Alcochofa
@alcochofa.bsky.social
Science teacher now proofreader. Widow now parenting solo. #SafeAirSchools
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Alcochofa
@alcochofa.bsky.social
· Nov 21
So annoyed no Novavax available as my kids had no side effects at all when had in Spring.
Which would be best alternative, pfizer or moderna?
Anyone's kids had these and were they tolerated well?
Which would be best alternative, pfizer or moderna?
Anyone's kids had these and were they tolerated well?
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Hope for anti-reservoir therapies in #longCOVID.
I am hedging my bets on us one day looking back and thinking it obvious that most #longCOVID is just chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Many viruses linger, causing chronic disease.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
I am hedging my bets on us one day looking back and thinking it obvious that most #longCOVID is just chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Many viruses linger, causing chronic disease.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
5 Long COVID Predictions for 2025 and Beyond
Better diagnostics, more focused treatment, and deeper understanding of individualized symptoms could all take major steps forward this year.
www.medscape.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Hope for anti-reservoir therapies in #longCOVID.
I am hedging my bets on us one day looking back and thinking it obvious that most #longCOVID is just chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Many viruses linger, causing chronic disease.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
I am hedging my bets on us one day looking back and thinking it obvious that most #longCOVID is just chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Many viruses linger, causing chronic disease.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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“SARS-CoV-2 is not just a virus. COVID is not just a pandemic. It’s an aperture, a breach in the fabric of our shared reality.
It makes things visible.
And once you see it — really see it — you can’t unsee anything.”
This. Once you step out of the denial bubble, you really can’t go back in:
It makes things visible.
And once you see it — really see it — you can’t unsee anything.”
This. Once you step out of the denial bubble, you really can’t go back in:
After New York COVID play reporting vanishes, artists launch global cultural intervention, call-in Eric Bogosian
In recent weeks, a small but pointed COVID-based theater project has triggered a strange trail of digital disruption.
www.thecanary.co
April 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“SARS-CoV-2 is not just a virus. COVID is not just a pandemic. It’s an aperture, a breach in the fabric of our shared reality.
It makes things visible.
And once you see it — really see it — you can’t unsee anything.”
This. Once you step out of the denial bubble, you really can’t go back in:
It makes things visible.
And once you see it — really see it — you can’t unsee anything.”
This. Once you step out of the denial bubble, you really can’t go back in:
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I did a bit more digging about a recent BBC news article about how installing air quality monitors had a 'dramatic' effect on health.
It is an initiative by @sthelenscouncil (X a/c) and @WarringtonBC (X a/c) called the Healthy Air for Healthy Lungs project.
So what's it all about?...
1/thread
It is an initiative by @sthelenscouncil (X a/c) and @WarringtonBC (X a/c) called the Healthy Air for Healthy Lungs project.
So what's it all about?...
1/thread
March 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I did a bit more digging about a recent BBC news article about how installing air quality monitors had a 'dramatic' effect on health.
It is an initiative by @sthelenscouncil (X a/c) and @WarringtonBC (X a/c) called the Healthy Air for Healthy Lungs project.
So what's it all about?...
1/thread
It is an initiative by @sthelenscouncil (X a/c) and @WarringtonBC (X a/c) called the Healthy Air for Healthy Lungs project.
So what's it all about?...
1/thread
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Thank you Nish Kumar of @podsavetheuk.crooked.com
You're one of the only people talking about Long Covid being a direct link to the amount of people unable to work due to sickness in the UK
Far too much collective amnesia going on
Full episode on Pod Save the World here
youtu.be/f3Q6cJc6Z7A?...
You're one of the only people talking about Long Covid being a direct link to the amount of people unable to work due to sickness in the UK
Far too much collective amnesia going on
Full episode on Pod Save the World here
youtu.be/f3Q6cJc6Z7A?...
March 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thank you Nish Kumar of @podsavetheuk.crooked.com
You're one of the only people talking about Long Covid being a direct link to the amount of people unable to work due to sickness in the UK
Far too much collective amnesia going on
Full episode on Pod Save the World here
youtu.be/f3Q6cJc6Z7A?...
You're one of the only people talking about Long Covid being a direct link to the amount of people unable to work due to sickness in the UK
Far too much collective amnesia going on
Full episode on Pod Save the World here
youtu.be/f3Q6cJc6Z7A?...
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Looking forward to the webinar on Wednesday! I would encourage anyone even slightly interested in indoor air quality to come!! Register ASAP.
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7d54c6...
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7d54c6...
March 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Looking forward to the webinar on Wednesday! I would encourage anyone even slightly interested in indoor air quality to come!! Register ASAP.
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7d54c6...
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7d54c6...
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Dutch News: 'Almost 500,000 long Covid sufferers is “tip of the iceberg”
'Some 450,000 people have been diagnosed with long Covid since the virus first appeared in the Netherlands, 12,000 of whom are unable to work full-time, according to new figures'
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/03/almo...
'Some 450,000 people have been diagnosed with long Covid since the virus first appeared in the Netherlands, 12,000 of whom are unable to work full-time, according to new figures'
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/03/almo...
Almost 500,000 long Covid sufferers is "tip of the iceberg" - DutchNews.nl
Some 450,000 people have been diagnosed with long Covid since the virus first appeared in the Netherlands, 12,000 of whom are unable to work full-time, according to new figures. The number of patients...
www.dutchnews.nl
March 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Dutch News: 'Almost 500,000 long Covid sufferers is “tip of the iceberg”
'Some 450,000 people have been diagnosed with long Covid since the virus first appeared in the Netherlands, 12,000 of whom are unable to work full-time, according to new figures'
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/03/almo...
'Some 450,000 people have been diagnosed with long Covid since the virus first appeared in the Netherlands, 12,000 of whom are unable to work full-time, according to new figures'
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/03/almo...
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Check out this brilliant video explainer from Bristol University which illustrates how (as well as high CO2 levels often indicating poor ventilation and higher COVID risk environment) high CO2 levels also increase the lifetime of the virus in the air.
airspothealth.myshopify.com/a/blog/how-c...
airspothealth.myshopify.com/a/blog/how-c...
February 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Check out this brilliant video explainer from Bristol University which illustrates how (as well as high CO2 levels often indicating poor ventilation and higher COVID risk environment) high CO2 levels also increase the lifetime of the virus in the air.
airspothealth.myshopify.com/a/blog/how-c...
airspothealth.myshopify.com/a/blog/how-c...
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Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
February 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
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This video is fab!
Too long to post here but here's a link to 'The Covid Cover Up' on X:
x.com/TheCovidCove...
Too long to post here but here's a link to 'The Covid Cover Up' on X:
x.com/TheCovidCove...
x.com
x.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This video is fab!
Too long to post here but here's a link to 'The Covid Cover Up' on X:
x.com/TheCovidCove...
Too long to post here but here's a link to 'The Covid Cover Up' on X:
x.com/TheCovidCove...
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Do you think the authorities downplaying the harms of COVID-19 amounts to a state cover-up?
Why are we not trying to reduce infections when over 3M people have long Covid in the U.K. (according to the NHS GP Survey) and COVID-19 is still causing long Covid?
Why are we not trying to reduce infections when over 3M people have long Covid in the U.K. (according to the NHS GP Survey) and COVID-19 is still causing long Covid?
Excellent news, in what was one of the worst NHS and state cover-ups we’ve ever seen. About time. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Payouts for victims of UK infected blood scandal to be extended to families
Parents, children and siblings will be able to claim under new laws to be passed by March
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Do you think the authorities downplaying the harms of COVID-19 amounts to a state cover-up?
Why are we not trying to reduce infections when over 3M people have long Covid in the U.K. (according to the NHS GP Survey) and COVID-19 is still causing long Covid?
Why are we not trying to reduce infections when over 3M people have long Covid in the U.K. (according to the NHS GP Survey) and COVID-19 is still causing long Covid?
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Child deaths in England rising above pre-pandemic levels, study finds
-Amazing what happens when you protect children from infection. Then stop protecting children from infection.
I bet this would have been a smaller figure if the air was cleaned.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
-Amazing what happens when you protect children from infection. Then stop protecting children from infection.
I bet this would have been a smaller figure if the air was cleaned.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Child deaths in England rising above pre-pandemic levels, study finds
Number surges after temporary decline during lockdowns, with rate higher for children from non-white backgrounds
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Child deaths in England rising above pre-pandemic levels, study finds
-Amazing what happens when you protect children from infection. Then stop protecting children from infection.
I bet this would have been a smaller figure if the air was cleaned.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
-Amazing what happens when you protect children from infection. Then stop protecting children from infection.
I bet this would have been a smaller figure if the air was cleaned.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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This is disgusting.
Dehumanising parts of the population has happened before. The world was determined it would never happen again.
They have no compassion. Dark times for the US and the rest of the world.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Dehumanising parts of the population has happened before. The world was determined it would never happen again.
They have no compassion. Dark times for the US and the rest of the world.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is disgusting.
Dehumanising parts of the population has happened before. The world was determined it would never happen again.
They have no compassion. Dark times for the US and the rest of the world.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Dehumanising parts of the population has happened before. The world was determined it would never happen again.
They have no compassion. Dark times for the US and the rest of the world.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered... Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
February 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered... Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
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In the UK hundreds of thousands of people, who shielded, still are. These are the folks who are medically vulnerable our society has left behind. This government and the last never provided them with a drug to replace the Covid vaccine they couldn’t have. 🧵
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
In the UK hundreds of thousands of people, who shielded, still are. These are the folks who are medically vulnerable our society has left behind. This government and the last never provided them with a drug to replace the Covid vaccine they couldn’t have. 🧵
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I thought what Bishop Budde did was incredibly brave
She was calm, cool and collected as she spoke out on behalf of all the people whose lives are being put at risk under the Trump administration.
She did what too many won’t do… she stood up to the bully.
I hope she feels our support & gratitude
She was calm, cool and collected as she spoke out on behalf of all the people whose lives are being put at risk under the Trump administration.
She did what too many won’t do… she stood up to the bully.
I hope she feels our support & gratitude
The US president just attacked a female bishop for saying Christian things in a Christian sermon, calling her a "so-called bishop", not "smart", and "not very good at her job."
And no one will blink an eye. It won't be a controversy or a big story. All normalized.
Welcome to the next 4 years.
And no one will blink an eye. It won't be a controversy or a big story. All normalized.
Welcome to the next 4 years.
January 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I thought what Bishop Budde did was incredibly brave
She was calm, cool and collected as she spoke out on behalf of all the people whose lives are being put at risk under the Trump administration.
She did what too many won’t do… she stood up to the bully.
I hope she feels our support & gratitude
She was calm, cool and collected as she spoke out on behalf of all the people whose lives are being put at risk under the Trump administration.
She did what too many won’t do… she stood up to the bully.
I hope she feels our support & gratitude
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Alone or lonely at Christmas? New to social media? There’s a great tradition with the hashtag #joinin, you just search for it and see lots of friendly messages. Someone has also created a feed here:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 24, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Alone or lonely at Christmas? New to social media? There’s a great tradition with the hashtag #joinin, you just search for it and see lots of friendly messages. Someone has also created a feed here:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Do not mention the words COVID, airborne or respirator this Christmas. Do not ruin the party mood.
Instead, sit quietly by and watch as everyone you know heads towards an avoidable and very early grave.
This is the way (they insist upon it).
Ho Ho Ho (as Santa would say).
Instead, sit quietly by and watch as everyone you know heads towards an avoidable and very early grave.
This is the way (they insist upon it).
Ho Ho Ho (as Santa would say).
December 24, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Do not mention the words COVID, airborne or respirator this Christmas. Do not ruin the party mood.
Instead, sit quietly by and watch as everyone you know heads towards an avoidable and very early grave.
This is the way (they insist upon it).
Ho Ho Ho (as Santa would say).
Instead, sit quietly by and watch as everyone you know heads towards an avoidable and very early grave.
This is the way (they insist upon it).
Ho Ho Ho (as Santa would say).
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Doctors, your exhaled breath is a source of transmission for infectious disease.
You are supposed to be acting in the interests of your patients.
Take action now.
You are supposed to be acting in the interests of your patients.
Take action now.
December 23, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Doctors, your exhaled breath is a source of transmission for infectious disease.
You are supposed to be acting in the interests of your patients.
Take action now.
You are supposed to be acting in the interests of your patients.
Take action now.
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Second time in two days, someone has just said to me that they're glad they're really sick now because they'll have it out of the way by Christmas.
😐
What has happened to people.
😐
What has happened to people.
December 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Second time in two days, someone has just said to me that they're glad they're really sick now because they'll have it out of the way by Christmas.
😐
What has happened to people.
😐
What has happened to people.
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Unhappy about the lack of testing for COVID, and spread of infections within UK healthcare settings?
Please support, and share, this petition to 'direct the
@UKHSA to monitor, and report on, numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please support, and share, this petition to 'direct the
@UKHSA to monitor, and report on, numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings.
Ensure that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises o...
petition.parliament.uk
December 15, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Unhappy about the lack of testing for COVID, and spread of infections within UK healthcare settings?
Please support, and share, this petition to 'direct the
@UKHSA to monitor, and report on, numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please support, and share, this petition to 'direct the
@UKHSA to monitor, and report on, numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Great to hear.
It’s heartbreaking to see the wreckage #LongCovid is causing to people’s lives and to watch our health and care systems struggle to provide the care and support needed.
It’s heartbreaking to see the wreckage #LongCovid is causing to people’s lives and to watch our health and care systems struggle to provide the care and support needed.
Grateful to @gwynnemp.bsky.social for a really productive discussion today. It’s filled me with hope that there are people at the top genuinely fighting for change in the care of #LongCovid and #ME.
Hoping to be part of that change, will keep you all posted 🙏🏽
Hoping to be part of that change, will keep you all posted 🙏🏽
December 14, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Great to hear.
It’s heartbreaking to see the wreckage #LongCovid is causing to people’s lives and to watch our health and care systems struggle to provide the care and support needed.
It’s heartbreaking to see the wreckage #LongCovid is causing to people’s lives and to watch our health and care systems struggle to provide the care and support needed.
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December 12, 2024 at 6:25 AM
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From Discussion section:
'...we suggest that these analogous AD cases be categorized under a distinct subset within the long COVID syndromes, termed AD-like COVID syndromes'.
*AD-Alzheimer's Disease.
Single case, but don't like signals like this.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
'...we suggest that these analogous AD cases be categorized under a distinct subset within the long COVID syndromes, termed AD-like COVID syndromes'.
*AD-Alzheimer's Disease.
Single case, but don't like signals like this.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
Case Report of a 47-Year-Old Long COVID Patient Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease
A 47-year-old female patient was diagnosed with Alzheimer disease (AD) based on positive Amyloid-PET and Tau-PET imaging results, coupled with increased levels of plasma biomarkers (Aβ42/Aβ40, pTau181...
www.researchsquare.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:27 PM
From Discussion section:
'...we suggest that these analogous AD cases be categorized under a distinct subset within the long COVID syndromes, termed AD-like COVID syndromes'.
*AD-Alzheimer's Disease.
Single case, but don't like signals like this.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
'...we suggest that these analogous AD cases be categorized under a distinct subset within the long COVID syndromes, termed AD-like COVID syndromes'.
*AD-Alzheimer's Disease.
Single case, but don't like signals like this.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...