In Australia, COVID-19 deaths did decrease between 2023 and 2024, but it’s still a major killer.

Posted onJuly 2, 2025August 1, 2025

At the prompting of a Tweep (thanks Michael), I’ve revisited my September 2024 post “In Australia, COVID-19 deaths may have stopped decreasing” to see the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Read More …

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‘Endemic’ covers a lot of biology, but we’re probably not there yet for COVID-19

Posted onJanuary 2, 2023January 2, 2023

Right up front, I’m going to repeat myself by saying that I think COVID-19 will become a disease that has endemic as well as epidemic states at some point in Read More …

Respiratory viruses: the viruses we detect in the human respiratory tract

Posted onMarch 18, 2014July 1, 2025

A list of the viruses we can and do detect in the (mostly upper) human respiratory tract. The standard testing panel/diagnostic menu comprises the influenza A and B viruses, parainfluenza Read More …

Virology Down Under

Facts, data, info, expert opinion and a reasonable, occasionally grumpy, voice on viruses: what they are, how they tick and the illnesses they may cause.

Category: Endemic

In Australia, COVID-19 deaths did decrease between 2023 and 2024, but it’s still a major killer.

‘Endemic’ covers a lot of biology, but we’re probably not there yet for COVID-19

Respiratory viruses: the viruses we detect in the human respiratory tract