“I got sick from my Dr appointment. I asked him to wear a mask and he said it’s uncomfortable. Then confessed he had been sick.
I was wearing a mask, used nose spray, mouthwash, and disinfected my hands. I used a multi test home kit and it came up Flu A.”
“I’ve got a friend at the ER with a complications from stage 4 cancer that’s impacting her airway
Staff are not masking & they’ve put her on a gurney with only a curtain to protect her
This is shameful. COVID could easily end her life & airborne precautions would protect her”
“I've been in medicine since late 70s. I've never seen this other than sporadic bad flu seasons (which were primarily among the elderly) and the early days of HIV (if that's not disturbing). The stuff among school age kids should be alarming. Medical leadership is asleep.”
Mycoplasma pneumonia infections hit record high in Japan.
Cases confirmed at about 500 specified medical institutions across the country between Nov. 11 and 17 numbered 1,363.
“Less than 50% chance of survival Once Callie was admitted to the PICU at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, her doctors recommended Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a heart-lung bypass machine to give Callie’s lungs a chance to heal.”
Hmmmm
GOJO, the company that makes Purell is literally a CDC partner.
The preoccupation with hand hygiene for airborne viruses is less mysterious now.
From a population-based study of the data on 36 cancer types from 185 countries/territories, "By 2050, 35.3 million cancer cases worldwide are expected, a 76.6% increase from the 2022 estimate of 20 million. Similarly, 18.5 million cancer deaths are projected by 2050, an 89.7% increase from the 2022 estimate of 9.7 million. Cancer cases and deaths are projected to nearly triple in low-HDI (Human Development index) countries by 2050, compared to a moderate increase in very high–HDI countries (142.1% vs 41.7% for cancer cases and 146.1% vs 56.8% for cancer deaths). Males had a higher incidence and greater number of deaths than females in 2022, with this disparity projected to widen.."
“Right. This is going to be an extremely long thread, because the number of ways that Covid can make you more vulnerable to other infections is loooong.
But here's Ten Ways That Covid Infection Can Open The Door To Other Infections Today:”
“Experts are increasingly noticing people in their 20s, 30s and 40s experiencing difficulties remembering things. They compare it to the memory function more regularly seen in 70-year-olds.
Psychologists note younger people complaining of trouble remembering things, needing to write everything down, and missing important events because they forgot about them.”
Not mentioned: COVID COVID COVID. IT. IS. COVID.