"…the Nature researchers found that CO2 levels of as little as 800 ppm allow the SARS-CoV-2 virus to remain ten times more viable after forty minutes than regular CO2 levels. This happens within 2 minutes of exposure to 800 ppm of CO2.
"What is now clear is that meeting environments previously seen as somewhat risky for viral contagion are much more dangerous than was previously thought." - @ASegar
All conferences should be virtual during #COVID and #flu waves!
"The aim of this meta-analysis is to describe objective cognitive impairment in individuals with non-severe (mild or moderate) #SARSCoV2 cases in the post-acute stage of infection”
"Significantly increased Cho concentrations & decreased NAA/Cho were found in the CCS in the older #postCOVID19 subjects"
"may be related to the microstructural reorganization in the corpus callosum (also reported in diffusion measurements) rather than increased membrane turnover"
It's so good to see a televised broadcast with a #scientist confirming that each #covid infection will increase the risk of long-term effects, typically #longcovid but not just that. It is exhausting to people like me who are #masking very much because we know that IN THE FLESH, and we don't see anything or anyone anywhere validating our experience: not out of solidarity but as a scientific truth? I have to justify myself EVERY DAY 😷.! @longcovid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heT5myyBkNA
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"SARS-CoV-2 provokes persistent long-term brain metabolic changes on brain FDG PET in the selected population of patients with prolonged long COVID symptoms, without progressive worsening of the hypometabolisms."
"our study shows widespread reductions in cerebral blood oxygen levels in PCS that are related to symptoms of daytime dysfunction and cognitive impairment (contd)"
"(Contd) Changes in oxygen metabolism and blood perfusion may serve as an adaptive mechanism to mediate brain vascular damage and/or as a mode of maintaining normal daily functioning."
"I have spent my career studying infectious diseases that fall under the heading of neglected tropical diseases. Now I have a neglected disease — long Covid — an incurable (for now and for me) disease."
“Although studies have suggested many patients with long #COVID experience mental health challenges, we did not find that depressive symptoms prior to #SARSCoV2 infection were a major risk factor for long COVID”
"I'm a strong supporter of the decision of stopping of masks on our subway system, masks in protest, and masks in other areas where it's not health related." - NYC Mayor Adams
But you can get COVID everywhere. EVERYWHERE is health-related. A mask ban doesn't make sense.
111,816 children in England & Scotland are estimated to have Long Covid. Toby & his family describe the harsh reality & impact of this disease. Dr Binita Kane says the NHS is not keeping up with the massive challenge Long #Covid represents. The article also mentions reinfection as an elephant in the room.
“In a recent piece Betsy Ladyzhets [from The Sick Times] reports about problems with RECOVER based on documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. We talked the other day about her findings.”
Persistent symptoms & clinical findings in adults with post-acute sequelae of #COVID19 / #postCOVID19 syndrome in the second year after acute infection: population-based, nested case-control study
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"This nested population-based case-control study demonstrates the majority of PCS cases do not recover in the second year of their illness, with patterns of reported symptoms remaining essentially similar, nonspecific & dominated by fatigue, exercise intolerance & cognitive complaints”
"There have been 5230 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday, and 20 further deaths attributed to the virus." "It comes just weeks after Covid cases spiked to their highest level in 18 months"
The CDC recommends people 65 and over get a Spring redundant dose of that year's Fall #COVID vaccine.
[Translated: ] Less than two weeks ago, Salud confirmed to El Nuevo Día that, among the infections of this respiratory virus, a new variant called KP.2 predominated...
...currently, 184 people are hospitalized for COVID-19 in Puerto Rico, including 23 pediatric cases...
"Illinois emergency rooms saw a nearly 30% increase in patients testing positive for COVID-19 during the week ending June 8. Illinois is one of nearly a dozen states that reported at least a moderate uptick that week."
"This comes as emergency room visits for COVID-19 in King County have been on the rise for weeks. The most recent data from King County shows COVID-19 accounted for nearly 250 emergency room visits over one week in June."
[Translated: ] Four years and three months after COVID-19 broke out in Puerto Rico – as in the rest of the planet – the positivity rate of the virus continues to grow, registering yesterday, Tuesday, a record figure of 43.92%, never before seen in the island since the first case was reported in March 2020.