• christophski@feddit.uk
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    7 months ago

    Nationally, COVID-19 remains the primary cause of new respiratory hospitalizations and deaths, resulting in about 1,000 fatalities a week.

    1000 deaths a week? This seems like it should be newsworthy no?

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      7 months ago

      Weekly covid deaths

      (note this only goes to Dec. 10-16th thus far).

      I don’t know. We know covid deaths will ramp up just like flu every season now. But relative to past spikes, 1,000 per week nationally is pretty low.

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    7 months ago

    I had to miss out on a lot of family stuff because I came down with croup or something nasty that developed from rhinovirus/common cold.

    Nearly 6 weeks later and I still have some coughing fits. I faired better than many though. Nasal irrigation, vitamins, and saltwater gargling probably helped.