🇺🇸 USA: Mask mandates return in parts of the Bay Area as virus season nears. Mask rules are returning to Bay Area health care settings from Nov 1 as COVID, flu, and RSV cases rise. Counties including Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Napa, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz will require masks for workers, and in some cases patients and visitors, through the winter and early spring. https://archive.md/VFpwB

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 30 Sep to 6 Oct 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 337 (-14.8%) 🔹Influenza: 1,479 (-19.5%) 🔹RSV: 487 (-25.3%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 34 (+3.0%) 🔸Influenza: 76 (-30.2%) 🔸RSV: 42 (+7.6%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu

🇺🇸 US Breaks New Measles Record, Surpassing 1,500 Cases – The Most In 33 Years. "Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 – that is no longer the case." "As of September 30, there have been a total of 1,544 confirmed cases of measles in the United States in 2025. This is the highest since 1992, which saw 2,126 cases" Source: https://archive.md/n2cRz

COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again. "We’re 5 years into this experiment. Five years of letting it rip. Five years of pretending it’s fine. Five years of accumulated damage that we’re only beginning to understand. Smoking took decades to reveal its true cost. COVID is speedrunning the whole thing. We’re seeing the consequences in real-time, and we’re still pretending we don’t. Your body doesn’t forget. Every infection leaves a mark. Every “mild” case adds to the pile. You might feel fine now. You might feel fine for years. But the bill always comes due. And when it does, remember: You had a choice. We all did. We chose comfort. We chose denial. We chose to look away." Source: https://archive.md/Jyi7k

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog. "Patients with brain fog might exhibit disrupted expression of AMPA receptors (AMPARs)—key molecules for memory and learning." "By comparing imaging data from 30 patients with Long COVID to 80 healthy individuals, the researchers found a notable and widespread increase in the density of AMPARs across the brains of patients. This elevated receptor density was directly correlated with the severity of their cognitive impairment, suggesting a clear link between these molecular changes and the symptoms." Source:

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Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four ...

New Covid variant 'evades antibodies' and is 'potentially emerging' says World Health Organisation. "UK Health Security Agency has restated Covid advice including 'wearing masks' if you get it" Source: https://archive.md/bIVhx

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 23 Sep to 29 Sep 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 396 (-18.6%) 🔹Influenza: 1,839 (-32.0%) 🔹RSV: 652 (-9.1%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 33 (-23.2%) 🔸Influenza: 109 (-29.6%) 🔸RSV: 39 (-30.3%) Source: https://health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu

Doctors tested a common drug on COVID. The results are stunning. A new international study led by the Australian National University (ANU) and King’s College London found inhaled heparin, a cheap and widely available drug, halved the need for ventilation and lowered death risk in nearly 500 hospitalised COVID patients across 6 nations. ANU's Professor van Haren, said: "Inhaled heparin is anti-viral, anti-inflammatory and anti-coagulant. There's no other drug that has that unique combination." Source: https://archive.md/Uifo9 Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00271-8/fulltext

By thetranscendedman @atranscendedman Barcelona researchers followed 192,000 people and found long COVID was 3–10 times more common in those with three or more infections than in those with just one. Thrombotic events in people over 60 have doubled since 2020. Source:

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Barcelona researchers followed 192,000 people and found long COVID was 3–10 times more common in those with three or more infections than in thos...

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Sharp rise in memory and thinking problems among 🇺🇸 U.S. adults, study finds. "A growing number of U.S. adults—particularly those under 40—are reporting serious challenges with memory, concentration and decision-making, according to a new study published in Neurology" Source: https://archive.md/kiCqm Study: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000214226