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mikehoney.bsky.social
Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

The growth of DeFLuQE variants appears to have ended.

XEC.* grew to around 35%.

#COVID19 #Australia #DeFLuQE #XEC @auscovid19@a.gup.pe
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December 7, 2024 at 10:33 PM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
#Novavax4Australia

@Novavax @Mark_Butler_MP @healthgovau @TGAgovau @auscovid19@a.gup.pe
#Novavax4Australia
September 16, 2024 at 2:14 AM
mikehoney.bsky.social
Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate fell slightly to 0.7% Currently Infectious, or 1-in-139. That implies a 19% chance that there is someone infectious in a group of 30.

The XEC wave looks relatively low and slow.

#COVID19 #Australia @auscovid19@a.gup.pe
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December 14, 2024 at 10:00 PM
mikehoney.bsky.social
Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate is steady at 0.8% Currently Infectious, or 1-in-119. That implies a 22% chance that there is someone infectious in a group of 30.

The XEC wave looks relatively low and slow.

#COVID19 #Australia @auscovid19@a.gup.pe
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December 7, 2024 at 12:57 AM
mikehoney.bsky.social
Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

XEC.* continues to dominate, although now declining to around 52%.

The LP.8.1.* variant grew slowly to around 15%. Globally, this looks like the most likely challenger.

#COVID19 #Australia #XEC #LP_8_1 @auscovid19@a.gup.pe
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March 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
mikehoney.bsky.social
Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

XEC.* continues to dominate, at around 60-65%.

The LP.8.1.* variants have inched up to around 10%. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.

#COVID19 #Australia #XEC #LP_8_1 @auscovid19@a.gup.pe
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February 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
SA weekly COVID update: 1 Mar to 7 Mar 2025

🔸PCR positivity rate: 8.1% (+0.7%)

🔹PCR cases only: 214 (+5.4%)
🔹Deaths: (Monthly)
🔹Total deaths: 1,948 (+0)
🔹Hospital: NR
🔹ICU: NR

NR = Not Reported

@SAHealth @PictonChris @auscovid19@a.gup.pe

Source: sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...
March 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
mikehoney.bsky.social
Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

The growth of DeFLuQE variants appears to have ended.

XEC.* grew to around 28%.

More details:
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Mike Honey (@mike_honey_@aus.social)
Attached: 1 image Here's the latest variant picture for Australia. The growth of DeFLuQE variants appears to have ended. XEC.* grew to around 28%. #COVID19 #Australia #DeFLuQE #XEC @auscovid19@a.g...
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November 16, 2024 at 10:51 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
From Australia:

"In this study we showed that the reduced expression of LILRB1 and LILRB2 alone discriminated a small pilot cohort of Long COVID PBMC samples from COVID recovered controls without overlap."

#LongCovid #AusCovid19 #AusCovid #PASC
December 9, 2024 at 5:46 PM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
Brazil: Risk of death 3 times higher in Brazilian kids with COVID-19 than with other respiratory viruses, study finds

Source: www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/ris...
Study: publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

#COVID19 #Brazil #COVIDisNotOver @auscovid19@a.gup.pe
Risk of death 3 times higher in Brazilian kids with COVID-19 than with other respiratory viruses, st...
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 13, 2024 at 11:06 PM
EllieK.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
Excellent video (almost an hour, but worth the watch) explaining why you probably don't know anyone who identifies as having long COVID.
Well referenced, which is what I like to see.
https://youtu.be/2HGi81LsXtA?si=nGZFUrpzjhtrvaTF

#LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver #elliekposts #COVID @auscovid19
July 6, 2024 at 11:17 PM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
"Epidemiologist Professor Adrian Esterman has urged vulnerable people to take extra care while Coronavirus cases are on the rise."

Australia records 23.6% spike in COVID cases.

@profesterman @abcnew #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne @auscovid19@a.gup.pe

Source: www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11...
Australia records 23.6 per cent spike in COVID cases amid eight wave
Trusted and independent source of local, national and world news. In-depth analysis, business, sport, weather and more.
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November 4, 2023 at 11:13 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
Emerge Australia sharing these ME/CFS clinical education resources at GPCE in Melbourne in November

#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
#LongCovid #auscovid19
emerge ME/CFS and Long COVID Multiple Systems Impacted Grey & white matter abnormalities Neuroinflammation HPA axis dysregulation Reduced cerebral blood flow Mitochondrial dysfunction Impaired cellular energy production Dysautonomia Reduced VO2 Reduced preload and blood volume Endothelial dysfunction Impairment in NK and T cell function B cell abnormalities Elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines lon channel dysfunction Gut dysbiosis Increased gut permeability Muscle bioenergetic dysfunction Altered muscle membrane excitability
November 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM
mikehoney.bsky.social
Here are the recent trends in the key COVID stats for Victoria, Australia (log axis):
Mike Honey (@mike_honey_@aus.social)
Attached: 1 image @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19@a.gup.pe Here are the recent trends in the key stats for Victoria (log axis):
aus.social
September 22, 2023 at 5:51 AM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
Poland's former President Lech Walesa and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been hospitalized with a bad case of COVID-19.
It’s Walesa’s second bout of COVID.

It’s Walesa’s second bout of COVID.

#COVID19 #Poland #LechWalesa @auscovid19

Source: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...
December 5, 2023 at 11:36 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
This Physicist Says We Don't Take COVID Seriously Enough

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update

#LongCovid #novid #COVID19 #COVID #SARSCoV2 #auscovid19 #CovidIsNotOver
The Tyee This Physicist Says We Don't Take COVID Seriously Enough A thorough article with interview with MIT-researcher Yaneer Bar-Yam and a summary of the many harms Covid infections may cause and what preventative measures that should be taken . “The fight in the big pandemic public health story,” says Bar-Yam, “has moved from proving COVID is airborne to building a public health system that acts like it.”
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
mikehoney.bsky.social
Here are the recent trends in the key COVID stats for NSW, Australia (log axis):
Mike Honey (@mike_honey_@aus.social)
Attached: 1 image @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19@a.gup.pe Here are the recent trends in the key stats for NSW (log axis):
aus.social
September 22, 2023 at 1:27 AM
mikehoney.bsky.social
Here are the recent trends in the key COVID stats for Tasmania, Australia (log axis):
Mike Honey (@mike_honey_@aus.social)
Attached: 1 image @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19@a.gup.pe Here are the recent trends in the key stats for Tasmania (log axis):
aus.social
September 22, 2023 at 8:48 AM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
Interesting long Covid research study recruiting in Victoria, Australia

#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #auscovid19
Flyer Research Opportunity Do you live with long COVID and experience fatigue, brain fog, sleep problems, depression or anxiety? Researchers at Deakin University are testing whether gut-based therapy (faecal microbiome transplantation, FMT) could improve outcomes for people with long COVID. What’s involved: 5 visits at University Hospital Geelong 3 FMT or placebo enemas Blood, urine & stool samples Garmin watch to track activity, sleep & heart rate Online questionnaires you can complete at home Parking costs covered Eligibility: Adults 18–65 with a long COVID diagnosis and moderate to severe symptoms. Interested? Learn more by contacting the GLOW team at CTUClinicalTrialsUnit@barwonhealth.org.au | (03) 4215 3078
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
From Australia:

Persistent lung & vascular inflammation in mild to moderate COVID-19 survivors detected by ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT: A quantitative imaging study with implications for cardiovascular risk

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Screenshot from Science for ME update

#auscovid19 #LongCovid #PASC
Persistent lung and vascular inflammation in mild to moderate COVID-19 survivors detected by ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT: A quantitative imaging study with implications for cardiovascular risk — Verma et al. "this new analysis demonstrates strong positive correlations between lung and vascular inflammation, suggesting that the ongoing lung inflammatory response may reflect broader systemic inflammatory activity and could represent a potential mechanism underlying the increased CV risk reported post-COVID."
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
(Australia)
"Long covid was the focus for lawmakers, clinicians, researchers and people with lived experience at today’s annual parliamentary friends of ME/CFS gathering."

www.medicalrepublic.com.au/chronic-fati...

Sympathetic article

#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #auscovid19
10 March 2026 Chronic fatigue over chronic fatigue reform 4 minute read Chronic Disease Political By Euan Kielly A parliament hearing has heard from ME/CFS advocates on where and how healthcare needs to step up to address the under-recognised field. Long covid was the focus for lawmakers, clinicians, researchers and people with lived experience at today’s annual parliamentary friends of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) gathering.
March 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
New from NCNED in Australia

Immune exhaustion in ME/CFS and long COVID

Free fulltext:
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

#LongCovid #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #auscovid19
Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID are debilitating multisystemic conditions sharing similarities in immune dysregulation and cellular signaling pathways contributing to the pathophysiology. In this study, immune exhaustion gene expression was investigated in participants with ME/CFS or long COVID concurrently. RNA was extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from participants with ME/CFS (n = 14), participants with long COVID (n = 15), and healthy controls (n = 18). Participants with ME/CFS were included according to Canadian Consensus Criteria. Participants with long COVID were eligible according to the case definition for “Post COVID-19 Condition” published by the World Health Organization. RNA was analyzed using the NanoString nCounter Immune Exhaustion gene expression panel. Differential gene expression analysis in ME/CFS revealed downregulated IFN signaling and immunoglobulin genes, and this suggested a state of immune suppression. Pathway analysis implicated dysregulated macrophage activation, cytokine production, and immunodeficiency signaling. Long COVID samples exhibited dysregulated expression of genes regarding antigen presentation, cytokine signaling, and immune activation. Differentially expressed genes were associated with antigen presentation, B cell development, macrophage activation, and cytokine signaling. This investigation elucidates the intricate role of both adaptive and innate immune dysregulation underlying ME/CFS and long COVID, emphasizing the potential importance of immune exhaustion in disease progression.
October 22, 2024 at 9:18 PM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
UK: New figures revealed that the number of children in England being homeschooled jumped more than 13% in one term last year.

From an estimated 86,200 in homeschooling at the start of 2023 to 97,600 by the April to July summer term.

#COVID19UK #Homeschooling @auscovid19
Fears as homeschooling rates 'surge' in England
Education campaigners demanded government action Friday after new figures revealed that the number of children in England being homeschooled jumped more than 13 percent in one term last year.The UK go...
sg.news.yahoo.com
January 29, 2024 at 5:13 AM
mikehoney.bsky.social
Here are the recent trends in the key COVID stats for the ACT, Australia (log axis):
Mike Honey (@mike_honey_@aus.social)
Attached: 1 image @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19@a.gup.pe Here are the recent trends in the key stats for the ACT (log axis):
aus.social
September 22, 2023 at 8:51 AM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
SA weekly COVID update: 24 Jan to 30 Jan
 
🔹PCR cases only: 1,366 (+30)
🔹Deaths: NR
🔹Total deaths: 1,697 (+0)
🔹Hospital: NR
🔹ICU: NR
 
🔸Cases numbers ⬆️UP 2.2% compared to the previous week
 
NR = Not Reported
 
@SAHealth @PictonChris @auscovid19
 
Source: sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...
February 2, 2024 at 1:38 AM