"Regarding COVID, we are in a good place for now. Wastewater virus levels are “LOW” in general for the nation, although SARS-CoV-2 wastewater levels are “VERY HIGH” in New Mexico and are “HIGH” in Missouri. Hospitalizations, Emergency Department visits and deaths from COVID continue to decrease significantly. According to JP Weiland, there are about 245,000 new COVID infections each day in the United States, with 1 in every 135 people currently infected. This is a huge improvement from the end of December 2023 when there were about 1.4 million new cases each day.
"JN.1 and its progeny are still the main variants. JN.1 + FLiRT mutation has now been seen in 27 countries, but is still at very low levels. It is expected to take over in a few weeks to months.
"This week, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine showed no significant difference in time until resolution of symptoms between those taking Paxlovid (12 days) and those taking placebo (13 days). However, Paxlovid did decrease the risk of hospitalization and of death. The study had limitations in that the median age of people in this study was 42 years old and only 5% of participants were over age 65.
"There were two interesting studies on acute COVID infection and the brain this week. The first study shows that even though there are low levels of SARS-2 virus particles in the brain, the virus particles tend to hang out in the synapses between nerves disturbing normal electrical messaging between neurons. The authors concluded, “Here we show that exposure to SARS-CoV-2 can perturb neuronal synapse morphology, modulate the synaptosome landscape and interfere with local electrical field potential.”
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All I know is, I am not ready to drop my guard. We've seen this before where everyone stops talking about COVID, everyone lowers their guard -- and then things get worse.
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