"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

#arbeit #krankheit #lohnfortzahlung
Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall nur noch 6 Wochen / Kalenderjahr, Wegfall der telefonischen Krankschreibung, Zuschläge für Mehrbelastungen (z.B.Nachtzuschläge) - so stellt sich Rainer Dulger, Präsident der Dtsch. Arbeitgeberverbände, das vor. Eine Unverschämtheit, nachdem die Arbeitgeber*innen NICHTS getan haben, ihre Belegschaft vor #covid zu schützen. Ich rate noch einmal ALLEN dringend, umgehend in die Gewerkschaften einzutreten!
https://www.ruhr24.de/politik/lohn-gehalt-lohnfortzahlung-aenderung-dulger-telefonische-krankschreibung-krankheit-abschaffung-93623068.html

#HobbyGamesRecce

Reflecting on the start of the #covid-19 #pandemic reminds me how our view of the past changes when we take the perspective of people living those events in the moment. #GamesForLearning can help us explore emerging situations and face future uncertainty to better connect with history.

https://hobbygamesrecce.blogspot.com/2025/03/perspective-in-this-moment.html

Does anyone know about the status of #COVID vaccines and tests in #Alberta at the moment? I've been getting the vaccines every spring and fall since they became available and I hope to be able to do that again before I travel next month. I'm 65+ and I haven't heard anything recently about vaccines.

Labour are brutally gutting diability benefits while allowing many more to become disabled.

Research shows that roughly 1 in 10 people in UK have Long Covid, with many more to follow.

Each infection carries risk, not only for LC but many other sequelae.

Covid is an *ongoing* mass disabling event.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/long-covid-pandemic-britain-power-lockdown-disease

Hey so #Covid gave me high blood pressure and it got so bad I ended up in the ER this weekend. I am now on a diuretic and must carefully mind hydration/electrolytes. The ER Dr said Covid can do crazy things to the human body and no one knows how/why. Hoping this is just a temporary thing. I am super tired and just want to nap but my heart no longer feels like it is running a marathon at full blast, and my mind is clearer (yay!!). I don't fit any of the high blood pressure recommendations though, that's why this is so weird, I have perfect cholesterol thanks to being vegan for decades, at a healthy weight, stay fit, don't smoke or drink, am a vegetable eating machine, don't eat fast food, etc. I even got the latest Covid vaccine in November, avoid crowds aside from the occasional grocery store run, + at work mostly interact with people outdoors where there is great air flow. Felt great on March 1st and really sick on March 2nd and am just now getting better. Anyway be careful out there.

I have a friend who is trying to build a conference covid policy for an organization which might actually listen.

Please share your most useful resources for keeping people safe here so I can pass them along.

Edit: adding hashtags...

#covid
#AskFedi

International Long COVID Awareness Day was March 15th.

From the patient-led research collaborative fact sheet:

At least 400 million people globally have Long COVID, and this number is likely a significant undercount. In the US, about 1 in 19 people have Long COVID–the same rate as diabetes. But only 7% of doctors say they’re confident diagnosing Long COVID, and a majority of Long COVID patients report having negative experiences as they attempt to get care.

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https://jellim.com/

For anyone looking for a better mask that allows you to smile at people. These are clear ones.
I saw someone at the physical therapy office with this mask on. Glad I asked them about it.

Il y a 5 ans, le 16 mars 2020, je décrivais la catastrophe sanitaire du covid en Alsace dans les hôpitaux, les victimes en réa, parfois 12 jours sous assistance respiratoire, des soignants eux-mêmes contaminés et décédés. Je l'ignorais mais c'était mon dernier article pour 20 Minutes. Je ne suis jamais retourné travailler ensuite. Le covid a emporté ma santé et mon travail. Je me suis relevé, depuis. https://www.20minutes.fr/strasbourg/2741095-20200316-coronavirus-alsace-40-ans-medecine-jamais-vu-ca-temoigne-chef-service-reanimation-colmar

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
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#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

Evaluation of Long-COVID Syndrome in a Cohort of Patients with Endometriosis or Adenomyosis

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/14/6/1835

"#longCOVID beyond 12 weeks was higher in cases than controls (42% vs. 12%) with chest pain & ageusia, forming the most representative symptoms”

@longcovid
#PwLC #PostCovidSyndrome #PASC #postcovid
#CovidBrain
@covid19 #COVIDー19 #COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver #auscovid19