“In January 2024, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that chronic absenteeism… nearly doubled following the Covid pandemic.”

“In total, nearly 30% — some 13 million children — regularly missed school.”

Not sure if anybody is doing it better than @juliadoubleday.bsky.social —Please read:

“when you shrug off the difficulty.. of practicing COVID safety.. you are casting that burden onto the shoulders of those who are already carrying more than you are. ”

Link: www.thegauntlet.news/p/beyond-all...?

“Our primary message is that reinfections still matter, and you should do what you can to avoid reinfection..” — Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania

Beautiful and succinct case made by @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social at the HHS #LongCovid roundtable on what needs and can be done to find the answers we need.

“I’m really here today to advocate for the importance of.. really scaling up our portfolio of clinical trials.”

“A growing number of scientists believe the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from RSV to shingles to sepsis.”

“It’s certainly impacting our immune health & probably.. overall health”

“Nailfold videocapillaroscopy picture of:

(A) a control healthy subject

(B) a recovered COVID-19 patient without long covid

(C–D) two #LongCovid patients without systemic sclerosis”

“#LongCovid pts showed significantly more dilated capillaries, microhaemorrhages, abnormal shapes than healthy matched control subjects and of note, lower mean capillary number per linear millimetre.”

Study: rmdopen.bmj.com/content/11/2...

Incredibly exciting diagnostic tool potential — @immunofever.bsky.social MIT team is doing nailfold capillaroscopies on #LongCovid patients before and after a NASA lean test, and said the results have been incredibly striking compared to controls.

My results were very abnormal !

Very exicited to be heading to Keystone Symposium on #LongCovid in Santa Fe to represent @patientled.bsky.social !

Aside from leading researchers, there will be good # of pharma (Pfizer, J&J) & handful NIH folks.

If you have any question / intel / ask
requests, send my way and will read by Sunday!

Hung out with someone cool today 👍✌️! @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social

Great piece in @washingtonpost.com:

“The risk of #LongCovid remains:

@erictopol.bsky.social.. said he knows people who have been infected within the last three to four months who have long covid. ‘It’s nonstop. People are still getting it,’ he said.”