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"Parents of children with #longCovid claim they have been accused of faking or exaggerating their child’s illness, leading to social services’ involvement and... court cases and the threat of the child’s removal from the home."
I'm astounded at how common Long COVID is, how little we talk about it, and how many ignore what it means. Discussions I've had in the past two weeks because I probed #COVID19 topics:
Guy tells me his wife has Long COVID for a year. A week later, he posts photos from a crowded, indoor concert.
Friend tells me he's had mild Long COVID for 2 years. Also says he's "moved on" and doesn't consider COVID risks any longer.
This is not going to end well. Here's what I foresee in the future: (1/3)
Eventually, we'll discover we can't ignore the damage caused by repeated reinfections. Many will find out, too late, they've suffered chronic damage to their brains, hearts and immune systems that permanently affects their health, ability to work, and enjoyment of life. There will be no going back. Tens of millions will suffer limits to their activity, worse health, a decline in their productivity, and shorter lives. All of which is preventable if we only cared about #COVID19 a little more.
My new four-minute post on #COVID19. The current situation, what's happening this spring, the risks ahead, and the considerable risks of repeated infections everyone is ignoring.
AMR (antimicrobial resistance) is a growing problem. #COVID19 is adding to it. Antibiotics don't treat COVID; using them to do so risks accelerating AMR.
STUDY finds "a substantial prevalence of MDRO (multidrug-resistant organisms) infection (42.1%) in COVID-19 patients, and a notable overall proportion of antibiotic use (76.2%)." This highlights "the urgent need to enhance antimicrobial stewardship strategies to mitigate the risks associated with future pandemics."
I have been eating antibiotics for days now, due to inflammation in my surgical wound - and it had proven to my that my ears indeed don't have issues in them that could be fixed with an antibiotic.
Instead covid caused some kind of structural damage that causes daily pain in my left ear, while my right ear hurts occasionally OR makes so ALL sounds become distorted, painful, and difficult to handle. This has been going on for almost 3 YEARS!
"For some people, disabling symptoms lead to complete inability to work. In less extreme cases, “work instability,” which is a mismatch between patients’ functional abilities and the demands of their work, can threaten employment if not addressed."
US summer surge of #COVID19—hopefully modest—is starting. Biobot & NWSS report small increases in the past week (particularly in the West & possibly South) driven by a new wave of immune-evasive variants. Nationally, COVID in wastewater is near our 12-month low point last summer. Outdoor activities may help limit this surge. A room with 25 people has an 18% chance of including someone infectious.
No surprise here: A STUDY on #COVID19 risks in public settings finds that "The pooled SAR (Secondary Rate of Attack) for community indoor settings was 20.4%. The setting-specific SARs were highest for singing events (SAR 44.9%), indoor meetings and entertainment venues (31.9%), and fitness centers (28.9%). "
"Children with #LC have a reduced VO2 peak […], abnormal cardiovascular efficiency (VO2/HR% pred), pathological VE/VCO slope […], and abnormally reduced slope of VO2 work" "48% of the LC patients had a suspicious phenotype for pulmonary hypertension."
Monitoring for CO2 and air filtration can work to reduce #COVID19 risks.
STUDY: "There was a statistically significant correlation between the total time of room CO2 concentrations ≥1,000 and SARS-CoV-2 cases in an IDD school. Merv-13 filters appear to decrease the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. "
The evidence that covid can dysregulate the immune system is — at this point — extensive, though not well-publicized. A close eye on covid-related subreddits will reveal — with surprising frequency — posts asking about, or describing, anecdotal experiences with this. Here are over a dozen:
STUDY notes that the severity of an infectious disease depends on the level of the infectious dose: The higher the dose, the more serious the infection outcomes. "The dose of exposure is determined by human behavior, environmental conditions and mitigation strategies, such as indoor versus outdoor exposure, indoor crowding, indoor air ventilation and physical distancing." Even if you get #COVID19, being cautious (masks, lower crowds, shorter times, better air) matter!
Through incompetence, negligence, and willful malice, Trump and the GOP have killed more Americans with COVID than were lost in America's ten most costly wars—COMBINED. KILLING AMERICANS IS WHAT THE GOP DOES BEST. #TrumpKills#GOPKills#GOP#COVID19#VoteBlueIfYouWantToLive
Das der Abwärtstrend nicht ewig weitergehen konnte war ja klar, leider entfernen wir uns jetzt wieder vom niedrigen Niveau - die nächste Welle nimmt seit einigen Wochen Fahrt auf, unsere temporäre Immunität lässt offenbar mal wieder nach:
"Unfortunately, the newest widely circulating pathogen in the human population uses a broadly expressed ACE2 receptor to infect cells, meaning it can damage almost any part of the body."
"They want your ignorance and incur no cost if you are harmed by being repeatedly infected by COVID-19 or any other pathogen that might be surging in its wake."
Many #COVID19 cautious are posting endlessly about H5N1. I am not going to follow them down the rabbit hole. Avian flu may or may not become a human-to-human pandemic, but...
I continue to believe we're ignoring the immediate and real risk we face with COVID
We don't help mental health by constantly promoting POTENTIAL risks
If it becomes a pandemic, we'll know
If morons want to drink unpasteurized milk and risk death, blindness and illness, I am powerless to stop them, anyway.
I already spend around a dozen hours a week tracking #COVID19 studies and sharing the very real risks we are ignoring. I don't need to become a "doomer," chasing after every possible Monkeypox, Avian flu, and mystery illness report. Instead of focusing on all the risks that may not be real or immediate, I'd urge us to pay more attention to the fact COVID is still mutating, reinfections are dangerous, COVID damages brains, hearts and other organs, and Long COVID is a growing risk in 2024.