I think it would be nice if we could all work together to expand this community a bit and we can do this by suggesting what you would like to see in the sidebar and any resources we can compile together to add to it.
I will work on the sidebar when I get home - thank you for all the resources, more is always appreciated 😊
Or if any other mods want to start working on it that’s helpful too
The only thing I could think to add would be a link to the Death Panel podcast since they've been good about covering COVID from the beginning.
Here's some sites that I check from time to time. Some are directly covid related, some are to get a feel of Covid 's impact
-
This is the WHO covid dashboard https://data.who.int/dashboards/covid19/cases?n=c
-
Dashboard for Worldwide FLUNet data https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiZTkyODcyOTEtZjA5YS00ZmI0LWFkZGUtODIxNGI5OTE3YjM0IiwidCI6ImY2MTBjMGI3LWJkMjQtNGIzOS04MTBiLTNkYzI4MGFmYjU5MCIsImMiOjh9
US centric stuff
-
US wastewater monitoring https://biobot.io/data/ Tho it's becoming less and useful as more counties drop out.
-
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Civilian Labor Force - With a Disability, 16 Years and over from the US Population survey https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01074597
-
Ordering free tests from usps https://special.usps.com/testkits
-
US hospital bed capacity https://data.commercialappeal.com/hospital-capacity/ No idea how up to date or accurate this site's data is.
-
People's CDC (US nonprofit) does a weather report where they cover wastewater trends from biobot and other covid news. https://peoplescdc.org/weatherreports/
-
This is the linktree for the Insta account covidisntover, they do weekly hangouts online for people who are still taking covid seriously.
-
Cleanairclub's rundown of Protective Nasal Sprays https://twitter.com/Clean_Air_Club_/status/1685790242681331713
edit: I think that's it for now. If I think of anything else, I'll add it.
Jessica Wildfire on nasal sprays on doomer.io, twitter doesn't work for me so can't compare it to the other link.
People cdc's youtube channel, might be redundant
Somewhat related, I think a stickied thread with useful information like nasal sprays and vaccine advancements would be beneficial.
nose sprays are great
I've also seriously considered walking into a grocery store with a few full garbage bags full of clean air, attached to a hose, attached to a garbage bag hood on my head.
That way no contaminated air makes it into my nose. It seems like one garbage bag can last a person about 10 minutes (do your own research don't take this at face value)
I've also seriously considered walking into a grocery store with a few full garbage bags full of clean air
At this point I'd just get my groceries delivered.
I do, but going to the grocery store in person is more convenient
-
Forgot about this one! US based.
https://www.test2treat.org/s/?language=en_US
Home Test to Treat is a program that offers free tests and free treatment (if eligible) for COVID-19 and Flu at home 24/7. No insurance or appointments needed!
This program is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand how technologies such as at-home tests and telemedicine can improve healthcare access for individuals across the country. Findings will be used to inform future public health programs for the American people. Any data shared with researchers will be limited to what is necessary to evaluate the program and will not include information which can identify you.
i don't have much else to contribute but what y'all already added is already a big improvement
US: Bridge access program - for finding free places that have free vaccines if you don't have insurance. The US privatized the pandemic last year, which means it can be an expensive clusterfuck trying to get the latest vaccine or any covid treatment. The place I got my last vaccine at didn't know this program existed.
Anything to help in tracking progress/communicate info on vaccines, long COVID treatments or prophylactic developments would really help in keeping hopes up.
Some immediate family has (thankfully non-life-threatening) brain lesions from LC and trying to find good info and manage the sources you do find trying to understand when you might one day be able to leave your cave to rejoin civilization can feel like watching the bombers go out, if you catch me drift.
Info on the effectiveness of air filtration might be good:
Real-world data show that filters clean COVID-causing virus from air
DIY box fan filters – Corsi-Rosenthal box
Also this: How scientists are protecting themselves from COVID-19
air filtration is great but I feel like it's much less important than getting people to wear masks
Yeah, if everyone wore an n95 in public for a while we would get rid of a bunch of diseases. Its frustrating.
Air filtration is just another layer of protection. If you are at home with someone sick, it helps prevent transmission. Or if you have a shared workplace, you can run one and be reasonably safe if you are alone and need to eat lunch or whatever. It's not going to help if someone is close range and coughing in your face, but it does help keep the virus from accumulating or staying in the air.
In hospital wards where they ran HEPA filters, they pretty much eliminated transmission, but I assume that was on top of mask protocols in place.
Found this site which has a lot of info on cleaning the air, specifically for covid. So a lot of resources on UV-light, ventilation, and air filtration.
https://itsairborne.com/
Also, if you want to check co2 levels in places you live or work, to test air quality, the Vitalight mini-co2 detector is very useful and inexpensive compared to what is normally recommended. I just got one to test air quality at work. It's basically 30-40 dollars compared to other models which are sometimes hundreds of dollars each.
