COVID and Flu may awaken dormant cancer cells, new study finds.

Using a mouse model with dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, researchers found that exposure to SARS-CoV-2 or influenza triggered a dramatic 100- to 1,000-fold increase in cancer cell activity within weeks.

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Nikes first Superbowl commercial in 27 years. What a way to pop back out 🔥

By Julia Marie @julia_doubleday

"Worked hard on this, and I hope it will be a useful resource for many."

A beginner’s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms:

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I paid close attention to AJ Leonardi in the other place. Right from the get go he hammered on about T cell damage.
So many people tried to discredit him (looking at you Zeynap). But I believe his observations have substance. #ImmunityLost

Great read from @thetyee.ca
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"Women are at a higher risk of developing long Covid than men. However, men are more likely to suffer from severe Covid-19 infections and have higher mortality rates, according to a new JAMA study. More specifically, women are 1.31 times more likely to have long Covid than their male counterparts."

Japan: "Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo and Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University said that they have developed a peptide that can bind to the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 to prevent COVID-19 infections."

Source: archive.md/X3yVw

Study finds acute Covid associated with a 50% ⬆️ in car crashes, vaccination was not protective

"The odds ratio of car crashes associated with COVID-19 was comparable to driving under the influence of alcohol at legal limits or driving with a seizure disorder"

In an effort not to flood myself or anyone's timeline with bad news, here is an article about a team of scientists who are working on a reactor that vould change CO2 into a consumable protein, which is magic so far as my brain gets it

"I have to say, I've really been enjoying the platform Bluesky. It functions almost identically to Twitter—but without all the baggage,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

So, I read smart people.

There is a playbook for this next chapter.

I believe we can do this. It won’t be easy, but the map is there.

Featuring resources & wisdom from Dr. Erica Cheoweth, @prisonculture.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @jaclynf.bsky.social & more.