Queensland respiratory surveillance report: 9 Apr to 15 Apr 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 461 (-8.1%) 🔹Influenza: 1,715 (+7.5%) 🔹RSV: 912 (+7.0%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 79 (-2.4%) 🔸Influenza: 108 (+14.8%) 🔸RSV: 67 (+17.5%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @npub15gr4...ztdn

Queensland Government to destroy ‘globally significant’ Covid vaccine study biobank. "A ‘globally significant’ bank of biosamples from a study into the immune effects of Covid vaccines is set to be destroyed, 2 years after the award-winning research project was defunded by the Queensland Government." “It’s a terrible example of research wastage and loss of a globally significant opportunity to realise benefits and generate knowledge through research based on the unique samples provided by the 10,000 Queenslanders who gave consent and participated" Source: https://archive.md/4h1YC @npub15gr4...ztdn

"Is Covid Rewriting the Rules of Aging? Brain Decline Alarms Doctors." "Millions of long-Covid patients continue to struggle with cognitive difficulties" Source: https://archive.md/bSXmv @npub15gr4...ztdn #LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOVER

Child, adult COVID survivors more likely to have heart disease, symptoms, data suggest. New studies from the U.S. and Poland show COVID-19's heart impact: infected children have higher risks of issues like high blood pressure and heart failure, while adults often face lasting heart symptoms. Source:

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Child, adult COVID survivors more likely to have heart disease, symptoms, data suggest

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Cardiac symptoms in patients 3–6 months after contracting COVID-19– data from the polish STOP-COVID registry - BMC Infectious Diseases

Background Common complaints of long COVID patients are cardiac symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, and a feeling of palpitations. The study aimed ...

Study 2: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56284-0 @npub15gr4...ztdn

🇺🇸 USA: 1 in 7 US working-age adults report long COVID, with heaviest burden on the poor. "In the United States, concerns have been increasingly raised over the future public health and economic burden of long COVID including disability and declines in labor force participation" Source:

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Studies: 1 in 7 US working-age adults report long COVID, with heaviest burden on the poor

Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-025-00759-0

How scientists are planning to stop long COVID in its tracks. "Long COVID has generated at least 24,000 scientific papers, making it one of the most-studied illnesses in history. But the exact causes of the life-altering condition are yet to be nailed down in a medically meaningful manner." "Many of us might have moved on from worrying about COVID, but the risk of life-altering effects from your next bout of illness remains real" “This is a disease where we have no diagnosis, no treatment, no cure. And we really need to fix that.” Source: https://archive.md/CUDUV @npub15gr4...ztdn

Queensland respiratory surveillance report: 2 Apr to 8 Apr 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 502 (-2.7%) 🔹Influenza: 1,594 (+41.3%) 🔹RSV: 852 (+27.3%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 81 (-13.8%) 🔸Influenza: 94 (+25.3%) 🔸RSV: 57 (54.0%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @npub15gr4...ztdn

No mask on your face You big disgrace Spreading your germs all over the place. #MaskUp😷 #COVIDisAIRBORNE Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/funnysigns/comments/p0a3f7/queen_no_mask_on_your_face_you_big_disgrace/