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TV, Sweden: Vetenskapens värld Corona: vaccinen är här - och de långtidssjuka (58 minutes) https://www.svtplay.se/video/28901414/vetenskapens-varld/vetenskapens-varld-sasong-33-corona-vaccinen-ar-har-och-de-langtidssjuka

[Paywalled] Folkbladet: Löfte: Länet får ME-mottagning – möts av skepsis ("Promise: The county will get a ME center - is met with skepticism") https://www.folkbladet.nu/2020-10-31/lofte-lanet-far-me-mottagning-mots-av-skepsis A good biomedical ME center in Västerbotten (a county in the north of...

Since FHM and the government removed the recommendations for risk groups, local governments have started removing support too. For example, in my town the grocery shops are no longer offering home delivery. I'm devastated.

A MD PhD replies on Twitter: Edited to add one more :D

Opinion piece by an orthopaedist, published in the journal of the Swedish Medical Association. Läkartidningen: Apropå! Stressreflexer och covid-19-symtom https://lakartidningen.se/opinion/debatt/2020/10/apropa-stressreflexer-och-covid-19-symtom/

The opinion analytics organisation The SOM Institute at Gothenburgh University in Sweden published a report on corona 30 September. https://www.gu.se/som-institutet/resultat-och-publikationer/som-undersokningen-om-coronaviruset#Oro-vaccination-och-den-svenska-strategin

The reality behind the graph is that nearly 6 000 lives have been lost. 6 000 people, whose family and friends are now grieving. 6 000 is ten times more than in our neighbouring countries. To be completely honest, I personally find it pretty offensive that someone would call that "not bad" :(...

Well, Anders Tegnell and the Swedish Public Health Agency (FHM) would disagree, as would the local governments and their experts ("smittskyddsläkare", what's the correct term in English?) in Skåne and other regions. FHM is literally using the word "worrying" to describe the...

I had a quick look, noticed that it hasn't been updated to reflect the current situation. So, probably not the best page if one is looking for facts... For example, it doesn't say that the upper limit for seated culture and sports events has been raised from 50 to 300 people, nor does it...

6 a week ago; 15 today :( Today there are 56 people receiving intensive care in Sweden. That's 32(!) more than last week, and an increase of 11 people compared to 2 days ago :( Source: Corona in Intensive Care Data Journalism page by SVT (updated every 30 minutes)...

In Sweden there's a proper medical neurological term for brain fog: "hjärntrötthet" (literally "brain tiredness") or "mental trötthet" ("mental tiredness"). I believe the official English term for it, used in research papers etc, is "brain fatigue" and/or "mental fatigue". There are clinical...

It has started happening in Sweden too :( I've only seen it mentioned a couple of times in the long covid Facebook groups so far, but apparently the social services sometimes get involved when children become "longhaulers". The parents are blamed and judged etc, in the same way that some parents...

SVT: 25 000 svenskar kan ha långtidscovid https://www.svt.se/nyheter/vetenskap/25-000-svenskar-kan-ha-langtidscovid

A Conversation with Ed Yong, Science Writer, The Atlantic :thumbup: “No One Should Be Shocked”: The US COVID-19 Response Failure and More

Interesting article about the "face mask controversy" in Finland. https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/forskare-om-munskyddsharvan-myndigheterna-ville-undvika-spektakel/ Google Translate, English

In addition to loosening restrictions despite the current increase in cases, Sweden is also removing the temporary rules that made it easier to get sick pay/money from the social insurance when you are sick or if you have to stay home to care for a sick child. This will probably push people back...

Cases keep climbing, but today Sweden loosens restrictions even further :( This is a big one. FHM has repeatedly defended and stressed the importance of these particular restrictions since implementing them, saying that they have been very effective in saving many many lives. So, what changed...

A bed bound/severely ill pwME in Sweden was admitted to hospital. The home care service kept visiting her house several times over a number of days, but they didn't notice that she wasn't there. They didn't check the bedroom even though the door was wide open, not even to say 'hello' or...

I'd prefer a study on the health benefits of eating dark chocolate, to be honest :) I'm sure they would be happy to confirm that it makes people feel better.

Donated :) I'm immensely grateful, @dave30th, thank you so much!