Covid is bad for your mind, memory, and cognition. Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

The clouds came down low and gorgeous to see

Richard Lewis Dies: Beloved Comic, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Actor Was 76 deadline.com/2024/02/rich...

COVID persistence is more common than believed and also bad news. Prevalence of persistent SARS-CoV-2 in a large community surveillance study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Do not worry about food insecurity, folks...we will never go hungry as long as there's, "porous grains are packed with beef muscle and fat cells, grown in the lab." ...yummy Scientists grow 'meaty' rice hybrid food for protein kick 2 days ago www.bbc.com/news/health-...

Cool. Good growth

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿In the week ending 26 Jan 2024: 𝟯𝟮𝟵 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨 involved coronavirus (COVID-19). www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula... Deaths 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 COVID published @ONS: 283 Jan 5 360 Jan 12 364 Jan 19 329 Jan 26 𝟭,𝟯𝟯𝟲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 published Jan 2024.

“We don't know what will happen if she gets COVID again,” Van Winckel said. “We still live in fear of that.” An Estimated 5.8 Million Children have had Symptoms of long COVID, study says archive.ph/2024.02.07-0...

Some pretty good commentary about actions we can take from the WHO...would have been great for consistency in this messaging throughout the pandemic. “We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...

To the surprise of nobody except maybe some MAGA extreme conspiracy theorists... Project Veritas admits there was no evidence of election fraud at Pennsylvania post office in 2020 apnews.com/article/elec...

Waste water trend has reversed for SARS2 in recent weeks. This is concerning given recent peak.

Queensland Acute Respiratory Infection surveillance page (basically where to go if you are wondering about Queensland covid & flu & RSV respiratory hospitalisations) www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...

MedSky🧪#IDSky #NeuroSky As a high-risk group, healthcare workers are continuously exposed to #SARSCOV2 infection and its consequences during clinical work. Faced with the complex social environment and high workload of pandemic prevention,

It's as if driving a couple hours each day across an overcrowded, vehicle-centric, city to sit in a cube & do at a computer what you could have from home is unpopular. Return-to-office mandates aren't making companies more valuable and productive www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Long COVID is associated with severe cognitive slowing: a multicentre cross-sectional study www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

The WM analyses with DTI revealed higher axial diffusivity values in post-infected patients. “Our results suggest persistent cognitive impairment & subtle white matter abnormalities in individuals mildly infected without anxiety or depression symptoms” #COVIDBrain #LongCovid #LC

It seems woefully inadequate to me that so many countries are not even reporting (let alone tracking) data to the WHO or others

Colorado COVID Wastewater Update - 1/19/24 Est 7day Avg Cases: 1317 (down 53% from 2800 last wk!) Est Community Transmission Level: (still) HIGH Estimated 7-Day Incidence: 159 per 100k This is the lowest level reported in 2 months - A great sign!/1

Mild™ Cognitive Dysfunction Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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OK! Some constructive posting to counteract the doom and despair! If you are living/working in a place where Covid levels are high and mitigations are low to non-existent (everywhere) may I suggest learning how to clean that virus-laden air? cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filt...

Good morning. A sunrise that lit the sky on fire

Brrr

Long COVID is a complicated disease that we only begin to understand. More infections increase the risk of developing Long COVID. Long COVID manifests with T cell dysregulation, inflammation and an uncoordinated adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Italy: The situation in the emergency rooms is "nightmarish" and the hospital wards are "under siege". www.ansa.it/canale_salut...

Bay Area wastewater data reveals alarming COVID spike, as hospitalizations rise www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

"Georgia reported a 73% increase in new COVID hospitalizations..." Georgia reports jump in COVID-19 hospitalizations after the holidays www.ajc.com/news/health-...

Right now, COVID is surging. The current variant, JN.1* achieved dominance nationally as estimated by the CDC. Wastewater signal is already 2nd highest of the pandemic and not yet peaked everywhere. It you take precautions, stay vigilant. If you wonder if you should be (yes) now is the time.

Be careful out there. Covid and other respiratory illnesses are circulating in high numbers

Reflecting back at temperatures over the last 12 months, and it's really quite revealing... 🟥 Warmer than average 🟦 Colder than average For more information on methods: data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/faq/

A large hospital in Germany is warning that COVID patients requiring intensive care including ECMO (10%). src: X: @ChariteBerlin

U.S. states are trashing millions of COVID protective gear because of expiration, surpluses and a lack of willing takers: ‘That’s what happens when you don’t prepare’ fortune.com/2023/12/20/u...

WHO issues new risk assessment specific to JN.1* and separates the new COVID variant as a separate VOI Overall risk is assessed as Low with confidence in that assessment as Low t.co/15Ee3dMXaq

Notice how we just keep having wave after wave of covid because people won't wear masks and businesses and schools don't have ventilation...

HEALTHWATCH COVID and flu surge could strain hospitals as JN.1 variant grows, CDC warns www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-v...

CDC Issues Health Alert Network statement: "Urgent Need to Increase Immunization Coverage for Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV Immunizations..." emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han...

Twitter/X tried to fix a bug and broke itself...no external links (including annoying ads) work for now. Happy Wednesday

SHOCKER: world’s most cited epidemiologist who publishes a hundred papers a year but has been subject to extensive criticism for shoddy work opines that we should use quantitative metrics rather than qualitative evaluation to assess researchers. I’m baffled as to why Plos Biology published this.

Meaning: Policy actions to mitigate the household financial hardship of post–COVID-19 conditions merit continued discussion. Association of Severe COVID-19 and Persistent COVID-19 Symptoms With Economic Hardship Among US Families jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

SARS2 Variant JN.1* is an outlier. It is clear that this is advantageous in the current background. Chart h/t: @StuartTurville from Twitter/X TMPRSS2 activation of Omicron lineage Spike glycoprotein is regulated by TMPRSS2 cleavage of ACE2 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

CDC Nowcast is forecasting JN.1 to be at 21.4% prevalence currently, rapidly displacing other variants. covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...

Important pre-print study re: BA.2.86 with some characterization of JN.1 Distinct evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB and BA.2.86 lineages combining increased fitness and antibody evasion www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Nearly half of COVID survivors in Africa have lingering symptoms, data reveal www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/nea...

Hmm...I don't think Immunity debt™ explains this one either Health expert warning over '100 day cough' sweeping through UK www.indy100.com/news/health-...

Study highlights complications of mpox, chickenpox co-infections www.cidrap.umn.edu/mpox/study-h...

Health workers at highest COVID risk least likely to always follow infection-control protocols, study finds www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/hea...

Not good Study shows infants exposed to COVID in utero at risk for developmental delay www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

Using both nose, throat swabs boosts sensitivity of rapid COVID testing www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/usi...

JN.1 designated: V-23DEC-01 in UK SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence prevalence and growth rate update: 6 December 2023 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Wärmster globaler 12-Monatszeitraum seit 1850. Bis Ende Oktober hat sich die Erde um +1,363° Grad erhitzt und das Überschreiten der +1,4° Grad-Grenze in diesem Jahr ist sehr wahrscheinlich. Das geht jetzt sehr flott. #Klimawandel #COP28