We should find out how the next booster will be handled this month. Coming soon...

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US research finds 1 in 10 adults get long COVID after omicron
https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-research-finds-1-10-adults-get-long-covid-omicron

Posted the link to FoxNews for the readers who still follow this thread.

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More than 70% of US household COVID spread started with a child, study suggests
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/more-70-us-household-covid-spread-started-child-study-suggests

In-person school contributed to transmission
"More than 70% of transmissions in households with adults and children were from a pediatric index case, but this percentage fluctuated weekly," the study authors wrote. "Once US schools reopened in fall 2020, children contributed more to inferred within-household transmission when they were in school, and less during summer and winter breaks, a pattern consistent for 2 consecutive school years."


I liked this one, turns out kids spread COVID exactly like the spread every other disease :) Who'd have thunk it??


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Risk of smell loss from COVID-19 omicron variant is as low as 6% compared with initial variants, finds new study

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-loss-covid-omicron-variant-variants.html

tldr; Loss of smell has decreased with new variants.

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Mysterious COVID strain found in central Ohio
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/mysterious-covid-strain-found-in-central-ohio/

tldr; Someone in Ohio liekly has had COVID for a long time and it's mutating.

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Debt ceiling bill takes back COVID money
https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/4027057-debt-ceiling-bill-takes-back-covid-money/

tldr; Republicans demanded it, Democrats let it happen so the country doesn't implode. So all the "we need more COVID research for bettr treatment posters have one more "both parties are the same!!!" ammo.

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COVID cases could be ticking up in New York City, wastewater data shows
Most wastewater plants in the city show high levels of virus detection.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-cases-ticking-new-york-city-wastewater-data/story?id=99786571

Nearly all of the 14 wastewater treatments plants in the city are currently in the "high" detection level category, meaning likely 50 or more cases per 100,000 people, according to the NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network dashboard, which was updated Friday.

What's more, two-week trend data shows that just three of the plants are seeing decreases in virus detection.

Reported case numbers have not jumped. But fewer people are getting tested than earlier in the pandemic, so case numbers are a less reliable indicator of COVID-19 spread.