A Concerned Scientist @BE@qoto.org

"‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families"

#Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/10/climate-scientists-starting-families-children

LA Times: Despite H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in dairy cattle, raw milk enthusiasts are uncowed https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-12/raw-milk-enthusiasts-uncowed-by-bird-flu-risk-in-dairy #h5n1 #milk #birdflu #hpai

Anecdotally - it feels like I know way more people sick with respirator viruses right now than I have in a long time. None of them are testing for COVID and none seem to think it’s strange they’re so knocked down in May.

One of them just got over a terrible cough & loss of appetite that lasted 3 months starting in December …. And is already severely ill again.

Does anyone have any positive stories of people who suddenly got fed up being sick all the time and finally masked up again? Or came to you and asked for more information on Covid precautions? I’ve been brushed off just for suggesting they test … and it’s feeling pretty bleak.

I genuinely believed that when previously healthy people started getting sick over and over (and for long durations) they would start to question the narrative that COVID is over/mild. They would get curious. They would ask questions. None of that is happening.

It makes me very scared that it’ll never happen. That no amount of sickness or statistics will get people to reconsider their stance on Covid, masks and mitigations.

So if anyone has hopeful stories - I would love to hear them!

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #CovidCautious #sarscov2 #maskup #WearAMask #CleanAir #Pandemic #Disability #accessibility #DisabilityRights #ableism

I could use some more suggestions for improving my #Italian : What #comics written by Italian authors do you recommend?

They should be reasonably popular so that I can get them in Germany without too much hassle.

Mitochondrial dysfunction in long #COVID: mechanisms, consequences, and potential therapeutic approaches

https://t.ly/zFOKl

"This review aims to synthesize current findings related to mitochondrial dysfunction in #longCOVID, exploring its implications for cellular energy deficits, oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, metabolic disturbances, and endothelial dysfunction."

@longcovid
#PwLC #PostCovidSyndrome #LC #PASC #postcovid
#CovidBrain #COVIDー19 #COVID19 #COVID_19 #SARSCoV2

Here's a gift link https://wapo.st/4btMo8Z

Got a bee in my bonnet yesterday to look at some specific climate data. I grew up in FL, so did my father, so did my grandfather. I was there for a historic freeze. We still visit, and one thing we've noticed is that it just plain seems more humid than I recall. Could be me, but there is data for that -- in the summer, the minimum temperature is the dew point, pretty much. So we can look at minimums, and it turns out there's a weather station near where I grew up with data from 1892...

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Time to turn on the air purifiers and bring out the masks again Canada.

Evacuations orders due to wildfires are in progress in B.C, and Alberta again.

Stay safe everyone.

#News #ClimateCrisis

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/video/c2920296-update-on-wildfires-burning-near-fort-nelson--b-c-?playlistId=1.6838984&binId=1.810401

Two weeks #PostCovid my sense of smell still hasn't come back.

I've been monitoring my #cardio #vitals (HR, RHR, HHR, O2 sat, BP (sys/dia)) and they're pretty good, despite inconsistent but persisting #fatigue - I tire easily. I haven't been "pushing" myself too much, but it doesn't take much to tire me out either.

My #HRH during "exertion" is slightly suspect. Lifting a 30lb suitcase was a near Herculean feat though my sleep has been off from travel which has an effect too, so who knows 🤷🏻‍♂️

April 30, 2024 - “Our study indicates persistent viral presence in cardiac tissue, highlighting the importance of prioritizing long COVID in most patients with chronic conditions, including heart disease.” - https://cdt.amegroups.org/article/view/123848/html

Black Virginians are far more likely than white residents to get offered plea deals under the condition that they agree to waive some of their constitutional rights for years, opening them up to random and invasive police searches long after their cases have been resolved. https://boltsmag.org/fourth-amendment-waiver-virginia-police-traffic-stops/

Northern lights putting on a show in Europe, all the way down to the Mediterranean Sea! Live link: https://foto-webcam.eu 😍

Soliciting studies on dogs shedding #SARSCoV2 (how much, how long)

Two studies I found claim that of what dogs do shed, none is culturable/infectious

From September 2020:
"We also confirm an earlier report that dogs do not replicate virus in the upper respiratory tract [...]" (From September 2020)

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2013102117

Which cites (from April 2020):
"... infectious virus was not detected in any swabs collected from any of these dogs."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb7015

⚠️ BREAKING

MERS Outbreak in Saudi Arabia puts health experts on high alert

The pathogen, known as Middle East respiratory syndrome, is a close relative of SARS-CoV-2 but has a far higher fatality rate – 35 per cent of confirmed cases have died, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The WHO expects that less serious and asymptomatic cases have historically been missed, which could also affect the overall case fatality rate.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/mers-outbreak-saudi-arabia-middle-east-respiratory-syndrome/

Well what do you know - a reasonable response! "The federal government will provide livestock farms as much as $28,000 apiece to bolster protective measures and testing for the avian flu virus spreading among dairy cows"

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/10/bird-flu-spread-control-usda-hhs-announce-aid-dairy-farm-h5n1-outbreaks/

#H5N1

Today’s a good day to download and backup your social media data.

"Unser Kollege Tim Braune erkrankte nach einer Corona-Infektion an Long-Covid und an ME/CFS. Nun ist er Rentner statt Chefreporter – mit 49 Jahren."

Die Überschrift sagt dann auch schon alles über das Leid, das diese Erkrankung mit sich bringt. 😔

(Fußnote: Leider kann ich nicht absehen, ob der Artikel für alle lesbar ist oder nicht. Eventuell also Paywall.)

https://rp-online.de/leben/gesundheit/betroffener-von-me-cfs-long-covid-ich-bin-nur-noch-ein-gespenst-das-lautlos-weint_aid-112422735

#MECFS #LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver