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The John Snow Project @johnsnowproject.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...
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Emily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Time-lapse footage of the Woronora River Bridge construction in Australia (2001). Built using the incremental launching method, this 0,32 miles (521 meter) bridge spans a deep gorge and was one of the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 06/02/2025
this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources. On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names. dan rigiššu “loud is his bark” munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe” mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
Photo of 5 dog figurines in profile facing to the left in a staggered line. The closest one is reddish, the three in the middle are beige, and the furthest is dark grey. Each one has a cuneiform inscription on their side.
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How the brain cleans itself during deep sleep
Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ.
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Pessimistic Persimmon @pessimisticpersim.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Turns out getting sick isn’t as good for you as it always seemed. No one coulda seen this coming. www.easychair.info/p/no-infecti...
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No, Infections Don't Appear Beneficial
Somehow in the argument of whether we should avoid SARS Cov 2 infections, it was proposed that people may be worse off by not gaining immunity via infection to viruses.
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Isabel Ramirez-Burnett @isabelrb.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Antiviral properties of NAC in Covid-19 & H5N1 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC.... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19732754/#:~...
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N-acetylcysteine for prevention and treatment of COVID-19: Current state of evidence and future directions
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and can be associated with serious complications, including acute respiratory distress...
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David Lingenfelter, PhD @dlingenfelter.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Both vaxxed and unvaxxed groups showed impairment in cognitive functions and quality-of-life measures compared to the benchmark. While vaccines reduce the severity of acute Covid, they don't appear to reduce the neurological sequelae of Long Covid. academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Here are the main points from the research article titled "Vaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection does not affect the neurologic manifestations of long COVID," published in *Brain Communications*:

1. **Study Focus**: Investigates if vaccination before SARS-CoV-2 infection alters long COVID's neurological symptoms.
2. **Participants**: Included 200 post-hospitalization and 1100 non-hospitalized Neuro-PASC patients, from May 2020 to January 2023.
3. **Key Symptoms**: Brain fog, numbness/tingling, headache, anosmia, dizziness, and others.
4. **Impact of Vaccination**: No significant difference in neurological manifestations of long COVID between patients infected before vaccination and those infected after vaccination.
5. **Comorbidities**: Patients with breakthrough infections had higher pre-existing conditions like depression/anxiety, lung diseases, headaches, and gastrointestinal issues.
6. **Cognitive and Quality-of-Life Assessment**: Both groups showed significant impairment in cognitive functions and quality-of-life measures compared to a US normative population.
7. **Conclusion**: Vaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection does not seem to affect the neurologic manifestations of long COVID, highlighting different risk factors that require targeted management.

The study emphasizes that while vaccines reduce the severity of initial infections, they do not appear to impact the neurological sequelae of long COVID.
A **US normative population** refers to a representative sample of individuals from the United States used as a benchmark or standard for comparison in research studies. Normative data from this population helps researchers determine what is typical or average for various characteristics, such as cognitive function, health metrics, or behavior. By comparing individual results to this normative data, researchers can identify deviations from the average and assess whether an individual's results are above, below, or within the expected range.
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
All the #H5N1 news is giving me flashbacks. Let's not do this again. www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-...
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I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.
“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...
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ThereForME @thereforme.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We’ve got a hard hitting #ThereForME substack out today from Karen Galpin, writing about caring for her daughter Sophia, who has very severe ME. Karen describes their daily reality, responding to narratives that downplay the impact of #ME www.thereforme.uk/p/this-is-no...
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“This is not about not trying hard enough”
A glimpse into daily life with very severe ME
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The other swans aren't gonna believe this
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ejustin46 @ejustin46.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
H5N1 We are currently at stage 3 in the virus's progression, transitioning from the avian phase to the mammalian phase, and now entering the stage of potential human spillover.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
RFK Jr.: “Thank you [to the NIH] for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.” Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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RFK Jr. comes ‘home’ to his anti-vaccine group, commits to ‘a break’ for U.S. infectious disease research
He has suggested without evidence that researchers and pharmaceutical companies are driven by profit to neglect chronic conditions.
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David Lingenfelter, PhD @dlingenfelter.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
People who had mild COVID-19 showed reductions in gray matter in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Those who had COVID-19 performed worse on cognitive tasks, showing slower information processing. theconversation.com/even-mild-ca...
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Even mild cases of COVID-19 can leave a mark on the brain, such as reductions in gray matter – a neuroscientist explains emerging research
New research offers insights into the brain after COVID-19 that may have implications for our understanding of long COVID-19 and how the disease affects our senses of taste and smell.
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Vittoria @vitt.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Deserves to be shared on Bluesky too. The funniest video of all time.
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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
New data from the VENUS (Vaccine Effectiveness, Networking, and Universal Safety) study in Japan reveal that the risk of developing long COVID is significantly lower when people have been recently vaccinated before infection. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/rec...
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Recent COVID-19 vaccination tied to lower risk of long COVID
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
From long COVID to breast cancer, how this beloved primary care doctor is coping with tough health challenges. “Scientists are currently studying how the M Protein on Covid-19 virus stimulates a complicated immune response that leads to proliferation of aggressive triple-negative breast cancer”
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From long COVID to breast cancer, how this beloved primary care doctor is coping with tough health challenges
The virus early in the pandemic left her with long COVID, then a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis. She is sharing her story.
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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.myatproto.social · 13/11/2024
I've also got a whole blog post on Regulatory T Cells which gets into the nitty gritty of how plant/microbiome compounds can reduce inflammation + promote food *tolerance* #NEISvoid liminalnest.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/e... Brain fog friendly overview: liminalnest.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/b...
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Eating with MCAS: why you should care about Regulatory T cells (aka “T regs”)
Note: in medical articles Tregs is often spelled with no space, but I’m adding the space here to make it easier for screen reader users. A brain fog friendly summary of this post By Blausen M…
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 12/11/2024
#MedSky🧪 #IDsky #PedSky #ImmunoSky #Mucosalimmunity #Antiviral #innateimmune memory in alveolar #macrophages following #SARSCoV2 infection ameliorates secondary influenza A virus disease www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Antiviral innate immune memory in alveolar macrophages following SARS-CoV-2 infection ameliorates secondary influenza A virus disease
Pathogen encounter can result in epigenetic remodeling that shapes disease caused by heterologous pathogens. Here, we examined innate immune memory in…
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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 09/11/2024
What logging on to Bluesky today has felt like... 🥲 #Medsky #MedvengersAssemble
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
✨Welcome, Newskies, to Bsky! ✨ This is going to be a thread of introductory fino. The first thing we're going to do is reply to this post with a "pushpin" icon in the emoji stuff below. Do that now, and I'll explain why in my next post! (1/?)
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
This group has the highest Long COVID diagnosis rates. But that's not the whole story. -poor diagnoses might be missing the real geoup(s) (cost & time to go to a GP?) www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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This group has the highest Long COVID diagnosis rates. But that's not the whole story
A new study has found the groups of people most likely to be diagnosed by a GP with Long COVID. But they aren’t necessarily those most likely to develop it.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Everyone who briefly tried Bluesky a year ago and just came back for the first time:
Screenshot from The Simpsons of scientists in Hazmat suits entering Moe's Tavern and saying "Man alive, there are men alive in here."
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Deborah Holloway @debholloway.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Long Covid scitechdaily.com/infection-af...
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Infection Aftershock: COVID-19’s Long-Term Impact on Your Heart
New research indicates that people who contracted COVID-19 early in the pandemic faced a significantly elevated risk of heart attack, stroke, and death for up to three years post-infection. Those with...
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇 Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
An advertisement for the polio vaccine which reads: "they all got vaccine except dad...don't take a chance...take your polio shots!" It depicts a photo of a family gathered around a father who is in an iron lung.
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 10/11/2024
Did you know that sleep is key to our immune system? 😴 Sleeping well not only helps us rest physically but also strengthens our defenses and reduces the risk of disease. Do you want to know how sleep protects our health? 😴 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 😴 www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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Pre-existing sleep disturbances and risk of COVID-19: a meta-analysis
Pre-existing sleep disturbances, especially OSA, increased the risk of COVID-19 susceptibility, hospitalization, mortality, and long COVID. Age and sex played important roles in the effect of sleep di...
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 08/11/2024
At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better. Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful
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All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Hey y’all, I think some of you got here this way but in case you’ve not seen it, here’s a starter pack of accounts linked to Long Covid, ME/CFS and related topics, broadly construed. Hope it helps you find some friends!
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
Masks and smart seating cut COVID-19 risks on flights, review finds. "Short periods of mask removal, such as during meals, significantly increased infection risks, with studies showing an increase of up to 59% in such instances." Study: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Masks and smart seating cut COVID-19 risks on flights, review finds
Air travel review reveals sporadic SARS-CoV-2 transmission, with mask use and seating proximity key to infection risk.
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
FULLY UPDATED: - #Covid prevention 101 - Masks, Clean air tools, Testing - Prevention extras (experimental layers) - Covid and mental wellness - If someone has covid - Travel/high-risk environments - Covid-conscious community resources - #LongCovid resources Link: www.patreon.com/posts/huge-f...
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Huge, FREE covid safety resource list | Violet Blue
Get more from Violet Blue on Patreon
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Illustrator Interrupted @franceyme.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
I’ve compiled a list of studies and scientific articles on #MECFS & #LongCovid in order of years published (from 2024 dating back to the 1950s). If you notice any important studies I’ve missed, especially recent ones, please add them below in comments amandafrancey.medium.com/me-cfs-long-...
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ME/CFS & Long COVID Studies
List of Medical Research and Science Articles on Post-Acute Infection Sequelae from the 1950s to Today
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
ABC Australia - rather than just repeating that the LNP is running with a focus on increased youth-why not refer to "In 2022, Queensland youth crime hit the lowest rates in recorded history and has remained roughly steady ever since" from your story: #qldvotes #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
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Australia's youth crime rates have plummeted despite what politicians would have you believe
Youth crime rates have plummeted in Queensland despite claims from both major parties that the state is in the grip of a crisis.
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