🇪🇸Spain: Thousands of Taylor Swift concertgoers in Madrid have come down with COVID-19 after Eras Tour.
"One specific X account, known for being a hub for Spanish Swifties, took a poll of their followers, asking if they had become sick with COVID-19 after one of Swift's concerts in Madrid. Of the 10,796 people who answered the poll online, 35%, or 3,780 of the concertgoers said they had."
🗣 📢 IT'S FINALLY #Bday4Liza SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
given it’s my first surviving cancer and a pandemic, am spending it in the exotic landscape of Bellevue hospital waiting to get a friggin’ #COVID19 booster shot.
Some #COVID19 concerned people: "I can't vote for Biden because he's been a terrible pandemic leader." I get it, but if you care about vaccines and public health, you'll keep Trump out of office.
What can Trump do about vaccines? More than you might think.
His new anti-vaccine persona could have far-reaching consequences if he’s elected to a second stint as president with far-reaching administrative powers.
Every election. Every race. Every Democrat. #VoteBlue
People have been sold the idea #COVID19 only affects those who are old, sick and weak. That's wrong.
STUDY: "In this population of healthy young adult US Marines with mostly either asymptomatic or mild acute COVID-19, one fourth reported physical, cognitive, or psychiatric long-term sequelae of infection. The Marines affected with PASC showed evidence of long-term decrease in functional performance."
In the 13 months since the US ended the #COVID19 public health emergency on May 11, 2023, more Americans have been killed by COVID than died in the eight years of the Vietnam War (which was the US's fourth most deadly war following the Civil War, WW1 and WW2).
I should point out that there are, in fact, places that have installed all of these: fresh air, filtering, and germicidal UV lights. Do you know where they are?
Where?
PA: The White House, Congress, Number 10 Downing, Parliament, the Reichstag, and WHO. All of our leaders have these protections and procedures in place.
But not our schoolchildren.
The school where former CDC director Rochelle Walensky’s children go, they have these upgrades. #COVID19
There's an important new review about the effectiveness of masks from @trishgreenhalgh & colleagues.
Digging into it & comparing it with the controversial Cochrane review clarified several issues for me, & left me optimistic about masks & scientific consensus.
If you've ever wondered how meta-analyses can have different conclusions on the same question, this post is for you, too!
Some months ago I noted Taylor Swift took precautions while on tour, such as avoiding fan interactions, so she could avoid #COVID19. Meanwhile, she's fine if fans crowd pack together screaming and singing in her audiences. I got a crap from Swifties. (BTW, I'm a fan, too.)
NEWS: Taylor Swift spreads Covid: thousand of fans fall ill after Madrid and Paris concerts
on a New York Times article on a new, major National Academies report, "Long-Term Health Effects of #COVID19: Disability & Function Following #SARSCoV2 Infection"
"The results revealed significant differences in the neurophysiological parameters of P300 & beta band rhythms in subjects affected by cognitive fog, and these alterations persist even 8 months after recovery from #Covid19"
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“People are developing new-onset disease as the result of an infection that they had 3 years ago,” says Ziyad Al-Aly, “It challenges the notion that these viruses are sort of self-contained or that after the acute phase, they become inconsequential.”
"And cumulatively, at three years, #longCOVID results in 91 disability-adjusted life years (DALY) per 1,000 people—DALYs being a measure of years lost to poor health or premature death. That is a higher incidence than either heart disease or cancer."
"Risks for post-acute sequelae declined over the years, but substantial residual risk remained in the third year, leading to 252.8 sequelae per 1,000 persons& 90.0 DALYs per 1,000 persons”
Association between acquiring SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and post-acute sequelae of #SARSCoV2 infection: RECOVER electronic health record cohort analysis
"SARS-CoV-2 infection acquired during pregnancy was associated with lower risk of development of #PASC at 30–180 days after incident SARS-CoV-2 infection in this nationally representative sample”
Review article. "The sustained activation of the KP [kynurenine pathway], associated with cognitive impairments & chronic fatigue, underscores the potential of KP as a therapeutic target & as a possible biomarker for #longCOVID in future studies”