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so cvs took so long that "yesterday"'s long drive is now happening today. im headed out the door to pick up the paxlovid. im gonna be interrogated by the pharmacist before they let me take it. fingers crossed. i really gotta get my sister these meds asap.

yesterday i did a mutual aid for avoiding overdraft + gas money for this trip. yall went above and beyond, exceeding my goal, and ive been too anxious to thank everyone individually. you are all wonderful and i appreciate your generosity.

unfortunately, before i could buy gas, two more bills got autopaid (internet and car insurance) and now im back to $3 overdrawn.

so... i cant afford to drive the meds to my sister. indianapolis to rockville and back is not a short journey.

if anyone could help me out, in any amount, i will be incredibly thankful. i dont have a goal; i cant really think clearly from stress. but i will edit + reply to this post once i buy gas to say im all good.

my venmo is venmo.com/u/rachaelspooky

for other payment platforms*, send it to @vantablack , they have several options in their bio and will forward it along.

thank you so much :trans_heart:

(i have legally changed my name, but im still in the process of updating all my documents, so i havent signed up for the other platforms yet. i think they would still deadname me)

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CBS News: For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, more people in the U.S. died of influenza than from COVID-19 in the week ending on Jan. 25, according to weekly figures published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. cbsnews.com/news/flu-deaths-su
#covid19 #influenza #flu #death #health #healthcare

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Updated GISAID data for late January has FluQE31 KP.3.1.1 / MC and children down to just over a fifth of all sequences.

FLiRT KS.1.1 / FLuQE KP.3.3 hybrid XEC down near two fifths.

LP.8.1 and child LP.8.1.1 / NY together already another fifth.

Meanwhile, in remaining fifth:
• JN.1 FLiRT descendant LF.7 remains diverse despite pressure; and
• XEQ (recombinant of FLiRT KS.1.1.2 and KP.3) continues to stand out.

#ThisIsOurPolio #Covid #Covid19 #SARS2 #variants #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne

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#CDC has long time now been piloting the craft of #PublicHealth sans navigational equipment.

To be clear, national data used for chart above are modeled on regional data collection.

Given little data we do have, LP.8.1 has gained majority status in NY/NJ and Great Lakes regions, XEC still majority in Mtn/Dakotas, with cousin XEQ prominent.

[For color key, see: covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-track]

#ThisIsOurPolio #Covid #Covid19 #SARS2 #variants #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #WearAMask #BetterMasks

#HHS officials (i.e., #RFKjr) weigh destroying $500M in #Covid tests or continuing to ship more than 160M tests, whichever is cheaper.

Ah, let us not offend DOGE by doing what's right, not what pays public obeisance to Musk's pretended concern with fraud, waste & efficiency.

Only a small fraction of the tests are expired - and we all know that often #COVID19 test expiration dates can be & are extended.

#Health

politicalwire.com/2025/02/18/o

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After January's FLiRT soup (JN.1 and JN.1.11 lineages vying for dominance), we've returned to JN.1.11 soup (FLiRT and FLuQE clusters competing), that began when FLuQE majority ended in November.

After no data two weeks ago, #CDC updated variant estimates.

Raj has updated dashboard Sunday with new GISAID sequences. As of data two weeks ago, XEC.8 joins XEC.2 and LP.8.1.1 / NY as significant.

#ThisIsOurPolio #Covid #Covid19 #SARS2 #variants #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #dataviz #datavis

From the US:

Quantitative serum proteomic analysis for biomarker discovery in post-COVID-19 postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PC-POTS) patients

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update

@pots #POTS @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC

@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2