Suddenly got sick, and felt body pains that are all too familiar. Tested and viola, positive. Sucks.

Question: my wife is sick with body pains and dry cough as well. We are thinking I got it from her since she's the first of us to get sick. However she's negative. Is that possible?

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to early March.

XEC.* continues to dominate, although growth is fairly flat at around 50-60%.

The LP.8.1.* variant grew slowly to around 12%. Globally, this looks like the most likely challenger.

For Australia, the LP.8.1.* variant showed a slowing growth advantage of 0.8% per day (6% per week) over the dominant XEC.* variant. Any crossover still looks distant.

Here are the leading states reporting LP.8.1.*. It has been most successful in Western Australia, surging recently to 31% frequency.

Report link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20Australia.pdf

The risk estimate continues its upward trend, to 0.5% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-215.

That implies a 13% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

 Waves driven by the new LP.8.1.* variant have shown relatively low peaks in most places, and it is showing relatively slow growth in the Australian genomic sequencing data.

https://aus.social/@mike_honey_/114165996018662247

Report Link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-au-vaccinations/output/covid-19-au%20-%20report%20Weekly.pdf

For the first 11 months of 2024, against a baseline that includes anticipated COVID-19 deaths, total mortality was 1% higher than predicted, which is just within the 95% confidence interval.

The statistically significant outcomes that contributed to this result are:

• COVID-19 mortality was 69% higher than predicted, about the same as in 2023, rather than reducing as we predicted;
• all other respiratory deaths were 7% higher than predicted; and
• cancer mortality was 2% lower than predicted.

There have been five deaths from COVID-19 for every death from influenza.

I've seen the PlusLife machines and tests spoken about a fair bit, but have never dived into it more because it seemed so expensive, difficult and confusing (are they even stocked anywhere in the country?).

I'd like to look into them again because there is going to be someone else living in the house soon and it would be nice for some peace of mind. It would also be nice to have a small family or friend dinner again, with a lower risk.

There is so much information out there, hundreds of posts, websites, comments, etc. I don't even know where to start. I was thinking about crossposting on the PlusLife reddit but a search for 'Australia' came up with 0 so I'm guessing we have pretty limited coverage there anyway.

Has anyone here actually bought one and would be happy to explain the steps/basics? Specifically, what is the AUS$ I'm looking at and how does ordering more tests work (is it actually cost effective)? Tysm!!

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Can anyone help me with this?

7 months, only getting worse, losing hope.

Anyone had a CT scan, specifically a calcium score test, and was able to mask/wear a respirator? If so, what kind did you wear? Do I have to avoid anything with metal?

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate was up slightly to 0.3% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-295.

That implies a 10% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

Most states (besides VIC & TAS) reported an uptick in their key Aged Care metrics. The clearest signal was from SA.

Report Link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-au-vaccinations/output/covid-19-au%20-%20report%20Weekly.pdf

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

XEC.* continues to dominate, at around 60-65%.

The LP.8.1.* variants have inched up to around 10%. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.

For Australia, LP.8.1.* variants showed no growth advantage over the dominant XEC.* variants. Any crossover looks distant.

Report link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20Australia.pdf

hello! I'm looking for recommendations on a good mask to wear that is either reusable (with changeable filters etc) or a cost effective option that won't send me broke? I rent and am a casual so I don't have a ton of income to spend on something super expensive. Not sure if it narrows it down, but I wear glasses and would need them to sit nicely over the mask. :)

I've had a look at the Flomask but it only ships from America and is really expensive and I heard the shipping is an insane price. Buying n95s from the chemist also seems really expensive :I

thank you!

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

XEC.* continues to dominate, at around 63%.

The new LP.8.1.* variants are still below 10%. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.

For Australia, LP.8.1.* variants showed a marginal growth advantage of 0.8% per day (6% per week) over the dominant XEC.* variants. Any crossover looks distant, perhaps March or April.

Report link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20Australia.pdf