Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by jaydo

Josephine Stewart @jostewart.bsky.social · 8h

If you count yourself in the massive majority of people who pretty much don't want to hear about COVID anymore...please read this thread. I'm sorry. Please. I write this from my father's house, where I am watching Long COVID completely destroy the mind and body of a person I love beyond telling.

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

To say people make a rational assessment of the threat environment around Covid… is just not true.

Most people refuse to talk about or read anything about Covid.

Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common childhood illness, and it’s rarely spoken of.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

2 15 44

Reposted by jaydo

Emma Joe @emmajoe.bsky.social · 1d

@jaydocovid.bsky.social as always brings incredible points up and always has the receipts - please check his 🧵 out about masking and the social stigma around Covid.
People are so afraid to admit that they, like everyone else, are susceptible to severe #covid and #longcovid that they refuse to mask.

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

To say people make a rational assessment of the threat environment around Covid… is just not true.

Most people refuse to talk about or read anything about Covid.

Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common childhood illness, and it’s rarely spoken of.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

3 8

Reposted by jaydo

Kate Violette @kateviolette.com · 1d

A heck of a good thread:

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

To say people make a rational assessment of the threat environment around Covid… is just not true.

Most people refuse to talk about or read anything about Covid.

Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common childhood illness, and it’s rarely spoken of.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

8 25

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

It’s gone and I believe they announced it won’t come back if I recall coverage by @patbiosteamist.bsky.social correctly

1

Reposted by jaydo

Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 3d

Dear liberals,

If you identify as a leftist who believes in intersectional justice & fighting fascism, please wear a mask in public. It’s one small act of solidarity with the millions living with long Covid - and a reminder that caring for others includes protecting their health

24 160 640

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

“The cumulative global incidence of long COVID is around 400 million individuals, which is estimated to have an annual economic impact of approximately $1 trillion—equivalent to about 1% of the global economy.”

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Long COVID science, research and policy - Nature Medicine

This Review outlines the current state of scientific evidence on long COVID, discusses its impacts on patients, health systems, economies and global health metrics, and proposes a forward-looking rese...

www.nature.com

22 80

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

It pisses me off to no end that Long Covid affects hundreds of millions of people globally and no one I know can name a Long Covid expert or any of the leading labs looking into it. It’s simply not a topic people want to pay any attention to, and I consider that living in fear, or at least denial.

1 13 80

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

There is no quicker way to make people uncomfortable and to not want to talk to you than to share the latest findings of what Covid does in our bodies.

Almost no one I know has done a rational assessment of the threat environment since 2021 when we were told to vax and relax into Delta and Omicron.

1 13 96

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

This started with a conversation around masking. People have a trauma response to masking that’s unhealthy.

I have a friend who got sick at a doctor’s appointment which turned to Long Covid. Others masking would have prevented that.

My own doctor tells me not to mask at appointments. Why?

1 9 77

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

UCLA’s Long Covid clinic director explains that Covid is not a lung issue but “vascular and neurologic infection.”

A Duke cardiologist shares “we see people have symptoms from almost head to toe.”

People don’t care, they don’t want to hear it.

www.heart.org/en/news/2024...

Beyond breathing: How COVID-19 affects your heart, brain and other organs

The "head-to-toe" effects of COVID-19 infection mean you still need to be cautious, experts say.

www.heart.org

1 39 89

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

I kindly end by asking @jamellebouie.net, are you familiar with the best estimates of Long Covid rates per infection? Do you know about ACE2 receptors, Covid’s primary target that are ubiquitous in the body? Do you know how Covid disrupts the immune system? That Covid can persist months/years?

1 5 65

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

Rather, I’d say the opposite - the people who study Covid and its multisystemic impact are alarmed by what they find and more likely to wear a respirator than most people, but even Dr.’s succumb to peer pressure, and facing a reality most want to ignore is lonely and thankless.

2 13 90

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

The average person is not informed that Covid is not confined to the respiratory system and infects blood vessels, immune cells, and the brain.

We rolled the dice and have exposed everyone to SARS2 repeatedly, and the idea that this has been determined safe through rigorous study is patently false.

1 40 110

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

The public’s approach to Covid can be boiled down to this:

“I have been forced to be exposed to this virus every year, and my kids too. I can go along with business and government and pretend this isn’t dangerous, or I can face danger every day and be aware they repeat Covid is not safe.”

1 18 91

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

To say people make a rational assessment of the threat environment around Covid… is just not true.

Most people refuse to talk about or read anything about Covid.

Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common childhood illness, and it’s rarely spoken of.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

6 110 300

Reposted by jaydo

Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 10d

Medscape: 'ESC Aims to Tackle Cardiac Risks Associated With Long COVID'

'Researchers estimate up to 5% of all individuals infected with COVID, or approximately 5 million people globally, develop cardiac long COVID'

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

ESC Tackles Cardiac Risks of Long COVID

An ESC report outlining the effects of COVID and long COVID on the heart emphasizes the need for early detection, vaccination, and cardiac rehab.

www.medscape.com

10 23

Reposted by jaydo

Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 23d

NEW: At a UN event today, advocate Violet Affleck gave a short speech on pediatric #LongCOVID. She also talked about how clean air and masking could help address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and protect children from the disabling disease.

thesicktimes.org/2025/09/23/v...

Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event - The Sick Times

During today’s United Nations (UN) event “Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action,” advocate Violet Affleck spoke about how clean air and masking are vital tools to address the ongoing COVID-19 pa...

thesicktimes.org

8 140 480

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 23d

I think there’s a middle ground where people mask more often, talk about Covid as an issue more often, which creates opportunities to get more resources and to reduce the Covid levels we’re seeing. The issue with denial is that it prevents any measures even if incomplete ones.

3 17

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 23d

But you are getting to the root: business and government forced people back to normal, and my issue is that most people wanted that normal too, so they didn’t really fight back or object much. They were ready to take off their masks too and didn’t want to hear any info against that.

1 12

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 23d

That’s largely true but people treat it as all or nothing - if my employer won’t let me mask, what’s the point. And people then don’t mask at the Dr, don’t mask in transit. And we will never get resources for masks and tests and public health if people refuse to talk about it as an ongoing problem.

1 7

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 23d

People don't disagree with me about Covid, they just refuse to talk about it.

If Covid is no longer a problem why does it make everyone uncomfortable?

It’s trauma and refusing to face that something that’s pervasive is also dangerous.

3 15 73

Reposted by jaydo

Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 27d

Migrants missing court due to COVID-19 outbreak at California detention center www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/border-...

www.conchovalleyhomepage.com

2 20 44

Reposted by jaydo

Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · Sep 15

Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?

A graph of Covid rates. It's more complex than can be described here, but the important bit is that the rates have gone up a lot since late July, nearly to the heights of last winter.

32 350 940

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · Sep 16

I don’t know why you’re dead set on being reductive, even that example has layers of context to it. And sometimes people don’t understand and need clarification.

1

jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · Sep 16

Here’s the answer:

bsky.app/profile/jpwe...

JPWeiland @jpweiland.bsky.social · May 17

"Currently infected" is based on the avg 10 day span between becoming infected and clearing the virus.

On average, data suggests people are "Reasonably infectious" for about 3 to 4 days where they can readily infect someone out of the household. I used 4 days for the estimate.

3