covid19

Fatemeh Arastehnazar, Mohammad Hessam Rafiee, Mohammad Reza Deyhim, Faezeh Ghasemi, Amir Teimourpour Funding: This work was supported by Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine Iran ABSTRACT Background COVID-19 can affect...

COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-5-years-later-learning-pandemic-many-are-forgetting (I added some line breaks and bolding...

I don't know anything about this event other than what's at the link. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ed-yong-public-lecture-on-long-covid-tickets-849000241577 I am impressed by the mandatory safety protocols:

I rarely go out and seem to have ended up with a bunch of useless masks. I'd like better ones. I gather that cotton ones, even with a tissue layer, aren't much good; I've bought some that are supposed to be better, but they don't fit, so presumably are 100% useless for self-protection. What are...

From the Los Angeles Times, by Eric Topol: Opinion: The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe? https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-01-04/covid-2024-flu-virus-vaccine In case anyone hits a paywall here's an image of the article that...

Indoor air systems crucial to curbing spread of viruses, aerosol researchers say Video from the 60 Minutes TV show, about 13 minutes long. Transcript here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indoor-air-quality-healthy-buildings-60-minutes-transcript/

Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEPA air filters https://www.newscientist.com/article/2398713-schools-cut-covid-19-sick-days-by-20-per-cent-using-hepa-air-filters/ (paywall, but first few sentences are visible)

No evidence for the association between COVID-19 and neuroinflammation: A diffusion basis spectrum imaging study. Wei Zhang; Aaron J Gorelik; Qing Wang; Sara A Norton; Tamara Hershey; Janine D Bijsterbosch; Ryan Bogdan COVID continues to be a major international public health concern, the...

CDC Maps: From Red to Green Comparison of two of the CDC maps (community transmission vs community levels) that are available on the CDC website and displayed on their social media. FYI, this video is new, and the discussion is timely, even though the CDC made these map changes to show new...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05128-8

Six-month sequelae of post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infection: A retrospective cohort study of 10,024 breakthrough infections Maxime Taquet, Quentin Dercon, Paul J.Harrison Highlights Prior COVID-19 vaccination is associated with lower risk of many but not all COVID-19 sequelae. The risks of...

What Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Overlooked Condition Shares Symptoms With Long COVID https://www.ibtimes.com/what-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-overlooked-condition-shares-symptoms-long-covid-3410892

Western medical authorities and the WHO have repeatedly stated that the populace do not need to wear masks or respirators, and that for the general public these offer no protection from coronavirus. The WHO say: Source: here It's rather annoying when scientists hide behind deceptive...