Eric's Risk AssessmentDec 22

This is a great bluesky thread that runs through the major papers published in 2020 about what we knew then about #COVID.

Its an impressive list and a major scientific accomplishment. Most of the major risks and issues were at least pointed at in rough by the end of 2020.

Not withstanding the six solid years of Merchants of Doubt suppression tactics, the Urgency of Normal risk minimization, and the political war to memory hole & normalize an ongoing pandemic, the shape of a systemic, multi-organ impacting, immune damaging, neurotropic vasculitis was visible in outline.

The knowledge base has gotten much larger in six years, but the trend has gone in just one direction.

You can also see the timeline on this very useful web site: https://covid-studies.org

https://bsky.app/profile/itsmeder.bsky.social/post/3mahynbqzfc2t

#Sars2 #SARSCoV2 #covid19

COVID-19 Breakthroughs Timeline

A timeline of scientific discoveries relating to COVID-19

datum (n=1)Nov 17

long pauses, excessive use of filler words and difficulty finding what to say could signify deteriorating brain health. [1]

Um, two of those are among the most commonly noticeable changes in people post-acute-COVID-19:

One group of [Long COVID] symptoms that can be particularly troubling are language and cognitive difficulties [2]

and

Trouble finding words is common in those with long Covid. Fine-grain investigations of cognitive problems in this post-acute infectious syndrome identify deficits in lexical retrieval.

Damnit.

[1] https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/how-speech-patterns-evolve-could-predict-cognitive-decline-canadian-research-team-suggests/
[2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10286899/
[3] https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/trouble-finding-words-common-those-long-covid

#aphasia #LongCovid #COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #SARS2 #CovidIsNotOver #neuroscience #neurology #brain

How speech patterns evolve could predict cognitive decline, Canadian research team suggests

Natural speech patterns could predict a decline in cognitive function and may even point to early signs of dementia, a new study suggests.

CTVNews
Lauralee DukeshireNov 1
“The fight in the big pandemic public health story has moved from proving COVID is airborne to building a public health system that acts like it.” - Yaneer Bar-Yam
#LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2 #COVIDisAirborne
This Physicist Says We Don't Take COVID Seriously Enough via @thetyee https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/10/31/Physicist-COVID-Seriously-Enough/
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee

We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.

The Tyee
Kevin Karhan Oct 27

@lazyb0y @ingonymous @tagesschau +9001%

#Vogelgrippe wie #SARS2 sind wie #BSE & #SARS in der Verbreitung vermeidbar gewesen wenn #Seuchenschutz-Behörden direkt, transparent und konsequent agiert hätten statt #Impfgegner*innen und #Coronaleugner*innen den Arsch zu küssen und deren #FUD / #Lügen per #Counterspeech oder sonstwie zu debattieren!

  • Weil das ist deren Auftrag!

Ich meine, wir debattieren auch nicht mit Flacherdlern, Holocaustleugnern oder anderen Aluhüten über wissenschaftlich bewiesene Tatsachen…

  • Oder wird inzwischen nur noch "#Vibing" unterrichtet und Mathematik-Lehrkräfte akzeptieren 2+2=5 als "Meinung die so stehen zu bleiben hat"?

Wenn ja dann haben wir als Spezies es nicht anders verdient als per Pandemie ausgelöscht zu werden!

#Sarkasmus #DEpol #politics #politricks #Kommentar

datum (n=1)Oct 10

⚠️ This implies that in survivors of mild COVID-19, which is most people, over 1 in 3 cases of new-onset dementia is due to COVID-19 ⚠️

adults aged 50 years and older from the UK Biobank over a median observational period exceeding two years following COVID-19 infection

compared with those in propensity-score-matched controls without COVID-19 and in individuals with non-COVID respiratory illnesses

COVID-19 survivors had a higher likelihood of developing new-onset dementia compared to uninfected controls

association between COVID-19 and all-cause dementia (adjusted Hazard Ratio: 1.58)

The underlying pathophysiology likely involves prothrombotic, inflammatory, and microvascular dysfunction mechanisms, contributing to cerebral small vessel disease, blood-brain barrier disruption, and chronic cerebral hypoperfusion, ultimately leading to cognitive impairments and dementia

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44400-025-00034-y

#SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #SARS2 #MaskUp #dementia #biobank #LongCOVID

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia

COVID-19 is associated with long-term neurological complications, but its impact on new-onset dementia (NOD), particularly vascular dementia (VaD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), remains unclear. We observed adults aged 50 years and older from the UK Biobank over a median observational period exceeding two years following COVID-19 infection. Incidences of various types of dementia (including all-cause dementia, AD, and VaD) in these individuals were compared with those in propensity-score-matched controls without COVID-19 and in individuals with non-COVID respiratory illnesses (including both non-communicable respiratory conditions and non-COVID respiratory tract infections). We found that COVID-19 survivors had a higher likelihood of developing NOD compared to uninfected controls. This increased risk was primarily driven by VaD rather than AD; however, the risk did not surpass that observed among individuals with non-COVID respiratory illnesses. Notably, individuals with pre-existing mental health conditions were particularly vulnerable, exhibiting significantly higher risks of VaD following COVID-19 infection.

Nature
datum (n=1)Oct 3

Headline: "Scientists reveal the one Covid symptom you may be stuck with for life"

Reader, I promise you, if you get stuck with only one Long COVID symptom for life and it's reduced taste and smell, you have won the lottery.

When they talk about

“olfactory training to ‘rewire’ the brain’s response to odours”.

it is fantasy, and it is ignoring organ damage and immune senescence and cognitive decline and and and and.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-symptom-stratus-no-smell-b2837587.html

#SARSCoV2 #SARS2 #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID

Scientists reveal the one Covid symptom you may be stuck with for life

A new study has found that a post-Covid loss of smell may be permanent

The Independent
Show threadJörg SeidelSep 28

@flxtr Schade

#Leipzig #LangeNachtDesImpfens #Sars2 #influenza

Show threadtrusty falxter 🧠Sep 28

@lostgen Toll, in #Leipzig wieder nichts. 🙄

#LangeNachtDesImpfens #Sars2 #influenza

datum (n=1)Sep 21

If you live in BC please please take a moment to tell WorkSafe BC that it is of life and death importance that healthcare standards reflect the info available in 2025 from the CSA, and not from 20 freaking 18

Input stops this Friday, Sept 26th - it's urgent!

More info and links to where you can give input: https://zeroes.ca/@DoNoHarmBC/115239899816344735

Please! This advocacy could save lives!

  • and shorten hospital wait times, reduce healthcare worker attrition, the burden on society, and so on. But most importantly, respirators in healthcare will directly save lives. Share the link https://zeroes.ca/@DoNoHarmBC/115239899816344735 for reach, too!

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDIsAirborne #SARS2 #CleanAir #maskUp #BC #BCpoli #Canada #CDNPoli #healthcare

DoNoHarm BC (@DoNoHarmBC@zeroes.ca)

Attached: 1 image ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITY: WorkSafeBC is revising some regulations, including its standard on respirators. However, because the CSA's newest (2025) edition of Z94.4 isn’t finalized yet, WorkSafe plans to use a soon-to-be-outdated 2018 edition – which doesn’t include the latest science on airborne transmission, and doesn’t require N95s by default in healthcare settings. There is time to ask WorkSafe to: 1. Delay the update until the CSA's new edition is out, or 2. Adopt the 2018 edition, and revise again once the CSA's new edition is published. You can submit written online feedback by Friday, Sept 26 at 4:30 PM at https://worksafebcmedia.com/pubco/prrd/250724-hearing/250724-parts8-31.php You can also register to speak at one of the two virtual public hearings on Wednesday, Sept 24: https://www.worksafebc.com/en/law-policy/public-hearings-consultations/current-public-hearings-and-consultations/september-2025-public-hearing-proposed-changes-ohs-regulation You can find more details, including a template response, at our website: https://donoharmbc.ca/national-standard-on-n95s-into-bc-law/ #CovidIsNotOver #N95sSaveLives #Covid19BC

zeroes.ca
illmarksSep 17

2025_8_19 The symptoms are coming from inside the house.

2026-3-9 edit: A previous version of this page held steps you can take during the acute infection to lower your risk of Long Covid, or lower the severity of how a reinfection will worsen your existing Long Covid.

Information on supporting a FULL recovery from SARS-CoV-2 is now more accessible on its own permalink page here, or from the top bar: Information > Got a Covid Infection?

https://www.illmarks.com/symptoms-are-coming-long-covid-prevention-tips/

#allergy #art #backToSchool #backtoschool #besafe #bodyHorror #bodyMapping #cdc #chronicIllness #covid #covidIsAirborne #covidIsNotOver #covid19 #covid19 #covidcompetent #CovidIsntOver #environmental #health #healthcare #longCovid #longcovid #maskUp #maskup #mastCell #mastCellActivationSyndrome #mastCellDisease #mastcell #mcas #medArt #medart #medblog #medicalArt #MillionsMissing #pwme #SaltingTheVibes #SaltingTheVibes #sarsCov2 #sars2 #sciArt #SciArt #WearAMask #WearARespirator