Institutional COVID denial has killed public health as we knew it. Prepare to lose several centuries of progress.
I’ve burned a lot of bridges over the past few years and my kids are homeschooled. I no longer have 1st person accounts of COVID’s toll on people’s health. Are people in your life sicker? Are the kids sicker? I need to be re-tethered… please share your stories.
“I’ve burned a lot of bridges over the past few years and my kids are homeschooled. I no longer have 1st person accounts of COVID’s toll on people’s health. Are people in your life sicker? Are the kids sicker? I need to be re-tethered… please share your stories.”
🔥📣 I am thrilled to bring you this fascinating, shocking interview with former CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield. 👀 I almost fell off my seat a number of times. 👀
“🔥📣 I am thrilled to bring you this fascinating, shocking interview with former CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield. 👀 I almost fell off my seat a number of times. 👀”
Ignoring Public Health May Have Cost Democrats the Election
“President Biden owed his 2020 win in part due to his promise that he would do better than his predecessor in handling the pandemic; that unlike Trump, he would “follow the science.” And at first, he did. But once it became clear that new variants would arise and vaccines would not prevent all Covid cases—though they did limit hospitalizations and deaths—the Biden administration went way off course. Rather than following the science and ramping up rapid-test production, covering testing and new vaccines, and upholding commonsense safety measures like masking in health care, his Covid czar, a corporate executive, chose to pretend Covid was a thing of the past.”
President Biden owed his 2020 win in part due to his promise that he would do better than his predecessor in handling the pandemic; that unlike Trump, he would “follow the science.” And at first, he did. But once it became clear that new variants would arise and vaccines would not prevent all Covid cases—though they did limit hospitalizations and deaths—the Biden administration went way off course. Rather than following the science and ramping up rapid-test production, covering testing and new vaccines, and upholding commonsense safety measures like masking in health care, his Covid czar, a corporate executive, chose to pretend Covid was a thing of the past.
The Long COVID Tipping Point?
“Imagine the impact over the next decade. This isn’t just about individuals; it’s a 10% chance of our doctors, pilots, presidents, soldiers, and police officers all grappling with the debilitating effects of Long COVID. When essential roles in society are consistently compromised, the risks are stacked like blocks in an increasingly unstable tower—one that can only lean so far before it topples. The more we ignore the impact of Long COVID, the closer we edge toward this collapse.
The toll of Long COVID is not a hypothetical future but an unfolding reality. As it affects more people, it strains every facet of society—healthcare, insurance rates, disability programs, and economic productivity. “
A reminder that ~800,000 Americans have been killed by COVID since the Biden-Harris administration began. Tens of millions have Long C0VlD. And C0VlD spread more in September 2024 than any point in 2020. They refuse to do anything to stop the spread, even as thousands die weekly.
November 5, 2024: “A reminder that ~800,000 Americans have been killed by COVID since the Biden-Harris administration began. Tens of millions have Long C0VlD. And C0VlD spread more in September 2024 than any point in 2020. They refuse to do anything to stop the spread, even as thousands die weekly.”
Hold up you’re telling me that by the 3rd time I get COVID, there’s a 1 in 2.5 chance I develop life-changing chronic illness ⁉️⁉️
“Hold up you’re telling me that by the 3rd time I get COVID, there’s a 1 in 2.5 chance I develop life-changing chronic illness ⁉️⁉️
Uhhh CDC wtf?? Y’all were on TV every night in 2021, where you at with this?! Did you fuck up?? (1/2)” Thread:
This is my 15th semester teaching RN and NP students about Covid 19 pathophysiology. Not a lot has changed except for how much damage we now know the virus causes. It still baffles me that people don’t know it’s airborne, don’t know the risks. 1
“#CovidIsNotOver This is my 15th semester teaching RN and NP students about Covid 19 pathophysiology. Not a lot has changed except for how much damage we now know the virus causes. It still baffles me that people don’t know it’s airborne, don’t know the risks. 1”
Educational Thread:
Let’s see how things are going in Mycoplasma pneumoniae land this weekend…
Compilation of pneumonia anecdote videos:
“Everyone dies someday! Get out and live!”
“‘Everyone dies someday! Get out and live!’
I’ve lost count of how many people have said this to me. People who assume I’m ‘choosing’ to stay home in bed or who think fear of Covid is the only determining factor to my not socializing more.
This is NOT a choice 🧵/1”
Damm …..
“These influencers have neglected their medical duties in favor of personal interests, and together with our healthcare authorities, they have and still are jeopardizing our right to a healthy future. Let it rip is NO strategy, a Vaccine only is NO strategy!”
🧵 I think I have a very unique & valuable perspective when it comes to SARS-CoV-2. I've spent the 1st three years of the pandemic in one of the the busiest hospital based chemistry/bloodgas labs in the US & the last 20 months as a generalist in a medium sized hospital. 1/
“🧵 I think I have a very unique & valuable perspective when it comes to SARS-CoV-2. I've spent the 1st three years of the pandemic in one of the the busiest hospital based chemistry/bloodgas labs in the US & the last 20 months as a generalist in a medium sized hospital. 1/“
MITOCHONDRIA and SARS-COV-2
Covid and the mitochondria
I’ve been meaning to do a 🧵 on the premier league ⚽️ & all the subtle signs of Covid in world leading footballers so far this season (season only started in August), so let’s go…
“all the subtle signs of Covid in world leading footballers so far this season”!(2024)
SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t seek out the weak.
“With each wave, SC2 leaves in its wake long-term complications, damage to the cardiovascular, neurological, and immune systems, and chronic conditions
Those who might have been considered ‘healthy’ before infection can rapidly transition into the category of the vulnerable”
If you think Covid is only an issue for people who are older or who have preexisting conditions (who we should care about anyway but I digress!!!) please take a minute to look at these comments from formerly healthy college kids
“If you think Covid is only an issue for people who are older or who have preexisting conditions (who we should care about anyway but I digress!!!) please take a minute to look at these comments from formerly healthy college kids” Thread:
Imagine going to the doctor for treatment for diabetic neuropathy. Only, the doctor tells you diabetes isn't a thing, and suggests your fear of sugar is anxiety disorder, and you're experiencing pain due to anxiety.
Dangerous garbage being presented “science writing”. Two *actual* facts surrounding infection:
“Your risk of #LongCOVID, a currently incurable chronic illness, after surviving an acute COVID infection currently sits conservatively at ~6-7%”
No matter how hard people pretend, Covid isn’t over
I failed my 2nd NYS Road Test. I got confused when the tester asked me to parallel park “beside a Lexus” because we don’t parallel park *beside* cars. Once I was confused, it was all downhill from there. Something is wrong with my brain, & apparently I can’t live in the world…
I'm on Tivicay (dolutegravir) and Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofivir) which I know at least one of my mutuals (HIV-) has been on for Long Covid specifically.
This video about Long COVID and ME/CFS is now trending #5 on YouTube 🇩🇪
translation/analysis thread on German Long Covid video which equates it with MECFS and calls ME “the most serious form of long covid.”
“currently it looks like an autoimmune disease where something has gone wrong with the vasculature, and both the mitochondrial dynamics and glycolytic metabolism are disturbed.
There are at least 500k patients in Germany.”
Asking , from my bedroom, where I'm moored because of , why the CDC isn't recommending masking -- alongside handwashing, vaxes and testing (which they are recommending). Alt text of response from Dr. Brendan Jackson below.
“Asking @CDCgov, from my bedroom, where I'm moored because of #LongCovid, why the CDC isn't recommending masking -- alongside handwashing, vaxes and testing (which they are recommending). Alt text of response from Dr. Brendan Jackson below. 1/7”
Excellent thread:
Dr. Amer, Ohio State Univ. on IPM today, "I got COVID three times...after the second time, I suffered from brain fog..it was the most horiftying experience of my life. This was very scary..my job depends on my brain. All of a sudden I couldn't even type...it was really shocking."
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.
🔴 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
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.”
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
Dr. Deepti Gurdasani on Twitter
Given we know that the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, renal disease, neuro-cognitive disease and clotting events are increased after COVID, how are these events being recorded & attributed in patients? 🧵
Antonio Caramia on Twitter
One-Year Adverse Outcomes Among US Adults With Post #COVID19 Condition vs Those Without COVID-19 in a Large Commercial Insurance Database 1/