Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Sarah @sarahjen.bsky.social · 22/02/2025completely sick of everything to do with winter 5666
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️🇨🇦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.comHow COVID reshaped public health understanding of disease spread by airHow COVID reshaped our understanding of invisible air particles and the spread of disease 414557
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025If 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. 515028
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 12/12/2024NEW - 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 35724
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 12/12/2024A 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. 16566139
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️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." 21986497
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 11/12/20245th 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.com5th person confirmed to be cured of HIVResearchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV. 1417567726
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 05/12/2024My 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. 1930127
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Tanzania shares a border with Congo. This doesn’t looks good. 161
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Another family on my Facebook feed says two of their siblings in the household have walking pneumonia. 130
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024California 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? 1015051
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 11/11/2024I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬 go.bsky.app/5871Mhv 3741794657
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Just 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. 11359119
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Ok. 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. 1442071143
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 27/09/2024The 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. 0101
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 02/09/2024BREAKING: U.S. COVID Surge Continues with Over 4.9 Million Cases, 348,034 Hospitalizations, and 38,563 Deaths; Rising Cases in 20 States. 188
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️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 #IDskyacademic.oup.comPersistent increase of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients: a 3-year population-based analysisAbstractAims. We evaluated the incidence and relative risk of major post-acute cardiovascular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a large real-world po 14431
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 29/04/2024If 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. 0192
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 24/04/2024They’re already starting this bullsh*t #h5n1 #chronicillness 082
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.comThe persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in tissues and its association with long COVID symptoms: a cross-sectional cohort study in ChinaOur 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... 188
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 14/04/2024I 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 🩺🧪 1133
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 13/04/2024How many years will we have to wait? We need help for #LongCovid NOW. This isn’t fair ❤️🩹💔 071
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 02/04/2024If 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 1101
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/CJOZ6newsroom.uvahealth.comCOVID-19 Antibody Discovery Could Explain Long COVIDSurprising findings from UVA Health could lead to new treatments for COVID-19, long COVID and possibly other viruses. 163
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 24/03/2024My 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 4235
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 24/03/2024So 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. 294
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 24/03/2024The 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 #immunoskyt.coCause of long COVID muscle weakness identified by pioneering studyNew research has revealed a potential cause of the persistent and often debilitating symptoms experienced by long COVID-19 patients 1189
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 11/03/2024Relationships are going to crumble under these circumstances. #LongCovid 2111
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/03/20244 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. 13847338
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 11/03/2024She 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 #covidpeople.comWoman, 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. 1204
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 07/03/2024Two 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 34727
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Gretchen N @geriatricgretch.bsky.social · 07/03/2024Guess what, not into it: blockclubchicago.org/2024/03/07/m...blockclubchicago.orgMeasles Case Found In Chicago For First Time Since 2019Measles is highly contagious and can be dangerous for unvaccinated people, particularly babies and young children, according to the health department. 0188
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 07/03/2024new 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.coCOVID-19 virus can stay in the body more than a year after infection, research findsThe 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... 01810
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 20/02/2024If you take Niacin, you should read this. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🩺🌐nature.comA terminal metabolite of niacin promotes vascular inflammation and contributes to cardiovascular disease risk - Nature MedicineFollowing 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... 142
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 20/02/2024Someone’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. 061
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Guiness Pig @guinesspig.bsky.social · 03/02/2024Indoor 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. 3226
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 04/02/2024Friend #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… 😞🧠📈 132
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 04/02/2024This 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 1124
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 28/01/2024Brain 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 091
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 25/01/2024Wastewater 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) 2295
Reposted by Sawyer 🌪️Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/01/2024Only one person in this picture is actually fighting infectious disease. 730351
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 25/01/2024Patient 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 66722
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 22/01/2024I 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 #pwdshorturl.atCoronary microvascular dysfunction and COVID-19: implications for long COVID patients 0157
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 15/01/2024If 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 2192
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 15/01/2024NEW 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... 294
Sawyer 🌪️ @idea-alchemist.bsky.social · 15/01/2024I 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 📷 1181