Sbw25φ2

Mildly mild.
Ph.D in microbial ecology and evolution.
Disabled ally cause we all ± will be, & Sars2 hasten that.
@[email protected]
@sbw25phi2.bsky.social

[Sbw25φ2 @SBW25phi2]

Thank you so much to @laurieallee for this organized record of covid consequences litterature (that I regreted several times I didn't start doing myself from the begining...)
-> in pined post so it doesn't get buried in twitter's tsunami

[laurie allee (retired account) @laurieallee]

Starting master thread of threads on the many ways even mild Covid infection causes damage to vascular system, brain, heart, liver, kidneys, eyes, ears, nerves, endocrine system, immunity, fertility & more. I'll continue to add here & to all category threads as info emerges.

[Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansprouts_mom]

Brain training will fix these children, right, @WIRED ?

"Lymphocyte, monocyte, and basophil counts were significantly lower in the Long COVID group, while D-dimer, ferritin, serum iron, urea, and creatinine levels were significantly higher."

https://t.co/1IaPFa6kgX

[Long COVID Labs @longcovidlabs]

New Mass General Brigham study finds rate of Long COVID much higher than we think

In this new study from Boston, researchers used an AI tool to track correlations between the numbers of people who tested positive for COVID, and later sought care for health problems linked to Long COVID.

The number came out at 16%, which is higher than most estimates of Long COVID's prevalence.  The World Health Organization, for example, estimates 6% of COVID patients develop chronic symptoms.

Hossein Estiri, an author of the study and leader of MGB’s clinical augmented intelligence research group, explains, “We built an AI to map the post-pandemic reality, and it uncovered a 10 million-person blind spot in the American healthcare system."

His team believes LC prevalence is underestimated as the patients seeking out care later down the line aren't necessarily identified as having LC.

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[tern @1goodtern]

https://t.co/edaG6ar1A0

[CyFi @CyFi10]

BREAKING: US reports the South Central region has the largest COVID positivity increase since Feb 21, with the highest rate since April 11!

50% of regions report any increase

US and 50% of regions report new all time positivity lows, with US national on an 8 week streak of new lows, including New England for the first time since 2021!

Subject to revision

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

This is an absolutely superb response thread from Dr. Duncan. It really is worth your time to read it in full.

[tern @1goodtern]

We're in another worsening Measles wave here, much worse than the ones we had pre-covid.

[tern @1goodtern]

I'm sorry.

Do you really seriously genuinely think that this rise in need for hospital treatment caused by HPV among *over 70 year olds* is because they're getting jiggy with it?
😂

No, it's because Covid infections weakened their immune systems and HPV is exploiting it.

[Sbw25φ2 @SBW25phi2]

@xawwwkidx @1goodtern @bitterbichon Colanders
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[TiredRealist @maskedmamaB]

@1goodtern Its wild to see it almost completely gone in 20/21 and yet people still argue NPIs don't work.

[tern @1goodtern]

Covid infections affect your ability to fight other infections.

That's obvious to anyone who's actually looking.

[The Vertlartnic @TheVertlartnic]

OK, You’ve Got Me. When I Said Long Covid Could Be Treated By Talking Therapy, I Actually Meant There’s No Such Thing As Long Covid

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

Remember that the existence of Long Covid and the fact that millions of people worldwide are suffering from it creates an extraordinary dissonance in the minds of a section of the population who wish to believe the falsity that Covid is no longer dangerous, and perhaps never was.

[Denis - The COVID info guy - @BigBadDenis]

Researchers say there's a big difference between people who think they’ve never had COVID and those who truly haven't. Data suggest only 2–3% of people worldwide may have avoided infection, with many unnoticed cases due to mild or asymptomatic illness.

https://t.co/KUh89qKETh

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

The problem with articles like the Wired one is LongCovid patients aren’t the intended audience. These articles aren’t meant for us. They are for our families, our doctors, our employers, & our elected officials, & they are used to harm us.

[Zdenek Vrozina @ZdenekVrozina]

Lamprecht at al., Retinal microvascular alterations consistent with endothelial dysregulation in paediatric post-COVID-19 syndrome: A prospective matched-cohort study. https://t.co/8RyMgCppN0

[Zdenek Vrozina @ZdenekVrozina]

And we should remember what the retina represents here.
This is not only about the eye.
Retinal vessels are often used as a non-invasive window into systemic microvascular health. So changes seen there may point to something broader happening in the body.

[Zdenek Vrozina @ZdenekVrozina]

Did it depend on how severe the acute COVID infection was?
Surprisingly, no.
Hospitalisation during acute infection did not explain the later retinal microvascular changes.

[Zdenek Vrozina @ZdenekVrozina]

Almost one year after SARS2 infection, children with Long COVID showed measurable changes in the tiny blood vessels of the retina.
Wider arterioles.
Wider venules.
A shifted arteriole-to-venule ratio.
This was not just a symptom survey.
It was an objective microvascular signal🧵

[🌙biomimic🐾🍉 @iseeuliars]

My father was hospitalized when he fell down the stairs, got Covid in hospital, and his then-mild dementia accelerated with extreme rapidity, and he died within the year.

My story is not unique. How many millions of people is this happening to?

[covid is oncogenic @chaitrovert]

@cutieapocalypse @TheTrueJasonM ppl are so compartmentalized it's fucked up. "i don't mask bc i don't wanna" while crying about high-risk ppl they refused to mask around dying of well-documented sequelae