https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03412-x
"SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month — global cases
increased by more than 19,000 last month compared with the previous month,
according to data posted on the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19
dashboard.
But the real number of infections is much higher than that, researchers say,
because countries are less focused on collecting data on the infection now than
they were during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Surveillance is happening but it’s at a much lower level than it used to be.
We don’t have a complete picture of virus circulation of the variants that are
out there,” says Maria Van Kerkhove, interim director of the department of
epidemic and pandemic management at the WHO in Geneva, Switzerland. “I think
there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19,” she adds.
Even if people do test positive after using a home antibody test, there is no
way to report a positive result in the community, says Antonia Ho, a clinical
epidemiologist at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Without high-quality surveillance data, Ho warns that health organizations are
not well-prepared to recommend corresponding vaccine formulations and time
their roll-out. “Surveillance is critical to really understand what’s
circulating,” she says."
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Covid: November 6, 2025
https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-november-6-142954399
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
