For the international Long Covid Awareness Day on March 15, this is a discussion on Long Covid Past, Present and Future with Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly.
Long Covid: Past, Present and Future – ft. Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly
youtu.be/T3WD-tTFSWQ
The light is coming back.
12/21/2025 had 8:48:35 of light.
Today has 11:35:06 of light.
We gained 2:46:31 of light.
We are less than 25 minutes of a half a day of light.
Spring arrives in 13 days.
“People used to be getting healthier year on year.
Now we're getting sicker year on year.
The difference is Covid.”
Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
We are insane.
Our species is insane.
"This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?"
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth Plummeting. 📉
It is a hideous scandal that they can publish a chart as obvious as this and not even mention the words 'covid infections'.
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
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Rising ocean temps blamed for massive die-off of marine life. "Researchers examined the year-to-year change of 33,000 [fish] populations in the northern hemisphere.... They found the drop in biomass from chronic heating to be as high as 19.8% in a single year." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Today International Long Covid Awareness Month starts
#LongCovid
“Even without hospitalization, many of these infections have long-term consequences, from organ damage and immune issues to increased risks of cancer and dementia. It’s unconscionable that we aren’t doing everything we can to reduce these risks"
dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...
If you need a reason to do whatever you can to avoid COVID, here’s about a half million of them…take your pick.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
The absolute BEST public health comms…if you’re not already following @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social , I strongly recommend doing so. They even post science-backed messaging on FB!! That’s integrity!!
Anyone with long-COVID has so many burdens already: disease, difficulty doing stuff, being disbelieved, and sometimes self-blame. No one wants to add to that. But if you have a bit if capacity, please consider sharing your story with @cancovsoc.bsky.social as below.
We need more of these corrections @susanholtnb.bsky.social @davidcoonmla.ca @meganmitton.bsky.social @govnb.bsky.social
Driving under the influence of COVID-19...
"Findings suggest significant implications for public health policies, esp in assessing the readiness of individuals recovering from COVID-19 to engage in high-risk activities such as pilots or nuclear plant employees."
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Canadian corporate profits are up 75% since 2019.
Wages are up less than 30%.
Our latest paper shows that most aerosol sampling methods may underestimate infectious virus in air. We observed 100x more infectious flu virus and SARS-CoV-2 if it deposited directly on cells (more realistic) rather than in liquid first and then transferred to cells. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
“Almost 5 years later, #LongCovid has had one of the fastest rises in diagnoses and become one of the most economically disruptive chronic conditions in modern medicine… Another analysis… put the annual economic toll of LC at $1 trillion” — @jasongale.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Screenshot of an article headline in Bloomberg: How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain Researchers keep discovering more about the long-term neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2.
“If Covid is quietly accelerating cognitive aging… in working-age adults, the consequences will ripple through workplaces & health systems for years.”
“The incidence & prevalence of Alzheimer’s is going to just escalate,” he says. “It’s a huge public-health problem.” #LongCovid
An excellent letter on preventing respiratory infections montrealgazette.com/opinion/lett...
“This would lock the world into a new and hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach. The climate would also be very different to the benign conditions of the past 11,000 years, during which the whole of human civilisation developed.”
But of course it is!
The fact that this is up for debate is the real head-scratcher here.
www.europesays.com/ch/17407/
The light is coming back.
12/21/2025 had 8:48:35 of light.
Today has 10:58:12 of light.
We gained 2:09:37 of light.
It’s the last week of February.
Spring arrives in 24 days.
Enough can’t be said about how “machine-learning” simply reiterates the anti-blackness of tech bros and their ilk. And that includes the violence of disregard: “oh, we didn’t anticipate that as a possible problem.” That’s racist too.
In people age 50+, the Covid booster halved hospitalization and deaths.
Waning of benefit after 3-6 months
For the mRNA BA.1 booster vs no shot after initial vaccination
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Vaccines, Trust and Misinformation. Of you missed the Café scientifique on Jan. 28, 2026, here is a video. Featuring @tivabaral.bsky.social, @deonandan.bsky.social, @picardonhealth.bsky.social, Kumanan Wilson, @vgruben.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Ik... via @ottawahealthlaw.ca
good to see that the public is getting the truth in science.
For COVID and Influenza, still not accepted science in my health system
Square graphic with a dark blue/gray background. Top left reads “whn.global”; top right reads “Clean Air.” Large tilted green banner headline: “Ventilation” isn’t just opening a window. Below, a CO₂ monitor screen shows 811 CO2 ppm with status Normal, time 13:54, and POA 84. Other readings on the screen: 36 (Noise, dB), 44.1 (RH, %), 3 (PM2.5, µg/m³), 24.0 (Temp, °C), 3 (PM10, µg/m³), 93 (eTVOC, VOC Index). Bottom text says: “Although that helps, real ventilation is about airflow: how much clean air moves through a space. More clean air means a safer space. CO₂ monitors show if fresh air is flowing — or if it’s time to do more.” Footer: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
Ventilation plays an important role in preventing airborne infections. Opening a window helps, but real ventilation is about consistent airflow. CO₂ monitors can give a simple signal of how much shared air is building up indoors.
Share to help raise awareness. 💨🌿
#CleanAir #CO2Monitor #Ventilation
Study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks, despite good ventilation
Positive samples were significantly more common in the emergency department than in intensive care.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
New publication alert! "Common respiratory infections in the workplace: An often-neglected occupational health priority" Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
