Dr Mirella Sarah [PhD] 🔎🦋

Thank you - Can you also please consider some of the features previously on Twitter (now X) - including:
1. Ability to Remove an unwanted follower (rather than blocking/muting)
2. Easy creation of personal Lists
3. Bookmarks etc.

New Scientist: LC Causes & Treatments

Free Link 📍

◊ Globally, " round 65 million people may have long covid"

◊ Symptoms: Often differ widely b/w people

◊ Prevalence: Different studies have different rates depending on vaccination status & year

archive.is/Yb50l

AUSTRALIA: Eligibility For New Shingrix Shingles Vax (2 Doses)

Eligibility: Free Shingrix For Persons Who Have Not Had A Free "Zostavax" In The Last 5 Yrs
-Persons aged 65+
-First Nations 50+
-Specified groups 50+
-18+ Immunocompromised
-18+ Specified med conditions

Available now

Weekly C19 Data: WA
13/Nov-19/Nov/2023
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C19 Deaths 📊
New: 1 (-3)
Age: 30-39yrs (Male) 👈
Since 2020: 1,289
2023: 436

Hosp 🏥
Current Hosp: 176 (+10)
Current ICU Cases: 5 (+0)
New Hosp Admissions: 42
New To ICU: 3

Short-Term Trends 🔢
◊ Hospital Cases: ⬆️
◊ ICU Cases: Stable

Weekly C19 Data: WA
13/Nov- 19/Nov/2023
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Observations 📋
◊ Hosp Cases: Rising since 22/Sept/2023
◊ ICU Cases: Highest since 9/June/2023
◊ C19 Deaths Since July/2023: 166
◊ WW: Rising
◊ Covid Wave: Rising

Sources: health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp...
health.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E...

AUST: Minimum Of 6 AC COVID Deaths Per Day

Free Link

"Covid is killing at least 6 people a day in Australian AC homes, as new figures show two thirds of elderly residents have not had a booster in the last 6 months"

Listed In Article: All ACFs with cases & deaths 👈

archive.is/hGIiX

"Mystery outbreak of respiratory illness in China alarms WHO"

The Age/SMH: Free Link

The WHO has requested info from China about "reported clusters of pneumonia in children"

China claims the clusters are cases of mycoplasma since "the lifting of C19 restrictions"

archive.is/inxor

ATAGI

1) 2023: Eligibility For 2 Vax Doses
-Ages: 65+ yrs
-Persons aged 18-64 yrs with "severe immunocompromise" (Linked info)
health.gov.au/news/atagi-u...

2) 2023: Eligibility For 1 Dose
-Ages: 18-64 yrs
-Ages: 5-17 yrs with "medical comorbidities"
www.health.gov.au/news/atagi-2...

Australia's C19 Vulnerable Groups: Conservatively >5M

1) Persons Severely Immunocompromised: Approx 500,000
health.gov.au/ministers/th...

2) Persons With 2+ Comorbidities: <5 Million
abs.gov.au/statistics/h...

3) Persons Aged 65+ Yrs: 4.2 Million (2020)
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/olde...

John Flint: "Millions of Aussies ruled ineligible for improved COVID vaccines"

Free Link

"The Federal Govt has secured about 3 million doses of the XBB.1.5 vaccines. That is 1.2 million fewer than the number of Australians aged 65 & over"

22/11/2023

archive.is/69BL4#select...

Aust & UK - C19 Policies Among The Worst Globally 🚩

Prof Brendan Crabb: "We still have a strategy that is pro-infection"

US & Many In OCED (Excluding Aust):
-"Airborne mitigation"
-"Strategic use of high-quality masks"
-"Use of RAT tests to promote safe events"
-Quick & wide supply of vaxxes

Many of the world leaders the Aust PM is standing next to at the APEC Conference commenced distributing the updated C19 Monovalent vaccines in Sept/23

78.6% of Australians have 1 long-term health condition (ABS: 2020-21)

Condolences to all who had a recent C19 loss 🙏

Grateful thanks to our HCWs 💗

Aust: Available C19 Death Data 📌
17/11/2023

• This Week: 36*
• Since 2020: 23,212
• 2023: 5,996

C19 Deaths 🕯️
◊ VIC: 25*
◊ TAS: 7
◊ WA: 4 (70-90+yrs)
◊ ACT: 0

* Notes
◊ Monthly Reporting Via Fed DoH: NSW, NT, QLD
◊ SA Health: Reports monthly
VIC Source: @dbRaevn

Weekly Covid Data: VIC
17/11/2023
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C19 Deaths 📊
New: 25* (-29)
Since 2020: 8,694
2023: 2,214

C19 Positive Hosp 🏥
Hosp: 317 (-4)
ICU: 14 (+2)

Short-Term C19 Trends 🔢
◊ Hosp Cases: Fluctuating in upward direction
◊ ICU Cases: High
◊ Metro WW: High
◊ Deaths: High

Weekly C19 Data: VIC
17/11/2023
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Observations 📋
◊ C19 Hosp Cases: Fluctuating up
◊ C19 Deaths Since July/23: 596
◊ Metro WW: "High C19 viral loads .. higher prevalence of C19 infections in the community"
◊ Covid Wave: Rising

Sources: @dbRaevn & www.health.vic.gov.au/sites/defaul...

Eleven young Victorians die in preventable emergency department failures The state’s hospital watchdog has serious concerns about a lack of paediatric expertise, warning it had become normal for clinicians to treat children “outside of their comfort zone”.

Link to article

VIC: Children & ED Delays

"11 young Victorians have died & 9 others have permanently lost function as serious failures in emergency depts become more frequent"

"Workforce shortages & a pandemic-related increase in demand. linked to critical delays"

The Age used FOI legislation to obtain this info

Both Paxlovid & Molnupiravir Are Prescribed For AC Residents 🚩

In it's most recent treatment guidelines for Covid, the WHO found Paxlovid was better at reducing hospitalisation & cautions using Molnupiravir due to "CONCERNS regarding possible HARMS"

www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

Latest WHO C19 Treatment Guidelines: Paxlovid Superior To Molnupiravir 🚩

"Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir [Paxlovid] was deemed a superior choice to molnupiravir given it probably has a greater reduction in hospitalisation & because of CONCERNS regarding possible HARMS of Molnupiravir"

Australia's Covid Vulnerable Groups - Millions 📌

1) Persons Severely Immunocompromised: approx 2.5% - 500,000
health.gov.au/ministers/th...

2) Persons With Comorbidities: 2+ Conditions 18.6% - <5 million
abs.gov.au/statistics/h...

3) Persons Aged 65+ Years: 16% - 4.2 million (2020)

So you're solution would have been to have no lockdowns (even with fewer regs) before vaccines were invented - Not my idea of PH

Aust: Available C19 Death Data 📌
10/11/2023

• This Week: 58
• Since 2020: 23,176
• 2023: 5,960

C19 Deaths 🕯️
◊ VIC: 54*
◊ TAS: 2
◊ WA: 2 (Ages: 80-90+)
◊ ACT: 0

Notes
◊ Monthly Reporting Via Fed DoH: NSW, NT, QLD
◊ SA Health: Reports monthly
* Source: @dbRaevn

Weekly Covid Data: VIC
10/11/2023
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Observations 📋
◊ C19 Hosp Cases: Rising since 18/Aug/23
◊ C19 Deaths Since July/23: 571
◊ WW: High & Increased Oct/23
◊ Covid Wave: Rising

Reminder 📌
◊ Weekly C19 Cases: Not reliable

Sources: @dbRaevn & health.vic.gov.au/sites/defaul...

Weekly Covid Data: VIC
10/11/2023
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C19 Deaths 📊
New: 54* (+18)
Since 2020: 8,669
2023: 2,189

C19 Positive Hosp 🏥
Hosp: 321 (+35 from CHO Interview)
ICU: 12 (+0)

Short-Term C19 Trends 🔢
◊ Hosp Cases: Rising
◊ ICU Cases: High
◊ Deaths: High

*Thanks @dbRaevn

An FcRn-targeted mucosal vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission - Nature Communicatio... Here the authors develop a mucosal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and show immunogenicity and protection in mice as well as reduced virus transmission in hamsters. This protein vaccine consists of a stabilized sp...

Another Effective C19 Nasal Vax Study 📌

"Nasal vaccines for "respiratory viruses . . are less invasive & STOP viral particle replication in the airway, before a virus can enter the bloodstream"

Study Review: medicalxpress.com/news/2023-11...
Original Study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...?

Mucosal Adenoviral-vectored Vaccine Boosting Durably Prevents XBB.1.16 Infection in Nonhuman Primate... bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

C19 Nasal Boosters 📌

◊ mRNA C19 vaccines lower risk of severe illness but wane after some time

◊ Mucosal vaccines increase protection

◊ Findings: "Vaccines directed at BOTH the lungs & nose .. can induce broad" immunity that prevents infection of XBB.1.16

Source: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

You're welcome

As noted above, there is not enough interest to post all the data - so please check my Twitter/X page if you wish to see more data

We are clearly in the midst of a new wave

You're welcome

Am not posting much data lately as very few people have indicated interest in Covid Nos

Covid Data 📌

Federal Covid data has shifted to a monthly update, which means NSW & QLD data will not be available until the end of Nov 2023

NT data is now fortnightly & will be updated on 10/11/2023

For anyone interested in other jurisdictions, I have Weekly Covid updates on my Twitter/X page

Aust: Covid Deaths 📌
Incomplete (Refer Notes)
3/11/2023

• This Week: 41
• Since 2020: 23,118
• 2023: 5,902

C19 Deaths 🕯️
◊ VIC: 36*
◊ SA: 4 (Unclear if monthly/week)
◊ ACT: 1 (Age: 70s)
◊ TAS: 0
◊ WA: 0

Notes
◊ Monthly: NSW, QLD (Fed data)
◊ Fortnightly: NT
* Source: @dbRaevn