Petra Östergren

My best career advice is to reduce your lifetime number of cumulative SARS-CoV-2 infections.

👀 Absolutely staggering drop in Healthy Life Expectancy in Sweden according to Eurostat. From 73.3 years of healthy life expectancy down to 66.2. *Sweden*. Can no one understand how much trouble we're in?

An old HIV drug has proven so effective for COVD-19 (reduced viral load, prevents severe disease and ⬇️death by 30%) that it has now been approved in China for just $50, unlike Paxlovid that retails for $1800 in the U.S. —I doubt the Trump FDA will ever approve it for COVID.

One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda. For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published

Covid Safety Isn’t an Anxiety Disorder

What Are the KEY DIFFERENCES That Make SARS-CoV-2 UNIQUE Among RESPIRATORY VIRUSES Like INFLUENZA and RHINOVIRUSES? ▶️ TRANSMISSION MECHANISM : - **SARS-CoV-2** primarily spreads through aerosols and contact with contaminated surfaces. It has a longer viral shedding period ...

I live in Sweden, Östergötland, and will not be allowed any Covid vaccine at all this year. Not even if I offer to pay for it. I have Spinal muscular atrophy, basically no muscular function, and I depend on respiratory support even on days when I'm not infected with anything. 1/2

I'd be considered high risk in any other country, but in Sweden, they don't seem to care how high the risk is. Only 75+ or 50 with underlying conditions are allowed. Please share so us disabled people can put some international pressure on this issue; Swedish media don't care.