A research group looked at results for over 97,000,000 people, and found

COVID-19 was associated with a 49% increased risk of new-onset autoimmune-related diseases

and flat out:

SARS-CoV-2 infection increases the risk of autoimmune diseases, particularly those affecting vascular and connective tissue. Risk is amplified by severe infection and attenuated by vaccination

and it's hard to imagine a stronger proof - most countries don't have 97 million people in them!

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/

(via AJ Leonardi quoting Hannah Davis)

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #LongCOVID #science

A research group looked at results for over 97,000,000 people, and found

COVID-19 was associated with a 49% increased risk of new-onset autoimmune-related diseases

and flat out:

SARS-CoV-2 infection increases the risk of autoimmune diseases, particularly those affecting vascular and connective tissue. Risk is amplified by severe infection and attenuated by vaccination

and it's hard to imagine a stronger proof - most countries don't have 97 million people in them!

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/

(via AJ Leonardi quoting Hannah Davis)

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #LongCOVID #science

First health appointment of the year: pulmonary function test for the #COVID infection I had nearly six years ago now. Still no closer to finding out what it’s done to me. Mask up y‘all. 😷 #LongCOVID #CovidIsn’tOver

Long COVID treatment study recruiting volunteers now in the USA:

trial will test if two repurposed HIV antivirals can reduce symptom burden in adult participants with Long Covid

This is the excellent Putrino lab! Participation criteria and contact info: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06511063

#LongCOVID #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19

Long COVID treatment study recruiting volunteers now in the USA:

trial will test if two repurposed HIV antivirals can reduce symptom burden in adult participants with Long Covid

This is the excellent Putrino lab! Participation criteria and contact info: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06511063

#LongCOVID #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19

In case you missed the article in freaking Nature that found ⚠️ MOST kids develop fatigue after acute SARS-CoV-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24868-x two weeks ago,

a longitudinal analysis of the Children and Young People with Long COVID

the rate of some lasting fatigue in kids is ALMOST TWO THIRDS

Among 943 SARS-CoV-2-positive participants, 581 (61.6%) met CFQ [Chalder Fatigue Scale] case-ness at least once during follow-up

with consistent, chronic, unresolving fatigue in more than 1 in 6 kids after infection!

15.9% meet case-ness at all follow-ups.

the rate got worse over time!

The proportion of CFQ cases increased from 35.0% at 3-months to 40.2% at 24-months post-infection;

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#SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #LongCOVID #publicHealth #health

With a symptom cluster around fatigue:

Among ever-cases (n=581), CFQ items relating to lacking in energy, feeling sleepy/drowsy, needing to rest more, and having problems with tiredness had the highest prevalences across follow-ups

And the recovery trajectories? They look pretty flat: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24868-x/figures/3 (alt text: Mean trajectories of CFQ total score, by sex, age at time of infection, EHCP and/or learning difficulties at school. Each graph is really quite flat.)

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#SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #LongCOVID #publicHealth #health

In case you missed the article in freaking Nature that found ⚠️ MOST kids develop fatigue after acute SARS-CoV-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24868-x two weeks ago,

a longitudinal analysis of the Children and Young People with Long COVID

the rate of some lasting fatigue in kids is ALMOST TWO THIRDS

Among 943 SARS-CoV-2-positive participants, 581 (61.6%) met CFQ [Chalder Fatigue Scale] case-ness at least once during follow-up

with consistent, chronic, unresolving fatigue in more than 1 in 6 kids after infection!

15.9% meet case-ness at all follow-ups.

the rate got worse over time!

The proportion of CFQ cases increased from 35.0% at 3-months to 40.2% at 24-months post-infection;

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#SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #LongCOVID #publicHealth #health

How Covid damages the brain and central nervous system, and how it is affecting our society and our children.

"Hardly anyone in the scientific, health or public policy arenas ever breathes a whisper of acknowledgement that current troubling escalations in violence, traffic accidents and severity, workforce faltering and long term disability trace back to the start of this pandemic. Hardly any of them even admit the pandemic is still ongoing.

One of the parents I mentioned was startled by my remark that I expected this. When I explained what I have laid out here, they said the violent child has always been unusual, but violence and wild irrationality came after the household caught COVID."

https://bonniehuval.substack.com/p/covid-and-the-brain

#Covid #CovidIsNotOver #LongCOVID #LongCovidKids #WearAMask

How Covid damages the brain and central nervous system, and how it is affecting our society and our children.

"Hardly anyone in the scientific, health or public policy arenas ever breathes a whisper of acknowledgement that current troubling escalations in violence, traffic accidents and severity, workforce faltering and long term disability trace back to the start of this pandemic. Hardly any of them even admit the pandemic is still ongoing.

One of the parents I mentioned was startled by my remark that I expected this. When I explained what I have laid out here, they said the violent child has always been unusual, but violence and wild irrationality came after the household caught COVID."

https://bonniehuval.substack.com/p/covid-and-the-brain

#Covid #CovidIsNotOver #LongCOVID #LongCovidKids #WearAMask