Today would have been the first day of school for children in Afghanistan, but the
government is only allowing boys to be educated. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

Imagine a new pandemic emerges. The virus is mild for most.

But as many as 1 in 100 kids will be sick for months.
As many as 1 in 400 kids will be disabled by it, for months or years.

Then imagine we have a safe vaccine, approved for children, that decreases the risk by >50%.
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I am 62 years old, single, and recently, after watching “Love Actually” for the 17th time — toxic though it may be — I downloaded a dating app and started the arduous process of vetting men so that I, too, might actually find love. Again. (a thread)

Wondering why women don't report powerful men? This👇 Joshua Wright resigned tenured faculty and big law positions bc of multiple investigations into his misconduct and abuse of women. He sued me for $108m for reporting. Yet here he is being celebrated at The University of Chicago #metoo

Joshua Wright We don't want you in our public spaces, around female students, or with access to female faculty. Stay home. The University of Chicago can't you do better to protect your students and faculty? He admits he pursued students, never denied my claims, & Elyse Dorsey alleges worse

Wow! Look at the safety measures taken for the SFU event with Ed Yong this week - amazing. This is how to build an inclusive event 👏🏼👏🏼

In June 2020 my parents became sick with Covid. My father, Mark, died. My mother, Brenda, never recovered. She’s one of the millions living with #LongCovid . The federal government has failed to address this crisis. #LongCovid AwarenesDay 💙#MarkedByCovid #FBLC COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project

Today is #LongCovid AwarenessDay . I'm a Stanford-trained physician, but bc of #LongCovid I haven't been able to work as a doctor for three years and four days.

There are NO validated treatments. No cure. Patients are trial-and-erroring their way through. We need answers.

CDC HHS.gov Then why eliminate isolation recommendations? It’s bloody ridiculous!

22 months of #LongCovid without treatment.
I have lost my job, my income, my capacity to earn a living, and most days my energy to have a life outside of my bed.

#LongCovid AwarenessDay

Too Many People Are Off Work Sick, So The People Who Are Sick Need To Go Into Work And, Yes, We Reckon That’s Going To Make The Situation Totally Better.

Delighted to share our latest work on #longCOVID - sex differences in symptoms and immune signatures. Led by Julio Silva Takehiro Takahashi, MD, PhD Jamie Wood et al. with Leying (Lexi) Guan & Putrino Lab. We find a striking inverse correlation btw testosterone levels and symptom burden👇🏼 (1/)…

Tragic to say this out loud, but here it is:

As a #LongCOVID researcher, I strongly urge the public to ignore recent CDC guidance and input from Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH on the topic of #COVID . It is NOT based on consensus science and it has NOT been designed to protect you. Disgraceful

Our paper on persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections (PIs) is now published in nature!
Some key findings:
- PIs are much more common than we thought
- PIs are associated with higher odds of long COVID
- Reinfections with genetically similar viruses are rare
nature.com/articles/s4158…

The CDC is considering rolling back Covid isolation guidelines to a worthless 1 DAY for actively contagious workers & students. Please join us in calling + emailing today to make our voices heard & demand guidance rooted in science + testing to protect lives! #1DayNoway

If you haven't already, please sign this super-easy petition to protest any gutting of isolation guidelines! It goes to CDC leaders and includes a sample letter you can edit into your own words: actionnetwork.org/letters/demand…

It's important to remember what's needed as a long-term solution to #COVID and future pandemics.
#VaccinesPlus requires population-scale mitigations, built around a core of broad vax coverage.
Suppression of prevalence is key to reduce exposure, risk to #CEV , and SARS2 evolution.