Gregory Travis

Excess deaths from disease in school-aged children have been elevated since May of 2022 and show no sign of diminishing Note that the number of monthly COVID deaths (yellow line) plus expected deaths (white line) does not reach the black line (actual deaths)

This suggests that something other than COVID is responsible for the excess deaths now, or that deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection in children are being wrongly attributed to some other pathogen on death certificates

Monthly deaths from disease in school-aged children (5-17yo) Prior to the pandemic, deaths from disease in children were extremely seasonal -- peaking around Jan/Feb of every year COVID changed that pattern dramatically

As you can clearly see here, deaths in school-aged children are now a year-round phenomenon And it's getting worse, not better. Take a look at the data labelled "incomplete data" It's incomplete because all of the death certificates haven't been counted there The numbers will go up

If the German people had reacted like this to the Nazi stormtroopers when they went around disappearing people who were enemies of the Regime The whole world would have been spared the horrors of WW II

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back. This is only going to get worse.

@briantylercohen.bsky.social

COVID vs. Influenza report In May 2025: 180 people died from their influenza infections 643 people died from their SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) infections (4x influenza)

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Chris Hayes

@chrislhayes.bsky.social

2 June 2025

COOL!

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Brian Tyler Cohen

30 May 2025

It’s been around since 1983.

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Pandemic 𓅃. Index

@panaccindex.bsky.social

29 May 2025

@wendyorent.bsky.social minor tidbit about "masks harming kids," but Zweig is likely citing a myth propagated by WaPo's Leana Wen, who insisted masks impeded speech development in kids, even though that mostly happens in the home. Wrote about it here: www.panaccindex.info/p/profile-le...

panaccindex.infoPROFILE: Leana WenThe Nightly News' Favorite Stay-At-Home COVID Expert

29 May 2025

Given HHS has decided to stop recommending SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations in children but continue recommending Influenza vaccinations... ...I submit: Total deaths due to three infectious pathogens in children, 2020-present: COVID: 2,046 Influenza: 875 RSV: 190

28 May 2025

The most transparent, pro free-speech administration in history would like you to know that US universities can do necessary research work for the country, raising our standard of living... ...so long as they don't say anything that the tyrant dislikes

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."

@republicandalek.bsky.social

28 May 2025

Absolutely incredible The arguments in favor of NOT vaccinating children against SARS-CoV-2 are: 1. Children have long immune memories. So no more annual flu vaccine for kids? 2. Children are repeatedly & serially infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Each infection is actually a vaccination

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THE REPUBLICAN DALEK

27 May 2025

ALL IT TOOK TO GET HUMANS TO DISMANTLE PUBLIC HEALTH FOREVER, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR OWN FUTURE SPAWN, WAS MAKING THEM GET GIVE UP HAPPY HOUR FOR TWO WEEKS BACK IN SPRING 2020.

Gregory Travis@gregorytravis.com

"Covid [vaccination] no longer recommended for healthy kids and pregnant women" 1. SARS-CoV-2 is the leading cause of death from infectious disease in children 2. Pregnant women have impaired immune function and are one of the highest-risk groups for SARS-CoV-2 infection This is just evil

Young people (those under 45 years of age) are continuing to die of SARS-CoV-2 infections ("COVID") at a very high rate Yet the increase in mortality among the young gets virtually no notice in the media Why is that?

That's the same chart as I did for all ages except it's now restricted to the 5-17yo age group Why does that chart look so different than the all-ages one? More important, why does it look like the pandemic did not end in February 2024 for children? Here's why

26 May 2025

Yes, sadly the pandemic is ongoing for one class of people -- those aged 5-17 It's stopped for us older adults But for children it keeps on going, relentlessly When are we going to talk about this? I'm guessing it's an Inconvenient Truth So, never?

Note that the black and white lines converge again in February of 2024 Does that mean the SARS-CoV-2 ("COVID") pandemic only lasted from 2020-2024? No. And I am going to tell you why...

26 May 2025

Those charts were for deaths in ALL ages Since most people wait until they are old to die, the statistics in that chart are flooded by the ordinary, expected, deaths of old people and old people die, as I said, all the time So take a look at this chart

Here's an example of excess death analysis The white line represents the number of deaths per month that we EXPECT, given history The black line represents the ACTUAL number of deaths each month Expected vs. Actual Yes, it's as simple as that

26 May 2025

Until January 2020, actual deaths were identical to what we expected But then the lines began to diverge The gap between the lines is "excess" death if the black line is above the white line It's NEGATIVE excess deaths if the black line is below the white line So simple even I understand it

How do we better measure the impact of a disease when it is widely acknowledged that traditional methods of measuring disease mortality are inaccurate? One tool is "excess death" analysis This is simply a comparison of current mortality to a historic baseline

24 May 2025

Weekly COVID vs. Influenza report SARS-CoV-2 infection has again pulled away from flu as the leading cause of significant ongoing mortality In May of 2025: 732 died of the flu 1,475 died of COVID (two times (2x) the rate of flu) April of 2025: COVID has killed four times (4x) more than flu

14 May 2025

What people are missing here is not that college students cheat on exams (they always have) But that it's apparently trivial to write examinations that AI can't pass Think about that

13 May 2025

Weekly influenza vs. COVID report In April 2025 (last month), COVID killed more than twice as many people as influenza For three months flu bested COVID but, like the turtle and the hare, COVID wins in the end This ends the flu's brief but attention-grabbing bid to outdo COVID Image

nytimes.comFlights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns

12 May 2025

Thanks, DOGE!

The New York Times@nytimes.com

As Newark Liberty International Airport struggled with technological disruptions and staffing shortages, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Sunday that more U.S. airports could face similar disruptions this summer.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

10 May 2025

The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to *protect people* in a pandemic eagerly wear one to *kidnap people* in Gestapo cosplay.

7 May 2025

Weekly COVID vs. Influenza report Jan/Feb/Mar each saw more deaths from influenza than COVID -- a first However, April gets us back to an old familiar pattern with COVID once again causing at least twice as many deaths per month as influenza (1,134 COVID deaths/584 Flu deaths)

statnews.comNIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deathsNIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep

2 May 2025

US pilots are legally required to obtain a weather briefing prior to flight (see: FAR 91.103) The government has announced it will stop providing weather forecasts This will impact aviation Will the law be revised to eliminate the requirement to check weather?

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Pandemic 𓅃. Index

@panaccindex.bsky.social

1 May 2025

Just like Jay Bhattacharya wanted unvaccinated kids to die of COVID-19, he now wants kids to die of everything else as well

Jonathan Wosen@jonathanwosen.bsky.social

NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths. Exclusive via Ismael M. Belkoura for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...

Excess deaths from disease among school-aged (5-17) children remain highly elevated In every year since 2022, deaths from disease in school-aged children have been running 13% higher than they were pre-pandemic 13% increase translates into roughly 500 extra deaths per year

We see that deaths from mental and behavioral issues was 82+% higher than expected in 2024. But that translates to only 20 extra deaths BTW, if you think that suicides among school-aged children increased during the pandemic then you are wrong They decreased, substantially

Well, ok where are the greatest numerical increases? Sadly, it's in cancer Pediatric cancer had been in a free-fall prior to the pandemic Now it's going up I don't know what's driving this other than the obvious: viral infection

for the year 2021 (again, for example) then we need to at least add the excess deaths from disease (221) to the reduction in mortality from respiratory disease (163) And come up with 221+163 = 384 SARS-CoV-2 deaths among children in 2021

COVID mitigations dramatically lowered the number of kids dying from influenza, RSV, etc. What other causes of mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infections are suggested by the data? Percentage wise the greatest increase in mortality among children has to do with substance abuse

COVID mitigations (work-from-home, virtual schooling, social distancing, masks, etc.) all had a PROFOUND effect in reducing mortality from all respiratory pathogens In 2021 alone, 163 FEWER children died of respiratory disease than expected based on the pre-pandemic baseline

We need to be careful For example, there are 221 excess disease deaths in school-aged children in 2021. 2021 also saw a significant drop in respiratory disease mortality (163 fewer deaths) If we are trying to assess the mortality impact of SARS-CoV-2 infections in children

For example: In 2021 there were 221 more school-aged deaths than normal In 2022 it was 522 more deaths In 2023 it was 445 more deaths In 2024 it was 470 more deaths

If we drill down a little, we notice something Deaths from airborne pathogens (respiratory disease) actually PLUNGED in school-aged children in 2020 and 2021 110 fewer children died in 2021 of influenza than was the pre-pandemic normal

COVID vs. Influenza weekly report Monthly deaths from influenza exceeded those from COVID in January/February/March of 2025 -- the first time that monthly deaths from influenza exceeded COVID Unfortunately April 2025 saw a return to the old pattern with monthly COVID deaths now again exceeding flu

21 Apr 2025

"his trip to Greenland was a fucktacular disaster. he ended up confined to a US military base, because no Greenlander wanted him near their furniture. but here's how you know JD done really shit the bed: even the Pope wants no part of him." Brutal www.jefftiedrich.com/p/pope-snubs...

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Karen Attiah

@karenattiah.bsky.social

20 Apr 2025

We really should be thinking of this in terms of state violence and theft.

Tammie Visintainer@proftv.bsky.social

20yo DOGE tech bros entered NSF and cut funding to my ACTIVE grant. I am 3 YEARS into a 5 year grant, that was awarded to me by NSF. I have teams of science teachers doing climate justice units in their classrooms, grad students collecting data. Effective immediately. breach of contract at a minimum

16 Apr 2025

Trumpnomics vs. the Great Depression -- which caused more damage? Trumpnomics is lagging the Great Depression but building downward momentum Plenty of time to catch up

14 Apr 2025

Today Trump re-iterated his intention to use foreign torture prisons to incarcerate American citizens The attorneys general of every Democrat-controlled state to issue arrest warrants for every ICE agents involved in an illegal deportation Flex your sovereignty, states!

13 Apr 2025

Weekly flu vs. influenza report Highlights: This is the first "flu" season since the pandemic began in which deaths from influenza exceed deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infections In fact, 2024/2025 will go down as the deadliest influenza season in at least twenty five years

13 Apr 2025

In February of 2025: 6,534 died of the flu (average 1999-2025 is 4,500 per year) 3,000 died of COVID (average of 2020-2025 is 45,000 per year (10x flu) So far this year: 14,000 have died from flu 10,000 have died from COVID