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New feature on next generation Covid vax: Which vaccines are advancing the most?
I highlight 3 in mid- to late-stage trials, with manufacturing partners/plans—including a "universal" Covid vax & a mucosal one—and another 6 vaccines.
Plus more clinical trial results & 10 new preclinical reports.
Now @PLOS
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/04/02/accelerating-development-for-some-nextgen-covid-vaxes-update-no-39/
Long COVID affects millions of people worldwide. The experiences shared here are just a glimpse into what daily life can look like for those living with Long COVID.
If you’re living with Long COVID, we want to hear from you. Fill out the survey linked below to share your story and have it featured. Your voice helps raise awareness, inform research, and push for real change.
#LongCOVID #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVIDAwareness
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Teal WHN graphic with white text quote: “I got COVID in March 2020 at the age of 18. It now affects every single aspect of my life, from my ability to walk to my ability to eat and drink and form thoughts. My whole world now revolves around taking medication and attending appointments.” Attribution in black: “– Long COVID Patient.” Top left: “whn.global.” Bottom: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world”.
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Teal WHN graphic with white text quote: “It impacts every aspect of my life. I now suffer from chronic pain and a myriad of other symptoms. I can't do any of the things I enjoyed previously. My children have suffered because I can't do things with them. I can't read properly any more. I can't even eat my favorite foods due to COVID-induced food allergies. I have been in this state for almost 5 and a half years with no signs of improvement.” Attribution in black: “– Person living with Long COVID.” Top left: “whn.global.” Bottom: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world”.
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Teal WHN graphic with white text quote: “It’s completely affected my daily life. I first caught COVID Sept. of 2024 and I stopped working in April of 2025. Now I’m fighting for long term disability and got newly diagnosed with Long COVID. I can’t even do chores at home my heart races and my breathing is bad even after minimal exertion. I can’t go for walks with my young kids and am on the couch pretty consistently.” Attribution in black: “– Person living with Long COVID.” Top left: “whn.global.” Bottom: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world”.
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Teal WHN graphic with black and white text. Black headline: “Your experience matters.” White text below: “Help us amplify real experiences. If you’re living with Long COVID, complete the survey in the caption to share your story.” Top left: “whn.global.” Bottom: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world”.
WHN’s Kids’ Zone Magazine is a free, downloadable issue packed with kid-friendly stories, art, science, and COVID-conscious lifestyle ideas made for families who are still choosing care.
Download the latest issue for free + explore past editions anytime: https://whn.global/kidszone/
#PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #COVIDConscious
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Light gray promotional graphic from whn.global. At the top is the text “whn.global”. Large pink headline: “Kids’ Zone Magazine: April 2026 Edition”. Below, in black text: “The WHN Kids’ Zone Magazine is a free, downloadable resource created to help kids feel connected, empowered, and proud of living COVID-conscious.” Then: “Download for free at whn.global/kidszone.”
The lower half shows the April 2026 cover of World Health Network Kids’ Zone COVID-Conscious Magazine, Issue 21. Small text at the top of the cover reads: “APRIL 2026” and “ISSUE 21”. Main title: “WORLD HEALTH NETWORK KIDS’ ZONE COVID-CONSCIOUS MAGAZINE”. The cover art shows a pink flower character wearing a cape, pink eye covering, and a respirator mask, standing in a grassy field with flowers, with bees flying nearby. A banner across the image says: “THE MASKED AND MARVELOUS EDITION”.
Text on the cover includes: “STAY STRONG AND MASK ON”, “CHECK US OUT ONLINE AT: WHN.global/KidsZone”, “FRESH FIT TESTS”, “MASKING COMIC”, “RECIPES AND STORIES”, “… AND MORE INSIDE!”, and at the bottom right: “EXPLORE | SHARE | CONNECT”. A circular Kids’ Zone World Health Network logo appears near the bottom right.
#COVID continues to heavily influence my #quilting
Like this top I finished today, many of my quilts are scrappy designs so I can use fabrics from my stash instead of shopping in person for new fabric and many of my quilt designs include words because I metaphorically lost my voice when isolating for my immunocompromised partner’s health became imperative
6+ years on I’m still screaming inside my heart
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Two color, exploding heart-themed quilt top shown in full on a design wall. The oversized central heart is pieced from scrappy yellow fabrics; that central image is outlined in the dark grey. Then triangles of more yellow explode outward against dark grey to fill the remainder of the top. Pieced dark grey letters in the central heart read “please scream inside your heart”
Much of the #Gulf #GCC is now doing #remote #online learning owing to the war and reminiscent of #COVID times. Hopefully using a proper #LMS such as #Moodle like my company at #techrich uses for its #it #docker courses at https://training.techrich.hk
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/education/schools-return-to-in-person-classes-under-review
*Whether or not you're looking for a Covid Safe Date, please share this post. Because it's super difficult for people who avoid Covid to find love online.*
Covid Safe Date is now a feature full online dating website for adults of all genders and sexual orientations around the world who take #Covid avoidance seriously.
We have a few dozen members already, join us!
You may have Long Covid or you may be Novid.
You may have been engaging in consistent Covid safety practices since 2020, or you may have just started properly avoiding Covid recently.
You may have a shitty job that forces you to be maskless in order to stay employed. You may share a household with people who don't avoid the plague like the plague.
But as much as possible, you wear a respirator mask in public. People thinking you look weird or peer pressure isn't enough to make you go maskless. You would only risk another infection with a possibly permanently destructive virus if you feared losing your income, or feared violence, or had to get a medical procedure where you couldn't be masked the whole time.
You absolutely would never go inside a restaurant to eat ever again. Restaurant food can be takeout or delivery. Food can be cooked at home.
Whether you've been infected several times or never, you know the best course of action is to avoid as many infections in the future as possible because the harm is cumulative.
Whether or not you keep vaxxed, you understand that the vaccine doesn't stop infection, you still must wear a respirator mask.
You understand the importance of good indoor ventilation and filtering, but you know a public place with a good air quality rating doesn't mean it's safe to take your respirator mask off. You know people get infected outdoors too if they're very close to other people.
When I tell you that Dr. Hoerger's data shows there's more Covid spreading now than at any point in 2020, you're saddened but you're not shocked. You know Covid is far from over.
And if this applies to you and you actually avoid the plague like the plague, chances are dating websites will be hostile to you if you mention Covid safety.
People have anecdotally had a hard time finding romance on CovidMeetups, because it's not really a dating website but a better place to meet friends or find dentists.
That's why Covid Safe Date exists. It may be the only dedicated part of the internet specifically for Covid avoiders to date and possibly fall in love.
Our services will always be 100% free-of-charge. There's no "premium" tier, all features are available to all users.
And for that reason, Covid Safe Date needs donations from people who can afford to do so, so I can keep paying for web hosting and paying my developers who have Long Covid and are struggling generously for their labor.
https://covidsafedate.com/we-need-your-financial-support/
I'm also the founder of Stop Gen AI, so you'd better believe that there is absolutely zero AI on Covid Safe Date. Our web platform and service is completely human crafted and maintained.
We are a space that's LGBTQIA+, neurodivergence, disability, and poverty inclusive.
And I'm a cybersecurity specialist who takes responsibility for your cybersecurity and privacy seriously.
https://covidsafedate.com/privacy-policy/
Here are screenshots from the newly relaunched Covid Safe Date. You can see my profile, I'm looking for love too!
*Whether or not you're looking for a Covid Safe Date, please share this post. Because it's super difficult for people who avoid Covid to find love online.*
#CovidIsNotOver #longCOVID #covid19
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Covid Safe Date homepage
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A view of user profiles
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My profile and the top drop down menu
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A page of acceptable respirator masks
Right now, out there are parents of severely disabled children who don't mask because their doctors told them that "it is not necessary". There are nurses telling them that they don't need to vaccinate, and scare them with "vaccine injuries". So, these parents are getting their vunerable kids re-infected with respiratory viruses over and over again, and the kids are the ones suffering the most and being pasted in social media because their parents remain clueless of covid.
Trying to remember the last time husband and I were sick with anything, other than temporary vaccine side effects (and one time we got sick from duck eggs, either poorly cooked or a previously unknown allergy).
Why wouldn’t people prefer not to get sick? Wearing a respirator is so easy to do.
I loved seeing so much support for covid safety & long covid at the community connecting event today!
#MasksSolidarity #CovidIsNotOver #Comrades #AntiAbleism #VictoriaBC #CommunityCare #Solidarity #BeTheChange #NormalizeMasking #HumanitariansMaskUp #LongCovid #Labor #PeopleWithDisabilities #Covid
In February 2021, a town in Brazil showed up for a groundbreaking whole-of-town randomized Covid vaccine trial, providing evidence of population effects of mass vaccination in a pandemic.
My latest @PLOS post digs into this exciting precedent, and why it matters so much:
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/03/28/a-unique-pandemic-control-trial/
I can't find high enough praise for this article today in The Tyee (on Fedi: @thetyee) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27/Human-Cost-Failing-Name-COVID-Airborne/
How is it possible for hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care employers to allow respiratory PPE that doesn’t fit the legal standard previously set for protecting workers against an airborne hazard?
Simple. They just fail to explicitly state the virus is airborne.
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#COVIDIsAirborne #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #SafeWorkplace #workplaceSafety #WorkSafeBC #CDNPoli #PublicHealth
Long COVID affects millions of people worldwide. The experiences shared here are just a glimpse into what daily life can look like for those living with Long COVID.
If you’re living with Long COVID, we want to hear from you. Fill out the survey below to share your story and have it featured. Your voice helps raise awareness, inform research, and push for real change.
#LongCOVID #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVIDAwareness
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“This illness is one big rollercoaster. It’s taken away so much of my life. I can’t remember what it was like to live a day symptom-free.”
– Person living with Long COVID
Bottom text: “World Health Network – Science for a safer, healthier world”
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“My former life does not exist anymore. My body, my mind, my identity have all been shattered.”
– Person living with Long COVID
Bottom text: “World Health Network – Science for a safer, healthier world”
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“Long COVID affects my everyday life because I exist in a body and mind that have been significantly harmed by a COVID infection. Some of my symptoms include fatigue, a high heart rate, shortness of breath, muscle soreness and weakness, acid reflux, headaches, migraines, increased scent sensitivity, heat intolerance, weight gain, and chronic pain.”
– Person living with Long COVID
Bottom text: “World Health Network – Science for a safer, healthier world”
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“Your experience matters.
Help us amplify real experiences. If you’re living with Long COVID, complete the survey in the caption to share your story.”
Bottom text: “World Health Network – Science for a safer, healthier world”
i can't help but feel that COVID was a test we failed. like, we could have risen to the moment and discarded our petty individualism and committed to changing our ways of life - perhaps permanently! - to ensure the safety of our communities
it was such a simple thing, and we *knew* exactly what we had to do, and we just... didn't. even most people who made masking their entire personalities during 2020 gave it up as soon as biden green lighted woke COVID denialism
🤔 I predict in less than a week this facility will be in lockdown.
Thank you to the folk who won't wear a mask 😷 while visiting Grandma or Grandpa.
👉 Someday I hope you realize you are contagious before you show symptoms, and though Grandma and Grampa were frail and old, they wanted to live longer,
the same as you.
🕯️ Rest in Peace, Keith 🕯️
*Whether or not you're looking for a Covid Safe Date, please share this post. Because it's super difficult for people who avoid Covid to find love online.*
Covid Safe Date is now a feature full online dating website for adults of all genders and sexual orientations around the world who take #Covid avoidance seriously.
We have a few dozen members already, join us!
You may have Long Covid or you may be Novid.
You may have been engaging in consistent Covid safety practices since 2020, or you may have just started properly avoiding Covid recently.
You may have a shitty job that forces you to be maskless in order to stay employed. You may share a household with people who don't avoid the plague like the plague.
But as much as possible, you wear a respirator mask in public. People thinking you look weird or peer pressure isn't enough to make you go maskless. You would only risk another infection with a possibly permanently destructive virus if you feared losing your income, or feared violence, or had to get a medical procedure where you couldn't be masked the whole time.
You absolutely would never go inside a restaurant to eat ever again. Restaurant food can be takeout or delivery. Food can be cooked at home.
Whether you've been infected several times or never, you know the best course of action is to avoid as many infections in the future as possible because the harm is cumulative.
Whether or not you keep vaxxed, you understand that the vaccine doesn't stop infection, you still must wear a respirator mask.
You understand the importance of good indoor ventilation and filtering, but you know a public place with a good air quality rating doesn't mean it's safe to take your respirator mask off. You know people get infected outdoors too if they're very close to other people.
When I tell you that Dr. Hoerger's data shows there's more Covid spreading now than at any point in 2020, you're saddened but you're not shocked. You know Covid is far from over.
And if this applies to you and you actually avoid the plague like the plague, chances are dating websites will be hostile to you if you mention Covid safety.
People have anecdotally had a hard time finding romance on CovidMeetups, because it's not really a dating website but a better place to meet friends or find dentists.
That's why Covid Safe Date exists. It may be the only dedicated part of the internet specifically for Covid avoiders to date and possibly fall in love.
Our services will always be 100% free-of-charge. There's no "premium" tier, all features are available to all users.
And for that reason, Covid Safe Date needs donations from people who can afford to do so, so I can keep paying for web hosting and paying my developers who have Long Covid and are struggling generously for their labor.
https://covidsafedate.com/we-need-your-financial-support/
I'm also the founder of Stop Gen AI, so you'd better believe that there is absolutely zero AI on Covid Safe Date. Our web platform and service is completely human crafted and maintained.
We are a space that's LGBTQIA+, neurodivergence, disability, and poverty inclusive.
And I'm a cybersecurity specialist who takes responsibility for your cybersecurity and privacy seriously.
https://covidsafedate.com/privacy-policy/
Here are screenshots from the newly relaunched Covid Safe Date. You can see my profile, I'm looking for love too!
*Whether or not you're looking for a Covid Safe Date, please share this post. Because it's super difficult for people who avoid Covid to find love online.*
#CovidIsNotOver #longCOVID #covid19
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Covid Safe Date homepage
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A view of user profiles
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My profile and the top drop down menu
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A page of acceptable respirator masks
Cats taking the lead with social distancing
#covid #caturday #caturdayeveryday
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Cats evenly spaced across the sidewalk practicing proper social distancing
Scientific American: COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show
We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say (March 18, 2026)
Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.
The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average of its detected Sars-CoV-2 levels is low. The last calculation was made on 3/10. Note: the wastewater numbers for the three King County sites didn't get updated last week, but it looks like they have been backfilled now.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
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A screencap of the Washington State Department of Health's Covid wastewater data for the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. The trend line of the graph is described in the toot text.
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/d7hkuTrT4ESUVnRYNU2jRT
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_who_116253096990135123_fr)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://news.osna.fm/?p=38763")
Le constat sévère de la commission d’enquête révèle des lacunes structurelles majeures dans la gouvernance de crise allemande.
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/hw27agLdVGSzfSQ6CYbn7h
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_who_116253096990135123_en)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://news.osna.fm/?p=38763")
A parliamentary inquiry reveals critical gaps in legal frameworks and intergovernmental coordination, jeopardizing national resilience.
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/cQD6NRGvMpKoowqeDTc5Y9
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_who_116253096990135123_de)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://news.osna.fm/?p=38763")
Die deutsche Krisenresilienz bleibt trotz COVID-Erfahrungen systemisch unterentwickelt.
Death toll at start of Covid-19 pandemic likely higher than US count, study says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/covid-19-pandemic-death-toll
I hear you!
Talking to the medical office admin today, telling them I noticed their office airflow seemed good, an important mitigation measure.
Talking about covid.
They mentioned that they have had covid 6 times, so far, they said.
"Muro, you still have never had covid, right?"
"That's right. Not so far."
Me standing there with my N95 mask.
The admin didn't have a mask on.
Wearing a respirator is one of the simplest, most effective ways to protect yourself and the people around you. Protect yourself. Protect others.
Art by Janine Vangool
#PublicHealth #Respirators #N95 #MaskUp #InfectionPrevention #COVID #COVID19
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Black poster with the word “COVID” in large white letters, with the “O” replaced by a pink circle containing a white respirator mask. Below, white and pink text reads: “Respirators work. Stop the spread.” At the bottom: “whn.global”.
Good news, folks! mRNA vaccines don't cause "turbo cancers" — first, because those don't exist, and second, because mRNA technology has been studied for decades and large population studies have found no increased cancer risk at all following vaccination. Here's more from @TheConversationUS on how the rapid spread of vaccine misinformation is threatening the development of this potentially transformative technology.
Appointment with my doctor confirmed for tomorrow.
#Vaccination time for #Covid & #Shingles.
(I’ve never had #Chickenpox but I read the Shingles vax is a possible #dementia fix. Maybe? Or it might slow dementia)
RE: https://mstdn.party/@reeltubes/116241964716707509
If you know a Doctor or Nurse or other Health Care Worker, please share this medical education video with them.
Sometimes a HCW needs to hear it from another HCW, formatted as medical education.
This Australian Doctor's presentation is nothing surprising to any airborne aware folks - in other words, all the broad information has been verified across dozens or hundreds of studies, nothing fringe, everything important.
Key messages summarized at 38:00.
#COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #publicHealth #healthCareWorkers #Doctor #Nursing
Who would've thought?!
"Officials ‘missed 99% of data’ before ending Covid vaccine recommendation, memos reveal"
Car park firm NCP collapses with nearly 700 jobs at risk
The car park operator says demand for parking has not recovered to pre-#Covid levels, as its administrators look to sell the business.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e48zl4j7ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
You might have seen Don't breathe it in, the video with the phosphorescent green gas by The John Snow Project. But you've likely not seen this John Snow Project video, Will we choose to prevent Covid deaths?
Two years old and only 773 views. This is a choice, and it is reprehensible. We need truth and reconciliation. We need Nuremberg trials.
As a rule, I usually do not do calls to action. Watch this video.
Respiratory viral infections prime accelerated lung cancer growth: “Severe #COVID-19 is associated with an increased subsequent lung cancer risk”
https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(26)00220-5
Long COVID can affect anyone — regardless of age, health status, or how mild their initial infection seemed.
Preventing infection and reinfection of COVID-19 is the best way to avoid Long COVID.
If you’re living with Long COVID, how has fatigue affected your daily life?
Share your experience in the comments.
#LongCOVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #CleanAir #COVID
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Teal World Health Network graphic with the whn.global logo at the top. Header: “Living with Long COVID”. Large quote: “The fatigue can be so severe I sometimes have to crawl to the bathroom because I can’t stand up – let alone walk.” Footer: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
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Teal World Health Network graphic with the whn.global logo at the top. Large quote: “Most people don’t understand what we mean by ‘fatigue.’ This isn’t just ‘I’m tired at the end of a long day’ … this is ‘I’m so tired that I worry I might not survive it.’” Footer: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
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Teal World Health Network graphic with the whn.global logo at the top. Main text: “It’s important to understand that Long COVID can affect anyone, regardless of age, health status, or the severity of their initial COVID-19 infection.” Secondary text: “The best way to avoid Long COVID is to avoid infection and reinfection from COVID-19.” Footer: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
This is the absolute worst time to have the most awful people in charge of public health. To be fair, Biden let us down to start with: gave in to pressure for profit. When banks made catastrophic terrible decisions in 2008, we had hundreds of billions to bail them out. When poor people needed healthcare and protection from COVID, it was important to take our lumps and get back to work.
Sorry for the substack link, but now they're literally deleting data on #COVID so we can't even know what happened.
People will still die. Turning off the measurement doesn't mean they don't die.
COVID infections are not harmless. Research shows that initial and repeated COVID-19 infections can increase the risk of long-term health problems affecting multiple organ systems. Preventing infection and reinfection helps reduce these risks.
#COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #InfectionPrevention #PublicHealth
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Black poster with white and bright pink text. At the top is the WHN logo text: “whn.global”. Large white text in the center reads: “COVID infections are not harmless.” Below, in bright pink text: “COVID-19 infections may cause cumulative harm. Long-term effects from infection are known as Long COVID.” At the bottom, in white text: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
Neue #Studie, neuer Anlauf: Nach dem Scheitern der Zulassungsstudie 2024 soll BC 007 noch in diesem Jahr in neuen Studien zu Long #Covid und ME/CFS getestet werden. Martin Rücker berichtet, wie das Nachfolgeunternehmen vorgeht und wie es den Patientïnnen aus den ersten Heilversuchen heute geht: https://www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/long-covid-mecfs-bc007-rovunaptabin-klinische-studien-erlangen-apta-berlin-cures
Long COVID can affect many systems in the body. Researchers have documented more than 200 symptoms, ranging from fatigue and brain fog to heart, lung, and neurological problems.
The symptoms shown here are only a small sample. Preventing infection helps reduce the risk of Long COVID.
#LongCOVID #CleanAir #PublicHealth #COVID19 #COVID #InfectionPrevention #LongCOVIDAwareness
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Light gray poster with the WHN logo “whn.global” at the top. Large headline in teal and black reads: “Long COVID has a long list of symptoms.” Below, smaller bold text says: “Over 200 symptoms have been reported in people living with Long COVID.” At the bottom: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
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Teal poster with the WHN logo “whn.global” at the top. Large white text lists Long COVID symptoms: “Brain fog, Fatigue, Memory problems, Difficulty concentrating, Headaches, Dizziness, Shortness of breath, Chest pain, Heart palpitations, Rapid heart rate (tachycardia), Post-exertional malaise (symptoms worsen after activity), Sleep problems, Insomnia, Muscle aches, Joint pain, Nerve pain, Tingling or numbness, Tremors.” At the bottom: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
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Teal poster with the WHN logo “whn.global” at the top. Large white text lists more Long COVID symptoms: “Tinnitus (ringing in the ears), Blurred vision, Sensitivity to light or noise, Loss of smell, Loss of taste, Altered smell or taste, Nausea, Abdominal pain, Diarrhea, Loss of appetite, Skin rashes, New allergies, Mood changes, Anxiety, Depression.” Lower down, bold white text says: “Over 200 symptoms have been reported; only a portion are shown here.” At the bottom: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
Scientists Finally Know Why Some People Still Can’t Taste Anything Years After Having COVID
https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/diseases-medicine/why-you-cant-taste-years-after-covid/
and calling bullshit on Bonnie, collated Federal data shows Covid spiking, flu going up as well - low prevalence and declining my ass
Our 'Top Doctor' lying through her teeth
#Covid #Covid19 #BCpoli #Flu #RSV
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Canadian Federal wastewater data showing Covid going sharply up despite BC Public Health Officer Bonnie Henry claiming otherwise
Contrary to prevailing belief, an evolutionary analysis finds no evidence that most viruses with epidemic or pandemic potential that jumped from animals to people were shaped by selection in a lab or prolonged evolution in an intermediate host—challenging claims that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was engineered in a lab.
#COVID #pandemic #virology https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/recent-pandemic-viruses-including-sar-cov-2-spread-directly-people-without-adaptation
WHN’s Kids’ Zone Magazine is a free, downloadable issue packed with kid-friendly stories, art, science, and COVID-conscious lifestyle ideas made for families who are still choosing care.
Download the latest issue for free + explore past editions anytime: https://whn.global/kidszone/
#PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #COVIDConscious #LongCOVIDAwareness
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Promotional graphic from whn.global for the WHN Kids’ Zone March 2026 Edition. At the top, the text reads: “whn.global”. Large teal headline: “Kids’ Zone March 2026 Edition”. Below in black text: “The WHN Kids’ Zone Magazine is a free, downloadable resource created to help kids feel connected, empowered, and proud of living COVID-conscious.”
The lower half shows two hands holding a magazine against a beige background. On the magazine cover, the top left says “MARCH 2026” and the top right says “ISSUE 20”. Below that: “WORLD HEALTH NETWORK” and large title “KIDS’ ZONE”, followed by “COVID-CONSCIOUS MAGAZINE”.
The cover features a red heartbeat line with a heart, a ribbon graphic with a red heart in the center, and a lightbulb with a heart inside. A teal banner across the page reads: “LONG COVID AWARENESS EDITION”.
Below, the text reads:
“GETTING WISE ON LONG COVID”
“UNDERSTANDING BIOMARKERS”
“INTERVIEW WITH AN AUTHOR”
“STORIES, RECIPES, ART”
“… AND MORE INSIDE!”
To the right, the cover says:
“CHECK US OUT ONLINE AT:
WHN.global/KidsZone”
At the bottom right is a circular Kids’ Zone / World Health Network logo with a globe. Beneath it: “EXPLORE | SHARE | CONNECT”.
"The coronavirus wasn’t the only epidemic to hit the United States in the past decade. Americans are also facing a bizarre epidemic of gullibility and cynicism—gullicism, if you need a portmanteau—that is drawing people into a world of conspiracism and falsehoods, one where facts are drowned out by a cacophony of extremely loud and wrong voices."
#gullibility #credulity #vaccines #research #science #ConspiracyTheories #gullicism #SocialMedia #disinformation #Covid
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"Reliable information is both more available and harder to find than ever—and those who spread misinformation have been rewarded with positions of power, platforms they can exploit to further pollute the information environment. ...
The spread of anti-vax conspiracy theories is just another example of the gullicism that defines our age."
#gullibility #credulity #vaccines #research #science #ConspiracyTheories #gullicism #SocialMedia #disinformation #Covid #authoritarianism
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Even one COVID infection can have lasting impacts on the heart, brain, and blood vessels. Prevention is long-term health care.
#LongCOVID #CleanAir #PublicHealth #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention #COVID #MaskUp
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We've all upped our "mask game" in the last half decade or so, but I'm curious, what was the best mask or respirator you wore with any regularity in the very early days of the pandemic, say, before fall 2020?
| Nothing: | 6 |
| Cloth masks: | 29 |
| Dust mask: | 2 |
| Surgical mask: | 13 |
| Kn95 mask: | 12 |
| ffp2/p2/n95 mask: | 17 |
| Half face elastomeric respirator: | 5 |
| Full face elastomeric respirator: | 0 |
| PAPR: | 0 |
| Other: | 2 |
Just in case you forgot - SARS-CoV-2 dramatically alters cells. Not embellishment, but the words of the researchers:
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces global alterations of the host endomembrane system, including dramatic Golgi fragmentation
The virus shatters and scatters critical cellular pieces - this time my words. Them:
In contrast to the well-organized ribbon-like structure in uninfected cells, as labeled by the Golgi protein GRASP65, the Golgi was seen as small fragments dispersed in the entire cytoplasm in infected cells
https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1013295
#SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #microbiology #virology
The ability to use syncytia to spread is not unique but I feel it's pretty up there in importance, because it means the evolutionary landscape includes pockets where that's the main within-host mechanism, and (if I understand right) it exposes less antigen to the immune system.
Also it's ACE2-indepdendant.
TMEM106B is a functional receptor for SARS-CoV-2 across multiple Omicron variants to support both virus entry and syncytia formation, particularly in ACE2-low expressing cell https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.70439
(if any nerds want it, https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/11/1405 is an excellent overview of synctia in SARS2 and https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0326419 reviewed some genes which "mediate ACE2-independent entry of SARS-CoV-2")
Unsurprisingly, you'll find my own website and blog (with entries going back close to 25 years) at https://www.mediaactivist.com where you can find out more about me. But for now here's a fresh #introduction! I'm a Britain-based #solarpunk passionate about helping to make the world a better place through the liberatory power of multimedia technology, particularly DIY media such as non-centralised social networks and good old fashioned #zines. My "day job" is freelancing mostly in non-profits while caring for my partner, who has myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) caused by #Covid she contracted six years ago today. By "night," I continue to work on something called The SilenceBreaker: https://silencebreaker.mediaactivist.com
COVID-19 was associated with an estimated 290,000 to 450,000 hospitalizations and 34,000 to 53,000 deaths in the US last year (July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025).
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/56000-people-died-covid-19-or-rsv-last-year
COVID is not “just a cold.” Even mild or asymptomatic infections can cause lasting health effects, damaging blood vessels and organs, affecting the brain, and weakening the immune system. Reduce possible harm by avoiding infection and reinfection — preventing COVID is possible through measures such as masking, ventilation, testing and vaccination.
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News-packed update on nextgen Covid vaccines this month at my @PLOS blog:
- Phase 2 results for a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine from Japan with a phase 3 trial recently closed off
- Preclinical results for an intranasal "universal" vaccine that provided some protection from coronaviruses, H1N1 flu, some bacterial infections, and an asthma allergen
- Opportunities to participate in intranasal vaccine trials in Finland and the US
And much more:
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/03/01/progress-for-universal-vaccine-more-nextgen-covid-vax-news-update-no-38/
Ivermectin was touted as a cure for #COVID now it’s being tested for cancer. But what can it actually treat?