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.
Covid General Articles, Discussions, Videos
Post-COVID-19 Syndrome in Non-Hospitalized Individuals: Healthcare Situation 2 Years after SARS-CoV-2 Infection
“In general, the frequency of COVID-19 related symptoms was higher at 26 months after the onset of the disease than at 9 months after.”
🔴 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
Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID
"Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection set of conditions that can affect nearly every tissue and organ in the body."
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations
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.”
Review highlights effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on multiple organ systems
"new review article published in the Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences offers valuable insights into the multi-organ system damage caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus"
More than 65 million people around the world may have long COVID
"Worldwide, at least 65 million people have long COVID, and that is likely an underestimate, finds a review article published late last week in Nature Reviews Microbiology."
COVID-19 and Heart Damage: What You Should Know
"COVID-19 can affect many organs and systems such as your heart, lungs, brain and kidneys. SARS-CoV-2 attaches its spike protein to enzymes in your body called ACE2 enzymes... proteins that you have throughout your body, including your heart and lungs..."
Long COVID could be a ticking time bomb
"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"
Dreaded Side Effect Rears Its Ugly Head in Latest COVID Variant
"As many as 21 percent of Americans who caught the SARS-CoV-2 virus this summer ended up suffering from long COVID starting four weeks after infection, according to a new study from City University of New York."
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Overview
"The Great Invader: How COVID Attacks Every Organ"
CTV Your Morning on Twitter
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
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? 🧵
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations
"More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems. At least 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated to have long COVID"
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations
"Long COVID is an often debilitating illness that occurs in at least 10% of SARS-CoV-2 infections. More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems. At least 65 million individuals worldwide estimated to have long COVID,"
People with Long COVID Have a Higher Risk of Early Death and Serious Disease, Study Finds
"In a new study published in JAMA Health Forum, people with Long COVID had an increased risk of dying during the study period and developing serious health problems compared to people who never had COVID-19."
More than half of long Covid sufferers unable to work after two years: UWV - DutchNews.nl
"More than half of long Covid sufferers unable to work after two years: UWV"
Three in five long COVID patients have organ damage a year after infection, finds study
"Three in five long COVID patients have organ damage a year after infection, finds study"
Study estimates and compares excess mortality due to cardiovascular diseases across multiple pandemic waves in the US
"Study estimates and compares excess mortality due to cardiovascular diseases across multiple pandemic waves in the US"
Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) on Twitter
"More people with Long COVID also died during the follow-up period: almost 3% of the people with Long COVID died in the year after their initial COVID-19 cases, compared to just over 1% of the people who hadn’t been diagnosed with COVID-19."
Long Covid is associated with significantly increased risk of death, heart and lung problems, study finds | CNN
"Long Covid is associated with significantly increased risk of death, heart and lung problems, study finds:"
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/
Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter
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 ?
Long COVID stemmed from mild cases of COVID-19 in most people
"90% of people living with long COVID initially experienced only mild illness."
Rising Risks with COVID Reinfection
The study shows increased likelihood of hospitalization, cardiovascular effects, blood disorders, diabetes, fatigue, kidney damage, mental health effects, musculoskeletal damage, neurological deficits, and pulmonary damage with each COVID-19 infection
Ingomar Gutmann 👨🏻🔬⚛️ on Twitter
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
Repeat COVID Infection Doubles the Risk of Death
New study: "Getting COVID-19 a second time doubles a person’s chance of dying and triples the likelihood of being hospitalized...Vaccination and booster status did not improve survival or hospitalization rates among people who were infected more than once"
laurie allee on Twitter
"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 ·