@scripps.edu is launching a *fully remote* #LongCovid clinical #trial, testing a GLP-1 receptor agonist (the antidiabetic tirzepatide) vs placebo.

Must be 18 or older, and US citizens only, with a documented LC diagnosis:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/

The costs associated with #LongCovid amounted to 32 billion Euro in Germany, reducing the country's GDP by 0.75% - in 2024 alone.

The German government's response: they are cutting the funding of Long Covid research by ~90%, according to Handelsblatt.

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"Vielleicht die einzige Krankheit, bei der Sport eine signifikante Verschlechterung verursacht."

Von einem Arzt/einer Ärztin mit #MECFS aus einem Reddit-Forum.

#Masern: Südtirol ist mit Abstand das italienische Schlusslicht beim #Impfen (hellgelbe Provinz ganz oben auf der Karte, Kinder <2 Jahre).

Italienweiter Durchschnitt: ca. 85%
Südtirol: ca. 75%
Alle anderen Regionen > 90%

Ähnliche Zahlen bei #Polio-Impfungen bei 5/6-Jährigen.

This is the resolution of a 7T vs. a 3T MRI. It's like looking at a 4K screen vs. 720p.

If your MRI results look fine, they could be. Or the pic was too blurry for the doc to see the details.

Many patients hear "but your results look fine". We should talk more about uncertainty & not knowing.

A survey is collecting data from PAIS patients (post-Covid, Lyme, EBV etc) from all over the world. Participation is online.

Here's the link:
s2survey.net/pais/

It's run by the Medical University Vienna, @univie.ac.at and the Austrian society for ME/CFS. H/T @neurostingl.bsky.social!

Govts: "How should we deal with this ongoing pandemic? And Long Covid?"

Consensus:

Same thing re: the uptick in long-term absences due to chronic illness. Again, there are potentially multiple factors at play. Yet, no mention of the pandemic as the graph goes up exponentially from 2020 (graph from same Telegraph article). Let's keep wondering.

Obviously, not all illnesses can be attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic. But how someone can write an article about a soaring uptick in strokes and not even *mention C19 infections as a risk factor puzzles me. Covid's toll on the cardiovascular system is proven.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...

Germany's health minister says it's best not to contract #LongCovid & suggests vaccines.

What about masks and clean air? They're cheap & efficient, yet there are no mandates in place for hospitals & doctors' offices - despite him having had the power to change that.

The inertia is inexplicable.

The Phase-2 #BC007 trial for treating #LongCovid has failed & joins the ranks of many interventional studies that have yielded negative results.

Full (if brief) statement here:
berlincures.com/en/news/phas...