Persistent Circulating SARS-CoV-2 Spike is Associated with Post-acute COVID-19 Sequelae
Zoe Swank, Yasmeen Senussi, Galit Alter, David R. Walt The diagnosis and management of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) poses anongoing medical challenge … [T]emporal antigen profiles for many patients show thepresence of spike at multiple time points over several months, highlighting the potentialutility of the SARS-CoV-2 full spike protein as a biomarker for PASC. […]
Secrets of the Pandemic
Swiss Policy Research Little-known aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. Contents 1) Pandemic Response: Failure or Success?; 2) The SARS&MERS “Death Rate”; 3) China & Zero Covid; 4) Coronavirus Origins; 5) Why Face Masks Have Failed; 6) Covid Vaccine Trials; 7) Covid Treatment: Antivirals & More; 8) Asymptomatic Transmission; 9) Long Covid; 10) Children
Covid Vaccine Adverse Events
Swiss Policy Research A systematic overview of severe covid vaccine adverse events. (18+) A) Neurological disorders; B) Menstrual disorders, miscarriages, birth defects; C) Heart inflammation, heart attacks, cardiac arrest; D) Blood clots and strokes; E) Severe skin reactions; F) Eye disorders and blindness; G) Bell’s palsy (facial paralysis); H) Shingles and other virus reactivations; J) Tinnitus, hearing loss, dizziness and vertigo; K) Anaphylactic shock; L) Tumor growth and cancer; M) Appendicitis; N) Children: PIMS, myocarditis, blood clots; O) Diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis; P) Other […]
Estimates of Long Covid Are Startlingly High. Here’s How to Understand Them.
Elizabeth Cooney Think about the adults you know who have had Covid: Does 1 out of every 5 have long Covid, as the CDC estimates? Asking that question should in no way diminish the suffering of people who thought they were done with their infections, only to find their return to well-being still beyond reach. But […]
Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’
Benjamin Mazer … So much about long COVID remains mysterious: The condition is hard to study, difficult to predict, and variously defined to include a disorienting range and severity of symptoms. But the numbers above imply ubiquity—a new plait in the fabric of society … As experts and advocates have observed, the emergence of long […]
Long Covid Study Shows High Rates of Serious Vaccine Side-effects
Amanuensis The paper I’m looking at in this article is the one by Al-Aly et al., published in Nature on May 25th, titled “Long Covid after breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection“. This compared outcomes after Covid infection of almost 35,000 vaccinated U.S. veterans with a set of control groups … The study found a significant increase in sequelae in those having […]
Neurotoxic Amyloidogenic Peptides in the Proteome of SARS-COV2: Potential Complications for Neurological Symptoms in COVID-19
Mirren Charnley et al. COVID-19 is primarily known as a respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. However, neurological symptoms such as memory loss, sensory confusion, severe headaches, and even stroke are reported in up to 30% of cases and can persist even after the infection is over (long COVID). These neurological symptoms are thought to be […]
Long COVID Risk Falls Only Slightly After Vaccination, Huge Study Shows
Sara Reardon Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 lowers the risk of long COVID after infection by only about 15%, according to a study of more than 13 million people1. That’s the largest cohort that has yet been used to examine how much vaccines protect against the condition, but it is unlikely to end the uncertainty.
