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Julie Webgirl - Just Your Luck

Study shows more car crashes something something Covid

✅ Car crashes associated with increased acute #Covid infections

✅ #LongCovid rates do not show an increase in car crashes

✅ Vaccination rates do not show lower car crash rates

✅ #Mask mandates showed reduced rates of car crashes

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journals.plos.orgDriving under viral impairment: Linking acute SARS-CoV-2 infections to elevated car crash risksThis study explores the linkage between acute SARS-CoV-2 and car crashes across U.S. states, correlating with COVID-19 mitigation strategies, vaccination rates, and Long COVID prevalence. This investigation analyzed aggregate COVID-19 and car crash data spanning 2020–2023, with data collection occurring between March and May 2024. Analysis was done via a Poisson regression model, adjusted for population. Key variables included vaccination status, month-specific effects relating to initial pandemic shutdowns, and Long COVID rates. Results demonstrated a significant association between acute COVID-19 infections and an increase in car crashes, independent of Long COVID status to the tune of an OR of 1.25 [1.23-1.26]. This association was observed despite varying mitigation efforts and vaccination rates across states. The study found no protective effect of vaccination against car crashes, challenging prior assumptions about the benefits of vaccination. Notably, the risk associated with COVID-19 was found to be analogous to driving impairments seen with alcohol consumption at legal limits. Findings suggest significant implications for public health policies, especially in assessing the readiness of individuals recovering from COVID-19 to engage in high-risk activities such as pilots or nuclear plant employees. Further research is necessary to establish causation and explore the exact effects of COVID-19 within the CNS affecting cognition and behavior.
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Jack

Question for the #CovidIsNotOver and #covid sensitive group: less than half full flight, no one in my row, one person in front, no one in row behind me. Would you say low enough risk to take off my #mask ? I'm a healthy young person, and it's May coming from a state with low COVID wastewater levels. I ended up keeping it on, but curious to know peoples thoughts/insights on this.

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Smartwatches Could Flatten The Curve Of The Next #Pandemic

Researchers at Aalto University, Stanford University, and Texas A&M have found that the illness detection features common to modern smartwatches are advanced enough to help people make the call to stay home or #mask up and avoid getting others sick. They note we’re already at 88% accuracy for early detection of #COVID19 and 90% for the #flu.

Terminating pandemics with smartwatches academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/art

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