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We give the virus every possible opportunity to evolve when we don’t mask up. Covid is airborne.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 With thanks to @atranscendedman.bsky.social virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

A study of masks and respirators confirms, yet again, that earloop KN95/KF94 masks perform similarly to surgical masks. Earloop masks should not be recommended as a substitute for proper headstrap N95 respirators—except for the rare wearer who passes a fit test in them.

submitted 7 days ago • 25 comments

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submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Paxlovid use acutely may reduce the incidence of stroke in the “long COVID period”. That means you don't need to have PERSISTENT symptoms to have #longCOVID because you can be asymptomatic up to the point of having a stroke (possibly due to viral persistence). We need a definition change.

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

These guidelines came out last year, but I see little impact on clinical practice. Still, it is nice they have these to file away somewhere, and, better still, to see them get another airing. Share widely

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Also, would you (who don’t test for Covid) be ok with spreading Covid to someone with cancer and delay the cancer treatment and ultimately affect the life of that person with cancer???

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Dear colleagues. If you won't test for C19/Flu/RSV for your patient's sake, be selfish and do it for yourself. Test, then suspected cases will be isolated so they don't infect staff, preventing you from having to do extra overtime when they all call in sick. Enlightened selfishness!

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

Research links #COVID to poor kidney outcomes in US youth Children and adolescents were at higher risk for new-onset mild and moderate chronic kidney disease from 2020 to 2023. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

How does COVID-19 impact the brain? Neuroscientist Danielle Beckman and expert David Joffe discuss direct neuronal effects and sleep disorders in Long COVID patients, and the importance of thorough evaluations for accurate diagnoses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=soJX... #LongCOVID #COVID #NeuroCOVID

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments

“If you look at the tests they have the profile of a person with very early Alzheimer’s disease. Do they have Alzheimer’s disease? We don’t know.” apple.news/AjLJlXpTWR9G...

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments

Here's an article saying cancer causes arterial thrombosis (heart attacks and strokes). You don't get a horde of popular commentators coming out to proclaim the need for more decisive evidence, condemning it as "fear-mongering" etc. Why is COVID different? www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

If you don’t drink contaminated water, then you won’t breathe contaminated air. Breathe clean air.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I saw a long Covid patient today. Gaslit since symptoms started. If you are struggling to keep masking and doing the right thing, please know you are not alone. But if you need to see a psychologist, have a look at this directory. www.covidconscioustherapists.com/international

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Why I get really upset seeing my patients suffer and get gaslit because of their long covid symptoms? They suffer in silence. They look like a normal person but they know they are not the same since Covid infection. Because Covid is preventable. Absolutely preventable. We know how.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Long Covid is very Long www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 27 days ago • 19 comments

Conversation with my patients because I still mask and refuse to catch and spread Covid. “Covid is over. Live your life. Go back to normal”. My patients with long covid: “I can’t live my normal life anymore. I can’t work. I am struggling financially. I can’t go out. I can’t exercise.

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

Reducing the Risk of Long COVID in Kids: Why Reinfection Matters and What We Can Do johnsnowproject.org/primers/redu...

submitted 30 days ago • 5 comments

A promising avenue for treating #longCOVID is anti-resevoir therapy of chronic viral or viral protein fragment persistence. This excellent review, led by Dr Amy Proal, covers the subject and potential therapeutic options well. #longCOVIDAwarenessDay www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 50 days ago • 7 comments

“A positive test for COVID-19 was associated with increased rates of diagnosis of various infections in the 12 months following an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 32 days ago • 21 comments

When you have a cold, is it worth taking a rapid antigen test to find out if it is flu, COVID or RSV? "It's worth noting RATs can be useful — if you can afford them — but the technology isn't foolproof." "If the test is negative, you still may have the infection." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

submitted 34 days ago • 4 comments

Surprised to see this statement quoted in the ABC article, given that even @who.int accepts the now well-established scientific fact that #COVIDisAirborne

submitted 33 days ago • 8 comments

This is truly a medical disaster. It is like news telling us there is a tornado/cyclone/flooding and we do nothing but hope that it blows away and we remain unscathed. If we get hit, it is pure bad luck/fate. We never take responsibility to protect ourselves. Don’t ever underestimate Covid.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

We are seeing a huge outbreak of COVID. This is the largest outbreak I have seen since last autumn. Most of my swabs are coming back positive. I am pleasantly surprised when it doesn't, so repeat it to find it return +ve

submitted 51 days ago • 6 comments

Here’s how we could have properly dealt with Covid And be in a much better place. How Denial of Airborne COVID Transmission Broke the World goodmenproject.com/featured-con...

submitted 40 days ago • 3 comments

Why you still need to mask up and mitigate against covid. Why covid is exceptional. Listen to @davidjoffe64.bsky.social and Dr David Tuller. Plenty of scientific evidence to explain why. All facts. I’m seeing these sick patients. Don’t throw your health away. youtu.be/V9f_kjlz6Ho

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments