Congratulations, boss, you've done it: You're bigger than covid.

“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...

The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...

New AI-Based Blood Test Detects Long COVID in Children with 93% Accuracy.

“This work demonstrates incontrovertibly that Long COVID, also in pediatric age, is an organic immune-mediated disease, for which new funding is needed to study the best therapeutic approaches"

"And our concern is in five years from now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now — what are we going to see in terms of cardiac impairment, of pulmonary impairment, of neurologic impairment? We don't know."

What we do know: none of it is good.

Mask. Vaccinate. Ventilate

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We must stop spending public money on biased studies investigating psychosomatic therapies in persistent physical symptoms (or medically unexplained symptoms). A waste of time and money, and it causes infinite damage through incorrect treatments and medical gaslighting.

virology.ws/2023/10/26/t...

This may be the most important piece of journalism in the entire pandemic. Brilliant detective work by scientists; compellingly told.
www.wired.com/story/the-te...

2020: “A troubling study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reports a ‘high proportion’ of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 show elevated levels of a biomarker tied to blood vessel damage.”

Then we infected & reinfected all the kids. 🥰 studyfinds.org/children-wit...

Covid vaccination during pregnancy: Good for the pregnant person, good for the baby. Debbie Balthazar reports on a large study out today in JAMA Pediatrics. www.statnews.com/2023/10/23/m...

While in other countries, masks are coming back on in healthcare, in Sweden staff is prohibited from wearing masks when working with a woman with multiple comorbidities.

Is it really impossible to hold someone responsible?

Source: allehanda.se/2023-10-23/h...
h/t @smittskydd.bsky.social

"In the short history of studying #LongCovid, this is probably the most hopeful moment we’ve ever had"

"Researchers are optimistic that breakthroughs are coming."

time.com/6327296/long...

To colleagues who advocate for 2SLGBTQ rights, abortion rights, disability rights, BLM, Indigenous rights, for climate change action, advocate for vaccines, masks, clean air,

Are you horrified by worsening antisemitism?

We need to hear from you now. Or you aren’t an ally.