“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”
At this point, I genuinely have no ability to comprehend how is anyone not scared sh*t-less about the long-term consequences of infections, especially on kids?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Long Covid rewires your brain, Degrades your quality of work, Increases your healthcare costs, and more
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I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
They all KNEW it was airborne from the start.
This is an excellent, brief video compilation highlighting the fact that a COVID pandemic was not inevitable.
It was preventable, allowed only by the arrogant incompetence of medical infection control leaders who saw outsiders as rivals for *their* turf.
Watch Martin's video below, then...
In honour of Long Covid Awareness Month, here are 2 asks for fellow Blueskyers
1. Wear an N95 in public to reduce transmission & in solidarity with the millions living with Long Covid
2. Please stand up to large accounts that minimize this illness & who dunk on disabled folks
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"COVID is not 'just a cold'. Even mild or asymptomatic infections can cause lasting health effects, damaging blood vessels and organs, affecting the brain, and weakening the immune system -
#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth
@thewhn.bsky.social
As most of the COVID -safe/-aware community can tell you, try wearing a mask everywhere & declining indoor eating invitations and then see how many friends you have left.
I've been a 24/7 caregiver since 2020. I can't imagine the exhaustion you have b/c I know mine is different with only 6 years 24/7 into this journey but know I am sending you ❤️. Xo
Her name is congresswoman luz rivas of California😬
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“Schools are an ideal breeding ground for #measles” on CBC Radio 7pm news.
Of course they wouldn’t have to be if
1. We cleaned the air in schools
2. Sick people wore masks and stayed away
3. Most importantly, kids were vaccinated before coming to school.
FFS. This is NOT hard.
Scientific conferences are superspreader events, including medical scientific conferences.
As we cross this six-year mark, WHO asks countries and partners, just as we ask ourselves: Is the world better prepared for the next pandemic?
The answer is yes and no.
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Even the @who.int is clear that it is only the "global health emergency" that has ended -
www.who.int/southeastasi...
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Of course, "Combating misinformation on a large scale & building trust in institutions & science is essential to prevent unnecessary costs & improve population health".
Yes. But stop telling people the pandemic is over (has "subsided").
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Just because people aren't still dying in their millions in ICUs across the world, doesn't mean that the pandemic has "subsided".
▶️ We still have #LongCOVID, for which there is NO cure;
▶️ and we still have the cumulative risk of #Reinfections, long term organ harm, & immune dysregulation.
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"While the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, misinformation remains"
Unfortunately, this research paper risks adding to the misinformation it seeks to dismantle -
academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
Welcome to 2026, where readers of 👉the New York Post👈 get a better education on the science of airborne disease transmission than an MD who just graduated from medical school at the University of British Columbia.
This is not hyperbole.
People need to go to jail for this.
#medsky #scisky #cdnpoli
Covering this paper later today around 12:15pm on my Patreon.
SARS-CoV-2 peptide fragments selectively dysregulate specific immune cell populations via Gaussian curvature targeting" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Link:
www.patreon.com/Patrickthebi...
Long covid is going to have a reckoning in this country very soon. We are not prepared.
Judge certifies class-action lawsuit over COVID-19 deaths at Maples care home in #Winnipeg
Lawsuit claims former operator Revera, health authority negligent in handling of outbreak that left 56 dead
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is emblematic of the consumer culture that fees have engendered.
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
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Someone wrote me the perfect reply to them. I love y'all internet CC people
SAD NEWS 😢
My friend's sister is in hospital for a kidney transplant
Her husband is the donor
There is no mask mandate at the hospital
He acquired pneumonia & is in serious condition
10% chance he will lose his life saving his wife
BECAUSE HOSPITALS WON'T MASK THE F*CK UP
What is with these media outlets inability to mention that virus that shall not be named over the past couple years? I understand the collective trauma, grief and fatigue. But we can't fix the problem by sweeping it under a rug
I miss Leslie. His incisive social commentaries 💔 We'll make you proud by not being silenced, my friend
My IG feed is full of parents asking for prayers for their hospitalized children with illnesses like Strep, Covid & influenza A. I don't want to dismiss prayers if that gives someone hope, but it's no substitute for preventative mitigations for airborne viruses. It didn't have to be this way
Loving this growing list of Covid aware comedians lol
And yes that's a respirator under Judah's cloth mask 😷
Filter replacement day. We don’t often see how dirty the air we breathe is, but moments like this are a clear reminder. Why would anyone want this in their lungs??
We are well into our read of 'Year of the Tiger' in memory of Alice Wong, for our disability & chronic illness reading collective, The #PedanticZebra Book Club.
This is a super quote about holding & unifying the many aspects of ourselves.
💙📚 To join us on Fable: tinyurl.com/3r2ctufh
