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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"
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).
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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."
X.X.* in the graph = all descendants of strain X.X, except for ones that have their own segment of the week’s bar. Please see "Notes on Usage" section.
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:
> Governments and certain key opinion formers aren’t being open and honest about the risks associated with COVID-19 and their actions will have long-term consequences for public health and trust in science.
> The combination of a widely expressed receptor and persistent infection means the acute and long-term effects of #SARSCoV2, the virus which causes #COVID19, can be unpredictable ... 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?
The fact that it was ever possible for #SARSCoV2 to be universally persistent -- capable of establishing reservoirs in various tissues that are inaccessible to the immune system, remaining and replicating indefinitely, no matter how slowly (or vaccinated) in the chronic phase -- was the pit of dread in my stomach from the beginning. The burden of proof, for adherents of the precautionary principle, was always upon the assumption that the body can clear this virus in the first place
X.X.* in text denotes variant X.X and its descendants.
X.X.* in the graph includes all descendants of strain X.X, except for ones that have their own segment of the week’s bar. Please see "Notes on Usage" section.
The mask ban being proposed in North Carolina is discriminatory & dangerous. I’m grateful this clip covered the risk these bans pose to POC & marginalized individuals. It won’t be limited to people committing crimes…. If you truly believe that you need to listen to more marginalized voices.
I found it especially telling that the senator mentioned “trusting” law enforcement not to arrest Granny for wearing a mask in Walmart. The de facto implication here is that they CAN arrest Granny for that. They may not be able to criminally charge you - but if they’re allowed to stop, search and arrest just for masking in public there will be abuse. There will be situations where people are forced to remove their mask and consent to a search AND risk infection.
Im incredibly grateful to all the groups fighting back against this bill - and encourage everyone to watch this brief clip:
"our results suggest two possible pathways of fibrillization due to SARS-CoV-2 infection that are both fueled by a heightened innate inflammatory response."
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“(Contd) Circulating spike might be an additional sign of viral persistence that could serve as a #LongCOVID biomarker. The persistence of the virus could lead to abnormal platelet activation and formation of microclots, contributing to the various symptoms observed in Long COVID and to deregulation of serotonin uptake"
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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)”