"Researchers have found long COVID patients exhibit swelling in an area of the brain linked to memory problems, poor concentration and delayed responses during conversations." Study: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

WTAF this is nuts. Papers being held from being published in case they contain ‘forbidden terms’ Even removing demographic data because they don’t know how to interpret the crazy trump edicts 🧪 open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

I could accept everyone becoming dumber if we were also becoming nicer (golden retriever-fication) instead of getting more evil

🗞️ Article investigating the systemic, political & medical causes of inappropriate social services intervention in #longcovidkids The trauma for families in a time of crisis can not be underestimated...

What fraction of people not understanding what I say when I'm masked is just people being jerks?

The internet had the potential to make humans so much smarter and interconnected. Instead, it's dumbing us down and siloing us off. A real tragedy.

Question: Does COVID-19 damage the brain? Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways." Harvard Health. And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away. www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...

Do you realize how ridiculous this entire situation is? Imagine if everyone believed there was no such thing as cancer, and only cancer patients, and their families had to prove that their disease exists to the entire world. #LongCovid #MECFS

High quality advocacy from Matt ✊💙 "If we’re only focused on individual change and not on the systemic issues that actually have a larger impact on health, like poverty and lack of access to medical care, then what we’re doing is not really about health." www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

An excellent account to follow for current COVID data and discussions.

I wore this yesterday. I wore this today. I'm going to wear this tomorrow.

Matt McGorry’s second video on living with Long Covid is excellent! He addresses his prior activism, disparities in treatment and risk factor based on various factors like being marginalized, person of colour, LGBTQ+ and more. This part really hit home. We all WANTED COVID to be temporary /1 🧵

London Canada: Mumps and measles on the rise in the region, travel and vaccine hesitancy to blame. london.ctvnews.ca/mumps-and-me...

Febrile kids cough in my face from less than a foot away at times. I have no patience with people that tell me respirators don’t work. Of course they work!

Pandemic deaths attributed to natural causes may have actually been due to Covid www.the-independent.com/news/health/...

“A major study finds that COVID-19 triples the risk of hearing loss in young adults, highlighting an urgent need to investigate the long-term effects of the virus on auditory health amid concerning new evidence of sudden sensorineural hearing loss among those infected.” x.com/covid19_dise...

"Politicians understandably want COVID-19 to go away. So does an exhausted public. But wishful thinking shouldn’t drive public health" www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

This big study in Okinawa on School age children across a variety of children from Kindergarten up has a bunch of interesting findings. The first is that masking as a measure to avoid secondary infections really worked, it dropped secondary infections down to ~0.43. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

Public health’s game is to hide info, remove “the tools”, misinform, gaslight, and generate apathy towards Covid infection while simultaneously “meeting people where they’re at”. What is their purpose again?

Trying to cure my Long Covid with all the supplements and woo-woo for the gazillionth time like…

Masks and smart seating cut COVID-19 risks on flights, review finds. "Short periods of mask removal, such as during meals, significantly increased infection risks, with studies showing an increase of up to 59% in such instances." Study: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hey all — not super active on here, but wrote a piece today in @statnews.bsky.social with the incredible Julia Moore Vogel. Basically, we’re fed up with Long Covid pts having to shoulder entire burden of treatment on our own — medical community needs to step up. www.statnews.com/2024/10/24/l...

'California farm workers with symptoms consistent with bird flu have avoided testing because they fear they would need to isolate at home without pay, said United Farm Workers.' www.reuters.com/world/us/hum...

There's a certain irony to the fact that one of the reasons for this staggering increase in sickness absences is encapsulated by the title of the article. Just for clarity: sickness levels are higher because we're in a pandemic. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

It must be exhausting to be a denialist. Also, what happens when 1/3 of healthcare workers have long COVID? www.kcl.ac.uk/news/long-co...

Dr. Bonnie Henry earlier today: "If you've had covid recently, you've had a boost to your immunity. So that's a good thing." No, Dr. Henry, getting covid is NEVER a good thing. It won't help or improve your immune system. Your immune system isn't a muscle, and covid isn't the flu. *cross-posted

There’s a reason Covid impacts people with mental illness so badly. It all starts in the brain. Mental Illness Raises the Risk of Severe Covid. The Question Is: Why? www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/w...

Tuberculosis cases in Scotland up 40% over last year. It’s wild to me that people keep ignoring findings like this. We see increased TB in immune compromised populations. Perhaps all the constant COVID has something to do with it? www.heraldscotland.com/news/2466919...

I'm not going to refer to "minimizers" anymore. They're infectious disease *denialists*, with unscientific views, motivated reasoning, and rhetorical tactics on par with climate change denialism.

There should be an emoji or hint that journalists can use when sharing a link online that indicates, “my editor fucked me with this headline”.

If you are looking for Long Covid resources this may be helpful: covidtoolbox.com/long-covid/ General SARS-CoV-2 resources are here: covidtoolbox.com/resources/ Long Covid patients stories are here: covidtoolbox.com/chronicles/

Why are hospitals encouraging sick people to stay away instead of doing basic infection control like requiring masks?

For folks considering getting a PlusLife Covid testing device: Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of the Pluslife Mini Dock RHAM technology with Abbott ID Now and Cepheid GenXpert: A retrospective evaluation study (June 2024) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Whether they were hospitalized or not, adults who have had COVID-19 are about 36% more likely than uninfected people to develop GI disorders including ulcers, pancreatitis, IBS, & acid reflux..." #LongCovid #children 👇🏼 time.com/7027179/covi... H/t @loscarlos

No, It’s Good That Covid Hides Out In Reservoirs In Organs Of Your Body, Because Then When You Get Infected Next Time It Will Help Drive Mutations To Make It Milder For The Next Time.

Ok, but aside from affecting lungs, heart, blood vessels, brain, gut, liver, kidneys, pancreas, immune cells, eyes, gonads, placenta, and mitochondria, and infecting people year-round and repeatedly, SARS-CoV-2 is just a textbook seasonal virus like colds or flu.