Does the public understand that "variant" means "vaccine resistant"?
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Solving the puzzle of Long Covid
A lot of people say a lot of things about COVID transmission risk. But what do the heavyweight experts in airborne infection and transmission control, who were in the game long before COVID, say? It’s not what you’d expect. A 🧵.
COVID-19 and Your Health
CDC now recommends starting Paxlovid within 5-7 days
$10 billion long Covid ‘moonshot’ is being floated by Bernie Sanders
$10 billion long Covid ‘moonshot’ is being floated by Bernie Sanders
$10 billion long Covid ‘moonshot’ is being floated by Bernie Sanders
Virginia Tech researchers developing portable COVID tests
“Imagine being able to walk into a crowded store, restaurant or even movie theater and be able to detect if there’s COVID-19 in the air.
It could be a reality in just a few years as a team at Virginia Tech is developing what is essentially a portable rapid test for the air.”
Imagine being able to walk into a crowded store, restaurant or even movie theater and be able to detect if there’s COVID-19 in the air.
It could be a reality in just a few years as a team at Virginia Tech is developing what is essentially a portable rapid test for the air.
Self-amplifying RNA COVID-19 vaccine
Approved in Japan, this self-amplifying Covid vaccine that uses much lower doses of mRNA, with less side-effects and potential longer duration of efficacy, is a better template than current mRNA shots
Long COVID and Post-COVID Conditions
Blood donor study finds 21% incidence of long-term symptoms attributed to COVID-19 | CIDRAP
Large-scale phenotyping of patients with long COVID post-hospitalization reveals mechanistic subtypes of disease
A Huge Boost for Mucosal Covid Vax Development (Next Generation Update 15) - Absolutely Maybe
“Mucosal vaccines go directly into the mucosal tissue where infection begins – for example, intranasally or via tablets. If they could induce strong enough mucosal immunity, such vaccines could reduce the risk of infection and transmission. That’s often called “sterilizing” immunity.
Development of these vaccines has just received a massive boost. A global consortium is being funded to develop and then run human challenge trials of intranasal or inhaled vaccines in a program called MusiCC.”
Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 on Twitter / X
Epa researchers test effectiveness face masks disinfection methods against covid 19
EPA Researchers Test Effectiveness of Face Masks, Disinfection Methods Against COVID-19
Blood abnormalities found people long covid
Blood abnormalities found in people with Long Covid
Study implicates lack of key hormone, damage to immune cells, and reawakened viruses.
Unite against COVID-19 on Twitter
Every time you catch COVID-19, your risk of other severe issues starts to rise.
Research is starting to show that with reinfection, your chance of serious issues such as diabetes, mental health issues, and chronic fatigue goes up.
Adam on Twitter
Clip from today's BBC Morning Live segment on #LongCovid
Dr @xandvt talks about a new study that found #LongCovid has a greater impact on quality of life than some Cancers.
WesElyMD on Twitter
1/🧵 Long COVID’s “Disability Roulette”
🔺No longer a mass Death event… 🔺COVID-19 is an ongoing mass #Disability event 🔺You & I might get #LongCOVID 🔺But society is yawning
This thread unpacks science, policy & hope.
Post-COVID-19 Syndrome in Non-Hospitalized Individuals: Healthcare Situation 2 Years after SARS-CoV-2 Infection
“In general, the frequency of COVID-19 related symptoms was higher at 26 months after the onset of the disease than at 9 months after.”
🔴 tohmes on Twitter
1/11 SARS-CoV-2 & rapid loss of acquired immunity:
a 🧵 collecting various papers & results leading up to an idea:
rapid waning is
- actually chronic antigen exposure of a persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection
- leading to depletion/exhaustion of
- SC2 acquired immune memory
Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID
"Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection set of conditions that can affect nearly every tissue and organ in the body."
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations
Mary Fernando MD on Twitter
Truth is the ground beneath our feet.
Saying it’s OK to get COVID is quicksand.
Here’s solid ground: “post-acute sequelae of COVID-19…is a multisystemic condition comprising often severe symptoms…[with an] incidence of 10% of infected people.”
Review highlights effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on multiple organ systems
"new review article published in the Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences offers valuable insights into the multi-organ system damage caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus"
More than 65 million people around the world may have long COVID
"Worldwide, at least 65 million people have long COVID, and that is likely an underestimate, finds a review article published late last week in Nature Reviews Microbiology."
COVID-19 and Heart Damage: What You Should Know
"COVID-19 can affect many organs and systems such as your heart, lungs, brain and kidneys. SARS-CoV-2 attaches its spike protein to enzymes in your body called ACE2 enzymes... proteins that you have throughout your body, including your heart and lungs..."
Long COVID could be a ticking time bomb
"Why long COVID could be a ticking time bomb for public health
Long COVID isn't novel: other viruses in history have had similar 'long' arcs — with devastating repercussions"
Dreaded Side Effect Rears Its Ugly Head in Latest COVID Variant
"As many as 21 percent of Americans who caught the SARS-CoV-2 virus this summer ended up suffering from long COVID starting four weeks after infection, according to a new study from City University of New York."
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Overview
"The Great Invader: How COVID Attacks Every Organ"
CTV Your Morning on Twitter
f you've had #COVID19, your organs might not be working the same way they did before. @zalaly , the Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Centre at Washington University, explains. #LongCOVID
Dr Elisa Perego on Twitter
Remember: we knew covid and #LongCovid were causing coagulopathy, hypoxia, cardiac events, strokes, vascular damage, kidney damage, damage to the immune system, etc. in 2020 already. Survivors told you so Health bodies and a big part of the medical establishment chose to ignore