Rapscallion Cat
@catrapscallion.bsky.social
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Hello to the #longcovid and #mecfs Bluesky community 👋
Just a note to say we're back 😁
Hope everyone managed the festive season, as it's not always the easiest time & there weren't too many social media outrages💙
Just a note to say we're back 😁
Hope everyone managed the festive season, as it's not always the easiest time & there weren't too many social media outrages💙
January 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Hello to the #longcovid and #mecfs Bluesky community 👋
Just a note to say we're back 😁
Hope everyone managed the festive season, as it's not always the easiest time & there weren't too many social media outrages💙
Just a note to say we're back 😁
Hope everyone managed the festive season, as it's not always the easiest time & there weren't too many social media outrages💙
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Flu cases in England aren't surging.
They've dropped slightly in the last week.
What we're experiencing, and what's causing the critical incidents, is the cumulative effect of high levels of flu and covid and all the other viruses people have been trying to give each other constantly this winter.
They've dropped slightly in the last week.
What we're experiencing, and what's causing the critical incidents, is the cumulative effect of high levels of flu and covid and all the other viruses people have been trying to give each other constantly this winter.
January 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Flu cases in England aren't surging.
They've dropped slightly in the last week.
What we're experiencing, and what's causing the critical incidents, is the cumulative effect of high levels of flu and covid and all the other viruses people have been trying to give each other constantly this winter.
They've dropped slightly in the last week.
What we're experiencing, and what's causing the critical incidents, is the cumulative effect of high levels of flu and covid and all the other viruses people have been trying to give each other constantly this winter.
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If you haven't learnt how to do CPR, learn how to do CPR.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/f...
www.nhs.uk/conditions/f...
December 11, 2024 at 8:00 AM
If you haven't learnt how to do CPR, learn how to do CPR.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/f...
www.nhs.uk/conditions/f...
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How well do you think this is going to work out...
Because so many young people are currently chronically ill, the UK Army had been having problems recruiting healthy people...
So they have lowered the health requirements.
Because so many young people are currently chronically ill, the UK Army had been having problems recruiting healthy people...
So they have lowered the health requirements.
December 11, 2024 at 8:13 AM
How well do you think this is going to work out...
Because so many young people are currently chronically ill, the UK Army had been having problems recruiting healthy people...
So they have lowered the health requirements.
Because so many young people are currently chronically ill, the UK Army had been having problems recruiting healthy people...
So they have lowered the health requirements.
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That was fast.
But it feels to me that our community has now fully reassembled here on Bluesky - and actually more cohesively than before.
Lovely.
But it feels to me that our community has now fully reassembled here on Bluesky - and actually more cohesively than before.
Lovely.
November 21, 2024 at 7:22 AM
That was fast.
But it feels to me that our community has now fully reassembled here on Bluesky - and actually more cohesively than before.
Lovely.
But it feels to me that our community has now fully reassembled here on Bluesky - and actually more cohesively than before.
Lovely.
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A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 AM
A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.
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With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
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Week 45 ending 8th November 2024 ONS *Provisional*
228 registered Covid deaths England & Wales
252 registered Covid Deaths UK
11,137 total all cause deaths (E&W) w/e 8th Nov
1,428 below ONS Expected Deaths
806 above 2015-19 5 year average
#COVID19
228 registered Covid deaths England & Wales
252 registered Covid Deaths UK
11,137 total all cause deaths (E&W) w/e 8th Nov
1,428 below ONS Expected Deaths
806 above 2015-19 5 year average
#COVID19
November 20, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Week 45 ending 8th November 2024 ONS *Provisional*
228 registered Covid deaths England & Wales
252 registered Covid Deaths UK
11,137 total all cause deaths (E&W) w/e 8th Nov
1,428 below ONS Expected Deaths
806 above 2015-19 5 year average
#COVID19
228 registered Covid deaths England & Wales
252 registered Covid Deaths UK
11,137 total all cause deaths (E&W) w/e 8th Nov
1,428 below ONS Expected Deaths
806 above 2015-19 5 year average
#COVID19
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This is unfortunately a well-known experience to anyone who experienced disability prior to the pandemic. And another reminder that disabled folks warned everyone about this mass-disabling event and how it would irrevocably change people’s lives.
we might be starting to talk more about how long covid is decimating people’s health, ability to work and exercise etc. but there’s almost no discussion in mainstream media about how it’s affecting relationships.
tldr: it’s ripping them apart
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
tldr: it’s ripping them apart
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
'This is the end of the relationship': The marriages under strain from long COVID
Long COVID is not just destroying people's health. Behind closed doors, in homes across Australia and abroad, it is irreversibly changing relationships — sometimes for the better, too often for worse.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2024 at 5:07 AM
This is unfortunately a well-known experience to anyone who experienced disability prior to the pandemic. And another reminder that disabled folks warned everyone about this mass-disabling event and how it would irrevocably change people’s lives.
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A prevalent, virtuous mindset in the early days of the pandemic was, “I’m wearing this mask to protect YOU.” But the truth is, most people were just terrified about their own safety. And once it felt like less of a personal threat, they stopped masking.🧵1/
November 17, 2024 at 7:51 PM
A prevalent, virtuous mindset in the early days of the pandemic was, “I’m wearing this mask to protect YOU.” But the truth is, most people were just terrified about their own safety. And once it felt like less of a personal threat, they stopped masking.🧵1/
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Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer | WashU Medicine
Clinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer
medicine.washu.edu
November 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free
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Taylor Swift Concerts
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Toronto Public Health: "Don’t be an “anti-hero”! Wash your hands frequently to avoid getting sick."
🤒 🤢 🤧
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Me: "Don't be a dope!
Wear a respirator or don't go."
😷
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Toronto Public Health: "Don’t be an “anti-hero”! Wash your hands frequently to avoid getting sick."
🤒 🤢 🤧
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Me: "Don't be a dope!
Wear a respirator or don't go."
😷
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November 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Taylor Swift Concerts
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Toronto Public Health: "Don’t be an “anti-hero”! Wash your hands frequently to avoid getting sick."
🤒 🤢 🤧
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Me: "Don't be a dope!
Wear a respirator or don't go."
😷
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Toronto Public Health: "Don’t be an “anti-hero”! Wash your hands frequently to avoid getting sick."
🤒 🤢 🤧
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Me: "Don't be a dope!
Wear a respirator or don't go."
😷
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Covid will keep infecting pregnant mothers unless we stop it, and covid will keep causing birth defects as long as we let it.
November 17, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Covid will keep infecting pregnant mothers unless we stop it, and covid will keep causing birth defects as long as we let it.
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That statement at the top is pathetic.
Scientists *KNOW* that covid infection can cause heart defects.
Scientists *KNOW* that covid infection can cause heart defects.
November 17, 2024 at 7:33 PM
That statement at the top is pathetic.
Scientists *KNOW* that covid infection can cause heart defects.
Scientists *KNOW* that covid infection can cause heart defects.
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Oh my gosh, here's Caroline Lucas! @carolinelucas.bsky.social
Happy days.
Happy days.
November 17, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Oh my gosh, here's Caroline Lucas! @carolinelucas.bsky.social
Happy days.
Happy days.
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This is a magnific thread (on xitter) by Arijit Chakravarty, who is not on bluesky.
How sars2 pandemic warps the economy (labor shortage, inflation and the burden of health misery).
Worth reading.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18578...
How sars2 pandemic warps the economy (labor shortage, inflation and the burden of health misery).
Worth reading.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18578...
Thread by @arijitchakrav on Thread Reader App
@arijitchakrav: (🧵It's the Сονіd, ѕtυріd!): Viewing the US election through the lens of the ongoing ЅАRЅ-Соν-2 раndеmіc. (My hot take on what happened, and where things are headed. Prelude to the fina...
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November 17, 2024 at 6:31 AM
This is a magnific thread (on xitter) by Arijit Chakravarty, who is not on bluesky.
How sars2 pandemic warps the economy (labor shortage, inflation and the burden of health misery).
Worth reading.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18578...
How sars2 pandemic warps the economy (labor shortage, inflation and the burden of health misery).
Worth reading.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18578...
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Every now and then I bump into someone on here who left the dumpster fire a while ago.
It's nice to see old friends again.
It's nice to see old friends again.
November 17, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Every now and then I bump into someone on here who left the dumpster fire a while ago.
It's nice to see old friends again.
It's nice to see old friends again.
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Yet JCVI wants to see them scrapped for HCWs and everybody else under 75 unless immunocompromised or a resident in a care home 😢
💡BOOSTER PREVENTS LONG COVID—"...researchers found that essential workers who received a third COVID-19 monovalent mRNA vaccine dose had lower odds of long-COVID–related gastrointestinal, neurologic, and other symptoms than unvaccinated participants, by 63%, 44%, and 52%,respectively".
COVID vaccines protect frontline workers from long COVID, data suggest
The study was based on outcomes seen among essential workers with COVID-19 infection from June 2021 to September 2022.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 17, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Yet JCVI wants to see them scrapped for HCWs and everybody else under 75 unless immunocompromised or a resident in a care home 😢
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"UK must pick between US economic model or EU’s ‘socialism’, says Trump adviser"
Great. Where do we sign.
Great. Where do we sign.
November 16, 2024 at 5:16 PM
"UK must pick between US economic model or EU’s ‘socialism’, says Trump adviser"
Great. Where do we sign.
Great. Where do we sign.
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I think that for a while we've been going through a phase where the term Long Covid has been developing a mixed usefulness.
November 17, 2024 at 7:34 AM
I think that for a while we've been going through a phase where the term Long Covid has been developing a mixed usefulness.
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Who will get a Covid booster in 2025? Far fewer than before...
The JCVI decision means that Clinically Vulnerable people u70 and who aren't immunosuppressed lose access.
“Cost-effectiveness” prioritised over protection.
NEW CONCERNING STUDY 👇
1/🧵
The JCVI decision means that Clinically Vulnerable people u70 and who aren't immunosuppressed lose access.
“Cost-effectiveness” prioritised over protection.
NEW CONCERNING STUDY 👇
1/🧵
November 16, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Who will get a Covid booster in 2025? Far fewer than before...
The JCVI decision means that Clinically Vulnerable people u70 and who aren't immunosuppressed lose access.
“Cost-effectiveness” prioritised over protection.
NEW CONCERNING STUDY 👇
1/🧵
The JCVI decision means that Clinically Vulnerable people u70 and who aren't immunosuppressed lose access.
“Cost-effectiveness” prioritised over protection.
NEW CONCERNING STUDY 👇
1/🧵
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⚠️ Please note, my thread below has 31 posts, but BlueSky only shows the first 6 posts and doesn’t even give a hint that there’s more to come.
Please click into the 6th post to reveal the next 5 posts in the thread…and repeat.
You’ll need to click into it 5 times to reveal it all.
Not ideal.
Please click into the 6th post to reveal the next 5 posts in the thread…and repeat.
You’ll need to click into it 5 times to reveal it all.
Not ideal.
COVID VACCINE ELIGIBILITY 🇬🇧,
a thread🧵
JCVI have just advised that, going forwards, eligibility for Covid vaccination will be even more tightly restricted.
But the ‘bespoke cost-effectiveness assessment’ upon which this is based is heavily flawed…
gov.uk/government/p...
a thread🧵
JCVI have just advised that, going forwards, eligibility for Covid vaccination will be even more tightly restricted.
But the ‘bespoke cost-effectiveness assessment’ upon which this is based is heavily flawed…
gov.uk/government/p...
November 16, 2024 at 12:47 PM
⚠️ Please note, my thread below has 31 posts, but BlueSky only shows the first 6 posts and doesn’t even give a hint that there’s more to come.
Please click into the 6th post to reveal the next 5 posts in the thread…and repeat.
You’ll need to click into it 5 times to reveal it all.
Not ideal.
Please click into the 6th post to reveal the next 5 posts in the thread…and repeat.
You’ll need to click into it 5 times to reveal it all.
Not ideal.
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Omicron infection can lead to #LongCovid in a significant proportion of nonhospitalized patients 6–12 months after infection. A study on 6242 people of all ages from Hong Kong infected up to 6 May 2022, with Covid proven by positive PCR or RAT
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Prevalence and risk factors of long COVID 6–12 months after infection with the Omicron variant among nonhospitalized patients in Hong Kong
Long COVID has been reported among patients with COVID-19, but little is known about the prevalence and risk factors associated with long COVID 6–12 months after infection with the Omicron variant. T....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 16, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Omicron infection can lead to #LongCovid in a significant proportion of nonhospitalized patients 6–12 months after infection. A study on 6242 people of all ages from Hong Kong infected up to 6 May 2022, with Covid proven by positive PCR or RAT
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...