Anna Penner

She/her
Sociologist at Pepperdine
Tennis fan
Mom to a #norwegianlundehund
Disability rights
COVID is real, Long Covid is too😷
Tweets are my own RT≠endorsements

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@hebagowayed Started at 25 months. We had tears for a week and then for a few days after a 2 week vacation, but my reserved, mommy's kid has done so well. Every afternoon it's "bye teachers, bye friends! see you tomorrow!"
Read "The Invisible String" and sing https://t.co/1SggBgdpEn

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@josemorgado So weird to see him in pants 🤣

[Dr. Sean Mullen @drseanmullen]

If I could choose just four studies out of the over 500 I’ve reviewed to convince you to take precautions from SARS-CoV-2, the following would be on my list:

1. The Lancet just published a compelling study of >16 million people demonstrating the risk of type 2 diabetes after COVID-19 was significantly higher in unvaccinated individuals compared to vaccinated ones. Hospitalized COVID-19 patients faced a dramatically higher risk of developing diabetes, which declined over time but remained elevated. Most importantly, 60% of those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after COVID-19 continued to have the condition 4 months later (https://t.co/U08gHQoyuJ).

2. A study in The New England Journal of Medicine from February (2024) shows alarming accelerated cognitive decline in all individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2, even after a recovery period (https://t.co/B6gjgSRA8Y).

3. A preprint on macaque monkeys reveals that even mild and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 can lead to the formation of Lewy bodies post-infection (https://t.co/01pUt1J8Wx). Moreover, a peer-reviewed study on rhesus monkeys showed an equally disturbing increased presence of tau proteins, in all monkeys (https://t.co/K2u4gjIuCJ).

4. The 2007 SARS1 mouse study, which is crucial for understanding the potential severity of coronavirus infections. No mouse survived beyond the 16th serial passage, a phenomenon we refer to as the "rule of 15" or the “passthrough rule.” This shows evidence of the evolutionary process and the dangers of allowing it to spread unabated (https://t.co/H0SC7a5Yqi).

Given the compelling evidence from these studies alone (with intentional omission of the immune dysfunction, elevated cardiac/stroke risk and gut problems), it should be clear as day, that this virus is NOT by any means “mild.” It can do lasting damage on the metabolic system and central nervous system which impairs everyday physical and cognitive functioning. It can cause performance errors and incapacity to work. It’s dangerous and threatens our way of life.

The public has been lied to and cleaning indoor air, masking indoors and vaccinating against SARS-CoV-2 are essential public health measures.

Note that I’ve left out studies showing increased risk rising with repeated infection, and I’ve omitted studies showing the efficacy of precautions… because people don’t take precautions unless they agree that infection poses a serious concern. And until now, we are fighting survival bias and people who think “brain fog” is some kind of rite of passage to immunity.

People don’t understand brain fog from SARS2 is brain damage. People also don’t understand that not being hospitalized isn’t some kind of gold star participation award that keeps you free of lifelong effects from pathogens that can persist in your blood, bone and organs. Until they understand what they’re doing to their bodies and brains, they’ll take zero action. Explain it to them, before it’s too late.

[tern @1goodtern]

"New study links mild COVID to new health problems up to 3 years after virus passes"
And just to be clear, the whole 3 year thing is just because enough time hasn't passed to prove it's happening after 4, 5, 6, 7 years.
https://t.co/0g2eqljanT

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@RavenclawSoc23 You realized you left a window open in your office and there's a wildfire nearby
(happened to someone in SoCal when everyone worked from home for COVID... came back to terribly smoky smelling office months later!)

[KRDO13 @KRDO_13]

Parents from all over the world gathered in Colorado Springs this week to learn about a rare neurological condition affecting their children. It's called DHX30 and only 106 cases of it are recorded worldwide. https://t.co/brHjdRC1QW

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@drseanmullen @sxwrkr_ I thought heat too until I saw the bit about gargling... I can't imagine gargling something that hot. https://t.co/HRAQMvy7RN

[Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur]

When tested as a gargle, they brewed the tea at four times the concentration of the drinkable infusion, finding that all five varieties of tea reduced the virus by 99.9% within 10 seconds when gargled. 6/

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@o_bel_ Anyone looking for a SoCal dentist in LA county should check out: https://t.co/0M04kmOm22. I went three years without seeing a dentist and am so glad to have someone who takes Covid so seriously!

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Just days after the CDC weakened its COVID isolation guidelines, the White House is suspending its free home rapid test program.

This week is your last chance to order free COVID rapid tests here: https://t.co/UNk1uTBdQO

[tern @1goodtern]

🚨🚨🚨
Do you know why it can be a bad sign that an acute covid infection seems more mild?

🔥👉Covid evolved TO SUPPRESS YOUR INITIAL RESPONSE TO INFECTION

😮

I'm going to try to explain this really important concept🧵

[Dr David Berger BSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACGP-RG DTM+H @YouAreLobbyLud]

1/ THE BEST ARTICLE ON COVID FOR A GOODLY WHILE
Perhaps ever. I thought I'd better do a thread on it. Dive in. It's long, but it's worth it.👇
https://t.co/KcVUA8N8Yh

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@CantonWiner I only assign these for classes <40 or it's too overwhelming

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@CantonWiner Other options are a) identifying a social problem at our university and suggesting recommendations, b) an op-ed about a social problem in the large world, c) a mini lecture (video form) on a topic we didn't cover or more in depth on one we did cover

[BNO News @BNOFeed]

California reported an estimated 30,459 new COVID cases this week, up 30% from last week

[Salvatore Mattera @SalvMattera]

It is my belief that, eventually, many people - maybe most people, maybe all people - will develop severe long COVID. I don't know how long it will take, but it is only a matter of time. Here's a thread on why I think this, and why I might be wrong.

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@SalvMattera and who is likely to respond to those? maybe people with no/fewer long covid symptoms, but if it's really bad will those people bother to spend the energy to take a survey? we'll end up with sampling bias

[John Penniman @Historiographos]

I will never recover from this student email.

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@WeedenKim @LandonSchnabel *adds as "gender and work" reading on Soc of Gender syllabus*

[Anna Penner @PennerStorm]

@AlanSMartino downloads immediately to assign for my "disability and LGBTQ+" day the next time I teach my disability class!