COVID aftershocks keep coming. A massive health system obs study found:

▪️ 2× higher thyroid disease risk if hospitalized
▪️ 35-55% higher risk even if NOT hospitalized

Hypothyroid. Hyperthyroid. Long-term consequences. “Mild” infection ≠ no long-term damage.

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1210/clinem/dgaf688/8403187?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
#press #COVID

COVID aftershocks keep coming. A massive health system obs study found:

▪️ 2× higher thyroid disease risk if hospitalized
▪️ 35-55% higher risk even if NOT hospitalized

Hypothyroid. Hyperthyroid. Long-term consequences. “Mild” infection ≠ no long-term damage.

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1210/clinem/dgaf688/8403187?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
#press #COVID

Watching people debate mask efficacy on national TV in the UK is surreal.

We trust masks for surgeons, healthcare workers, and every kind of airborne hazard.

Even basic blue surgical masks cut risk by around 50–60%… which, in case you’re shit at maths, is still miles better than 0%.

I feel like I'm going crazy,...but that's what I get for reading the news.

#Covid #MaskUp #UK #Health #Covid19 #Scotland

Watching people debate mask efficacy on national TV in the UK is surreal.

We trust masks for surgeons, healthcare workers, and every kind of airborne hazard.

Even basic blue surgical masks cut risk by around 50–60%… which, in case you’re shit at maths, is still miles better than 0%.

I feel like I'm going crazy,...but that's what I get for reading the news.

#Covid #MaskUp #UK #Health #Covid19 #Scotland

"Young and middle-age adults who had at least one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine were less likely to die of any cause in the following 4 years compared with those who weren't vaccinated, a nationwide French cohort study found."

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/118840

#PublicHealth #covid #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #mRNA #mortality

A study of 28 million people found no increased #mortality risk in #COVID vaccinated individuals, supporting the safety of mRNA #vaccines. Vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of #death from severe #COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality: doi.org/10.1001/jama... #vaccination

doi.org/10.1001/jama..

"Young and middle-age adults who had at least one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine were less likely to die of any cause in the following 4 years compared with those who weren't vaccinated, a nationwide French cohort study found."

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/118840

#PublicHealth #covid #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #mRNA #mortality

A study of 28 million people found no increased #mortality risk in #COVID vaccinated individuals, supporting the safety of mRNA #vaccines. Vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of #death from severe #COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality: doi.org/10.1001/jama... #vaccination

doi.org/10.1001/jama..

With a data set of 13+ million, the verdict is in: the risks of a #Covid infection and its sequelae are far, far higher than the risk of vaccine side-effects in children and young people.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(25)00247-0/fulltext

With a data set of 13+ million, the verdict is in: the risks of a #Covid infection and its sequelae are far, far higher than the risk of vaccine side-effects in children and young people.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(25)00247-0/fulltext

@ProPublica It's the perfect storm of a antivax/autism denialist kook running the #CDC to the ground.

#RFK #autism #antivax #COVID

Most #kids would wear almost anything, if they thought it was fun/cool. It's the parents who are failing to help their kids to lead by shining examples in schools. I betcha most kids would be keen to start a cool #masks movement, if their parents were more supportive of their initiatives or led by living example themselves. I know this from working with school kids for 15 years, prior to #covid & my interactions with kids, since covid came to Canada.

A far better message from New York than "You Do You" used in the past:

Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings this fall can protect you and others from COVID-19, flu, and RSV, even if you don’t have symptoms. Well-fitting masks, like N95s, KN95s, or KF94s provide the best protection: on.nyc.gov/3U2bq5n
#COVID

TIL that airline passenger numbers and fleet capacity levels are now back to pre-covid levels.

#travel #airlines #covid

A far better message from New York than "You Do You" used in the past:

Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings this fall can protect you and others from COVID-19, flu, and RSV, even if you don’t have symptoms. Well-fitting masks, like N95s, KN95s, or KF94s provide the best protection: on.nyc.gov/3U2bq5n
#COVID