Pandemic Roundup: June 16, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-67844040
Covid roundup is brutal this week. Cases are rising in 60 nations, brain fog from #LongCovid might have parallels to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and //cw suicide "Covid survivors were also almost 50% more likely to experience suicidal ideation than people who hadn’t had the virus".
The pandemic is not over until it's over. Stop pretending.
Pandemic Roundup: June 23, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-68125277
The image says it all this week.
"The very idea that there is some benefit from getting infected, i.e. gaining immunity from future infections, has now been shown to be incorrect. The opposite: an infection makes the next infection worse, not better."
Pandemic Roundup: June 30, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-68449402
Worldwide rise of BA.5 (the worst version of the virus, Topol), especially in Europe (and people will now travel all over the place for summer vacay), many kids will get #LongCovid plus possible cause of LongCovid discovered in Canada.
"Currently BA.4/BA.5 account for 69% of sequences in France"
Pandemic Roundup: July 7, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-68770312
BA.5 also increases infections outdoor; how to protect yourself (see graphic); Paxlovid not all that hot; and new possible treatment for #LongCovid?
The pandemic is not over just because most governments decided it was and people have pandemic fatigue. Don't allow them to gaslight you into thinking differently.
Must-read for the few fellow shielders (where are you? i feel lonely!): Many people are still shielding from COVID – and our research suggests their mental health is getting worse - https://theconversation.com/many-people-are-still-shielding-from-covid-and-our-research-suggests-their-mental-health-is-getting-worse-186287
And yes my mental health has left, there is none left. ({[Boof]})
[https://explosm.net/comics/mental-health#comic]
Pandemic Roundup: July 14, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-69070635
WHO recommends masking again, but who cares (see what i did there?), a LongCovid biomarker may have been identified, and much more.
The pandemic is not over just because most governments decided it was and people have "pandemic fatigue" (wtf you eugenic idjuts). Don't allow them to gaslight you into thinking differently.
Pandemic Roundup: July 21, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-69375517
The data of one of the #tdf2022 riders who got covid was released, clues on who might develop #LongCovid & is burning man safe to attend?
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: July 28, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-69687774 [link korrigiert]
Vaccine breakthroughs soon 🤞; Meta is considering to let Covid misinformation rip 🖕; more LongCovid symtoms listed 🤏, and much more.
"The more you tell people something is inevitable, in different ways and in repetition, the more they believe it."
Dann führe ich diesen Thread doch hier wieder weiter, nachdem er zwischenzeitlich wieder beim Vogel gelandet war:
Pandemic Roundup: November 3, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-74163536
"- Covid is causing a surge in cardivascular deaths
– Teens with accurate covid info have less depression, anxiety
– Pulse oximeters’ dangerous covid discrimination
– Covid-positive witness in Trump trial coughs on the stand
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
[Link 🐤 thread: https://twitter.com/AntiAll3s/status/1585696855664492566]
With instability at Twitter, Eric Topol is now doing short daily pandemic updates on his Ground Truths substack, with primary focus on vaccines and variants. - https://erictopol.substack.com/p/pandemic-daily-update-3-november
I'm not a huge Topol-Fan, but i find this to be an interesting option for updates.
Pandemic Roundup: November 10, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-74473054
"– 8 things you should never say to someone with long covid
– Long covid to cost US $3.7 trillion
– Long covid in US: persistent loss of 500K workers
– Paxlovid can reduce long covid chance" and much more.
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: November 17, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-74765751
"Nearly 1 in 5 have factors that rule out Paxlovid
– National Nurses United calls BS on pandemic “immunity debt”
– Rapid tests fail asymptomatic more with Omicron
– More proof that reinfections worsen covid’s damage
– More proof covid isn’t evolving “milder”"
Despite all the gaslighting and propaganda, the pandemic is not over, please stay safe and protect yourself and others.
Pandemic Roundup: November 24, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-75054064
"– 95% with long covid report experiencing stigma
– Good news about bivalents; vaccination preventing reinfection
– NFL games tied to covid surges
– 3% of Britain’s cats have had covid :("
Pandemic Roundup: December 1, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-75348886
"- Pandemic enters 4th year
- Over 50% sperm count drop after covid
- CNBC: Long covid to hit US economy harder than Great Recession"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: December 8, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-75658604
"Detailed prevention tips for travel; CDC lies when pressed for ventilation details, plans; Bivalent not great against BA.2.75.2, BQ.1.1, XBB.1; Omicron, Delta have same long covid incidence; CDC “encourages” masks, mentions discontinuing “community levels” reporting; Pelé hospitalized from covid complications"
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong.
Pandemic Roundup: December 15, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-75945600
"FDA: Rapid tests less reliable with BQ.1 and BQ.1.1; UK covid deaths 3x official toll; Monster variant BF.7 2-3 times more infectious as Omicron 1; Pfizer to quadruple covid vaccine price"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong"
Pandemic Roundup: December 22, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-76232510
"Four types of long covid identified; Immune systems “seriously weakened” by covid; A potential long covid test"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: December 29, 2022 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-76494176
"US, currently in large surge, hits new life expectancy low; Covid remains leading infectious cause of death in UK; New variant XBB.1.5 scares everyone (except CDC); Long covid omitted from all “top 2022” health stories; Vaccine efficacy in kids dropped amid Omicron"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: January 5, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-76808802 by @violetblue
"US adds estimated half million #LongCOVID cases in one week; More solid data on covid’s link to POTS; Covid affects your teeth; All the 2023 LC trials people are excited for; More countries acknowledge 2022 was deadliest covid year; Paxlovid is now the ‘last drug left in the cupboard'; Moderna booster pulls ahead as best performer"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
This poem by queer disabled Ellen Samuels broke my heart:
"We learned to speak a new vocabulary, to understand
what it means to protect each other so we all survive. In my home now, in my lonely
bed, I'm still speaking those words to the silent house: My mask protects you.Your mask protects me."
Pandemic Roundup: January 12, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-77129446
"Most long covid is from “mild” cases; Large autopsy study finds covid throughout the human body; Clock ticks for Paxlovid efficacy; Covid killed more US police officers than guns in 2022; XBB.1.5 sends US East Coast hospitalizations, deaths soaring"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: January 19, 2023 compiled by @violetblue - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-77450841
"WHO recommends universal indoor masking, including flights, 10-day isolation; At least 65 million worldwide have #LongCOVID; Davos/World Economic Forum enjoy high-level covid protections; Some may suffer “lifelong disabilities” due to long covid; Long Covid being supplanted by ‘Longer Covid’"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
"While elites take every covid precaution possible when they meet with each other at the World Economic Forum, they go home and tell us that covid is no longer a threat, and the pandemic is over."
What kills me about the #WEF, drivers and staff are required to wear masks at all times, so the rich assholes can enjoy their mask-less photo-ops. While the rich elite lives in fancy hotels, staff and drivers live in close quarters, prone to get infected. What an image.
"Important cells of the immune system like Macrophages and T cells are committing suicide in the lungs after SARS Cov 2. Even cells that were never infected were doing so. None of the uninfected controls had suicidal cells."
Suicidal cells. What an image.
Pandemic Roundup: January 26, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-77754004 by @violetblue
"Great new data on bivalent boost protections; WHO advises against FDA one-shot-a-year plan; German Health Minister warns of “incurable immune deficiency” caused by reinfection; Marjorie Taylor Greene appointed to US House coronavirus subcommittee; US deaths continue to be undercounted and much much more."
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong"
Pandemic Roundup: February 2, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-78114114 by @violetblue
"WHO says covid still an emergency; Long covid affects over 1/3 US university students, staff; More evidence covid damages the immune system; Sweden (“herd immunity though infection”) deaths hit highest-ever; UK cases rise 50% in 10 days as Kraken/XBB takes hold; A graphic for easier long covid communication w/doctors"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: February 9, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-78440605 by @violetblue
"New variant ‘Orthrus’ has alarming mutation that ‘beats’ vaccines; Covid facilitates malignant transformation of breast cancer cells; A firsthand experience with the first long covid test; Treatment molnupiravir found to trigger mutations; One in ten lung transplants go to covid patients"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Thanks for helping me stay sane, Violet!
Pandemic Roundup: February 16, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-78762468 by @violetblue
"Omicron linked to new-onset diabetes; An etiquette guide for long covid; Covid surges linked to heart attacks; Covid worsens every aspect of asthma; Long covid organ damage 1 year after “mild” infection"
"Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: February 23, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-79089154 by @violetblue
"Covid active in corpses 10+ day; Covid 54% deadlier than flu for hospitalized; Even partial vax cuts heart attacks, strokes; WHO stands firm on masking recommendation"
'Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
🖤❤️😷😍
Pandemic Roundup: March 2, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-79446275 by @violetblue
"Excess cardiovascular deaths match covid waves; Florida, Idaho bills to ban covid vaccines; US: long covid to be on death certificates; Long Covid International Awareness Day: March 15th; 43% of autoimmune disease after infection; Covid spreads more in drier environments and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: March 9, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-79774499 by @violetblue
"Bivalent wanes as little as 2 months; Covid linked to significant gastrointestinal problems; NYC mayor, police want stores to ban masks; Cheap diabetes drug metformin promising against long covid and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: March 16, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-80101231 by @violetblue
"Fast spreading XBB subvariant Arcturus fueling India case surge; New long covid resources and lots of LC news; 94% in Japan will continue to mask; Tilda Swinton goes anti-mask; BBC was complicit in UK covid failures; An encouraging first Long Covid Awareness Day and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
xo
Pandemic Roundup: March 23, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-80375645 by @violetblue
"More contagious, immune-evasive XBB.1.16 in 14 countries, leaps to 30% in India; Cases rising in UK, Canada, Australia; Covid’s cognitive deficits persist at two years; Mythbusting “hybrid immunity”; Reinfection associated with an additional 50% mortality risk; Covid destroys immunity to invasive fungal infections and more
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: March 30, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-80757646 by @violetblue
"Variant red alert: Arcturus triples in two weeks; India raises alarm; US wastewater up 10% in one week; Quest Diagnostics releases long covid at-home test; Covid in-utero harms brain development in males; Learn how Hollywood erased the pandemic; Second globally only to the US, Brazil hits 700K dead and much more
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong"
Thank you Violet ❤️🖤!
Pandemic Roundup: April 6, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-81117543 by @violetblue
"Variant XBB.1.16 in 22 countries; India has 200% single-day increase; increased severity & long covid concerns; Breakthrough discovery in blood cell clumping and covid’s systemwide damage; Paxlovid resistance observed w/newer variants; 2022 data in: Excess deaths everywhere are very, very bad; It’s Covid Awareness Week & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong"
" hope that what I work hard on and provide here is context, perspective, a look at what other people are going through and seeing, gives us tools to figure out risk and stay safe, show covid safety trends to check out and try, provide nonjudgemental information."
And we are very thankful for it, dear @violetblue !!!
Pandemic Roundup: April 13, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-81447422 by @violetblue
"XBB.1.16/Arcturus interferes w/host immune response; David Crosby died from 2nd covid infection; Between 4% – 25% kids develop long covid; Known US hospital-acquired infections 2023: 138,000 in 3 months; Journalism’s covid failures and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: April 20, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-81722157 by @violetblue
"Arcturus/XBB1.16 brings “covid eye” to 29 countries; also higher fevers, earache, “thick and stringy saliva”, 1 in 20 new diabetes cases are related to covid infection; Long covid and psychedelic drug treatments; How long covid is growing homeless populations and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: April 27, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-82126842 compiled by @violetblue
"WHO: 1 in 10 infections result in long covid; 100s of millions “will need long term care”; Up to 25% of kids get long covid; Florida Surgeon General personally falsified vaccine study results; Global deaths approach 7 million: Outbreaks at hospitals 2 weeks after ditching masks and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: May 4, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-82494405 by @violetblue (Aloha!)
"Arcturus in 34 countries; only one monoclonial works; Covid increases fungal infection susceptibility; Those not exposed to Omicron need two bi boosters; US CDC hosts superspreader conference, downplays infections; No seasonal pattern; most countries on track for 3-4 surges a year and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: May 11, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-82844701 by @violetblue
"WHO tells public hand washing prevents covid, claims covid is under control globally, declares pandemic emergency “over"; Longest recorded covid infection: 505 days; Arcturus now in 51 countries; Covid measures return to Bangkok (Thailand) schools, Sydney (Australia) schools and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
"I know everything about covid and the pandemic is beyond distressing. Like you, I can't believe we're really "flying blind" while doing this insane societal "covid YOLO." Just keep staying covid safe. You're not alone."
Pandemic Roundup: May 18, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-83181180 by @violetblue
"Study: 16% of reinfected kids develop #LongCovid 1 in 6; Covid elevates blood sugar levels by infecting the liver; Mild covid: 1 in 4 show cognitive impairment; World Meteorological Organisation: drier conditions aid transmission; First long covid diagnostic test now available in Australia; Tips for safe masking with a beard & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: May 25, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-83525435 by @violetblue
"Covid doubles risk of Type 1 diabetes in children; Jeff Bridges: cancer was nothing compared to covid; Covid caused 15M global excess deaths by the end of 2021; US “no longer has accurate data on the transmission levels, variants, hospitalizations, and deaths”; New details: #LongCOVID’s many changes to the immune system and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
"It’s like experiencing a psychic and emotional whiplash to watch WHO officials and respected experts condemn what the US is doing to us; what many major countries are doing by cutting off covid surveillance and our tools.
For those of us with people we care about battling long covid, or who are fighting infections or long covid themselves, the abandonment plus the current, unreal covid-YOLO we’re witnessing around us is like a struggle for sanity writ large."
"Every chain of transmission that is broken is valuable, every person that doesn't get sick, that doesn't lose that week of work, or doesn't become disabled or die, from the minorest of inconveniences, to the greatest of losses: every single one of those things is valuable." ~ Becca, speaking on Death Panel Podcast
Pandemic Roundup: June 1, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-83895060 by @violetblue
"Covid may trigger cell mutations that cause leukemia; The CDC superspreader: more than 1 in 10 attendees infected; CDC: bivalent declines to 24% at 60 days; Hospital-onset covid: higher lethality than community onset; Several new long covid studies; 2 new studies shed light on persistent neuro-inflammation from mild infections & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: June 8, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-84257540 by @violetblue
"Over 70% of US household covid spread started with a child; More data: reinfection leads to long covid; 2023 Tour de France reinstates comprehensive covid protocols; Covid can cause brain cells to fuse; Cats can give each other covid; Antiviral Metformin passes 3rd stage clinical trials and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: June 15, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-84605385 by @violetblue
"US: 1 in 4 haven’t recovered taste or smell; China’s covid positivity test rate 40% in May; US true case estimate modeling: 200k per day; Maximum impact on heart seen at 6-9 months after infection; Study: diabetes drug metformin shown to prevent long covid; US FDA recommends monovalent XBB vaccine for Fall and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: June 22, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-84948146 by @violetblue
"WHO: Only 59% of countries now report #COVID cases; Many in Japan still masking; Facebook/Instagram to “roll back” covid disinformation measures; Robbie Williams stops show saying, “I’m fucked. It’s long covid.”; Constant thirst (but not that kind) added to #LongCOVID symptom list and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: June 29, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-85288140 by @violetblue
"SAGE: true global #LongCOVID estimate 400 million; Japan is in its 9th wave; Covid has “affinity” for type A blood; Those recently infected with #COVID19 have decreased sperm counts; Long covid link to mental health conditions prompts federal advisory; If you suffer from Urgent Normal Syndrome, ask for help and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: July 6, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-85669579 by @violetblue
"US #covid wastewater rising across all regions; Japan’s 9th wave worsens, Okinanwa hospital situation deteriorates; Child type 1 diabetes up 27%; Man behind Trump’s Hydroxychloroquine “cure” did medical experiments on homeless people; Ending Zero-COVID in China caused 1.4 billion infections, 1.3-2.6 million deaths and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: July 13, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-86026386 by @violetblue
"In development: air monitor that detects #COVID in 5 minutes; Rapid tests miss 90% of asymptomatic cases; Nature estimates up to 400 million globally have #LongCOVID; Teen Vogue on the musicians trying to stay covid safe; California rules employers not liable for infecting employees to avoid “millions” of lawsuits and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: July 20, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-86365778 by @violetblue
"US rising a third week; estimates: 280,000 new cases/day; In-N-Out Burger to fire employees for wearing masks; Dogs can detect asymptomatic people, #LongCOVID; Surprise: White House #COVID-19 testing protocols remain in place; A terrific summary of the evidence of Long Covid; The cruelty of long Covid in the global south and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
"To me covid gaslighting is just Qanon in a better wig."
You nailed it yet again, @violetblue. Thank you so much for your continued efforts. I appreciate it so much.
Pandemic Roundup: July 27, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-86727898 by @violetblue
"Terrible milestone: the world crossed seven million covid deaths; 1 in 6 children get long covid; Bivalent booster wanes significantly after 2-4 weeks; Superspreading does occur outdoors; New NIH clinician guidelines advise the long covid is same in kids as adults; Covid can indeed infect bone marrow and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: August 3, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-87116817 by @violetblue
"UK bans blood donors with #LongCOVID; Cosplayer knowingly infected Comic-Con 2023 attendees; Variant to watch: Eris (EG.5.1); clinical severity unknown; Huge revision to WHO’s global death numbers; now 11,740,993; Asymptomatic covid interferes with red blood cell production; New evidence that LC alters metabolism and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Yes, how????!?5!11!
"How is the UK ban on blood from people who have long covid not front-page news? I feel like a lot of people grasp what that implies in a world where we’re just playing dodgeball with reinfections and long covid."
~ @violetblue
Pandemic Roundup: August 10, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-87469419 by @violetblue
"US surging; 18 states no longer track infections; Eris now dominant; UK also rising; Millions in UK to be denied booster shots, including children; US study: Past infection leads to more severe disease during reinfection; Two high-profiles deaths attributed to #LongCOVID; New all-time record for reinfections in Italy and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, and stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: August 17, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-87826252 by @violetblue
"WHO: global reported COVID cases up 80% in the past month: Surges in: US, Canada, UK, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Spain; 1/3 of US covid deaths linked to doctors spreading misinformation; #LongCOVID’s uncomfortable parallels with early-stage Parkinson’s; More data linking infection with development of autoimmune diseases & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: August 24, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-88174195 by @violetblue
"Hyper-mutated variant BA.2.86 aka Pirola spreading globally fast; is being compared to Omicron’s arrival; Study: Infection (any severity) shown to leave persistent conditions two years later; Kaiser reinstates mask mandates; Covid still isn’t seasonal and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: August 31, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-88525377 by @violetblue
"Covid indicators continue rising globally; Currently of 243 countries worldwide, only 20 report hospitalizations, 103 report cases, and 54 report deaths to WHO; Study: the less time you’re exposed, the lower your chances of infection; Texas ban on covid protections begins this week; Several NY hospitals return to masking and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: September 7, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-88906343
by @violetblue
"US President Joe Biden mocks masking; FDA: updated booster “not intended for everyone”; CDC data: over 38 million US adults have/had #LongCOVID; Nearly 1 in 2 phones in hospitals harbor #COVID; Great advice on supporting friends with long covid; Difficult news from new long covid studies and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
Pandemic Roundup: September 14, 2023 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-89254762 by @violetblue
"US CDC approves new boosters for all; EU Novavax approval in early October; Slides spotted at CDC meeting show high US prevalence of #LongCOVID; More covid links to diabetes in young children; Worrying details from first tracked BA.2.86 outbreak; Luxury cruise ship runs aground during #COVID outbreak; UK: 2.6M out of work & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
@antiaall3s @violetblue note that this study found no significant difference between LongCOVID rates in people with primary vs. secondary infections. It also found a 4.8% prevalence of LongCOVID in the control group who never tested positive for COVID-19. Some of that is probably due to people who had it but didn't test at the time (especially those without acute symptoms) while some of that is probably due to over-broad diagnostic criteria. Even the most optimistic reading of the data puts risk from first infection at ~5-10% though. Numbers at 6 months are also better than those earlier, so the risk of permanent/indefinite disability could be as low as 1-2% or even lower and still be consistent with this data. But it definitely points to the risk being in the 1/1000 to 1/10 range (i.e., wildly & unacceptably high) as opposed to even lower (something like 1/1000000 or 1/10000000 would put the risk at around the same level as the risk of drowning, which is a risk we commonly tolerate).
To be clear, I'm not trying to dispute this study or its main conclusions, but as someone who is very concerned about LongCOVID, and who wants to see more people convinced to take it seriously, I think it's best to report the science clearly.
Anti. 🐘
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