gypsyvegan1d ago

THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for Apr. 2nd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #LitCovid , "A literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus", hits 482,591 publications

- BA.3.2 (“Cicada”) spread starts picking up speed in the US

- Covid levels rising in #Canada

- Mounting evidence of the link between #LongCovid and autoimmunity

- Long COVID associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

- Coverage of the Long Covid forum in California from #TheSickTimes

- How Māori communities tackled the dawn of the Covid pandemic in #Aotearoa #NewZealand

...and much more.

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Show threadAnti. 🐘3d ago

· Heart failure drug Ivabradine didn't significantly improve symptoms for people with #LongCOVID & #POTS, say preliminary results RECOVER researchers shared at conference
· Another study has found that injecting autoantibodies from people with Long COVID into mice causes “pain-like behavior” in the animals
· Clinical trial testing fibrinolytic enzyme lumbrokinase now offering decentralized option, participants can participate from home

https://thesicktimes.org/2026/03/31/research-updates-march-31/

#ResearchUpdates #TheSickTimes

Research updates, March 31 - The Sick Times

The heart failure drug Ivabradine did not significantly improve symptoms for people with Long COVID and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), according to preliminary results that RECOVER researchers recently shared at a conference.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Show threadAnti. 🐘Mar 25

· More than 150,000 deaths from #COVID19 went uncounted in the U.S. in the first two years of the pandemic, a new study in Science Advances finds
· Swiss researchers have found up to 60% of healthcare workers in a medium-size cohort study may have at least one symptom of #LongCOVID
· Small clinical trial recruiting in Orange, CA, to test Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation in children with post-concussion syndrome and LC

https://thesicktimes.org/2026/03/24/research-updates-march-24/

#ResearchUpdates #TheSickTimes

Research updates, March 24 - The Sick Times

More than 150,000 deaths from COVID-19 went uncounted in the U.S. in the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new study in Science Advances. Researchers used machine learning to evaluate death certificates from March 2020 to December 2021, and estimated that 19% more COVID-19 deaths occurred than originally reported.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Show threadAnti. 🐘Mar 18

· Two recent prevalence studies showed the impact of #LongCOVID on Americans
· A small study shared as a preprint in bioXriv found SARS-C0V-2 spike protein in the gut tissues of people with Long COVID
· Researcher Dianna Arnoux-Whiteman was awarded a $45,000 grant to survey the effects of Long COVID in the Blackfeet Nation

https://thesicktimes.org/2026/03/17/research-updates-march-17/

#ResearchUpdates #TheSickTimes

Research updates, March 17 - The Sick Times

Two recent prevalence studies showed the impact of Long COVID on Americans. The first, an electronic cohort study of over 600,000 active military personnel, found that 42% had at least one symptom more than 30 days after contracting COVID-19.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Show threadAnti. 🐘Feb 25

· SARS-CoV-2 reinfections significantly increase the risk of #LongCOVID in children, a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER study found
· A large cohort study found further evidence that people with #HIV have a significantly increased risk of Long COVID following SARS-CoV-2 infection
· An in-depth whole genome sequencing study called Sequence #MECFS and Long COVID is seeking to raise £20 million ($23.6 million USD) in funding

https://thesicktimes.org/2026/02/24/research-updates-february-24/

#ResearchUpdates #TheSickTimes

Research updates, February 24 - The Sick Times

SARS-C0V-2 reinfections significantly increase the risk of Long COVID in children, a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER study found.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Robotistry has movedFeb 18

New issue of #TheSickTimes includes a study that found no evidence that wearable alerts improve pacing.

https://thesicktimes.org/2026/02/17/research-updates-february-17/

Not super surprised by this.

The alerts themselves can trigger emotional and sensory exertion.

The data they're generally tracking includes just one type of stressor (physical) - I have yet to find a wearable that can (for example) track emotional overload via voice characteristics; track cognitive load via things like "time spent on computer"; track sensory stimulation via light and sound levels and rate of change.

The proportion of time spent resting and type of rest is a critical factor that is also generally not tracked: vertical vs horizontal vs reclined; physical vs cognitive vs sensory and emotional; degree of stressors and type of stimuli present.

As long as a trial fails to track rest as well as the different types of exertion, impact will be buried in the noise.

@longcovid @mecfs
#LongCovid #MECFS #StopRestPace #PASC

Research updates, February 17 - The Sick Times

A new review in Dovepress states that Long COVID, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) should be classified as neuroimmune disorders.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Show threadAnti. 🐘Jan 14

· A large, electronic health records study published in JAMA Internal Medicine estimated that over 100,000 Americans died each year between 2022 and 2024 from #COVID19
· A new study published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics found further evidence of abnormalities in post-exertional malaise #PEM
· A small phase two clinical trial is testing #Ketamine for #LongCOVID fatigue and cognitive function

https://thesicktimes.org/2026/01/13/research-updates-january-13/

#ResearchUpdates #TheSickTimes

Research updates, January 13 - The Sick Times

A large, electronic health records study published in JAMA Internal Medicine estimated that over 100,000 Americans died each year between 2022 and 2024 from COVID-19.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Show threadMx VerdaOct 28

Metformin reduces risk of Long Covid. https://thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/metformin-has-been-shown-to-reduce-the-risk-of-long-covid-why-isnt-it-more-widely-used/?mc_cid=01de0f1b88&mc_eid=4b751fcf19

#TheSickTimes #LongCovid #ProlongedPandemic #pandemic #disease #illness #sick #chronic #MedMastodon #medicine #medical #Metformin #Rapamycin #diagnose #prognosis #wellness #digestion #diabetes #hba1c #doctor #doctors #clinic #GP #physicians

Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used? - The Sick Times

Recent studies add evidence to a prior phase 3 clinical trial, suggesting that taking the diabetes drug during acute COVID-19 reduces the risk of long-term symptoms.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
iBallestyOct 7

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis https://thesicktimes.org/

This is a highly recommended and well put together source of information on #LongCovid #PreventLongCovid #Covid19

Well worth subscribing to. #TheSickTimes

p2173Jul 23, 2025
Yes - its something like 800 million people around the world. And the percentage of children is even more frightening - 20-25% of kids. Data are from the (great) reporting on Long Covid from #TheSickTimes https://thesicktimes.org/
The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis

Chronicling the Long Covid crisis

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis