The final update of the NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines was on February 29, 2024. PDFs of the Guidelines can be downloaded until August 16, 2024, when the website will be shut down.
Not that the site was very good. Their Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection page mentions masks once on the whole page and does not mention nasal sprays:
The risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission can be reduced by covering coughs and sneezes, wearing a well-fitted mask around others, and isolating when experiencing symptoms. Frequent handwashing also effectively reduces the risk of infection.
Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent COVID-19.
Older versions of their PDF mention N95s. The only mention of N95s, other than recommending them for healthcare workers, is to claim that surgical masks are just as good:
There is evidence from studies of viral diseases, including SARS, that both surgical masks and N95 respirators reduce the risk of transmission.6 Moreover, surgical masks are probably not inferior to N95 respirators for preventing the transmission of respiratory viral infections; a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that compared the protective effects of medical masks and N95 respirators demonstrated that the use of medical masks did not increase the incidence of laboratory- confirmed viral respiratory infections (including coronavirus infections) or clinical respiratory illness.
(That is incorrect.) The latest version does not mention the existence of N95s or KN95s, it just says "a well-fitted mask". And N95s and KN95s are not mentioned on the site itself, outside of these PDFs.
Meanwhile I've noticed a recent bloom of people at my work wearing masks. It used to just be me and a couple other people, but this last week I've seen dozens. I have no idea what to attribute it to.
Trump is favored to win the election if Biden stays in, COVID consciousness is getting popular again
We are in the second big covid wave this year, so I hope people are catching on that it's a good idea to mask, especially when covid rates are so high. Rates only ever gets low for a couple months in the spring. Possibly they found out the hard way that "mild" just means you aren't quite sick enough to justify dragging yourself to the hospital, and you can potentially get it two or three times a year on top of every other cold and flu that existed before covid?
Not to mention how many extra other diseases you're going to get a year if you get COVID even once. That is going to hit your immune system for months.
SMH. People keep dying. Just had a super spreader event with a chorale group. People want to act like the last four years and millions of deaths never happened. It’s bad when the CDC starts acting that way. There is a new study group, looking at post viral syndromes, so that, tho’ late, is a welcome development.
Entire mortally wounded socioeconomic system trying to walk it off
”I did that!”Joe Biden is responsible for more death and destruction than any person currently living. George W Bush and Trump are probably second and third, unclear what order. I genuinely don’t think a US could’ve killed more people than Biden has if it was actively trying to (which it basically is now)
"harm-reduction candidate" administration ending the war on covid-19 by surrendering to the coronavirus
I'm in public health. The public health field in general just doesn't give a fuck about COVID anymore. Shout out to the Death Panel podcast for covering how the Biden administration socially produced "the end of pandemic" for years now and continue to do awesome work on COVID. Dems are murderers too.
The state institution is retreating creating a vacuum for dual power. Don't sleep on this opportunity.
