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"Live blog: International demonstrations ignite for Long COVID Awareness Day"
"Demonstrations for International Long COVID Awareness Day have sparked around the globe. Whether raising awareness about the disease in public or from their homes, people with Long COVID and their allies have raised their voices to demand recognition, research, treatments, support, and prevention of COVID-19 …"
The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis · Live blog: International demonstrations ignite for Long COVID Awareness Day - The Sick TimesDemonstrations for International Long COVID Awareness Day have sparked around the globe. Whether raising awareness about the disease in public or from their homes, people with Long COVID and their allies have raised their voices to demand recognition, research, treatments, support, and prevention of COVID-19 during the ongoing pandemic, as many in the community observe
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![Chart: Estimated U.S. Variant Proportions by Common Name
Sources: Centers for Disease Control, CoV-Lineages, NYITCOM Research, Daniele Focosi, World Health Network, others
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Reskin of CDC's Variants Nowcast, and any significant variants in GISAID not broken out by CDC.
Five bar-style tree-charts, for fortnights through March 2–15. Legend of last fortnight, organized by subheadings of color-grouped families and convergent clusters. Percentages overlay each color key, reflecting share as of most recent tree-chart.
Essentially all WHO-Vaccine-Target JN.1. JN.1.11 accounts for over three fifths; JN.1.11 + FLiRT for near half.
For fortnight of 1/19–2/1, packed bubble charts fill single-variant tiles, indicating diversification of those variants (per GISAID) that wouldn't otherwise be apparent from CDC's Nowcast.
Legend:
LP.8.1 [purple]:
47% - LP.8.1.1 / NY† & other LP.8.1
JN.1 + FLiRT-KS [browns]:
26% - XEC.2†, XEC.8† & other XEC
2% - XEC.4
2% - XEQ
⅒% - other KS.1
JN.1.11 [greens]:
¾% - KP.3
15% - MC.10.1, MC.28.1, MC.19, MC.1 & other KP.3.1.1 / MC
JN.1 + FLiRT [reds]:
4% - LF.7
3% - LB.1.3.1 / NL
0% - LB.1
JN.1.11 + FLiRT [blues]:
½% - XEK
0% - KP.2.3 & KP.1.1.3 / LP
Other [greys]:
½% - JN.1.16
⅐% - other WHO-Vaccine-Target JN.1
⅒% - Other (not specified)
† Dagger variants are not broken out by CDC, yet represent a significant share of recent GISAID sequences.](https://spaces.hcommons.social/media_attachments/files/114/163/035/799/833/179/original/9a1523ae932eddff.jpg "Chart: Estimated U.S. Variant Proportions by Common Name
Sources: Centers for Disease Control, CoV-Lineages, NYITCOM Research, Daniele Focosi, World Health Network, others
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Reskin of CDC's Variants Nowcast, and any significant variants in GISAID not broken out by CDC.
Five bar-style tree-charts, for fortnights through March 2–15. Legend of last fortnight, organized by subheadings of color-grouped families and convergent clusters. Percentages overlay each color key, reflecting share as of most recent tree-chart.
Essentially all WHO-Vaccine-Target JN.1. JN.1.11 accounts for over three fifths; JN.1.11 + FLiRT for near half.
For fortnight of 1/19–2/1, packed bubble charts fill single-variant tiles, indicating diversification of those variants (per GISAID) that wouldn't otherwise be apparent from CDC's Nowcast.
Legend:
LP.8.1 [purple]:
47% - LP.8.1.1 / NY† & other LP.8.1
JN.1 + FLiRT-KS [browns]:
26% - XEC.2†, XEC.8† & other XEC
2% - XEC.4
2% - XEQ
⅒% - other KS.1
JN.1.11 [greens]:
¾% - KP.3
15% - MC.10.1, MC.28.1, MC.19, MC.1 & other KP.3.1.1 / MC
JN.1 + FLiRT [reds]:
4% - LF.7
3% - LB.1.3.1 / NL
0% - LB.1
JN.1.11 + FLiRT [blues]:
½% - XEK
0% - KP.2.3 & KP.1.1.3 / LP
Other [greys]:
½% - JN.1.16
⅐% - other WHO-Vaccine-Target JN.1
⅒% - Other (not specified)
† Dagger variants are not broken out by CDC, yet represent a significant share of recent GISAID sequences.")
![Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population
Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC
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Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of:
• Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (60.3M as of Sep 16)
• Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22]
• Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (34.3M) [Apr '22: 32.7M]
• Now Living with LC (17.9M)
• Current Activity Limitations from LC (14.8M)
• Significant Limitations (4.4M)
Caption (in part):
Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes.
NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. With [retraction & new studies] now assume U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at same rate as adults.
Census…was due to relaunch Household Pulse Survey (HPS) as Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)…January 2025….had been no relaunch as of [Jan 20].…now is word of a general moratorium on…executive branch agencies communicating with the public….](https://spaces.hcommons.social/media_attachments/files/114/162/951/226/814/823/original/43491d1e4d67fc01.png "Chart: Estimates of Long Covid: Extrapolated to Entire U.S. Population
Data: Census Bureau, Nat'l Cntr for Health Stats, Dept of Health & Human Svcs, Bureau of Labor Stats (via FRED), CDC
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Line chart, from Apr 2022 to date, of:
• Ever Experienced Long Covid for 3+ Months (60.3M as of Sep 16)
• Reported Staffed Hospital Beds (2.1K per Million) [Was 2.3K Apr '22]
• Population 16+ With a Disability — Labor Stats (34.3M) [Apr '22: 32.7M]
• Now Living with LC (17.9M)
• Current Activity Limitations from LC (14.8M)
• Significant Limitations (4.4M)
Caption (in part):
Household Pulse Survey (HPS)…an Internet questionnaire…by…Census Bureau…includes questions regarding “any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19.” [Note] that the list of long-term symptoms, provided for this question, may not reflect all sequelae of covid infection, e.g., systemic organ damage or increased susceptibility to subsequent infections and other adverse health outcomes.
NCHS uses HPS responses to estimate incidence of [LC] in adult population. With [retraction & new studies] now assume U.S. under 18 population (22% of total) meet criteria for [LC] at same rate as adults.
Census…was due to relaunch Household Pulse Survey (HPS) as Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)…January 2025….had been no relaunch as of [Jan 20].…now is word of a general moratorium on…executive branch agencies communicating with the public….")
AUSTRALIA weekly COVID update: 14 March 2025
