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Canada: Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital. Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.

New Zealand COVID weekly update: 21 Dec 2025 15 Dec to 21 Dec 2025: 🔹Reported cases: 171 (+2.3%) 🔹Reported Deaths: 9 (-30.7%) 🔹Reported deaths last 30 days: 37 🔹Total deaths: 5,519 (+9) 2 Dec to 8 Dec 2025: 🔹Hospitalisations: 19 (-20.8%) #COVID19NZ Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...

Hard to tell if this is denial — or cumulative damage from repeated COVID infections. Source: x.com/justinlvince...

By Masked Rogue @unmaskedrogue.bsky.social: "If you’re ignoring COVID, you’re complying with the governments and corporations who don’t value your health, or even your life. Why sacrifice everything for the benefit of the rich?" Source: x.com/unMaskedRogu...

Someone sent me old photos of me unmasked, saying they're grieving that version of me. Umm, I'm very much alive & just paying attention to the evidence. I am, however, grieving the version of them I thought had empathy

"Study finds that despite broad COVID vaccine availability, COVID still deadlier than flu in hospitalized patients" Korean health data on 15 million cases found COVID had 76% higher odds of death within 30 days among hospitalised patients than influenza (2022–23) www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 16 Dec to 22 Dec 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 413 (+10.1%) 🔹Influenza: 1,994 (+17.9%) 🔹RSV: 409 (+31.0%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 25 (-21.8%) 🔸Influenza: 93 (+40.9%) 🔸RSV: 39 (+25.8%) Source: health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...

US Weekly COVID update: Dec 22, 2025 🔸1 in 67 Actively Infectious 🔸732,000 New Daily Infections 🔸4,470,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸232,000,000 Infections in 2025 🔸224,000 to 890,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸1,300 to 2,200 Weekly Deaths Source: pmc19.com/data/

USA: "2 children in Wisconsin have died of respiratory illnesses" "One child died of COVID-19 and the other from influenza. The state did not release information on the children’s ages or locations." "Epidemiologist Tom Haupt said the deaths are “a reminder about how serious these viruses can be.”

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update: The risk estimate increased a touch to 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-812. That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia 🧵

1 in 500 Alaskans died from COVID-19 (2020–2023) Over a roughly 3-year period, from March 2020 to May 2023, 1,564 Alaskans died from COVID-19. “74% of those who died and were eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine had opted not to receive it.” Source: archive.md/Ylork

USA: Epidemic trend summary: Dec 19, 2025 COVID-19 As of December 16, 2025: 🔹31 states have COVID-19 infections growing or likely growing 🔹1 state has infections declining or likely declining 🔹15 states show no change Source: cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...

By Dr. Michael COVID is NOT primarily a respiratory disease. It is a systemic vascular-immune disease causing endothelial injury, microvascular thrombosis, and immune dysregulation. This is concerning because the injury is cumulative with each infection(endothelium does not easily regenerate).

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update — 19 Dec 2025 🔹 QLD: ⬆️ UP (+11.6%) 32 in hospital 🔹 NSW: ⬆️ UP (+5.6%) 🔹 SA: ⬆️ UP (+2.5%) 3 deaths reported 🔸 WA: ⬇️ DOWN (–4.1%) Avg 12/day hospital ▫️ VIC: Next update 29 Dec ▫️ TAS: Next update 9 Jan ▫️ ACT: Reporting paused for 2025 🔹 Aged care: ⬆️ UP (+18.9%) 1 death

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 18 December 2025 🔹Active cases: 201 (+18.9%) 🔹Active outbreaks: 38 (+31.0%) 🔹Resident cases: 162 (+22.7%) 🔹Staff cases: 39 (+5.4%) 🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 401 (+1) @SamRaeMP www.health.gov.au/sites/defaul...

Australia: COVID-19 – information for residential aged care providers – emergency leave. "Unpredictable COVID-19 outbreaks are still occurring in aged care homes and the broader community, so emergency leave continues to be available for permanent aged care residents until 31 December 2026."

WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 14 Dec 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 1.7% est. (-0.1%) 🔹PCR cases: 93 (-4.1%) 🔹Hospitalisation: Average cases decreased to 12 per day (-25.0%) 🔹ICU: 7-day average remained at 1 case (+0.0%) Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

“We need to start calling anti-vaxxers ‘pro-disease’ so there’s no confusion on who they actually are ☹️” Source: x.com/ennui365/sta...

Workplace exposures tied to higher risk of long COVID. Study of 2,054 workers in Spain (2020–23) found nearly 1 in 4 (23.7%) developed long COVID. People in high-exposure jobs face a 44% higher risk of long COVID — Health and social care workers, teachers, retail, transport, and security staff.

“You tell me, Mr Anderson — what good is washing your hands if the virus is in the air?” #COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUp 😷

South Australia Weekly Respiratory Update: 13 Dec to 19 Dec 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 122 (+2.5%) 🔹Flu: 900 (+9.3%) 🔹RSV: 53 (-25.3%) 🔹Pertussis: 82 (+7.8%) Reported deaths in 2025: 🔸COVID: 81 (+3)🚨 🔸Flu: 70 🔸RSV: 16 🔸Pertussis: 5 Source: sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

USA: "Tripledemic" of flu, COVID and RSV cases surging across New York ahead of holidays, health officials warn. Across the state, in just one week 🚨 🔹RSV: Cases up +35% 🔹COVID-19: Cases up +15% 🔹Flu: Hospitalisations up +75%

By Hiroshi Yasuda: A COVID wave kills selected vulnerable people while making healthy people vulnerable. You may be selected in the next wave. Source: x.com/Yash25571056...

Queensland records worst flu season in a decade, with cases 18% up on last year. 🔹93,753 lab-confirmed flu cases so far this year (+18% compared with last year) 🔹79,770 cases recorded in 2024 (previous decade high)

"44 countries have seen tenfold increases in at least 13 infectious diseases compared with levels observed before the pandemic. One idea they discuss, known as "immunity theft," proposes that an episode of acute COVID may leave people more susceptible to other infections" Source: archive.md/BLkpk

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Week ending 13 December 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.0% (+0.6%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 2 out of 4 🔹COVID: 751 (+5.6%) 🔹Influenza: 4,557 (+14.9%) 🔹RSV: 338 (-9.4%) @NSWHealth health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

Researchers in Brazil found SARS-CoV-2 uses a sophisticated tactic to evade the body’s defenses. It can dodge the immune system before invading cells, then manipulate the host cell’s genetic material after infection—an approach not previously seen in other pathogens. This helps it escape detection.

How Not to Give or Get COVID for Christmas. "No one wants to be sick for the holidays! Gathering with friends and family during the holidays can spread more than just good cheer; some guests could unknowingly pass along a viral illness like COVID (and flu, RSV and measles)"

A study found 8% of US healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID kept working while sick, and this increased as the pandemic went on. Presenteeism was more common among those with graduate degrees and higher incomes than among lower-paid or less-educated workers. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/pre...

This is wild. A 22-year-old having COVID 9 times isn’t “normal” or acceptable. She washes her hands religiously, but COVID is airborne — Public health failed her. She had been healthy and happy for most of her life, but repeated infections have clearly taken a toll on her health and wellbeing.

New Zealand COVID weekly update: 14 Dec 2025 8 Dec to 14 Dec 2025: 🔹Reported cases: 167 (+3.0%) 🔹Reported Deaths: 13 (+44.4%) 🔹Total deaths: 5,510 (+13) 25 Nov to 1 Dec 2025: 🔹Hospitalisations: 24 (-4.0%) #COVID19NZ Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 9 Dec to 15 Dec 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 375 (+11.6%) 🔹Influenza: 1,690 (-10.9%) 🔹RSV: 312 (-15.6%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 32 (-20.0%) 🔸Influenza: 66 (-8.3%) 🔸RSV: 31 (+3.3%) Source: health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...

Who is more likely to get long COVID? New study uncovers genetic drivers behind the disease. University of South Australia–led researchers combined genetic and molecular data from 100+ international studies, identifying 32 causal genes linked to long COVID, including 13 new genes. archive.md/dyiOM

Pregnant women who develop COVID-19 after vaccination are much less likely to be hospitalised, need intensive care, or deliver early. A Canadian study of nearly 20,000 pregnant women found vaccination cut hospitalisation risk by 62% and critical care risk by 90% compared with unvaccinated women.

"COVID alters brain structure long after infection, new Qld study finds" "Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms." Source: archive.md/JURHA

US Weekly COVID update: Dec 15, 2025 🔸1 in 63 Actively Infectious 🔸772,000 New Daily Infections 🔸4,730,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸228,000,000 Infections in 2025 🔸237,000 to 950,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸1,400 to 2,400 Weekly Deaths Source: pmc19.com/data/

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update: The risk estimate was flat at 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-1,011. That implies a 3% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia 🧵

USA: Epidemic trend summary: Dec 12, 2025 COVID-19 As of December 9, 2025: 🔹22 states have COVID-19 infections growing or likely growing 🔹4 states have infections declining or likely declining 🔹21 states show no change Source: cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...

A large Israeli cohort study found that adults hospitalised with COVID face a 69% higher risk of death compared with uninfected adults, with elevated mortality persisting for up to 2 years after hospitalisation. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

Huge thanks to @mikehoney.bsky.social for all the valuable COVID data he tracks. His work has become incredibly important for scientists and health professionals, and with so little data available now, it really matters for people who want to stay safe and informed. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 12 Dec 2025 🔹TAS: Up (+31%) 🔹QLD: Up (+16.6%) 40 in hospital 🔹VIC: Up (+6%) 🔹WA: Up (+5.4%) Avg 16 day in hospital 🔸SA: Down (-17.3%) 🔸NSW: Down (-6.2%) ▫️ACT: Paused reporting for 2025 🔹Aged-care: Up (+7.3%) Sadly, 3 deaths reported

Tasmania MONTHLY COVID Update: Week ending 12 Dec 2025 From 10 Nov to 12 Dec 2025 🔸COVID Positivity rate: 2.5% (+0.5%) 🔹COVID: 38 (+31.0%) 🔹Influenza A: 310 (+100.0%) 🔹Influenza B: 0 (+0.0%) 🔹RSV: 23 (-51.0%) Source: health.tas.gov.au/health-topic...

Measles alert for Sydney NSW Health just issued a measles alert for multiple locations across Sydney after a confirmed case travelled around the city while infectious earlier this month. Full list of locations and times below. Source: www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/2...

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 11 December 2025 🔹Active cases: 175 (+7.3%) 🔹Active outbreaks: 35 (+16.6%) 🔹Resident cases: 138 (+21.0%) 🔹Staff cases: 37 (-24.4%) 🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 400 (+3) @SamRaeMP Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 7 Dec 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 1.8% est. (+0.5%) 🔹PCR cases: 97 (+5.4%) 🔹Hospitalisation: Average cases remained stable at 16 per day (Stable) 🔹ICU: 7-day average increased to 1 case (+0.0%) Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

South Australia Weekly Respiratory Update: 6 Dec to 12 Dec 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 119 (-17.3%) 🔹Flu: 823 (+6.4%) 🔹RSV: 71 (-7.7%) 🔹Pertussis: 76 (+15.1%) Reported deaths in 2025: 🔸COVID: 78 🔸Flu: 70 (+9)⚠️ 🔸RSV: 16 (+4)⚠️ 🔸Pertussis: 5 Source: sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

Victorian Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 12 Dec 2025 30 Nov to 6 Dec 2025: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.5% (+0.1%) 🔹COVID: 500 (+6%) 🔹Influenza A: 2,073 (-3%) 🔹Influenza B: 22 (-21%) 🔹RSV: 166 (-6%) Source: health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...

UK: Weekly COVID Update: 10 Dec 2025 1 Dec and 7 Dec 2025: 🔸Positivity rate: 2.1% (-0.1%) 🔹Reported cases: 705 (+12.6%) 🔹Hospital admission rate: 1.27 per 100,000 (+0.19) Source: www.gov.uk/government/s...

"COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76%, Study Finds" Effectiveness of COVID Vaccines in Children (compared with unvaccinated children): 🔹76% reduction in ER or urgent care visits (ages 9 months–4 years) 🔹56% reduction in ER or Urgent care visits (ages 5–17 years) Source: archive.md/roPXg