Just having an exchange with my sister, whose 19 yo daughter has tested positive for #Covid. Debating the merits of #Paxlovid, which is thought to prevent/lessen the risk of #LongCovid, although she may not be able to get a script b/c of her young age & lack of high-risk factors. My sister sent me this rather intense article about the experience of Jennifer Senior (a very good writer, btw) with long covid.

#COVID__19

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/long-covid-symptoms-chronic-illness-disability/673057/

An Etiquette Guide for Long COVID

A brief guide

The Atlantic

#Anonymous #COVID__19

YOUR GOVERNMENTS ARE LYING SACKS OF SHIT!

"We have been betrayed. For three years, we have been abandoned, misled, shepherded to our dooms. Millions have died. Hundreds of millions have been disabled. All the while, respectable faces with plastered-on grins breathlessly offer hopeful platitudes, assuring us we’ll all be OK. Just trust the system."

Let Them Eat Plague

https://unity-struggle-unity.org/clarion/let-them-eat-plague/?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Twitter&referrer-analytics=1

Let Them Eat Plague!

The pandemic is not over. It’s much worse than you’ve been led to believe. And unless you’ve spent the past several years reading scientific studies on the subject, it can be hard…

The Red Clarion
Efficacy of Do-It-Yourself air filtration units in reducing exposure to simulated respiratory #aerosols. #COVID__19 #covid https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132322011507
Efficacy of Do-It-Yourself air filtration units in reducing exposure to simulated respiratory #aerosols. #COVID__19 #covid https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132322011507
all of this rain and flooding in CA is a blessing in disguise. Folks will be staying home and not going to superspreader gatherings. #COVID__19
China really stopping Zero-Covid policy? If yes, it is not going to bode well... #COVID__19 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/04/fears-of-deadly-infection-surge-as-china-abandons-zero-covid-policy
Fears of deadly infection surge as China abandons zero-Covid policy

Dramatic U-turn following widespread unrest leaves country ill-prepared for Omicron

The Guardian

A more recent example, our work on #COVID__19 , in which we found a #glycotime signature of severity in plasma and tissue.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00421?ref=PDF

China: Doctor charged for treating fever patient at hospital without a fever clinic • The Pigeon Express

A doctor in China's Zhoukou city has been charged with a crime for allegedly treating a fever patient while working at a hospital without a fever clinic.

The Pigeon Express
New variant with multiple mutations discovered in France

Public health officials say the B.1.640.2 variant is not a concern at this time.

TheHill