As a physician, I can attest that masks protect against many threats to our health, including pollution, wildfire smoke, infectious diseases, and allergens. All of us, and especially disabled and immunocompromised folks, need to be able to wear masks freely in public spaces. Please sign and share this petition against the North Carolina mask ban. #COVID#MaskUp#ClimateChange#disabilityhttps://chng.it/C7XNnpx9gL
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"Parents of children with #longCovid claim they have been accused of faking or exaggerating their child’s illness, leading to social services’ involvement and... court cases and the threat of the child’s removal from the home."
"Parents of children with #LongCovid accused of making it up: Doctors and parents say children are being threatened with being taken into care as medics struggle to diagnose their conditions and families are placed under suspicion"
I hear that 2020 was difficult and traumatic for a lot of people. But for me, and I suspect for many of us who are still Covid-cautious, this year has been the most difficult year yet.
Not only are few people still wearing masks, but mask bans are now happening. Public areas are more and more dangerous, and mask-wearers are now being viewed as criminals.
Family are less and less tolerant of what they now view as subversive behavior from those of us who don’t want to gather together without mitigations.
As more years pass, waiting on medical care becomes impossible, and the likelihood of needing to take the major risk of visiting medical, dental, eye care and other facilities becomes greater. And now with the added risk of even healthcare providers not masking.
This is the hardest year by far. My patience for those talking about the trauma of 2020 has waned.
I think it is really important we speak out against this bill as it could be copy-catted in other states, and its just messed up, so I started an email campaign: TIME-SENSITIVE!: Join the email campaign to stop HB 237 from passing in NC House of Representatives! If passed, this bill will make it illegal to wear a mask in public even for medical reasons, more info at https://the-maskers-comic.yolasite.com/stophb237 We need to send these emails out ASAP!
"Of 6405 participants with data on duration of COVID-19 symptoms and linkage to health records, 896 (14%) self-reported [LC] of any severity in longitudinal population based study surveys. Among these 896 participants, just 48 (5.4%; 95% CI 4.1–7.0) were identified as having [LC] related codes in EHRs"
@luckytran This is what a Republican congress does. ⬆️ Every #COVID post from now on should also be tagged #VoteBlue#Vote#Biden The cat is to remind you of how the MAGA views vaccines and the Rs in congress that are happy to let them. Rs want to fund billionaire tax cuts, Dems want to fund #healthcare. #CovidIsNotOver#CatsOfMastodon#GOP
New:
Assessment of the Impact of RNase in Patients With Severe Fatigue Related to Post-Acute Sequelae of #SARSCoV2 Infection (#PASC ): A Randomized Phase 2 Trial of RSLV-132
“We hypothesized that removal of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA from latent reservoirs may improve inflammation, neuroinflammation, and fatigue associated with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC).”
❓Recently someone shared a post/article comparing the accuracy rates of different at-home #COVID tests, in response to #Omicron. It included data that was fairly recent/updated, and there was even a graph involved. For the life of me, I can’t seem to find it again. Does anyone remember and still have the post/link?
"Children with #LC have a reduced VO2 peak […], abnormal cardiovascular efficiency (VO2/HR% pred), pathological VE/VCO slope […], and abnormally reduced slope of VO2 work" "48% of the LC patients had a suspicious phenotype for pulmonary hypertension."
Update on Mask Ban in NC: Since this bill passed in the Senate, we now have to stop it from passing in the House: TIME-SENSITIVE!: Join the email campaign to stop HB 237 from passing in NC House of Representatives! If passed, this bill will make it illegal to wear a mask in public even for medical reasons, info here: https://the-maskers-comic.yolasite.com/stophb237
The evidence that covid can dysregulate the immune system is — at this point — extensive, though not well-publicized. A close eye on covid-related subreddits will reveal — with surprising frequency — posts asking about, or describing, anecdotal experiences with this. Here are over a dozen:
"... how many people know COVID-19 infection can cause headaches and migraines weeks or months later? Or that it can cause fainting? Nausea? Heart attacks? Cardiac complications in adults and children? Embolisms? ADHD-like symptoms? Neurological issues? How many people are suffering the long-term sequelae of COVID-19 infection but not drawing the causal link and instead ascribing their new conditions to bad luck or aging?"
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“By studying bioenergetic characteristics of peripheral blood lymphocytes in over 16 healthy controls, 15 ME/CFS, & 15 #LC, we find both #MECFS & #LongCovid donors exhibit signs of elevated oxidative stress, relative to healthy controls, especially in the memory subset (contd)”