No worse than the flu?

Yet another reason why it's risky to let covid run wild. Multiple infections with covid can double risk of long covid for kids. This, of course, could have serious implications for their physical and mental health (long covid is associated with depression among other symptoms), as well as their academic success due to absences, insomnia, fatigue, brain fog, etc.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-re-infection-doubles-risk-long-covid-kids-young-adults-data-reveal

#covid #COVID9 #longcovid #publichealth #kids #children

COVID-19 re-infection doubles risk of long COVID in kids, young adults, data reveal

The second infection was also tied to a 50% or greater increase in several specific long-COVID conditions, including myocarditis and fatigue.

STUDY finds #COVID9 raises kids' risks of new psychiatric diagnoses, raising the risk 6x for children and 4.2x for adolescents. “Elevated HRs were observed for almost all sub-categories of mental disorders and suicidal behaviors. COVID-19 was similar to other respiratory infections in increasing the rate of mental disorders in adolescents but had a significantly higher effect on children.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0890856724002636

Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after COVID pandemic began, study suggests

CIDRAP

I have been in The Gold Coast Australia for over a week. Must have seen over 1000 people. The number wearing masks I can count on my fingers.

#COVID9 #Masks #COVIDsNotOver #australia

Study: China saw almost 2 million excess deaths just after zero-COVID policy ended

Researchers use obituary reports to estimate that 1.87 million excess deaths occurred in the first 2 months after the policy lifted.

Final chance to submit your thoughts to Pharmac re widening Paxlovid eligibility. Submission window closes Monday Aug 21 at 5pm. Especially important now that all protection measures have been dropped. #paxlovid #COVID9 #covid19nz #covidnz #longcovid #longcovidnz #nzpol #medicallyvulnerable
Proposal to change the access criteria for COVID-19 antiviral treatments - Pharmac | New Zealand Government
https://pharmac.govt.nz/news-and-resources/consultations-and-decisions/proposal-to-change-the-access-criteria-for-covid-19-antiviral-treatments/
Proposal to change the access criteria for COVID-19 antiviral treatments

Pharmac | New Zealand Government
My phone just told me the HSE has switched off Covid exposure notifications. They must have developed a cure for it and forgot to tell anyone #COVID9 #HSE

Happy Monday everyone! To kick the week off, how about a brand new episode of #HelloYou #Podcast?

What's inside, you say? Well, glad you have asked...

➡️ Big things are happening in @louisew 's family. Her sister is now an ordained #Minister. As both Louise & I are #atheists, this is new territory to explore!

🏠 We talk #architecture and #awe

🎶Before delving into #music and, yes, more awe.

😷 We talk about #COVID9 and #masks

🤝 As well as #SocialMedia, #community and how we move from individual connections to meta connections (no, not that Meta)

⁉️And finally, we throw down a #ListenerChallenge that I have a hunch @satsuma and @Kitty might like...

That's only a rough approximation of the HYP flow - so come in in: the Salon is open!
(Boosts gratefully received!)

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/helloyoupodcast/episodes/Episode-27---Making-connections--in-surprising-ways-e26qv39

Episode 27 - Making connections, in surprising ways? by Hello You Podcast

Welcome to Episode 27 of Hello You Podcast! It's been quite the month since our last episode. Louise is back in Britain, and having attended her sister's ordination paints a vivid picture of what happens when someone fully enters a life in ministry. We dabble in post-COVID reflections, swing into social media, glance in the direction of what the internet could be evolving into and finally alight in the mediating effect of music on experience. Then Neil sets Louise a music based experiential challenge which we'd love our listeners to jump into as well! Intrigued? Come on in - the Salon is open! (And don't forget to check out the Shownotes for links and other goodies! Shownotes.Helloyoupodcast.com)

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#COVID9 #canada 🇨🇦

Les années lumière - 4 juin 2023

Douze symptômes associés à la COVID longue : Entrevue avec Emilia Falcone https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-annees-lumiere/episodes/706586/rattrapage-dimanche-4-juin-2023/9

Rattrapage du 4 juin 2023 : Le trou le plus profond jamais creusé; et la captation de la foudre pour produire de l’électricité

Première | Les années lumière | Accédez au rattrapage et découvrez les musiques diffusées ainsi que les références de l'émission

Sick of this clown ass professor mask less on the Zoom complaining about people not attending class in person, ignoring people saying they're sick, and talking about how "people won't get colds as often" in the spring quarter. It's like no dude, you're literally just ignoring a continuing pandemic, and refusing to acknowledge the fact that many of your students are immunocompromised from having had #COVID9