Merr*Seas
@merrseas.bsky.social
✨🌠 We’re All Made of Stardust 🌠✨
Empathy, Compassion, Sarcasm ~
Not Necessarily in that order
Covid19 is an Airborne Silent Assassin.
Life is a Journey of continuous learning.
Choose your Teachers Wisely!
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Merr*Seas
@merrseas.bsky.social
· Mar 22
Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a
state of the science review | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARY This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—and
also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental
impacts—o...
journals.asm.org
Masks & Respirators work!
“Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review”
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
“Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review”
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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“A large…study over 465,000 U.S. pediatric patients found that a second SARS-CoV-2 infection more than doubles the risk of Long COVID in children and adolescents as compared to the first COVID infection… Long COVID [has surpassed] asthma as the most common chronic disease in children.”
✨Please repost! My newsletter is out.
In this issue:
👧In kids, 2nd COVID infection DOUBLES risk of Long COVID
🧠Increased AMPAR in brain correlates w/severity of Long COVID Cognitive Dysfunction
🫀ACC recs hsCRP test for all
😺Disneyland cats on patrol
& much more buff.ly/Yexm3hb
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
In this issue:
👧In kids, 2nd COVID infection DOUBLES risk of Long COVID
🧠Increased AMPAR in brain correlates w/severity of Long COVID Cognitive Dysfunction
🫀ACC recs hsCRP test for all
😺Disneyland cats on patrol
& much more buff.ly/Yexm3hb
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
October 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“A large…study over 465,000 U.S. pediatric patients found that a second SARS-CoV-2 infection more than doubles the risk of Long COVID in children and adolescents as compared to the first COVID infection… Long COVID [has surpassed] asthma as the most common chronic disease in children.”
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We’re all dealing with the Tylenol ridiculousness, but we can’t forget Florida is the first state to lose their vaccine requirements…
youtube.com/shorts/Yn4cl...
youtube.com/shorts/Yn4cl...
WHY they CANCELLED Vaccines!
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We’re all dealing with the Tylenol ridiculousness, but we can’t forget Florida is the first state to lose their vaccine requirements…
youtube.com/shorts/Yn4cl...
youtube.com/shorts/Yn4cl...
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Tired of being gaslit about your Covid precautions in healthcare facilities or #LongCovid? This 1-page letter has key studies on brain, heart & immune damage—perfect for printing & handing to your doctor. Download:
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#PatientAdvocacy #ChronicIllness #MedicalGaslighting
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#PatientAdvocacy #ChronicIllness #MedicalGaslighting
https://uofi.box.com/s/9llu70jkrfm6…
May 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Tired of being gaslit about your Covid precautions in healthcare facilities or #LongCovid? This 1-page letter has key studies on brain, heart & immune damage—perfect for printing & handing to your doctor. Download:
uofi.app.box.com/s/9llu70jkrf...
#PatientAdvocacy #ChronicIllness #MedicalGaslighting
uofi.app.box.com/s/9llu70jkrf...
#PatientAdvocacy #ChronicIllness #MedicalGaslighting
After 6 years of infections, reinfections, and lack of thorough data, only 5 million worldwide seems like an undercount.
Hidden Heart Damage: How COVID Continues Haunting Millions
"5 million people worldwide may be walking around with cardiac long COVID, their hearts silently struggling months or years after their initial infection cleared"
Report: academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
"5 million people worldwide may be walking around with cardiac long COVID, their hearts silently struggling months or years after their initial infection cleared"
Report: academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
Hidden Heart Damage: How COVID Continues Haunting Millions
Five million people worldwide may be walking around with cardiac long COVID, their hearts silently struggling months or years after their initial
scienceblog.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
After 6 years of infections, reinfections, and lack of thorough data, only 5 million worldwide seems like an undercount.
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tfn.scot/news/long-co...
Not just eugenics, but they deliberately dont care about l0ng c0v1d patients.
/People suffering with long Covid in Scotland are being pushed into poverty, a landmark new report has found./
Not just eugenics, but they deliberately dont care about l0ng c0v1d patients.
/People suffering with long Covid in Scotland are being pushed into poverty, a landmark new report has found./
Long Covid, long consequences: study highlights condition's devastating impact - TFN
Study lays bare the financial, employment and social security impacts
tfn.scot
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
tfn.scot/news/long-co...
Not just eugenics, but they deliberately dont care about l0ng c0v1d patients.
/People suffering with long Covid in Scotland are being pushed into poverty, a landmark new report has found./
Not just eugenics, but they deliberately dont care about l0ng c0v1d patients.
/People suffering with long Covid in Scotland are being pushed into poverty, a landmark new report has found./
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"A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis."
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis."
It’s been said #Covid19 is “just a cold”, a metaphor used to influence your behaviors & Deny what Cov19 Actually Is. Cov19 is a serious vascular dx & harms the Entire body.This article explains metaphors in relation to Cov19 sciencenordic.com/denmark-epidem…www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...eb
https://sciencenordic.com/denmark-epidem…
September 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It’s been said #Covid19 is “just a cold”, a metaphor used to influence your behaviors & Deny what Cov19 Actually Is. Cov19 is a serious vascular dx & harms the Entire body.This article explains metaphors in relation to Cov19 sciencenordic.com/denmark-epidem…www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...eb
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🚨🧵 by @david.notesforfriends.com about Covid's damage & a cigarette metaphor:
"Your Body Is Keeping Score
Here’s the thing nobody gets: COVID doesn’t give a shit about your positive thinking. It’s not checking your Instagram to see..."
Full🎯thread here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19645...
"Your Body Is Keeping Score
Here’s the thing nobody gets: COVID doesn’t give a shit about your positive thinking. It’s not checking your Instagram to see..."
Full🎯thread here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19645...
September 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🚨🧵 by @david.notesforfriends.com about Covid's damage & a cigarette metaphor:
"Your Body Is Keeping Score
Here’s the thing nobody gets: COVID doesn’t give a shit about your positive thinking. It’s not checking your Instagram to see..."
Full🎯thread here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19645...
"Your Body Is Keeping Score
Here’s the thing nobody gets: COVID doesn’t give a shit about your positive thinking. It’s not checking your Instagram to see..."
Full🎯thread here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19645...
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Research summary thread!!
A COVID research paper found that the histamine 1 receptor (HRH1) is highly involved in enhancing COVID infection.
They also found that most H1 blockers (antihistamines, like Claritin) reduced COVID after exposure!
1/8
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
A COVID research paper found that the histamine 1 receptor (HRH1) is highly involved in enhancing COVID infection.
They also found that most H1 blockers (antihistamines, like Claritin) reduced COVID after exposure!
1/8
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The histamine receptor H1 acts as an alternative receptor for SARS-CoV-2
Numerous host factors, in addition to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2), have been identified as coreceptors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), demonstrating ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Research summary thread!!
A COVID research paper found that the histamine 1 receptor (HRH1) is highly involved in enhancing COVID infection.
They also found that most H1 blockers (antihistamines, like Claritin) reduced COVID after exposure!
1/8
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
A COVID research paper found that the histamine 1 receptor (HRH1) is highly involved in enhancing COVID infection.
They also found that most H1 blockers (antihistamines, like Claritin) reduced COVID after exposure!
1/8
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Mandating Indoor Air Quality in Public Buildings.
Our paper in Science.
🧪 #healthpolicy
Mandating Indoor Air Quality in Public Buildings.
Our paper in Science.
🧪 #healthpolicy
www.science.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Mandating Indoor Air Quality in Public Buildings.
Our paper in Science.
🧪 #healthpolicy
Mandating Indoor Air Quality in Public Buildings.
Our paper in Science.
🧪 #healthpolicy
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Today @thesicktimes.org: Community health worker Zaina Fairey shares advice on getting others to care about COVID-19.
"It would be easy to turn my back on those people and give up on community organizations that minimize COVID-19. But that’s not me, and that’s not what being in community means."
"It would be easy to turn my back on those people and give up on community organizations that minimize COVID-19. But that’s not me, and that’s not what being in community means."
How do you get people to care about COVID-19? Here’s what I’ve learned as an organizer. - The Sick Times
As someone with Long COVID, it’s demoralizing to see people in my circles party and engage in COVID-risky behaviors while I sit at home. It would be easy to turn my back on those people and give up on...
thesicktimes.org
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Today @thesicktimes.org: Community health worker Zaina Fairey shares advice on getting others to care about COVID-19.
"It would be easy to turn my back on those people and give up on community organizations that minimize COVID-19. But that’s not me, and that’s not what being in community means."
"It would be easy to turn my back on those people and give up on community organizations that minimize COVID-19. But that’s not me, and that’s not what being in community means."
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Critical thread here. Congress has stepped up but they need to do more—they need to check the Executive Branch from running roughshod over their constitutional power of appropriation. They need to stop America from stagnating in the intellectual backwaters of a dictatorship
So, kudos to both #Democrats & #Republicans in the House for their draft mark-up for next year's #budget, which maintains funding for #NIH (just like the Senate). This is rare, true #bipartisanship and should be praised. But #RussellVought will not be stopped by an appropriations bill. Why? 1/
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Critical thread here. Congress has stepped up but they need to do more—they need to check the Executive Branch from running roughshod over their constitutional power of appropriation. They need to stop America from stagnating in the intellectual backwaters of a dictatorship
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This is a fascinating preprint which simultaneously (re)demonstrates that the immune system is a better detector of non-self than our current analytical techniques, while providing further support for the idea that long covid is due to persistence
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Restrained memory CD8+ T cell responses favors viral persistence and elevated IgG responses in patients with severe Long COVID
During the COVID-19 pandemic it was widely described that certain individuals infected by SARS-CoV-2 experience persistent disease signs and symptoms, Long COVID, which in some cases is very severe wi...
www.medrxiv.org
August 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is a fascinating preprint which simultaneously (re)demonstrates that the immune system is a better detector of non-self than our current analytical techniques, while providing further support for the idea that long covid is due to persistence
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHx7...
A really important short film to watch that unpicks so much we have been told about covid.
A really important short film to watch that unpicks so much we have been told about covid.
COVID - THE UNRAVELLING - A SCIENTIST . AN ARTIST . A FATHER
YouTube video by Grant Wakefield
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHx7...
A really important short film to watch that unpicks so much we have been told about covid.
A really important short film to watch that unpicks so much we have been told about covid.
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“The COVID pandemic began with a myth – that children are spared its ill effects. In contrast, many children were sick with COVID, and we now have a new chronic illness emerging,” Kleinman said
www.rutgers.edu/news/study-s...
#ChildHealth #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
www.rutgers.edu/news/study-s...
#ChildHealth #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
July 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“The COVID pandemic began with a myth – that children are spared its ill effects. In contrast, many children were sick with COVID, and we now have a new chronic illness emerging,” Kleinman said
www.rutgers.edu/news/study-s...
#ChildHealth #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
www.rutgers.edu/news/study-s...
#ChildHealth #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
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TL;DR a mild case is a 3 point IQ drop, lingering symptoms? That's 6 points. Hospitalized? 9 points.
theconversation.com/mounting-res...
theconversation.com/mounting-res...
Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores
Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental effects on brain health.
theconversation.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
TL;DR a mild case is a 3 point IQ drop, lingering symptoms? That's 6 points. Hospitalized? 9 points.
theconversation.com/mounting-res...
theconversation.com/mounting-res...
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Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.
June 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.
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Since there is talk about bringing back ASBESTOS (this is somehow true), I thought it would be useful to describe just some what happens to you when you breath this stuff into your lungs.
In short, it’s terrible.
A 🧵
In short, it’s terrible.
A 🧵
June 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Since there is talk about bringing back ASBESTOS (this is somehow true), I thought it would be useful to describe just some what happens to you when you breath this stuff into your lungs.
In short, it’s terrible.
A 🧵
In short, it’s terrible.
A 🧵
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Based on wastewater it looks like XFG has already overtaken NB.1.8.1 in the US.
lungfish-science.github.io/wastewater-d...
lungfish-science.github.io/wastewater-d...
June 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Based on wastewater it looks like XFG has already overtaken NB.1.8.1 in the US.
lungfish-science.github.io/wastewater-d...
lungfish-science.github.io/wastewater-d...
The Elephant 🐘 in the room is C0️⃣v!d.
The Trojan Horse 🐎 is
Long C0️⃣v!d.
The Trojan Horse 🐎 is
Long C0️⃣v!d.
Why is the press so stupid?
They are getting Long COVID because they are being infected again and again with COVID.
Do you understand now?
www.newsweek.com/why-are-so-m...
They are getting Long COVID because they are being infected again and again with COVID.
Do you understand now?
www.newsweek.com/why-are-so-m...
Why are so many children getting long COVID?
A study by Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) last year found that up to 5.8 million American children now have long COVID.
www.newsweek.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Elephant 🐘 in the room is C0️⃣v!d.
The Trojan Horse 🐎 is
Long C0️⃣v!d.
The Trojan Horse 🐎 is
Long C0️⃣v!d.
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Stuck in the middle with masking…
Psychologist @drseanmullen.bsky.social is 'playing the long game in a short-sighted age'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Psychologist @drseanmullen.bsky.social is 'playing the long game in a short-sighted age'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Stuck in the middle with masking | BPS
Psychologist Dr Sean Mullen is 'playing the long game in a short-sighted age'.
www.bps.org.uk
June 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Stuck in the middle with masking…
Psychologist @drseanmullen.bsky.social is 'playing the long game in a short-sighted age'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Psychologist @drseanmullen.bsky.social is 'playing the long game in a short-sighted age'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Covid19 is a trojan horse & takes whatever it can from you.
Don’t minimize Covid because it doesn’t minimize you.
Protect yourself, with a well fitting N95 respirator or KN95 mask, & clean the air
📌 Correct Link 📌
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Don’t minimize Covid because it doesn’t minimize you.
Protect yourself, with a well fitting N95 respirator or KN95 mask, & clean the air
📌 Correct Link 📌
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Covid19 is a trojan horse & takes whatever it can from you.
Don’t minimize Covid because it doesn’t minimize you.
Protect yourself, with a well fitting N95 respirator or KN95 mask, & clean the air
📌 Correct Link 📌
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Don’t minimize Covid because it doesn’t minimize you.
Protect yourself, with a well fitting N95 respirator or KN95 mask, & clean the air
📌 Correct Link 📌
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🔥 Good 🧵
The ‘Other Person’ could be you someday. No one is immune to disease or disability.
Stop Othering!
Read to the end.
The ‘Other Person’ could be you someday. No one is immune to disease or disability.
Stop Othering!
Read to the end.
Fauci saying elderly and immunocompromised people will "fall by the wayside" and RFK Jr's speech about autistic people are two sides of the same eugenics coin.
How so, you ask? ⬇️
How so, you ask? ⬇️
April 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🔥 Good 🧵
The ‘Other Person’ could be you someday. No one is immune to disease or disability.
Stop Othering!
Read to the end.
The ‘Other Person’ could be you someday. No one is immune to disease or disability.
Stop Othering!
Read to the end.
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Shot: common cold virus we have all caught (*) increases the risk of dementia
Chaser: The common virus is #Covid19
(*) which our newspaper, among others, told you it is no biggie, so you kept getting and encouraged your kids to get it too.
Left: the paper, right: herd immunity
Chaser: The common virus is #Covid19
(*) which our newspaper, among others, told you it is no biggie, so you kept getting and encouraged your kids to get it too.
Left: the paper, right: herd immunity
April 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Shot: common cold virus we have all caught (*) increases the risk of dementia
Chaser: The common virus is #Covid19
(*) which our newspaper, among others, told you it is no biggie, so you kept getting and encouraged your kids to get it too.
Left: the paper, right: herd immunity
Chaser: The common virus is #Covid19
(*) which our newspaper, among others, told you it is no biggie, so you kept getting and encouraged your kids to get it too.
Left: the paper, right: herd immunity
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Numerous papers and Daily Mail is trying (?possibly) to establish a record of "we told you so" but #UDoU
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Systematic review of the studies until the beginning of 2025
academic.oup.com/acn/article/...
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Systematic review of the studies until the beginning of 2025
academic.oup.com/acn/article/...
How wave of new dementias may be fueled by common culprit
A new study adds to link between dementia risk and COVID-19. Scientists caution that the evidence has yet to show anything conclusive.
www.dailymail.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Numerous papers and Daily Mail is trying (?possibly) to establish a record of "we told you so" but #UDoU
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Systematic review of the studies until the beginning of 2025
academic.oup.com/acn/article/...
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Systematic review of the studies until the beginning of 2025
academic.oup.com/acn/article/...