500,000 Americans will be infected with C0VlD today.
Based on the data consistently showing 1-in-5 infections results in Long C0VlD, another 100,000 people will go on to develop Long C0VlD in the U.S. just from today’s infections.
Let’s talk about COVID, brain damage & society.
Specifically, what happens when a neurotropic virus repeatedly infects the population, targeting the frontal lobe & almost nobody talks about the consequences?
This thread is for the skeptics.
I’m a neurologist, stay with me 🧵
UPDATE: The previous 52 week period ending May 17 continues to show the highest patient visits for Flu Like Illness reported since modern record keeping began in the US.
This interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty is absolute GOLD.
“I think that if you’re out there taking COVID seriously, and if you’re out there still trying to avoid repeated infections, you’re still doing the right thing.”
https://t.co/qNMhmmRVdH
The 1918 flu wiped out 90% of adults in Brevig Mission, Alaska. 🧵
It carried a key mutation: PB2 E627K.
Now, H5N1 is showing signs of similar adaptation.
The strain detected in a Canadian teenager also carries PB2 E627K.
1/
I went to drop off my ballot and in the car next to me was a man, amongst pizza boxes and nature valley granola bar wrappers, crying while blasting “Love Stinks” and I really felt that in my soul.