David Keegan

A lab researcher in a white coat and blue gloves is pipetting a sample in a laboratory, with glass beakers and chemical containers blurred in the background. A microscope is positioned on the right side of the image. A link preview caption reads: “Yale study places long COVID among an extensive history of post-acute infection syndromes.” The link source is labmate-online.com.

Scientists at Yale say long COVID is part of a “long-established family of post-acute infection syndromes.” The biggest challenge is understanding its “underlying pathobiology.” They were “surprised” how often children are affected, noting kids are also vulnerable to “long-term effects.”

Bright blue infographic with a pink header reading 'U.S. Long Covid burden' Shows 45–48M people affected, $2–7B annual economic cost, and up to $30B if symptoms persist 3 years. Light blue covid icons in background

New paper - this is the largest long COVID estimate I've seen yet 😳

Link 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/

Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.

A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.

There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.

This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…

“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”

Putting it all together:
- covid is airborne
- people are getting it repeatedly
- it’s wrecking immune systems

Please: mask, ventilate, filtrate, isolate, immunize.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Flu is airborne, Covid is airborne, & clean air prevents the spread

Ventilation & masking are very effective protections - yet these simple scientific measure are *still* not advised or adopted by health services in Ireland 😷

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...

RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Read this twice.

“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”

www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...

Alberta government rejected expert advice to report probable measles cases, documents show New data show at least 450 probable cases were identified in the province, bringing the total to nearly 2,500 since the outbreak began last spring

The new data show Alberta, not Ontario as previously understood, has the highest case count of any province, despite having a much smaller population. Ontario publicly reports probable cases.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

It's tough on a 24-year old. I get it. It just got to be too much for him. So I try contain my profound disappointment/concern, while laying the real blame squarely at the door of #PublicHealth. Who failed us so utterly.

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That is a very interesting fact.

Hey Alberta,

Please pre-order your flu & covid vaccines for next year NOW to help make sure we don’t run out. Instead of ordering enough for everyone and having a robust campaign, the govt is only ordering what they think the default demand will be.

#abpoli

bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

Rath added:

"We saw today from the criticism that the court had ... This is why you don't want to mess around with judges while judges still have the microphone, right?"

“Still”?!?

Sounds like there is a plan afoot to remove the power of the courts to ensure governments follow the law.

Exactly.

I’m so sorry.

In the past five years, I have seen way more new cases of inflammatory skin and joint disease than in my previous 23 years of practice.

By a factor of at least 3-5.

>3X the total new cases in 5 years than in all my 23 previous years.

That’s >14x the annual incidence than I remember before.

Policies of negligence have allowed Covid-19 to spread without control, causing huge amounts of illness and mortality. It is abundantly clear that strong, uncompromising measures of essential safety, such as requiring respirator masks in all public spaces, urgently need to be enforced.

#COVID19

Maybe, after all???!??

<fingers crossed>

That was one rollercoaster ride.

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Switching to electric stoves can dramatically cut indoor air pollution A new study links gas and propane stove emissions to asthma and other health risks. Transitioning to electric could reduce exposure by over 50%.

“As we strive for cleaner air and healthier living, we should prioritize indoor air quality,” Jackson said. “Switching to electric stoves is a positive step toward cleaner cooking and better health.”

news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

I agree. I still wear respirator masks all the time when indoors other than in my home.

In general, vaccines have done a lot to prevent infections and transmission of a wide range of infectious diseases.

Ventilation is great! But so is air filtration, especially when ventilation can’t keep up, it’s very cold outside, or when there is pollution and/or wildfire smoke.

It’s wrong to not have novavax in Canada. It’s a great vaccine and sometimes, people’s only option.

I think Bryan shared his understanding at the time. We’ve since chatted and he has openly welcomed this (scary) extra knowledge we must do more than vaccinations.

The simple metal box that could change the world - Healthy Debate This quiet, repairable metal air cleaner is an inexpensive long-term disease prevention tool for public spaces.

Also, clean the indoor air.

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Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social -

"We need vax+ strategy. Clean air is key"

Governments should adopt a vaccines-plus strategy for COVID-19, part VII Solutions Series: Andrew Longhurst presents an 11-part series on ways to reducing surgical wait times in Canada

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"A vaccine-plus policy strategy involves acknowledging SARS-CoV-2 is an airborne virus and educating the public and implementing measures that reflect scientific understanding":

www.healthcoalition.ca/governments-...

I still wear respirator masks faithfully.