@andrewg76201347.bsky.social
ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, lupus, Hashimoto’s. Patient & carer. Disabled scientist. Female - using fake name bc I post about son's illness. Location: Australia
Photo from Michael Hoerger. COVID Northeastern surge. States in reds and oranges from the north east. Connecticut is dark burgundy red and show 1 in 18 people currently infected with COVID.
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🧒After COVID, kids can get High Cholesterol
👃66% have unrecognized loss of smell after COVID
💊Venetoclax is a double COVID blocker
🧠4 vaccines that reduce Dementia
🔬Type I Diabetes breakthroughs
& much more buff.ly/IGmElom
#medsky #pedsky #nursesky🛟😷🧪
"Scotland’s frontline health and care staff will no longer be an automatic priority for receiving the COVID vaccine, the latest update to the Scottish government’s winter vaccination programme has revealed."
healthandcare.scot/stories/4265...
Australian-led trial shows nasal spray reduces COVID-19 risk in cancer patients.
"The research... showed that a nasal spray containing interferon-alpha (IFN-α), a naturally occurring protein with broad antiviral activity, could reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection by 40% compared to placebo."
US COVID-19 levels continue to climb gradually.
"Over the past week, test positivity for SARS-CoV-2, rose from 10.2% to 11.2%."
"SARS-CoV-2 detections in wastewater are "very high" in Alabama, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington, DC."
Long COVID-19: A 4-Year prospective cohort study of risk factors, recovery, and quality of life.
In a 4-year follow-up of 816 COVID patients, 29% developed long COVID per WHO criteria. This finding matches higher global prevalence estimates and highlights the enduring burden of post-COVID illness.
CVS is not offering COVID vaccines in 16 states that require CDC approval for pharmacists to give them—incl. my home state, MA.
I’m 66, w. other risk factors, & go back to the classroom next week.
If I get COVID, that will be an assault, perhaps a homicide, at RFK Jr’s, Trump’s, & the GOP’s hands.
Data extracted on 21 July 2025 COVID-19 147 people were in hospital with COVID-19, 34 (23%) were aged 65–74 years and 83 (56%) were 75 years or more. 1,195 people diagnosed in the last week, 139 (12%) were aged 65–74 years and 275 (23%) were 75 years or more. Influenza 195 people were in hospital with Influenza, 107 (55%) were aged 65 years and above. 3,650 people diagnosed in the last week, 600 (16%) were aged 65 years or more. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) 52 people were in hospital with RSV, five (10%) were under 6 months of age and five (10%) were aged between 6 months to less than 2 years. 921 people diagnosed in the last week, 31 (3%) were aged under 6 months and 189 (20%) were between 6 months to under 2 years.
Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 15 July to 21 July 2025
Reported cases:
🔹COVID: 1,195 (-3.0%)
🔹Influenza: 3,650 (+10.1%)
🔹RSV: 921 (+14.4%)
Hospitalisations:
🔸COVID: 147 (-2.6%)
🔸Influenza: 195 (+7.7%)
🔸RSV: 52 (+13.0%)
Source: www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...
Long C-19 is a plethora of pathways...
No easy fix, because it's many routes to 🤬☠️
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Me, when there is yet another aerosolised bug outbreak on a flappy masks optional hospital ward…
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COVID-19 vaccinations in 2025: Disability Service Provider update Topping up COVID-19 protection COVID-19 is still in the community and can be dangerous for people with disability. Protection provided from the COVID-19 vaccine decreases over time. Vaccination in 2025 gives additional protection against severe illness from COVID-19. Recommendation In 2025, all adults can consider one or two COVID-19 doses depending on their age and health. This means: Adults aged 65 and over, or between 18 and 64 who are severely immunocompromised, are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination every 6 months based on their individual health needs and recommended to receive a COVID-19 vaccination every 12 months. Adults aged over 75 are recommended to receive a vaccination every 6 months. All other adults are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination every 12 months. A useful tool to assess individual requirements can be found at: COVID-19 booster eligibility checker | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing More information can be found in the Australian Immunisation Handbook It is safe to have COVID-19 and annual flu vaccines at the same time. Your support is important Vaccination combined with COVID-safe behaviours are the most effective tools in keeping people safe from serious illness. As a disability service provider, your support is crucial in ensuring people with disability are vaccinated against COVID-19 if they choose. You can: Ask your local Primary Health Network for help finding suitable vaccine providers, including onsite vaccinations if needed. Arrange a visit from a Commonwealth COVID-19 vaccination service if you can't use other primary care vaccination pathways. Support your staff to get vaccinated alongside residents during in-reach vaccination services.
Australia: COVID-19 vaccinations in 2025 – Disability service provider update/
"This flyer includes a summary about booster vaccinations and how to help people with disability book a vaccination appointment."
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
Research on GP knowledge of #MECFS - based on pre-COVID data: “a third to a half of all GPs did not accept ME/CFS as a genuine clinical entity and, even when they did, they lacked confidence in diagnosing or managing it.” Though acknowledging mostly UK data
www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57...
I have spoken to rooms full of nondisabled people and heard this ripple of tense laughter. I have told my own story of flipping a car on black ice and people straight up told me they would just drive more carefully.
They can’t handle the idea that you can’t wellness and responsibility your way out.
Australia: Over 65,000 COVID, 81,000 Influenza, and 50,000 RSV cases reported nationwide so far this year.
You can be infectious 48 hrs before symptoms. Stay home if unwell. If you go out, wear a mask and avoid indoor or crowded places.
#COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotOVER
Long COVID destroys teenage lungs in ways doctors never saw.
Emerging evidence shows COVID can cause lasting lung damage in teens—even after mild cases—impacting school, sports, and daily life. Their developing lungs respond differently than adults', raising long-term health concerns.
Glad it helps you. It harms others. The context here is schools are forcing ALL children to do it, including those it harms.
30.05.2025 04:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Considering that there is evidence that certain treatments during acute COVID do decrease the severity of long COVID… I think it is negligent to restrict access to PCR testing to “healthy” people just because we don’t want to prescribe antivirals to prevent hospitalisation/death.
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Graph showing CO2 levels on the flight today.
Air not too good on Qantas flight BNE to CBR. We were the only ones on the plane in N95.
Close to 2000ppm CO2 the whole flight. 😥
#CleanTheAir
Blaue Rose
The blue rose indicates that someone died from #MECFS community.
R.I.P. Judith🕯️
@judyintheskynet.bsky.social
May you feel better where you are now and strength for those left behind. My heart is broken.
#mekills #pwME #millionmissing
Graph showing increase
ME/CFS Publications have steadily increased for a while.
Despite this, ME is still one of if not the most underfunded common disabling illness on earth.
Source: @crunchme.bsky.social
#MEAwarenessHour
I'd probably only trust someone like Jamie Ducharme to write this one. The psychologization of severe-presenting #MECFS and #LongCOVID. Worth a read. 🧪
Props to Rivka Solomon, and other people with lived experience who spoke.
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I was chatting with an endometriosis expert, in Sydney for a conference, who said: “It's very strange; in the last couple of years, we've started seeing malignant transformation of endometriosis in young women.” I replied, “SARS-CoV-2 is possibly an oncovirus”.
20.05.2025 22:22 — 👍 145 🔁 37 💬 6 📌 1Good article. I’m particularly concerned about teaching mindfulness based on body scanning to kids with physical illness eg long covid, MECFS, chronic pain — this is potentially harmful.
23.05.2025 08:54 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
Minute-by-minute heartrate tracking via the Visible Health armband and app.
Interestingly, my body is not Recovering to a Resting Heartrate as quickly as usual...
#LongCovid #Pacing to avoid future #PEM 🙏
This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
I just posted a comment on regulations.gov against this insane new policy to limit COVID vaccines to people over 65. it is easy to do this at the link here. Please consider posting a comment.
21.05.2025 01:30 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Salt tabs: plain NaCl, brand in Australia is Toppin (600mg).
D-ribose we use Doctor’s Best from iHerb
Thank you!
16.05.2025 11:53 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The BMJ has now published my rapid response to Miller et al's Opinion piece.
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Tell me again how Covid is fine for children??
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
