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.
U.S. reports more than 1,000 new COVID deaths for the 3rd week in a row
I tested + for COVID again today. Same infection since March. 179 days. My insurance won't cover more Paxlovid to treat or Pemgarda to prevent (likely also treat). Still trying for mAbs, but FDA has threatened to pull Pemgarda. Afraid I'll lose my chance to clear this infection.
Whooping cough infections are exploding in Michigan
US: Whooping cough infections are exploding in Michigan
The state had 330 reported cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, by mid-August. That’s three times the total for all of 2023,
95.3 MNC
Cian Uijtdebroeks abandons Vuelta a España with COVID-19
Visma-Lease a Bike have announced that up-and-coming Belgian racer Cian Uijtdebroeks has ended his rollercoaster Vuelta a España early, pulling out before stage 15 with COVID-19."
My Experience with Long Covid (Health Update)
All attendees at the conference are required to wear a mask.
✊😷 And thank you for the virtual option too!
So anti-maskers found my post about how at the conf masks are required and somehow interpreted "everyone is complying" that socialists are some kind of submissive sheep. Y'all have no idea who you're dealing with at this event. 😂
Kudos to the Socialism Conference coordinators and attendees. The conference also offered a virtual option to attend. SOLIDARITY. ✊😷
COVID patients breathe large amounts of virus early on
COVID patients breathe large amounts of virus early on
COVID patients exhale high numbers of virus during the first eight days after symptoms start, as high as 1,000 copies per minute, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors in Africa experiencing Long COVID symptoms, study suggests
Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors in African countries report ongoing symptoms, with fatigue being the most common.
Up to 25% of patients experience mental health issues like PTSD and anxiety, which African health systems are unprepared to address.
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.”
Can I introduce everyone to the psychological warfare being used on the public regarding COVID? Look at the key words we see the media and people now repeating.
Can I introduce everyone to the psychological warfare being used on the public regarding COVID? Look at the key words we see the media and people now repeating.
This should concern everyone because it’s working. On both sides.
We have lived through a Covid summer – and there is new cause for concern
“We have lived through a Covid summer – and there is new cause for concern
With lives being turned upside down by sudden illness and a steady mortality rate related to the disease, Covid and its after-effects are still looming menacingly over us. Zoë Beaty talks to experts and those suffering to find out more”
Long COVID patients’ brain activation is suppressed during walking and severer symptoms lead to stronger suppression
Guangzhou, China, Long Covid was found to “suppress brain activity during walking,” with more severe initial symptoms leading to greater suppression.
Study unveils novel treatment for blocking SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells
Professor Kyungjae Myung and his research team in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, affiliated with the IBS Center for Genomic Integrity, have discovered UNI418, a compound that effectively prevents the penetration of the coronavirus. This compound works by regulating dielectric homeostasis, thereby inhibiting the virus's entry into human cells. The paper is published in the journal Experimental & Molecular Medicine.
Professor Kyungjae Myung and his research team in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, affiliated with the IBS Center for Genomic Integrity, have discovered UNI418, a compound that effectively prevents the penetration of the coronavirus. This compound works by regulating dielectric homeostasis, thereby inhibiting the virus's entry into human cells. The paper is published in the journal Experimental & Molecular Medicine.
New Covid Variant Xec Spreading Rapidly Across Continents
New Covid Variant XEC Spreading Rapidly Across Continents
A new Covid variant is spreading rapidly and has caught the attention of the research world, 111 samples have already been reported from 15 countries, across three different continents.
Covid oggi Italia, aumentano contagi e morti nell'ultima settimana: dati e news
August 28, 2024
Italy: COVID cases +11%, deaths +36% and positivity rate at 18.9% in the last week.
From 22 August to 28 August:
🔹Reported cases: 15,221 (+11%) 🔹Reinfections: n/a 🔹Deaths: 135 (+36%) 🔹Positivity rate: 18.9% (+2.7%)
An even more contagious COVID strain is ‘just getting started’ amid California wave
“An even more contagious COVID strain is ‘just getting started’ amid California wave Doctors and scientists are keeping an eye on yet another coronavirus subvariant — XEC — that could surpass the latest hyperinfectious strain.”
Will This Fog Last Forever?
“Why did the nurse complain about how hard it was to breathe in a mask before she even put it on? Maybe she wanted validation. Maybe she wanted a reaction. Maybe she wanted me to intervene and tell her it was okay if she didn't wear a mask. I gave her nothing. Sometimes, that's what someone needs.
Nothing.
…
…It's easy to dismiss the deep yearning for ‘normal’ that compels hundreds of millions of people to disregard their own health and safety, to burn the future for the moments of joy they were promised. We all remember what it used to be like. We're just the ones coping better with its loss. For us, ‘normal’ was always more of an excursion anyway. The real normal was always a return to solitude, and maybe that's why we're handling the new reality better.”
Why did the nurse complain about how hard it was to breathe in a mask before she even put it on? Maybe she wanted validation. Maybe she wanted a reaction. Maybe she wanted me to intervene and tell her it was okay if she didn't wear a mask. I gave her nothing. Sometimes, that's what someone needs.
Nothing.
Some back-of-the-envelope math to think about what the next few years will look like.
“Some back-of-the-envelope math to think about what the next few years will look like.
Assumptions: *average of 1 infection/person/yr *half of infections are asymptomatic *super-optimistic: symptomatic cases recover fully in one week (no long COVID etc.)
What happens? 1/4”
Great thread:
I am really disappointed with the . My party was stopped by a sheriff at entrance to the fair. He said that masks weren’t allowed. I told him we were wearing our KN94s for health concerns. He continued to hassle one of my party and told them they would be stopped inside.
“I am really disappointed with the @mnstate . My party was stopped by a sheriff at entrance to the fair. He said that masks weren’t allowed. I told him we were wearing our KN94s for health concerns. He continued to hassle one of my party and told them they would be stopped inside.”
Protecting HCWs and patients: An impossible fix, or an essential one?
“We have dedicated our lives to saving lives. And yet we are trapped in a system where infecting each other and our patients has apparently become acceptable. With no end to COVID waves on the horizon (we’re in a substantial one right now), what is the endgame our health-care leaders are hoping for?”
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:
As the Paralympics open, health experts raise concerns about COVID-19 precautions
Here we go again. Rinse. Repeat.
“As the Paralympics open, health experts raise concerns about COVID-19 precautions”
Seeing how society has been handling covid has been the largest single continuing piece of gaslighting that I've ever experienced in my life.
“Seeing how society has been handling covid has been the largest single continuing piece of gaslighting that I've ever experienced in my life.”
As COVID-19 infection numbers top 1 million a day, the CDC promotes a campaign emagainst/em public health
“With the toll of new COVID-19 infections regularly topping 1 million a day and weekly deaths creeping toward the 1,000 mark, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a campaign aimed not at protecting the public from this ongoing pandemic, now in its fifth year, but at washing its hands of responsibility.”
The tyranny of "normal"
“Early pandemic solidarity was an anomaly in modern life. Our political leaders want us to forget it ever happened.”
CDC announces free COVID-19 tests, treatments
Surge too big to dismiss:
“Government health officials announced the return of free tests, vaccines and treatments.”
Government health officials announced the return of free tests, vaccines and treatments.
Column: Stanford throws a party for purveyors of misinformation and disinformation about COVID
“Most of its participants have been associated with discredited approaches to the COVID pandemic, including minimizing its severity and calling for widespread infection to achieve herd immunity. Some have been sources of rank misinformation or disinformation. Advocates of scientifically validated policies are all but absent.”
Most of its participants have been associated with discredited approaches to the COVID pandemic, including minimizing its severity and calling for widespread infection to achieve herd immunity. Some have been sources of rank misinformation or disinformation. Advocates of scientifically validated policies are all but absent.
Quebec COVID-19 summer wave more lethal than last year's
“Quebec’s summer COVID-19 wave has proved to be far deadlier than last year’s, defying expectations that the virus that causes it is somehow growing milder, suggest the latest Health Ministry figures.”
Quebec’s summer COVID-19 wave has proved to be far deadlier than last year’s, defying expectations that the virus that causes it is somehow growing milder, suggest the latest Health Ministry figures.