Reposted by MederPublic Health Action Network @publichealthaction.bsky.social · 03/03/2026PHAN is now accepting requests for proposals for projects that will have measurable results in reducing indoor airborne pathogens. These could be projects like breath-based multi-pathogen detection systems, continuous HVAC compliance verification systems, or indoor air infrastructure deployment. 11612
Reposted by MederRenegade Research @renegaderesearch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Our next Clinician's Roundtable: Sleep Dysfunction & Breathing Mechanics with Avram Gold, MD, Assoc. Prof. of Medicine Stony Brook Friday March 6, 2026, 12 pm ET (US) Please share with clinician, researcher, patients networks! Will be recorded 🧵 Registration link with more about Dr. Gold below: 186
Reposted by Mederjaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 25/02/2026ELEMENTAL Masked Rave (Thu 2/26 @ Transmission DC, 9pm-2am) shotgun.live/events/dmv-m... Part 1 1102
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Live now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLGp... For public comment: cityclerk.lacity.org/publiccomment/cityclerk.lacity.orgPublic Comment Form 000
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 24/02/2026LA City Council will introduce a resolution on Feb 24 at 10 AM to recognize March 15 as Long Covid Awareness Day and light City Hall teal. Sign the petition (bit.ly/LCAD26LA), send public comment at LACouncilComment.com, watch @LACityView35 live, or attend at City Hall. 110
Reposted by MederPublic Health Action Network @publichealthaction.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Join us and @airsupportproject.bsky.social on Sunday, Feb 22nd, 12 noon ET / 5pm GMT for a conversation about cancer and COVID with guests Ruth Brooker of Clean Air for Kids UK, and Arijit Chakravarty, COVID educator. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ne… 2108
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Interested in organizing around cleaner air in schools? Join the discord! discord.gg/GrhFUmAPdiscord.ggJoin the Clean Air in Schools Discord Server!Check out the Clean Air in Schools community on Discord - hang out with 109 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat. 131
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Interested to join a discord organizing around cleaner air in schools? Lemme know if so 010
Reposted by Mederjaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 23/02/20263 days away from our masked 😷 rave in DC, make sure to get your ticket or let friends in the DMV area know shotgun.live/events/dmv-m... 072
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 22/02/2026I already have reached out to her, was just asking incase you also knew anyone. Thanks! 110
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Hi - I'm making a thread of software engineers/tech impacted by long covid/lyme - @mpinheir.bsky.social could I contact you? 100
Reposted by MederWaggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Influenza hijacks myeloid cells to inflict type-I interferon-fueled damage in the heart @cp-immunity.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/ful... @jeffdowney11.bsky.social @filswirski.bsky.social 0227
Reposted by MederC.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 06/02/2026It looks like this is open until 6pm! How to send the Maryland legislature your Long Covid story to tell them why they should invest in LC research: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #LongCovid #pwLC 073
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Added! Let me know if I have them in the right section/the label could be improved. Thanks! 020
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Do you happen to have links to them besides Hoerger's youtube? Feel free to dm if too long to post. If sections I can try finding from the other directories 110
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Working on a covid/iaq craigslist style directory of links: post-infection protocols, research compilations, air purifier reviews, other directories of links and anything else so when you forget you just go here. What links or sections are missing? covid-list.orgcovid-list.orgcovid links 185
Reposted by MederBean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Interesting! Instead of CO2 setpoints for HVAC control to minimize pathogens, this proposed system uses pathogen air quality (PAQ) sensors. www.medrxiv.org/content/medr... @barryhunt008.bsky.social @davidelfstrom.bsky.social @rtmlepage.bsky.social @tjradcliffe.bsky.social @ukhadds.bsky.socialmedrxiv.org 4479
Reposted by MederC.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Anyway.youtube.comHow persistent pathogens could accelerate the aging process | Amy Proal | TEDxBostonYouTube video by TEDx Talks 0235
Reposted by MederBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I believe today is Emily Mendenhall's release date for "Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID First Edition" Looking forward to reading this! 📚 📚 📚 h/t @emendenhall.bsky.social 53712
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Thanks to @linseymarr.bsky.social @cathnoakes.bsky.social @kprather.bsky.social @donmilton.bsky.social @jljcolorado.bsky.social @shellymboulder.bsky.social @alexhuffman.bsky.social @joeallenjoe.bsky.social and others for advocating covid is airborne since the beginning! 010
Reposted by MederLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV. This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.science.orgTwo ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virusFindings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species 211347416
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025December 15, 2020: Fabrizi et al., Pathogens (meta-analysis) found that acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in COVID-19, affecting about 1 in 6 hospitalized patients, rising to around half of severe cases, establishing kidney injury as a major COVID complication 082
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025December 14, 2020: Harvey et al., Environmental Science & Technology Letters (longitudinal environmental surveillance) detected SARS-CoV-2 RNA on high-touch public surfaces but estimated the infection risk from touch as very low, reinforcing that fomites play a minimal role in transmission 181
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025December 9, 2020: Moreno-Arrones et al., JEDV (prospective multicenter clinical) found that COVID-19 can trigger telogen effluvium, a temporary but intense hair-shedding condition, typically starting about 2 months after infection, even in some mild or asymptomatic cases 170
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025December 7, 2020: Wang et al., Science Translational Medicine (human immunology/antibody engineering study) showed that dimeric IgA, the antibody form found in the nose and throat, neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 far more effectively than standard antibodies 180
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025December 7, 2020: Sterlin et al., Science Translational Medicine (longitudinal human immunology study) found that IgA dominates the early neutralizing antibody response to SARS-CoV-2, appearing before IgG, driving most early neutralization, and persisting longer at mucosal sites like saliva 170
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025December 3, 2020: Pellegrini et al., Cell (human brain organoid and cell culture study) showed that SARS-CoV-2 can target the brain’s choroid plexus, damaging a key protective barrier and triggering inflammation 181
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025December 3, 2020: Poston et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases (neutralization study) showed that antibodies from pre-pandemic seasonal coronavirus infections could neutralize common cold coronaviruses but did not neutralize SARS-CoV-2, arguing against widespread pre-existing antibody protection 170
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025November 28, 2020: Vanaparthy et al., Cureus (case report) described a COVID patient who developed unusual post-infection effects including vestibular neuritis (severe vertigo), facial nerve spasms and Raynaud's, highlighting that COVID can trigger neurological and vascular symptoms beyond the lungs 170
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025November 25, 2020: Banerjee et al., Cell (lab study) showed that SARS-CoV-2 weakens the cell’s early immune defenses by blocking normal gene and protein production, helping the virus hide from interferons and spread more easily. 170
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025November 23, 2020: Kwon et al., Journal of Korean Medical Science (outbreak investigation) documented SARS-CoV-2 spread inside a restaurant where ceiling air conditioners directed airflow from an infected person to others up to 6.5 meters away after only minutes of exposure 181
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025November 15, 2020: Kanjwal et al., Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management (case report) documented new-onset postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in an otherwise healthy female patient following COVID-19 infection 182
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025November 12, 2020: Clausen et al., Cell (lab/cell/virus assays) found SARS-CoV-2 does not just “grab” ACE2. It also latches onto heparan sulfate, a sugar coating on our cells, which helps the spike line up with ACE2 170
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025November 4, 2020: Buchrieser et al., EMBO Journal (lab study) showed that SARS-CoV-2 can make infected cells fuse with nearby cells into large "giant cells" called syncytia, which may help explain some lung tissue damage in severe COVID 181
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025October 26, 2020: Seow et al., Nature (longitudinal immunology study) showed that neutralizing antibodies after SARS-CoV-2 infection decline within months, especially after mild illness, helping explain reinfections and why infection alone does not guarantee lasting immunity 182
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025October 15, 2020: Mathieu et al., JAAD Case Reports (case report) described new-onset pustular psoriasis appearing after COVID-19, in a patient with no prior psoriasis history. 170
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025September 24, 2020: Bastard et al., Science (human immunology study) found that about 10 percent of patients with life-threatening COVID-19 had pre-existing autoantibodies that block type I interferons, crippling the body’s early antiviral defense. 180
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025September 24, 2020: Perego and Callard et al., Wellcome Open Research (open letter) explained why the patient-made term “Long Covid” is needed. The term was first coined by Elisa Perego in May 2020 and helped give language and visibility to persistent, relapsing symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection 181
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025September 18, 2020: Choi et al., Emerging Infectious Diseases (epidemiologic investigation with viral genome sequencing) provided some of the strongest early evidence of in-flight transmission of SARS-CoV-2 181
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025September 14, 2020: Edridge et al., Nature (longitudinal cohort) analyzed 35 years of archived samples to show seasonal coronavirus reinfections and antibody waning, with evidence of reinfection as early as 6 months 191
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025September 1, 2020: Kang et al., AIM (investigation) reported probable fecal aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a high-rise building, showing virus spread between vertically aligned apartments through shared bathroom drainage pipes 192
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025August 25, 2020: To et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases (case report with whole-genome sequencing) confirmed the first documented COVID-19 reinfection. A patient was infected twice by genetically distinct SARS-CoV-2 strains, proving reinfection was real and not just prolonged viral shedding 1102
Meder @itsmeder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025August 19, 2020: Kaneko et al., Cell (human tissue study) showed that severe COVID-19 can shut down germinal centers - the immune system’s antibody "training centers." Losing them helps explain why natural infection often produces weaker, short-lived antibodies and why reinfections happen 192