Ruth Spencer
@ruthmspencer.bsky.social
GP Glasgow, interests- Homelessness, addictions, mental health.
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Good piece 👇 with good links and a good conclusion about a taboo subject for leaders worldwide - the extra-respiratory disease burden of SARS-CoV-2.
AFD Blog `European Society of Cardiology: Major Consensus Statement Released on Long-Term #Cardiovascular Impact of #COVID Infection' afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/09/euro...
European Society of Cardiology: Major Consensus Statement Released on Long-Term Cardiovascular Impact of COVID Infection
Credit Wikipedia #18,876 In the spring of 2020 - long before the first COVID vaccine was produced - we were already seeing evidence of the i...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Good piece 👇 with good links and a good conclusion about a taboo subject for leaders worldwide - the extra-respiratory disease burden of SARS-CoV-2.
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A consensus report on the cardiovascular manifestations, diagnosis, prevention and treatment from Covid and #LongCovid
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A consensus report on the cardiovascular manifestations, diagnosis, prevention and treatment from Covid and #LongCovid
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
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I’m just going to say it. Failing to inform on Covid is airborne and failing to inform on the seriousness of post infection risks left a vacuum that antiscience has filled and this is why we now have a situation where some are saying natural immunity is better. Our government is still saying it’s 🧵
August 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m just going to say it. Failing to inform on Covid is airborne and failing to inform on the seriousness of post infection risks left a vacuum that antiscience has filled and this is why we now have a situation where some are saying natural immunity is better. Our government is still saying it’s 🧵
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‘Most People with Long COVID Are Their Own Doctors’: Self-Tracking and Online Patient Groups as Pathways to Challenging Epistemic Injustice by @sazanajayadeva.bsky.social & @dalupton.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Screenshot from Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #PASC
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Screenshot from Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #PASC
July 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
‘Most People with Long COVID Are Their Own Doctors’: Self-Tracking and Online Patient Groups as Pathways to Challenging Epistemic Injustice by @sazanajayadeva.bsky.social & @dalupton.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Screenshot from Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #PASC
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Screenshot from Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #PASC
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I hope everyone enjoys Wave 11 of Covid. Anyone who says, “during the pandemic” should be interrupted immediately mid-sentence wherever they are as it’s 💯 disinformation.
- Widespread geo spread
- Sustained p2p transmission
- Large-scale impact
Wanting to forget = intentional communication error
- Widespread geo spread
- Sustained p2p transmission
- Large-scale impact
Wanting to forget = intentional communication error
July 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I hope everyone enjoys Wave 11 of Covid. Anyone who says, “during the pandemic” should be interrupted immediately mid-sentence wherever they are as it’s 💯 disinformation.
- Widespread geo spread
- Sustained p2p transmission
- Large-scale impact
Wanting to forget = intentional communication error
- Widespread geo spread
- Sustained p2p transmission
- Large-scale impact
Wanting to forget = intentional communication error
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Dr @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social review of Unheard by @drrageshri.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/74/7...
bjgp.org/content/74/7...
Books: Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing
Rageshri Dhairyawan Trapeze, 2024, HB, 304pp, £20.24, 978-1398718692
Medical silencing is when clinicians ignore or dismiss what patients say is happening. It stems from our assumption (often uncon...
bjgp.org
July 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Dr @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social review of Unheard by @drrageshri.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/74/7...
bjgp.org/content/74/7...
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Not just shingles vaccine, but also RSV vaccine reduces the risk of dementia, which highlights the benefit of revving up the immune system in older individuals
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lower risk of dementia with AS01-adjuvanted vaccination against shingles and respiratory syncytial virus infections - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Lower risk of dementia with AS01-adjuvanted vaccination against shingles and respiratory syncytial virus infections
www.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Not just shingles vaccine, but also RSV vaccine reduces the risk of dementia, which highlights the benefit of revving up the immune system in older individuals
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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After abandoning every mitigation and infecting kids repeatedly, our media wants to know: why do so many children have Long COVID?
My latest looks at the newest research, the comforting lies that just won't die, and how we got here:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...
My latest looks at the newest research, the comforting lies that just won't die, and how we got here:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...
Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children
Repeatedly mass infecting kids with COVID is not a public health strategy. It's a fast pass to declining population health
www.thegauntlet.news
June 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I wish we had a Ministry of Health that was willing to teach the public about COVID as a multi-system disease rather than just another cold: www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio
Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...
www.cbc.ca
June 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I wish we had a Ministry of Health that was willing to teach the public about COVID as a multi-system disease rather than just another cold: www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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I thought I would repost this to highlight again some of the many varied symptoms that can be found in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed
#MEcfs #CFS #PwLC
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Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed
#MEcfs #CFS #PwLC
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May 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I thought I would repost this to highlight again some of the many varied symptoms that can be found in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed
#MEcfs #CFS #PwLC
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Particularly relevant when similarities with the #LongCovid presentation in some people are being missed
#MEcfs #CFS #PwLC
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Again for those in the back:
👏🏼 PEM 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 NOT 👏🏼 deconditioning
Symptoms associated with effort expenditure in #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other energy limiting illnesses are physiological, not “preferential”
Thanks to @RobWust for this incredible work.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
👏🏼 PEM 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 NOT 👏🏼 deconditioning
Symptoms associated with effort expenditure in #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other energy limiting illnesses are physiological, not “preferential”
Thanks to @RobWust for this incredible work.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Skeletal muscle properties in long COVID and ME/CFS differ from those induced by bed rest
Patients with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) suffer from a reduced exercise capacity, skeletal muscle abnormalities and post-exertional malaise (PEM), where...
www.medrxiv.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Again for those in the back:
👏🏼 PEM 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 NOT 👏🏼 deconditioning
Symptoms associated with effort expenditure in #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other energy limiting illnesses are physiological, not “preferential”
Thanks to @RobWust for this incredible work.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
👏🏼 PEM 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 NOT 👏🏼 deconditioning
Symptoms associated with effort expenditure in #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other energy limiting illnesses are physiological, not “preferential”
Thanks to @RobWust for this incredible work.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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In case you're still keeping track, we have detection of both a highly divergent BQ-derived variant that has been evolving within a chronically infected host for almost 3 years and a quadruple recombinant within the Pirola soup.
April 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In case you're still keeping track, we have detection of both a highly divergent BQ-derived variant that has been evolving within a chronically infected host for almost 3 years and a quadruple recombinant within the Pirola soup.
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And, regarding enlightened self-interest. Keep looking out for Nr 1 first and foremost. You'd rather use annual leave for taking a holiday rather than for being sick repeatedly. www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain. Significant Drops in IQ Scores Are Noted.
Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging
www.scientificamerican.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
And, regarding enlightened self-interest. Keep looking out for Nr 1 first and foremost. You'd rather use annual leave for taking a holiday rather than for being sick repeatedly. www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
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With thanks to my friend, @harryspoelstra.bsky.social
Not fucking Lockdowns 🔥🔥
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Not fucking Lockdowns 🔥🔥
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Unseen Struggles: Assessing the impact of long COVID on students and the need for educational support in schools
Long COVID, the long-lasting effects of COVID infection, has emerged as a global concern, especially among school-aged children. While its prevalence …
www.sciencedirect.com
April 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
With thanks to my friend, @harryspoelstra.bsky.social
Not fucking Lockdowns 🔥🔥
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Not fucking Lockdowns 🔥🔥
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Imagine if there had been a massive campaign for masks in airports + on flights by promoting "don't ruin your holiday by catching COVID". Such a simple idea. No-one wants to be ill on holiday. My sister goes on holiday tomorrow & I can't even suggest that she wears a mask without seeming 'extreme'
April 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Imagine if there had been a massive campaign for masks in airports + on flights by promoting "don't ruin your holiday by catching COVID". Such a simple idea. No-one wants to be ill on holiday. My sister goes on holiday tomorrow & I can't even suggest that she wears a mask without seeming 'extreme'
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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The crowd for @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social in #Folsom, #California is massive!
We walked for miles and still haven’t found the end of the line to get into the event.
We walked for miles and still haven’t found the end of the line to get into the event.
April 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The crowd for @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social in #Folsom, #California is massive!
We walked for miles and still haven’t found the end of the line to get into the event.
We walked for miles and still haven’t found the end of the line to get into the event.
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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Tackling the ‘silent pandemic’: breakthrough study puts first long COVID treatment on horizon
WEHI
April 9, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/tack...
#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #research
WEHI
April 9, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/tack...
#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #research
Tackling the ‘silent pandemic’: breakthrough study puts first long COVID treatment on horizon
stillcoviding.ca
April 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Tackling the ‘silent pandemic’: breakthrough study puts first long COVID treatment on horizon
WEHI
April 9, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/tack...
#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #research
WEHI
April 9, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/tack...
#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #research
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Reminder, COVID-19 is still spreading.
Everyone is at risk of Long COVID and other serious health issues from COVID.
Everyone has a right to wear a mask.
#NoNYMaskBan
Everyone is at risk of Long COVID and other serious health issues from COVID.
Everyone has a right to wear a mask.
#NoNYMaskBan
April 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Reminder, COVID-19 is still spreading.
Everyone is at risk of Long COVID and other serious health issues from COVID.
Everyone has a right to wear a mask.
#NoNYMaskBan
Everyone is at risk of Long COVID and other serious health issues from COVID.
Everyone has a right to wear a mask.
#NoNYMaskBan
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“Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out teams working on research about adults with cognitive disabilities and sickle cell disease”
CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
Nearly half of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities was laid off.
www.cbsnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out teams working on research about adults with cognitive disabilities and sickle cell disease”
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COVID-19 may put patients at risk for other infections for at least 1 year.
A Lancet study found COVID-19 increases the risk of other infections for a year post-infection, even if mild.
Hospitalised COVID-19 patients face higher risks for other infections than those hospitalised for influenza.
A Lancet study found COVID-19 increases the risk of other infections for a year post-infection, even if mild.
Hospitalised COVID-19 patients face higher risks for other infections than those hospitalised for influenza.
COVID-19 may put patients at risk for other infections for at least 1 year
www.cidrap.umn.edu
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
COVID-19 may put patients at risk for other infections for at least 1 year.
A Lancet study found COVID-19 increases the risk of other infections for a year post-infection, even if mild.
Hospitalised COVID-19 patients face higher risks for other infections than those hospitalised for influenza.
A Lancet study found COVID-19 increases the risk of other infections for a year post-infection, even if mild.
Hospitalised COVID-19 patients face higher risks for other infections than those hospitalised for influenza.
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Healthcare workers with chronic condition miss more days of work due to COVID than flu, data show.
🔹67% of absences were due to COVID, while 12% were caused by the flu.
"COVID-19 remains the major driver of absenteeism among Healthcare personnel (HCP)"
Study: www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...
🔹67% of absences were due to COVID, while 12% were caused by the flu.
"COVID-19 remains the major driver of absenteeism among Healthcare personnel (HCP)"
Study: www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...
Healthcare workers with chronic condition miss more days of work due to COVID than flu, data show
www.cidrap.umn.edu
April 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Healthcare workers with chronic condition miss more days of work due to COVID than flu, data show.
🔹67% of absences were due to COVID, while 12% were caused by the flu.
"COVID-19 remains the major driver of absenteeism among Healthcare personnel (HCP)"
Study: www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...
🔹67% of absences were due to COVID, while 12% were caused by the flu.
"COVID-19 remains the major driver of absenteeism among Healthcare personnel (HCP)"
Study: www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...
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Everyone is at risk of Long COVID and other serious health issues from COVID-19.
And lots of people don’t have paid sick days or the ability to take time off from work, caretaking, school or more if they get sick.
EVERYONE has a right to wear a mask.
#NoNYMaskBan
And lots of people don’t have paid sick days or the ability to take time off from work, caretaking, school or more if they get sick.
EVERYONE has a right to wear a mask.
#NoNYMaskBan
March 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Everyone is at risk of Long COVID and other serious health issues from COVID-19.
And lots of people don’t have paid sick days or the ability to take time off from work, caretaking, school or more if they get sick.
EVERYONE has a right to wear a mask.
#NoNYMaskBan
And lots of people don’t have paid sick days or the ability to take time off from work, caretaking, school or more if they get sick.
EVERYONE has a right to wear a mask.
#NoNYMaskBan