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amlar.bsky.social
@amlar.bsky.social
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Covid conscious, trying not to harm other people. Neutral approach to problems, opinions after data analysis.
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elisaperego78.bsky.social
Long Covid can push people into poverty

In a study of people with #LongCovid in Scotland, all
participants with LC "experienced a loss of household income since contracting the condition". Many were forced to use savings and were pushed into debt, and some lost their jobs

tfn.scot/news/long-co...
Long Covid, long consequences: study highlights condition's devastating impact - TFN
Study lays bare the financial, employment and social security impacts
tfn.scot
September 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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samuelhurtado.bsky.social
Study about healthcare consultations in Norway:

"Deviations from expected pre-pandemic trends worsened dramatically from 2022, coinciding with the Norwegian government’s lifting of all COVID-19 preventative measures. Increases typically occurred 3–6 months after COVID-19 waves."

What a surprise.
August 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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samuelhurtado.bsky.social
New data from the sentinel system in Spain: the percentage of people currently with covid is between 2% (if you look at the proxy) and 4% (if you look at positivity). This wave hasn't been high, but it's lasting a long time: it has infected between 17% and 32% of the population and it's still going.
August 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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otrosdias.bsky.social
Confirma estudios más amplios como este de Brasil pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39518410/ Por eso es importante vacunar a las embarazadas, como se recomienda en España.
COVID-19 and Its Potential Impact on Children Born to Mothers Infected During Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Review - PubMed
Pregnancy is a vulnerable period of time during which pregnant people are prone to infections like COVID-19, which can increase risks for both the mother and fetus. These infections may lead to compli...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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efesalud.com
🔬 Detectan retrasos del desarrollo cognitivo en menores de unos 5 años infectados por la #covid en el #embarazo antes de la llegada de las vacunas.

#Investigación del Instituto @neuroalc.bsky.social 

Retrasos cognitivos en niños infectados por covid en el embarazo
Niños infectados por la covid en el embarazo, antes de las vacunas, presentan retrasos en el desarrollo cognitivo.
efesalud.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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brownecfm.bsky.social
1. 'SARS-CoV-2 is linked to “an unusually high level of ‘indiscriminate’ killing of T cells,” says Leitner, adding that this observation is “reminiscent of” measles, which can cause immune amnesia by depleting memory B cells...

www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports Myco...
www.bmj.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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brownecfm.bsky.social
6. As such - and it really is stating the obvious here - ongoing global population infection with SARS-CoV-2 will make the world sicker, through both infection-induced chronic disease and pathogen-pathogen interaction.
August 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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samuelhurtado.bsky.social
Looking at age groups, as usual there's more noise in these one-shot updates than in the yearly averages.
July 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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samuelhurtado.bsky.social
There was also an update recently from the official survey about the health of the general population (barómetro sanitario del CIS). Results are in line with previous waves: the deterioration is confirmed but doesn't seem to be accelerating.
July 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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brownecfm.bsky.social
1. The most important point in this article is the 20% study group prevalence of anosognosia: having cognitive dysfunction but not being aware of it.

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Profiles of Individuals With Long COVID Reporting Persistent Cognitive Complaints
AbstractObjective. A subset of COVID-19 patients continues to experience cognitive difficulties 24 months post-infection. The factors driving these symptom
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July 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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samuelhurtado.bsky.social
The covid wave in Spain is progressing as expected: very similar to last year's FLiRT wave (I'm not plotting the last data point, which is flat, because the same thing happened last week and now they've revised it significantly upwards)
June 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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samuelhurtado.bsky.social
Gracias.
Por experiencias que conozco, lo de conseguir que te reconozcan la discapacidad lleva mínimo dos años. Por eso tenemos más días perdidos por enfermedad (lo que llaman absentismo) pero menos pérdida de población activa que otros sitios que la reconocen más rápido.
June 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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samuelhurtado.bsky.social
Recent covid data in Spain remains very low, so much that I wouldn't trust it if it wasn't for the wastewater data other countries are still publishing.

Yesterday's numbers say 0.2% of the population is infected right now (one in 500 people).
April 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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adamjkucharski.bsky.social
If he’s talking confidently about an ‘environmental exposure’ around age 2 as cause of a rise in diagnoses (rather than improvements in detection described in CDC report), it suggests to me that vaccines have already been decided as target of blame, despite repeated global studies finding no link.
the-independent.com The Independent @the-independent.com · Apr 16
WATCH | RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes

Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
April 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
It’s sad to see Maher disowning her past Trump comments like this rather than just simply pointing to the fact that Trump’s own Cabinet members - Rubio, RFK Jr, Vance, Gabbard - have said much worse things about Trump:

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March 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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nicolasberrod.bsky.social
Toujours pas de véritable remontée des indicateurs #Covid19, y compris de la circulation virale dans les eaux usées (qui ne dépend pas du nombre de tests réalisés).

Mais cela "frémit", de même pour le taux de positivité. On reste, dans tous les cas, à de très bas niveaux.
March 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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portna.bsky.social
COVID-19 brought about a large rise in blood circulation disorder cases, study suggests
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COVID-19 brought about a large rise in blood circulation disorder cases, study suggests
The number of patients diagnosed with a chronic and oftentimes debilitating blood circulation disorder has risen sharply in the wake of COVID-19, according to new research from the University of Toled...
medicalxpress.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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wndrtsy.bsky.social
Here masking still #MaskUp #COVIDisAirborne #MeaslesisAirborne #TBisAirborne #BirdFluisAirborne #VirusesAreAirborne
I'm wearing a lavender breatheteq kn95 maskmask and gummy worm earrings.
March 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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scottsquires.bsky.social
Here’s how we could have properly dealt with Covid
And be in a much better place.

How Denial of Airborne COVID Transmission Broke the World
goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
How Denial of Airborne COVID Transmission Broke the World
As we mark five years since the emergence of SARS-COV-2, the most grievous error of the global pandemic response has become very clear.
goodmenproject.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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nicolasberrod.bsky.social
La #grippe (courbe bleue) a été plus virulente que l'an dernier, mais la #bronchiolite des bébés (courbe verte) a été moins virulente que l'an dernier.

Double constat inversé, résumé en 2 graphiques (consultations SOS Médecins à gauche et passages aux urgences à droite).
March 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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scottsquires.bsky.social
Sadly public health infrastructure has been missing already for 5 years. Information & scientific guidance from cdc about COVID, long covid, risks, preventions were practically non existent. Parents & public have yet to be told as COVID continues to kill & disable.
IMPACT RESEARCH February 24, 2022 To: Interested Parties Fr: Molly Murphy, Brian Stryker Re: Taking the Win over COVID-19 After two years that necessitated lockdowns, travel bans, school closures, mask mandates, and nearly a million deaths, nearly every American finally has the tools to protect themselves from this virus. It's time for Democrats to take credit for ending the COVID crisis phase of the COVID war, point to important victories like vaccine distribution and providing economic stability to Americans, and fully enter the rebuilding phase that comes after any war. Below we lay out some strategic thoughts for Democrats positioning themselves on COVID-19 after nearly two years of the pandemic: • Declare the crisis phase of COVID over and push for feeling and acting more normal. Thanks to Democrats, we are nowhere near where we were two years, or even one year ago. Democrats have a tremendous opportunity to claim an incredible, historic success - they vaccinated hundreds of millions of people, prevented the economy from going into freefall, kept small businesses from going under, and got people back to work safely. Because of President Biden and Democrats, we CAN safely return to life feeling much more normal - and they should claim that proudly. • Recognize that people are "worn out" and feeling real harm from the years-long restrictions and take their side. Most Americans have personally moved out of crisis mode. Twice as many voters are now more concerned about COVID's effect on the economy (49%) than about someone in their family or someone they know becoming infected with the coronavirus (24%). Two-thirds of parents and 80% of teachers say the pandemic caused learning loss, and voters are overwhelmingly more worried about learning loss than kids getting COVID. Six in ten Americans describe themselves as "worn out" by the pandemic. The more we talk about the threat of COVID and onerously restrict people's lives because of it, the more we turn them against … Impact Research |2 • Acknowledge COVID still exists and likely will for a long time. We are not advising that Democrats talk like the Republicans that have largely ignored the pandemic, even pre-vaccine. Declaring a return to the "new normalcy" does not mean ignoring that people will continue to get it, that we shouldn't be responsible, or that we should turn our backs on the medical community that is treating those sick and developing the therapeutics that will save lives. Instead, it means recognizing that the threat of COVID is no longer what it was even a year ago and therefore should not be treated as such - shutdowns, masks, and lockdowns were meant to save lives when there was not yet a vaccine that could do that. Voters know we now have the tools in the toolkit to be responsible in combatting and living with COVID - vaccines and boosters to minimize illness, and masks and social distancing around vulnerable groups. • Don't set "COVID zero" as the victory condition. Americans also don't think victory is COVID Zero. They think the virus is here to stay, and 83% say the pandemic will be over when it's a mild illness like the flu rather than COVID being completely gone, and 55% prefer that COVID should be treated as an endemic disease. And that's what most Americans are dealing with—a disease with fatality rates like the flu—because most of us took the personal responsibility to protect ourselves and our families by getting vaccinated. Americans also assume they will get COVID: 77% agree that "it is inevitable that most people in the US will eventually get COVID-19" , and 61% of Americans who have never tested positive think they are likely to be infected over the next year. And thanks to the work Democrats have done over the past year, despite believing contracting COVID is inevitable, most Americans are no longer fearful. • Stop talking about restrictions and the unknown future ahead. If we focus on how bad things still are and how much worse they could get, w…
March 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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pellemoe.bsky.social
Brain drain by Oliver Schoff.
March 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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chantzy.bsky.social
Quite the travesty that @nytimes.com spent so long normalizing mass Covid infections & platforming folks like Emily Oster, and now they publish this...
NYT editorial from March 10 detailing multi organ lasting damage from COVID. Title - A clearer picture of COVID's effects on the body
March 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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philipcball.bsky.social
I wholeheartedly agree with this piece from @kityates.bsky.social. The Royal Society has to take may things into consideration, including what its US members feel - but even so, I think the right course in this instance is very clear, and they ducked it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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ianbremmer.com
canada pm justin trudeau: “what [trump] wants is to see a total collapse of the canadian economy, because that will make it easier to annex us.”

astounding words from america’s (former) closest friend
March 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM