Kevin Allen

Collateral effects of COVID-19 pandemic control on the US infectious disease landscape Using data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) disease surveillance systems, we sought to quantify the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the possibilit...

The collateral benefits of the Covid pandemic response was a marked decrease in airborne and aerosol-transmitted infections via masking and non-pharmaceutical interventions
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Very cool!

Fantastic to see this very much required rebuttal to this ‘study’!

Agreed.

Love seeing this reappear!

Frontiers | Distinct characteristics of T cell receptor repertoire associated with the SARS-CoV-2 reinfection The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, represents one of the most profound global public health challenges in modern history. While T cell immunity is ...

This is the most important paper to demonstrate the endless capacity of COVID to stuff your immune system.

The #Leonardi_Effect is real 🙏🏻

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Help me out, I’ve got another wastewater virus mystery.

This one really blows my mind.
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A news article from Medical Xpress dated October 20, 2025, titled “Post-pandemic COVID-19 linked with high numbers of workforce absences and exits.” The word “Post” is crossed out and replaced in red text with “Ongoing.” Below the headline, an image shows a woman in a blue sweater holding a tissue to her nose, appearing sick.

"COVID-19 continued to cause about the same number of monthly work absences year-round as occurred during peak influenza months, a team that includes Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) researchers has found."

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And not an N95/99 in site…

ABSTRACT Background Although myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) symptoms (dysautonomia, dizziness, balance impairments) may theoretically contribute to an association with concussion, the nature of this association has not been determined. This study explored the association between ME/CFS and concussion, as well as risk factors for concussion, history of recent falls, and feelings of being dizzy or off balance. Method 2023 National Health Interview Survey data were utilized. United States adults (unweighted N = 29,373) responded to items regarding sociodemographic factors, ME/CFS status, and history of concussion, falls, and feeling off balance or dizzy. Logistic regression analyses assessed the association between ME/CFS and concussion, falls, and feeling dizziness or balance problems within the past year, adjusting for sociodemographic factors. Results Individuals with ME/CFS had 4.89 times greater odds of reporting concussion in the past year compared to individuals without ME/CFS. Individuals with ME/CFS also had 2.86 times greater odds of having fallen within the past year and 5.88 times greater odds of reporting feeling dizzy or off balance in the past year. Conclusions ME/CFS status may be associated with concussion status. Healthcare practitioners should improve concussion screening and referrals for reducing concussion risk among individuals with ME/CFS.

"Understanding concussion in #myalgicencephalomyelitis / #chronicfatiguesyndrome: Findings from 2023 National Health Interview study"

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Individuals with #MECFS had 4.89 times greater odds of reporting concussion &...2.86 times greater odds of having fallen

This is great to see. Concussion was the onset event for my ME.

A kind reminder that a strong, collective, grassroots #LongCovid movement would be an existential threat to those who pushed mass infection dynamics. Hence, the attacks on the name itself, the concept, the links between the disease and a pandemic driven by a SARS virus

That’s a very thoughtful description

Anyone other then trump

Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature Geoscience A review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts.

A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."

When Will the Lion Concern Himself Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

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Should be made to consume large chunk of Stilton

It’s pretty cool talking about your research to media… well done!

Insidious, indeed.

That’s not something you see very often, wow.

Oxidative stress is a shared characteristic of ME/CFS and Long COVID | PNAS Over 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated to have Long COVID (LC), a complex multisystemic condition marked by fatigue, post-exertional m...

Crucial science...

Reminder: not all cell lines use the same mitochondrial pathways of respiration.

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The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia - Nature Screening shotgun-sequencing data from ancient humans covering 37,000 years of Eurasian history uncovers the widespread presence of ancient bacterial, viral and parasite DNA and zoonotic pathogens coi...

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𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 paper by Sikora et al: metagenomic data from 1,313 ancient human remains over 37,000 years

Identified >3,000 instances of known human pathogens

Zoonotic pathogens begin to appear ~6,500 years ago coinciding with the rise of livestock domestication—major epidemiological shift

Quite a beautiful day

Very interesting findings. My assumption was that severe LC would turn out to be ME. Evidently, this assumption would be incorrect.

Great paper!

Last month's total #Arctic sea ice volume averaged the 2nd lowest on record for the month of June. This was about 48% below 1979 levels and 30% below the 1979-2024 June average.

More data on ice thickness at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊

It’s embarrassing Bonnie is receiving the award… she continues to fail upwards

The Albion was a fantastic classroom, indeed!

This made me laugh on a Sunday morning… no easy feat

Black coffee is one of the healthiest things you can consume. Heated organics undergo transformation by Maillard reaction, resulting high lvls of antioxidants. Adding dairy, sugar, etc. will quench the potency.

I think including airborne measures would be an admission of guilt, wth the obvious question as to why such measures weren’t enacted earlier. Our public health people responsible for this are cowards and will never admit this. Look at Bonnie Henry… sigh