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Following up last night about coordinating letter writing & phone calling to MPs about Covid. @SMpwrgr @kary_cee @sidherian. Who else is interested in using our voices to lobby for #VaccinesPlus Covid public health policy? Please share and tag people who might be keen. #COVID19

People are beginning to wake up to the fact that making the technological *products* of the "free" market our only God will result in the destruction of us all. GenAI is entirely driven by financial interests. Saying that GenAI's ubiquity in our lives is "inevitable" is surrendering to the idea that money is the greatest and most determining force in our lives. It is buying into the greatest lie of consumerism: that what makes money is always a virtue, and that we have to get on board with superfluous monetary "progress" or be left behind, backwards, even "wrong." In this way, money conditions our ethical thinking, anointing monetary "progress" as a virtue and everything that disagrees with it as a vice, even as something shameful, morally erroneous. The feeling of guilt has always been that which accompanies a person's banishment from the tribe—in ancient times, a mortal danger—and modern markets hijack that ancient fear to make us feel "bad" about not buying the collective madness. Every "advance" in technology *requires* at least as great an advance in our self-awareness and ethical thinking. There is absolutely no reason monetary greed has to be a stronger force in this world than love, than humanity. That part is entirely up to us.

His eyes pull you in. Is it fear? Resigned to a seemingly inevitable infection, and death? Or, a quiet anger, knowing that if he gets infected, he will be blamed for that infection? 🧵

"Hidden Post-Covid Crisis: India Witnesses 40% Surge In Hip Replacements Among Young Adults" India faces a spike in hip arthritis and avascular necrosis (AVN) among young and middle-aged adults, a painful condition caused by a disrupted blood supply to the hip bone.

De energiecentrales (mitochondria) in je immuuncellen bepalen of kanker en virussen worden opgeruimd. Als deze haperen kunnen ze een tumor of virus niet goed presenteren aan killer-T-cellen. Het immuunsysteem krijgt een zwak of verkeerd signaal.

L0NG C0VID IS QUIETLY WRECKING HEARTS. Maybe time for a recap based on 2026 science. Here’s the comparison for MACE, Stroke, Deadly Clots & overall CV risks: ➡️MACE (heart attack, stroke, heart failure) • Non-COVID: HR 1.0 • COVID-19: 1.8–3.9x • Long COVID: ~4.5x ➡️Stroke (ischemic): • Non-COVID: HR 1.0 • COVID-19: ~2–3x • Long COVID: ~3.5x ➡️Deadly clots (PE / VTE): • Non-COVID: HR 1.0 • COVID-19: ~2–4x • Long COVID: 3.2–4.4x ➡️Overall CV risks: • Non-COVID: baseline • COVID-19: ↑1.5–2.5x (arrhythmias, CAD, HF) • Long COVID: 2–4.5x higher Long COVID adds extra danger beyond regular post-COVID. Risks hit even non-hospitalized patients and last for years. Vax may reduce risks but certainly doesn’t erase it. Absolute risks lower in young/healthy, but serious if older/comorbid. ‼️Today’s evidence shows that while any COVID-19 infection elevates cardiovascular risks, long COVID dramatically amplifies them, making proactive heart monitoring essential for affected patients. Bottom line: Get your heart checked post-Covid19/ LongC0vid and #AvoidSars2 #AvoidReinfections! 🚨C0VID-19/L0NG C0VID are serious CV RISK FACTORS!

Association of long-COVID with major adverse cardiovascular events and mortality: a real-world data cohort study 🚨Still not shocked: L0NGC0VID patients are 4.5× more likely to suffer heart attacks, strokes & deadly clots, and 53% more likely to die? WAKE-UP! ➡️Large retrospective cohort study used TriNetX real-world electronic health records (~118 million US patients) to assess long COVID’s impact on cardiovascular outcomes, ➡️ Adults (≥18 years) diagnosed with COVID-19 (2020–2023) were included. The long-COVID group (diagnosed 3–6 months post-infection) was compared with matched non-long-COVID controls after 1:1 propensity-score matching (86,122 per group, balanced on demographics, comorbidities, vaccines, etc), ➡️ Primary outcomes: major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE: coronary artery disease, stroke, myocarditis, heart failure, pulmonary embolism) and all-cause mortality, with follow-up starting 90 days post-index date (mean ~3 years), ➡️Long-COVID patients showed markedly higher MACE risk (HR 4.48, 95% CI 3.95–5.07), driven by coronary artery disease (HR 6.48), stroke (HR 3.46), and pulmonary embolism (HR 4.35), ➡️All-cause mortality was also elevated (HR 1.53, 95% CI 1.38–1.69), ➡️Risks remained consistent across 1- and 3-year follow-ups, age, sex, race, BMI, hospitalization status, antiviral use, and SARS-CoV-2 variant periods (Alpha/Delta/Omicron), ➡️Mechanisms discussed include ACE2-mediated myocardial injury, endothelial damage, chronic inflammation, and autonomic dysfunction, ➡️Pre-existing cardiovascular conditions were excluded to isolate long-COVID effects, ‼️So, patients with long COVID face a substantially elevated risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality compared to those without long COVID, underscoring the need for vigilant long-term cardiovascular monitoring in this population, “This multicenter real-world cohort study demonstrates that patients with long COVID have a significantly higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality compared with those without long COVID” #AvoidSars2 #AvoidReinfections #YouOnlyHaveOneHeart link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

@crimsonartist Perhaps they haven't bothered to update their website? It's not much fun being the only masker at the dr's, especially when their CO2 levels are rubbish. If people only knew what they're risking (or wanted to know)...

@CountryBee2 Mine has online booking with big notice saying OUR PRACTICE REQUIRES MASKS. Of course noone actually wears masks there. Have seen one other patient masked

Dr's appointment to follow up results. Stifling indoor temps with CO2 rising (I opened front door and leaned against it to keep open - hey, just me doing public health here in the corner) Radio SO loud. Receptionist (who's known me for most of my life) forgot my name.

@urbanmel Thanks Mel. 💜 He's a good egg. We can only keep trying.

@CountryBee2 Someone has to, Bee. Thank you ❤️‍🩹😷🎈

@KymRob25112 Thank you. I didn't know that either.

PSA: Wills BC I didn't know. When you choose a law firm...they can pass your will on.. many times..through mergers ..sales.. As an executor you can change firms at any time in the process.

@26MoreLives 💜 Just us doing public health's job for them, eh, BK.

@CountryBee2 💪🏾😷💪🏾

Oh, and just one more thing. As I was psyching myself up to go inside, & putting my 3m aura on, my lovely hubs, unprompted says: 'I see a caring person. I wonder if anyone else there will too.' Yeah, I try. Also self preservation at this stage. But I appreciated him saying so💜

But, hey! Did you hear 'winter vac'n is your best preparation' - (and Summer. And Autumn, And Spring, & don't forget to get your shingles vac now, and oh! here's the signs of sepsis to watch out for, and ... that's us done with public health now - wiping hands of all harm done)

@AjaxXanthe Add, ongoing pandemic and effects of that to the list. But yeah. All of the above. Everything is such a slog.

Anyone else feeling tired all the time? Like bone weary, can’t be arsed tired? Is it just living in an apocalyptic, dystopian world? Is it menopause? Is it carer burnout? 😴🛌🫩🥱💤🕯️

@anth0888 I hope others might chime in with suggestions, and you find some relief. Dealing with TMJ and migraine is SO draining and debilitating. It's awful.

@CountryBee2 Thankyou!

Advice needed 🙏 I get bad TMJ jaw joint pain - which then creates painful migranes and radial head pain around the temples area. I've seen conflicting info online about whether a cold pack vs a heat pack should be used. What do you find works?