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Sawyer 🌪️

@idea-alchemist.bsky.social
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LC July 2020 🧠 🌿 Idea Alchemist, #LongCovid explorer, virology & neuroscience nerd. Tristate Area 📍 Twitter/X: idea_alchemist

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Sarah @sarahjen.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
completely sick of everything to do with winter
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
"After the war they tried to persuade public health officials to take the threat of airborne infection seriously. But infectious disease experts, fighting against outbreaks and preparing for emergence of new diseases mostly ignored them, even when it meant accepting basic mistakes about physics."
newsweek.com
How COVID reshaped public health understanding of disease spread by air
How COVID reshaped our understanding of invisible air particles and the spread of disease
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
If you see someone wearing a mask & you have the urge to tell them they should stop masking, just don't. Not only have masks been shown to dramatically reduce risk of covid and therefore long-covid, but it doesn't hurt you one bit. Or, if it DOES hurt/anger you to see a mask-wearer, go seek help.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
NEW - Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove during #SARSCov2 WHO Live Q&A on December, 12th, 2024. "The world wants to forget this pathogen that is still with us, and people want to put #Covid in the past as if it's over, like it didn't happen, and that is very detrimental." 🧪🦠 🛟 #IDSky #MedSky
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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A mask (an ffp2+/n95+ mask) worn properly will help stop you catching Covid, flu, rsv, measles, norovirus, whatever virus is the airborne flavour of the month. It's amazing how many people think catching any of those is a good idea.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/12/2024
@who.int Director-General's remarks at a media briefing on 10 December 2024: "We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills. The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."
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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 11/12/2024
5th person to be cured of HIV “Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
abcnews.go.com
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
My family and I have been really lucky. We haven't had Covid, Flu, RSV, Noro, Pneumonia, Strep A, Tonsillitis, Appendicitis, Ear/Eye/Throat/Chest Infections, Gastroenteritis, Urinary Tract Infections, Sinusitis, Bronchitis, Sepsis, Whooping Cough, or Bronchiolitis in five years.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Tanzania shares a border with Congo. This doesn’t looks good.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Another family on my Facebook feed says two of their siblings in the household have walking pneumonia.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
California reported its first #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds on Aug. 30. Today, less than 3 months later, the state's infected herd count topped 400. The vast majority of these herds are still in quarantine for the infection. How is this not affecting availability of/pricing of milk?
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬 go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Just reminding you, if you think #COVID was bad, that's because you never imagined a pandemic with a virus that is AIR- and FOOD-borne at the same time, like #H5N1.
The picture shows an image of a manuscript pointing how airborne and foodborne transmission combined can accelerate viral spreading to more people. Plus, we have limited technologies exist to detect viral presence in food.
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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Ok. Choice made. This is going to be my primary site for posting... The bad place will get the assorted highlights because I think it's essential to keep informing people there. But at the end of every thread I'm going to say that I'm here more.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
The layers of trauma that come with having a #disability is not just about physical limitations. The emotional burden of losing autonomy over your own body, financial instability, and having to justify your existence to a hierarchy that seems determined to break you down.
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
BREAKING: U.S. COVID Surge Continues with Over 4.9 Million Cases, 348,034 Hospitalizations, and 38,563 Deaths; Rising Cases in 20 States.
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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 21/05/2024
🩺 Three years after COVID infection, adults had an increased risk of all major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events including heart attack, stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and myopericarditis with an odds ratio of 1.73. buff.ly/3yuEM7y 🛟🧪😷 #EpiSky #IDsky
academic.oup.com
Persistent increase of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients: a 3-year population-based analysis
AbstractAims. We evaluated the incidence and relative risk of major post-acute cardiovascular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a large real-world po
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 29/04/2024
If I learned anything from having #LongCovid, is to take shit seriously. I am not taking chances with #h5n1, so if that means taking early precautions until we figure out how this plays out, I'm going to do it.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
They’re already starting this bullsh*t #h5n1 #chronicillness
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
“Our findings suggest that residual #SARSCoV2 can persist in patients who have recovered from mild #COVID19 and that there is a significant association between viral persistence and #LongCovid symptoms.” 🧪🩺 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com
The persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in tissues and its association with long COVID symptoms: a cross-sectional cohort study in China
Our findings suggest that residual SARS-CoV-2 can persist in patients who have recovered from mild COVID-19 and that there is a significant association between viral persistence and long COVID symptom...
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 14/04/2024
I still have #SarsCov2 s1 spike protein in my blood after my one and ONLY Covid-19 infection in 2020. I’ve never been vaccinated. I’ve never been reinfected. #longcovid #chronicillness 🩺🧪
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 13/04/2024
How many years will we have to wait? We need help for #LongCovid NOW. This isn’t fair ❤️‍🩹💔
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 02/04/2024
If you have Epstein-Barr Virus and it’s currently reactivated, how long has it been active for? I’m going on 3+ yrs now with reactivated #EBV after my one & only #Covid infection from 2020. #disability #medsky #longcovid
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 26/03/2024
“If #COVID19 pts are making abzymes, it’s possible that these abzymes could harm many different aspects of physiology. If this turns out to be true, developing treatments to deplete or block the rogue abzymes could be the most effective way to treat the complications of COVID-19.” shorturl.at/CJOZ6
newsroom.uvahealth.com
COVID-19 Antibody Discovery Could Explain Long COVID
Surprising findings from UVA Health could lead to new treatments for COVID-19, long COVID and possibly other viruses.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 24/03/2024
My childhood best friend who has lost her daughter to #Covid literally told me I need to stop living in fear. If the death of your offspring isn’t enough to convince someone that this is serious, what will? #LongCovid
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 24/03/2024
So many newcomers join these Epstein-Barr-Virus groups on Facebook and mention how their #Covid infection has reactivated their EBV and totally derailed their life.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 24/03/2024
The implications of this discovery are profound 💡 The study identified a reduction in the ACE2 receptor as a potential cause for the neuromuscular symptoms associated with #LongCovid t.co/6emmrtU4cw 🩺🧪🌐 #covid19 #immunosky
t.co
Cause of long COVID muscle weakness identified by pioneering study
New research has revealed a potential cause of the persistent and often debilitating symptoms experienced by long COVID-19 patients
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 11/03/2024
Relationships are going to crumble under these circumstances. #LongCovid
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/03/2024
4 years ago today, the WHO declared COVID a pandemic. Today, we will rightfully remember the tens of millions of people who have died. We must never forget. But we must also remember COVID is still killing, disabling, and excluding too many. We are still in a pandemic. We still need to act.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 11/03/2024
She was one of us. She was failed, just like so many more are continuing to not be taken seriously. people.com/woman-30-die... #longcovid #disability #covid
people.com
Woman, 30, Dies After Blood Clot Symptoms Were Dismissed Twice as 'Long COVID and Anxiety'
Emily Chesterton, 30, whose symptoms were dismissed during two separate doctor’s appointments, died after a blood clot in her leg resulted in a pulmonary embolism.
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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
Two great new Covid flyers by @o_bel_ (on Twitter). 1. Flyer called "Why Your Patient is Covid Cautious" Get the PDFs here: linktr.ee/o_bel
Flyer called "Why Your Patient is Covid Cautious"
https://tr.ee/FP7XwiirQM
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Gretchen N @geriatricgretch.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
Guess what, not into it: blockclubchicago.org/2024/03/07/m...
blockclubchicago.org
Measles Case Found In Chicago For First Time Since 2019
Measles is highly contagious and can be dangerous for unvaccinated people, particularly babies and young children, according to the health department.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
new study, old news “The scientists found pieces of SARS-CoV-2, referred to as #COVID antigens, lingering in the blood up to 14 months after infection and for more than two years in tissue samples from people who had COVID.” t.co/D9dxqyfcHg 🧪🩺🛟🌐
t.co
COVID-19 virus can stay in the body more than a year after infection, research finds
The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended, according to new research from UC San Francisco that offers pote...
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
If you take Niacin, you should read this. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🩺🌐
nature.com
A terminal metabolite of niacin promotes vascular inflammation and contributes to cardiovascular disease risk - Nature Medicine
Following the observation that higher circulating levels of metabolites derived from niacin—an essential micronutrient that is fortified in cereals—are associated with a higher risk for cardiovascular...
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Someone’s wife on Facebook said the entire house has #Covid besides their husband and it makes them so pissed off and frustrated that they wanna “cough on his pillow so bad.” People think this is a joke and they have have no idea how this can leave a person #disabled.
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Guiness Pig @guinesspig.bsky.social · 03/02/2024
Indoor dining of the future: Everyone gets a new N95 w/sip valve & a fit test at the door. Entire menu is soups, shakes, smoothies. Enjoy inside with all staff masked & HEPA filters running. And it has a punny name like Let ‘Er Sip.
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
Friend #2 who was in the 🏥 last Monday for cough up 🩸 & fluid in her 🫁 after a suspected illness. She has been using a cane to walk for over a year + neuro issues, many MRIs/scans (29 y/o). She’s had #Covid19 multiple times & now she’s back in the 🏥 for severe abdominal pain. This is NOT okay… 😞🧠📈
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
This is friend #1 who was in the hospital 2 days ago. She is 38 weeks pregnant and had #Covid a couple of months ago when she sent our group chat a positive PCR. She has had #SARSCov2 at least 3 times since 2020 & vaccinated. “No one knows what happened or why.” #disability
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 28/01/2024
Brain MRI of a woman who had a stroke after her 2022 #Covid19 infection, left with cognitive dysfunction and difficulty walking. Arteries in her brain are damaged. She just got reinfected again this week. #neuroskyence #disability
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
Wastewater covid levels basically at the same level (nationwide) as this time last year (down a bit on last week). We are almost all now a JN.1 country, a takeover that didn't really see a rise in hospitalisation admissions (consistent with several other places experience of JN.1)
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/01/2024
Only one person in this picture is actually fighting infectious disease.
@CDCDirector
Whether fighting infectious disease, ensuring we are ready to respond to health threats, supporting the health of young families, or improving mental health, CDC is working hard to protect health for all Americans
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
Patient on chemotherapy had “anxiety” written in their chart after asking their nurse to mask. This needs to stop. What the hell are we doing?! #chronicillness #covidcautious #disability medsky
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 22/01/2024
I wonder how many of us with #LongCovid and co-morbid #Dysautonomia might be dealing with coronary microvascular dysfunction just like in this study. We need more Cardiologists ordering cardiac PET scans for their patients with these symptoms post Covid-19 infection. 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🩺🌍🛟 shorturl.at/moIJR #pwd
shorturl.at
Coronary microvascular dysfunction and COVID-19: implications for long COVID patients
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
If my #LongCovid was cured tomorrow, I would still isolate and take precautions for the rest of my future. I do not trust anybody anymore to keep me protected, not my old friends, not doctors, not our leaders, nobody.. #disability #mentalhealth #covidcautious
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
NEW study reveals that SARS-Cov-2 has been found to infect #dogs, leading to severe lung damage, brain damage, and kidney lesions. This concerning trend has garnered attention from animal enthusiasts around the globe.. 🐶🌐🛟🧪 #covid19 vetmed www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
I see the world through a different lens now. The knowledge I learned in the last 3.5 years cannot be erased, I know too much now. I live in a different world than everyone around me currently because of #Covid19, a world they cannot fathom… #longcovid #disability #covidcautious 📷
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