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For a deeper dive into this, here's a giant long thread on it I did a while back.
The original paper is *bad*, but read down to what we got when we asked @springernature.com to have it retracted.
🤯
There's an asterisk next to everything in ARIC now because...how much more like this is there?
🤷
The original paper is *bad*, but read down to what we got when we asked @springernature.com to have it retracted.
🤯
There's an asterisk next to everything in ARIC now because...how much more like this is there?
🤷
Another example of the junk clinical studies celebrated in Evidence Based Medicine because of methodology alone. Beloved "gold standard" of opinion launderers and cherry pickers, often designed with little or no mechanistic understanding or subject-matter expertise.
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Respiratory consequences of N95-type Mask usage in pregnant healthcare workers—a controlled clinical study - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
Background Outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases have led to guidelines recommending the routine use of N95 respirators for healthcare workers, many of whom are women of childbearing age. The resp...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
For a deeper dive into this, here's a giant long thread on it I did a while back.
The original paper is *bad*, but read down to what we got when we asked @springernature.com to have it retracted.
🤯
There's an asterisk next to everything in ARIC now because...how much more like this is there?
🤷
The original paper is *bad*, but read down to what we got when we asked @springernature.com to have it retracted.
🤯
There's an asterisk next to everything in ARIC now because...how much more like this is there?
🤷
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Study: Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in children and young people in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study using linked electronic health records.
Published: November 6, 2025
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Published: November 6, 2025
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in children and young people in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study using linked electronic health recor...
Children and young people have higher risks of rare vascular and inflammatory diseases
up to 12 months after a first COVID-19 diagnosis and higher risk of rare myocarditis
or pericarditis up to 4 week...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Study: Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in children and young people in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study using linked electronic health records.
Published: November 6, 2025
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Published: November 6, 2025
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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- Diabetes is often accompanied by other conditions such as #obesity, #hypertension & #CVD, which further ⏫️ #COVID risk & severity
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As some evidences found Chronic inflammation ⏫️ coagulation activity
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As some evidences found Chronic inflammation ⏫️ coagulation activity
Historical aspects and current understanding of the connections and implications of viruses and diabetes: A narrative review
The continued increase in diabetes indicates it to be a significant global challenge to the health and wellbeing of people. Hyperglycemia is linked to…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
- Diabetes is often accompanied by other conditions such as #obesity, #hypertension & #CVD, which further ⏫️ #COVID risk & severity
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
As some evidences found Chronic inflammation ⏫️ coagulation activity
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
As some evidences found Chronic inflammation ⏫️ coagulation activity
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Diabetic tissues may express higher levels of #ACE2 receptor ( used by S🦠 for cellular entry, potentially ⏫️ viral binding & entry efficiency)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2 (ACE2) Downregulation During Coronavirus Infection - Molecular Biotechnology
Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) downregulation represents a detrimental factor in people with a baseline ACE2 deficiency associated with older age, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular di...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Diabetic tissues may express higher levels of #ACE2 receptor ( used by S🦠 for cellular entry, potentially ⏫️ viral binding & entry efficiency)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
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I wrote, somewhat hesitantly, about my early experience of the #VagusNerve & #LongCOVID in this book.
Turned out my hunch was right -
@uoftpress.bsky.social
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I wrote, somewhat hesitantly, about my early experience of the #VagusNerve & #LongCOVID in this book.
Turned out my hunch was right -
@uoftpress.bsky.social
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
Breaking Canadians - University of Toronto Press
Health Care, Advocacy, and the Toll of COVID-19
utppublishing.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I wrote, somewhat hesitantly, about my early experience of the #VagusNerve & #LongCOVID in this book.
Turned out my hunch was right -
@uoftpress.bsky.social
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
I wrote, somewhat hesitantly, about my early experience of the #VagusNerve & #LongCOVID in this book.
Turned out my hunch was right -
@uoftpress.bsky.social
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
Lay question: I remember pericarditis was a sometimes-sx in younger men who got the Covid mRNA vax, but not Novavax. Is the risk of pericarditis a factor with all mRNA vaccines, or just Covid?
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Lay question: I remember pericarditis was a sometimes-sx in younger men who got the Covid mRNA vax, but not Novavax. Is the risk of pericarditis a factor with all mRNA vaccines, or just Covid?
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#SARSCoV2 can infect CNS with viral RNA & antigens detected in postmortem brains, including the substantia nigra, a region rich in dopaminergic neurons
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...
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Frontiers | Multi-Data Integration Towards a Global Understanding of the Neurological Impact of Human Brain Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, numerous neurological symptoms emerge. The literature reports more and more manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 relate...
www.frontiersin.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
#SARSCoV2 can infect CNS with viral RNA & antigens detected in postmortem brains, including the substantia nigra, a region rich in dopaminergic neurons
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...