Happy Wastewater Wednesday! What’s the current sitch with COVID? We’re using two sources to help us keep track of the country and our state of Oregon.

Thank you to @michael-hoerger.bsky.social for the map, and OHA for continuing to track the data coming from our wastewater treatment centers!

CDC wastewater data is delayed. Convenient, during a surge when schools around the country are starting back up again 😒 And access to Covid vaccines is very likely going to be much more limited than it already was.
Mask up, folks. 😷

From @michael-hoerger.bsky.social on IG:

If the German people had reacted like this to the Nazi stormtroopers when they went around disappearing people who were enemies of the Regime

The whole world would have been spared the horrors of WW II

Let’s talk about the new Covid vaccine policy paper by Vinay and Marty…

Weekly influenza vs. COVID report

In April 2025 (last month), COVID killed more than twice as many people as influenza

For three months flu bested COVID but, like the turtle and the hare, COVID wins in the end

This ends the flu's brief but attention-grabbing bid to outdo COVID
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Here's the same chart except this time not for all ages but only for 18-44 year olds

Not only can you see that deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infections are UNDER REPORTED in this demographic you can also see that vaccination led to NO increase in disease mortality

Here's a handy chart you can use anytime you run into someone who wants to make the ridiculous claim that vaccines are harmful or don't work

Actual deaths perfectly match expected deaths plus reported deaths from COVID

That's what the black line matching the yellow line means

There's a pretty active campaign to memoryhole COVID, particularly the impact of COVID on children compared to other infectious diseases

Towards an educational goal -- I submit this

Total deaths since 2020 in children:

Due to Flu: 824
Due to COVID 2,015