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Tara C. Smith
@aetiology.bsky.social
Collector of social media sites. Definitely not a memelord. Sometimes scienceing (infectious diseases and shit. Occasionally literally). Also writes about vaccine hesitancy & science misinformation. Probably somewhere on a trail. She/her
5.6k followers1.5k following2.1k posts
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From Aug 1 CDC data, COVID levels are moderate to very high almost everywhere in the US. Hospitalizations & deaths are increasing as well (these are lagging indicators, but levels have been high in parts of the country for many weeks). Schools are restarting already in some areas. Take precautions.

Map of the US showing COVID levels (darker = higher levels). Most areas in the US are very dark to moderately dark, showing the levels of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater samples.
COVID data tracker from CDC, showing trends in test positivity, emergency dept visits, hospitalization rates, and COVID-19 deaths. All are increasing, with % test positivity increasing the most dramatically followed by ED visits, then hospitalization, then deaths.
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Ccheyinka.bsky.social

School starts up on the 14th here. Just in time for everyone to come home from wherever they went over the summer and bring whatever variants were busiest there to make a lovely collage inside everyone's lungs. 😬

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JAjonarnesen.bsky.social

«Back to normal» is deadlier than Covid-infowars.

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Jjoseph-crowley.bsky.social

We got an email from daycare letting us know both rooms had covid. We rolled our eyes because we told them last week our kid had covid. It's all over.

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RLrednecklefty.bsky.social

Listening now to NPR's Science Friday dealing with the summer surge in COVID.

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BMbeccasmullet.bsky.social

Wearing a mask in any indoor congregating areas, starting last week. Sigh. Thanks, anti-vaxxers!

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Sbeach1st.bsky.social

Guess it time to mask up in stores !! Vacation over.

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BGbarrygoldman1.bsky.social

wonder why NY and CA are so opposite

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WDriderius.bsky.social

*waves from "Insufficient Data"* Yeah it's high here too.

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TBnuge.bsky.social

One of my kids currently😭:

A binax COVID test showing 2 lines
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XCginnyn.bsky.social

I have a trip to the USA soon, and my government doesn't allow me to get a booster shot because I'm not on the risk group. I had them like 3 years ago and two of those shots were Sinovac! T_T Ok, I stopped complaining

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Tara C. Smith
@aetiology.bsky.social
Collector of social media sites. Definitely not a memelord. Sometimes scienceing (infectious diseases and shit. Occasionally literally). Also writes about vaccine hesitancy & science misinformation. Probably somewhere on a trail. She/her
5.6k followers1.5k following2.1k posts