Helemaal happy want ik ben weer gevaccineerd tegen heftige covid-19 besmetting.
Ik doe dit zowel voor mezelf als bescherming voor mijn ouders en ieder ander.
Doe je mee?
https://planjeprik.nl
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Helemaal happy want ik ben weer gevaccineerd tegen heftige covid-19 besmetting.
Ik doe dit zowel voor mezelf als bescherming voor mijn ouders en ieder ander.
Doe je mee?
https://planjeprik.nl
Helemaal happy want ik ben weer gevaccineerd tegen heftige covid-19 besmetting.
Ik doe dit zowel voor mezelf als bescherming voor mijn ouders en ieder ander.
Doe je mee?
https://planjeprik.nl
Apparently availability is varying a bit by state, but CVS Pharmacies in WA appear to be booking vaccination appointments for the '25-'26 COVID-19 shot. Their list of "Conditions that put you at a higher risk" is pretty extensive, and I am personally not waiting for official CDC approval given the current state of that organization.
Apparently availability is varying a bit by state, but CVS Pharmacies in WA appear to be booking vaccination appointments for the '25-'26 COVID-19 shot. Their list of "Conditions that put you at a higher risk" is pretty extensive, and I am personally not waiting for official CDC approval given the current state of that organization.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new limits on who is eligible for COVID #vaccines on Wednesday. This is all happening amid internal turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the national public health agency that has seen a wave of high-level departures.
Pharmacists no longer have the power to dispense vaccines. Patients who want the #COVID vaccine will need to consult their doctor first rather than book through the pharmacy.
Otherwise, not much changes for individuals 65 years old and up.
Anyone from 5 to 64 years old is eligible for #Pfizer or #Moderna if they have at least one underlying health condition that puts them at risk; the same goes for #Novavax, but only for those 12 years and up
Parents can seek prescriptions for the Moderna vaccine for children 6 months and up with at least one underlying condition.
Axios / https://archive.is/JwtOD#COVID19
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new limits on who is eligible for COVID #vaccines on Wednesday. This is all happening amid internal turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the national public health agency that has seen a wave of high-level departures.
Pharmacists no longer have the power to dispense vaccines. Patients who want the #COVID vaccine will need to consult their doctor first rather than book through the pharmacy.
Otherwise, not much changes for individuals 65 years old and up.
Anyone from 5 to 64 years old is eligible for #Pfizer or #Moderna if they have at least one underlying health condition that puts them at risk; the same goes for #Novavax, but only for those 12 years and up
Parents can seek prescriptions for the Moderna vaccine for children 6 months and up with at least one underlying condition.
Axios / https://archive.is/JwtOD#COVID19
From the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP):
"COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by 35%"
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-reinfection-may-raise-risk-persistent-symptoms-35
From the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP):
"COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by 35%"
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-reinfection-may-raise-risk-persistent-symptoms-35
So I'm reading https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.08.25333305v1.full-text with interest as it ostensibly found metformin didn't meaningfully decrease Long COVID rates
and
participants didn't receive the metformin until a median five days after symptom onset
they cite other work that found a ~40% reduction in LC with metformin dose:
In the COVID-OUT randomized trial, the HR for participant-reported clinician diagnosis of LC in those randomized to 14 days of metformin was 0.59 (95% CI 0.39 to 0.89)
and I am left wondering if maybe "metformin should be taken as early as possible during acute COVID-19" is what the new study really suggests
#SARSCoV2#COVID#COVID19 #LongCOVID #metformin #CovidIsNotOver
Someone (you know who you are) pointed this https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224018959 out
which hints that maybe metformin's mechanism of action against LC might be to make it harder for C19 to establish viral reservoirs
haven't read the paper in depth but a very interesting notion
if true then we could expect to see meformin
So I'm reading https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.08.25333305v1.full-text with interest as it ostensibly found metformin didn't meaningfully decrease Long COVID rates
and
participants didn't receive the metformin until a median five days after symptom onset
they cite other work that found a ~40% reduction in LC with metformin dose:
In the COVID-OUT randomized trial, the HR for participant-reported clinician diagnosis of LC in those randomized to 14 days of metformin was 0.59 (95% CI 0.39 to 0.89)
and I am left wondering if maybe "metformin should be taken as early as possible during acute COVID-19" is what the new study really suggests
#SARSCoV2#COVID#COVID19 #LongCOVID #metformin #CovidIsNotOver
WHO is finalizing its global COVID plan — and it’s missing key protections. Public comment closes tomorrow, Aug 8.
Submit public comment now at covid19@who.int.
Learn more: https://whn.global/scientific/public-comment-on-who-strategic-and-operational-plan-for-covid-threat-management/
#COVIDisAirborne#LongCOVID#CleanAirNow#COVID19#COVID#PublicHealth #worldhealthorganization
WHO is finalizing its global COVID plan — and it’s missing key protections. Public comment closes tomorrow, Aug 8.
Submit public comment now at covid19@who.int.
Learn more: https://whn.global/scientific/public-comment-on-who-strategic-and-operational-plan-for-covid-threat-management/
#COVIDisAirborne#LongCOVID#CleanAirNow#COVID19#COVID#PublicHealth #worldhealthorganization
Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard requiring N95s in healthcare—and your voice can help make it happen.
This proposed CSA standard would:
- Require N95s (or equally protective alternatives) for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors.
- Protect the most vulnerable.
- Set a historic global precedent for clean air in healthcare.
The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. Submitting your comment takes just a few minutes and could make a global impact.
Submit your comment here: https://publicreview.csa.ca/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fHome%2fView%2f2256677
#PublicHealth#CSA#CleanAir#MaskUp#COVID19#COVID#COVID_19#CommunityHealth#DisabilityRights#LongCOVID
Gah!
After five years, it’s finally got me. And I’m up to date on the vaccines (which is probably why this seems fairly mild at the moment).
More evidence of brain damage from mild COVID-19. Previous studies tested metabolic or electrical activity separately; this one tested both together.
They found both lower metabolism and slower neuron firing in the same brain areas of people with Long COVID.
significant hypometabolism in the bilateral frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, as well as in the left occipital lobe, along with predominantly frontal EEG slowing in post-COVID-19 patients compared to healthy controls
the functional impact on memory was very strong:
a high incidence of subjective memory decline: 52.9% of post-COVID-19 patients scored more than 1.5 standard deviations [worse than] the normative sample on both the prospective and retrospective memory scales.
1.5 standard deviations is HUGE. That means that in a room of 101 people, lined up from best to worst memory, if person 51 in the middle gets Long COVID, they would expect to end up with the 7th worst memory in the room. From literally average to under the bottom 10%!
Both hypometabolism and changes in spectral power are indicators of underlying neuronal stress or damage
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04815-6
discussed by:
https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/114785060877455028
https://kolektiva.social/@anarchademic/114797316431201508
https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/114815026573559502
https://mastodonapp.uk/@PaulSchleifer/114797897931610492
More evidence of brain damage from mild COVID-19. Previous studies tested metabolic or electrical activity separately; this one tested both together.
They found both lower metabolism and slower neuron firing in the same brain areas of people with Long COVID.
significant hypometabolism in the bilateral frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, as well as in the left occipital lobe, along with predominantly frontal EEG slowing in post-COVID-19 patients compared to healthy controls
the functional impact on memory was very strong:
a high incidence of subjective memory decline: 52.9% of post-COVID-19 patients scored more than 1.5 standard deviations [worse than] the normative sample on both the prospective and retrospective memory scales.
1.5 standard deviations is HUGE. That means that in a room of 101 people, lined up from best to worst memory, if person 51 in the middle gets Long COVID, they would expect to end up with the 7th worst memory in the room. From literally average to under the bottom 10%!
Both hypometabolism and changes in spectral power are indicators of underlying neuronal stress or damage
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04815-6
discussed by:
https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/114785060877455028
https://kolektiva.social/@anarchademic/114797316431201508
https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/114815026573559502
https://mastodonapp.uk/@PaulSchleifer/114797897931610492
Gestion du covid-19: non-lieu pour Édouard Philippe et deux ex-membres du gouvernement
Cinq ans après le début des investigations menées à la Cour de #justice de la République sur la gestion du #covid19, trois ex-membres du gouvernement, Édouard Philippe, #AgnèsBuzyn et #OlivierVéran, ont bénéficié lundi 7 juillet après-midi d’un non-lieu.
Par Agence France-Presse › https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/070725/gestion-du-covid-19-non-lieu-pour-edouard-philippe-et-deux-ex-membres-du-gouvernement?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart
"Both influenza and corona are RNA viruses; consequently they have a higher mutation rate than DNA viruses, which have a 'proof-reading ability' to find and repair damaged genetic material. 'RNA viruses copy themselves unfaithfully', writes Lowe, 'making difficult the determination of any original form as well as precise foreknowledge about future forms; the copy is unfaithful to the original'.”
#EbenKirksey, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1080/19428200.2020.1760631
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Driving with a case of COVID raised the odds of having a car crash about as much as being at the legal threshold of DUI or running a red light, according to an analysis of pandemic-era public health and transportation records from seven states.From https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/driving-covid-higher-crash-risk
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