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COVID Levels – Follow the Curve
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss following the curve. Read more below. Extending TSA mask mandate ‘absolutely’ still on the table. On Monday, a top White House COVID-19 adviser said that extending the federal mask mandate for all transportation networks, which is set to expire April 18, is “absolutely” under consideration. Centers…
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Cases decreasing: Maintain Course
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss decreasing COVID cases and advice to maintain the course. Read more below. A recent Duke University study has found that US healthcare workers “had similar rates of potential moral injury – a type of trauma-induced wound to the psyche – as military combat veterans” leading to…
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New England Cases Rise – What’s It Really Mean?
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss what the COVID case increase in the New England States means for the U.S. Read more below. New England states are reporting a sharp increase in daily COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron subvariant, BA.2. This rise in numbers (up to and over 40% in cases)…
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U.S. Seeing Only a Blip in Cases Despite BA.2 Dominance
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the “blip” in U.S. COVID cases, despite the fact that BA.2 has become the dominant variant. Read more below. FDA Authorizes Second Booster for Older and Immunocompromised Individuals. FDA authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older people…
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Global COVID Flattening, Showing No Rise in U.S.
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the flattening of global COVID cases. Read more below. Asian COVID hot spots show signs of improvement. The pace of COVID-19 spread appears to be slowing in some of Asia’s recent hot spots, including Hong Kong, where the number of daily cases has been declining since…
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Trends Indicate Slight Nudge (not surge) in U.S. COVID Cases
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss TAG’s interpretation of COVID trends being seen in TAG’s matrix and other news indicating a “nudge” – not a surge – in the US. Read more below. Weekly WHO Update: Global COVID-19 cases climb for second week in a row. Led mainly by surges in Asian…
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On the whole: Each week is looking better!
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we have a short discussion on increasing influenza cases around the US (as you’ll see in the Influenza Update below) and also how COVID-19 is trending across the country. Read more below. The WHO is encouraging countries, “especially those that have received the multiplex influenza and SARS-CoV-2 reagent…
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What Do Europe’s COVID Trends mean for Current US Decline?
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the continued decline of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the US and what Europe’s trends may mean here. Read more below. Senate votes to overturn mask mandate on airplanes, transit. The Senate yesterday voted to end the federal masking requirement for passengers on planes and other public transportation.…
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Symptom Monitoring Key to Limiting Workplace Transmissible Disease
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the ongoing need for symptom monitoring. Read more below. The CDC will extend its mask-use on public transportation order until April 18, 2022. It does not seem that the U.S. will be ending testing rules for international travelers coming into the states (The Points Guy). In…
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All Signs Show a “Return to Normal” Ahead
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss a return to normal. Read more below. In a recent paper published in JAMA Neurology, CIDRAP cites that in patients over 60 years old who had developed severe illness, “cognitive impairment” post-COVID was common, a year later. The study cohort were those “released from hospitals in…