LafColCOVID

Unofficial Lafayette College COVID watchdog account. Updated Sundays only 2022- 2023

[LafColCOVID @LafColCovid]

@LafCol is offering “Kognito” as part of mental health resources 4students & staff this year.
Recent emails have referred 2it as “Kognito mental health resource”

Here’s why this is a very far cry from an appropriate moniker & far from appropriate resource: #lafcolcovid
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[People's CDC @PeoplesCDC]

This thread can be read here: https://t.co/zEcFO4qH8m

[Jess @MeetJess]

COVID-19 vaccines and treatments could go to private market this summer, White House official says

The supply of free treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 purchased by the federal government could end as soon as this summer https://t.co/uY8jdKU6Xg

[Philip Schellekens @fibke]

No one seems to be paying attention anymore, but last week the COVID-19 pandemic still represented the THIRD cause of death globally

[Jess @MeetJess]

“What began as an airborne pandemic driven by a single virus has become a viral cloud roiling around the globe thanks to public policies that have allowed unfettered transmission” https://t.co/adeIIvZB8I

[LafColCOVID @LafColCovid]

Lafayette among lowest in nation for Pell grant recipients https://t.co/zTbMH0rDC2

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Bivalent boosters protect against the super-infectious new variant XBB.1.5, new data finds | My comments ⁦@Salon⁩ https://t.co/8qnkIqyMZm

[Jess @MeetJess]

India’s First Nasal COVID-19 Vaccine Launched https://t.co/Sw8InFm93t

[Jess @MeetJess]

COVID Virus Ventures Beyond the Lungs, Often Lodging in the Brain https://t.co/7zMAGmFEL8

[Emmanuel @ejustin46]

The covid-19 virus gets into the brain – what does it do there?
@MeetJess @RadCentrism
@RolandBakerIII @HugonetX

https://t.co/3PsHN42tFy

[COVID Advocacy NY @COVIDAdvocacyNY]

At least 1 in 247 residents in New York State have died from #COVID19, a total of 78,723 deaths.

https://t.co/KLb0HxJSdK

[Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) @Yash25571056]

".. repeated vaccination of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dampens the nAb (neutralizing antibody) response against the new Omicron variants in breakthrough infection due to stronger immune imprint on the ancestral strain."

https://t.co/UqWoKr8WQB

[Jess @MeetJess]

Heart attacks on dramatic rise for 25-44 age group

A new study has been published that links the increase in heart attacks amongst adults between the ages of 25 and 44 to COVID-19.

Well.. well…well https://t.co/7Xah0CPwuM

[Jess @MeetJess]

Novavax Inc said on Thursday it would require six months to produce a COVID-19 vaccine designed to match whichever coronavirus variants are circulating for an annual immunization program each fall season in the United States. https://t.co/KmcgooCwrE

[Emmanuel @ejustin46]

This feature of SARS-CoV-2 may explain why patients can continue to produce viral RNA after recovery and suggests a new aspect of RNA virus replication.

"Nuclear translocation of spike mRNA and protein is a novel pathogenic feature of SARS-CoV-2"
https://t.co/KNHQevuWlh

[Artie Vierkant @avierkant]

If the Biden administration sends covid vaccines and therapeutics to the private market it will make the ongoing pandemic substantially worse and will be difficult to hold them accountable. We can’t let that happen.

@realLandsEnd and I for @TeenVogue

https://t.co/450dUL92JT

[Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates]

"We found a 42.63% higher likelihood of acquiring autoimmunity for patients who had suffered from COVID-19"

641,704 patients with COVID-19 were included in the study.

Comparing the incidence rates in the COVID-19 and matched control groups.

https://t.co/HV1WSdn4Yd

[Martha Lincoln @heavyredaction]

“Quiet quitting” on public health

Jha: “There is no study in the world that shows that masks work that well” 12/23/22
Walensky: “We can’t stop the spread of COVID” 12/30/22
Biden: “I stopped thinking about it” 1/20/23
Emanuel: “Living too long is also a loss” 1/24/23

[The Hill @thehill]

FDA pulls authorization for COVID antibody treatment over lack of effectiveness https://t.co/dhE0UP7HKb

[Raina MacIntyre @Globalbiosec]

"..not everyone who fails to wear a mask on public transport fails the empathy test. That would condemn almost the entire population. But, without direction from government ...even the kindest people end up behaving as if they have no regard for others." https://t.co/JMKyetFKh1