Key Links Between Post-COVID/Long COVID and Dental/Bone Issues
SARS-CoV-2 and its aftermath can affect oral and skeletal health through several overlapping mechanisms:
• Immune dysregulation and inflammation: Long COVID involves persistent systemic inflammation (elevated cytokines like IL-6, TNF-α), neutrophil activation, and complement issues. These mirror pathways in periodontitis, which destroys the tissues and bone supporting teeth. Gingival and periodontal cells express ACE2 receptors (the virus entry point), and inflammation can worsen viral effects or create a vicious cycle of dysbiosis and tissue breakdown.
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PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
@MeidasTouch@atrupar I used to believe that elected republicans were just evil, but increasingly I believe they are dumb. IRL I’ve spoken with many republicans recently who really have no idea what their party’s policies are. At all.
WATCH: The White House took down this video, but we still have it.
Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.
🚨 POWELL BIG WARNING 🚨
FED CHAIR POWELL:
U.S. DEBT IS GROWING MUCH FASTER THAN THE ECONOMY & CALLS IT “NOT SUSTAINABLE.”
ALSO WARNS: “IT WILL NOT END WELL IF WE DON’T ACT SOON.”
U.S. DEBT ~$39 TRILLION WITH INTEREST COSTS ~$1 TRILLION A YEAR.
TRUMP MAY LOSE MID… Show more
A Trump advisor was asked about Congress’s constitutional role in declaring war.
The response:
“Congress does not have a constitutional role in the declaration of war.”
Ezra Klein quoted the Constitution directly:
“The Congress shall have power to declare war.”
Silence.
Then:
“The issue has to do with what was meant by ‘declare.’”
This is the legal theory behind a war that has killed seven Americans, displaced 700,000 Lebanese, mined the Strait of Hormuz, and triggered the largest oil price spike in history.
They don’t know what “declare” means.
The Founders were very clear on what they meant. They had just fought a war started by a king acting alone. They wrote it down specifically so this could never happen again.
Article One. Section Eight.
“The Congress shall have power to declare war.”
No ambiguity. No footnotes. No silence.
Just a Trump advisor on a podcast rewriting the Constitution in real time.