Good Morning #Canada
I'm feeling irritable and beat up this morning - likely the result of my wife and I getting our #Flu and #COVID shots yesterday. I'm not sorry about suffering a little bit for protection and I'll be back to my cute and cuddly self by tomorrow. Meanwhile the latest respiratory virus surveillance report from #HealthCanada (Oct.16th) shows infections are up slightly and #FluSeason has almost officially started.

#CanadaIsAwesome #GetVaccinated

https://health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-virus-surveillance/

A second #Labour MP has been suspended from the party amid concerns that he tried to avoid repaying a taxpayer-funded #Covid loan.

Perran Moon, the MP for Camborne and Redruth, is accused of trying to wind up his company in November 2022 without paying off a bounce back loan given to support small businesses during the pandemic

It comes after Bayo Alaba, the Labour MP for Southend East and Rochford, was suspended in August following his refusal to say whether two attempts to wind up his business were blocked because he had failed to repay an outstanding loan.

Oh dear.

Gisteren ons corona prikje gehaald. Voor het eerst heb ik last van bijwerkingen. Een nacht met hele vreemde ijldromen, koorts, alles doet pijn en ook nog een zere arm. Herkenbaar voor meer mensen? 🙄
#covid #vaccinatie

During the #covid pandemic 43,000 people died in care homes

I have now had 8 shots of the COVID vaccine. Long live science, and long live the Dutch and Singaporean governments that made these available to me free of charge!

Feels great to have my firmware up-to-date.

#COVID #Vaccines

Baroness Hallett concluded today that #Covid "spread like wildfire because of a lack of PPE"

"There isn't a lack of PPE it just seems to be in the wrong place," said Matt Hancock in April 2020

AND

On May 15, 2020, Matt Hancock stated during a Downing Street press conference that the government had tried to throw a "protective ring" around care homes right from the start of the pandemic. The report concluded that Hancock's claim was "unfounded" and that "quite the opposite was true"

Hancock should be brought to trial.

Here he is lying to the country
1,000s died

(Handcocks's denial begins at 3:30)

at 4:42 he says to Suzzana Reid
"There were shortages locally, but there was no national shortage because of the work my team did"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDlc-wLVF-8&t=135

#CovidInquiry
#matthancock

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy if even the NYT is concerned enough to publish an article about long covid, I hope more people will pay attention.

“Covid can cause long-term damage to nearly every part of the body and repeated cases can compound those harms.

“A number of studies have shown that each time someone contracts Covid introduces an opportunity to develop long-term symptoms. Researchers often compare it to Russian roulette: Any infection could be the one that leads to long Covid.

“Every time there’s a wave, there’s another wave that’s going to follow with patients developing new onset long Covid,” said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University.”

#LongCovid #Covid #Covid19 #CovidisAirborne #MaskUp #YallMasking

Covid cautious folks,

What's your Covid infection plan to reduce the severity of infection and prevent Long Covid? (and why are the things in your plan in your plan?)

#Covid

"Doctors tend to be more concerned about the chance that someone will develop long Covid from repeated infections than they are that a person will get very sick in the acute phase of the illness. Covid can cause long-term damage to nearly every part of the body and repeated cases can compound those harms.

A number of studies have shown that each time someone contracts Covid introduces an opportunity to develop long-term symptoms. Researchers often compare it to Russian roulette: Any infection could be the one that leads to long Covid.

“Every time there’s a wave, there’s another wave that’s going to follow with patients developing new onset long Covid,” said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University.

Some researchers think that reinfections are part of why the number of people with long Covid has plateaued. Even though some people have recovered from their long-term symptoms, there’s continually a new influx of patients developing the condition, said Dr. Danny Altmann, a professor of immunology at Imperial College London. And if someone already has long Covid and then contracts the virus again, that patient risks experiencing more severe symptoms.

Doctors said that the possible harms of repeated infections are significant enough that people should take precautions, like getting vaccinated and masking when traveling or in crowded areas."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/well/covid-reinfection-risks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J1E.rOq8.vpFUE7Mx0IkF&smid=nytcore-android-share

https://archive.is/olXbF #LongCOVID #COVID #PublicHealth #vaccines

#covid vaccine time rolled around again. Boots is still serving pfizer (this season’s flavour is XFG) and I’ve been wondering again when we’ll get the next-gen vaccines, eg. kostaive, that’s been widely approved but still isn’t available.

The companies involved in it have had a falling out, with the marketing rights going to the company that can’t do the manufacturing. I’m guessing that means we won’t see it being actually used next year, and possibly not ever 🫩

https://allsci.com/news/licensing-and-partnerships/arcturus-csl-seqirus-settlement-unwinds-usd-43/

Have always believed Russia had a hand in the Covid pandemic. Just a hop, skip, and a jump to Wuhan.

Taiwan monitors rumours of pneumonic plague outbreak allegedly spreading from Russia to China

https://mustsharenews.com/pneumonic-plague-outbreak-rumours/

#Russia #plague #China #Taiwan #pandemic #covid

I find quite little advice regarding the "" treatment "" ( or at least reducing the amount of viruses circulating in your body ) once you do have #covid

Prevention is great but when things go wrong and doctors refuse to prescribe antiviral medicine , apart from resting, flushing your nose and checking oxygen levels , are there some more last resort diy tips to lower viral load and the risks of developing #longcovid ?

Also my screen reader struggles with indexes/latin / tables so if anyone feels like doing the heavy lifting , a non AI summary/ results retranscription would be greatly appreciated :

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-25342-8.pdf

And

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-18676-w.pdf

Amongst many others
I was looking for articles assessing the effect of common spices , essential oils and other easily accessible compounds ( = no prescription needed , not too expensive and available either in most pharmacies or supermarkets )

i am NOT trying to publicize a snake oil alternative to vaccine , masking or paxlovid

This is quite literally the equivalent of comparing options before putting bubble wrap on my single glazed windows every winter
#covid19

( For any mutuals worrying : am not currently sick , friend is )

Ive spent the last 2 weeks feeling intermittently quite miserable from a #covid exposure (and subsequent illness) so expect me to once again be one of those obnoxious people who thinks we should take care of each other's health and the air quality at our gatherings.

I never really stopped but im fully back on my bs now.

This week's Pandemics in BC posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/10/16/2026-10-16-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/10/16/2026-10-16-bc/
#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles #h5n1

Does anyone know whether current use of azelastine (sold in the US as Astepro) by a patient would result in any vaccinations being less effective? I'm especially interested in whether the use of azelastine would make covid or flu vaccinations less effective.

#azelastine #Astepro #CovidVaccine #CovidVaccines #InfluenzaVaccine #InfluenzaVaccines #FluShot #FluShots #covid #covid19

For those with a tighter pulse on US #Covid vaccination stuff - My age group + factors makes me eligible for any of the current formulations

Moderna (mNexspike)
Moderna (Spikevax)
Novavax/Sanofi (Nuvaxovid)
Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty)

I think I've had prior formulations across the manufacturer spectrum with no adverse effects. Do any of them appear to be "better" than the others?

Today, I got vaccinated. 🥳

✅ Flu (Influenza)

✅ COVID-19

✅ HPV (Human papillomavirus)

✅ Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria with Whooping cough (Pertussis))

I think I should renew my Pneumonia vaccine. 🤔

#Vaccine #COVID #Influenza #HPV #Tdap

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A screenshot of my vaccine record: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 10/15/2026 Walgreens Tdap (Whooping Cough) 10/15/2026 Walgreens COVID-19 Pfizer (COMIRNATY) 10/15/2026 Walgreens Influenza (Flu) 10/15/2026 Walgreens Influenza (Flu) 12/05/2025 Walgreens COVID-19 Pfizer (COMIRNATY) 12/05/2025 Walgreens Influenza (Flu) 12/02/2024 Walgreens COVID-19 Pfizer (COMIRNATY) 12/02/2024 Walgreens Hep A-Hep B 12/02/2024 Walgreens Pneumonia 11/25/2023 Walgreens COVID-19, Pfizer 05/13/2022 Walgreens COVID-19, Moderna 01/13/2022 Walgreens COVID-19, Johnson and Johnson (Jannsen) 04/07/2021 Walgreens

As if I didn't have hundreds of reasons to avoid getting #Covid before, but losing the few #dopamine receptors that I have would be catastrophic to my #ADHD brain.

https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/117445661898744984

COVID "killed joy" in people; scientists have discovered a new long-term consequence—the virus literally burns out dopamine receptors.

It affects the part of the brain responsible for motivation, happiness, and memory, and the sicker a person is, the worse the consequences.

https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-scans-of-24-people-with-long-COVID-reveal-signs-of-injury-to-dopamine-neurons

#covid #science #news #covid19

Here are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's SARS-CoV2 seven-day running average numbers came down this week. Still high though. The last seven day running average calculation was done on 10/6.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

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A screencap of the Washington State Department of Health's Covid wastewater data for the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. The trend line of the graph is described in the toot text.