Cabinet Office question from Ellie Reeves on no. people in UK currently out of work due to #LongCovid. Answer given 🔴Most recent estimate July ‘22 - 375,000 🔴Nov 23 - Jan 24 - 2.7m not working/seeking work due to long-term sickness/disability. Can’t say how many due to LC

Looks like Yale school of public health has finally started to say what I have been repeatedly saying since 2020 1) covid creates longlasting autoimmunity by harming t regs 2) harms adaptive immunity 3) causes immune dysregulation 4) persists etc

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

Well done Shivali! 👏

At Westminster Health Forum Prof. Paul Elliott REACT study: 🔵risk of symptom persistence greater with wild type virus 🔵10% in REACT-LC data had long term symptoms (12 wks), 2/3 lasted 1yr+ 🔵those recovered from #LongCovid have worse health than those without LC Westminster Forum Projects

We're into a sixth stage of the covid pandemic in England. It has some implications. Let me run through how we got here:

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Delighted to have been awarded funding to further establish the Scottish Preconception Health Research Network. Looking forward to getting started and working with some wonderful researchers to drive forward preconception health research in Scotland

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We are excited to have supported this new study via our #LongCovid Research Consortium.  The project team are our incredible CUBoulder Neuroscience colleagues at the University of Colorado Boulder: polybio.org/multiple-hit-m…

2/ The findings suggest that multiple infectious “hits” (#viral and #bacterial) may amplify long-term neuroinflammatory or neuroimmune symptoms in patients with #LongCovid.

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Three years after your initial covid infection, there were still *new* symptoms starting, mostly neurological or GI related. 'That mini stroke that you are having now could be related to that covid infection you had three years ago.' TY Ziyad Al-Aly, MD

New #research Long COVID: a clinical update Trisha Greenhalgh et al #LongCovid #LongCovidKids thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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Just having this discussion with others who say they don’t remember the first 6/12 of COVID. Workforce are sitting on a raft of unprocessed grief and trauma. First move should be to ensure basic needs are met but we haven’t even got that far.

This week in key Covid publications: —Young, healthy individuals with mild cases had objective cognitive deficits at 1-year that they did not perceive —Older, hospitalized adults with severe Covid had an equivalent of 20 years of decline in cognitive performance at 1-year

Four Years in, What Are the Research Priorities for Long COVID? A Research Priority‐Setting Partnership Between People With Lived Experience, Carers, Clinicians and Researchers - new paper in Health Expectations journal #longcovid onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

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Here’s a great opportunity to study for a PhD with Deborah Baldie and myself. rgu.ac.uk/research/our-r…