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"COVID-19 poses a serious risk to brain health, even in mild cases, and the effects are now being revealed at the population level," clinical epidemiologist Ziyad Al-Aly said
https://people.com/covid-linked-lower-iq-poor-m…

COVID Linked to Lower IQ, Poor Memory and Other Negative Impacts on Brain Health
Mounting scientific evidence reveals that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID — profoundly impacts brain health in many ways.

Scientists Have Proven That Severe COVID-19 Is a Thrombotic Disease
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-have-proven-that-severe-covid-19-is-a-thrombotic-disease/

Scientists Have Proven That Severe COVID-19 Is a Thrombotic Disease
Scientists from the University of São Paulo have discovered that severe COVID-19 is primarily caused by damage to the small blood vessels in the lungs, a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Blood clot formation (thrombosis) in the small blood vessels of the lungs is an early result of severe COVID-19,

Liest sich wie ein spannender Krimi:
Wie Forscher einen mysteriösen #Covid-Fall zu sechs Toiletten zurückverfolgten
https://ww…

The Boston-area Covid sewage RNA counts have not improved in a year
I've been copying the Covid RNA-in-sewage measurements from the MWRA's website for a few years now, mostly so I could replot it on a log scale, but also to answer (vaguely, sort of, with caveats) questions about how we are doing.  The short answer is we are not doing any better than we were last year, and have been behind more or less since mid-December.

The Boston-area Covid sewage RNA counts have not improved in a year
I’ve been copying the Covid RNA-in-sewage measurements from the MWRA’s website for a few years now, mostly so I could replot it on a log scale, but also to answer (vaguely, sort of, wit…

Die #COVID-19-Lockdowns im Frühjahr 2020 haben zu einer signifikanten #Reduzierung der #Luftverschmutzung in der

Air pollution reductions caused by the COVID-19 lockdown open up a way to preserve the Himalayan glaciers
Abstract. The rapid melting of glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) during recent decades poses an alarming threat to water security for larger parts of Asia. If this melting persists, the entirety of the Himalayan glaciers are estimated to disappear by end of the 21st century. Here, we assess the influence of the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on the HKH, demonstrating the potential benefits of a strict emission reduction roadmap. Chemistry–climate model simulations, supported by satell…

Guardian covid erasure (again)
This morning, the Guardian gives us a whole article about the increasing rate of strokes in the UK - somehow failing to mention the word "covid" at all.
Instead of a link to their denialtastic article, here's some actual research on covid, strokes etc:
"People who survived the first 30 d of COVID-19 exhibited increased risk of stroke (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.52 (1.43, 1.62)"
#stroke #CovidErasure #Guardian

Fatal incompetence: Mapping the deadly cost of Republicans ignoring COVID experts
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/24/covid-is-deadlier-when-politics-trump-science-covid-deaths-map/

COVID is deadlier when politics trumps science
Fatal incompetence: Mapping the deadly cost of Republicans ignoring COVID experts: Mapping the deadly cost of Republicans ignoring COVID experts

"COVID-19 poses a serious risk to brain health, even in mild cases, and the effects are now being revealed at the population level," clinical epidemiologist Ziyad Al-Aly said
https://people.com/covid-linked-lower-iq-poor-m…

COVID Linked to Lower IQ, Poor Memory and Other Negative Impacts on Brain Health
Mounting scientific evidence reveals that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID — profoundly impacts brain health in many ways.

COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned (Jamie Ducharme/TIME)
https://time.com/6960789/covid-19-cautious-americans/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240327/p71#a240327p71

#Covid #Influenza
Ongoing pandemic, update:
The burden of disease by Covid is much higher than the burden by influenza, as evident by UKHSA/NHS SARI Watch data.
Note the scale on the ICU/HDU figures.
Sources:
@jneill on Twitter

National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports: 2023 to 2024 season
National influenza and COVID-19 report, monitoring COVID-19 activity, seasonal flu and other seasonal respiratory illnesses.

American cows now have bird flu.
But it’s time for planning – not panic
Since being identified in late March this year (meaning it was spreading for months among cattle unnoticed),
the virus has been confirmed in 33 herds in eight states.
Given how infectious H5N1 is
(the R number can be as high as 100 among birds
– meaning each infected bird could infect 100 others
– and is still unknown for cows),
and the fact cows are asymptomatic or hav…

Fatal incompetence: Mapping the deadly cost of Republicans ignoring COVID experts
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/24/covid-is-deadlier-when-politics-trump-science-covid-deaths-map/

COVID is deadlier when politics trumps science
Fatal incompetence: Mapping the deadly cost of Republicans ignoring COVID experts: Mapping the deadly cost of Republicans ignoring COVID experts

new research on how covid gets into cells
We already knew that the covid virus can get into cells via the ACE2 receptor.
Some cells don't have that receptor, yet the viruses still get into them - how?
"Here, we identified the transferrin receptor (TfR) as another receptor that mediates SARS-CoV-2 entry by directly binding to the virus spike protein with high affinity."
That might sound bad - but it's good that we know! Could point to treatments.
#covid #research

Deep Learning Approach to Forecasting COVID-19 Cases in Residential Buildings of Hong Kong Public Housing Estates: The Role of Environment and Sociodemographics
E. Leung (JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong), J. Guan (JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong), KO. Kwok (JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong), CT. Hung (JC School of Public Health and Primary Ca…

Deep Learning Approach to Forecasting COVID-19 Cases in Residential Buildings of Hong Kong Public Housing Estates: The Role of Environment and Sociodemographics
Introduction: The current study investigates the complex association between COVID-19 and the studied districts' socioecology (e.g. internal and external built environment, sociodemographic profiles, etc.) to quantify their contributions to the early outbreaks and epidemic resurgence of COVID-19. Methods: We aligned the analytic model's architecture with the hierarchical structure of the resident's socioecology using a multi-headed hierarchical convolutional neural network to structure the vast…

This is a fantastic article documenting the progression of covid propaganda. Excellent work.
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-press-manufactured-consent

How the press manufactured consent for never-ending COVID reinfections
Continual reinfection was not the "new normal" Biden advertised. How did we get here?

Low key wonder if “it’s antisemitism to say cluster bombing babies is wrong” has something to do with deteriorating brain function after COVID

""You don't live your life worrying about being killed by lightning — and you're more likely to be struck by lightning than to have an adverse event like encephalomyelitis," which has less than a one-in-a-million chance of occurring after vaccination, he told the Star.
As the "largest, most robust" study of its kind, Razak hopes it could serve as the "definitive data" to assure the public that it's far safer to get vaccinated than go witho…

Oh really? Health workers are seeing a rise in shingles. #COVID might be part of the reason why
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-21/shingle…

Shingles cases are increasing in New South Wales. Experts say COVID might be why
Shingles cases are on the rise in New South Wales. Some doctors and researchers say COVID might be a contributing factor.

“[A] near-record 2.7 million working-age adults were too sick to work, with the biggest increase since the Covid pandemic concentrated among the UK’s youngest and oldest workers.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar…

I get that 'P&O cruises' becomes 'pando cruises' when converted to a username, but given the role of cruise ships in spreading COVID back in the day, maybe try a different variation? #pando #cruises

Bhattacharya and the other Great Barrington Declaration ghouls are a menace to public health. They should be shamed and shunned forevermore. https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/112328639948379688

Libraries are enjoying a renaissance in usage. They're also battling book bans and bearing the brunt of a host of societal issues — from caring for unhoused people and migrants to distributing COVID tests and Narcan for drug overdoses.
#libraries

Libraries are on the front lines of America's problems
Books? Sure, but also free legal help, "digital navigators" and "sensory rooms."

"[M]arketing strategies and techniques offer powerful insights into how libraries perceive themselves and the communities they serve."
– "Academic library marketing in the post-COVID world" by Melissa Fraser-Arnott: https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2023.2291282

MAGA North Conspiracy Theorist Alberta Premier Marlaina says,
'Contrarian' doctor is a good choice to lead COVID-19 data review, Alberta premier says
Dr. Gary Davidson, who accused province of exaggerating COVID-19's impact on hospitals, to lead data review

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/contrarian-doctor-is-a-good-choice-to-lead-covid-19-data-review-alberta-premier-says-1.7182891

#Covid
Schätzung für Zürich aufgrund Kalibrierung der Abwasserprävalenzen Werdhölzli, Daten bis 21. April:
Inzidenz ~300.
Ca. jede 330. Person infiziert sich pro Woche.
Re-revidierte AMELAG-Daten kalibriert gemäss SentiSurv RLP (Kalibrierung
@rv_enigma auf Twitter).

Non-Hyphenated American on X: "The New York leftist conman fraud Trump openly says Biden is better than RFK Jr He then goes after RFK on his views on the Covid vaccines which is the one issue that millions of conservatives like me agree with him on. Trump remains the biggest vaccine pimp on the planet https://t.co/pdeASWtgrq

Non-Hyphenated American (@NHAunleashed) on X
The New York leftist conman fraud Trump openly says Biden is better than RFK Jr He then goes after RFK on his views on the Covid vaccines which is the one issue that millions of conservatives like me agree with him on. Trump remains the biggest vaccine pimp on the planet

Researchers identify mechanism behind brain fog in long COVID:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/researchers-identify-mechanism-behind-brain-fog-long-covid

It's only Tuesday, but this week is already shaping up to be a real grind. My poor wife tested positive for COVID this morning. I'd like to be home taking care of her, but instead I'm back at the car dealership for a second consecutive day so they can fix whatever they bungled on her car yesterday. Despite all the pantomimed assurances of communications to the proper parties yesterday, nobody today had any idea why I am here. I'm tired. Tired of incompetence. Tired of clearly…

[...because the #idiot was so right about COVID...]
Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear;
Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts

"This political choice- elevating a single unpublished study which examined a total of zero patients and ran a total of zero tests- when tens of thousands of others contradict its findings, is unsurprising. The political choice to do so on a day intended to draw attention to the suffering of tens of millions of people is cruel in the extreme." Media celebrated Long COVID Awareness Day by denying its existence:

#Covid
Schätzung für Zürich aufgrund Kalibration der Abwasserprävalenzen Werdhölzli, Daten bis 18. Februar:
Inzidenz ~500.
Ca. jede 200. Person infiziert sich pro Woche.
Schweizweit Seitswärtsbewegung bis leicht steigende Werte.

“[A] near-record 2.7 million working-age adults were too sick to work, with the biggest increase since the Covid pandemic concentrated among the UK’s youngest and oldest workers.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar…

We’re just not very good at this, are we?
#birdFlu #pandemic
Gift link: https://wapo.st/4drdK0T
“As …

As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured U.S. response has echoes of early covid
Some officials and experts express frustration that more livestock herds aren’t being tested for avian flu.

Understanding the genetic mechanism fueling SARS-CoV-2's ability to generate variants can go a long way in keeping COVID at bay.
In this study published in Nature Microbiology, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions developed a new technology called
tARC-seq that revealed a genetic mechanism affecting SARS-CoV-2 divergence
and enabled the team to calculate SARS-CoV-2's mutation rate.
Using tARC-seq, the researchers also capt…

Study discovers hidden mechanism behind rapid COVID variants
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID has the unsettling ability of often generating variants of itself. Other viruses also mutate, but as SARS-CoV-2 quickly spread throughout the entire human population during the pandemic, killing millions, the virus' dynamic evolution posed a serious problem: it repeatedly challenged our bodies' immune response fighting the virus and hindered the process of getting updated vaccines ready.

My Covid mask policy is that I wear one when risks are high and nothing else matters. I went (for a short bit) to a memorial this afternoon, mask was in my pocket, if P (widowed husband, not great health) wore a mask, I would wear a mask, otherwise, eat the risk, I'm not there long. Work, we have pretty good air, I measure, still not crowded, either. Restaurants, I better have a damn good reason. I'll go to breakfast w/ my late father's 93-yr-old best friend W, that matters.<…

Nanoparticles Repair Lung Tissue Damaged From Flu or #COVID-19
https://scitechdaily.com/nanoparticles-repair-lung-tissue-damaged-from-flu-or-covid-…

Nanoparticles Repair Lung Tissue Damaged From Flu or COVID-19
Recent research reveals a breakthrough in lung repair, showing how delivering VEGFA via lipid nanoparticles can significantly repair damaged blood vessels, akin to plumbing repairs. This method, validated in animal models, offers promising insights into treating respiratory virus damages, enhancing

cognitive framing of covid risks
You know when people are like "you have to live your life", and it means acting as if covid doesn't exist?
I was thinking, it's as if they have covid risks conceptualised as a one-dimensional measurement spectrum like so:
{No fun, no risk} ............... {Fun and risk}
For me, it isn't like that: there's a quadrant which is "highly rewarding and little or no risk".
#covid #CovidCareful

Weil die #UDV gerade Horrorszenarien um 0 schwer verletzte und 0 getötete Kinder, die in Lastenrädern transportiert wurden, aufbaut, hier: https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemi…

MAGA North Conspiracy Theorist Alberta Premier Marlaina says,
'Contrarian' doctor is a good choice to lead COVID-19 data review, Alberta premier says
Dr. Gary Davidson, who accused province of exaggerating COVID-19's impact on hospitals, to lead data review

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/contrarian-doctor-is-a-good-choice-to-lead-covid-19-data-review-alberta-premier-says-1.7182891

“Some 6.8% of American adults are currently experiencing long Covid symptoms, according to a new survey from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
“More than three-quarters of the people with long Covid right now say the illness limits their day-to-day activity, and about one in five say it significantly affects their activities – an estimated 3.8 million Americans who are now experiencing debilitating illness after Covid infection.”

I’m all in for happy stories about smart people wearing proper protection and getting compliments for it! https://masto.ai/@justyourluck/112171068850066803

Berichterstattung über Covid-19
„Nach Corona“ gibt es nicht
https://uebermedien.de/93428/nach-corona-gibt-es-nicht/

😷 New Evidence Suggests Long #COVID = Brain Injury
“these symptoms may be the result of a viral-borne brain injury that may cause cognitive & mental health issues that persist for years.”

New Evidence Suggests Long COVID Could Be a Brain Injury
Long-COVID sufferers of brain fog and memory loss exhibit elevated biomarkers consistent with brain injury.

Faux News headline: "Largest-ever COVID vaccine study links shot to small increase in heart and brain conditions"
... in the end they do say that any side-effects found in small percentages are completely outweighed by lives saved and severity decrease, but their readers won't go past the "DANGER" headline.
#fox

The kids have been through school shootings, ignorance of COVID (putting their lives behind “academic success”), a violent coup attempt trying to overthrow democracy by the Republican Party for which there weren’t any repercussions, not doing anything about climate change and now incessant murdering of babies with American bombs…
…do the “authorities” think they’ll just stop protesting because “it’s not nice”?

Interesting study, also, the article provides your wildlife photography quota for the day. :)
#COVID19 #nature #wildflife

Study shows 43% to 58% lower prevalence of long COVID among vaccinated people:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-shows-43-58-lower-prevalence-long-covid-among-vaccinated-people

We show here that a significant increase in SARS-CoV-2 aerostability results from a moderate increase in the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (e.g. 800 ppm),
an effect that is more marked than that observed for changes in relative humidity.
We model the likelihood of COVID-19 transmission on the ambient concentration of CO2,
concluding that even this moderate increase in CO2 concentration results in a significant increase in overall risk.
These observations …

Ambient carbon dioxide concentration correlates with SARS-CoV-2 aerostability and infection risk - Nature Communications
Carbon dioxide concentration has previously been used as a proxy for overall ventilation efficiency to indirectly estimate the risk of indoor SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Here, authors investigate whether the concentration of carbon dioxide also has a direct mechanistic role in improving transmission efficiency.

35.000 kinderen met long covid in NL.
Geschat want tellen doen we niet.
35.000.
Eat that, Killy en Bruijning… dit mogen jullie je wat mij betreft persoonlijk aantrekken.
‘Voor kinderen is long covid nog zwaarder dan voor volwassenen’ https://www.trouw.nl/a-b435009a
Payw…

‘Voor kinderen is long covid nog zwaarder dan voor volwassenen’
Voor sommige kinderen met long covid is het leven volledig tot stilstand gekomen. Een enkeling gaat tijdens de behandeling zelfs achteruit.

Trump asked if U.S. was better off in his last year. In many ways, the answer is no. (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/24/trump-2020-better-off-covid/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240324/p19#a240324p19

Uh oh 😧 for neurospicy folks: People with hypermobility may be more prone to long #Covid, study suggests
https://www.theguardian.com/society/20…

As I’ve said, RFK jr is a grifter who is a danger to public health. He needs to be stopped. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/21/covid-misinformation-earnings/

Tax records reveal the lucrative world of covid misinformation
The influx of pandemic cash enabled organizations to deepen their influence in statehouses, courtrooms and communities across the country.

"#Lauterbach will Versorgung von Long-Covid-Betroffenen verbessern
"Das Problem ist ungelöst": Laut #Bundesgesundheitsminister gibt es für viele Formen von Long Covid noch immer keine Heilung. Ihre Versorgung aber sei an einem Wendepunkt."

Corona: Lauterbach will Versorgung von Long Covid-Betroffenen verbessern
"Das Problem ist ungelöst": Laut Bundesgesundheitsminister gibt es für viele Formen von Long Covid noch immer keine Heilung. Ihre Versorgung aber sei an einem Wendepunkt.

covid & handwashing
"The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from the hands of healthy individuals was extremely low, and no viable viruses were detected. These results suggest that the risk of contact transmission via hands in a community setting is extremely rare."
Not a surprise to me, but useful to see it measured.
[Update, see comments below about covid levels in Japan at the time.]
#covid #research

This is a pretty interesting video on the tech industry’s #layoffs phenomenon of the last few years. There seem to be a lot of vague and hand-wavy factors, but the bottom line appears to be:
a. Profit-maximizing to satisfy investors, by reducing payroll that has grown because companies over-hired based on unrealistically rosy projections of growth during the COVID years.
b. Taking money f…

Interesting study, also, the article provides your wildlife photography quota for the day. :)
#COVID19 #nature #wildflife

"Leakiness in the brain could explain the memory and concentration problems linked to long COVID. In patients with brain fog, MRI scans revealed signs of damaged blood vessels in their brains"
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/long-c…

Uh oh 😧 for neurospicy folks: People with hypermobility may be more prone to long #Covid, study suggests
https://www.theguardian.com/society/20…

QUELLE SURPRISE
Really hope your brunch is worth it making millions of people disabled
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/long-covid-symptoms-cdc

#Influenza #Covid
Influenza- und Covid-Hospitalisierungen in CH-SUR.
Man vergleiche mit der hohen Covid-bedingten Übersterblichkeit (Maximum in KW 48, Daten ebenfalls bis KW 6).
Bei 12% (Grippe) bzw. 40% (SARS2) erfolgte die Ansteckung im Spital.
Quellen: BAG, BFS

More scientific evidence of the safety of the mRNA COVID vaccines.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), has issued a report that has rejected a causal relationship between COVID mRNA vaccines and several severe adverse events.
The repeated tropes and claims about the safety of the COVID mRNA vaccines have always been based on anecdotes, misuse of data, and unscientific claims,
but real science has always supported the fact that the mRNA COV…

More evidence for the safety of COVID mRNA vaccines
An April 2024 report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) refutes any causal link between mRNA COVID vaccines and most severe adverse events. Acknowledging a connection to mild, recoverable myocarditis, it found no evidence of association with other rare adverse events, underscoring the vaccines' safety.

Are You Better Off Than Four Years Ago? OMG You Have Got to Be Kidding Me. – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/trump-covid-coronavirus-response-biden-four-years-video/

Are you better off than four years ago? OMG you have got to be kidding me.
Our horror show video catalogues Trump's dangerous coronavirus denial—four years ago this month.

I don't usually post videos here, but the mental gymnastics going on among the magats in this clip are just astonishing.
#SouthCarolina #Trump voters were asked to react to various things "Joe Biden did," like dodging the Vietnam draft with a flimsy bone-spurs excuse. Then, t…

Could this explain the stupid rightwing antivaxers becoming even more stupid and more antivax than ever?
Seriously? Research Shows Significant IQ Drop After Covid
MARCH 2, 2024
By Ziyad Al-Aly

https://flaglerlive.com/seriously-research-shows-significant-iq-drop-after-covid/

More scientific evidence of the safety of the mRNA COVID vaccines.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), has issued a report that has rejected a causal relationship between COVID mRNA vaccines and several severe adverse events.
The repeated tropes and claims about the safety of the COVID mRNA vaccines have always been based on anecdotes, misuse of data, and unscientific claims,
but real science has always supported the fact that the mRNA COV…

More evidence for the safety of COVID mRNA vaccines
An April 2024 report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) refutes any causal link between mRNA COVID vaccines and most severe adverse events. Acknowledging a connection to mild, recoverable myocarditis, it found no evidence of association with other rare adverse events, underscoring the vaccines' safety.

"COVID infections are causing drops in IQ and years of brain aging, studies suggest
Researchers are trying to explain COVID's profound effects on the brain"
#Corona #Coronavirus #COVID19

COVID infections are causing drops in IQ and years of brain aging, studies suggest | CBC Radio
Researchers are trying to understand the profound effects of COVID-19 on the brain, looking at how it disrupts the blood-brain barrier, how it affects brain volume, and showing that even a mild case of COVID can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging.

From the author Sara Luterman: "Please share this story widely and actually click through and read it. If I can demonstrate to my editors that readers still care about COVID stories, I will have an easier time pitching COVID stories."
And of course actually read it. And protect your fellow human beings.
h…

Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, court says
— A federal appeals court has shot down claims that New Jersey residents’ refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak constituted protected speech under the 1st Amendment.
The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling Monday in two related cases stemming from lawsuits against officials in Freehold and Cranford, N.J.
The suits revolved around…

Not wearing a mask during COVID emergency not a right, court says
A federal appeals court has shot down claims that there's a 1st Amendment right not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak.

US Long Covid stats
Estimates from the US Census Bureau's "Household Pulse Survey", in the sampling phase 5 March to 1 April 2024:
About 7% of all US adults were currently living with some form of Long Covid. That's about 1 person in every 14.
About a quarter of those, 1.7% of US adults, had "significant" activity limitations from LC. So that's around 1 person in every 60.
40 to 49 is the peak age group; more women than men.
#LongCovid #USA #stats

Could this explain the stupid rightwing antivaxers becoming even more stupid and more antivax than ever?
Seriously? Research Shows Significant IQ Drop After Covid
MARCH 2, 2024
By Ziyad Al-Aly

https://flaglerlive.com/seriously-research-shows-significant-iq-drop-after-covid/

fascinating re #LongCovid - study indicates "Cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric, and dermatologic may be distinct syndromes. "
Research: A statewide population-based approach to examining Long #COVID symptom prevalence and predictors in Michigan

"Long COVID: #Hausarztpraxen sollen Schlüsselrolle bei der Versorgung spielen
Rund 150 Millionen für die Forschung und für die Entwicklung von #Versorgungsstrukturen stehen bereit. Aber Heilung sei noch nicht in Sicht, sagt

G-BA-Richtlinie steht vor der Veröffentlichung : Long COVID: Hausarztpraxen sollen Schlüsselrolle bei der Versorgung spielen
Rund 150 Millionen für die Forschung und für die Entwicklung von Versorgungsstrukturen zu Long COVID stehen bereit. Aber Heilung sei noch nicht in Sicht, sagt Gesundheitsminister Lauterbach.

Een mooi overzichtsartikel met de feiten op een rijtje als het gaat om de oorsprong van het coronavirus. #labLeak
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/covid-19…

What Might the US Owe the World for Covid-19?
A US-funded laboratory origin of Covid-19 would certainly constitute the most significant case of governmental gross negligence in history. The people of the world deserve transparency and factual answers on vital questions.

Startling Discovery: COVID-19 Virus Can Stay in the Body More Than a Year After Infection
https://scitechdaily.com/startling-discovery-covid-19-virus-can-stay-in-the-body-more-than-a-year-after-infection/

Startling Discovery: COVID-19 Virus Can Stay in the Body More Than a Year After Infection
The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended, according to new research from UC San Francisco that offers potential clues to why some people develop long COVID. The scientists found pieces of SARS-CoV-2, ref

Long Covid - nice article
... with comments from someone experiencing it, & from doctors.
“Efforts to treat COVID more like the flu fail to recognize that COVID is not the flu, COVID is COVID — a virus that, per the CDC’s own resources, is more contagious than the flu, can cause more severe illness than the flu, causes more post-viral illness than the flu, and is infectious to others longer than the flu”
#covid #LongCovid

#Covid
Repräsentative Stichprobe SentiSurv RLP per 21. Februar:
7d-Inzidenz 332 [226-471]
Etwa jede 300. Person infiziert sich pro Woche. Kumulative Inzidenz 2023: ~57%. Seit Inzidenzminimum und Start Phase 2 bis 14.02.: ~39%.

Alcohol intolerance may be linked to long COVID, specifically the post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) type.
Long COVID refers to persistent symptoms that occur more than three weeks after the initial COVID-19 infection.
According to several anecdotal reports, alcohol intolerance, which is characterized by reactions like nausea, low blood pressure, fatigue, and dizziness when consuming alcohol, may be a unique symptom of long COVID.

Alcohol Intolerance After COVID: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
Alcohol intolerance is not a common side effect of long COVID, but people have reported it happening to them.

good pointy article about long covid minimisation/denial
... in particular, that shoddy unreviewed paper and its press release timed deliberately for Long Covid Awareness Day.
"Articles like these aren’t simply insulting or offensive; they have material impacts. ...
"There is a deliberate, highly successful effort to misinform the public that COVID cannot harm them."
#LongCovid #denial #LongCovidAwarenessDay

7 jaar!
"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"
h…

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

COVID Rapid Tests Reliably Detect New Variants : Researchers who “test the tests” say that #COVID rapid tests have kept up with new variants
https://www.scientificamerican.…

COVID Rapid Tests Reliably Detect New Variants
Researchers who “test the tests” say that COVID rapid tests have kept up with new variants

#Covid
Die UKHSA hat endlich Inzidenzschätzungen publiziert.
In den Grafiken dargestellt als 7-Tage-Summen.
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Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study: estimates of epidemiological characteristics, England and Scotland: 2023 to 2024
Modelled proportion of the population (prevalence) in England and Scotland currently infected with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), incidence of new infections and the infection hospitalisation rate (IHR). Joint study with the Office for National Statistics.

COVID aid changed the way schools can help homeless kids. What happens now? - Chalkbeat
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/03/14/how-covid-aid-ushered-in-ability-to-give-homeless-students-more-direct-h…

Grocery cards and car repairs: How COVID aid changed the way schools can help homeless kids
Grocery cards and car repairs: How COVID aid changed the way schools can help homeless kids

Long Covid stats & me
Considering whether I would still say my own activities were limited "a lot"... I think it depends on what you're looking at.
The main specific thing I notice still not being able to do is particular bike rides, because the mileage I'm capable of dropped precipitously & is coming back very slowly.
But that very measurable limitation is probably indicative of stamina overall. So in that sense, yeah, "a lot", even though I can do most things to _some_ extent again now.

‘The working class can’t afford it’: the shocking truth about the money bands make on tour
deceiving. “I don’t blame the public for seeing a band playing to 2,000 people and thinking they’re minted,” says artist manager Dan Potts. “But the reality is quite different.”
Post-Covid there has been significant focus on grassroots music venues as they struggle to stay open.
There’s been less focus on the actual ability of artists to tour these venues. David Martin, chief executi…

Of course tea fixes everything: Can a Cup of Tea Keep COVID Away? Study Finds 99.9% Virus Reduction
https://scitechdaily.com/can-a-cup-of-tea-keep-covid-away-study-finds-99-9-virus-reduction/

Can a Cup of Tea Keep COVID Away? Study Finds 99.9% Virus Reduction
New research from the University of Georgia suggests that something as simple as a cup of tea can help in the fight against COVID-19. Tea has been renowned globally for its many health benefits, and Malak Esseili, a virologist with the University of Georgia Center for Food Safety in the College o

Long Covid stats for children in England & Scotland
Cat in the Hat did some analysis of the ONS stats for England & Scotland, and made this chart. Number of kids with Long Covid still gradually increasing :-(
#children #covid #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #England #Scotland

‘The working class can’t afford it’: the shocking truth about the money bands make on tour
deceiving. “I don’t blame the public for seeing a band playing to 2,000 people and thinking they’re minted,” says artist manager Dan Potts. “But the reality is quite different.”
Post-Covid there has been significant focus on grassroots music venues as they struggle to stay open.
There’s been less focus on the actual ability of artists to tour these venues. David Martin, chief executi…

Whooping cough / covid erasure
BBC & UKHSA giving "immunity debt" rhetoric...
"Dr Ben Rush, from the UK Health Security Agency in the East Midlands, said ... “We were expecting a spike in cases, particularly after the reduced social mixing from the pandemic ... But it is a bigger spike than many of us were expecting.”"
Well that would probably be because you're in denial about covid's role in messing up people's immune systems.
#WhoopingCough #pertussis #CovidErasure