' No logro entender cómo una enfermedad, #covid , puede matar a unos 15 millones de personas en 2 años, a pesar de los prodigios de la medicina moderna y las medidas de seguridad sin precedentes, y dejar a casi todos los supervivientes básicamente ilesos.
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Twelfth, health institutions like the NIH, universities, but also private investors are putting billions into #LongCovid research. Not all of this money is spent fast enough, etc. But they wouldn't do that, or manage to justify it, if the risks from the disease weren't massive

Several lines of evidence — which are irrefutable especially when taken together — point to severe levels of prolonged disease, increased mortality risk, chronic illness, and disability following SARS-CoV-2 infection

Neuro-PASC— i.e. neurological impairment in #LongCovid —here in 94 patients with mostly 'mild' acute covid—is characterized by enhanced CD4+ and diminished CD8+ T cell responses to the nucleocapsid protein of SARS-CoV-2

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

I am disgusted and not a shred surprised. We have lost our way. Mr. Meunier stuck on an ER stretcher for 4 days with consequent bone and muscle exposed said 'I don't want to be a burden'. He was granted death through medical assistance in dying.
cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…

I fail to understand how a disease —covid— could kill an estimated 15 million people in two years despite the prodigies of modern medicine and unprecedented safety measures — and leave almost all survivors basically unscathed.
Make no mistake. Morbidity from covid is huge.

However it turns out I think it was a good idea to share a bit about my illness and the risks to life and health. Academia is ableist and so focused on success and production, we should acknowledge we are vulnerable, embodied, rather than this facade we always put up.

Bird flu has been detected in some birds found in New York City parks and green spaces.

Health officials are growing more concerned about the disease and warn New Yorkers to keep their distance from wildlife. cbsnews.com/newyork/news/b…

Queensland: 'Doctors are acquiring RSV, COVID and influenza in the state’s hospitals in rising numbers, sparking the state’s peak medical body to call for urgent action to better protect medics in an already struggling healthcare workforce.'

Queensland Health
couriermail.com.au/news/queenslan…

EXCL: Rishi Sunak spent £2m of taxpayers' money on focus groups & polling which helped craft messaging on 'eat out to help out' ahead of second Covid wave - despite keeping health chiefs in the dark on £850m scheme
theguardian.com/business/2024/…

A message from our board of trustees.

Meet our members of the board here: longcovidkids.org/trustees

'Research indicates that approximately 15% of patients recovering from COVID-19 encounter thyroid issues, hinting at a disturbing, yet often overlooked, effect of the virus.'

#COVID #LongCOVID

finance.yahoo.com/news/covids-hi…

Loving his acknowledgement of the patient role…and shouting out our friend Dr Elisa Perego 🥰🥰.

ReSisters Dr Elisa Perego Absolutely! The patient role is so key… and I think outcomes are better when doctors acknowledge this & work WITH us as partners. I appreciate Ziyad Al-Aly, MD for recognizing that and Dr Elisa Perego for all her incredible advocacy about Long Covid!

“…after three decades of life expectancy improvements and reductions in age-standardized mortality rates, COVID-19 disrupted trends in the epidemiological transition, reversing long-standing progress…”

COVID-19 shatters decades of global health progress, slashing life expectancy news-medical.net/news/20240407/…

North Carolina reports its 1st outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cows.

Movement of cattle from affected herds in 6 other states has been suspended.

When you become irreversibly unwell due to repeated COVID infections they will say…

“Well we did tell you to take personal responsibility for your health.”

“We did write guidance to ventilate and wear masks*.”

“You were told about long COVID.”

I gave birth to my first in 2002 and my last in 2019. Having had a front line view of both parenting and childhood illness for over 20 years, I cannot agree with this statement enough.
This. is. not. normal.

After a long lag, sample data was shared for Victoria (Australia). It has revealed that JN.1.* + 'FLiRT' lineages have been growing strongly there, paralleling the growth reported earlier in South Australia. Very recent data from both states shows the frequency up to 22%
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