C Has Long-Covid

Incorporating a form like this could be useful for documentation/verification.
Of course, not many of them will want to sign probably
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With current border policies, it is unethical to continue holding so many important science conferences in the US. In addition to moving conferences to safer international locations, US organizers must reorganize meetings around remote participation.

In younger people such as Todd, complaints of brain fog and cognitive difficulties may be intertwined with, or stem from, other common long-Covid symptoms, such as fatigue and pain, doctors say. Dr. Gabriel de Erausquin, a neurologist at University of Texas Health San Antonio, recently published a study that found the risk of moderate to severe cognitive impairment in older adults with long Covid was double that of younger ones. For those long-Covid patients over 57, the symptoms associated with cognitive difficulties look much like early dementia, he says.

“If you look at the tests they have the profile of a person with very early Alzheimer’s disease. Do they have Alzheimer’s disease? We don’t know.” apple.news/AjLJlXpTWR9G...

Common respiratory illness may triple death risk in adults within a year, shows study Adults with respiratory syncytial virus-associated acute respiratory infection (RSV-ARI) are likely to be at a 2.7-fold higher risk of death within one year, warned a study HEALTH & WELLNESS

I repeat: there’s no such thing as “just a cold”. The flu is even worse. Then there’s COVID.
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one thing i think is cool is that if you are interested in something a particular scientist is doing or want to tell them something, you can usually just email them about their work and they'll reply.

a woman is standing next to another woman and says i sure am Alt: a woman is standing next to another woman and says i sure am

Too late to avoid disease entirely, but trying to keep it from getting worse at least

Trump’s public health picks—Kennedy, Bhattacharya, Makary, Nesheiwat—were put in their roles to dismantle science.

Because the American political right views it as a threat to business.

That’s the lesson they have taken from COVID.

The subject of this article is a friend of mine. His circumstances are utterly heartbreaking and yet, somehow, he remains a warm and kind young man. It would mean something to me if you read his story.

Neuropsychiatric disorders in the course to SARS-CoV-2 virus infection, including biological pathomechanisms, psychosocial factors and long COVID-19 associated with “brain fog” - Journal of NeuroVirol... During the COVID-19 pandemic, neuropsychiatric disorders began to be observed in a significant proportion of patients, occurring at different times after infection and characterised by varying degrees...

Opole, Poland Researchers reviewed 164 studies and found COVID-19 can trigger long-lasting neuropsychiatric disorders like anxiety, depression, and brain fog, driven by both immune responses and social stressors.

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RFK Jr.'s "MAHA" movement doesn't want to eliminate chronic illness. They want to eliminate the chronically ill. Public health, modern medicine and disease mitigation will suffer under RFK Jr. because he sees sick people- not sickness- as the problem.

RFK Jr and the “MAHA” movement are wrong about health and disease at the most fundamental level, and their “strategy” to achieve a healthier country won’t just abandon the most vulnerable; it will target them.

Read my latest:

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Volunteers Needed Long COVID Clinical Trial Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Do you have a confirmed diagnosis of Long Covid? You may be eligible for a 6 month drug clinical trial involving antiviral drugs You may qualify if: • You are over 18 • You have a diagnosis of Long Covid from a physician • You are HIV negative • You are able to commute to our office • Other criteria are considered as well | Participation Involves: • Being randomly assigned into one of three groups • Truvada (drug) • Selzentry (drug) • Placebo • Attend 6 in-person study visits • Blood and saliva samples • Completion of surveys online Study goal: We are investigating if antiviral medications have an effect on Long Covid symptoms IRB Approved Effective Date: 12/17/2024 End Date:7/22/2025 Please email CoreResearch@MountSinai.org for more information Location: 5 East 98th St, SB-18 Lead Researcher: David Putrino, PT, PhD STUDY- 24-00088 Participation will be compensated up to $300

Long COVID and viral reactivation are linked. Our latest trial focuses on repurposing existing, broad spectrum antivirals to reduce symptoms in adults with #LongCOVID. Our clinical trial is currently recruiting! Email CoreResearch@mountsinai.org to inquire

This legit made me laugh out loud 😂

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Eh what the hell, I’ve got nothing else going on.
Be there in a few!

Remember the Nazi book-burning campaigns in 1933? It is back now, but worse: we are losing crucial healthcare digital data that is unarchivable.

Imagine you wake up and find you have cancer. It’s devastating to your body, your life. And at least twice a week, you see articles titled “The world has moved on from cancer.” When you go to doctors, they say, oh cancer? Have you tried SSRIs? Your friends occasionally ask if your cancer is better.

COVID-19 infection was associated with poor sperm quality: a cross-sectional and longitudinal clinical observation study - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - COVID-19 infection was associated with poor sperm quality: a cross-sectional and longitudinal clinical observation study

More data showing the effects of Covid on male reproduction...

Check your crown jewels, Gents

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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.

As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.

They can't keep spewing carbon.

They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.

They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.

Damned if you do, fucked if you don’t.

People like this author always treat people who take Covid precautions seriously with such suspicion, meanwhile everyone quoted in this article seems normal and grounded, if not outright cool as hell.

Thank you!

Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care Access to clinics has only gotten patchier as attention to the disease has faded.

(1/4) Long COVID showed me the bottom of American healthcare. My reporting for The Atlantic is out today.
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"Sick and disabled people have been pushed to the margins of our society for a long time. There was a moment during the pandemic when I saw our collective concern focused on the ill. Living with long COVID, I sometimes wonder where that concern went."
#LongCovid at @theatlantic.com

RFK is a eugenics freak first and foremost and everything falls downstream from that. he *wants* excess deaths. he thinks that only the "fit" should survive.

Five Years of COVID: What Comes Next, Dr. Šalamon? - WHN Originally published by Christian Klosz on Das Medium, this interview has been translated and republished with permission. Five years into the COVID-19 pandemic: What are the current challenges, what ...

⬇️ Must-read interview with Dr. Špela Šalamon, MD, a physician and biomedical scientist specializing in the genetics of complex and degenerative diseases.

“Organ and vascular damage without obvious symptoms…affects more than 50% of those infected.”
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Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.

Yes... "again"... 😐

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Ignoring Public Health May Have Cost Democrats the Election The Biden administration cut pandemic-era health benefits, and the Harris campaign failed to present any comprehensive health care reform policies. This was not an inspiring message for voters.

Postscript. A laissez-faire approach to pandemic management contributed to the Biden-Harris loss to Trump. The latter's pandemic supports were cut, austerity measures artificially being imposed by pretending COVID was over, causing further economic damage. newrepublic.com/article/1881...

“I struggle to help students revise AI generated text because there aren’t promising ideas in AI sentences. AI sentences, rather, are banal because these technologies select from the middle of the statistical distribution. These bots write in distinctly average ways.”

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