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The hide-a-rithm strikes again.

@cptsdfoundation We don't recall the moment so much as relive it.

The thing about complex trauma is small, seemingly insignificant reminders can evoke and unlock painful memories, which often return with all the vividness and emotional force of the original event.

@1goodtern That's 2 more since I got up this morning. How many more cases are there?

You don't need many cases for a meningitis outbreak to be an absolute disaster. There's still a big risk of this becoming one. Meningitis cases still increasing 👇

@javichu73 Ya está en Francia Se ve que no respete las fronteras entre paises msn.com/en-gb/health/o…

Uno se da cuenta de que lo de la meningitis es grave, viendo que ya aparecen los típicos titulares con la pregunta de siempre: "¿Hay riesgo de que el brote de meningitis de Reino Unido salte a la Unión Europea?" lavanguardia.com/vida/20260319/…

Overview and Pathophysiology of Long COVID 🚨200–400 MILLION people worldwide are crippled by Long COVID. That's not a 'mild' virus aftermath, it's multi-organ destruction that persists for years. Wake up. #LongC0vid ➡️Authored by @elisaperego78 , a Long COVID patient-researcher and advocate (with lived experience of chronic illness), it brings authenticity and depth rarely found in traditional academic reviews, blending rigorous synthesis with real-world urgency.💪👏 ➡️Summary: 1. Long COVID affects an estimated 200–409 million people globally, with pooled prevalence around 36% across studies. Risks persist across all ages, even in mild/asymptomatic or vaccinated/Omicron cases, though attenuated by vaccination, 2. It is a heterogeneous, multi-system condition involving dozens of symptoms (e.g, fatigue, brain fog, dyspnea, pain) that evolve over time, often relapsing, with potential for subclinical damage, disability, and increased mortality, 3. Major pathophysiological mechanisms include viral persistence in tissues, immune dysregulation (e.g, lymphopenia, T-cell exhaustion, autoantibodies, complement issues, mast cell activation), autoimmunity, endothelial dysfunction, micro/macro-thrombosis (including fibrinolysis-resistant microclots), chronic inflammation, microbiome dysbiosis, and reactivation of latent pathogens, 4. Organ-specific involvement is widespread: cardiovascular/endothelial (e.g, vasculopathy, accelerated aging, perfusion defects), heart (myocarditis, arrhythmias, ischemia), lungs (fibrosis, thrombosis, perfusion abnormalities), CNS (neuroinflammation, Gray matter loss, BBB disruption), PNS (neuropathy, dysautonomia/POTS-like), GI (dysbiosis, barrier impairment), hepatobiliary/pancreas (injury, new-onset diabetes), kidney (progression to CKD, thrombotic microangiopathy), 5. Evidence draws from imaging (e.g, CMR showing up to 78% cardiac involvement post-mild infection), histology/autopsy (viral presence, thrombi, NETs), and large meta-analyses (e.g, 97 million people showing elevated autoimmune disease risk), 6. Challenges include heterogeneous case definitions (WHO, NICE, etc.), limited biomarker access, surveillance gaps post-2022, and reinfection contributions. ➡️‼️In short, this isn't just another review, it's a patient-powered wake-up call exposing Long COVID as one of the most complex, widespread, and under-addressed biological crises of our era. ‼️So, Long COVID represents a profound, enduring public health crisis driven by persistent viral and immune-mediated multi-organ destruction, with no resolution in sight without urgent, scaled-up research and intervention. #WAKEUP #AvoidSars2 #AvoidReinfections

You have to be persistently stupid and willfully ignorant at this point to believe SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t persist in the human body somewhere for an extended period in many (or most, or all) people—driving the uptick in bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. It can do that and still damage your body in the acute phase of infection (whether you feel it or not). And you have to be a chronic numpty to forgo airborne precautions in the COVID and disinformation era, where people aren’t reading, and what they do read is filtered through ignoramuses and anti-science voices. They’re socializing while symptomatic, rejecting vaccinations, and acting as walking incubation vessels for pathogenic mutations.

@mercurial_moons These were various reactions from medical professionals That's not true No time to read all that That's not what I studied so I'm not going to read it That study is flawed - but unable to explain why as they hadn't read it Added to scorn towards me for doing their job.

When I send my mom articles on Covid she says it’s not a credible source When I send my mom scientific studies on Covid she says it’s too technical she can’t understand 🤬

RT because it's important and getting lost in the Elongarithm

They only thing they've learned is how to conduct a cover up operation quicker.

@frogess33 Excellent point. "Nah, I'm staying here, filming them as they're making a silly wheezy noise and trying to escape. Stupid birds."

@SetSnoozeLater They also didn't hang around to harass the canaries.

1. I used to think the LC community were like canaries in the coal mine, warning others of danger. But I was wrong. When the canaries got affected, the miners used to get the hell out of the mine. They didn't decide the canaries were defective, or unlucky, and carry on.

@waltz_tales This is heartening to read, thank you

for covid conscious folks who get demoralized, thinking there’s no point to posting about covid for those who aren’t yet informed: in 2023, i was persuaded by the density of high-quality research y’all post here. and i’ve done my best to pay it forward. what you say matters.😷

Sometimes when we're shouting into the void, the voice replying isn't an echo.

Not reassuring at all.

In late 2019 and early 2020, SARS-CoV-2 got on planes, trains, and buses (probably automobiles, too) and waltzed its way around the world. Seven years later, with immune systems literally trashed by infections and re-infections ad nauseam, why would anyone think meningitis wouldn't do the exact same thing PLUS take full advantage of all of the immune damage? Buckle up, buttercups! We warned you. #LongCovid disabilities and deaths weren't enough for you to slap a respirator on your pie-hole or clean the air in your homes, schools, etc., or stop you from gathering with no mitigations, so I have no expectation that you will adapt now. I mean, it is JUST meningitis and I'm sure by tomorrow people will be saying "kids seem to do well with this" and "we need to see smiles."

"This meningitis outbreak is deeply unusual and defies easy explanation." Oh wait, no it doesn't. Constant c0v1d infections wipe out the immune system. The body's defences are depleted. You're vulnerable. @1goodtern could see the increase back in 2025.

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This all sounds depressingly familiar.

Suddenly wearing a mask isn't so bloody inconvenient or something to make fun of.

@eeidiqu NotARealPerson

@SetSnoozeLater You're not the canary in the coal mine, you're a bloody hypochondriac. That's the difference.

Wow, huge hugs and thanks to all who found my canary ramblings worthy of RT and likes. If I'm not following you, drop a reminder. Eloy does prune my followed list, the minx. First 100 get a Brussels sprouts, kale and blueberry smoothie* FREE! *also contains snake oil