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My daughter has Long Covid. It transformed me into an advocate for Long Covid kids. - The Sick Times
My daughter has Long Covid. It transformed me into an advocate for Long Covid kids. - The Sick Times

“Earlier that summer, my daughter tested positive for Covid-19 and had developed a high fever, shortness of breath, shivers, and chest pains. She initially regained her energy and by the time school started, I thought she had recovered. I was wrong. That night I found her lying on the couch was the beginning of my daughter’s difficult journey with Long Covid — a journey that transformed her life, and mine as a single mother.”

Earlier that summer, my daughter tested positive for Covid-19 and had developed a high fever, shortness of breath, shivers, and chest pains. She initially regained her energy and by the time school started, I thought she had recovered. I was wrong. That night I found her lying on the couch was the beginning of my daughter’s difficult journey with Long Covid — a journey that transformed her life, and mine as a single mother.
#kids#long covid#anecdote#Post-Acute Conditions
·thesicktimes.org·
My daughter has Long Covid. It transformed me into an advocate for Long Covid kids. - The Sick Times
Tutkijat hämmästyivät: Kun päiväkotien ilmaa puhdistettiin, lasten sairastelu väheni selvästi | Kotimaa | Yle
Tutkijat hämmästyivät: Kun päiväkotien ilmaa puhdistettiin, lasten sairastelu väheni selvästi | Kotimaa | Yle
Air purifiers in Finnish daycare reduced children's illnesses by 18% in a carefully controlled study. This implies huge potential for better public health and cost savings from sick leaves, with a simple intervention against airborne infections.
#kids#Clean Air#transmission
·yle.fi·
Tutkijat hämmästyivät: Kun päiväkotien ilmaa puhdistettiin, lasten sairastelu väheni selvästi | Kotimaa | Yle
The severity of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children during the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study of 11,915 cases in Germany
The severity of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children during the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study of 11,915 cases in Germany

IMMUNITY DEBT DOES NOT EXIST.

“The severity of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children during the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study of 11,915 cases in Germany”

The severity of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children during the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study of 11,915 cases in Germany
#RSV#kids#Immune system
·link.springer.com·
The severity of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children during the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study of 11,915 cases in Germany
Asthma attacks triple as hospitalisations reach four year high | ITV News
Asthma attacks triple as hospitalisations reach four year high | ITV News

“The number of children being hospitalised with asthma attacks triples during the month of September, new data has revealed.

After the start of the new term, the rate increases by 175%, with charity Asthma and Lung UK warning hospital admission rates amongst school children is on the rise and has hit a four year high.”

The number of children being hospitalised with asthma attacks triples during the month of September, new data has revealed. After the start of the new term, the rate increases by 175%, with charity Asthma and Lung UK warning hospital admission rates amongst school children is on the rise and has hit a four year high.
#Asthma#kids
·itv.com·
Asthma attacks triple as hospitalisations reach four year high | ITV News
Bonus Back to School Edition: Keeping Kids Covid Safe
Bonus Back to School Edition: Keeping Kids Covid Safe
“A look at the struggles that Covid aware parents (and children) are facing as we head into another school year. The increase in bullying, peer pressure and mocking for masking is a BIG problem.”
A look at the struggles that Covid aware parents (and children) are facing as we head into another school year. The increase in bullying, peer pressure and mocking for masking is a BIG problem.
#kids#masks#mask bans#school guidelines
·disabledginger.com·
Bonus Back to School Edition: Keeping Kids Covid Safe
In other words, the disease burden of COVID is higher in the young than it is in the old compared to the disease burden of all diseases
In other words, the disease burden of COVID is higher in the young than it is in the old compared to the disease burden of all diseases

explanation of rise in excess deaths of the young since Covid introduced into circulation:

“In other words, the disease burden of COVID is higher in the young than it is in the old compared to the disease burden of all diseases

Another way of putting it is: Young people don't normally die of disease but when they do die of disease, they die of SARS-CoV-2 infections”

#excess deaths#Covid Statistics#kids#Mortality
·x.com·
In other words, the disease burden of COVID is higher in the young than it is in the old compared to the disease burden of all diseases
Sarah Hannett KC, LCK quoted on impact
Sarah Hannett KC, LCK quoted on impact
The pandemic had a “profound” & lasting impact on their (CYP with #LongCovid) lives, which had been exacerbated by the message that Covid-19 was harmless to children. “The inaccuracy of that message has been fatal,”
#kids#long covid
·x.com·
Sarah Hannett KC, LCK quoted on impact
This is the story of 16-year-old Cara who stopped wearing a mask after being bullied at school, bringing COVID home to her immunocompromised mother, who tragically died as a result.
This is the story of 16-year-old Cara who stopped wearing a mask after being bullied at school, bringing COVID home to her immunocompromised mother, who tragically died as a result.

This is the story of 16-year-old Cara who stopped wearing a mask after being bullied at school, bringing COVID home to her immunocompromised mother, who tragically died as a result.

These stories must be told and we must learn from them.

#kids#caregiver mortality
·x.com·
This is the story of 16-year-old Cara who stopped wearing a mask after being bullied at school, bringing COVID home to her immunocompromised mother, who tragically died as a result.
Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2024 - Long Covid Families
Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2024 - Long Covid Families

Nearly 6M children in the U.S. are affected by #LongCovid, up to 1 in 5 kids experiencing symptoms.

Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2024 Spreading Awareness, Accelerating Research Join us in raising awareness and accelerating research to support children affected by Long Covid.

Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2024 Spreading Awareness, Accelerating Research Join us in raising awareness and accelerating research to support children affected by Long Covid.
#kids#long covid#Covid Statistics#Covid Aware Groups
·longcovidfamilies.org·
Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2024 - Long Covid Families
Effectiveness of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in children and adolescents aged 12–17 years following SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection: A target trial emulation
Effectiveness of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in children and adolescents aged 12–17 years following SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection: A target trial emulation

: Paxlovid on over 49k children with covid-19, non-hospitalized

Paxlovid treatment was associated with reduced 28 day all-cause hospitalization (absolute risk reduction = 0.23%, 95%CI = 0.19%–0.31%; relative risk = 0.66, 95%CI = 0.56–0.71).

No events of mortality, in-hospital disease progression, or adverse clinical outcomes were observed among paxlovid users.

#Paxlovid#antiviral#kids
·nature.com·
Effectiveness of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in children and adolescents aged 12–17 years following SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection: A target trial emulation
Molecular mimicry in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Molecular mimicry in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
“Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a severe, post-infectious sequela of SARS-CoV-2 infection1,2, yet the pathophysiological mechanism connecting the infection to the broad inflammatory syndrome remains unknown. Here we leveraged a large set of samples from patients with MIS-C to identify a distinct set of host proteins targeted by patient autoantibodies including a particular autoreactive epitope within SNX8, a protein involved in regulating an antiviral pathway associated with MIS-C”
#MIS-C#autoimmunity#autoimmune#inflammation#SNX8#antiviral#Viral Persistence#Post-Acute Conditions#long covid#kids
·nature.com·
Molecular mimicry in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Some parents might miss signs their child has long COVID - WTOP News
Some parents might miss signs their child has long COVID - WTOP News
“COVID isn’t behind us — not yet, at least. And there are millions of kids in the U.S. suffering the effects of what’s called long COVID, according to medical journal Pediatrics.”
COVID isn’t behind us — not yet, at least. And there are millions of kids in the U.S. suffering the effects of what’s called long COVID, according to medical journal Pediatrics.
#long covid#kids#Post-Acute Conditions
·wtop.com·
Some parents might miss signs their child has long COVID - WTOP News
Tracking the burden, distribution, and impact of Post-COVID conditions in diverse populations for children, adolescents, and adults (Track PCC): passive and active surveillance protocols - BMC Public Health
Tracking the burden, distribution, and impact of Post-COVID conditions in diverse populations for children, adolescents, and adults (Track PCC): passive and active surveillance protocols - BMC Public Health
“Tracking the burden, distribution, and impact of Post-COVID conditions in diverse populations for children, adolescents, and adults (Track PCC): passive and active surveillance protocols”
#long covid#Post-Acute Conditions#Covid Statistics
·bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com·
Tracking the burden, distribution, and impact of Post-COVID conditions in diverse populations for children, adolescents, and adults (Track PCC): passive and active surveillance protocols - BMC Public Health
This attendance policy... so let me get this right... a school is going to send a human to enter every home where a child is ill with an infectious disease on the day when they're most likely to be infectious... and then they're going to go into another home, and another...
This attendance policy... so let me get this right... a school is going to send a human to enter every home where a child is ill with an infectious disease on the day when they're most likely to be infectious... and then they're going to go into another home, and another...
“This attendance policy... so let me get this right... a school is going to send a human to enter every home where a child is ill with an infectious disease on the day when they're most likely to be infectious... and then they're going to go into another home, and another...”
#kids
·x.com·
This attendance policy... so let me get this right... a school is going to send a human to enter every home where a child is ill with an infectious disease on the day when they're most likely to be infectious... and then they're going to go into another home, and another...
Two days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.🤬
Two days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.🤬
“Two days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.”
#kids#surge#anecdote
·x.com·
Two days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.🤬
Leave Those Kids Alone
Leave Those Kids Alone
“Instead of bullying a child strong enough to be the only person wearing a mask in school, those being cruel should show some humility and confront the possibility the child might be better informed about human health or have private reasons for continuing to be cautious. Public health bodies and public institutions should do more to protect personal choice and prevent bullying and stigmatization for masking.”
#kids#masks
·johnsnowproject.org·
Leave Those Kids Alone
Health protection in children and young people settings, including education - version 1 - Health protection in children and young people settings, including education - Publications - Public Health Scotland
Health protection in children and young people settings, including education - version 1 - Health protection in children and young people settings, including education - Publications - Public Health Scotland

Scotland-wide guidelines for school children staying home with illnesses:

SARSCoV2 will continue to spread in schools with this advice. We will see more Long Covid kids and more teaching staff with Long Covid.

#kids#school guidelines
·publichealthscotland.scot·
Health protection in children and young people settings, including education - version 1 - Health protection in children and young people settings, including education - Publications - Public Health Scotland