Australia: Covid-19 kills 5 times more people than flu in 2024.

"Five times as many Australians are dying from Covid-19 as the flu five years after the outbreak of the global pandemic, shock new research has revealed."

"New analysis by the Institute’s Mortality Working Group of mortality between January and November 2024 found 3,676 people died from Covid-19 – 69% more than predicted."

"Covid-19 deaths at 3,676 were five times more than the 728 recorded for influenza"

Source: https://archive.md/jV6Jt

#COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotFLU #COVIDisNotOVER @auscovid19

It brings me zero joy to be able to say that this was predictable and predicted in 2020.. and every day since

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8vp560n7vo

“The rising cost of sickness and disability benefits is "devastating" for the public finances,”

Hey Canadians! It's time to abandon dangerous policies! We need to be as healthy as possible for the challenges ahead, in mind and body!

So please mail - for free! - your MP https://www.ourcommons.ca/en/contact-us about this!

Andrew Wilkin in the Hamilton Spectator writes:

The New York Times recently reported that COVID-19 “alarmists were closer to the truth than anybody else.”

Policymakers that care about student success, worker health and well-being and democratic society should take actions now to address the significant possibility that students’ and workers’ rights are being violated in schools.

“Every time you get infected (with COVID), it does harm to the body in some way,” says Avindra Nath, a neurologist at the National Institutes of Health.

https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/covid-five-years-later-governments-are-ignoring-the-rights-of-workers-and-students/article_8bb3fad0-38c0-5eef-aac6-f4c81611014e.html

#COVIDisNotOver action item, USPol

Illinois has a state bill that would make it illegal to harass or discriminate against people wearing respirators.

Even if you are not in IL, Care Not Covid Chicagoland is requesting witness slips for when the bill is expected to be called tomorrow (I believe only your name is publicly visible, but obviously be safe).

Here's their instrucc in the first link (google doc): https://linktr.ee/carenotcovidchicago

Here's the witness slip link direct: https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/162745?committeeHearingId=21708&LegislationId=162745&LegislationDocumentId=202529&GridCurrentCommittees-page=4

Evidence synthesis – Global prevalence of post-COVID-19 condition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective evidence

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice/vol-45-no-3-2025/global-prevalence-post-covid-19-condition-systematic-review-meta-analysis-prospective-evidence.html

From the latest Science for ME weekly update

@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC

@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19

Press release for a new UK study:

"Nearly one in ten unsure if they have Long Covid. Almost 5% have the condition and socially disadvantaged groups are most affected"
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076866

Free paper:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.70202

@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC

@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19

#Illinois please call and email your state representatives in support of HB3853 to protect the right to wear masks.

direct link to bill info and call/email scripts: https://pmefa.org/#how-you-can-help

https://zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/114181240202289474

"Post Covid Syndrome and Cognitive Dysfunction – Aetiology and Possible Treatment" - I think figure 1, the arrows going towards "cognitive dysfunction" should be bidirectional - but otherwise, yet another lay of the land paper implicitly but strongly suggesting that there is a pressing need for research focus on LC and ME/CFS treatments: https://cdn.fortunejournals.com/articles/post-covid-syndrome-and-cognitive-dysfunction-ndash-aetiology.pdf

Figuring out why nearly all organ systems are f*ing up the insurance industry's bottom line is more difficult than #MaskUp. #Mystery!

https://insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/while-u-s-mortality-spike-normalizing-5-troubling-trends-continue

#Covid19 hospital acquired infections still a major problem, yet precautions are not protecting vulnerable patients.

"We seem to ignore the people at the centre of this. We're dealing with people losing their lives. [The proposal] might benefit the system, but what harm are we causing to patients?"

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/545120/too-many-catching-covid-19-in-hospital-experts-say-but-precautions-being-rolled-back

#Covid19NZ #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #LongCovid #ChronicIllness
@auscovid19

Today is #MaskedMondays! Show that you are still #masking by posting your weekly #maskedselfie or other photo as a reply. #masked #mask #maskup #maskup #BringBackMasks #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #n95 #p100 #weareyeprotection #WearARespirator #wearamaskoutside #MaskMonday @covid19 @covid @covidisairborne @auscovid19 @longcovid

Too many catching Covid-19 in hospital, experts say - but precautions being rolled back https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/545120/too-many-catching-covid-19-in-hospital-experts-say-but-precautions-being-rolled-back

#CovidNZ
#CovidIsNotOver

C'est quand même marrant toute cette célébration mémorielle des "cinq ans du covid" qui consiste essentiellement à faire le concours du plus grand déni de ce qui s'est passé et continue à se passer

This is why respirators need to be mandatory in hospitals.

Babies, people with certain disabilities & some health conditions need others to mask to protect them.

This hospital shouldn’t be “scrambling”. Make masks mandatory & protect patients and staff.

Clean & ventilate the air too!

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

Five years of Long Covid

Links:
NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/5-years-later-long-covid-still-medical-mystery-scientists-learned-rcna195608

US News and World Report:
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-10/covid-pandemic-vaccines-measles

Rolling Stone:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/long-covid-five-years-1235296375/

https://www.s4me.info/threads/news-from-the-usa-united-states-of-america.20771/page-36#post-593840

From the latest Science for ME weekly update

@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC

@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19

Dr. David Putrino: ”There's no such thing as a Covid infection without consequence."

An interview with Dr. Putrino as part of a longer program. This part starts at 19:30, or you can just scroll down to this segment of the show.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/mar-15-the-silent-long-term-effects-of-covid-and-more-1.7483146

h/t @beandreams
#Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid

#PostCovidSyndrome & Cognitive Dysfunction – Aetiology & Possible Treatment

https://www.fortunejournals.com/articles/post-covid-syndrome-and-cognitive-dysfunction-ndash-aetiology-and-possible-treatment.html

Review article suggests: "Reducing low grade systemic inflammation, viral reactivation & immune dysregulation has the potential to improve cognitive dysfunction in PCS”

@longcovid #LongCovid #PwLC #PASC #postcovid #CovidBrain #NeuroPASC @covid19 #COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #SARSCoV2 @novid #novid #CovidIsNotOver #auscovid19 @auscovid19