🇬🇧 UK: Dr. Alexis Gilbert, 41, from Burley in Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, caught COVID in July 2022 and still suffers from fatigue, pain, and brain fog. Long Covid affects the daily lives of 1.5 million people in England and Scotland. Source: https://archive.md/hGQzp @npub15gr4...ztdn #LongCOVID

🇦🇺Australia: Covid-19 kills 5 times more people than flu in 2024. "Five times as many Australians are dying from Covid-19 as the flu five years after the outbreak of the global pandemic, shock new research has revealed." "New analysis by the Institute’s Mortality Working Group of mortality between January and November 2024 found 3,676 people died from Covid-19 – 69% more than predicted." "Covid-19 deaths at 3,676 were five times more than the 728 recorded for influenza" Source: https://archive.md/jV6Jt #COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotFLU #COVIDisNotOVER @npub15gr4...ztdn

🇺🇸 USA: Long COVID could be costing U.S. between $2 billion and $6.5 billion annually. "We are only now fully understanding the burden of human disease and illness resulting from long COVID" Study: https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiaf030/7972782?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false Source: https://archive.md/sznj1 @npub15gr4...ztdn

Long-term heart risks from COVID-19. "A study found that having a COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of cardiovascular diseases, with risks extending up to 3 years." "The risks presented by COVID-19 apply to all patients, regardless of age, gender, or prior health conditions." Source:

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Medical Minute: Long-term heart risks from COVID-19

A study found that having a COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of cardiovascular diseases, with risks extending up to three years.

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🇺🇸US Weekly COVID update: Mar 17, 2025 🔸1 in 128 people currently infected 🔸373,000 new daily infections 🔸2,611,000 new weekly infections 🔸131,000 to 522,000 Weekly Long COVID cases "There is more transmission today than during 35.2% of the pandemic" Source: 📄.pdf

"Queen Mary forced to cancel multiple events over mystery illness." “Her Majesty the Queen, like many others right now, has become ill, and therefore unfortunately cannot participate in the Heart Association’s award ceremony.” Source: https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/queen-mary-forced-to-cancel-multiple-events-over-mystery-illness/news-story/9f9e0200dabdcf16f40adfc4466c7a71

Study: COVID pandemic stole nearly 17 million years of life from adults in 18 European countries. "Our findings illustrate the pandemic’s long-term impact, which extends beyond COVID-19 deaths" "While vaccination played an important role to limit direct losses from COVID, the continuously rising loss of life from other causes highlight the broader consequences of the pandemic" Source:

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Study: COVID pandemic stole nearly 17 million years of life from adults in 18 European countries

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Direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy and person-years of life lost with and without disability: A systematic analysis for 18 European countries, 2020–2022

Sara Ahmadi-Abhari and colleagues explore the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic might have had on life expectancy and years of life lost, with and ...

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5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: The origins of a social catastrophe. "This somber anniversary has been met with near-universal silence from the political establishment and corporate media of every country. Virtually every column published has minimized the catastrophic character of the pandemic and referred to it in the past tense, despite the fact that COVID-19 continues to disable and kill millions of people globally each year" "Throughout the pandemic, the World Socialist Web Site has waged a relentless struggle for scientific truth. We have exposed the lies of governments and the media, defended principled scientists against attacks, and championed a scientific policy of global elimination, the only viable strategy towards the pandemic." Source:

World Socialist Web Site

5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: The origins of a social catastrophe

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the incapacity of capitalism to deal with the problems of mass society, and that this social system is in ...

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How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world. 'The failure to initially recognize and later acknowledge the airborne spread of COVID-19, was the root cause of major shortcomings in the pandemic response.' "Airborne mitigations would have greatly reduced viral transmission and therefore reduced evolution, that is to say the production of new variants." #COVIDisAIRBORNE #COVIDisNotOVER @npub15gr4...ztdn https://archive.md/ehzgB

Queensland respiratory surveillance report: 26 Feb to 4 Mar 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 830 (-11.6%) 🔹Influenza: 935 (+5.0%) 🔹RSV: 646 (+2.2%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 136 (-12.8%) 🔸Influenza: 45 (+7.1%) 🔸RSV: 32 (Stable/unchanged) @npub15gr4...ztdn Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu