Pandemic Roundup: March 21, 2024 - by @violetblue https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-100819438
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Pandemic Roundup: June 13, 2024 by @violetblue
"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"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 1, 2024 - by @violetblue
"US: stricter mask rules could’ve saved 250K+ lives; Paris Olympics: 17 known covid infections and counting; Plague ship season is here; Tourists warned about doubled cases in Greece, Cyprus, Belgium, and Ireland; N95 masks last longer than we thought; Staying safe when your housemates don't care & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 8, 2024 by @violetblue
"WHO: #COVID19 circulation is 2-20x higher than what’s being reported, rising in 84 countries; Over 40 Australian Olympians got covid at the games; New York’s Nassau county bans masks; Jon Stewart out with covid; Data: US youth suicides decreased during high mitigation periods and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 15, 2024 by @violetblue
"#LongCOVID worldwide estimate 407 million; US: 1.3 million daily infections, 1 in 36 actively infectious; Study: N95 Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID; Study: Paxlovid beyond 8 days stopped rebound; Russia: 28% rise in one week; UK, Wales: 61% of hospital cases infected in hospital and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 22, 2024 by @violetblue
"Almost 10% of US lung transplants go to COVID-19 patients; Retraction: Original #LongCOVID kids study massively underestimated incidence;; Previously undiscovered long covid symptoms: internal tremors and vibrations; 10 campuses: University of California bans face masks and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: August 29, 2024 by @violetblue
"Zuckerberg laments removing anti-vax, covid conspiracy Facebook content; Stanford University to host Great Barrington Declaration conference; #LongCOVID a "public health crisis for kids”; Long covid ended careers for 1M Americans (so far); Blood clotting “a primary effect” of #COVID19 infection and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong"
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Pandemic Roundup: September 5, 2024 by @violetblue
"New Mayo Clinic study suggests vaccination does little to prevent #LongCOVID; A deep dive on #Novavax; A US mask ban analysis; Exciting prevention data on nasal vaccines in animal trials; New pan-coronavirus vaccine antibody discovered; Alzheimer's-like” brain changes in Long Covid patients and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: September 12, 2024 by @violetblue
"Study: “SARS-CoV-2 evolves more rapidly in the brain than in the lungs”; “Severe illness odds higher in #COVID19 vs other illnesses”; An oral history of mask blocs; #LongCOVID rate among disabled people double that of able-bodied; Study: Covid conspiracy beliefs in Japan and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: September 19, 2024 by @violetblue
"New XEC variant to dominate EU, UK ‘more contagious than Omicron’; Fact-checking current lockdown disinformation headlines; Study: “COVID-19 infection can cause, worsen diabetes”; Study: Alzheimer’s risk increases by 50-80% in older adults; Metformin trial showed a 40% reduction for developing #LongCOVID & much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: September 26, 2024 by @violetblue
"Important info about the new boosters and current variants; US: 6th week of over 1000 (reported) Covid deaths; Study: 1 year after Covid hospitalization: “cognitive deficits equivalent to 20 years of ageing”; Legal victory in Germany for Covid infection in healthcare; #COVID19 can trigger dormant viruses and much more.
Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: October 3, 2024 | @violetblue
"- #Covid19 “evolving resistance to antiviral treatment”
- UK cases rise 4th week amid XEC variant wave
- Study: Covid strain originated from in-hospital transmission between patients
- #LongCOVID rates in kids revised upward
- NY mask ban lawsuit tossed out
- Rest In Power, #Tinu
& much more.Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: October 10, 2024 by @violetblue
"- #Covid19 increases risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for three years
- Japan’s self-amplifying mRNA booster Kostaive holds up at 12 months
- Novavax gets EU authorization
- MRI scans show damage #LongCOVID does to brain’s “control center”
- Project 2025’s horrific Covid plans
- Covid wave develops in Germany, Italy
& much more.Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: October 17, 2024 by @violetblue
- UK: XEC surges #COVID19 hospitalisations at “alarming” rate
- Medsafe New Zealand rejected Pfizer’s application for updated Covid JN.1 vaccine
- #LongCOVID “a significant health crisis in China”
- US: nasal vaccines “as early as 2027” [define: early]
- A look at Mount Sinai’s incredible new Long Covid center
and much more.Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."
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Pandemic Roundup: October 24, 2024by @violetblue
" - Global annual economic impact of #LongCOVID has hit $1 trillion
- UK hammered by XEC wave 7th week; deaths and hospitalizations prompt NHS warnings
- Scientific American raises the alarm about Long Covid in kids
- Lifehacker reviews 4 at-home PCR tests
- Study found ppl infected with #COVID19 had more other infections
and much more.Stay apart, stand together, mask up, & stay strong."