hey! johns hopkins is doing a survey about long covid! but they're having trouble finding CONTROLS, so if you've managed to avoid covid (#novid ) they wanna hear from you!
i took it! took about 30mins, and they ask about your vaccinations, so you might wanna have your card handy because they wanna know how many, what brand, and when. go help them out! #covid#LongCovid#COVID19
Yeah probably weird on some level that a Wisconsinite who has never been to Canada continues to focus on Dr. Bonnie Henry, but the juxtaposition of her social Darwinism driven policy approach to Prince Edward Island's is hard to not find appalling and anger-inducing.
Background: Teammate Brandon Sutter's career was ended due to long covid & Travis Hamonic's unwillingness to vaccinate in 2021 got him persona non grata in the locker room & Traded to Ottawa.
Here's the latest variant picture for the United States.
"FLiRT" lineage KP.2 has been dominant, but might be under challenge by JN.1.16. This has some new sub-lineages which are not yet included in Nextclade.
(pay wall)
"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'm astounded at how common Long COVID is, how little we talk about it, and how many ignore what it means. Discussions I've had in the past two weeks because I probed #COVID19 topics:
Guy tells me his wife has Long COVID for a year. A week later, he posts photos from a crowded, indoor concert.
Friend tells me he's had mild Long COVID for 2 years. Also says he's "moved on" and doesn't consider COVID risks any longer.
This is not going to end well. Here's what I foresee in the future: (1/3)
Eventually, we'll discover we can't ignore the damage caused by repeated reinfections. Many will find out, too late, they've suffered chronic damage to their brains, hearts and immune systems that permanently affects their health, ability to work, and enjoyment of life. There will be no going back. Tens of millions will suffer limits to their activity, worse health, a decline in their productivity, and shorter lives. All of which is preventable if we only cared about #COVID19 a little more.
"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"
"For some people, disabling symptoms lead to complete inability to work. In less extreme cases, “work instability,” which is a mismatch between patients’ functional abilities and the demands of their work, can threaten employment if not addressed."
According to #BCCDC wastewater data: on average, from 5/2 - 5/8, there would've been 203 & 687 cases/day in the Vancouver Coastal & Fraser HAs (⬆️ 165 & 578, 4/25 - 5/1).
UPDATED: VIHA & IH est.'d #COVID19 cases, wastewater #SARSCoV2 load.
According to #BCCDC wastewater data: on average, from 5/3 - 5/9, there would've been 167 & 48 cases/day in the Vancouver Island & Interior HAs (⬆️ 131 & ⬇️ 62, 4/26 - 5/2).
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).”
"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."