#WeCanBeZero is the People's Campaign for #ZeroCovid on our shared islands. Created by the people with the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group @ISAGCOVID19
Irish Examiner inadvertently burying the lede here:
“It could also be that people are slightly more vulnerable post-Covid because there is a post-Covid elevated risk of heart disease for example, so that could be contributing to it as well.”
🚨 BREAKING:
"For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern."-@DrTedros
Humm, one of those radio interviews this morning when I didn't get to say everything I wanted to 😞
So here's what I planned to say.
As WHO are saying, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic isn't over. We need to expect multiple waves of infection each year.
The final version of our study seeking to understand how even mild respiratory COVID can affect the brain is now published. Sharing an updated thread… 1/
Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation https://t.co/vuq39XlB2z
WATCH: "There seems to be no plan to take any action, or a plan to encourage people to wear a mask." Prof. of Health Systems @astaines on current #Covid wave
For @DonnellyStephen & @davidcullinane:
The final NPHET letter did not discourage masks, it strongly suggested they be retained.
Masking would help mitigate the current surge. As would more testing, investment in air hygiene, & working at home.
It's *not* lockdown or nothing.
"living with the virus" as a way to "normal" is not working. Businesses should recognize that investing in elimination is the exit strategy.
Is this it? More than half of workers still not returning to office, according to gauge https://t.co/vr5rMvWoc9
🇮🇪Ireland
A LOT of people notifying on twitter that having avoided it all along they or a member of their family now have Covid-19 for the first time.
Pretending Covid is gone and it’s now okay to discard masks in essential settings is not working.
#CovidIsNotOver#LongCovid
LIVE NOW: Independent SAGE discusses education policy with special guests Dr @dgurdasani1, Joint General Secretary of the NEU @cyclingkev, and Claudia Hanson of the Karolinska Institute, hosted by Professor @jimalkhalili https://t.co/V5lt3yujmK
CNN: BA.2 virus,a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant,isn't just spreading faster than its distant cousin,it may also cause more severe disease & appears capable of thwarting some of the key weapons we have against Covid-19,new research suggests.
https://t.co/R8rp7k2Wq4