The Ancient One
@theancientone.bsky.social
An Old Soul. Proud Father & Husband, Engineer, Fitness Nut, Coffee Fiend, General Nuisance. 🏴☠️
Spend most of my time and focus on COVID and Climate Change.
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Spend most of my time and focus on COVID and Climate Change.
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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....
Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
February 29, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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....
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
February 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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...
deadline.com/2024/02/rich...
Richard Lewis Dies: Beloved Comic, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Actor Was 76
Richard Lewis, one of America’s most beloved and revered stand-up comics who also played a fictionalized version of himself on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, has died. He was 76. MORE TO COME…
deadline.com
February 28, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Richard Lewis Dies: Beloved Comic, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Actor Was 76
deadline.com/2024/02/rich...
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...
Prevalence of persistent SARS-CoV-2 in a large community surveillance study
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prevalence of persistent SARS-CoV-2 in a large community surveillance study - Nature
Using viral sequence data, individuals with persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections were identified, and had higher odds of self-reporting long COVID, in a large community surveillance study.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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...
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-...
Scientists grow 'meaty' rice hybrid food for protein kick
2 days ago
www.bbc.com/news/health-...
Scientists grow 'meaty' rice hybrid food for protein kick
A team in South Korea say they have cracked how to grow beef muscle and fat cells inside grains of rice.
www.bbc.com
February 16, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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-...
Scientists grow 'meaty' rice hybrid food for protein kick
2 days ago
www.bbc.com/news/health-...
Cool. Good growth
February 8, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Cool. Good growth
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🏴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.
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.
February 7, 2024 at 6:48 PM
🏴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.
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...
An Estimated 5.8 Million Children have had Symptoms of long COVID, study says
archive.ph/2024.02.07-0...
archive.ph
archive.ph
February 7, 2024 at 6:59 PM
“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...
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...
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com
February 7, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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...
“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...
Project Veritas admits there was no evidence of election fraud at Pennsylvania post office in 2020
apnews.com/article/elec...
Project Veritas admits there was no evidence of election fraud at Pennsylvania post office in 2020
A conservative group and its former leader are taking the unusual step of publicly acknowledging that claims of ballot mishandling at a Pennsylvania post office in 2020 were wrong.
apnews.com
February 7, 2024 at 3:10 AM
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...
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.
February 6, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Waste water trend has reversed for SARS2 in recent weeks. This is concerning given recent peak.
Reposted by The Ancient One
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...
(basically where to go if you are wondering about Queensland covid & flu & RSV respiratory hospitalisations)
www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...
February 5, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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...
(basically where to go if you are wondering about Queensland covid & flu & RSV respiratory hospitalisations)
www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...
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/...
Return-to-office mandates aren't making companies more valuable and productive
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
www.msn.com
January 30, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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/...
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...
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
Long COVID is associated with severe cognitive slowing: a multicentre cross-sectional study
Together, these results robustly demonstrate pronounced cognitive slowing in people
with PCC, which distinguishes them from age-matched healthy individuals who previously
had symptomatic COVID-19 but ...
www.thelancet.com
January 25, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Long COVID is associated with severe cognitive slowing: a multicentre cross-sectional study
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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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
“Our results suggest persistent cognitive impairment & subtle white matter abnormalities in individuals mildly infected without anxiety or depression symptoms”
#COVIDBrain #LongCovid #LC
Mild™ Cognitive Dysfunction
Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19 - Scient...
Scientific Reports - Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19
www.nature.com
January 25, 2024 at 2:45 AM
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
“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
(1/4) WHO: Monthly COVID-19 Epidemiological Update - 19 January 2024
🔹Globally, in the last 28-day period (11 December 2023 to 7 January 2024), over 1.1 million (+4%) new cases reported and over 8700 (-26%) deaths were reported to WHO.
@WHO #COVIDisNotOver
www.who.int/publications...
🔹Globally, in the last 28-day period (11 December 2023 to 7 January 2024), over 1.1 million (+4%) new cases reported and over 8700 (-26%) deaths were reported to WHO.
@WHO #COVIDisNotOver
www.who.int/publications...
January 20, 2024 at 2:01 PM
It seems woefully inadequate to me that so many countries are not even reporting (let alone tracking) data to the WHO or others
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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
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
January 20, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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
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...
Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19 - Scient...
Scientific Reports - Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19
www.nature.com
January 20, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Mild™ Cognitive Dysfunction
Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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...
DIY box fan filters – Corsi-Rosenthal box - Clean Air Crew
Also known as a Corsi-Rosenthal box, this DIY method of building your own air filter with MERV13 furnace filters and a box fan are an easy and cost-effective way to help clear indoor air from airborne...
cleanaircrew.org
January 19, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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
January 19, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Good morning. A sunrise that lit the sky on fire
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...
Long COVID manifests with T cell dysregulation, inflammation and an uncoordinated adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long COVID manifests with T cell dysregulation, inflammation and an uncoordinated adaptive immune re...
Roan et al. use Olink and single‐cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to show a dysregulated crosstalk between the cellular and humoral immune responses in individuals with long COVID 8 months postinfe...
www.nature.com
January 11, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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...
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...
www.ansa.it/canale_salut...
Ospedali sotto assedio per campagna vaccinale inadeguata - Sanità - Ansa.it
Imperversano Covid e influenza, sistemi di emergenza nel caos: l'allarme della Federazione degli oncologi, cardiologi ed ematologi (ANSA)
www.ansa.it
January 10, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Italy: The situation in the emergency rooms is "nightmarish" and the hospital wards are "under siege".
www.ansa.it/canale_salut...
www.ansa.it/canale_salut...