Engineer & Scientist. Breaks down Covid papers and data. Does a masked fitness series. All views expressed are my own, I speak from a US perspective. Not a Covid researcher nor a Covid scientist. youtube.com/@patrickthebiosteamist?si=FoWeCh6fdBWY5jEt
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A good clarification! The total days of symptoms don’t matter, it’s time from 1st symptoms to the viral load being high enough to be detected. That’s the 3-6 window. Becoming asymptomatic (no longer outwardly showing symptoms, not feeling sick), doesn’t mean you aren’t still infectious to others.
The days of symptoms don’t really matter, it’s the time from symptoms start to the viral load being high enough to be detected. The symptoms can, but don’t have to go along with that increase in viral load.
Just reminding everyone to retest in a couple of days after your sickness symptoms starts. On Covid rapid tests, it take 3-6 days after symptoms have started to get that first positive test on average. This has been true for the past few years.
Retest in a couple of days. It take 3-6 days after symptoms start to get that first positive test on average
#COVID19 #VariantDashboard - #USA| 08/28/25 #SARSCoV2 #Lineages #30DAYTRENDS XFG (23.5%) XFG.3 (23.3%) XFG.2 (18%) NB.1.8.1 (6.8%)⬇️ PQ.2 (3.8%) LP.8.1.1 (2.1%) NW.1.2 (1.6%) PY.1 (1.6%) XFG.3.1 (1.5%) PQ.1 (1.2%) Tracker: tinyurl.com/mryj4uu7 1/n
Tracking #SARSCoV2 #Lineages - Globally |09/01/25 Top lineages -#30DayTrends #G30 XFG (31.5%) XFG.3 (20%) NB.1.8.1 (13.4%) XFG.2 (6%) PQ.2 (5%) XFG.3.1 (3.5%) PQ.1 (1.8%) LP.8.1.1 (1.3%) PQ.10 (1.3%) MC.10.2.1 (1.2%) Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/... 1/n
ACIP Public Comment Period open from September 2-13, 2025. Please advocate for universal Covid-19 access, 6 months and up. I’ll put my comments up as an example in a future video. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
You clearly lack fundamental understandings of science. Nice cd by the way, shows how out of date and out of touch you are.
This is quotable for our times, “Illness is not a punishment, it is simple cause and effect”
The cognitive dissonance is out of this world. Denial of person being sick at work. The fallback to downplaying that they are sick at work (just allergies lie). The admission of a sickness going around the office (but somehow all of them have just allergies). All while broadcasting on Covid
Just watched a news broadcast on Covid & RFK, and one anchor is hacking up a lung, clearly sick. Then the other anchor is like yeah whatever you have is running through the office (where they obviously blame allergies). Irony at its peak. Most likely having a covid infection while talking on it.
was applicable when cases started creeping up at the top of summer, all the moreso during our back to school surge. if you won’t wear a mask to prevent you catching the virus, at least test assiduously to prevent passing it on. imo way more expensive & annoying but you made the maskless choice 🤷🏻♀️
Using Figure 17 from the WA Health analysis, we can estimate the number of infections of BA.3.2. I estimate ~1,200 BA.3.2.* infections in Perth for the latest week. #Take2 #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #BA_3_2 #Australia #WA #Perth 🧵
Part 2: CDC NWSS Data Breakdown - Sept 1 - We are Likely at High Levels Right Now. youtube.com/shorts/l10JC...
Part 1: Quick Covid Update - WastewaterSCAN Data for Summer 2025 youtube.com/shorts/7idT9...
You know the gym workouts are working when pushing a car on neutral feels like a piece of cake. Really surprised me how easy it was. I used to do that as a workout in college. Was actually jogging a little while pushing it up an incline. Crazy stuff.
It’s possible
It’s still not active on the Walgreen’s website, and cannot be navigated to within their website. Going to see if the Power BI direct link updates tomorrow or not. It may not because of the holiday, but we shall see. Within the next week or two we’ll know if it’s done. bsky.app/profile/patb...
And this bsky.app/profile/patb...
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Yup, I’ve been talking about this same exact thing for a long time now. I said the same exact thing during my public comments at the prior VRBPAC meeting where they made the decision.
But in an exercise of the mind I am nearly double beaten
Killing it! I’m only at 29
lol no, they’ve been actively working to wind the program down. I suspect people in the department are trying to save it by making it more “cost effective” or something like that.
CDC Updates Nowcast Estimates for Covid After 10 Wks of No Update youtu.be/Ycy5ZNgKgew
That’s the whole point of all of this. Destroy the institution, undermine credibility, and then eliminate the program in the name of governmental efficiency. Then privatize and contract and subcontract out the work they would have done. Sucking every dollar from the people down to the marrow.
I’m so frustrated with running shoes. They don’t even last 300 miles these days. I used to get about 500 miles out of a pair of shoes. Now it’s like every 2-4 months I have to get new ones. Couldn’t even finish a 3 mi run today bc the shoes shit the bed & I had to walk back and pitch them.
A great thread by Ralf for more context on BA.3.2. For an added bonus, we non-German speakers get to roll around a few long words on our tongues, like Gesamtauswirkungen and Mutationsschalter ...
Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to early August. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, growing strongly to 73% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell slightly, finishing at 13%. #COVID19 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵
Idk man, I’m just feeling very pessimistic with all the BS happening the past few days. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re going to go the efficient way of hitting their dumbass goals.
Are we taking bets on ACIP coming to the conclusion that certain vaccines, or some mystical combination of vaccines causes autism? And that they will “pull these vaccines from circulation until they get to the bottom of it”. Since his big reveal is September, and the ACIP meeting is then 👹
Fantastic!
Traveling soon? Stay protected during the COVID-19 surge by wearing a high-quality mask in crowded or indoor spaces like an N95, KN95 or KF94. Learn more: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID...
Days 3-6 after symptoms have already started is the most common window of picking up a first positive on the rapids, if you aren’t already aware.
Great to hear!
Make sure to do some serial testing post finishing Paxlovid (days 1, 3, 5 after course completion). A majority of the time Paxlovid doesn’t kick it as the standard course of treatment is too short, only 5 days.
Covid tests exist, I would take a couple of those over the course of a several days. Easy way to find out.
Vaccines are phenomenal. We have an undervalued tool still available within our arsenal. These are N95 masks, which effectively cut chains of transmission. Masking has been directly credited with eliminating entire strains of viruses like the B Yamagata strain of the flu. Masking works 😷
Just say you qualify. Practice some good resistance. A great next step is wearing an N95 regularly.
Probably wasn’t in the US, no worries
If you make an appointment there’s no chance of a mix up. The availability window for the prior vaccine formulation has already ended. Now having historic vaccine immunizations available for the 5 formulations to date is another story. I think we should do that. Convo for another time.
The 2024-2025 is no longer available. Once the FDA approves the 2025-2026 vaccine (which happened earlier this week), the prior one is immediately pulled from shelves in preparation for the new one. Pharmacies will even typically remove their stock in the week(s) prior to the announcement.
As Verily has been a major philanthropic donor of the wastewaterSCAN program, I assume they are funneling a lot of the money there. However, what Verily says and what they do are two totally different things. Biobot Analytics should never have lost the contract. Thanks Mandy Cohen 🙄
How has Verily expanded to 400 wastewater sites? Yet all they report on their website is the ~148 wastewater facilities of the wastewaterSCAN program through Stanford? Where is that 5yr Covid wastewater monitoring contract money going? www.ainvest.com/news/verily-...
Yes it is? Unless you aren’t speaking from a US perspective?
I’m gonna need Novavax to stop screwing around and say definitively if they are or are not going to be targeting their vaccine to LP.8.1. This JN.1 lineage target talking point is bullshit, bc the vaccine committee is considering LP.8.1 a JN.1 lineage. Will you or won’t you @novavax.bsky.social
When the worst person you know does one good thing… Cool beans. Basically Mike Pence all over again.
The three BA.3.2.2 from Western Australia appear to form an independent branch, but that's only due to the very low quality of the sequences. After making a few manual fixes, I got them to show up on the correct branch, next to several of the most recent South African sequences.
Ya boy has 9 published scientific works as of today. Woot woot. Funny how they keep trickling in despite being done with the work years ago.
And so it continues
oh now this is TOO CUTE
Update - Workaround to Access Walgreen’s Covid-19 Positivity Tracker Shoutout to @robertsundling.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/89i1s...
Ah never mind, found it, thank you
Outside of the direct link you have here, how does one navigate to the Microsoft Power Bi Covid-19 positivity tracker? So I can show people the workaround? I am not finding a navigable link anywhere to get to it
Good thread to read. Exactly how I feel. I’m sorry for your partners current infection.
Walgreen’s Covid-19 Test Positivity Tracker is Gone - August 25, 2025 youtube.com/shorts/Gtqg4...
Will update if this changes.
The CDC leadership has been compromised. open.substack.com/pub/drrubin/...
The craziest part is that it doesn’t look like they even archived the data. Plus levels were shooting up near all-time highs. So it’s not like it wasn’t still worth doing. Loss of another resource as we become further blinded to our reality.
Walgreen’s Covid-19 Test Positivity tracker is now gone. Completely removed from the website. 25 August 2025
Your choice if it’s a positive or negative one. Mask in an N95 or don’t. That’s your legacy for the history books. Who knows, maybe you’ll even be the literal textbook example.
This includes all hospital personnel (including front desk), dentists, etc. You touch the medical profession in any way, this will be your legacy.
It’s still not too late for medical professionals to mask up in N95 at work. Don’t be filled with the regret of harming your patients due to ignorance and negligence.
Very nice 👏🏻
Mask Brace Modifications for Running - Part 3 youtube.com/shorts/xqnUe... Further cutdowns, found a good shape.
That would be a great secondary measure - but source control is far more powerful. Even with the best filters and highest air exchanges per hour, if a sick person is sharing air next to you, they will get you sick.
I ask you, who doesn’t want clean air? Who doesn’t want to avoid getting sick while training? Clean the air, protect the spaces, protect eachother.
We all have an obligation to keep the air clean within shared spaces like the gym. That’s why gym goers should be masking in N95’s (preferably provided by the gym). It should be viewed as no different than using clean equipment.
one of the coolest things about masks is that it doesn’t matter what variant or pathogen or allergen etc it just filters you just have to wear it
Pullback weeks are the worst because you actively rest for 3 days and then fully realize how tired/sore your body actually has been. Slowing down and experiencing the fatigue of my own body as opposed to pushing through and neglecting it? Preposterous work. Rest & Recovery my guys. Ya need it.
Cryptic update, and minor rant. The cryptic from Nebraska is back. It is a weird one. Here is it’s RBD compared to lineages that have been circulating the last 2 years. I saw the exact same sequence in 2 different samples from a few weeks ago. 1/
Mask Brace Modifications for Running All Out - Part 2 youtube.com/shorts/y3wWN... Trial #2 with the only other mask brace I could find. This one is actually Silicone which is a plus.
Here's the latest variant picture for Western Australia, to mid-August. The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has continued to dominate, finishing at 86%. A second sample of the BA.3.2.2 variant was reported recently. #COVID19 #Australia #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #BA_3_2 🧵
I’m guessing the “technical issue” is probably related to brain drain from the layoff of at least 600 employees yesterday… apnews.com/article/cdc-...
Messaged you
I work at a big medical device company right now, I could check the job portal to see if there are some microbiology roles available?
Waiting for my routine doctors appointment in some free white BNX N95 masks I got due to a purchase of air filters for CR boxes.
Yeah 😞 thats not uncommon unfortunately. I’m sorry. The nice thing is that when they repost the role, you will likely get a new recruiter for the next time. So second shot. When I was searching for about 6 months (8 months ago), I applied to about 500-700 jobs. It a bad job market right now.
In short they aren’t really reading it. They are skimming it to make sure certain skills and experiences are there. Then it’s just so they think you’re a good “culture fit” from how you carry yourself in the convo
The recruiters are personality interviews. They do a light probe to see if you appear knowledgeable (check the boxes), and then the rest is just testing if you can hold a conversation and if things like salary are in the appropriate range for the job. They’re like a gateway to the interview.
I was advised against those as wasted space on the resume since the content is already there.
New designations: Also a XFG+376S now designated XFG.3.12.1 and it is dominant in Western Cape (South Africa). XFG.17.1 has S:F59S convergently with NB.1.8.1 as XFW that has 435S 456l 478T 493E as the last NB.1.8.1 descendants XFG.17.2 has 679R as Lp.8.1.1
We have another candidate giving out my number as their own - Deborah Thomas. This is wild. At least 2 people are behind my issue lol.
This is why I tell y’all to stop saying Omicron.
No more hiding, I'll be shining Like I'm born to be 😷 'Cause we are hunters, voices strong And I know I believe 🦠
Agreed
I actually don’t see anything official where they announced that. Technically LP.8.1 in the loosest sense is JN1 lineage. So that may be why some places are reporting it that way. From previously watching VRBPAC, I still expect Novavax to update to LP.8.1
Well shit, I didn’t realize they were electing to not update to LP.8.1 for this year. That’s crazy
Furthermore, infectious covid is present in urine and 💩. This means bathrooms are a location infection can happen, and if your sexy times involve either of those things. Fortunately, ticks and mosquitos can’t pass Covid - isn’t bloodborn. Semen may be a possible infection source (in debate).
If you’re able to tolerate mRNA, my personal preference is for that.
Definitely something to discuss with your doctor. Both types show good efficacy. People I follow and talk with in the autoimmune community, they have not had the flare ups with Novavax that they have had with Pfizer or Moderna. So that part is a little hearsay at this point - common enough tho
I would say not so much anymore, as the people wearing the masks regularly largely already know this type of info
Additionally, you can get infected through your eyes and by consuming Covid orally. Glasses help for that, but also consciously reducing face touching, and washing your hands before rubbing your eyes. Don’t share (eat from same plate or share same glass) food, drink with others. Even alcohol.
I’ve seen a lot of, “I wore my mask but still got sick”. 1) use N95 > KN95 > KF94 > Cloth mask. 2) Ensure no gaps - no airflow on deep exhales along your face. 3) N95 masks exposed to covid-19 have infectious material on surface for ~1hr. Clothing/skin longer periods. Shower & change clothing.
Novavax’s data has been lackluster imo and they perform a totally separate type of analysis to what is done in the mRNA platforms. It’s basically comparing apples to oranges, which makes them difficult to truly evaluate against one another.
I personally prefer the mRNA as I think it provides multiple levels of immune reaction to raw and final spike protein components. It’s more that the autoimmune community and those with allergies really need the option.
Basically 3 things in the valid sense from talking with people. The polyethylene glycol component isn’t in Novavax, so those with that allergy won’t have it triggered. It doesn’t spur as strong a reaction for those with MCAS or Lupus type issues. Perceived side effects are lower than mRNA.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has BARELY deviated from the CDC guidance. ALL children should be recommended to receive an updated Covid-19 vaccination in September. Only recommending it for 6mos-2yr & high risk over 2yr is not enough. It’s a disservice to not say all should get it.
COVID vaccines reduce transmission and I wish people would stop slamming them because they don’t stop it entirely. Reducing transmission is good! They don’t just protect the person who gets the vaccine!