By Danielle Beckman @DaniBeckman I'm excited to see this study out! #SARSCoV2 persists in the body for years after infection, especially in the skull and meninges. Vaccines help but cannot stop it. Which organs are affected by SARS-CoV-2 vs. H1N1 influenza? Check below. #NeuroCovid Source: https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(24)00438-4 X source: @npub15gr4...ztdn image
🇦🇺AUS weekly COVID update: 29 November 2024 #COVIDisntOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE #MASKUP😷 @npub15gr4...ztdn image
Queensland: Weekly infection surveillance report: 18 November to 24 November 2024 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,112 (+7.1%) 🔹Influenza: 220 (+18.9%) 🔹RSV: 461 (+25.2%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 111 (-2.6%) 🔸Influenza: 14 (-33.3%) 🔸RSV: 26 (+44.4%) @npub15gr4...ztdn Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu image
🇺🇸US: Teen recounts 3 years of agony living through long COVID. "Dylan was 11 when he contracted COVID-19 in January 2022 — he had a mild case and recovered." "But respiratory symptoms returned a few weeks later and got worse. He had no idea the agony that was to come." Source: @npub15gr4...ztdn
COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 21 November 2024 🔹Active cases: 1,393 (+79) 🔹Active outbreaks: 204 (+25) 🔹Residents: 1,025 (+22) 🔹Staff: 368 (+57) 🔹Reported deaths in 2024: 1,012 (+12) 7,138 aged care COVID deaths since beginning of pandemic 🔸686 reported deaths in 2020 🔸226 reported deaths in 2021 🔸3,855 reported deaths in 2022 🔸1,359 reported deaths in 2023 🔸1,012 reported deaths in 2024 @AnikaWells @npub15gr4...ztdn Source: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covid-19-outbreaks-in-australian-residential-aged-care-homes-22-november-2024?language=en image
🇳🇿 New Zealand declares whooping cough epidemic. "In the past 4 weeks (19 October – 15 November) there were 263 cases – the highest number of cases over a four-week period to date for all of 2024." Source: https://www.health.govt.nz/news/whooping-cough-epidemic-declared-across-aotearoa-new-zealand image
(1/4) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Week ending 16 November 2024 🔸COVID PCR positivity rate: 6.6% (unchanged) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 (-1) 🔹COVID: 1,859 (-2.2%) 🔹Influenza: 413 (-7.4%) 🔹RSV: 384 (+11.6%) @npub15gr4...ztdn Source:
Queensland: Weekly infection surveillance report: 11 November to 17 November 2024 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,038 (+15.9%) 🔹Influenza: 185 (-0.5%) 🔹RSV: 368 (+1.93%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 114 (+14.0%) 🔸Influenza: 21 (-8.6%) 🔸RSV: 18 (-21.7%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @npub15gr4...ztdn image
A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients. "If your trauma is so severe that you can’t mask for a vulnerable patient – or worse, you lash out at a patient for masking – then you need to carefully assess whether you should be in a patient-facing role." "If masks remind people of the pandemic, that should be a good thing. People need to know the pandemic is not over and that by not masking, they are taking serious risks with their health." @npub15gr4...ztdn #PandemicIsNotOver #MaskUp😷 Source:
🇬🇧 Britain has worst life expectancy in western Europe Life expectancy stagnated during pandemic but has fallen since, OECD figures show. "Experts have previously blamed Britain’s obesity epidemic and the growing burden of preventable illness on the reduced life expectancy, as well as the excess deaths seen in the pandemic." Source: https://archive.md/l1kW7 image