Kevin Allen
@concussed1.bsky.social
Dad. Terrible painter, former food microbiology professor (UBC) now living with ME incurred from an mTBI.
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This is the best thing I’ve ever read about PEM. My wedding was amazing but I crashed for weeks and my baseline is lower now.
This is an excellent piece on PEM by @darthfoo.bsky.social. Seriously considering sending to literally everyone I know.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner
The Reality of Post-Exertional Malaise
substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is the best thing I’ve ever read about PEM. My wedding was amazing but I crashed for weeks and my baseline is lower now.
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The walls are closing in on those responsible for the worst medical error in history. There's no denying it was a mistake when they let their egos reject the advice of people who knew better, there's no denying it killed an enormous number of people.
Current WHO ADG: www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Current WHO ADG: www.spiegel.de/internationa...
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The walls are closing in on those responsible for the worst medical error in history. There's no denying it was a mistake when they let their egos reject the advice of people who knew better, there's no denying it killed an enormous number of people.
Current WHO ADG: www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Current WHO ADG: www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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And just like that, we lose our measles elimination status after 27 years. Three decades of work, gone.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
And just like that, we lose our measles elimination status after 27 years. Three decades of work, gone.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
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The dysregulated immune system in #LongCovid with #MECFS. with sex-specific changes, increased inflammation (as seen by cells, chemokines and cytokines), and disrupted hormone levels www.cell.com/cell-reports...
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The dysregulated immune system in #LongCovid with #MECFS. with sex-specific changes, increased inflammation (as seen by cells, chemokines and cytokines), and disrupted hormone levels www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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I think about this post every day 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I think about this post every day 🧪
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For those up the back who are yet to fully understand the implications of Cøvid related immune dysregulation
Here's a clue
The #Leonardi_Effect is alive and very busy‼️
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Here's a clue
The #Leonardi_Effect is alive and very busy‼️
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Frontiers | Transcriptome analysis of classical blood cells reveals downregulation of pro-inflammatory genes in the classical monocytes of long COVID patients
IntroductionDespite extensive research, the pathogenesis and predispositions underlying long COVID (long-term coronavirus disease 2019) remain poorly underst...
www.frontiersin.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
For those up the back who are yet to fully understand the implications of Cøvid related immune dysregulation
Here's a clue
The #Leonardi_Effect is alive and very busy‼️
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Here's a clue
The #Leonardi_Effect is alive and very busy‼️
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
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18 poultry farms in B.C. dealing with avian flu outbreaks.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/06/1...
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/06/1...
18 poultry farms in B.C. dealing with avian flu outbreaks
There are now 18 poultry farms in B.C. that are dealing with outbreaks of avian flu, including one in the City...
cfjctoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
18 poultry farms in B.C. dealing with avian flu outbreaks.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/06/1...
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/06/1...
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The collateral benefits of the Covid pandemic response was a marked decrease in airborne and aerosol-transmitted infections via masking and non-pharmaceutical interventions
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Collateral effects of COVID-19 pandemic control on the US infectious disease landscape
Using data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) disease surveillance systems, we sought to quantify the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the possibilit...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The collateral benefits of the Covid pandemic response was a marked decrease in airborne and aerosol-transmitted infections via masking and non-pharmaceutical interventions
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This is the most important paper to demonstrate the endless capacity of COVID to stuff your immune system.
The #Leonardi_Effect is real 🙏🏻
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
The #Leonardi_Effect is real 🙏🏻
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
Frontiers | Distinct characteristics of T cell receptor repertoire associated with the SARS-CoV-2 reinfection
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, represents one of the most profound global public health challenges in modern history. While T cell immunity is ...
www.frontiersin.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is the most important paper to demonstrate the endless capacity of COVID to stuff your immune system.
The #Leonardi_Effect is real 🙏🏻
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
The #Leonardi_Effect is real 🙏🏻
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
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Help me out, I’ve got another wastewater virus mystery.
This one really blows my mind.
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This one really blows my mind.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Help me out, I’ve got another wastewater virus mystery.
This one really blows my mind.
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This one really blows my mind.
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"COVID-19 continued to cause about the same number of monthly work absences year-round as occurred during peak influenza months, a team that includes Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) researchers has found."
Source: archive.li/z10Zl
Source: archive.li/z10Zl
October 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"COVID-19 continued to cause about the same number of monthly work absences year-round as occurred during peak influenza months, a team that includes Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) researchers has found."
Source: archive.li/z10Zl
Source: archive.li/z10Zl
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"Understanding concussion in #myalgicencephalomyelitis / #chronicfatiguesyndrome: Findings from 2023 National Health Interview study"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Individuals with #MECFS had 4.89 times greater odds of reporting concussion &...2.86 times greater odds of having fallen
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Individuals with #MECFS had 4.89 times greater odds of reporting concussion &...2.86 times greater odds of having fallen
October 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"Understanding concussion in #myalgicencephalomyelitis / #chronicfatiguesyndrome: Findings from 2023 National Health Interview study"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Individuals with #MECFS had 4.89 times greater odds of reporting concussion &...2.86 times greater odds of having fallen
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Individuals with #MECFS had 4.89 times greater odds of reporting concussion &...2.86 times greater odds of having fallen
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A kind reminder that a strong, collective, grassroots #LongCovid movement would be an existential threat to those who pushed mass infection dynamics. Hence, the attacks on the name itself, the concept, the links between the disease and a pandemic driven by a SARS virus
October 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A kind reminder that a strong, collective, grassroots #LongCovid movement would be an existential threat to those who pushed mass infection dynamics. Hence, the attacks on the name itself, the concept, the links between the disease and a pandemic driven by a SARS virus
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A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."
Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature Geoscience
A review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."
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Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
When Will the Lion Concern Himself
Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days
www.thegauntlet.news
October 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
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Crucial science...
Reminder: not all cell lines use the same mitochondrial pathways of respiration.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reminder: not all cell lines use the same mitochondrial pathways of respiration.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Oxidative stress is a shared characteristic of ME/CFS and Long COVID | PNAS
Over 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated to have Long COVID (LC), a complex
multisystemic condition marked by fatigue, post-exertional m...
www.pnas.org
July 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Crucial science...
Reminder: not all cell lines use the same mitochondrial pathways of respiration.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reminder: not all cell lines use the same mitochondrial pathways of respiration.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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M⃣I⃣S⃣S⃣I⃣N⃣G⃣ L⃣I⃣N⃣K⃣S⃣
𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 paper by Sikora et al: metagenomic data from 1,313 ancient human remains over 37,000 years
Identified >3,000 instances of known human pathogens
Zoonotic pathogens begin to appear ~6,500 years ago coinciding with the rise of livestock domestication—major epidemiological shift
𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 paper by Sikora et al: metagenomic data from 1,313 ancient human remains over 37,000 years
Identified >3,000 instances of known human pathogens
Zoonotic pathogens begin to appear ~6,500 years ago coinciding with the rise of livestock domestication—major epidemiological shift
The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia - Nature
Screening shotgun-sequencing data from ancient humans covering 37,000 years of Eurasian history uncovers the widespread presence of ancient bacterial, viral and parasite DNA and zoonotic pathogens coi...
www.nature.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
M⃣I⃣S⃣S⃣I⃣N⃣G⃣ L⃣I⃣N⃣K⃣S⃣
𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 paper by Sikora et al: metagenomic data from 1,313 ancient human remains over 37,000 years
Identified >3,000 instances of known human pathogens
Zoonotic pathogens begin to appear ~6,500 years ago coinciding with the rise of livestock domestication—major epidemiological shift
𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 paper by Sikora et al: metagenomic data from 1,313 ancient human remains over 37,000 years
Identified >3,000 instances of known human pathogens
Zoonotic pathogens begin to appear ~6,500 years ago coinciding with the rise of livestock domestication—major epidemiological shift
Quite a beautiful day
July 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Quite a beautiful day
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Last month's total #Arctic sea ice volume averaged the 2nd lowest on record for the month of June. This was about 48% below 1979 levels and 30% below the 1979-2024 June average.
More data on ice thickness at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
More data on ice thickness at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
July 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Last month's total #Arctic sea ice volume averaged the 2nd lowest on record for the month of June. This was about 48% below 1979 levels and 30% below the 1979-2024 June average.
More data on ice thickness at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
More data on ice thickness at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
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Sitting in Victoria General Hospital emerg with my daughter. Patients in pain are expected to keep track of who is before them in line in to see the triage nurse. What the actual hell. Can the province not afford a bloody number machine. This is absurd @davideby.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sitting in Victoria General Hospital emerg with my daughter. Patients in pain are expected to keep track of who is before them in line in to see the triage nurse. What the actual hell. Can the province not afford a bloody number machine. This is absurd @davideby.bsky.social
Lol
June 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Lol
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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
June 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
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Exhaled aerosol particles (1-5 um) create a wake behind people walking down hallways. Cool CFD simulations with implications for hospital corridors.
If only this article was out in 2019....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If only this article was out in 2019....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Exhaled aerosol particles (1-5 um) create a wake behind people walking down hallways. Cool CFD simulations with implications for hospital corridors.
If only this article was out in 2019....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If only this article was out in 2019....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Excellent article highlighting similarities between the mishandling of both climate and COVID.
A shared cause is erasure of rigorous science by manipulators, who reject anything more complex than counting bodies after it's too late, then use the vacuum as an excuse to substitute their opinions.
A shared cause is erasure of rigorous science by manipulators, who reject anything more complex than counting bodies after it's too late, then use the vacuum as an excuse to substitute their opinions.
A Chronically Ill Earth: COVID Organizing as a Model Climate Response in Los Angeles
BY VIOLET AFFLECK I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room. She was shell-shocked, astonished at the scale of destruction in the neighborhood where she raised…
yaleglobalhealthreview.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Excellent article highlighting similarities between the mishandling of both climate and COVID.
A shared cause is erasure of rigorous science by manipulators, who reject anything more complex than counting bodies after it's too late, then use the vacuum as an excuse to substitute their opinions.
A shared cause is erasure of rigorous science by manipulators, who reject anything more complex than counting bodies after it's too late, then use the vacuum as an excuse to substitute their opinions.