Lydia Martin
@lydiamartin9.bsky.social
#covidisairborn 😷 climate anxious mom of two, montrealer, lefty
Cat, science and diy lover
Masking event organizer
She/her
Cat, science and diy lover
Masking event organizer
She/her
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Hi everyone. Very time-sensitive ask here from your friend in NB. Two parts, relating to the CSA standard #Z94.4. The Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition has written a statement in support of the revisions to Z94.4. You or your organization are welcome to sign on in support, deadline tom. /1
August 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hi everyone. Very time-sensitive ask here from your friend in NB. Two parts, relating to the CSA standard #Z94.4. The Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition has written a statement in support of the revisions to Z94.4. You or your organization are welcome to sign on in support, deadline tom. /1
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💨'Linked to vaping, there is no cure for popcorn lung.
🫁 Once the lungs are damaged, treatment is limited to managing symptoms.
This can include bronchodilators, steroids, and in extreme cases, lung transplantation.
Prevention is the best, and only, defence.'
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
🫁 Once the lungs are damaged, treatment is limited to managing symptoms.
This can include bronchodilators, steroids, and in extreme cases, lung transplantation.
Prevention is the best, and only, defence.'
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
What is popcorn lung? The serious and irreversible disease linked to vaping
Vaping is especially popular among teenagers and young adults, but fruity, candy-like flavours come with a chemical cost
www.independent.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
💨'Linked to vaping, there is no cure for popcorn lung.
🫁 Once the lungs are damaged, treatment is limited to managing symptoms.
This can include bronchodilators, steroids, and in extreme cases, lung transplantation.
Prevention is the best, and only, defence.'
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
🫁 Once the lungs are damaged, treatment is limited to managing symptoms.
This can include bronchodilators, steroids, and in extreme cases, lung transplantation.
Prevention is the best, and only, defence.'
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
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New research links long COVID to worse health-related quality of life.
"COVID-19 continues to impose a significant burden on the survivors by post-COVID conditions (PCCs), even after a mild initial infection," the study authors wrote.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new...
"COVID-19 continues to impose a significant burden on the survivors by post-COVID conditions (PCCs), even after a mild initial infection," the study authors wrote.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new...
New research links long COVID to worse health-related quality of life
www.cidrap.umn.edu
May 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
New research links long COVID to worse health-related quality of life.
"COVID-19 continues to impose a significant burden on the survivors by post-COVID conditions (PCCs), even after a mild initial infection," the study authors wrote.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new...
"COVID-19 continues to impose a significant burden on the survivors by post-COVID conditions (PCCs), even after a mild initial infection," the study authors wrote.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new...
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ICYMI: As kids keep getting sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune dysregulation and damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, and more, while masks, clean air & COVID go unmentioned.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds
As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?
www.thegauntlet.news
May 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ICYMI: As kids keep getting sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune dysregulation and damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, and more, while masks, clean air & COVID go unmentioned.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
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These findings indicate that even mild COVID-19 can result in persistent neurocognitive deficits, structural brain alterations, and functional network abnormalities, both in individuals with and without brain fog.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Persistent neurocognitive deficits in long COVID: Evidence of structural changes and network abnormalities following mild infection
This study aimed to investigate the neurocognitive deficits, structural brain alterations, and network abnormalities in individuals who had a mild SAR…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
These findings indicate that even mild COVID-19 can result in persistent neurocognitive deficits, structural brain alterations, and functional network abnormalities, both in individuals with and without brain fog.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Another important reason to mask, vax, & stay home when sick. The flu can be deadly, & can also lead to post-acute chronic illness.
I've known two people who died of flu - a tween & an older woman. Both were perfectly healthy until they got the virus.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/w...
I've known two people who died of flu - a tween & an older woman. Both were perfectly healthy until they got the virus.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/w...
They Caught the Flu, and Never Came Home
The virus leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths in the United States each season — many of them so sudden that families are left reeling.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Another important reason to mask, vax, & stay home when sick. The flu can be deadly, & can also lead to post-acute chronic illness.
I've known two people who died of flu - a tween & an older woman. Both were perfectly healthy until they got the virus.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/w...
I've known two people who died of flu - a tween & an older woman. Both were perfectly healthy until they got the virus.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/w...
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CIDRAP: “Analysis suggests COVID-19 diminishes sperm quality”
‘The cross-sectional study included 604 participants who could provide semen samples after COVID-19…’
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/ana...
‘The cross-sectional study included 604 participants who could provide semen samples after COVID-19…’
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/ana...
Analysis suggests COVID-19 diminishes sperm quality
A study at a fertility clinic in China ties COVID-19 exposure to reduced sperm count and lower sperm motility.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
April 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
CIDRAP: “Analysis suggests COVID-19 diminishes sperm quality”
‘The cross-sectional study included 604 participants who could provide semen samples after COVID-19…’
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/ana...
‘The cross-sectional study included 604 participants who could provide semen samples after COVID-19…’
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/ana...
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“Our study, conducted on pilots who had recovered from COVID-19, showed changes in the amplitudes of brain waves associated with relaxation and concentration.“
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13...
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13...
www.mdpi.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“Our study, conducted on pilots who had recovered from COVID-19, showed changes in the amplitudes of brain waves associated with relaxation and concentration.“
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13...
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13...
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“Here we show that children and adolescents with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection are at a stat significant increased risk of various cardiovascular outcomes, including hypertension, ventricular arrhythmias, myocarditis, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrest,…”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cardiovascular post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents: cohort study using electronic health records - Nature Communications
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection affecting the cardiovascular system have been reported, but evidence in young people is limited. Here, the authors quantify the incidence of a range of outc...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“Here we show that children and adolescents with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection are at a stat significant increased risk of various cardiovascular outcomes, including hypertension, ventricular arrhythmias, myocarditis, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrest,…”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tattoos and Increased Risk of Cancer
A Danish twin study found that tattoo ink exposure is linked to a higher risk of skin cancer (3.91x risk) and lymphoma (2.73x risk), especially with large tattoos. buff.ly/qRSrcBW
#medsky 🛟🧪 #dermsky
A Danish twin study found that tattoo ink exposure is linked to a higher risk of skin cancer (3.91x risk) and lymphoma (2.73x risk), especially with large tattoos. buff.ly/qRSrcBW
#medsky 🛟🧪 #dermsky
April 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Tattoos and Increased Risk of Cancer
A Danish twin study found that tattoo ink exposure is linked to a higher risk of skin cancer (3.91x risk) and lymphoma (2.73x risk), especially with large tattoos. buff.ly/qRSrcBW
#medsky 🛟🧪 #dermsky
A Danish twin study found that tattoo ink exposure is linked to a higher risk of skin cancer (3.91x risk) and lymphoma (2.73x risk), especially with large tattoos. buff.ly/qRSrcBW
#medsky 🛟🧪 #dermsky
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I wish @1goodtern.bsky.social would bless us here with his wise words (and his occasional snark).
April 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I wish @1goodtern.bsky.social would bless us here with his wise words (and his occasional snark).
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Surely the current forced mass reinfection policy - lifelong for any kids in daycare and school right now - will be totally fine. Right?
Research links #COVID to poor kidney outcomes in US youth
Children and adolescents were at higher risk for new-onset mild and moderate chronic kidney disease from 2020 to 2023.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Children and adolescents were at higher risk for new-onset mild and moderate chronic kidney disease from 2020 to 2023.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
April 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Surely the current forced mass reinfection policy - lifelong for any kids in daycare and school right now - will be totally fine. Right?
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Sharing one of the most helpful infographics I've come across for those looking for environment/privacy-focused, and/or non-US solutions: lemmy.world/pictrs/image... (latest version: April 9, 2025)
Source: lemmy.world/post/27983269
Credits: @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social
#ElbowsUp
Source: lemmy.world/post/27983269
Credits: @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social
#ElbowsUp
April 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Sharing one of the most helpful infographics I've come across for those looking for environment/privacy-focused, and/or non-US solutions: lemmy.world/pictrs/image... (latest version: April 9, 2025)
Source: lemmy.world/post/27983269
Credits: @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social
#ElbowsUp
Source: lemmy.world/post/27983269
Credits: @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social
#ElbowsUp
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No one could have foreseen this.
“A positive test for COVID-19 was associated with increased rates of diagnosis of various infections in the 12 months following an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rates of infection with other pathogens after a positive COVID-19 test versus a negative test in US veterans (November, 2021, to December, 2023): a retrospective cohort study
Our results suggest that a positive test for COVID-19 (vs a negative test) was associated
with increased rates of diagnosis of various infections in the 12 months following
an acute SARS-CoV-2 infecti...
www.thelancet.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
No one could have foreseen this.
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"This study revealed that mothers who became pregnant after the start of the pandemic, those who experienced moderate-to-severe infections during pregnancy, and those who had infections during the third trimester were more likely to have adverse outcomes"
Source: archive.md/nBW6z
Source: archive.md/nBW6z
March 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"This study revealed that mothers who became pregnant after the start of the pandemic, those who experienced moderate-to-severe infections during pregnancy, and those who had infections during the third trimester were more likely to have adverse outcomes"
Source: archive.md/nBW6z
Source: archive.md/nBW6z
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Lol John Oliver set up a how-to guide for how to make Meta make less ad $$$ from you. johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
How to Change Your Meta Settings | Make yourself less valuable to Meta. Brought to you by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
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February 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Lol John Oliver set up a how-to guide for how to make Meta make less ad $$$ from you. johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
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'Inflammatory reaction': How the air we breathe could be impacting our brains
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Inflammatory reaction': How the air we breathe could be impacting our brains
Air pollution threatens more than just our lungs, experts say. And while Australia has some of the best air quality in the world, we've been warned against complacency.
www.sbs.com.au
February 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
'Inflammatory reaction': How the air we breathe could be impacting our brains
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Five years ago, the president almost said something smart about fighting germs. Now, here we are.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/try-this-a...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/try-this-a...
Try This at Home: The World's Simplest Germ Killer
It's called HOCl.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Five years ago, the president almost said something smart about fighting germs. Now, here we are.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/try-this-a...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/try-this-a...
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That #covid infection does less for your immunity system than you think it does.
"Pre-Omicron, infection meant you had 80% protection against re-infection one year later. Post-Omicron, this has fallen to 5% protection at one year."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
"Pre-Omicron, infection meant you had 80% protection against re-infection one year later. Post-Omicron, this has fallen to 5% protection at one year."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Study suggests COVID-19 infection no longer grants long-lasting immunity
New research suggests that natural immunity after a COVID-19 infection has fallen sharply since Omicron became the dominant variant.
www.gavi.org
February 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
That #covid infection does less for your immunity system than you think it does.
"Pre-Omicron, infection meant you had 80% protection against re-infection one year later. Post-Omicron, this has fallen to 5% protection at one year."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
"Pre-Omicron, infection meant you had 80% protection against re-infection one year later. Post-Omicron, this has fallen to 5% protection at one year."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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CIDRAP: “After COVID-19, kids more likely to have GI symptoms for up to 2 years”
‘Though long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), is more common in adults than in kids, 1.3% of US children may be affected with the condition…’
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/aft...
‘Though long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), is more common in adults than in kids, 1.3% of US children may be affected with the condition…’
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/aft...
After COVID-19, kids more likely to have GI symptoms for up to 2 years
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
CIDRAP: “After COVID-19, kids more likely to have GI symptoms for up to 2 years”
‘Though long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), is more common in adults than in kids, 1.3% of US children may be affected with the condition…’
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/aft...
‘Though long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), is more common in adults than in kids, 1.3% of US children may be affected with the condition…’
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/aft...
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Long COVID Impairs Exercise Capacity and Cognition for Years.
"A study of nearly 1,000 people with post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) revealed that two-thirds still experienced significant symptoms, including reduced exercise capacity and cognitive performance, two years after infection."
"A study of nearly 1,000 people with post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) revealed that two-thirds still experienced significant symptoms, including reduced exercise capacity and cognitive performance, two years after infection."
Long COVID Impairs Exercise Capacity and Cognition for Years - Neuroscience News
A study of nearly 1,000 people with post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) revealed that two-thirds still experienced significant symptoms, including reduced exercise capacity and cognitive performance, two yea...
neurosciencenews.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Long COVID Impairs Exercise Capacity and Cognition for Years.
"A study of nearly 1,000 people with post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) revealed that two-thirds still experienced significant symptoms, including reduced exercise capacity and cognitive performance, two years after infection."
"A study of nearly 1,000 people with post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) revealed that two-thirds still experienced significant symptoms, including reduced exercise capacity and cognitive performance, two years after infection."