January 12, 2022

Boston wastewater shows steep Covid decline.

The earliest and best indicator of the presence of Covid in a community has shown a steep decline in recent days. Covid has peaked in Boston.

https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/01/12/wastewater-covid-level-decline-new-data

January 10, 2022

Covid booster report from Yale New Haven Hospital ER

https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1480363557581729792

Dr. Forman, among his other duties is head of radiology at the Yale New Haven ER which has been packed lately.

As he always says: Get boosted!

January 9, 2022

NYC may have peaked. With caveats.

People aren't saying for sure but the City's chart of cases looks promising:

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page#daily

The link should be good. The chart may take a little time to load.

January 8, 2022

The Georgia Medley - UGA Glee Club

UGA!

January 8, 2022

Omicron cases v. Hospital admissions for over 65s in the UK

https://twitter.com/drraghibali/status/1479741003301015554?s=20

The UK made a point to get boosters into 90 percent of UK residents over 65.

January 8, 2022

The number of Boosted patients in critical care in the UK!

https://twitter.com/PaulMainwood/status/1479528897259712513?s=20

I believe I read that the boosted rate for over 65s in the UK is over 90 percent.

January 8, 2022

Texas teacher put son in car trunk to prevent Covid exposure.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-teacher-put-son-covid-19-car-trunk-prevent-exposure-warrant-says-rcna11441

January 7, 2022

Whatever happened to Subway's Jared?

I don't know. I saw the headline and felt compelled to click on it. Maybe someone is interested:

https://nypost.com/2022/01/06/subway-jared-fogle-speaks-from-prison-i-royally-screwed-up/

January 6, 2022

A second Maxwell juror has come forward!

The NYT is reporting that a second juror now says that they had been sexually abused as a child and shared this with the jury. What a mess:

In another potential complication, a second juror described in an interview with The New York Times having been sexually abused as a child. This juror, who requested anonymity, said that they, too, had discussed the experience during deliberations and that the revelation had appeared to help shape the jury’s discussions.

The two jurors’ disclosures could be particularly problematic if they failed to note their experiences to the court during jury selection. All the potential jurors in the case were asked in a confidential questionnaire whether they or any relatives or friends had been the victim of sexual abuse or harassment.

Maxwell Verdict Is Clouded After Juror’s Disclosure of Past Sexual Abuse https://nyti.ms/3eSLXsO

January 5, 2022

Estimated prevalence of Covid in London:

https://twitter.com/PaulMainwood/status/1478739628735803398?s=20

ONS is the UK's Office of National Statistics. People wonder if there might be an increase because of holiday gatherings. Cases in the rest of the UK are still rising. It's thought they might be 10 days behind London.