PSA: I just checked when the King County (WA) ballots are going out, and they are going out in the mail this Wednesday, October 14th, 20 days before election day. If you have problems receiving your ballot, like being out of town, you can download and print your ballot. There's an online ballot […]

The last of the three King County sites is King County South (KCS) treatment plant, and its Sars-CoV-2 7DRA’s were super terrible, but improved a bit to the merely terrible level a couple of days later. The last 7DRA calculation was made on 9/29.

The Brightwater sewage treatment plant (BWT) in Woodinville 7DRA numbers are also terrible. Its last 7DRA calculation was made on 9/29.

Just got spam email from the President of the United States begging for money for his PAC. Blocked the POTUS. What a supremely weird world we live in. Relatedly, cannot wait for my ballot to arrive.

I previously speculated that the Snohomish site might be affected by the CDC's pause in its wastewater sampling contract, since that site's sampling is done by Verily and Verily is the current CDC contractor. But looking at this week's wastewater data, I don't see any gaps in the Snohomish […]

Ugh, why are Bsides PDX and SEAGL on the same days this year? :(

The last of the three King County sites is King County South (KCS) treatment plant, and its Sars-CoV-2 7DRA numbers are at their highest levels for the last twelve months. The last 7DRA calculation was made on 9/22.

The Brightwater sewage treatment plant (BWT) in Woodinville 7DRA numbers are high. Its last 7DRA calculation was made on 9/22.

I am a bit late on this, but yesterday the Seattle Times had an Else Takahama article about the current state of access to and insurance for winter respiratory vaccines in Washington State. It includes discussion about the new mRNA flu vaccine, now available to people aged 50+ […]

“Well, this is a day for the record books!”noted one longtime Bellevue observer. “I bet nothing like that ever happened in Seattle.”