Whole genome sequencing finds genetically identical #SARSCoV2 infected 2 ppl admitted to a hospital rm 1h 43 mins & 4h 45 mins after discharge of an asymptomatic pt w/ #COVID19 . Virus may be in air & capable of infecting us for >4h in hospital. #MedTwitter ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-…

How long is airborne #SARSCoV2 infectious after an infected person leaves the room?
Study finds evidence of aerosol transmission almost 5 hours after hospital room turnover. Michael Charness et al Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Paul Sax Linsey Marr https://www.threads.net/@linseycmarr Eric Topol American Journal of Infection Control
ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-…

The story of frequent persistence of #SARSCoV2 in multiple organs after mild Covid keeps getting stronger, and correlates (odds ratio >5) with symptoms of #LongCovid
🆕The Lancet Infectious Diseases
thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Acute coronary syndrome will keep accelerating amongst the population as the virus increasingly embeds its self in endothelial cells. It always was and always will be an endothelial virus. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P….

Wow.
Let's work through *all* the slides Yale School of Public Health shared...
🌎'What we know (and don't) know about Covid's effect on the immune system'
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Considering that the mouth is a point of entry for many pathogens, why do they ALWAYS forget to mention the mouth?

frontiersin.org/journals/immun…

#SARSCoV2 inside the synapse...

Brain explants from individuals with or without COVID-19 were analyzed (high-throughput proteomic screens) and identified increase in the expression of three synaptic proteins — Bassoon; presynaptic fibronectin leucine-rich transmembrane-3 protein

A new recently designated convergent JN.1 evolution:

➡️LB.1 (JN.1.9.2.1, S:F456L)= JN.1.9 + FLiRT

Let it rip......its party-time for SarsCoV2!😠
github.com/cov-lineages/p…

Characteristics and Determinants of Pulmonary Long COVID

🤔Interesting USA study in preprint!

➡️This single-center retrospective study included 1,097 patients with clinically defined LongCOVID characterized by persistent pulmonary symptoms (dyspnea, cough, and chest discomfort)

Finding H5N1 bird flu (though presumibly inactivated via pasteurization) in the grocery store milk supply does not fill me with confidence that we have this situation under control at the moment.

To every Covid minimizer out there: I’m much more angry about what happened to you than I am about the fact that you participated in it, and I’m pretty fucking livid that you didn’t even resist participating. But ultimately you are a victim. What’s happening to you is horrific.

I just wrote LCAP (Long Covid Action Project)'s 'Tell Bernie Sanders to Enact the HEAL Legislation Proposal for Long Covid'

Get Loud! We need Long Covid legislation that creates:

Viral Load Tests Now!
#AntiviralsNow !
$28B+ Now!

Sign the letter!

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-b…

#HELPHEALUS #SARS2

Looks like FDA Dept. of Agriculture did not learn from COVID. Disappointing. Scientists say USDA is sharing too little data too slowly on H5N1 flu
cnn.com/2024/04/23/hea…

Now this worries me.

There have been 37x as many whooping cough cases this year in England and Wales as the same period last year, and it may not have peaked yet.

But if they're centred in certain places, like Lincolnshire potentially, then that means...

Panic is not the problem.

People are not panicking. People aren’t even close to being vaguely alert.

People are getting sick and dying from preventable diseases though, because we are so worried about the non-existent panic that we aren’t even doing basic health promotion.

I thought this was a joke. It's not a joke. Well, unless you consider that this guy wants to be out PM, then it has to be a joke. Right?

Male jawfish act as dedicated incubators for their eggs, holding them in their mouths for several days and aerating them by juggling them carefully.

This strategy is called mouthbrooding

📹 undersea_gameqmi

If you have indoor/outdoor or outdoor only cats it's time to make them indoor & avoid wild animal/bird contact with your domestic pets... #H5N1 #AvianFlu #Contagion

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b Virus detected in dairy cattle biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

C'mon folks, can we hold this H5N1 transmission to humans for next year? Ain't nobody has time or money to start looking at another virus in the body again right now. #H5N1 #AvianFlu

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

“FDA testing on pasteurized commercially purchased milk has found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus.”

Right, so I’m not drinking cow’s milk anymore! 😳

Any good alternatives out there? Without preservatives and crap?

#H5N1 #MilkAlternatives statnews.com/2024/04/23/h5n…