COVID Dystopia
“We might be done with COVID, but COVID is not done with us. It’s always going to be here now, my goal is just to catch it less often.”
‘COVID Dystopia,’ award-winning, animated short film about the ongoing Pandemic.
We may think we’re done with COVID-19, but COVID-19 is not done with us
“I am concerned that the sense of urgency about COVID-19 appears to have faded. The disease has not been discussed during the election season, even though it is an ongoing and developing public health threat. I believe this is a dangerous mindset. The reality is that COVID-19 remains a unique and deadly threat for many people — it is not just another respiratory virus, and should not be treated as such by our leaders.”
I am concerned that the sense of urgency about COVID-19 appears to have faded. The disease has not been discussed during the election season, even though it is an ongoing and developing public health threat.
I believe this is a dangerous mindset. The reality is that COVID-19 remains a unique and deadly threat for many people — it is not just another respiratory virus, and should not be treated as such by our leaders.
Stanford healthcare masking requirement to start November 1st.
“Stanford healthcare masking requirement to start November 1st.
We are seeing a lot of upper respiratory symptoms starting already in urgent cares.”
Masking Policy | Clinical Center
MASK MANDATE RETURNING TO ALL NIH PATIENT CLINICS—Effective November 4, 2024, masking will be required in all patient care & waiting rooms. Furthermore, testing for COVID, flu A, flu B, and RSV will be required for all inpatients & rooming-in visitors.
Shionogi Announces Global Phase 3 Trial Demonstrates Post-Exposure Prophylactic Use of Ensitrelvir Prevents Symptomatic COVID-19
Shionogi just announced that their antiviral pill, ensitrelvir, significantly prevents COVID transmission!
Participants took the antiviral after known exposure.
Let’s see how things are going in Mycoplasma pneumoniae land this weekend…
Compilation of pneumonia anecdote videos:
If you think the pandemic's over, you're badly wrong.
If you think the pandemic's over, you're badly wrong.
This is the staff absence rate for the seventh largest employer in the world.
See the consistency of the absence rate leading up to the pandemic...
Look at how it changed in 2020.
And see where it's going now…
…And these graphs don't include the staff who left employment because they were disabled by Covid.” Thread:
If you want to point at any other driving cause besides COVID, to be credible it will need to:
“If you want to point at any other driving cause besides COVID, to be credible it will need to:
- Be new in 2020, pause until late 2021 then resume
- Result in historically massive increases
- Be timed perfectly in sync with the waves and lulls of COVID, for the last 4-5 years.” 🧵
New Covid XEC symptom 'severely impacts daily functioning' warns doctor
“New Covid XEC symptom 'severely impacts daily functioning' warns doctor"
Dr Snieguole Geige: "The most common symptom we're observing is an intense and persistent fatigue that seems to linger longer than with previous variants."
"The most serious symptom is the potential for sudden, acute respiratory failure in individuals who may have previously only experienced mild to moderate symptoms."
Factcheck: Herd immunity is not the solution to COVID-19 pandemic
“While herd immunity has successfully protected populations from other infectious diseases, such as measles and smallpox, all efforts to stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus — the virus behind COVID-19 — from spreading have fallen short. According to Giurgea, immune responses against this virus, whether achieved through vaccination or a previous infection, subside with time. Additionally, the ability of the virus to mutate allows it to evade these immune responses and continue to spread in the population.”
While herd immunity has successfully protected populations from other infectious diseases, such as measles and smallpox, all efforts to stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus — the virus behind COVID-19 — from spreading have fallen short. According to Giurgea, immune responses against this virus, whether achieved through vaccination or a previous infection, subside with time. Additionally, the ability of the virus to mutate allows it to evade these immune responses and continue to spread in the population.
NHS 10-day Covid warning as cases, deaths and hospitalisations surge
“The UK's health body has warned that COVID-19 spreads "very easily through close contact with people who have the virus" and you can still be infectious for ‘up to 10 days’”
The UK's health body has warned that COVID-19 spreads "very easily through close contact with people who have the virus" and you can still be infectious for "up to 10 days"
Calm-mongering
“Both the Biden administration and its critics, faced with an impending wave of disease with the potential for mass death and disability, chose to spend their time focused on critiquing or defending the tone of the messaging. The comical absurdity of the situation belies the horrific public health failure. It was a mass mortality event without precedent in the history of the United States. Given that the level of concern of the public was likely to impact their degree of adoption of risk mitigation measures, this misplaced focus on urging calm, rather than masking and vaccination, was a deadly mistake. A more honest discussion about the risks could have saved lives. All the back-and-forth about whether fear was or was not being mongered distracted from the task at hand, which should have been (checks notes) protecting the public from Omicron BA.1.”
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on aircraft: A scoping review
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on aircraft: A scoping review
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on aircraft: A scoping review
COVID-19 REINFECTION RATES
“COVID-19 REINFECTION RATES
The information here is derived from multiple studies conducted on the topic. A rate of 64% indicates that out of every 100,000 individuals, 64,000 experienced a reinfection within the past 12 months”
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Dysregulates Cilia and Basal Cell Homeostasis in the Respiratory Epithelium of Hamsters
Hamster study:
“severe" loss of cilia following a COVID infection. Cilia are small, hair-like structures that are an important part of the mucosal system.
Mucociliary Clearance Augmenting Drugs Block SARS-Cov-2 Replication in Human Airway Epithelial Cells
“The reduction or loss of MCT by SARS-CoV-2 is expected to have consequential effects on COVID-19 illness, including accelerating or worsening descending infection of the airways, prolonged illness due to mucus plugging and risk for secondary infections."
COVID-19 Causes Ciliary Dysfunction as Demonstrated by Human Intranasal Micro-Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging
COVID increases the risk of secondary infections by impairing mucosal clearance.
"Our results demonstrate profound ciliary loss in the nasal epithelium even in subjects with mild disease and shed light on mechanisms that... probably predispose patients to secondary infections."
COVID-19 Causes Ciliary Dysfunction as Demonstrated by Human Intranasal Micro-Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging
COVID increases the risk of secondary infections by impairing mucosal clearance.
"Our results demonstrate profound ciliary loss in the nasal epithelium even in subjects with mild disease and shed light on mechanisms that... probably predispose patients to secondary infections."
Obeldesivir for COVID-19 Is Safe, Reduces Time to Symptom Relief in High-Risk Patients
My note: Would like to see study on this drug with endpoints like time to recovery, severity of symptoms, long-term follow-up for post-acute symptoms. Not holding my breath. This is, after all, Giliad, the maker of remdesivir. Still, potential early treatment option here:
465 adults received either obeldesivir or a placebo for 5 days. The results showed that those on obeldesivir had a 0% hospitalization rate and lower mortality compared to 0.5% in the placebo group.
Patients taking obeldesivir also experienced quicker symptom relief and greater reductions in the virus levels. Overall, the drug was found to be generally safe and well-tolerated.
So a healthcare worker went to an event, and didn’t want to remove their mask for the photo.
“So a healthcare worker went to an event, and didn’t want to remove their mask for the photo.
‘Don’t worry, send us a head shot and we’ll digitally include it.’
They are literally swapping heads to try to get out of reality.”
Opinion: It's time to clean the germs out of our indoor air
“Over four years later, things are changing. The WHO now finally and fully recognizes COVID-19 is airborne at the institutional level, and has made one of the world’s top aerosol scientists co-chair of their new indoor air advisory group. The WHO also collaborated with particle physicists to develop ARIA, the Airborne Risk Indoor Assessment tool, which models risk of infection for different types of buildings and settings to help us understand how to make indoor air clean.”
A Plea to Maskless Healthcare Workers from Vulnerable Patients
“A Plea to Maskless Healthcare Workers from Vulnerable Patients If you see a mask - wear a mask. Better yet - wear a mask all the time and show us you understand that we're still IN a pandemic. We are depending on you to keep us safe - please don't betray that.”
A Plea to Maskless Healthcare Workers from Vulnerable Patients If you see a mask - wear a mask. Better yet - wear a mask all the time and show us you understand that we're still IN a pandemic. We are depending on you to keep us safe - please don't betray that.
Longstanding champion of ventilation, air filtration and improved air quality in schools, Dr Amir Khan, talked to Lorraine 16th October 2024
Dr. Amir Khan on clean air for safer schools
Because covid is over and no one dies of it any more and because it's a cold covid deaths in England have settled into a nicely predictable 100-200 deaths a week other than in winter when they go up to 300-400 per week. Because it's a cold, no one dies of it now and it's over
“Because covid is over and no one dies of it any more and because it's a cold covid deaths in England have settled into a nicely predictable 100-200 deaths a week other than in winter when they go up to 300-400 per week. Because it's a cold, no one dies of it now and it's over”
“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”
In U.S., "The number of annual traffic fatalities in Washington state has jumped from 528 in 2019 to 810 in 2023, a 51% increase since 2019..
“In U.S., ‘The number of annual traffic fatalities in Washington state has jumped from 528 in 2019 to 810 in 2023, a 51% increase since 2019.. 2023 [was] the deadliest since 1990.. Speculation as to why traffic fatalities increased varied.’
IMO, the main reason is the cognitive dysfunction caused by SARS-CoV-2.
NHS 10-day Covid warning as cases, deaths and hospitalisations surge
October, 2024: “The UK's health body has warned that COVID-19 spreads ‘very easily through close contact with people who have the virus’ and you can still be infectious for ‘up to 10 days’”
The UK's health body has warned that COVID-19 spreads "very easily through close contact with people who have the virus" and you can still be infectious for "up to 10 days"
PubMed search for "immunity debt". 10 results. None published before August 2021. This idea was made up specifically for the COVID pandemic.
“PubMed search for ‘immunity debt’. 10 results. None published before August 2021. This idea was made up specifically for the COVID pandemic.”
Me: "How was the operation?"
Me: "How was the operation?"
Her: "Oh, it was cancelled again."
Me: "Three times? That is ridiculous."
Her: "No, it's four now. Twice they've cancelled it because they were sick, and twice they've cancelled it because I was sick."
Me: "When you say sick, what do you mean?"
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!”