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https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/research-ties-long-covid-kids-chronic-school-absenteeism-learning-problems>
"A large Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study suggests that US
school-aged children diagnosed as having long COVID are at 2.5 times the risk
of related chronic absenteeism compared with those without the condition.
The study, published last week in
Emerging Infectious Diseases, also found
double the prevalence of memory impairment, problems concentrating, and
learning difficulties in this group.
The researchers used data from the 2022 and 2023 US National Health Interview
Surveys to evaluate functional limitations and illness-related chronic
absenteeism in a nationally representative sample of 11,057 children aged 5 to
17 years who ever or never had long COVID."
Note also the second article:
Utah measles total rises to 216; CDC deputy director says losing elimination
status ‘cost of doing business’
"Utah has reported six new measles cases this week, raising state totals in the
current outbreak to 216. Of those, 154 cases are in the Southwest Utah health
district, which is still battling a cross-border outbreak along with Mohave
County, Arizona.
Arizona officials have recorded 12 measles cases so far in 2026, eight of which
are in Mohave County. Pima and Maricopa counters each have a case, and Pinal
County has two cases.
Elsewhere, two residents younger than five years old have tested positive for
measles in Jessamine County, Kentucky, the first cases of the year. Kentucky
had 13 confirmed measles cases in 2025.
Yesterday, Ralph Abraham, MD, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
principal deputy director, said during a press conference that the United
States losing its measles elimination status is the “cost of doing business,”
suggesting the loss will be due to imported measles cases from international
travel.
Measles elimination status does not hinge on imported cases, but rather
sustained transmission of virus chains within one country for 12 months or
more. Abraham, a doctor and the former Louisiana surgeon general, said he did
not think the loss of US measles elimination status was a big deal."
Via Violet Blue's
Threat Model - Covid: January 22, 2026
https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-january-22-148825922
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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