⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki
@albadocherty.bsky.social
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Long Covid brain study shows cortical thickening & decreased microstructural integrity in white matter
Findings correalate with low performance in working memory, verbal memory, mental processing speed, verbal fluency and executive functions
Findings correalate with low performance in working memory, verbal memory, mental processing speed, verbal fluency and executive functions
Another unreplicatable Pretorius study w/dubious claims.
Microclots & elevated NETs do not distinguish Long Covid from any other inflammatory condition (cancers, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, *etc, have them).
Pretorius & Co suggesting that these are a Long Covid biomarker/diagnostic is 😒.
Microclots & elevated NETs do not distinguish Long Covid from any other inflammatory condition (cancers, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, *etc, have them).
Pretorius & Co suggesting that these are a Long Covid biomarker/diagnostic is 😒.
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Another unreplicatable Pretorius study w/dubious claims.
Microclots & elevated NETs do not distinguish Long Covid from any other inflammatory condition (cancers, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, *etc, have them).
Pretorius & Co suggesting that these are a Long Covid biomarker/diagnostic is 😒.
Microclots & elevated NETs do not distinguish Long Covid from any other inflammatory condition (cancers, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, *etc, have them).
Pretorius & Co suggesting that these are a Long Covid biomarker/diagnostic is 😒.
Scientists have identified a potential new drug against COVID.
Compound 6 caused SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins to misfold, malfunction, and ultimately, be destroyed and removed by cells, in lab tests.
This work could benefit other viral diseases, too.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021...
Compound 6 caused SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins to misfold, malfunction, and ultimately, be destroyed and removed by cells, in lab tests.
This work could benefit other viral diseases, too.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021...
October 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Scientists have identified a potential new drug against COVID.
Compound 6 caused SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins to misfold, malfunction, and ultimately, be destroyed and removed by cells, in lab tests.
This work could benefit other viral diseases, too.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021...
Compound 6 caused SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins to misfold, malfunction, and ultimately, be destroyed and removed by cells, in lab tests.
This work could benefit other viral diseases, too.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021...
"We need accounts of long Covid, and plenty more of them.
But Will There Ever Be Another You feels amateurish, the literary equivalent of a Wes Anderson film: over-styled and perilously close to self-parody.
A delirious in-joke."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/...
But Will There Ever Be Another You feels amateurish, the literary equivalent of a Wes Anderson film: over-styled and perilously close to self-parody.
A delirious in-joke."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/...
Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – long Covid from the inside
The cult author’s autofictional follow-up to No One Is Talking About This is the story of a breakdown
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"We need accounts of long Covid, and plenty more of them.
But Will There Ever Be Another You feels amateurish, the literary equivalent of a Wes Anderson film: over-styled and perilously close to self-parody.
A delirious in-joke."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/...
But Will There Ever Be Another You feels amateurish, the literary equivalent of a Wes Anderson film: over-styled and perilously close to self-parody.
A delirious in-joke."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/...
"More than half of those with Long Covid reported having periods that were heavier than usual for them."
Long covid may be making your periods longer and heavier.
www.newscientist.com/article/249...
Long covid may be making your periods longer and heavier.
www.newscientist.com/article/249...
Long covid may be making your periods longer and heavier
Half a decade since the arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, we're still learning about its complications, with the latest research suggesting that long covid may disrupt menstrual periods
www.newscientist.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"More than half of those with Long Covid reported having periods that were heavier than usual for them."
Long covid may be making your periods longer and heavier.
www.newscientist.com/article/249...
Long covid may be making your periods longer and heavier.
www.newscientist.com/article/249...
Are you looking forward to the "Keystone Symposia on Long Covid and other Post Acute Infection Syndromes"?
Sponsors & Schedule ↓🧵
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August 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Are you looking forward to the "Keystone Symposia on Long Covid and other Post Acute Infection Syndromes"?
Sponsors & Schedule ↓🧵
Sponsors & Schedule ↓🧵
Study suggests AS01 vaccine adjuvant, rather than infection prevention, drives dementia protective effect
* No significant difference in dementia risk between RSV and shingles vaccines
* Combining both vaccines didn't provide additional benefit beyond a single vaccine
* No significant difference in dementia risk between RSV and shingles vaccines
* Combining both vaccines didn't provide additional benefit beyond a single vaccine
July 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Study suggests AS01 vaccine adjuvant, rather than infection prevention, drives dementia protective effect
* No significant difference in dementia risk between RSV and shingles vaccines
* Combining both vaccines didn't provide additional benefit beyond a single vaccine
* No significant difference in dementia risk between RSV and shingles vaccines
* Combining both vaccines didn't provide additional benefit beyond a single vaccine
Post-Covid Autoimmune Encephalitis (AE)
• AE more severe > Covid vs no Covid (CASE score: 8 vs 5)
• 17% more pneumonia & 14% increase in other autoimmune diseases
• AE relapse > Covid = more autoimmune diseases, tumors, abnormal cranial MRIs, and higher disability levels
• AE more severe > Covid vs no Covid (CASE score: 8 vs 5)
• 17% more pneumonia & 14% increase in other autoimmune diseases
• AE relapse > Covid = more autoimmune diseases, tumors, abnormal cranial MRIs, and higher disability levels
July 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Post-Covid Autoimmune Encephalitis (AE)
• AE more severe > Covid vs no Covid (CASE score: 8 vs 5)
• 17% more pneumonia & 14% increase in other autoimmune diseases
• AE relapse > Covid = more autoimmune diseases, tumors, abnormal cranial MRIs, and higher disability levels
• AE more severe > Covid vs no Covid (CASE score: 8 vs 5)
• 17% more pneumonia & 14% increase in other autoimmune diseases
• AE relapse > Covid = more autoimmune diseases, tumors, abnormal cranial MRIs, and higher disability levels
SARS-CoV-2 induces Alzheimer’s–related amyloid-𝛃 pathology in ex vivo human retinal explants & retinal organoids
Very small study found:
· Postmortem retinal tissue showed increased amyloid-β plaques compared to controls
· Some amyloid-β plaques contained Spike protein
Very small study found:
· Postmortem retinal tissue showed increased amyloid-β plaques compared to controls
· Some amyloid-β plaques contained Spike protein
July 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
SARS-CoV-2 induces Alzheimer’s–related amyloid-𝛃 pathology in ex vivo human retinal explants & retinal organoids
Very small study found:
· Postmortem retinal tissue showed increased amyloid-β plaques compared to controls
· Some amyloid-β plaques contained Spike protein
Very small study found:
· Postmortem retinal tissue showed increased amyloid-β plaques compared to controls
· Some amyloid-β plaques contained Spike protein
"How Pandemics Reshape Our Brain" a shameless MECFS FUNDRAISER posing as research. By Mary E. Herman.
🚩 Uses Long Covid to dishonestly inflate ME numbers
🚩 Takes LC research & misapplies it retroactively to ME
🚩 Reduces pwLC to a validation tool for predatory MECFS agendas
🚩 Uses Long Covid to dishonestly inflate ME numbers
🚩 Takes LC research & misapplies it retroactively to ME
🚩 Reduces pwLC to a validation tool for predatory MECFS agendas
July 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"How Pandemics Reshape Our Brain" a shameless MECFS FUNDRAISER posing as research. By Mary E. Herman.
🚩 Uses Long Covid to dishonestly inflate ME numbers
🚩 Takes LC research & misapplies it retroactively to ME
🚩 Reduces pwLC to a validation tool for predatory MECFS agendas
🚩 Uses Long Covid to dishonestly inflate ME numbers
🚩 Takes LC research & misapplies it retroactively to ME
🚩 Reduces pwLC to a validation tool for predatory MECFS agendas
Another shit Long Covid study 😩
· 46% had pre-existing conditions before LC
· 20% had pre-existing mental and behavioral disorders
· 36% were on cognitive-affecting medications: benzos, antidepressants, neuroleptics, anxiolytics, soporific, etc.
The researchers admit...
· 46% had pre-existing conditions before LC
· 20% had pre-existing mental and behavioral disorders
· 36% were on cognitive-affecting medications: benzos, antidepressants, neuroleptics, anxiolytics, soporific, etc.
The researchers admit...
July 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Another shit Long Covid study 😩
· 46% had pre-existing conditions before LC
· 20% had pre-existing mental and behavioral disorders
· 36% were on cognitive-affecting medications: benzos, antidepressants, neuroleptics, anxiolytics, soporific, etc.
The researchers admit...
· 46% had pre-existing conditions before LC
· 20% had pre-existing mental and behavioral disorders
· 36% were on cognitive-affecting medications: benzos, antidepressants, neuroleptics, anxiolytics, soporific, etc.
The researchers admit...
Study finds that ppl w/Long Covid have different neurochemistry than ppl w/MECFS
Authors posit that studies should not mix pwLC & pwME in cohorts, but they may have
Findings suggest the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of Long Covid & MECFS are different
But... ↓
Authors posit that studies should not mix pwLC & pwME in cohorts, but they may have
Findings suggest the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of Long Covid & MECFS are different
But... ↓
July 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Study finds that ppl w/Long Covid have different neurochemistry than ppl w/MECFS
Authors posit that studies should not mix pwLC & pwME in cohorts, but they may have
Findings suggest the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of Long Covid & MECFS are different
But... ↓
Authors posit that studies should not mix pwLC & pwME in cohorts, but they may have
Findings suggest the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of Long Covid & MECFS are different
But... ↓
🚮 MECFS Mafia LongCovid study
*Self-Report w/o validation
*Lack of proper controls
*Sample selection bias
*Confounding variables
*Inadequate sample sizes
*Statistical fishing
*Subjective scale w/o validated psychometric properties
*Overstated findings
*No clinical/safety data
*Self-Report w/o validation
*Lack of proper controls
*Sample selection bias
*Confounding variables
*Inadequate sample sizes
*Statistical fishing
*Subjective scale w/o validated psychometric properties
*Overstated findings
*No clinical/safety data
July 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚮 MECFS Mafia LongCovid study
*Self-Report w/o validation
*Lack of proper controls
*Sample selection bias
*Confounding variables
*Inadequate sample sizes
*Statistical fishing
*Subjective scale w/o validated psychometric properties
*Overstated findings
*No clinical/safety data
*Self-Report w/o validation
*Lack of proper controls
*Sample selection bias
*Confounding variables
*Inadequate sample sizes
*Statistical fishing
*Subjective scale w/o validated psychometric properties
*Overstated findings
*No clinical/safety data
Groundbreaking research provides definitive evidence that humans can grow new brain cells up to age 78.
Using advanced single-nucleus RNA sequencing and machine learning algorithms, researchers identified proliferating neural progenitor cells in the hippocampus.
Using advanced single-nucleus RNA sequencing and machine learning algorithms, researchers identified proliferating neural progenitor cells in the hippocampus.
July 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Groundbreaking research provides definitive evidence that humans can grow new brain cells up to age 78.
Using advanced single-nucleus RNA sequencing and machine learning algorithms, researchers identified proliferating neural progenitor cells in the hippocampus.
Using advanced single-nucleus RNA sequencing and machine learning algorithms, researchers identified proliferating neural progenitor cells in the hippocampus.
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Paper outlines Variant-Specific Long Covid
Alpha/Beta: lower CNS penetration
Delta: Moderate-high CNS entry, affects astrocytes & pericytes
Omicron: Lower direct neuroinvasion but significant indirect inflammatory effects
D614G: High neurovirulence, strong inflammatory reply
Alpha/Beta: lower CNS penetration
Delta: Moderate-high CNS entry, affects astrocytes & pericytes
Omicron: Lower direct neuroinvasion but significant indirect inflammatory effects
D614G: High neurovirulence, strong inflammatory reply
June 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Paper outlines Variant-Specific Long Covid
Alpha/Beta: lower CNS penetration
Delta: Moderate-high CNS entry, affects astrocytes & pericytes
Omicron: Lower direct neuroinvasion but significant indirect inflammatory effects
D614G: High neurovirulence, strong inflammatory reply
Alpha/Beta: lower CNS penetration
Delta: Moderate-high CNS entry, affects astrocytes & pericytes
Omicron: Lower direct neuroinvasion but significant indirect inflammatory effects
D614G: High neurovirulence, strong inflammatory reply
Reposted by ⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki
"There is an urgent need to monitor affected individuals [ppl w/LongCovid] longitudinally for increased risk of conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinsonian syndromes."
June 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"There is an urgent need to monitor affected individuals [ppl w/LongCovid] longitudinally for increased risk of conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinsonian syndromes."
Has anyone had these labs done? Suggested Long Covid Dx Biomarkers:
·Inflammatory: IL-6, TNF-α, CCL2/MCP-1
·Neural injury: GFAP (glial damage), NFL (axonal damage)
·Autoantibodies: Anti-ganglioside, anti-NMDA receptor
·BBB disruption: S100B, matrix metalloproteinases
·Inflammatory: IL-6, TNF-α, CCL2/MCP-1
·Neural injury: GFAP (glial damage), NFL (axonal damage)
·Autoantibodies: Anti-ganglioside, anti-NMDA receptor
·BBB disruption: S100B, matrix metalloproteinases
June 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Has anyone had these labs done? Suggested Long Covid Dx Biomarkers:
·Inflammatory: IL-6, TNF-α, CCL2/MCP-1
·Neural injury: GFAP (glial damage), NFL (axonal damage)
·Autoantibodies: Anti-ganglioside, anti-NMDA receptor
·BBB disruption: S100B, matrix metalloproteinases
·Inflammatory: IL-6, TNF-α, CCL2/MCP-1
·Neural injury: GFAP (glial damage), NFL (axonal damage)
·Autoantibodies: Anti-ganglioside, anti-NMDA receptor
·BBB disruption: S100B, matrix metalloproteinases
UNC isn't "In it for the long haul" after all.
They were fully funding their Long Covid Recovery Clinic, but closed June 16th and state that they are "unable to continue funding".
Your ~$6B endowment begs to differ, UNC.
Good luck to the 1 in 6 North Carolinian pwLC 😩
They were fully funding their Long Covid Recovery Clinic, but closed June 16th and state that they are "unable to continue funding".
Your ~$6B endowment begs to differ, UNC.
Good luck to the 1 in 6 North Carolinian pwLC 😩
June 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
UNC isn't "In it for the long haul" after all.
They were fully funding their Long Covid Recovery Clinic, but closed June 16th and state that they are "unable to continue funding".
Your ~$6B endowment begs to differ, UNC.
Good luck to the 1 in 6 North Carolinian pwLC 😩
They were fully funding their Long Covid Recovery Clinic, but closed June 16th and state that they are "unable to continue funding".
Your ~$6B endowment begs to differ, UNC.
Good luck to the 1 in 6 North Carolinian pwLC 😩
Reposted by ⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki
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If you’re attending a protest today and happen to be a trumpet player who knows Star Wars. Great opportunity
Stay safe. Fight the Empire.
#NoKings #DemCast #DemVoice1
Stay safe. Fight the Empire.
#NoKings #DemCast #DemVoice1
June 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Hello from Boston!!
June 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Hello from Boston!!
RECOVER / Mount Sinai psychiatrist on CBS Evening news wastes spot baselessly pontificating about women’s hormones 🤦♀️
and not one word about well-proved viral persistence or forward transmission, bc this is The @NIH Clown Show on MSM 😡
youtube.com/watch?v=9x2R...
and not one word about well-proved viral persistence or forward transmission, bc this is The @NIH Clown Show on MSM 😡
youtube.com/watch?v=9x2R...
Researcher says Long COVID causing "great deal of suffering"
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
RECOVER / Mount Sinai psychiatrist on CBS Evening news wastes spot baselessly pontificating about women’s hormones 🤦♀️
and not one word about well-proved viral persistence or forward transmission, bc this is The @NIH Clown Show on MSM 😡
youtube.com/watch?v=9x2R...
and not one word about well-proved viral persistence or forward transmission, bc this is The @NIH Clown Show on MSM 😡
youtube.com/watch?v=9x2R...
Will a llama named Winter help to cure Long Covid?
⊛ Special particles in llama blood could help us develop powerful new treatments that keep working → even as the virus mutates ←
⊛ In animal trials, the antibodies provided strong protection against the virus, even in small doses
⊛ Special particles in llama blood could help us develop powerful new treatments that keep working → even as the virus mutates ←
⊛ In animal trials, the antibodies provided strong protection against the virus, even in small doses
June 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Will a llama named Winter help to cure Long Covid?
⊛ Special particles in llama blood could help us develop powerful new treatments that keep working → even as the virus mutates ←
⊛ In animal trials, the antibodies provided strong protection against the virus, even in small doses
⊛ Special particles in llama blood could help us develop powerful new treatments that keep working → even as the virus mutates ←
⊛ In animal trials, the antibodies provided strong protection against the virus, even in small doses
June 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reposted by ⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki
Watching people you should be in solidarity with get brutalized by the next evolution of the police state and telling people to look away and focus on legislation is not just faulty, you're literally sacrificing people and an essential fight in the larger battle.
June 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Watching people you should be in solidarity with get brutalized by the next evolution of the police state and telling people to look away and focus on legislation is not just faulty, you're literally sacrificing people and an essential fight in the larger battle.
Significant, long-lasting cognitive impairments in young adults. Verbal working memory was significantly impaired + lower performance in divided attention & response inhibition.
The observed increased reaction time in all cognitive tasks may demonstrate cognitive slowing.
The observed increased reaction time in all cognitive tasks may demonstrate cognitive slowing.
May 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Significant, long-lasting cognitive impairments in young adults. Verbal working memory was significantly impaired + lower performance in divided attention & response inhibition.
The observed increased reaction time in all cognitive tasks may demonstrate cognitive slowing.
The observed increased reaction time in all cognitive tasks may demonstrate cognitive slowing.