“Just so people reading this know:
When you have covid, you exhale covid particles into the air. Even with just ordinary breathing.
Those particles can then float on the air for hours.”
"It [pandemic} wasn't over. It still isn't over."
Nurse who nearly died from Covid sues NHS for negligence.
Rebecca Firth, 42, is seeking damages from the NHS.
She spent 21 days in the ICU, a month on a ventilator, suffered 3 cardiac arrests, sepsis & multiple organ failure as a result of COVID.
“It's been ~5yrs since 𝑆𝐀𝑅𝑆-𝐂𝑂𝑉-𝟐, the virus that causes 𝐂𝑂𝑉𝐈𝐃, made its fateful jump into humans. Now seems as good a time as any to ask "is it over yet?" (For the 10th time, but who's counting?)
Let's talk about how this ends, shall we? (1/)
“data piles up that #LongCovid harms the workforce (esp in healthcare, education too), WHERE ARE THE UNIONS?
Dire shortages are worsened by govt’s refusal to provide clean air to ASHRAE 241 standards & laissez-faire approach to infections.
Unions need to GET LOUD, pronto. 🧵:
“I’m only a GP. And I’m shocked at how some of my specialist colleagues think they are not harming patients by not masking.
I’m not smart. But come on! Covid is airborne and Covid HARMS every bit of your body. How can a highly intelligent Dr NOT KNOW THIS???”
Next generation medicines in fight against Covid:
Focusing specifically on the receptor-binding domain (RBD) rather than the entire SARS-CoV-2 spike protein provides enhanced, long-lasting protection against viral mutations
“At the peak of the late-summer Covid wave, U.S. health systems were testing approximately evenly for COVID, flu, & RSV.
Yet, nearly all positive cases were Covid.
“Is this the way COVID ends? Next-generation inhaled vaccines could be the key to ending pandemic Existing COVID-19 vaccines can prevent severe disease, but not infection. A new hope comes in the form of needle-free mucosal vaccines…
…Some see mucosal vaccines as the best hope to end the COVID-19 pandemic. They are now in development in labs around the world, including in Canada. The United States and other countries are investing heavily in the development of mucosal vaccines for COVID-19 and beyond.”
“I think anybody who tells you COVID-19 isn’t a surprise is not being truthful,” said Matthew Miller, who is co-director of the Canadian Pandemic Preparedness Hub, Canada Research Chair in Viral Pandemics and an associate professor in biochemistry at McMaster University in Hamilton. He is part of the research team that is developing an inhaled COVID-19 vaccine.
“I have studied pandemic viruses for a long time. I completely expected we would be in a place by now where COVID-19 was exhibiting seasonal trends (similar to influenza and other seasonal viruses that generally occur in the fall and winter). Clearly I was wrong.”
“How is COVID-19 spread? When people cough, sneeze or talk, viral particles can be sent through the air and via droplets. Masking helps to prevent droplet spread, and keeping more than two metres apart and staying in a well-ventilated area can help to limit aerosol spread.
While not a predominant cause of transmission, COVID-19 can also be spread through objects contaminated with secretions from an infected person. The incubation period for COVID-19 — the time from exposure to developing an infection — is about two to four days with the current variant.”
“For the week of September 22, stats from the Canadian Nosocomial (Hospital-Acquired) Infection Surveillance Program, with data from 78 hospitals, including 16 in BC, show that 31% of patients in hospital with COVID acquired their infection while admitted for another medical condition.
This is a major failure by public health and Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC).”
In 2024, the facts are clear: COVID far outpaced flu in infections, hospitalizations, and deaths.
COVID also carries the added burden of long COVID, a far more complex, multi-system condition than the long-term effects seen with flu.
COVID is not like the flu. It never was!
“Airborne routes predominated with a relative contribution of more than 88.0 %. • Wearing mask only for staff can reduce the infection risk by 12.8 %−31.8 %. • A ventilation rate of 30.0 m³ /(h·person) reduced long-range airborne risk by 62.9 %.”
Egonu, best volleyball player in Italy, down with "the flu" and then surgery because the viral infection got complicated by bacterial sinusitis.
there is no flu in italy right now. there's a wave of covid.
“1.Introduction: The Long-Term Impact of Multiple COVID Infections 2.Shifting Focus: From Acute Symptoms to Long-Term Health 3.The Jenga Analogy: How COVID Wears Down the Body 4.Understanding the Target: How COVID Affects the Circulatory System 5.Damage to the Endothelium: Long-Term Cardiovascular Risks 6.Even Mild COVID Cases Can Have Lasting Effects 7.The Impact on the Brain: From Brain Fog to Potential Neurodegenerative Diseases 8.Cognitive Issues and Repeated Infections: A Growing Concern 9.Does COVID Stick Around? The Lingering Presence of the Virus 10.Persistent Inflammation: The Ongoing Battle After COVID 11.COVID’s Impact on the Heart: Myocarditis and More 12.Understanding Myocarditis: Inflammation of the Heart 13.Rolling the Dice: The Cumulative Risk of Repeated COVID Infections 14.Silent Heart Attacks: The Hidden Risk 15.Protecting Our Health: Minimizing the Number of Infections 16.COVID’s Impact on Other Organs: The Liver, Lungs, and Beyond 17.COVID and the Liver: The Silent Accumulation of Damage 18.Conclusion: The Long Game of Health Protection”
Al Pacino Reveals He “Didn’t Have a Pulse” During Near-Death Experience Due to COVID-19
Al Pacino is detailing his experience with a really bad case of Covid
Prince William missed Paris Olympics 'to protect Kate from Covid', he tells swimmers in Gateshead
HRH Prince William missed the Paris Olympics as he was concerned about infecting his ill wife with Covid.
