Don’t Look Up 75
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Concerned person struggling to understand the disconnect between science and behavior/policy/practice. Opinions are my own.
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LitCovid
LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Posting this resource again. If anyone knows of a scientific study that supports society’s behavior toward Covid, please share. Everything I’ve seen points to necessary caution. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
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"44 countries have seen tenfold increases in at least 13 infectious diseases compared with levels observed before the pandemic".
But it's not only about immune depletion, it's about bone marrow and mitochondrial dysfunction. Sars2 is a very pervasive virus.
But it's not only about immune depletion, it's about bone marrow and mitochondrial dysfunction. Sars2 is a very pervasive virus.
Researchers identify viral suspects that could be fueling long COVID
Scientists are uncovering a new possibility behind long COVID’s stubborn symptoms: hidden infections that awaken or emerge alongside SARS-CoV-2. Evidence is mounting that viruses like Epstein-Barr and...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"44 countries have seen tenfold increases in at least 13 infectious diseases compared with levels observed before the pandemic".
But it's not only about immune depletion, it's about bone marrow and mitochondrial dysfunction. Sars2 is a very pervasive virus.
But it's not only about immune depletion, it's about bone marrow and mitochondrial dysfunction. Sars2 is a very pervasive virus.
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“This is an aspect of long COVID that is not talked about a lot”—except by us relative few laypeople who’ve paid attention to the science for years now. We’re going to see more “Emerging evidence indicates…” articles & studies like this about things we’ve already known for years.
"44 countries have seen tenfold increases in at least 13 infectious diseases compared with levels observed before the pandemic".
But it's not only about immune depletion, it's about bone marrow and mitochondrial dysfunction. Sars2 is a very pervasive virus.
But it's not only about immune depletion, it's about bone marrow and mitochondrial dysfunction. Sars2 is a very pervasive virus.
Researchers identify viral suspects that could be fueling long COVID
Scientists are uncovering a new possibility behind long COVID’s stubborn symptoms: hidden infections that awaken or emerge alongside SARS-CoV-2. Evidence is mounting that viruses like Epstein-Barr and...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“This is an aspect of long COVID that is not talked about a lot”—except by us relative few laypeople who’ve paid attention to the science for years now. We’re going to see more “Emerging evidence indicates…” articles & studies like this about things we’ve already known for years.
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Read the study and think about population level implications, remembering that the vast majority of people have been infected multiple times.
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain - Griffith News
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious
news.griffith.edu.au
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Read the study and think about population level implications, remembering that the vast majority of people have been infected multiple times.
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
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I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.
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Ffp3 respirators work and yet we have no masks or gappy surgical in healthcare. Don’t staff and patients deserve better protection!
This research was carried out in 2021. We are living with unnecessary infections.
#CleantheAir
Respirators for airborne risk
Ffp2
Ffp3 for staff
Not gappy FRSM
We need masks that seal to the face. www.theguardian.com/world/2021/j...
#CleantheAir
Respirators for airborne risk
Ffp2
Ffp3 for staff
Not gappy FRSM
We need masks that seal to the face. www.theguardian.com/world/2021/j...
Cambridge hospital’s mask upgrade appears to eliminate Covid risk to staff
Hospital infection study shows use of FFP3 respirators at Addenbrooke’s ‘may have cut ward-based infection to zero’
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ffp3 respirators work and yet we have no masks or gappy surgical in healthcare. Don’t staff and patients deserve better protection!
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Love to see the respirator but if we should mask in crowded indoor spaces like airports, what about schools and hospitals? They are crowded indoor spaces too
Traveling for the holidays? Stay well on your way by wearing a high-quality mask like an N95 in crowded indoor spaces like airports and planes. Also wash your hands frequently, cover your cough or sneeze, and avoid traveling if you’re sick.
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Love to see the respirator but if we should mask in crowded indoor spaces like airports, what about schools and hospitals? They are crowded indoor spaces too
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A list of the usual risk factors for NEC. Interesting that gut dysbiosis may be one as probiotics appeared protective. We know C19 messes with gut flora as well as the immune system and circulation.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36683790/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36683790/
Risk factors for necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates: A meta-analysis - PubMed
Gestational diabetes, premature rupture of membranes, low birth weight, small for gestational age, septicemia, blood transfusion, congenital heart disease, respiratory distress syndrome, premature birth, and pneumonia may increase the risk of NEC in neonates. Breastfeeding, taking probiotics, prenat …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A list of the usual risk factors for NEC. Interesting that gut dysbiosis may be one as probiotics appeared protective. We know C19 messes with gut flora as well as the immune system and circulation.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36683790/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36683790/
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University of Palermo doctors report a full-term newborn developed fatal necrotizing enterocolitis after maternal COVID-19 in late pregnancy.
The baby had no other risk factors.
This adds to at least 10 studies linking prenatal SARS-CoV-2 to NEC.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The baby had no other risk factors.
This adds to at least 10 studies linking prenatal SARS-CoV-2 to NEC.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy and necrotizing enterocolitis: case report and review of the literature - Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Italian Journal of Pediatrics - Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe intestinal disease primarily affecting premature newborns, with high morbidity and mortality. Although typically linked...
link.springer.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
University of Palermo doctors report a full-term newborn developed fatal necrotizing enterocolitis after maternal COVID-19 in late pregnancy.
The baby had no other risk factors.
This adds to at least 10 studies linking prenatal SARS-CoV-2 to NEC.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The baby had no other risk factors.
This adds to at least 10 studies linking prenatal SARS-CoV-2 to NEC.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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"You're so detached from reality," says the person who hasn't read a science paper in 5 years and believes people who mask to avoid illness are 'mentally ill' 🫠
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"You're so detached from reality," says the person who hasn't read a science paper in 5 years and believes people who mask to avoid illness are 'mentally ill' 🫠
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Traveling for the holidays? Stay well on your way by wearing a high-quality mask like an N95 in crowded indoor spaces like airports and planes. Also wash your hands frequently, cover your cough or sneeze, and avoid traveling if you’re sick.
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Traveling for the holidays? Stay well on your way by wearing a high-quality mask like an N95 in crowded indoor spaces like airports and planes. Also wash your hands frequently, cover your cough or sneeze, and avoid traveling if you’re sick.
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
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With Covid-19 currently rampant everywhere, a huge number of people are unknowingly carrying asymptomatic infections. Those people are not only suffering unseen damage to their own bodies, but are also passing their infections to everyone around them.
#COVID19 #asymptomatic
#COVID19 #asymptomatic
May 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
With Covid-19 currently rampant everywhere, a huge number of people are unknowingly carrying asymptomatic infections. Those people are not only suffering unseen damage to their own bodies, but are also passing their infections to everyone around them.
#COVID19 #asymptomatic
#COVID19 #asymptomatic
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So far this year, more than 5.1 million COVID cases have been reported in the U.S., causing 360,140 hospitalizations and 22,398 deaths.
December 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So far this year, more than 5.1 million COVID cases have been reported in the U.S., causing 360,140 hospitalizations and 22,398 deaths.
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Strokes in kids. Tell me again how covid isn't harmful for kids?
"Our study suggests that prior COVID-19 infection, but not acute infection, is correlated with a risk for stroke in the pediatric population."
www.pedneur.com/article/S088...
#LongCovid #CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky #NeuroSky
"Our study suggests that prior COVID-19 infection, but not acute infection, is correlated with a risk for stroke in the pediatric population."
www.pedneur.com/article/S088...
#LongCovid #CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky #NeuroSky
SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Increased Risk for Pediatric Stroke
There is an increased risk of stroke in adults with severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) infection, but whether there is
a similar association with str...
www.pedneur.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Strokes in kids. Tell me again how covid isn't harmful for kids?
"Our study suggests that prior COVID-19 infection, but not acute infection, is correlated with a risk for stroke in the pediatric population."
www.pedneur.com/article/S088...
#LongCovid #CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky #NeuroSky
"Our study suggests that prior COVID-19 infection, but not acute infection, is correlated with a risk for stroke in the pediatric population."
www.pedneur.com/article/S088...
#LongCovid #CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky #NeuroSky
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”In the Covid years, we all wore masks regularly, & if someone in our family was ill, we didn’t meet up. We didn’t get any colds or flu for about two years. I think it speaks for itself.”
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
‘It’s hardly an inconvenience’: your views on wearing a mask to combat flu
With a record number of flu patients in hospital, Britons are weighing up the merits of face coverings
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
”In the Covid years, we all wore masks regularly, & if someone in our family was ill, we didn’t meet up. We didn’t get any colds or flu for about two years. I think it speaks for itself.”
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
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Covid is not "just a cold"
#COVID hospitalization tied to 69% higher risk of death for up to 2 years
Adults aged 40 to 64 had more than double the risk of their matched peers.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Adults aged 40 to 64 had more than double the risk of their matched peers.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Covid is not "just a cold"
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Flu and Covid are both surging.
If you want to stay healthy for the holidays, wear a mask! Ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
A layered approach works best.
Get your boosters (if you can!), mask up, clean and ventilate the air and stay home when sick.
Masking is community care.
If you want to stay healthy for the holidays, wear a mask! Ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
A layered approach works best.
Get your boosters (if you can!), mask up, clean and ventilate the air and stay home when sick.
Masking is community care.
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Flu and Covid are both surging.
If you want to stay healthy for the holidays, wear a mask! Ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
A layered approach works best.
Get your boosters (if you can!), mask up, clean and ventilate the air and stay home when sick.
Masking is community care.
If you want to stay healthy for the holidays, wear a mask! Ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
A layered approach works best.
Get your boosters (if you can!), mask up, clean and ventilate the air and stay home when sick.
Masking is community care.
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COVID vaccines provide a window of a few months when they lessen (but do not remove) your ability to catch the virus. Mostly they’re good at keeping people out of the hospital. asm.org/articles/202...
People who don’t want COVID (and I wish that was more of us!) should be masking.
People who don’t want COVID (and I wish that was more of us!) should be masking.
Why Do Some Vaccines Work Better Than Others? | ASM.org
Some vaccines prevent disease—others don’t. Why is that? It’s complicated, with the virus, vaccine type, host immune response and more playing a role.
asm.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
COVID vaccines provide a window of a few months when they lessen (but do not remove) your ability to catch the virus. Mostly they’re good at keeping people out of the hospital. asm.org/articles/202...
People who don’t want COVID (and I wish that was more of us!) should be masking.
People who don’t want COVID (and I wish that was more of us!) should be masking.
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It would help if hospitals, clinics & pharmacies set an example - they're public places where visitors have a probability of carrying virus, yet the other day almost the only hospital person wearing a mask was the guy going round cleaning the toilets.
And more politicians etc. wearing them on TV.
And more politicians etc. wearing them on TV.
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It would help if hospitals, clinics & pharmacies set an example - they're public places where visitors have a probability of carrying virus, yet the other day almost the only hospital person wearing a mask was the guy going round cleaning the toilets.
And more politicians etc. wearing them on TV.
And more politicians etc. wearing them on TV.
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NHS ‘facing worst-case scenario’ as hospital flu cases jump 55% in a week
NHS ‘facing worst-case scenario’ as hospital flu cases jump 55% in a week
Number of people in England being treated remains at record level for this time of year with daily average of 2,660
The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year and has increased by 55% in a week, NHS figures show.
An average of 2,660 flu patients were in hospital each day last week, up from 1,717 the previous week. At this point last year the number stood at 1,861 patients, while in 2023 it was just 402. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
NHS ‘facing worst-case scenario’ as hospital flu cases jump 55% in a week
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At Qilu Hospital in China, researchers studied 40,537 patients and found that SARS-CoV-2 caused lasting immune damage.
CD8+ T cells stayed nearly 10% below normal even 20 months later, and drops were much steeper in people with heart disease.
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
CD8+ T cells stayed nearly 10% below normal even 20 months later, and drops were much steeper in people with heart disease.
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
As of September 15, 2024, the COVID-19 pandemic had resulted in more than 776 million
confirmed cases and seven million deaths worldwide [1]. While most patients recovered
from the acute phase of COVI...
www.ijidonline.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
At Qilu Hospital in China, researchers studied 40,537 patients and found that SARS-CoV-2 caused lasting immune damage.
CD8+ T cells stayed nearly 10% below normal even 20 months later, and drops were much steeper in people with heart disease.
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
CD8+ T cells stayed nearly 10% below normal even 20 months later, and drops were much steeper in people with heart disease.
www.ijidonline.com/article/S120...
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"The current health and economic burden of long COVID may already exceed that of a number of other chronic diseases ... This could be a significant drain on businesses, third-party payers, the healthcare system, and society."
#LongCovid
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/
#LongCovid
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/
The Current and Future Burden of Long COVID in the United States - PubMed
The current health and economic burden of long COVID may already exceed that of a number of other chronic diseases and will continue to grow each year as COVID-19 cases increase. This could be a significant drain on businesses, third-party payers, the healthcare system, and society.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"The current health and economic burden of long COVID may already exceed that of a number of other chronic diseases ... This could be a significant drain on businesses, third-party payers, the healthcare system, and society."
#LongCovid
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/
#LongCovid
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/
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So 70% divided by 3 is recovery to baseline after ...23 years? Have I done that maths correctly 😱
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
So 70% divided by 3 is recovery to baseline after ...23 years? Have I done that maths correctly 😱
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SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to long-lasting immune compromise. "The sustained subnormal lymphocytes—particularly in cardiovascular disease cohorts—[in study] highlight a key immunologic feature of LongCOVID and underscore the need for personalized care"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to long-lasting immune compromise. "The sustained subnormal lymphocytes—particularly in cardiovascular disease cohorts—[in study] highlight a key immunologic feature of LongCOVID and underscore the need for personalized care"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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“The rapid infection rate of the latest flu strain has sparked fears it could trigger one of the worst outbreaks in recent memory, if not ever.
And the big increase, which is tenfold that of 2023, leaves hospitals at an increased risk of being swamped.”
Tenfold that of 2023. 😳
And the big increase, which is tenfold that of 2023, leaves hospitals at an increased risk of being swamped.”
Tenfold that of 2023. 😳
Critical NHS incidents declared as 'superflu' triggers Covid-esque 'lockdowns'
HOSPITALS up and down the country have declared ‘critical incidents’ as a wave of mutant ‘super flu’ tears through the UK. Schools have been forced to bring back Covid-style…
www.thesun.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The rapid infection rate of the latest flu strain has sparked fears it could trigger one of the worst outbreaks in recent memory, if not ever.
And the big increase, which is tenfold that of 2023, leaves hospitals at an increased risk of being swamped.”
Tenfold that of 2023. 😳
And the big increase, which is tenfold that of 2023, leaves hospitals at an increased risk of being swamped.”
Tenfold that of 2023. 😳