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Richard A White, PhD

@raubreywhite.bsky.social

Infectious diseases biostatistician/researcher. PhD from @gsas.harvard.edu. Views are my own. Banner credit: https://xkcd.com/2557/

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19.09.2025 17:03 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
Referansetabell - data fra 2010 til 2019.

Referansetabell - data fra 2010 til 2019.

Ny studie: 2899 flere dødsfall i 2024 enn forventet. 1 av 5 ekstra dødsfall skjedde blant personer under 65 år. Kan henge sammen med vedvarende COVID-19-spredning - journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... - #longcovid #ArneSøraas @raubreywhite.bsky.social @anythings.bsky.social @ganyborg.bsky.social

19.09.2025 13:37 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 2

Oh my, that's quite a misquote! Thank you for the heads up. I have emailed the editor, but I doubt they will add the correct context.

29.08.2025 12:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Excess primary healthcare consultations in Norway in 2024 compared to pre-COVID-19-pandemic baseline trends BackgroundThe risk of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 is estimated at 3–6% per infection in 2024. Our previous study identified substantial increases in Norwegian primary healthcare consultation...

New publication (preprint) by @raubreywhite.bsky.social et al titled "Excess primary healthcare consultations in Norway in 2025 compared to pre-COVID-19-pandemic baseline trends".

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
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21.08.2025 14:23 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Eksplosiv økning: Barn sliter med hukommelsen Nordmenn går stadig oftere til legen fordi de sliter med hukommelsen. Blant barn i alderen 5–14 år har det vært nær en tredobling i antall legebesøk de siste årene.

Utrolig provoserende at FHI igjen bare stikker fingrene i øra og sier la-la-la-la. "Vi vet ikke hva dette kommer av, men det er hvertfall helt sikkert ikke pandemien, som sammenfaller eksakt i tid."

www.nrk.no/buskerud/eks...

13.06.2025 13:09 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Eksplosiv økning: Barn sliter med hukommelsen Nordmenn går stadig oftere til legen fordi de sliter med hukommelsen. Blant barn i alderen 5–14 år har det vært nær en tredobling i antall legebesøk de siste årene.

– Nyere forskning viser at barn blir like påvirket av long covid som voksne. Dette er underrapportert, sier David Putrino.

www.nrk.no/buskerud/eks...

13.06.2025 14:01 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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www.utdanningsnytt.no/covid-luftfi...

13.06.2025 10:57 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Three to six months after COVID waves, we see an increase in GP consultations for memory issues. This gives cause for concern that Long Covid plays a significant role. This raises questions about whether the current COVID strategy is sustainable (hint: it isn’t) www.nrk.no/buskerud/eks...

13.06.2025 10:28 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Tre til seks måneder etter covid-bølger ser vi en økning i fastlegekonsultasjoner for hukommelsesforstyrrelser. Det gir grunn til bekymring for at senfølger av covid-19 spiller en vesentlig rolle. Det bør reise spørsmål om hvorvidt dagens koronastrategi er bærekraftig. www.nrk.no/buskerud/eks...

13.06.2025 10:28 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0
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Thank you @putrinolab.bsky.social for highlighting covid's impact on cardiovascular disease in Norway.

www.nrk.no/buskerud/top...

05.06.2025 18:07 — 👍 29    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1
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Fascinerende at FHI advarer mot fagfellevurderte oversiktsartikler i Nature, og heller anbefaler bruk av egne, ikke-eksternt fagfellevurderte rapporter.

www.legeforeningen.no/contentasset...

02.06.2025 19:21 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

“After myself and other misinformation doctors lied about the pediatric covid vaccine, many parents don’t want it.”

01.06.2025 20:12 — 👍 94    🔁 15    💬 7    📌 0
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Here’s an Inconvenient Truth: Disease Is in the Air | The Tyee We ignored the science of airborne transmission for a century. Carl Zimmer tells us why.

“In ‘advanced’ nations, clean water is considered essential, but we tolerate foul air, despite a century of evidence that it harms.”

17.05.2025 00:45 — 👍 273    🔁 119    💬 9    📌 8

It is sad to see @bmj.com platforming quack therapies in 2025

The mind-over-matter approach to #MECFS has been debunked for years, but a cadre of psych devotees in the UK persist in peddling evidence-free miracle cures

Pure and utter pseudoscience

#pwME #LongCovid @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

14.05.2025 16:32 — 👍 236    🔁 73    💬 15    📌 2
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Long COVID needs real therapeutics: time to move past disproven approaches

Here is our Rapid Response to that hugely problematic BMJ review of treatments for #LongCovid

Delighted to have contributed with @ellecarnitine.bsky.social, @fvrhijn.bsky.social, @lauravictorine.bsky.social, and Xandra Westerhuis

We need to learn from the history of #MECFS

05.12.2024 22:46 — 👍 303    🔁 95    💬 15    📌 3
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Løfterik behandling av long covid uten bevis KRONIKK: Vi må prioritere forebygging av long covid, akkurat som vi gjør med alle andre sykdommer, samtidig som vi utvikler bedre behandling.

Min kritikk av rehabiliteringsstudien til Nerli, Selvakumar, Wyller med flere er nå publisert på forskersonen. Det dekker misvisende fremstilling, svake metoder og hemmelighold av data. www.forskersonen.no/covid19-kron...

10.05.2025 12:40 — 👍 19    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 1
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Løfterik behandling av long covid uten bevis KRONIKK: Vi må prioritere forebygging av long covid, akkurat som vi gjør med alle andre sykdommer, samtidig som vi utvikler bedre behandling.

@raubreywhite.bsky.social skriver: www.forskersonen.no/covid19-kron...

10.05.2025 08:19 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Masking does "move the needle" because every single break in the chain of transmission matters. The Covid and flu vaccines do not make it harmless to get infected with those viruses, not even remotely. That's why masking is key! You need to take steps to meaningfully prevent infection

01.05.2025 16:50 — 👍 31    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
From this article: https://geoffnesnow.medium.com/we-cant-wish-covid-19-away-9f7d1e9aee65

We just have to breathe cleaner air indoors to end this cycle. It’s that simple and that difficult.

From this article: https://geoffnesnow.medium.com/we-cant-wish-covid-19-away-9f7d1e9aee65 We just have to breathe cleaner air indoors to end this cycle. It’s that simple and that difficult.

Few things have broken my faith in humanity than almost everyone giving up on clean air / masking / mitigations. The science is unambiguously clear. And yet. We could have had clean indoor air.

01.05.2025 17:13 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Reducing the risk of long COVID - Healthed

Due to the sheer numbers of COVID infections, everyone should consider themselves at risk of contracting long COVID.

This article provides a great overview for GPs, medical professionals and anyone looking to reduce their risk of contracting COVID.

www.healthed.com.au/clinical_art...

30.04.2025 02:53 — 👍 28    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1
BBC Con or Cure - Long COVID The Lightning Process
YouTube video by Broken Battery BBC Con or Cure - Long COVID The Lightning Process

BBC Con or Cure about the Lightning Process and #LongCovid, with @oonaghcousins.bsky.social who explains the process of saying Stop! out loud to stop negative thoughts. Dr Melissa Heightman, Consultant Respiratory Specialist says it doesn't make "medical sense".
youtu.be/pRBab2lOwwc?...

16.04.2025 17:15 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Hvordan beskytte lærere mot long covid? Debatt: – Heldigvis kan luftbårne virus forebygges ved å rense inneluften.

Richard A. White, Gunhild A. Nyborg, Arne Søraas og Anders B. Nygaard:

"Hvordan beskytte lærere mot long covid?"

www.utdanningsnytt.no/covid-luftfi...

12.04.2025 14:17 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Human source SARS-CoV-2 aerosol transmission to remote sentinel hamsters AbstractBackground. Bioaerosol-mediated transmission of COVID-19 via building ventilation systems has yet to be convincingly demonstrated. We used the Sout

[1/3] Not surprising to many, but a big deal in terms of further science on airborne transmission of COVID. It's basically a repeat of the famous Wells Riley experiments of the 1960's. Why this is a big deal?

academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...

12.04.2025 14:49 — 👍 65    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 5
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Hvordan beskytte lærere mot long covid? Debatt: – Heldigvis kan luftbårne virus forebygges ved å rense inneluften.

Viktig kronikk fra @raubreywhite.bsky.social @ganyborg.bsky.social , Arne Søraas og Anders B. Nygaard som viser at å redusere risikoen for helseskade fra Covid er fullt mulig og tiden for å gjøre det er nå!

www.utdanningsnytt.no/covid-luftfi...

11.04.2025 12:39 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Forskningsformidler eller vitenskapsfornekter? Det er lite som tyder på at Eia har vilje eller kompetanse til å «sikre at all god forskning fra UiO blir presentert på en nyansert og faglig solid måte».

Prof. Ola D. Saugstad svarer Harald Eia:
«Eias innlegg er etter min mening preget av en sjelden grad av manglende kunnskap og innsikt. Slik sett er det nyttig å se hva som vil kunne skje hvis Eia skulle bli valgt inn som viserektor for formidling.»
www.universitas.no/biopsykososi...

31.03.2025 13:18 — 👍 48    🔁 27    💬 3    📌 2

- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s positive press release seems to be based primarily upon a shift in the baseline, rather than a true reduction in mortality. This is concerning, as it may lead to a false sense of security.

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25.03.2025 15:34 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
All-Cause Mortality in Norway – Richard Aubrey White Examining all-cause mortality in Norway using publically available mortality data from SSB.

En pressemelding fra Folkehelseinstituttet melder om dødelighet tilbake til nivået før pandemien. Men stemmer dette?

Forsker @raubreywhite.bsky.social har kikket nærmere på tallene:

www.rwhite.no/post/2025-03...

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25.03.2025 15:34 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...

Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage

“Even if you think you're done with COVID, COVID might not be done with you”

Informative interview with @putrinolab.bsky.social

24.03.2025 00:42 — 👍 72    🔁 40    💬 2    📌 2
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The Great Abandonment What's worse: Long COVID or the isolation?

Another must read piece by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social on the rank Covid denialism on the left and right

24.03.2025 21:57 — 👍 218    🔁 44    💬 1    📌 1
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Ed Yong on the Pandemic’s Legacy on Science Research and Reporting | KQED As part of our series looking at the legacy of the pandemic five years on, we talk to Ed Yong about how COVID changed our relationship with health news, reporting and research.

I’ve had a several dozen requests to write or be interviewed about the 5th anniversary of Covid and said no to all of them… except this one with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social. Here’s our chat on the things we’ve memory-holed, and where we go from here.

www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

24.03.2025 20:12 — 👍 1499    🔁 401    💬 24    📌 22

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