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Long COVID is still a problem, racking up a global cost of $1 trillion
Long COVID is still a problem, racking up a global cost of $1 trillion
“For months, governmental officials around the world have appeared to want to forgo discussing the specter of long COVID. As a new review makes clear, that is wishful thinking—and the latest COVID variants may well kick long COVID into overdrive, a scenario that researchers and experts have been warning about for some time.”
For months, governmental officials around the world have appeared to want to forgo discussing the specter of long COVID. As a new review makes clear, that is wishful thinking—and the latest COVID variants may well kick long COVID into overdrive, a scenario that researchers and experts have been warning about for some time.
#Long Covid
·fortune.com·
Long COVID is still a problem, racking up a global cost of $1 trillion
The Covid Summer Games
The Covid Summer Games
“What’s happening at the Olympics in Paris is emblematic of the broader societal denial, the desire to construct a social reality at odds with the physical reality of a still-existing & dangerous virus.”
#Olympics
·donotpanic.news·
The Covid Summer Games
This might be a long thread so bear with me.
This might be a long thread so bear with me.

Thread:

About 3 months ago I was diagnosed with POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) from long covid and I would like to share how difficult and frustrating it was to get diagnosed - every step of the way.

#Long Covid#POTS#Anecdote
·x.com·
This might be a long thread so bear with me.
Episode 163: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On?
Episode 163: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On?

August 9, 2024: Covid is not over and we are not “post pandemic.” . In the US, Covid wastewater levels have continued to climb and have now exceeded the height of last summer's uptick.

Based on the latest data posted by CDC, 44 states have levels of wastewater activity considered high or very high.

#wastewater levels#Covid Statistics
·cidrap.umn.edu·
Episode 163: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On?
Long COVID science, research and policy
Long COVID science, research and policy
New Review of Long COVID: 400 million people impacted by a disorder that affects nearly every organ system, leading to an annual global economic toll of $1 trillion or 1% of the global GDP
The cumulative global incidence of long COVID is around 400 million individuals, which is estimated to have an annual economic impact of approximately $1 trillion
#Long Covid#Ziyad Al-Aly#Post-Acute Conditions#analysis
·nature.com·
Long COVID science, research and policy
New interdisciplinary review was published on current Long COVID science, with a roadmap for science and policy!
New interdisciplinary review was published on current Long COVID science, with a roadmap for science and policy!

“New interdisciplinary review was published on current Long COVID science, with a roadmap for science and policy!

It is written in plain language, so it's worth a read on its own, but I just want to pull out some highlights about what WE DO KNOW into a single thread...”

#Long Covid
·x.com·
New interdisciplinary review was published on current Long COVID science, with a roadmap for science and policy!
Indoor air quality impact on viral transmission | Chief Scientist
Indoor air quality impact on viral transmission | Chief Scientist
“The impact of Indoor air quality on the transmission of airborne viral diseases in public buildings: a systematic review of evidence was commissioned through the Office of the Chief Scientist and prepared by the University of Wollongong Sustainable Buildings Research” Centre.
#Clean Air
·chiefscientist.gov.au·
Indoor air quality impact on viral transmission | Chief Scientist
It's official: Mask ban in Nassau County, New York passes along party lines, 12-0 (7 abstentions). It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
It's official: Mask ban in Nassau County, New York passes along party lines, 12-0 (7 abstentions). It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
#masks#mask bans
·x.com·
It's official: Mask ban in Nassau County, New York passes along party lines, 12-0 (7 abstentions). It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
August 2nd update:
August 2nd update:

August 2, 2024: Covid is surging

1 in every 37 people currently infected 🔸59% higher than 12 month avg.

·x.com·
August 2nd update:
The Indomitable Covid Virus
The Indomitable Covid Virus

August 2024: “It’s a major wave now, with an estimated new 900,000 infections per day, as my friend Jay Weiland estimated based on the 2 sources of US wastewater data (definitely worth following him at X or Threads). The slope of rise of SARS-CoV-2 levels is still steep, so we haven’t yet reached the plateau. It’s already towered beyond 4 prior waves of the US pandemic.”

·open.substack.com·
The Indomitable Covid Virus
1 in 37 Americans have COVID. This means that there are ~300K ppl who have COVID right now that will develop long COVID, just as I did. This is what it's like to get long COVID as a healthy young person, and what treatments are available when you have $$ and great insurance:
1 in 37 Americans have COVID. This means that there are ~300K ppl who have COVID right now that will develop long COVID, just as I did. This is what it's like to get long COVID as a healthy young person, and what treatments are available when you have $$ and great insurance:
Detailed Long Covid anecdote
#Long Covid#Anecdote
·x.com·
1 in 37 Americans have COVID. This means that there are ~300K ppl who have COVID right now that will develop long COVID, just as I did. This is what it's like to get long COVID as a healthy young person, and what treatments are available when you have $$ and great insurance:
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
“The Covid-19 pandemic has been perceived mainly as a dangerous acute outbreak of infection that killed more than a million people in the United States and 7 million worldwide.1,2 However, in the pandemic’s wake, Covid-19 has left many millions more with a variety of chronic, systemic, and often disabling conditions collectively known as “long Covid.” In the United States alone, survey data indicate that approximately 7% of adults and more than 1% of children — numbering 15 to 20 million Americans and more than 60 million globally — have had long Covid.”
#Long Covid
·nejm.org·
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
German decathlete Eitel to miss Paris in latest Covid-19 case
German decathlete Eitel to miss Paris in latest Covid-19 case

"Today is and will be one of the worst days of my life. What I'm feeling right now is beyond any defeat I've ever experienced in sport. I'm absolutely stunned, devastated and no longer understand the world."

M. Eitel 🇩🇪 is out of the Olympics for Covid

·sports.yahoo.com·
German decathlete Eitel to miss Paris in latest Covid-19 case
The 'slow pool' is being blamed for the historic lack of swimming records at the Olympics. If this lack of records is replicated in the track & field events (and elsewhere), we're going to need a new unifying theory for something that might have slowed down all the athletes
The 'slow pool' is being blamed for the historic lack of swimming records at the Olympics. If this lack of records is replicated in the track & field events (and elsewhere), we're going to need a new unifying theory for something that might have slowed down all the athletes
Or maybe it’s the widespread Covid infection in participants.
·x.com·
The 'slow pool' is being blamed for the historic lack of swimming records at the Olympics. If this lack of records is replicated in the track & field events (and elsewhere), we're going to need a new unifying theory for something that might have slowed down all the athletes
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage.
Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage.
#Long Covid
·sciencedirect.com·
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID: a clinical update
Long COVID: a clinical update
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage. The burden of this disease, both on the individual and on health systems and national economies, is high.
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage. The burden of this disease, both on the individual and on health systems and national economies, is high.
#Long Covid
·thelancet.com·
Long COVID: a clinical update
Frontiers | Deaths related to post-COVID in Italy: a national study based on death certificates
Frontiers | Deaths related to post-COVID in Italy: a national study based on death certificates
“Post-COVID, might be particularly severe and potentially life-threatening. However, little is known on the impact of post-COVID condition on mortality. Aim of the present study is to assess and quantify Post-COVID deaths in Italy in years 2020 and 2021, based on an analysis of death certificates.”
Post-COVID, might be particularly severe and potentially life-threatening. However, little is known on the impact of post-COVID condition on mortality. Aim of the present study is to assess and quantify Post-COVID deaths in Italy in years 2020 and 2021, based on an analysis of death certificates.
#Long Covid
·frontiersin.org·
Frontiers | Deaths related to post-COVID in Italy: a national study based on death certificates
Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling
Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling

“Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force.

The intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked has resulted in more than 24,000 scientific publications, making it the most researched health condition in any four years of recorded human history.”

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force. The intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked has resulted in more than 24,000 scientific publications, making it the most researched health condition in any four years of recorded human history.
#Long Covid
·theconversation.com·
Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling