Petra Östergren

Anthropologist and writer. Mostly here for Covid-cautious info and community. Open to new friendships and more. 🌈💃🏻🕺🏻🧘🏻‍♀️

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Half a million scientific publications.

[Dr. Sean Mullen @drseanmullen]

There are now more than half a million scientific publications related to COVID-19 and a rapidly growing body of evidence linking SARS-CoV-2 infection to immune dysregulation, microvascular injury, autonomic dysfunction, clotting abnormalities, viral persistence, and measurable cognitive changes.

And to the people constantly sick, exhausted, dizzy, forgetful, exercise intolerant, waking up to feeling like you got hit by a truck on the daily or suddenly developing strange inflammation, heart issues, GI problems, or “mystery” symptoms after repeated infections…

At some point you and society as a whole must confront the reality that repeated infection with a vascular and neurotropic virus was never as harmless as everyone wanted it to be.

I choose to live in reality.

That virus is still here. It is still spreading through the air. And it is still associated with long-term vascular, immune, and neurological consequences for many people.

Protecting yourself from that threat — through cleaner air, better ventilation, filtration, vaccination, and high-quality masks in high-risk settings — also reduces your risk from many of the other respiratory pathogens constantly circulating around us.

And if you are tired of watching people suffer while being told this is “normal,” then start demanding urgency.

Ask why Long Covid clinics are closing instead of expanding.
Ask why immunologists, virologists, neurologists, vascular scientists, and pathologists are not being funded at Manhattan Project scale to investigate viral persistence, immune dysfunction, clotting, mitochondrial damage, and cognitive impairment.
Ask why billions can appear overnight for almost anything else, but millions living with chronic illness are told to “pace themselves” and move on.

Support researchers (the ones who are still focused on Long Covid that don’t conflate the disease)
Support clean air initiatives (two strong efforts happening in Illinois right now! Help us!!).
Support disability advocacy.
Pressure institutions to improve indoor air quality.
Stop mocking people for protecting themselves.
And stop accepting “everyone is sick all the time now” as a normal feature of modern life.

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

@JoannaTeglund @NicoReznick But does antivirals clear the body from cov-virus?…

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

@membranefusion Ok, thanks! Hope you will feel better soon.

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Magic.

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

Another study conducted at Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge showed that air filters worked their magic & removed almost all trace of airborne SARS-CoV-2 virus…

…even on a Covid ward where the air would have been thick with infectious viral particles.

https://t.co/nbqwjyEjwY

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Impact of covid on heart, brain and breathing.

[Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA @michael_hoerger]

My best career advice is to reduce your lifetime number of cumulative SARS-CoV-2 infections.

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Sweden?

[tern @1goodtern]

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Absolutely staggering drop in Healthy Life Expectancy in Sweden according to Eurostat.

From 73.3 years of healthy life expectancy down to 66.2.

*Sweden*.

Can no one understand how much trouble we're in?

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Azvudine.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

An old HIV drug has proven so effective for COVD-19 (reduced viral load, prevents severe disease and ⬇️death by 30%) that it has now been approved in China for just $50, unlike Paxlovid that retails for $1800 in the U.S. —I doubt the Trump FDA will ever approve it for COVID.

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

49 %.

[Hannah Davis @ahandvanish]

Study of 97 million people found COVID infection led to a 49% increased risk of new-onset autoimmune-related diseases, esp vascular & connective tissue issues.

https://t.co/SLNYlbfF11
#LongCovid

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

An important read.

[Al Haddrell @ukhadds]

One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.

For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

@wonderartsy Thank you for masking and posting - it is so valuable.

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Safety. Not anxiety.

[Olivia- covid resources in bio! @o_bel_]

Covid Safety Isn’t an Anxiety Disorder

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Key differences.

[Emmanuel @ejustin46]

What Are the KEY DIFFERENCES That Make SARS-CoV-2 UNIQUE Among RESPIRATORY VIRUSES Like INFLUENZA and RHINOVIRUSES?

▶️ TRANSMISSION MECHANISM :
- **SARS-CoV-2** primarily spreads through aerosols and contact with contaminated surfaces. It has a longer viral shedding period ...

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Please point out.

[Brother Jev @BrotherJev]

@NewsHour Please point out exactly where the pandemic ended because I don’t see it.

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

@noren_elisabeth Tack!

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

High risk? No vaccine in 🇸🇪

[Eric Hammarstrand Bär😷 Befria🇵🇸 @Permoman]

I live in Sweden, Östergötland, and will not be allowed any Covid vaccine at all this year. Not even if I offer to pay for it. I have Spinal muscular atrophy, basically no muscular function, and I depend on respiratory support even on days when I'm not infected with anything. 1/2

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

High risk denied vaccine in 🇸🇪

[Eric Hammarstrand Bär😷 Befria🇵🇸 @Permoman]

I'd be considered high risk in any other country, but in Sweden, they don't seem to care how high the risk is. Only 75+ or 50 with underlying conditions are allowed. Please share so us disabled people can put some international pressure on this issue; Swedish media don't care.

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

@MaMLSod @jorgenponder Jag har flera vänner och bekanta som varit sjuka sista veckorna. Hur är det med er andra?

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Strange Stratus symptoms. https://t.co/hgsuaI76pG

[Petra Östergren @petraostergren]

Håkan explains the Swedish protocol.

[Håkan Save Hansson 🇸🇪 🇺🇦 @savehansson]

In Sweden, you have to wait until your daughter turns 75 before you're allowed to get her vaccinated against #SARS2. 🤷🏻‍♂️

#svpol #COVID19 #LongCovid #LongCovidKids