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PhD anthropologist in Baha’i studies promoting Covid caution: the science of the disease and its moral implications. Not here for dating; here for discourse.

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Aspirin reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes associated with COVID-19 - npj Metabolic Health and Disease npj Metabolic Health and Disease - Aspirin reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes associated with COVID-19

Aspirin in acute infection may lower the risk of developing diabetes in Cövid.

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www.nature.com/articles/s44...

23.06.2025 06:10 — 👍 136    🔁 46    💬 9    📌 5

Now toddlers have #longcovid
Some from ‘two years’ which means they never went through lockdown or had vaccine access.
Heaven help us, clean the air.

15.06.2025 11:53 — 👍 135    🔁 48    💬 2    📌 2

Many are asking why bird flu has suddenly disappeared from the headlines.

The truth is, it hasn’t gone anywhere.

According to my CDC sources, H5N1 is spreading especially among symptomatic farm workers.

13.06.2025 14:03 — 👍 1552    🔁 582    💬 37    📌 29
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Severe COVID causes long-lasting coronary microvascular dysfunction, new data show New MRI data suggest that patients who weathered severe cases of COVID-19 may sustain long-lasting heart damage.

Survivors of severe Covid "may develop long-term left ventricular systolic dysfunction and coronary microvascular dysfunction." which contribute to their #LongCovid symptoms

healthimaging.com/topics/clini...

12.06.2025 17:35 — 👍 82    🔁 39    💬 0    📌 1

If the press were saying an estimated 28 million have died from COVID and over 409 million have long covid would everyone be thinking it’s mild? These figures are the reality of the situation! 🧵

13.06.2025 08:28 — 👍 184    🔁 67    💬 8    📌 6
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#ProudBlue

This is what is happening in LA right now. We don’t need help. We don’t want the Marines or National Guard.

Our city & state are fine!!!

GET OUT!

@jesscraven101.bsky.social video credit

09.06.2025 22:32 — 👍 3593    🔁 1313    💬 105    📌 72

The insurance industry knows…

06.06.2025 17:44 — 👍 38    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 2

I will never understand the objection to masks in healthcare.

It’s where the sickest people are, and where the strongest & most treatment resistant bugs thrive.

People can’t “just stay home” when they need healthcare, and no one should be forced to choose between care & covid

04.06.2025 04:55 — 👍 1213    🔁 299    💬 34    📌 11

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk This is a very serious issue. Millions of children have suffered harm.

03.06.2025 12:34 — 👍 17    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 0
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Why so many people are having strokes in their 20s, 30s and 40s: ‘We’ve never had patients so young’ Dr. Mohammad Anadani has shared some intriguing theories on what’s behind the alarming trend of healthy, 20-somethings having strokes.

We have allowed a multi system vascular virus to spread unchecked for nearly 6 years.

Public health has failed to advise folks of the risk to long term health, or of the fact that there’s no such thing as “mild” COVID.

Yet doctors blame sudden rise in young stroke patients on everything BUT Covid

04.06.2025 04:44 — 👍 826    🔁 325    💬 41    📌 22
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Nuova variante in arrivo, tornano a salire i contagi Covid Il Ministero della Salute ha registrato 304 contagi e 18 decessi nell’ultima settimana. Il virus è in crescita da inizio maggio. L’Oms ha rilevato un nuovo cep…

Covid cases in Italy on the rise amidst spread of new variant "Nimbus"

(please note surveillance is low in the country, so cases are likely significantly undercounted)

www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...

01.06.2025 21:47 — 👍 46    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 1
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Big data study refutes anti-vax blood clot claims about COVID-19 vaccines A study led by University at Buffalo researchers has confirmed that contrary to claims by anti-vaccine proponents, COVID-19 vaccines pose only trivial risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood cl...

www.buffalo.edu/news/release...
We don’t see these sort of studies hitting the headlines, we see many alarmist stories instead. Nothing on the blood clot risks caused by #COVID itself. The risks from Covid are an order of magnitude higher.

02.06.2025 11:02 — 👍 86    🔁 37    💬 0    📌 1

New variant’s symptoms (from Indian doctors’ reports): hoarseness or a hoarse voice and throat pain

Read more at:
m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/...

30.05.2025 17:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Graphic in JAMA pediatrics from May 2025 with a table showing the most common long Covid symptoms in children by age groups (0-2yrs, 3-5yrs, 6-11yrs, 12-17yrs)

Graphic in JAMA pediatrics from May 2025 with a table showing the most common long Covid symptoms in children by age groups (0-2yrs, 3-5yrs, 6-11yrs, 12-17yrs)

A recent @jama.com article states Long COVID is the "most common chronic health problem in children," affecting the 10-20% with past infection

They've asked us to accept this as normal

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

30.05.2025 15:13 — 👍 231    🔁 123    💬 13    📌 4
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Respect!!!

@harvard.edu 😍

The link to the FREE GOVERNMENT COURSES is ...

pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

24.05.2025 22:32 — 👍 5411    🔁 2036    💬 206    📌 167
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Wear an ffp2/3 to protect your brain #covid- incoming wave 🌊

24.05.2025 07:27 — 👍 44    🔁 20    💬 0    📌 2
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China Grapples With COVID-19 Surge Marked By Severe "Razor Blade Throat" Symptom China is facing a new COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron XDV variant, with patients reporting severe "razor blade throat" pain, fever, and persistent coughing. The outbreak, expected to peak in late ...

“China noted a rise in outpatient cases from 7.5% to 16.2% and severe hospitalized cases from 3.3% to 6.3%”

The latest COVID variant is sweeping across Asia, causing “razor blade throat” and other concerning symptoms.

The US dismantles reporting, remove access to testing & may restrict vaccines:

24.05.2025 23:37 — 👍 355    🔁 235    💬 13    📌 29
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Biomarkers Reveal Neurological Basis for Long COVID A pilot study comparing people with and without long COVID symptoms found differences in brain inflammation and recovery signals. People with long COVID had more fatigue and anxiety, lower nerve growt...

In a study of #LongCovid patients and controls, neurological symptoms in LC were associated with lower levels of NGF, which supports brain cell growth and repair, and elevated inflammation markers (IL-10/IL-6 levels)

www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/n...

17.05.2025 22:45 — 👍 69    🔁 35    💬 5    📌 2
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Petition: Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings We want the Government to set new rules on air quality and infection control in health and social care settings, to prevent and control airborne infections, with new ventilation and filtration require...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

28.04.2025 10:29 — 👍 9    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Earlier this month the XFL variant was defined, setting a new benchmark in SARS-CoV-2 evolution: a "quadruple-recombinant", meaning it’s evolutionary arc includes 3 recombinant ancestors.

It’s a stark example of how we are giving this virus every possible opportunity to evolve.

#COVID19 #XFL
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28.04.2025 15:59 — 👍 120    🔁 56    💬 4    📌 10

This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.

07.04.2025 02:59 — 👍 9985    🔁 4884    💬 151    📌 132
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LitCovid LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...

07.04.2025 09:18 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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When some people see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, they think, “Oh, they aren’t qualified.”

When I see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, I think, “Wow, they had to work their ass off twice as hard to get here —now that’s being more than qualified.”

23.03.2025 21:06 — 👍 21982    🔁 5077    💬 994    📌 345
Disability increase from COVID in the US graph

Disability increase from COVID in the US graph

An important graph and caption on the impact of Covid www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

12.03.2025 03:01 — 👍 1382    🔁 453    💬 30    📌 35
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More than 70% of US household COVID spread started with a child, study suggests

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mor...

17.02.2025 08:47 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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COVID deaths: more than 10 million children lost a parent or carer The consequences of losing a parent can be profound, but the right support can reduce the impact.

They lied about transmission and left out half the lockdown story in most of MSM. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

17.02.2025 08:46 — 👍 23    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

We were played by right wing libertarians on COVID. Everyone watch the Covid inquiry on YouTube (see one important interview below). They never should have abandoned the precautionary principle, we have a mountain of studies showing the risks. They knew that those who had SARS never fully recovered🧵

17.02.2025 08:39 — 👍 122    🔁 41    💬 6    📌 2
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Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope.

XEC.* variants took over dominance from DeFLuQE variants during December, but they are already under pressure.

The LP.8.1.* group of variants have emerged as a challenger, rising steadily to around 10%.

#COVID19 #Global #XEC #LP_8_1
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02.02.2025 10:38 — 👍 100    🔁 32    💬 3    📌 2
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Mr. Matthew Alexander Hensen was the first person to reach the North Pole. History gives credit wrongly to Commander Robert Peary who led the expedition.

Mr. Hensen should have received the credit in history but they forgot a Black American explorer from Baltimore.

#BlackHistoryMonth

06.02.2025 13:31 — 👍 530    🔁 202    💬 16    📌 4

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