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“Hold up you’re telling me that by the 3rd time I get COVID, there’s a 1 in 2.5 chance I develop life-changing chronic illness ⁉️⁉️

Uhhh CDC wtf?? Y’all were on TV every night in 2021, where you at with this?! Did you fuck up?? (1/2)” Thread:

“#CovidIsNotOver This is my 15th semester teaching RN and NP students about Covid 19 pathophysiology. Not a lot has changed except for how much damage we now know the virus causes. It still baffles me that people don’t know it’s airborne, don’t know the risks. 1”

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“I have never had a non-white person act like they even notice my mask, let alone give me any sort of grief over it. This is 100% something only white people do.”

“Several Bay Area counties have reinstated mask mandates at health care facilities to coincide with the beginning of respiratory virus season.

Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, along with the City of Berkeley, have all issued health orders requiring the use of face masks in health care settings starting on November 1 and continuing through March 31, 2025.”

Study at KU Leuven on hamsters finds that immunity from XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine favors the original strain, limiting antibody response to newer variants like JN.1.

Highlights the challenge of updating vaccines for evolving SARS-CoV-2.

“And that’s a wrap on my 17-event 2024 wedding season for VCV Entertainment.

A summary of what my experience has been as a Covid aware wedding and event DJ using #faruvc, air purifiers, and being the only one wearing a mask in every room I perform in. “

While effective at preventing severe COVID-19, the protection you get from mRNA vaccines can fade within months.

Long-lasting immune cells that fight SARS-CoV-2 aren't usually found in mRNA-vaccinated people, unlike the immune cells for tetanus and flu.

“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.

“Stanford healthcare masking requirement to start November 1st.

We are seeing a lot of upper respiratory symptoms starting already in urgent cares.”

Shionogi just announced that their antiviral pill, ensitrelvir, significantly prevents COVID transmission!

Participants took the antiviral after known exposure.

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:

• 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"

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."

“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”

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.