"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"
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
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
One-Year Adverse Outcomes Among US Adults With Post #COVID19 Condition vs Those Without COVID-19 in a Large Commercial Insurance Database 1/
CDC quietly added this without any press highlighting—“Emerging evidence suggests that #SARSCoV2, that causes #COVID19, can have lasting effects on nearly every organ and organ system of the body weeks, months, and potentially YEARS after infection.” #LongCovid So @CDCDirector ?
The best ways to measure this are shown in our new peer reviewed @Brain1878 paper
Quantitative myelin 🧠 imaging with MRI 🧲and PET☢️
with @rauscherMRI as senior author
"The scientific world is now publishing papers that show the consequences of Covid after initial infection...1 in 22 will have a major cardiac event within 12 months of having caught Covid" Quote Tweet Adam @ABrokenBattery ·
Major @NIH study finds COVID can quickly disseminate & infect multiple organs, including brain, & remain for months (likely, we will learn, years). Even in mild/ asymptomatic cases.
Known since 2020: "The Great Invader: How COVID Attacks Every Organ"
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