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  • Forget the 'tripledemic.'

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 2 05:59:58 2023
    Forget the 'tripledemic.' The U.S. is headed for a 'syndemic' this
    winter--and experts warn we're not prepared

    COVID will likely reach levels this winter not yet seen this year,
    combining with surges of flu, RSV, and other pathogens for a
    "syndemic" winter not so different from last year's "tripledemic,"
    experts say.

    Raj Rajnarayanan, assistant dean of research and associate professor
    at the New York Institute of Technology campus in Jonesboro, Ark.,
    told Fortune that the U.S. is a "sitting duck" in the face of a
    "syndemic" winter.

    https://fortune.com/well/2023/12/01/flu-covid-rsv-syndemic-tripledemic-winter-2023-respiratory-virus/

    Syndemic - A syndemic or synergistic epidemic is the aggregation of
    two or more concurrent or sequential epidemics or disease clusters in
    a population with biological interactions, which exacerbate the
    prognosis and burden of disease. The term was developed by Merrill
    Singer in the early 1990s to call attention to the synergistic nature
    of the health and social problems facing the poor and underserved.[1]
    Syndemics develop under health disparity, caused by poverty, stress,
    or structural violence and are studied by epidemiologists and medical anthropologists concerned with public health, community health and the
    effects of social conditions on health.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndemic

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Dec 2 13:52:16 2023
    On 2023-12-02, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Forget the 'tripledemic.' The U.S. is headed for a 'syndemic' this winter--and experts warn we're not prepared

    Experts need to shut the fuck up.

    I'm 100% pro-science and even I'm tired of all the warnings.
    Tripledemic, Syndemic, Exademic, Unidemic, keep making this shit up, I
    don't care. We are biological creatures and live in a generally hostile ecosystem we managed to briefly tame.

    If there's a -demic of any kind, people will die, maybe even me. But I
    sure as fuck am tired of all the warnings.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sat Dec 2 12:15:08 2023
    On Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:52:16 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Experts need to shut the fuck up.

    I believe the news media is "hungry" for more bytes.

    Don't blame the experts....one may be pointing the finger in the wrong direction.

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Sat Jan 20 18:05:41 2024
    On Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:52:16 GMT
    Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    On 2023-12-02, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Forget the 'tripledemic.' The U.S. is headed for a 'syndemic' this winter--and experts warn we're not prepared

    Experts need to shut the fuck up.

    I'm 100% pro-science and even I'm tired of all the warnings.
    Tripledemic, Syndemic, Exademic, Unidemic, keep making this shit up, I
    don't care. We are biological creatures and live in a generally hostile ecosystem we managed to briefly tame.

    If there's a -demic of any kind, people will die, maybe even me. But I
    sure as fuck am tired of all the warnings.


    Well, we're about halfway through the winter now. Everybody enjoying
    the Syndemic we were woefully unprepared for? Asshats.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sat Jan 20 18:22:49 2024
    On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:05:41 -0500, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Well, we're about halfway through the winter now. Everybody enjoying
    the Syndemic we were woefully unprepared for? Asshats.

    Jay Weiland, a top COVID forecaster, told Fortune in late 2023 there
    is a "reasonable chance" this winter's COVID wave will surpass that of
    2022, when a "tripledemic" of pathogens pushed children's hospitals
    beyond capacity south of the border.

    https://ca.style.yahoo.com/canada-syndemic-flu-covid-rsv-vaccine-191702355.html

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Jan 22 12:53:36 2024
    On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:22:49 -0600
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Jay Weiland, a top COVID forecaster, told Fortune in late 2023 there
    is a "reasonable chance"

    partly cloudy with a chance of showers.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Mon Jan 22 18:29:34 2024
    On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:53:36 -0500, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Jay Weiland, a top COVID forecaster, told Fortune in late 2023 there
    is a "reasonable chance"

    partly cloudy with a chance of showers.

    The troopers (hospital staff) were aware of this COVID forecaster's
    remarks, and when the sicken folks came marching in at higher rates,
    then the troopers sounded the Mayday call (it's happening).

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