Pandemic Roundup: March 21, 2024 - by @violetblue https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-100819438
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Pandemic Roundup: March 21, 2024 - by @violetblue https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-100819438
"Vaccination cuts heart failure, blood clot risk for 6 months; #COVID19 can linger over 1 year post-Infection; Brain fog: Blood-brain barrier can break down during infection; Scenes from #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay; Cambridge: #LongCovid to reduce UK GDP by £1.5bn, 138,000 jobs/year; Bolsonaro prosecuted for forging covid vax cert. & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: March 28, 2024 - by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-101221362
"#LongCOVID forces UN relief czar to step down; US: 28th week in a row with more than 1,000 deaths; How to reuse your N95/KN95 mask; FDA authorizes new drug to protect immunocompromised; UK: Thousands of disabled died after '#Covid treatment withheld'; China reports rising infections and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: April 4, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-101687546
"New data: #LongCovid cases soar in US, Australia; Groundbreaking broad protection trivalent vaccine shows promise against covid spectrum; Omicron linked to more long #COVID19 cases: study; Study: significantly increased risk of allergic diseases after covid infection; Covid lowers healthy life expectancy in U.K. and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: April 11, 2024 - by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-102127827
"Lancet: 25% of people infected have viral persistence up to 14 months later; Study: certain teas inactivate #COVID19 in saliva; New: Black-led multiracial group Pandemic Solidarity For The Long Future; Cool new zine: What’s Up With COVID and How to Protect Yourself; #LongCOVID: Study using computer games to help brain fog and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: April 18, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-102570372
"airborne #COVID19 remains infectious “over 4 hours under certain conditions”; COVID-19 caused 21% excess of respiratory infections last winter; New "FLiRT" mutation lineages begin variant takeover; All modelers say US new surge oncoming; Analysis spotlights sperm defects month after infection; Germany opens more #LongCovid centers.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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"the new mutations taking over are as creepy as they are alarming. There is the usual “don’t panic” messaging coming from bug hunters, but the rapid evolution is already pushing surges, which tells me we’re getting another CovidGroundhog Day of community transmission, increased #LongCovid cases, and trampled immunity right after the last one. Keep an eye on these (“#FLiRT”) mutants & use caution when they are downplayed under the “we don’t know how severe” rhetoric."
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Pandemic Roundup: April 25, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-103017688
"New data: Current covid vaccine (XBB) shows poor protection from current variants (JN.1); Chicago child infected with covid and measles siultaneously; Monoclonal treatments show promise for long covid; WHO renamed airborne transmission, memes ensue; Covid virus disrupts protein production and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 2, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-103412432
"Data blackout: All US #COVID19 hospital data reporting stopped; “KP.2 is one of the most immune-evading variants to date”; Economist report: #LongCovid to cost US 1.5B work hours lost in 2024 (over $152.6B); 'Silent' organ damage found in over half of long Covid patients; Novavax announces non-mRNA JN.1 vaccine for Fall and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 9, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-103924380
"New KP.2 FLiRT variant dominant in US, “defies vaccines”; Cases surge globally; AstraZeneca to withdraw #COVID19 vaccine; Moderna: #LongCOVID risk “rises with each additional infection”; WHO offices were upgraded against airborne viruses same month it stated covid isn’t airborne (May 2020) and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 16, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-104353958
"US: NC votes to ban masks “for public health reasons”; Global covid rise continues in US, NZ, UK, more; FDA: stop using Cue tests; Covid 60% more deadly than influenza; Novavax: fall vaccine good reactivity against FLiRT; Switzerland: Most long #COVID19 insurance claims rejected; Successful Unite To Fight 2024 conference and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 23, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-104782141
"Global surge intensifies: Australia cases are “up very sharply”; Italy cases up 47% in one week; Singapore cases explode; China warns citizens about New Zealand Covid wave; UK surge increases; New gold standard review of 100 studies: Masks work; ; Scores of teachers with ‘catastrophic’ #LongCOVID to sue UK government and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: May 30, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/105208504
"Worldwide surge worsens: US, NZ, AU, etc.; AU health minister urges people to “mask up”; Egypt surge prompts #COVID19 crackdown; Study: masking on long flights prevents covid transmission; Lady Gaga contagious onstage for 5 nights; her makeup artist has #LongCOVID; List of 200+ athletes, entertainers & notable people with LC & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: June 6, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-105688557
"Global surge ramps up; New data: XBB.1.5 boosters “low effectiveness” against JN.1; Study: Covid’s aftereffects can last more than 3 years; Ziyad Al-Aly: “90% of people with #LongCOVID had mild #COVID19”; 50% of kids that died from Covid had no underlying conditions; NYT headlines lab leak conspiracy theory and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: June 13, 2024 by @violetblue
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-106118061
"US North Carolina passes anti-mask bill; There is now an official diagnosis definition for #LongCOVID; Study: Long COVID looks like acute infection in the brain; Over 17 million US adults (7%) reported long covid in 2023; Thousands report infection after Taylor Swift’s Madrid Eras concert; The ACT UP NY COVID-Safer Pride Guide & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: June 20, 2024 by @violetblue
"FDA changes Fall booster to current #COVID19 strain; New York officials want to ban masks" US wastewater rise spikes higher in its seventh week; “Australia is finally waking up to post-Covid POTS nightmare”; Madrid, Spain positivity rate hits 61.40%; France urges masking, isolation and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: June 27, 2024 by @violetblue
"Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brussels, Ireland, UK, Canada, Taiwan, US, Canada all report ongoing, rapidly increasing #COVID surge metrics; Heavier #SocialMedia use tied to more frequent #COVID19 vaccination; “Over 200 million people worldwide have #LongCOVID”; Marvel admits to purposely ignoring and gaslighting the pandemic and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: July 4, 2024 by @violetblue
"LA’s mask ban mayor has #COVID19 now; WSJ: mild infections can cause strokes, other problems 3 years later; Covid prompts UK hospitals to reintroduce masking, UK surge worsens; Incredible video of an experimental #LongCOVID body scan at UCSF; AstraZeneca applies to EU for its covid prevention drug and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: July 11, 2024 by @violetblue
"Antihistamines shown to help “prevent viral entry” of #COVID19 and help improve #LongCOVID [in one phenotype!]; US, UK, Canada, Taiwan, Italy, Greece, Scotland: huge increase in all covid metrics from last week; Violet Affleck’s advocacy for masks and long covid prevention headlines NYT, CNN; #YallMasking goes viral and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: July 18, 2024 - by @violetblue
"US President Biden announces 3rd infection; Masks back at #TDF2024; Study: “Each variant has its own #LongCOVID fingerprint,” vaccinated risk “substantial”; Hundreds of teachers with long covid sue UK Department for Education; “US #COVID19 activity rising steadily”; Call to action: Long Covid Kids open letter and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: July 25, 2024 by @violetblue
"#COVID19 clusters at Paris 2024 Olympics include Australia, France; #Paris2024 volunteers resigned over lack of covid protections; Variant KP3 supercharges global surge; LB.1 expected to overtake; Study: Portable air purifiers work; Testing water-resistant respirator masks; England: covid adds 15% increase in new diabetes cases & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
