Wednesday, July 16, 2025

COVID Cases Rising in 25 States, But Nationwide Activity Low

Infections of COVID-19 are growing or likely growing in half of the U.S. as of July 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated.

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COVID-19 levels have increased sharply since June, with nearly all wastewater sites showing signs of transmission.

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-- San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle.com) Jul 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM

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... The agency's wastewater monitoring dashboard tells a similar story, with Florida and Alabama leading the country in viral activity levels. Its most recent data comes from the week leading up to July 5.

COVID-19 infections part of summer spike

The uptick is part of a predicted summer spike, which lasts from July to September as part of a twice-a-year pattern recently identified by the CDC. The second spike comes in winter, typically from December to February.

"Our analysis revealed biannual COVID-19 peaks in late summer and winter, a pattern that is expected to persist as long as the rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and cyclical S1 diversity continues," agency scientists wrote. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-15 08:46 PM

Tangentially 9very tangentially) related ...

COVID-19 vaccine technology adapted to develop first mRNA defense against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
medicalxpress.com

... Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research in Ness Ziona have used the platform developed for COVID-19 vaccines to create the world's first mRNA-based vaccine against a deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacterium.

In this study, the researchers tested the vaccine's resistance to the virulent pathogen that causes the disease and were able to demonstrate 100% protection against infection in animal models. The researchers now hope that this technology can be used to combat other lethal bacteria as well. ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-15 08:47 PM

Yawn.

#3 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-07-17 12:58 AM

Gonna be pedantic here and say I wouldn't trust anyone who gives such a crappy explanation of viruses as that dude gives in the article.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-17 02:06 AM

How many boosters are we up to now?

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-07-17 12:14 PM

How many boosters are we up to now?
#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Is COVID still the #1 Cop Killer?

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-17 12:16 PM

@#4 ... in the article. ...

Which of the two articles?

The one in the summary, or the one linked in #2?

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-17 12:24 PM

U.S. Measles Cases Hit Highest Level Since Declared Eliminated in 2000

publichealth.jhu.edu

The orange pedo and Polio Bob are doing a heckuva job.

#8 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-17 12:25 PM

How many boosters are we up to now?
#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

My doctor recommends one Covid shot a year. Same thing he recommends for the flu. Unless you have a compromised immune system in which case he recommends 2 shots a year. One in the fall when the new shot comes out and one in the spring preferably about 6 months later.

#9 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-07-17 05:57 PM

How many boosters are we up to now?
#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Ya know, the hope with COVID is it mutates to something as harmless as the common cold. That would help it out from an evolutionary perspective because we wouldn't fight it and it could circle the globe relatively harmlessly to humans like the eight or so other widespread coronaviruses we know about do.

Until that happens, I'll stick with the boosters. Oh, and you should understand that the boosters provide positive selective evolutionary pressure which should deliver exactly what I'm talking about. A less harmless COVID that fills the void created by making life harder for the more harmful COVID. You know, like Trump is making room for China and Russia in the world, by pulling Jack Nicholson off that wall.

JPW can correct anything I'm wrong about after he's done sucking your dick. He says it tastes like your mom's ass.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-17 06:04 PM

How many boosters are we up to now?

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Why? What's wrong with trump's vaccine?

#11 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-07-18 01:15 PM

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