Category Archives: COVID-19

The State of COVID in D.C.*: Another Decline

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. This is promising: With a decrease from 496 copies/ml to 404 copies/ml, we’re still four times higher than the mid-June 2023 … Continue reading

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Four Years Ago

Well, I’m off by one day. Some regular readers might remember that for two years straight, over on Xitter, I posted daily D.C. COVID statistics, such as how many people were infected and so on. I began March 10, 2020: … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: Leveling Off Again

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. After last week’s big decline, a slight tick upward: With a slight increase from 489 copies/ml to 521 copies/ml, we’re still … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on New the CDC COVID Isolation Guidelines

If you haven’t heard by now, the CDC has changed its COVID isolation recommendations from isolating for five days before returning to work or school and can resume daily activities if they have been fever-free for at least 24 hours … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: Getting Better!

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. A big drop this week: With a big decline from 641 copies/ml to 489 copies/ml, we’re still five times higher than … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: Still High, Future Unclear

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. The leveling off/slight upward movement continues this week in Alexandria: With a slight increase from 676 copies/ml to 682 copies/ml, we’re … Continue reading

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The Missing Factor from the Proposed CDC COVID Guidelines

In case you didn’t hear, the CDC is proposing new COVID isolation guidelines (boldface mine): Under the proposed guidelines, Americans would no longer be advised to isolate for five days before returning to work or school. Instead, they might return … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: Here We Go Again?

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. After last week’s slowdown in the rate of decline, we now have a slight trending upwards: With a slight increase from … Continue reading

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When “Talk to Your Doctor” Is a (Viral) Nightmare: The Masking Edition

And if there’s one person who could capture that, it would be Chuck Wendig. Wendig has a dark description of a recent trip to the doctor’s office when he had a respiratory virus (not COVID). The whole thing is worth … Continue reading

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We Still Don’t Have the Basic Data We Need for Long COVID

A few weeks ago, some asshole with a blog wrote this about the unknown risks of long COVID: Regarding long COVID, for me, there’s a huge difference between a 0.01% outcome (1 in 10,000) of long COVID in a vaccinated … Continue reading

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