Antoine FLAHAULT
@FLAHAULT

...“Until we have a whole-of-society approach that recognizes that COVID is airborne, mask mandates offer us the best immediate opportunity to preserve our health-care syst, mitigate death and disability, support the economy, safely maintain social contacts.”...

#COVID
#COVID19
#LongCovid

https://theconversation.com/with-covid-flu-and-rsv-circulating-its-time-to-follow-the-evidence-return-to-mask-mandates-194726

"New evidence has revealed that ANYONE infected with COVID is at higher risk for heart issues —including clots, inflammation, and arrhythmias— a risk that persists even in relatively HEALTHY PEOPLE long after the illness has passed."

"A lot of the manifestations are chronic conditions that will AFFECT people for a LIFETIME. For example, heart failure isn't something that you wake up tomorrow and all of a sudden don't have."

@myrabatchelder

#COVID
#COVID19
#LongCovid

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/covid-and-the-heart-it-spares-no-one

The VIC Libs are running an advert warning about waking up with an Andrews hangover on Sunday.

A hangover will pass. It's much better than waking up with an incurable dose of genital warts after a one night stand with Mathew Guy.

#auspol #vicvotes

The single best thing written on endemicity & #COVID is by @ariskatzourakis from last January.

"Thinking that endemicity is both mild and inevitable is more than wrong, it is dangerous: it sets humanity up for many more years of disease, including unpredictable waves of outbreaks. It is more productive to consider how bad things could get if we keep giving the virus opportunities to outwit us. Then we might do more to ensure that this does not happen."

#epidemiology

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00155-x

"Over two thirds of first-wave Covid infections led to long Covid, finds study"

"The study of more than 650 patients in Spain found that 59.7% of hospitalised patients and 67.5% of non-hospitalised patients had at least one post-Covid-19 symptom two years later."

Fatigue was the most common symptom.

[Prof Gleeson said] ‘... some of their symptoms do appear to improve over time.’

https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-areas/neurology/over-two-thirds-of-first-wave-covid-infections-led-to-long-covid-finds-study/

#LongCovid #covid #stats #fatigue

Here’s an idea, billionaires: if you want to engage in some “effective altruism”, the ultimate act of social generosity would be to place your wealth under democratic control.

You know, by paying your workers properly, and paying SOME FUCKING TAX.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/jeff-bezos-and-the-billionaire-philanthropy-crowd-are-the-worst-kind-of-hypocrites-20221116-p5bynt.html

“Then the spaceman took over the bird site so we all started tooting at the elephant place.”

“Oh…ok grandpa. Let’s get you back to bed.”