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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki

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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Severe COVID-19 is associated with molecular signatures of aging in the human brain" Analysis of postmortem frontal cortex found that severe Covid induced gene expression changes resembling decades of natural brain aging, most pronounced in patients younger than 65. www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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Severe COVID-19 is associated with molecular signatures of aging in the human brain
Nature Aging - Mavrikaki et al. show that severe COVID-19 is associated with molecular signatures of aging and low cognitive performance in the human frontal cortex; and emphasize the value of...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores" Accessible synthesis covers the NEJM cognitive studies, brain aging findings, and population-level implications of a 3-point IQ shift. www.scientificamerican.com/article/cov...
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COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain. Significant Drops in IQ Scores Are Noted.
Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Cognitive impairment 2 years after mild to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in a population-based study with matched-comparison groups" Cognitive impairment persisted at 2 years post-infection across a range of severity. www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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Cognitive impairment 2 years after mild to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in a population-based study with matched-comparison groups
Scientific Reports - Cognitive impairment 2 years after mild to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in a population-based study with matched-comparison groups
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Neurological and neurodevelopmental effects of Covid and MIS-C on children" Review of neurological and neurodevelopmental sequelae of acute SARS-CoV-2 and MIS-C in the pediatric population; notes the potential neurovirulence. www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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Neurological and neurodevelopmental effects of Covid and MIS-C on children
Pediatric Research - Neurological and neurodevelopmental effects of Covid and MIS-C on children
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Life-Threatening SARS-CoV-2-Associated Encephalopathy and Multiorgan Failure in Children, Asia and Oceania, 2022–2024" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Neurodevelopmental delay in children exposed to maternal SARS-CoV-2 in-utero" In-utero Covid-exposed children showed significantly higher rates of developmental delay, particularly in motor domains. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Exacerbates Thromboembolic Cerebrovascular Complications in Humanized ACE2 Mouse Model" Mouse model: spike protein disrupted the renin-angiotensin system, worsening stroke outcomes and cognitive dysfunction. link.springer.com/article/10....
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SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Exacerbates Thromboembolic Cerebrovascular Complications in Humanized ACE2 Mouse Model
Translational Stroke Research - COVID-19 increases the risk for acute ischemic stroke, yet the molecular mechanisms are unclear and remain unresolved medical challenges. We hypothesize that the...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Risks of Stroke and Transient Cerebral Ischemia up to 4 Years Post-SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Large Diverse Urban Population in the Bronx" Cohort of ~890,000: ischemic stroke risk was elevated 21–32% for years after infection. doi.org/10.3390/dia...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"COVID-19 and selective vulnerability to Parkinson's disease" Proposes that SARS-CoV-2 could upregulate neuronal alpha-synuclein (an antiviral response), compounding pre-existing dopaminergic vulnerability and seeding widespread neurodegeneration. www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Alpha-Synucleinopathies: Potential Links and Underlying Mechanisms" Proposes Covid as a trigger for Parkinson's and related conditions. doi.org/10.3390/ijm...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Neurocognitive Impairment After COVID-19: Mechanisms, Phenotypes, and Links to Alzheimer's Disease" Covid and Alzheimer's share overlapping molecular and neuroimaging signatures. www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/1...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Pathogen effects on the brain: the case of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and neuro Long COVID Reports that spike protein persists in meningeal "reservoirs" and stimulates mast cells and microglia to release neurotoxic mediators. www.frontiersin.org/journals/ne...
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Frontiers | Pathogen effects on the brain: the case of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and neuro COVID
Many patients develop cognitive and neuropsychiatric issues after viral infections, but the mechanisms are not well understood. A case in point is Long-COVID...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"SARS-CoV-2 drives NLRP3 inflammasome activation in human microglia through spike protein" Found spike protein activates the NLRP3 inflammasome in human microglia, triggering a neuroinflammatory cascade similar to Parkinson's disease. parkinsonsnewstoday.com/news/covid-...
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Study: COVID-19 Might increase Risk for Parkinson's Disease –...
People who had COVID-19 might have an increased risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"SARS-CoV-2 infection in microglia and its sequelae" Microglial activation was consistently found even without detectable viral antigen in brain tissue; details systemic inflammation and the "Trojan horse" mechanism. www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Disrupts Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity via RhoA Activation" Identified RhoA as the key mediator through which the spike protein's S1 subunit disrupts BBB tight junctions under physiological flow conditions. link.springer.com/article/10....
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SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Disrupts Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity via RhoA Activation
Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology - The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein has been shown to disrupt blood–brain barrier (BBB) function, but its pathogenic mechanism of action is unknown. Whether...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein alters barrier function in 2D static and 3D microfluidic in-vitro models of the human blood-brain barrier" First study showing spike causes BBB endothelial cells to become "leaky" via proinflammatory activation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"SARS-CoV-2 infection as a cause of neurodegeneration" Evidence that Covid hospitalization confers a cumulative lifetime dementia risk ratio of ~1.48, situating Covid alongside other established modifiable risk factors for neurodegeneration. www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"SARS-CoV-2 infection and dementia risk: a nationwide, nested case-control study" Study of 1.14M ppl aged 50+: overall 15% increased dementia risk after infection; hospitalized patients showed 75–93% increased risk depending on severity. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Prospective Memory Assessment before and after Covid-19" Norwegian cohort of 134,000+: documented worse everyday memory function at multiple time points up to 36 months post-infection, with greater impairment following more severe illness. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample" Study of ~113,000 people: even mild, resolved Covid was associated with a 3-point IQ-equivalent cognitive deficit; ICU-level cases showed a 9-point drop, with memory and executive function most affected. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Accelerated brain aging during the COVID-19 pandemic" 996 participants showed brains aged 5.5 months faster during the pandemic; cognitive decline appeared only in those with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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Accelerated brain ageing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nature Communications - This study shows that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated brain ageing in UK adults, even without infection. The effect was stronger in older individuals, in men, and those...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)" Review of viral reservoir evidence: persistent SARS-CoV-2 RNA and/or protein found in lymph nodes, CNS, and other tissues months post-infection; proposes the reservoir as a driver of Long Covid symptoms. www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)
Nature Immunology - Proal and colleagues review the evidence for long-term persistence of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in tissues of infected individuals and discuss how this viral reservoir may...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
‘Visionary’ study finds inflammation, evidence of Covid virus years after infection. An explainer of the study in the preceding post. www.statnews.com/2024/07/03/...
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‘Visionary’ study finds inflammation, evidence of Covid virus years after infection
A "visionary" new study finds inflammation and evidence of the Covid virus years after initial infection.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Tissue-based T cell activation and viral RNA persist for up to 2 years after SARS-CoV-2 infection" www.science.org/doi/10.1126...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Long Covid PET imaging patients vs. 43 controls: found significantly elevated neuroinflammation across a wide swath of brain regions, correlated with circulating vascular dysfunction markers. www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"SARS-CoV-2 infection & persistence in the human body & brain at autopsy" NIH autopsy study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected throughout the brain as late as 230 days after symptom onset; evidence of viral replication in non-respiratory tissue. www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy
Nature - A study reports the distribution, replication and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the human body including in the brain at autopsy from acute infection to more than seven months...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
How SARS-CoV-2 Damages the Brain "SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure" 785 participants imaged before & after Covid infection showed gray matter loss, increased tissue damage markers, and reduced global brain size, even in mostly mild cases. www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank
Nature - After infection with SARS-CoV-2, individuals show a greater reduction in grey matter thickness and tissue contrast in the orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus; greater changes in...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Based on 40 studies re 12,424 kids, the pooled prevalence of Long Covid was 23.36% Neurologic Sx were found in 13.51% and psychiatric Sx in 12.30%. Nearly one quarter of pediatric Covid cases suffered multisystemic Long Covid, even at 1 yr after C+. www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/1...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Concentration difficulties in #LongCovidKids In a review of Long Covid Sx prevalence in 19,426 children, concentration difficulties were reported up to 81% of children, headache up to 80%, fatigue up to 87%, and sleep disturbance up to 63%. www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/1...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
72% increased risk of new-onset Type 1 diabetes within 6 months of Covid infection in children compared with those with non-Covid respiratory infections. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...
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Association of SARS-CoV-2 Infection With New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Among Pediatric Patients From 2020 to 2021
This cohort study assesses the association of COVID-19 with new-onset type 1 diabetes among pediatric patients.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A study from one of the greatest sources of Long Covid minimization, NIH RECOVER, extrapolated that 10-20% of pediatric Covid cases result in Long Covid, with some studies showing a prevalence as high as 63%. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Kids born during pandemic have significantly reduced verbal, motor, & overall cognitive performance compared to pre-pandemic, & skills have continued to decline. Neuroimaging shows reduced brain white matter development compared to those born 2011–2019. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Environment on Early Child Brain and Cognitive Development
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
74.2% of hospitalized children with neurological symptoms had acute brain findings Brain MRI following the onset of Covid's neurological symptoms in children showed acute necrotizing encephalopathy, encephalitis, and hippocampal atrophy. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38538753/
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Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in children with neurological complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (Omicron variant): a multicenter retrospective observational study - PubMed
Overall, these data highlighted five neuroimaging patterns associated with the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, with acute necrotizing encephalopathy being the most common of these neuroimaging findings. Rarely, the brain MRI of these pediatric COVID-19 patients also demonstrate hippocamp …
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
FDG-PET shows similar brain hypometabolism in kids as in adults with Long Covid. The affected regions are critical for memory, emotion regulation, and learning. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...
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Similar patterns of [18F]-FDG brain PET hypometabolism in paediatric and adult patients with long COVID: a paediatric case series
Several weeks after COVID-19 infection, some children report the persistence or recurrence of functional complaints. This clinical presentation has been referred as “long COVID” in the adult population, and an [18F]-FDG brain PET hypometabolic ...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Here's a short list of studies regarding some of the impacts and prevalences in #LongCovidKids science. If you have others, please add them.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
to persuade ppl with political rhetoric instead of any legitimate scientific or factual basis. link.springer.com/article/10....
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An intersectional analysis of long COVID prevalence
International Journal for Equity in Health - Long COVID symptoms – which include brain fog, depression, and fatigue – are mild at best and debilitating at worst. Some U.S. health...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The authors then opine re chattel slavery, colonial-era smallpox transmission along slave trade networks, the "capitalist organization of production and reproduction", embodiment theory, and more in pathetically transparent attempts...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
and known measurement and integrity problems. For the study's own analysis, they pulled a bait and switch and conducted it on gay, bisexual, "something else," transgender, and genderqueer respondents - not just transgender.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Speaking of agenda, next up: An Intersectional Analysis of Long Covid Prevalence. This study touts a Long Covid prevalence of a whopping 48.2% for transgender people, which again based on unreliable HPS data with no confidence intervals, no statistical test, on a survey with a 5–6% response rate
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Comparing these two figures as though they measure the same thing is methodologically indefensible. It's indicative of dishonest propaganda and an agenda, not facts. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...
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Disruption of gender‐affirming health care, and COVID‐19 illness, testing, and vaccination among trans Australians during the pandemic: a cross‐sectional survey
To assess rates of disruption of gender‐affirming health care, of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) illness, testing, and vaccination, and of discrimination in health care among Australian trans people during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Online ...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Except these numbers are not comparable. The general population estimate comes from the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare literature review, which synthesized clinical and population-level data. The 37% comes from an unvalidated, single-question self-report survey in a convenience sample 🤡.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
49 out of 132 people who reported having had Covid answered "yes" to long-term health consequences...this one survey question is the paper's entire basis for their claim of 37% trans vs 5–10% general population estimate.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Next: Disruption of gender-affirming health care, and COVID-19 illness, testing, and vaccination among trans Australians during the pandemic: a cross-sectional survey. The 37% prevalence Long Covid in transgender ppl is the paper's most-cited claim, and it's built on sand.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The study also found that gender-affirming hormone therapy was not associated with Long Covid risk. No main effect. No interaction with gender identity. So the authors' sex-hormone hypothesis totally crashed and burned, too. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...
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Long COVID in transgender and gender nonbinary people in the United States
Despite recommendations in the US National Research Action Plan on Long COVID, gender identity is rarely reported in research and surveillance used to guide public health programming and clinical care. We analyzed data from a cross-sectional study ...
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The paper is very deceitfully structured so that most readers never make the connection between the disparaity of actual % prevalence being totally in line with the general population's. Nothing special, no higher risk, just the authors' very obvious propagandic trans agenda.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Someone who sees just the abstract walks away thinking trans people face elevated Long Covid risk. They do not. Someone who reads the conclusion walks away thinking targeted interventions are urgently needed for trans ppl. They are not.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
So why does their conclusion call for trans-specific Long Covid surveillance, targeted prevention, and community interventions as though a higher prevalence exists for trans ppl, when they just proved that it does not?
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Long Covid in Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People in the United States. First red flag: astroturf JD Davids. The paper found that trans people have a ~10% prevalence of Long Covid. Which is the same prevalence as everyone else in the world. Which their paper admits to, and even cites.
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Be very clear: this Long Covid thread is not actually about trans people. They are just the next demographic to be exploited and used by a network engaged in unending academic fraud and lies about Long Covid. Onto the studies. ↓
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⋆⁺₊ Alba ࿐ iteotwawki @albadocherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
It goes without saying that this is being propulgated by govt-sponsored MECFS astroturfs that have been lying about Long Covid science and stealing Long Covid resources from an extremely disabled and vulnerable patient population that literally has no legitimate representation anywhere on earth.
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