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brendancrabb.bsky.social
Thanks Ryan & all. Key refs linked & terrific section on actions you can take. Goes well with a new publication linked next. Basically, infection with a pathogen is never good/desirable/helpful & should always be mitigated as best as possible. This is as true for kids as it is for adults. 1/
January 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
I wish it weren't necessary to keep writing about this. But it is.

www.surreynowleader.com/opinion/anal...
ANALYSIS: Why are B.C. kids sick all the time? Health experts explain
The consequences of repeated COVID-19 infections are now becoming clear in B.C., across Canada and around the world
www.surreynowleader.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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njbbari3.bsky.social
Healthy people should be allowed to wear a respirator so they can stay healthy.

Mask ban = enforced infections.
January 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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christinavirgil.bsky.social
Just a reminder that #Kaposi’s Sarcoma is an AIDS defining illness.

#Covid #MedSky #SARSCoV2
Features AIDS Immunologic Signs and Symptoms • Low white blood cell counts: • CD4+/CD8+ ratio <2 • CD4+ count <200/mm* (0.2 × 10°/L) • Hypergammaglobulinemia • Opportunistic infections • Lymphadenopathy • Fatigue Integumentary Signs and Symptoms • Dry skin • Poor wound healing • Skin lesions • Night sweats Respiratory Signs and Symptoms • Cough • Shortness of breath Gl Signs and Symptoms • Diarrhea • Weight loss • Nausea and vomiting Central Nervous System Signs and Symptoms • Confusion • Dementia • Headache • Fever • Visual changes • Memory loss • Personality changes • Pain • Seizures Opportunistic Infections Protozoal infections: • Toxoplasmosis • Cryptosporidiosis • sosporasis • Microsporidiosis • Strongyloidiasis • Giardiasis Fungal infections: • Candidiasis • Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia • Cryptococcosis • Histoplasmosis • Coccidioidomycosis Bacterial infections: • Mycobacterium avium complex infection • Tuberculosis • Nocardiosis Viral infections: • Cytomegalovirus infection • Herpes simplex virus infection • Varicella-zoster virus infection Malignancies • Kaposi's sarcoma • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma • Hodgkin's lymphoma • Invasive cervical carcinoma
January 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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ejustin46.bsky.social
Mounting research shows COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including lower IQ scores

Very interesting video +article by Ziyad Al-Aly @zalaly for The Conversation💯👍
https://buff.ly/3W2GR3s
Mounting research shows COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including lower IQ scores - Local News Matters
FROM THE VERY early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19. Brain fog is a
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December 30, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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writerartisteh.bsky.social
This is cool, still:
aatishb.com/maskmath/
Why Masks Work Better Than You Think: An Interactive Essay
Even partly-effective masks can stop the spread of COVID-19, so long as enough people wear them.
aatishb.com
December 22, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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isucceed.bsky.social
www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
Thousands of Students Will Face Long COVID. Schools Need to Plan Now
The issue may not be on educators' radar screens, but should be.
www.edweek.org
December 22, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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christyceeck.bsky.social
CIDRAP: "Almost a third of preteens, teens with long COVID still not recovered at 2 years, study shows"

Guardian: "Most teenagers recover from long Covid after 2 years, study shows"

That headline is a choice. The news here is really that 29% of kids with #LongCovid still had symptoms at 2 years.
A headline from The Guardian reads: Most teenagers recover from long Covid after two years, study shows The photo accompanying the headline is a pial of vials with red caps.
December 4, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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dalupton.bsky.social
www.cjonline.com/story/news/s...

More reports coming out about the awful experience of Long COVID
Why scientists say every new infection puts you at risk of getting long COVID
Long COVID, a sometimes debilitating illness, infects a third of those who get COVID. Scientists and doctors are scrambling to understand and treat it
www.cjonline.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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natebear1.bsky.social
Whether the long covid rate is 0.1%, 1% or 10% it all ends up in the same place on a long enough time scale
December 4, 2024 at 10:20 AM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
Long Covid-19 Weakens Immunity In Children, Increases Risk Of Infections: Study.

"Children experience weakened immunity and bacterial infections after suffering from long Covid-19 syndrome, a study published in the medical journal Nature has revealed."

Study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long Covid-19 Weakens Immunity In Children, Increases Risk Of Infections: Study - News18
In India, experts said symptoms attributed to long Covid such as fatigue and concentration issues may overlap with common paediatric conditions like stress, anaemia, or viral syndromes, leading to und...
www.news18.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
Inflammation and organ damage in severe COVID-19 tied to mitochondrial dysfunction.

"Severe COVID-19 arises in part from the SARS-CoV-2 virus's impact on mitochondria, tiny oxygen-burning power plants in cells, which can help trigger a cascade of organ- and immune system-damaging events"
Inflammation and organ damage in severe COVID-19 tied to mitochondrial dysfunction
Severe COVID-19 arises in part from the SARS-CoV-2 virus's impact on mitochondria, tiny oxygen-burning power plants in cells, which can help trigger a cascade of organ- and immune system-damaging even...
www.news-medical.net
December 4, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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1goodtern.bsky.social
In 2021 in England, public health decided that the way to get well was to get sicker, and that the way to get rid of disease was to catch it.
It's official policy.
They write it down and everything.

Since then...
December 3, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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mommamia.bsky.social
The eradication of disease through vaccination is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.

Please remember that when the barrage of bullshit begins.
December 2, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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mackayim.bsky.social
Sadly, ignoring it is the norm in many places.
There are few to no leaders who will risk an electorate's punishment for enforcing masking.
Given masking is allowable in many places (not all), but few choose to don a mask, masking clearly needs more than personal choice to be effective.
Educate.
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · Nov 29
New Zealand: Long Covid remains a concern.

"Reducing infection rates through masking and other infectious controls would help keep Long Covid cases down"

"At the moment, it seems to be a strategy of ignoring it, and I just don't think that's acceptable." - Prof Michael Baker
Long Covid remains a concern Baker also said the report had not touched on Long Covid as much as it could have - and it was an ongoing problem that would need to be dealt with. "I think this would be possibly one area where this report was quite light on recommendations, and that was how we manage an ongoing threat like Long Covid. "We can look at the cost of Long Covid to New Zealand in economic terms is estimated at about $2 billion a year in lost productivity, but even worse than that it's the misery and loss of wellbeing, and people having to give up work. "It's quite a devastating chronic illness." Reducing infection rates through masking and other infectious controls would help keep Long Covid cases down, he said. Keeping immunity high through booster vaccines had also been shown to decrease the chances of getting Long Covid, he said, but Long Covid had been a major focus of Australia's report and needed more attention in New Zealand. "Certainly, we do need a national strategy. At the moment, it seems to be a strategy of ignoring it, and I just don't think that's acceptable.
November 29, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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daniellebeckman.bsky.social
This is one of the most impressive studies showing the impact of #NeuroCovid.
#SARSCoV2 persists in the body for years after infection, especially in the skull and meninges. Vaccines help but cannot stop it.

Which organs are affected by SARS-CoV-2 vs. H1N1 influenza? Check below.
Visualization of viral tropism for Influenza virus H1N1 and for SARS-Cov-2 in mice. Spike protein was found near blood vessels in most organs, including the heart, lung, liver, kidney, intestine, thymus, spleen, pancreas, and brain. By contrast, the influenza H1N1 surface protein hemagglutinin (HA) was primarily detected in the liver and lung only.
November 29, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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njbbari3.bsky.social
Ignore this.

I dare you.

#MedSky

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Potential Prion Involvement in Long COVID-19 Neuropathology, Including Behavior
Prion’ is a term used to describe a protein infectious particle responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases in mammals, e.g., Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The novelty is that it is protein based ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 30, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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damesa.bsky.social
“We know that COVID harms the brain. Neuroinflammation, brain shrinkage, disruption of the blood-brain barrier and more have been documented in adults, as have cognitive deficits … even for mild and resolved infections”

#LongCovid #LongCovidKids

www.scientificamerican.com/article/long...
Long COVID Is Harming Too Many Kids. They Need Help.
Pediatric long COVID is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be reinfected with new variants
www.scientificamerican.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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davidjoffe64.bsky.social
From a great mate on the dark App.

The kids aren't OKAY🔥🔥🔥🤬

@buonsenso.bsky.social 😔💔

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long COVID syndrome in children: neutrophilic granulocyte dysfunction and its correlation with disease severity - Pediatric Research
Pediatric Research - Long COVID syndrome in children: neutrophilic granulocyte dysfunction and its correlation with disease severity
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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damesa.bsky.social
"I would argue that COVID-19 is not a disease of the lungs at all. It seems most likely that it is what we call a vascular and neurologic infection, affecting both nerve endings and our cardiovascular system."

www.heart.org/en/news/2024...
Beyond breathing: How COVID-19 affects your heart, brain and other organs
The "head-to-toe" effects of COVID-19 infection mean you still need to be cautious, experts say.
www.heart.org
November 27, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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njbbari3.bsky.social
When we said this years ago on Twitter… based on maths… they said it was ridiculous.

Slowly, slowly… this train is pulling out of the station.

We’ll see what full speed looks like.

www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
In a candid discussion with INET's Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and ...
www.ineteconomics.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:13 AM