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THREAT MODEL: COVID
for Feb. 26th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Tulane: #Covid causes “persistent brain inflammation and small blood vessel injury, even after the virus was no longer detectable”

- #LongCovid “represents an unprecedented case of patient-led illness definition”

- Retired ER doc pens plea for airborne Covid prevention in hospitals

- A pilot for a Covid-19 Defense Toolkit for adults with #cancer

- @bloomberg covers “How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain”

- @Vox covers a year of Americans once again sheltering in place: The ICE pandemic

- Long Covid sufferer #ChristinaApplegate goes on #JimmyKimmel while infected with Covid, jokes about it

...and much more.

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