COVID-19 infection increases risk of HPV-related cancers in women. Cervical: +67% Vaginal: +131% Vulvar: +98% Anal: +92% Throat: +78% Risks persisted for 3 years post-infection, across all ages and races. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40813533/ #COVID19 #Cancer #HPV #PublicHealth #Health

Long-Covid-Symposium im Oktober 2025 in Kanada (UT: 🇩🇪) ➡️ Covid ist nicht vorbei ➡️ LongCOVID-Fälle steigen kontinuierlich ➡️ Wir sehen immer mehr Fälle von Long Covid ➡️ Keine seltene Erkrankung, auch nicht bei Kindern ➡️ Keine Therapie - Prävention ist darum wichtig!

I’m reading „50 Fragen, die das Leben leichter machen“ (Karin Kuschik), about questions which make life easier. My favorite: “Can we agree on…“. And if they agree, add: “OK, I take that verbatim.” Thank me later 🤓

I told someone about a challenging meeting where the majority don’t listen to any argument that opposes their views. He replied: “If they are difficult, just be difficult as well!” Nope. If a woman acts difficult, she will be perceived as incompetent, hysterical or worse.

Die Vernachlässigung von Long Covid und ME hat m. E. zwei Gründe…

Swiss health spending is almost entirely explained by spending history, not by burden 📊 Let’s allocate health spending according to burden - which means that diagnosis, treatment and prevention of post-acute infection syndromes must become a top priority!

🧠 Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and Postacute infection syndromes (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Long Covid) both affect a similar proportion of the population—yet receive vastly different attention in neurology.

There’s an app for COVID-cautious dining: CleanAirNav - Outdoor Dining - Skip indoor air, dine outside. So far for Apple only.

Imagine if major scientific conferences still denied milestones such as the rubella vaccine, the internet, plate tectonics or landing on the Moon. Yet in 2025, many German-speaking doctors are still taught that ME/CFS is psychosomatic. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I just realized that I’m cringey. Well, I can live with that! 😝 (Screenshot The Atlantic) www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

You know what I miss? An app for COVID cautious folks, showing restaurants in the area with al fresco dining (indicating if they offer blankets or heated seat covers in the winter!) and healthy indoor air… 🤓

In the UK there’s an excellent COVID inquiry. They found that the pandemic policy widely adopted in most western countries (intermittent mitigation instead of elimination) is “criminal incompetence”. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Schéma thérapeutique pour le traitement du Long Covid et de l’EM PPHR – « Pierre peut hurler rudement » : ➡️ Pacing ➡️ POTS (syndrome de tachycardie orthostatique posturale) ➡️ Histamine ➡️ Réinfection (prévention) Partagez largement ! www.neuropraxis-solothurn.ch/long-covid-s...

„…dass wir mit der Gewissheit aufwachsen, jederzeit vergewaltigbar zu sein…“ @woz.ch über das neue Buch von @manongarcia.bsky.social „Mit Männern leben“ - das auch Männer lesen sollten. www.woz.ch/2542/mit-mae...

I’m too tired to read the article, but the quoted post is so incredibly spot on I had to share it.

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I highly recommend Adam Grant’s “Think again” - especially to those who think Long Covid and ME are psychosomatic. journals.lww.com/neurotodayon...

A new JAMA Network Open study shows that, compared to the pre-pandemic period, health-related absences and health-related exits from the labor force remain 13 % higher. 🧠 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... It could be prevented. ➡️ Protecting health protects the economy.

Harvard-Ökonom David Cutler hat ausgerechnet, dass Long Covid so teuer ist, dass praktisch jeder Aufwand für Diagnose, Therapie und Prävention gerechtfertigt ist. OECD geht von 0.5-2.3 % des Bruttosozialprodukts allein für 2024 aus.

Post on X by the epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding Dear MAGA – guess who just got both the updated Covid vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too. Sincerely, an epidemiologist who told you Trump would get Covid booster.

After ten months of relative calm, England is now seeing a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases. ➡️ aerosol control through HEPA filtration, regular ventilation, and high-quality respirators ➡️ testing and self-isolating when infectious ➡️ high vaccination coverage christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

Oh, I thought the Swiss are always the best… 😜😜😜

Hidden Potential – by Adam Grant 🌱🌳 I recently finished reading Hidden Potential by Adam Grant, and it left a deep impression on me. It’s one of those rare books that changes the way you see growth, success, and talent.

Dauerhafte Folgen der COVID-19-bedingten Arbeitsausfälle auf dem US-Arbeitsmarkt „Die anhaltende Verbreitung von SARS-CoV-2 wirkt sich negativ auf die US-Arbeitskräfte aus, da krankheitsbedingte Fehlzeiten und das anschließende Ausscheiden aus dem Arbeitsmarkt zunehmen. Der …

Did you know there’s a Duane syndrome GIF? Duane syndrome is a congenital anomaly of the connection of eye movements. How exciting! 🤓

Evidence should stand on its own merit, regardless of whether it aligns with our preconceptions or professional identity. Changing one’s mind is not a weakness. It’s the essence of scientific integrity. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Timothy Jacob Wise is a brilliant anti-racism activist www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4fb...

Perhaps the hardest thing for a woman to learn is that she was never the problem. (Adrienne Rich)

Was unter Jelzin die Erinnerung an die Opfer war, ist unter Putin die Monumentalisierung der Henker

Jared Diamond’s hypothesis that the Rapa Nui felled too many trees to transport the huge moai was wrong. They not only lived in a very sustainable way, but they used an ingenious method instead! www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Book recommendation: “How to be well” by Amy Larocca. A critical analysis of the self-care epidemic and how it criticizes women’s looks in order to sell dubious treatments, all in the name of pseudo empowerment. www.amylarocca.com/book-how-to-... How To Be Well — Amy Larocca

Ich habe gerade ein hervorragendes Buch gelesen, „Das Sterben der Demokratie“. Trotz defätistischem Titel ist es durchaus konstruktiv und bietet konkrete Lösungsvorschläge. Prädikat: äusserst empfehlenswert. www.rowohlt.de/buch/richard...

Wie steht’s mit dem Gesundheitswesen? Wo soll man Hochrisikopersonen schützen wenn nicht im Gesundheitswesen? www.nau.ch/news/schweiz...

FDR had to hide his paralysis to be electable. Today, a man’s obvious psychological and cognitive unfitness doesn’t block re-election — it fuels it. People don’t oppose the bully anymore; they join him, hoping his cruelty shields them from it.

As the economy lists toward stagflation, the White House is not doing “state capitalism” so much as it’s doing “step-on-a-rake capitalism”—a tragicomic bungling of economic growth that fails to advance the very objectives it claims to prioritize. (Derek Thompson)

Ich habe an Psychosomatik-Weiterbildung über Long Covid und ME referiert: Überhaupt keine ignoranten Wutausbrüche oder paternalistischen Belehrungen - es schien allen (zumindest nach dem Referat!) klar zu sein, dass PAIS organisch sind und Psychotherapie lediglich unterstützende Rolle spielt.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil. (Hannah Arendt) Bench in Ljubljana

Imagine if major scientific conferences still denied milestones such as the rubella vaccine, the internet, plate tectonics or landing on the Moon. Yet in 2025, many German-speaking doctors are still taught that ME/CFS is psychosomatic. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Seit Anfang 2025 gilt in der Schweiz das „Burkaverbot“. Ich wüsste gerne von den 51.2%, die dafür waren, inwiefern ihr Leben dadurch konkret verbessert wurde. www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/vi... Eidgenössische Volksinitiative 'Ja zum Verhüllungsverbot'

One of my favorite scientists and a fantastic human being has died. 😢

Uneingeschränkte Empfehlung: Wim Wenders, Perfect Days. Spielt in Tokyo, und ich mag alles daran. h/t @susscrofa.bsky.social ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv8Y...

Also 2025: I’m an expert for Long Covid and ME/CFS and give courses at universities. 🤓

2005 I considered a Master of Medical Education, which costs 50 k CHF. I was told only professors teach, with MME I could just write PowerPoint slides for “real” professors. 2025: due to lack of 💸 they are looking for self employed neurologists to teach students. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Violet Affleck said she was "terrified for the children … will not know the potential of their own minds, unfettered by the cognitive damage of a COVID-19 infection." abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews....

Unbedingte Leseempfehlung: «Wenn Russland gewinnt», von Politikwissenschafter Carlo Masala www.srf.ch/news/interna... «Wenn Russland gewinnt» – ein düsteres Szenario für Europa - News - SRF

After a week of vacation, I think I may have gained weight. Boyfriend: ”no wonder, with all those museums and bookstores you visit!“ 😆

I tell my boyfriend about a man who turned blind because he was an alcoholic, a smoker and ate only bread. Boyfriend: “Because of the bread!?!” 😆😆😆

Asian hornet, first sighting in Trieste in 2018, now very common (I took the photo on the wall of the citadel San Giusto). Back then it was the most northern colony of the world.

Wenn das alles so funktioniert, wird es in wenigen Jahren für einen relevanten Teil der (ME/CFS-)Patienten wirksame Therapien geben. (Prof. Carmen Scheibenbogen) www.spektrum.de/news/carmen-...

Es gibt keine wissenschaftlichen Daten, ab welcher Belastbarkeit Reha bei Long Covid bzw. ME/CFS sicher durchgeführt werden kann. 🇨🇭: 50% dieser Patienten verschlechtern sich durch eine Rehabilitation. www.srf.ch/sendungen/ka...