<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:26:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/ba2/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Lethality of COVID is now finally on par with influenza.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to the hard work of tens of thousands of scientists, researchers, and health care workers, COVID is finally "just the flu", though it is still a very infectious flu that got a large fraction]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/lethality-of-covid-is-now-finally-on-par-with-influenza</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/lethality-of-covid-is-now-finally-on-par-with-influenza</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 02:15:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpra1Kwf2Avsq5j476ohJbbo7BKoVoUVXQmzH6QWJZkznTqbnbXKDB1xDELic6KJw377sgmyeBLDm4irA8a9nKDxtc4vKtVNa6RdW3nWyTTLMqciJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cases right back down, deaths to follow. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[US cases down 87% from the peak. (The lag from infection to test to report to 7 day moving average means we're likely down 95+% on infections.) Hospital admissions down 65%, they'll continue to drop as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/cases-right-back-down-deaths-to-follow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/cases-right-back-down-deaths-to-follow</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:04:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpra1Kwf2Avsq5j47JgMPBdHQp5SQ2r4bwJyRMeQBKogFL18L5D1CbnvokY5TAxFaDwv41Ny7TxnMdSNV7g6QpNoKr7PFNfmns7R5bfMcsTyUd3dg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New UK HSA risk assessment of BA.2 (the sister variant of the original Omicron variant BA.1).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Still at low levels in the US, but should eventually become dominant in the coming months. It appears to have a growth advantage over BA.1. This might be due to increased transmissibility or a shorter]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/new-uk-hsa-risk-assessment-of-ba2-the-sister-variant-of-the-original-omicron-variant-ba1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/new-uk-hsa-risk-assessment-of-ba2-the-sister-variant-of-the-original-omicron-variant-ba1</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 23:58:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpra1Kwf2Avsq5j47hVAxuw96j8PvM9QS3S2sUA5fBs3PNjeqJi8yPJ3rC4MojF8z5fiuw8TvnKudjZ6i2FyJWrHHQcBLMKS2dUJY84HkvSQuRL3g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deaths have peaked.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Omicron is running out of unvaxxed people without previous infections. The rate will continue to fall quickly, and we'll never see COVID-19 death rates this high again. More than 90% of the deaths this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/deaths-have-peaked</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/deaths-have-peaked</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyQ5GufEwRqtHodXmxEQp8Ak7dyb5936mUQhptAnVcUyYxnQLEkhsCC1Avfs6TJXAFnJgocQpiym15XEVfK9a8naNAVgfvsepP2q5a5fSoqxr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BA.2 dominance is unlikely to change the (down trending) course of the pandemic.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interesting. It may not go exactly the same in the US due to the differences in type of population immunity, but this is a good look at what the weeks ahead may look like here. BA.1.1 and BA.1 are the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/ba2-dominance-is-unlikely-to-change-the-down-trending-course-of-the-pandemic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/ba2-dominance-is-unlikely-to-change-the-down-trending-course-of-the-pandemic</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 01:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpra1Kwf2Avsq5j48J9x6srATHyHPPtY32pAimtpygLxQSwhMLdTnqiGt835NZGXpD5RbnzReayYd6Q6qAXSmYPZQxHZR5tk4MFvBeQngFkD6C6sQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[General COVID update - cases, deaths, looking forward, BA.2 variant, etc.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It hurts my brain to hold these two facts in my head at the same time. (1) Being vaxxed and boosted decreases your odds of death from COVID by 99%. (2) US COVID deaths are now running 2/3 as high as the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/general-covid-update-cases-deaths-looking-forward-ba2-variant-etc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/general-covid-update-cases-deaths-looking-forward-ba2-variant-etc</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpra1Kwf2Avsq5j4799CJSzeize17obNZLSKRXUXnYBgx6JeSo5U2ysN8namozhfpSLRZ2zyq5L4ibqYWSooE9qZD4zKNfCe3U8dtc7qdg554Ltqt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>