, saw me unknowingly drop my wallet, keys attached, while rushing to get on the L at Bedford and scooped them up and absolutely fastballed them into the train as the doors closed

$18-$19/hr is not a livable wage anymore. Idgaf what nobody says. Between inflation and the cost of living on a steady incline, you’ll be living paycheck to paycheck even if you have decent money management.

1/🧵 Does Alcohol shrink the brain?
 
Yes, all liquor can hurt our brains if we drink too much. The disease of Alcoholism, which is NOT the fault of the person afflicted, causes brain injury slowly over time.
 
A picture is worth 1,000 words. Look below at a diseased brain…

I lost my mother last week. She had many health issues, but COVID accelerated them and she couldn't bounce back.

Barbara Anastasia George Weisenfeld, age 91, of Laurelton, New York, died on April 19, 2022. She was born in 1930 in Roxborough, Tobago, one of seven

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Made it through the day just to see 7 pended admissions out of 30+ that are COVID positive.

Not mild. Not ok. Not over.

'MILD OMICRON'
Emergency doctor friend messages: she and emergency nurse husband rushed into the 7 year old's room last night, who'd gone to bed fine. Stridor and other signs of upper airway obstruction so bad they thought she'd inhaled a piece of Lego. No: COVID-induced croup.

My dad tested positive for Covid. He says it's the sickest he's been in at least 25 years. He's vaxxed and boosted but 71 yo. Prayers, good energy, whatever you got my friends ❤️

Toronto Teacher 🇮🇱 My best friend of 43 years died from COVID at the age of 48. I don’t share unmasked indoor space (I mask at least), I avoid close gatherings etc. We may want to be done with Covid, but it is far from done with us, and it is NOT mild 😢😢😢😢😢

This is an X-ray of a person in their early 30s who is perfectly healthy. They have mild #omicron and severe bacterial pneumonia. (Yellow square). My ICU is full of these cases. Omicron suppresses immunity making people susceptible to severe disease. This makes everyone comorbid.

The world faces massive challenges right now, yet #COVID19 has practical, reliable and available solutions. Far too many people risk severe illness, death, LongCovid, loss of futures and luckily due to #Omicron . Access, equity, rational use of these tools is possible. World Health Organization (WHO)

🧵This is the 6th thread dedicated to the precious children that have died from COVID-19 during this never-ending pandemic. By telling their stories we'll ensure that their memories live on #SoulsLostToCovid

6 y.o. Logan from St. George #Utah was hospitalized in the pediatric ICU due to multi-system inflammatory syndrome from COVID. The virus attacked his heart, kidneys and liver. His hospital has treated 129 children with #MISC fox13now.com/news/coronavir…

Covid is a systemic disease affecting many organs. 11 y.o. Harper Lethcoe from Lincoln #Nebraska contracted COVID in January then went into liver failure. She’s now a liver transplant recipient on multiple medications #KidsLivingWithCovid 1011now.com/2022/02/15/11-…