Way to go, Mr Microphone

The only way to prevent long COVID is to avoid getting COVID19. With every infection, there is a risk of developing long COVID.

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#medsky

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

“Reinfection was associated with a significantly increased risk of an overall PASC diagnosis (U09.9) (RR 2·08 [1·68–2·59]) and a range of symptoms and conditions potentially related to PASC (RR range 1·15–3·60), including… (insert long list)”

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This is so much simpler and more direct than what I end up saying to people... I'm borrowing Conor's words in post 6 from now on! "ongoing global population infection with SARS-CoV-2 will make the world sicker, through both infection-induced chronic disease and pathogen-pathogen interaction."

This is hilarious! Thank you for sharing your vandal's work.

Started it! I'm loving how @chanda.bsky.social uses "we" & "us" throughout the text. This means *I'm* actively involved in both particles & the cosmos, along with every other anonymous reader ❤️ (Even if I don't actually understand "spin;" I don't think I need to, to keep up with the book's gist)

I'm so sorry. I can't imagine how it must feel to be treated by family that way, multiple times over multiple types of experiences.

People are acting like the scientific consensus is that getting repeatedly infected by covid is totally fine, when the actual scientific consensus is the exact opposite

This is so true. I find myself wondering if the people around me even like their children if they're not willing to take tiny steps to protect them.

This is coming up soon in my to-read list! Click on the thread and scroll upward for other reads 😊

Choosing to wear a mask is a radical act of kindness, resistance and community care.

It’s a simple yet profound way of saying “I care about my health and others”

In this time of rising fascism, survival is resistance. Refusing to treat anyone as expendable is resistance.

Masking is powerful

When you see headlines
about the rise in cases
happening all over the world
you will likely notice
that many of these end by asking:
“What’s driving the surge?”
and while the new variant
is driving the surge,
our refusal to admit
that the pandemic never ended
is riding shotgun.

It still blows my mind that everyone would rather be sick all the time than mask. I haven’t stopped masking and I don’t intend to. We live in a different world now. Your facade of normalcy is cracked with constant airborne illness.

5 years since the start of the pandemic and it is frustrating that we still need to keep repeating: vaccines, masks, tests, and cleaning the air all play roles in reducing transmission.

Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.

Sample text to write to FDA:
"Make COVID vaccines available for everyone 6+ months of age to protect the community and reduce new variants.

COVID can cause Long COVID, loss IQ, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, etc and disability.

Children are susceptible and should be vaccinated. buff.ly/RwAQeCJ "

Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine.

It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions.

The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.

Also cardiovascular conditions including hypertension, depression, things that tons of people have!

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“Covid is only a risk to the vulnerable” narrative was made up by governments to convince you to go back to work. To unmask. To spend money. To think of Covid as a problem only “other” people have to worry about so that you will keep propping up capitalism.

We are ALL vulnerable.

I know an economist
who says
when you hear people talk
about a “covid like” supply shock
it’s a sign
that a recession is coming.

And
I know an epidemiologist
who says
when you hear people talk
about “covid like” colds and allergies
it’s a reminder
that the pandemic never ended.

I’m not scared.
I’m just unwilling to pretend a disabling airborne virus is “no big deal” because everyone got bored.

Other parents are like “Let them build immunity!”
To what?
Heart inflammation?
Brain fog?
Medical gaslighting?
We’re good, thanks.

Cardiovascular post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents: cohort study using electronic health records - Nature Communications Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection affecting the cardiovascular system have been reported, but evidence in young people is limited. Here, the authors quantify the incidence of a range of outc...

A 1M+ 🇺🇸 sample of children/ adolescents with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and controls, should that children who were Covid + are at a statistically significant increased risk of various cardiovascular outcomes, including heart failure and thromboembolism

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Unfortunately, to view this amazing-sounding recipe, we would have to upgrade to be NYT Pitchbot *Cooking* subscribers, not regular readers

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Stay safe & avoid infections! "The more new-fashioned and evidence-based idea is that, although your immune system can take on [a COVID] infection, you want to avoid testing it as much as possible because your body is sustaining damage with each infection that it survives." #LongCovidAwarenessMonth

And the US Department of Labor headquarters building is named after her!

Everyone that I mention long COVID to has an experience of their own or a story from a friend or family member, but I don't think many of them realize how common it is or how it affects us at a societal level. #LongCovidAwarenessMonth

Do not fear
being labeled an alarmist,
for there are worse things,
there are much worse things,
such as the reasons why
all of the alarms
are going off.

For real! I'm not weird, I just have a basic understanding of cause and effect

Since October of 2024:

Influenza has killed 3,000

COVID has killed 10,000 (3x flu)

Those aren't estimates. Those are body counts