COVID’S EFFECT ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 🔥 This is an excellent series of graphics from Yale School of Public Health explaining what we do (and don’t) know about Covid’s effect on the immune system. Much of this is informed by the work of Dr. Akiko Iwasaki (Prof. Akiko Iwasaki). 🧵 H/t AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD

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Is Aotearoa NZ the only country to hold a public inquiry into the early Covid pandemic that excludes #LongCovid as "out of scope"? Buried under 'additional info' in the summary of public feedback: 🧵

The Inquiry was tasked with examining what could be done better. Preventing long term harm from Covid infection is within scope. How difficult would it have been to add recommendation 40: Determine the social, economic and health impacts of acute COVID infection and long COVID?

There’s wrong, and then there’s this National Government. #nzpol #fasttrack Arena Williams

The ‘dangerous’ bill flying under the radar - NZers must ask themselves whether they want a minor party’s libertarian ideology to fundamentally reshape NZ’s economic, social, environmental, and political landscapes e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

Headline says it all. 2024’s austerity led #NZ into worst recession since 1991 “motherofallbudgets” spending cuts, apart from #COVID19 pandemic period when economies worldwide went into shock. Evidence-based growth strategy needed 2 escape downward spiral nzherald.co.nz/business/econo…

This govt. legislation will change our country like never before – learn about it like your country depends on it – because it does | The Standard thestandard.org.nz/this-govt-legi…

“The lowest of the last 6 years” Well, colour me surprised! 😏

#Beware #NZ #RSB: Powered-up Regulatory Standards Bill removes role of courts: In his third attempt at constraining the drafting of new laws and regulations, David Seymour is seizing the controls and handing them to a board that he’ll appoint #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/19/pow…

This is how you undermine democracy. You bombard NZ with a whole lot of legislation submissions right after Christmas. Making sure most people are too busy on holiday to pay attention.

Important wake up call: #H5N1 BirdFlu just sequenced by CDC from severe Louisiana patient Most important, the H5 virus mutated inside the single patient to gain an ability to bind human receptors in the upper respiratory tract It takes just one… cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotl…

Top 4 misconceptions about science 1. It fills knowledge-gaps (discoveries are unknown unknowns) 2. It proceeds along a straightforward path (discoveries are not predictable) 3. It looks for answers (new questions are crucial) 4. It is only rational (requires night science leaps)

⚠️BREAKING Reported in NEJM today. First description of a CRITICALLY ILL PAEDIATRIC PATIENT with H5N1 BirdFlu in North America. The D1.1 virus circulating in BC birds almost KILLED this 13 yr old in less than 96 hours. She presented in multi-organ failure 3 days after mild

Ten killed and 30 injured after vehicle hits large crowd in New Orleans, city authorities say – follow live bbc.in/41WqCZn

Covid messes up your immune system. Multiple studies show this. And SARS1 did the same. Even if you think the overall risk is small (it’s not), ignoring the HUGE piles of evidence, plus real-life patients, is extreme denial at this stage. #LongCovid news-medical.net/news/20240114/…

The regulatory standards bill is sneaking through while everyone's on holiday with some pretty shocking outcomes for our natural heritage. Submissions close on 13th Jan, have a look here for some comprehensive context & get submitting with your friends. linktr.ee/regulatorystan…

While we’re all being deliberately distracted, focussing on the Treaty Principles bill,here is the most malevolent one, Regulatory standards, deadline Jan 13. Sharpen your pencils . docs.google.com/document/d/1Xx…?

"Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say." Failure to prevent respiratory illnesses has consequences way beyond the illnesses themselves. buff.ly/40k0pl3