@maggiejk@mstdn.social @Pat
Some people never test positive on #RapidTests the whole time. It is just not a perfectly sensitive test: it doesn't pick up everyone with #Covid.
@ChristosArgyrop @maggiejk@mstdn.social @Pat
yes that is a possibility too.
I think the important thing to protect your family and others is to treat it as if it's Covid if unsure, and negative rapid test=unsure. Unless you have a negative PCR, assume it's Covid and isolate as best you can - given your work and home circumstances - for 10 days.
Wearing a mask for ten days after any respiratory illness is part of public health advice in many places but it is not advice that is actively promoted by public health and I think most people would be surprised to learn about it.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/public-health-measures-and-advice
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html
#PaidSickDays #PaidSickDaysNow #BetterMasks #WearAMask #MaskUp #n95
@ChristosArgyrop @maggiejk@mstdn.social @Pat
Yes, reports of persistence are concerning.
I think I have seen a few ... But I think this is the recent one you are mentioning?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/path.6035
Post mortem analysis of 27 patients an average of >3 months since last viral positivity.
"Despite apparent virological remission, lung pathology was similar to that observed in acute COVID-19 individuals, including micro- and macro-vascular thrombosis (67% of cases), vasculitis (24%), squamous metaplasia of the respiratory epithelium (30%), frequent cytological abnormalities and syncytia (67%), and the presence of dysmorphic features in the bronchial cartilage (44%)."
"SARS-CoV-2 antigens were not detected in the respiratory epithelium. In contrast, antibodies against both spike and nucleocapsid revealed the frequent (70%) infection of bronchial cartilage chondrocytes and para-bronchial gland epithelial cells."
This and other additional evidence of long term persistence and immune effects is useful and reminds us of the importance of the precautionary principle.
But it is not necessary to the argument: we should control #Covid anyway, should never have stopped trying to limit community transmission, because of the known disruption, disability and death is it still causing acutely. We've had evidence enough for years.
IHME estimates US Covid infections at staggering 1.25 million a day
This would have been halved if there had been a mask mandate a month ago
In the US, 600 people a day are dying of Covid.
For people who don't (yet) know anyone who died from Covid, here is a heart-breaking thread about the death of Greg Foley, a chemical engineer and assistant professor.
He describes various levels of respiratory support as he experienced them. May he rest in peace.
https://twitter.com/gregfoley2002/status/1613465945451675648?s=46&t=Gmr_urMTeqE3veE0MEo7tA
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow
In the absence of #MaskMandates, #WearAMask, in fact #WearTheBestMaskAvailable
Curated information on #BetterMasks:
https://maskevidence.org/mask-types
Detailed argument for mask mandates:
https://theconversation.com/ca/topics/mask-mandate-90260
🤣 This turned out long. Appreciate a reposting/boost from anyone who found it interesting or helpful...🙏
@cmclase @maggiejk @Pat the latest persistence paper is a hell of a paper