Just in case there’s a minute chance you are wondering why I’m missing for a while and if I have joined the masses and stopped masking and that I think Covid is a nothing burger. WRONG!

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My long Covid patient. 3 covid infections and 3 vaccinations- unable to have further mRNA due to myocarditis. Developed long covid after 3rd infection. POTS and PEM crashes. Limited to 2500 steps daily. Previously fit and well and gyms regularly. No meds prior to long covid.

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My patients don’t mask anymore when they come in. My room has a big Ionmax Aire X on number 3 setting with UV on. Two windows opened. CO2 around 500+.

What I heard drs say: 1. Low positive Covid-19 PCR: no need to isolate as unsure of significance. 2. URTI and unwell patients are not requested to do a PCR for Covid or respiratory viral panel. 3. Right sided facial and limb weakness in a young long covid patient- nah, it is nothing.

First and foremost. Treat Covid-19 virus as a virus. It is a pathogen. It is bad for our health. There’s no benefit in catching a virus. Especially this virus. It causes multi organ damage. It is an AIRBORNE virus. To avoid catching it, wear N95 respirator. Follow @toshiakima.bsky.social

It's a paper from last year, but it still pains me to think that we could have achieved elimination without resorting to lockdown, simply by implementing universal respirator usage alone. Not masks, respirators. It's still not too late.

Of course, given that we know SARS-CoV-2 inhibits the tumour suppressor effects of p53, COVID is a putative cancer risk factor in its own right. www.oncotarget.com/article/2858...

I was chatting with an endometriosis expert, in Sydney for a conference, who said: “It's very strange; in the last couple of years, we've started seeing malignant transformation of endometriosis in young women.” I replied, “SARS-CoV-2 is possibly an oncovirus”.

Conversation with patient. He tells me it is important to get flu vaccine. Studies showed that it is not a good idea to catch viruses. 3 consecutive flu vaccines confer a great reduction in getting Parkinson’s Disease. I told him Covid is neurotropic. Causes Parkinson’s too. Silence.

A new study shows that air cleaners can reduce up to 98,1 % of viral load in the air of a #COVID patient's room with confirmed positive airborne viral RNA. Rooms with HEPA ventilation had zero virus detected. 👏 #CleantheAir in hospitals and schools!👏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Clearly the COVID-19 pandemic is not “over” for workers in our crucial health industry. Instead, their health is being sacrificed in order to pretend that it is over. With this ongoing toll, pressure on our healthcare systems will continue to mount. 🧵

Note the wording from @who.int saying that the pandemic is very much ongoing.

We give the virus every possible opportunity to evolve when we don’t mask up. Covid is airborne.

🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 With thanks to @atranscendedman.bsky.social virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A study of masks and respirators confirms, yet again, that earloop KN95/KF94 masks perform similarly to surgical masks. Earloop masks should not be recommended as a substitute for proper headstrap N95 respirators—except for the rare wearer who passes a fit test in them.

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Paxlovid use acutely may reduce the incidence of stroke in the “long COVID period”. That means you don't need to have PERSISTENT symptoms to have #longCOVID because you can be asymptomatic up to the point of having a stroke (possibly due to viral persistence). We need a definition change.

These guidelines came out last year, but I see little impact on clinical practice. Still, it is nice they have these to file away somewhere, and, better still, to see them get another airing. Share widely

Also, would you (who don’t test for Covid) be ok with spreading Covid to someone with cancer and delay the cancer treatment and ultimately affect the life of that person with cancer???

Dear colleagues. If you won't test for C19/Flu/RSV for your patient's sake, be selfish and do it for yourself. Test, then suspected cases will be isolated so they don't infect staff, preventing you from having to do extra overtime when they all call in sick. Enlightened selfishness!

Research links #COVID to poor kidney outcomes in US youth Children and adolescents were at higher risk for new-onset mild and moderate chronic kidney disease from 2020 to 2023. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Article www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How does COVID-19 impact the brain? Neuroscientist Danielle Beckman and expert David Joffe discuss direct neuronal effects and sleep disorders in Long COVID patients, and the importance of thorough evaluations for accurate diagnoses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=soJX... #LongCOVID #COVID #NeuroCOVID

“If you look at the tests they have the profile of a person with very early Alzheimer’s disease. Do they have Alzheimer’s disease? We don’t know.” apple.news/AjLJlXpTWR9G...

Here's an article saying cancer causes arterial thrombosis (heart attacks and strokes). You don't get a horde of popular commentators coming out to proclaim the need for more decisive evidence, condemning it as "fear-mongering" etc. Why is COVID different? www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16...

If you don’t drink contaminated water, then you won’t breathe contaminated air. Breathe clean air.

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I saw a long Covid patient today. Gaslit since symptoms started. If you are struggling to keep masking and doing the right thing, please know you are not alone. But if you need to see a psychologist, have a look at this directory. www.covidconscioustherapists.com/international

Why I get really upset seeing my patients suffer and get gaslit because of their long covid symptoms? They suffer in silence. They look like a normal person but they know they are not the same since Covid infection. Because Covid is preventable. Absolutely preventable. We know how.

Long Covid is very Long www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Conversation with my patients because I still mask and refuse to catch and spread Covid. “Covid is over. Live your life. Go back to normal”. My patients with long covid: “I can’t live my normal life anymore. I can’t work. I am struggling financially. I can’t go out. I can’t exercise.

Reducing the Risk of Long COVID in Kids: Why Reinfection Matters and What We Can Do johnsnowproject.org/primers/redu...

A promising avenue for treating #longCOVID is anti-resevoir therapy of chronic viral or viral protein fragment persistence. This excellent review, led by Dr Amy Proal, covers the subject and potential therapeutic options well. #longCOVIDAwarenessDay www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“A positive test for COVID-19 was associated with increased rates of diagnosis of various infections in the 12 months following an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

When you have a cold, is it worth taking a rapid antigen test to find out if it is flu, COVID or RSV? "It's worth noting RATs can be useful — if you can afford them — but the technology isn't foolproof." "If the test is negative, you still may have the infection." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Surprised to see this statement quoted in the ABC article, given that even @who.int accepts the now well-established scientific fact that #COVIDisAirborne

This is truly a medical disaster. It is like news telling us there is a tornado/cyclone/flooding and we do nothing but hope that it blows away and we remain unscathed. If we get hit, it is pure bad luck/fate. We never take responsibility to protect ourselves. Don’t ever underestimate Covid.

We are seeing a huge outbreak of COVID. This is the largest outbreak I have seen since last autumn. Most of my swabs are coming back positive. I am pleasantly surprised when it doesn't, so repeat it to find it return +ve

Here’s how we could have properly dealt with Covid And be in a much better place. How Denial of Airborne COVID Transmission Broke the World goodmenproject.com/featured-con...

Why you still need to mask up and mitigate against covid. Why covid is exceptional. Listen to @davidjoffe64.bsky.social and Dr David Tuller. Plenty of scientific evidence to explain why. All facts. I’m seeing these sick patients. Don’t throw your health away. youtu.be/V9f_kjlz6Ho

Long-term heart risks from COVID-19. "A study found that having a COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of cardiovascular diseases, with risks extending up to 3 years." "The risks presented by COVID-19 apply to all patients, regardless of age, gender, or prior health conditions."

Italy honours COVID-19 victims on remembrance day. "Italy recorded over 196,000 deaths, becoming the first Western country to be hit by the pandemic, which caused tens of millions of deaths worldwide." Source: archive.md/djszq

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update: The risk estimate is trending gently upwards, now at 0.4% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-239. That implies a 12% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30. #COVID19 #Australia 🧵

The proposal that natural selection must take its course— because central intervention is government overreach and a violation of laissez-faire economic dogma—ends up being the very definition of eugenics: allow disease to kill the vulnerable so only the fittest survive.

"The more we learn about the dangers of repeated COVID infections, it seems that without better protections, workers’ rights to safe work and students’ rights to safe learning spaces are being ignored to maintain the status quo." Ty @teachrprecarity.bsky.social! www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

Countless infections mean countless viral copies—means more of a chance of an escape mutant making a break. The immunity wall is built from the corpses of viral evolution's successes. Evolution, for us, means survival of the fitter pheno-/genotypes who don't end up as bricks in the wall.

New Zealand: Too many catching COVID-19 in hospital, experts say - but precautions being rolled back. "Australian data suggests 10-15% of COVID deaths are from hospital-acquired infections, representing hundreds of people. Avoidable infection and death are also costly to the health system."