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"Oof, it's so painful!"

"Do you mean pain from Long Covid symptoms? Or painful grief from losing family and friends to Covid?"

"No, I mean attacks from folks who say I'm contributing to disability and death by doing nothing to stop the spread of Covid!"

#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #Disability


I like this latest comic from @jensorensen (I like her work so much I support her on Patreon)
https://www.patreon.com/jensorensen/posts

We need to talk about #Covid & #LongCovid . As this comic points out, many people got the wrong message from the pandemic & this wasn't an accident. There was an organized effort to spread disinformation. It was profitable for individuals & social media companies.
Health #disinformation on #socialmedia needs to be fixed, because it's killing people.


I have 10 years of #GoogleMaps data and have lived in the same house with the same job. #Covid cut my #Business_travel big time, whilst I consciously try to use #publictransport to reduce my #Carbon_footprint to help #ClimateChange . Here are the results... Happy New Year!


After #COVID led to the closure of many of Hawaii’s beaches, Hawaiian green sea turtles began coming ashore at Poipu on Kauai. #nature #science


Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during #COVID, study finds

The anti-malaria drug was prescribed to some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic, "despite the absence of evidence documenting its clinical benefits," now, researchers have estimated that some 16,990 people in 6 countries — France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the U.S. — may have died as a result.
https://www.politico.eu/article/hydroxychloroquine-could-have-caused-17000-deaths-during-covid-study-finds/


Deaths from hydroxychloroquine used to treat #Covid have been calculated.

It's over 15,000.

This is what #SloppyThinking, #BadScience and #Trumpism does.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S075333222301853X


Great article, thanks for gifting! This is why I'm avoiding Covid like the plague. Who wants the rest of their shortened life to be like this?

"many, if not most, long-haulers experience postexertional malaise (P.E.M.), in which minor physical or mental exertion can trigger a loss of energy so profound that I’ve described it as the annihilation of possibility. An hourlong call could wreck someone for days."

#covid #CovidIsNotOver


'Tis the season to test for #COVID before family gatherings. So with the holidays upon us, a reminder that U.S. households are eligible for 4 free at-home tests from USPS. Sign up at https://special.usps.com/testkits

Keep loved ones safe & stay healthy this winter, my friends ❄️


The Economist used global excess deaths to arrive at the true death toll from the pandemic with a 95% confidence interval.

"Although the official number of deaths caused by #COVID19 is now 7m, our single best estimate is that the actual toll is 27.5m people. We find that there is a 95% chance that the true value lies between 17.8m and 30.8m additional deaths."

#Covid #SarsCov2 #GlobalExcessDeaths

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-deaths-estimates


Just got my COVID booster and everything hurts. But what hurts worse was the pharmacist telling me that she’s had to turn people away WHO WANTED THE SHOT because their insurance providers refuse to cover it (manufacturers are charging ~$120).

If your insurance provider won't cover your booster (or if you don't have insurance) the CDC's Bridge Access Program can help! It covers no-cost COVID-19 vaccines until December 31, 2024, more info here: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/bridge/index.html

#COVID #booster #CDC


With the new #COVID vaccine approved, a reminder that we’re all indebted to the ancient & wondrous horseshoe crab.

Their blue blood contains Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) which clumps at contact with bacterial toxins. They are caught for their blood to test sterility of medical equipment & injections.

Unfortunately the harvest is unsustainable & populations are in decline. An effective synthetic substitute has been around for 2 decades & we just need the biomedical industry to switch.


“We don’t stop hand washing because norovirus cases are down. We don’t stop wearing gloves because HIV cases are down. As a doctor, if you’re arguing that you should be able to expose patients to COVID because infection control annoys you, you should not be a doctor. Find a new career. I bet you’d love denying insurance claims. I bet you’d be a natural.”

This article is a banger.

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/hospitals-are-killing-patients-because

#covid

Via @harold


An Unwelcome Visitor Returns This #Summer. Hint: It’s #Covid.
#Heatwaves are sending people to #airconditioned indoor spaces, where Covid transmits more easily compared with outside. Summer travel alsos plays a role, as people crowd into #airports and bring germs along with them crisscrossing world. #Covid19 hospitalizations as of July 15 are up 10.3% from previous week, according to #CDC. Emergency department visits are up 7% and test positivity rose to 6.3% from 5.8%.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-rates-rising-summer-780ab1d7


A third of #US #deer have had #COVID—and they then infected humans at least 3 times. People in the US transmitted the pandemic #coronavirus to white-tailed deer at least 109 times! New study builds on data suggesting #whitetaileddeer could be a #virus reservoir. Researchers surveyed over 11,000 white-tailed deer from 26 states and DC. Of those, 31.6% had antibodies indicating a previous infection with #SARSCoV2, and 12.2% had detectable SARS-CoV-2 virus. https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/a-third-of-us-deer-have-had-covid-and-they-infected-humans-at-least-3-times/


Learned about COVIDAwareTC yesterday from someone who got a bunch of free masks from them. If you're in #Minneapolis or #SaintPaul, you can too! #covid #maskup

https://linktr.ee/covidawaretc


Via Elizabeth Bik:

French researchers slam former hospital director for 'unauthorised' #Covid trial

#hydroxychloroquine #crankery

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230528-french-researchers-slam-former-hospital-director-for-unauthorised-covid-trial


CDC opens probe after 35 test positive for #COVID following CDC conference where they didn’t take COVID precautions https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/05/02/covid-outbreak-cdc-annual-conference/


Great to see Ed Yong back with another critical piece about why some are so invested in minimizing #LongCOVID and the people who are being most impacted by this pandemic.

"The people who still live with #COVID are being ignored so that everyone else can live with ignoring it."

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/04/long-covid-symptoms-invisible-disability-chronic-illness/673773/


Content warning: Politics, Brave Browser, AI, ChatGPT, LGBTQ+ rights, COVID denialism


It turns out that a section of our #DNA that we received from Neanderthals is particularly associated with outcomes (mild, severe) of #COVID19 infections.

This paper outlines an approach ranging from population genetics to functional #genomics in which the researchers identified four important #alleles and their likely #regulatory function.

Title: "Regulatory dissection of the severe #COVID-19 risk locus introgressed by #Neanderthals" (Jagoda et al. 2023)

Link: https://elifesciences.org/articles/71235


Covid-safe dentist registry for Canada, the US, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, NZ, and the UK (courtesy of @neroden)

https://www.covidsafedentists.ca/

#sarscov2 #covid #dentist


Very true in England. Poor education standards are a tool of the right so that they can govern by slogan. "Get Brexit Done". The response to #Covid has been dominated by a non-scientific approach, which is so tragic when we have outstanding Public Health professionals. Also the lack of a response to the #ClimateCrisis.


France is mandating clean air in the classrooms, requiring CO2 levels of 800 ppm. I hope this is rolled out in other countries. Apart from lowering #covid risks in the classroom, it will also address other respiratory issues. #CleanAir #COVID #SafeSchools


Content warning: COVID policy, Capitalists struggling with the ramifications of the pandemic


Content warning: Covid, news


Germany has found a low-tech way to deal with #Covid: just stop reporting numbers during Christmas in as many regions/cities as possible. Simple, but effective. #SarcasmButOnlyHalf Northrhine-Westphalia will not send numbers until January 2, as an example.

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