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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

Study warns that COVID-19’s impact on blood vessels could drive a new pandemic of cardiovascular disease.

Between 30 days and a year after recovery from COVID, survivors were 52% more likely to have a stroke, 63% more likely to have a heart attack, and 72% more likely to develop heart failure.

#COVID19Aus #newpandemic #cardiovasculardisease
Source: https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/what-to-know-about-heart-attack-and-stroke-risks-a

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

What makes a COVID superspreader?

🔹Now a study has found that in a group of deliberately infected people, just 2 of them were responsible for nearly 90% of all the virus emitted - even though they only had mild symptoms.

#COVID19 #superspreader

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/coronacast/what-makes-a-covid-superspreader/102501100

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to Japan

🇯🇵Japan to roll out COVID-19 booster targeting XBB subvariant from September.

#COVID19 #Japan #COVIDvaccine #XBB

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/19/national/science-health/xbb-variant-vaccine-drive/

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

‘I’m f**ked’: Exhausted Robbie Williams stops mid-concert.

Singer Robbie Williams had to pause his show only a few songs in to a recent concert, explaining to the crowd that he was exhausted due to “long Covid”.

“No, stop stop,” he announced. “I’m fked. I’m fked. It’s long Covid, I’ve got long Covid. It’s not my fking age, you fkers.”

#COVID19 #LongCOVID @robbiewilliams
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/im-fkedexhausted-robbie-williams-stops-midconcert/news-story/9c62f6c5602779f796de647d36da6710

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to australia

"More than half of childcare centres across Australia have been forced to cap enrolments, new research shows, as severe workforce shortages continue to hit the sector."

@ChildcareAus #childcarecentres #Australia #workforceshortages

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

Actress Jessica Chastain says she 'got quite a lot of flak' for wearing a mask at award shows: 'A lot of people thought I was making some political statement'

Wearing a mask to protect ourselves and others during an airborne pandemic is 🔥 thanks for being a leader, @jes_chastain

News source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jessica-chastain-says-she-got-210226980.html

Twitter source: https://twitter.com/joaquinlife/status/1665490957570285570

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

3.5 years since the pandemic began, COVID cases are climbing once again, up more than 25% from last month to nearly 40,000 last week.

Guest: Dr Norman Swan

#COVID19Aus #ABCnews

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/covid-cases-shingles-vaccine-dementia-prevention-health/102440194

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

"Face masks to return at Tour de France to limit COVID-19 cases in the peloton"

#COVID19 #Facemasks #TourdeFrance @LeTour

Source: https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/face-masks-to-return-at-tour-de-france-to-limit-covid-19-cases-in-the-peloton/

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

High concentrations of COVID detected at all 14 New York City wastewater treatment plants.

#COVID19 #NewYork #wastewater
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/covid-rebound-detected-new-york-city-wastewater/

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

"Name another virus that infects people repeatedly, as often as every few months, at any time of year, with increasingly well recognized long-term impacts. And yet, so many experts are working hard to convince us that this is just the way it is" -
T. Ryan Gregory @TRyanGregory

#COVID19 #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne

Twitter source: https://twitter.com/TRyanGregory/status/1663144451613638659

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

📍Holy crap—51 elite cyclists have dropped out of the major @giroditalia 🚵‍♀️tournament so far, including 3 top race contenders, amid an outbreak of #COVID19 and variety of illnesses. Now only 71% racers remaining. ➡️more cyclists have dropped out this tournament than even in 2020 amid Italy🇮🇹’s first COVID wave. Let that sink in. But hey, pAnDeMiC-iS-OvER???

#COVIDisNotOver

Twitter source: https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1662487252621049857

News source: https://cyclingnews.com/features/giro-ditalia-abandons-the-full-list-of-riders-who-have-left-the-race/

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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 11 months ago to random

"COVID kills 1 person every 4 minutes as vaccine rates fall"

After more than 3 years, the global COVID emergency is officially over. Yet it’s still killing at least 1 person every 4 minutes and questions on how to deal with the virus remain unanswered, putting vulnerable people and under-vaccinated countries at risk.

“Even if governments are tired, we have to face the reality that the virus is still evolving,” Linfa Wang, a virologist and director of the emerging infectious diseases program at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore.

#COVID19

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-23/covid-kills-one-every-4-minutes-as-vaccine-rates-fall-despite-end-of-emergency#xj4y7vzkg

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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

"Don't delay reforms to prepare for next pandemic, WHO chief says"

"We cannot kick this can down the road," the WHO director-general said in a major address to the agency's member states, warning that the next pandemic was bound to "come knocking"

"If we do not make the changes that must be made, then who will? And if we do not make them now, then when?" he said.

#COVID19 @WHO

Source:https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dont-delay-reforms-prepare-next-pandemic-who-chief-2023-05-22/

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

"Canberra silenced posts on COVID"

A FOI request by Senator Alex Antic has revealed the federal government intervened at least 4213 times to restrict or censor posts about the Covid-19 pandemic on digital platforms.

#COVID19Aus

Source: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Fantic-probe-reveals-canberra-silenced-4213-covid-posts%2Fnews-story%2F9afc4362197af63454bd3fa89285c282&memtype=registered&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-high-test-score&V21spcbehaviour=append

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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

15 million excess deaths worldwide were caused by COVID over 2 years - World Health Organisation (WHO)

It estimates a total of 336.8 million life-years were lost globally due to the pandemic which was declared in early 2020.

This means that, on average, each excess death led to a loss of more than 22 years of life, with the highest amount lost in people aged 55-64.

#COVID19 #Excessdeaths

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/15-million-excess-deaths-worldwide-were-caused-by-covid-over-two-years-who-12884248

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

Masks and portable air cleaners reduced the spread of COVID-19 in schools, study shows

Study published in journal PLOS Medicine: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004226

#COVID19 #Masks #CleanAir #PandemicIsNotOver

Source: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230519/Mas

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

First Long COVID Diagnostic Test Launches Across Australia.

Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230515005809/en/

For more information or to register for a test, visit: https://www.covidlonghaulers.com/australia/home

#COVID19 #Australia #LongCOVID

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

Face masks are still a good idea at the doctor’s office, study says.

"Lab studies show that surgical masks and respirators are good at limiting the spread of aerosols and droplets from people who are sick with the flu, coronaviruses and other respiratory viruses. Although not 100% effective, they substantially reduce the quantities of the virus that get expelled when someone is talking or coughing."

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/15/health/masks-medical-office/index.html

Study published in the journal the Annals of Internal Medicine: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M23-1190

#COVID19 #FaceMasks😷 #COVIDisAirborne

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

Masks back in Giro d'Italia as COVID-19 hits the race

#COVID19 @giroditalia

Source: https://www.reuters.com/sports/cycling/masks-back-giro-ditalia-covid-19-hits-race-2023-05-15/

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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton has released his weekly COVID report - 12 May 2023

🔹Reported cases: 🔺Up 18% on previous week
🔹Reported deaths: 🔺Up 19% on previous month

Epidemiological summary - 12 May 2023

🔹XBB: 85%
🔹XBB.1.5: 32%
🔹XBB.1.16: 21%
🔹XBB.1.9.1: 5%
🔹CH.1.1: 5%
🔹Delta/Omicron recombinant XBC: 3%
🔹Other mixed XBB sublineages: 27%

#COVID19Vic

Source: https://health.vic.gov.au/media-releases/chief-health-officer-update-5-may-2023

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

"NSW schoolkids revert to ‘learning from home’ amid rise in COVID cases"

4 NSW public schools have this week notified parents that a portion of the school would be reverting to learning from home under departmental direction.

🔹Braddock Public School - Cranebrook
🔹Toongabbie East Public School
🔹Pelican Flat Public School - Central Coast
🔹Mitchells Island Public School - Mid North Coast

#COVID19nsw

Source: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new-south-wales-education/nsw-schoolkids-revert-to-learning-from-home-amid-rise-in-covid-cases/news-story/99cacfbcf9f6b24829d62e15c335a7e0

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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

"Many people are tired of grappling with long COVID – here are some evidence-based ways to counter it"

#COVID19 #LongCOVID
https://theconversation.com/many-people-are-tired-of-grappling-with-long-covid-here-are-some-evidence-based-ways-to-counter-it-201451

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

Public health leaders warn dwindling COVID data risks less preparation for 'the next outbreak'

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky told the Senate Health, "These diseases don't respect national or state borders, and the increased frequency of outbreaks means that we should not be asking if we will face another serious public health threat -- but when."

"This is one of my biggest worries, is that we are losing time in preparing for the next pandemic," Dawn O'Connell, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' assistant secretary for preparedness and response.

#COVID19
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/public-health-leaders-warn-dwindling-covid-data-risks/story?id=99092436

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

COVID's future: mini-waves rather than seasonal surges.

3 years after the start of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 shows no signs of settling into a seasonal pattern of spread, like influenza has.

By Ewen Callaway: Nature.com

#COVID19
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01437-8

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 1 year ago to random

🇬🇧 Britons should start wearing face masks on public transport again, experts have urged, as super-infectious COVID Arcturus (XBB.1.16) variant sweeps the country.

#COVID19UK #Arcturus #XBB116
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brits-urged-wear-face-masks-29836374