As a neurologist specializing in #Dysautonomia, I see patients with #LongCovid every day. Most of these patients were vaccinated and had either no or minimal health problems prior to #Covid. I am going to be honest: even those Long Covid patients that have improved are at risk of

Hot off the press! My article on QLD Chief Health Officer Gerrard's unfair and unjustified statements about #longCOVID and the harm it caused the LC community by gaslighting them and hijacking #LongCovidAwarenessDay. theconversation.com/why-scrapping-…

Federal data on cvd in aged care facilities is one of our few remaining indicators of disease burden in the community. Latest stats 23 Mar 2024 show we are on the downslope of the latest wave. Thanks to Prof Marc Tennant AM for collation from govt sources. ozsage.org/agedcare

Omicron causes Long Covid (symptoms at 90 days) in 18% of a highly vaccinated population. ozsage.org/useful/omicron…

The interview that the National Institutes of Health Director gave last week, linking Long Covid to viral persistence and flagging new antiviral development possibilities, is a rare glimmer of truth and hope for LC sufferers - & all of us. ozsage.org/useful/nihdire…

We know prevention is more humanitarian and cost effective than permitting airborne diseases to spread - have your say on Aged Care IPC (infection prevention & control) in Australian Aged Care here : comms.safetyandquality.gov.au/link/id/zzzz66…

Four years since it first arrived, there are still enormous levels of acute (new infections) and chronic COVID in all communities, especially in those relying on ongoing infection to boost immunity. It is clearly a major driver of dramatic impacts like this. Not at all a

We must take infection & reinfection more seriously. Yale School of Public Health slides on Immune System effects are loaded with references - reproduced with credit here ozsage.org/useful/yale-co…

Viral Load of SARS-CoV-2 in Respiratory Aerosols - #droplet dogma debunked. Virus is mainly fine aerosols from deep in the lungs. HT Prof Deborah Lupton Master of Public Health, PhD Gabrielle Babbington academic.oup.com/cid/article/74…

The NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. The significance of this statement on #longCOVID & #MECSF to Senate hearing by Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli should be see in that light. 1/ appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-rev…

This week COVID in aged care. (The current recording system started 68 weeks ago) RECORD CASES RECORD NEW FACILITIES EFFECTED RECORD SITES AFFECTED STAFF CASES NEAR RECORD Out of control.

Not picking on Victoria here, this is a national issue. A consequence of the 'living with C0VID' choice we made. We can turn it around - without disruption - but we have to choose to in a full frontal & open way.

Great graphic on the disconnect between perception (case detection) & reality (waste water) on COVID-19. Curves last overlapped when omicron first arrived, then testing/reporting dropped away. Extraordinarily high numbers infected in each wave even now.

Kids are losing huge chunks of their childhood to long covid abc.net.au/news/2024-06-1…

In this clip, Putrino Lab makes it clear that it is infection with SARS-CoV-2, no matter what the severity, that is the likely main culprit explaining the surge in other infections. With this virus, getting repeatedly infected for your immune system is "like a boxer, every fight

Our new paper: risk of cognitive decline and #dementia in older adults diagnosed with #COVID. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Mitigating Airborne Threats in Indoor Spaces - Dr Charitha da Silva - 1st Sept 7pm AEST Register for OzSAGE free Webinar - via Zoom - here: ozsage.org/events-2-1

“Despite the dire impact of #LongCovid on individuals and society, I fear that many are still unaware of the danger” - Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

Thanks for meeting with us & for taking this issue so seriously ⁦Anthony Albanese⁩ - it’s crucial for both this airborne pandemic & those that are to come. The lowest hanging fruit for major public health reform. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-2…

We know safe air indoors is vital for health As we see cases of cvd rising - again - in vulnerable aged care, we must push ahead with research and accessible science, as in this video: ozsage.org/useful/airborn…