Wow, I have somehow caught a nasty virus that started as a sore throat. Today I tested negative for #covid, #flu a and flu b, RSV, and even strep.

I've been out of work due to this. Had to use scissors to open stomach medicine to keep Gatorade down.

I'm not looking for pity, I just thought I'd say something because my doctor said there is an unknown #virus going around. I barely have the strength right now to get to the bathroom, and back to bed.

Just a reminder to wash your hands or use hand sanitizer if you cannot wash. You don't want this. I honestly thought it was covid. It's pretty bad.

#washyourhandswithsoap

Il Tempo: Scandalo mascherine, il caso Conte-Alpa sparisce dai giornali amici...

Il fango sulla Meloni sì, le vicende (anomale) che ruotano intorno al Covid, all'acquisto delle mascherine e al lavoro della Commissione Parlamentare no. Non è la prima volta. E verosimilmente non sarà l'ultima. Per due giorni di fila le notizie relative a persone (potenzialmente) vicine a Giuseppe Conte sono state letteralmente rimosse. Come non esistessero. Una scelta editoriale determinata dalla consapevolezza che, certe informazioni, non sono meritevoli di andare in stampa o, più probabilmente, perché potrebbe essere un (indiretto)attacco al futuro leader del Campo Largo, unico avversario degno di nota di Giorgia Meloni nel 2027?
Due imprenditori hanno parlato, senza mezzi termini, di modalità anomale. E di due avvocati che si sono dichiarati molto vicini all'allora presidente del Consiglio, Giuseppe Conte, citando un incontro che sarebbe avvenuto nello studio Alpa, mentore dell'ex premier. Hanno millantato questo rapporto umano, magari per ottenere qualcosa in cambio o questa vicinanza esiste davvero? Parallelamente sono tre giorni che gli editorialisti prossimi all'universo di sinistra attaccano Giorgia Meloni.

Colpevole, secondo loro, di essersi fatta fotografare con Gioacchino Amico, pentito di mafia. Ora, non serve essere un esperto di politica per sapere che, al termine di ogni evento, del più locale dei comizi, ci sia una pletora di persone in grado di aspettare anche un'ora pur di avere una foto con un leader di partito.

Quest'ultimo, ovviamente, non può sapere chi sia la persona che l'abbraccia e sceglie di farsi immortalare insieme. A fronte di mille brave persone e onesti lavoratori è fisiologico, statisticamente ovvio, ci possa essere un soggetto dal passato con qualche ombra. Eppure questa ovvietà viene scordata dai giornali di sinistra. Pronti a tutti pur di (provare a) mettere sulla graticola il Premier. Anche negando le ambiguità della gestione dell'emergenza Covid.

Mask mandate scandal, the Conte-Alpa case disappears from friendly newspapers...

The mud on Meloni, yes, the events (anomalous) surrounding the Covid, the purchase of masks, and the work of the Parliamentary Committee no. It’s not the first time. And it likely won’t be the last. For two days in a row, news related to people (potentially) close to Giuseppe Conte were literally removed. As if they didn’t exist. An editorial choice determined by the awareness that certain information is not worthy of going to print or, more likely, because it could be an (indirect) attack on the future leader of the Center Right, the only credible opponent of Giorgia Meloni in 2027?

Two businessmen spoke plainly about anomalous methods. And two lawyers declared themselves very close to the then Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, citing a meeting that would have taken place in the Alpa study, mentor of the former premier. They fabricated this human relationship, perhaps to get something in return or does this proximity actually exist? Parallelly, for three days, the leftist-leaning commentators have been attacking Giorgia Meloni.

Guilty, according to them, of having been photographed with Gioacchino Amico, a repentant mafia member. Now, it doesn’t take a political expert to know that, at the end of every event, from the most local rallies, there is a plethora of people able to wait even an hour just to have a photo with a party leader.

The latter, of course, cannot know who is embracing the person and choosing to be immortalized together. In the face of a thousand good people and honest workers, it is physiological, statistically obvious, there may be a subject with a past with some shadows. Yet this obviousness is forgotten by the leftist newspapers. Ready to all pur of (trying to) grilling the Premier. Even denying the ambiguities of the Covid emergency management.

#Conte-Alpa #Meloni #Covid #first #GiuseppeConte #theCenterRight #GiorgiaMeloni #GioacchinoAmico

https://www.iltempo.it/politica/2026/04/10/news/mascherine-caso-conte-alpa-sparisce-dai-giornali-amici-commissione-covid-47215739/

unfriendly reminder: dismantling public health is a *right wing project*. Don't support their work by saying "during Covid" when you mean "during Covid lockdowns" or "back when people still took Covid seriously".

We have normalized condoms and STD testing. We can do better with airborne diseases than sticking our heads in the sand in the face of life destroying, incurable diseases like Long Covid that current vaccines does not reliably protect against.

#covid #pandemic #covidIsNotOver

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average of its detected Sars-CoV-2 levels is pretty low. The last calculation was made on 3/31.

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 doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistica. 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.

Nouă polițiști din 🇮🇳#India, condamnați la moarte pentru o dublă crimă comisă în timpul pandemiei de 🦠#COVID-19.

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#Știri #Sănătate

I have been worrying about this for days but don't have the spoons to dig in:

BA.3.2 lost its ability to bind tightly to ACE-2 receptors on cells

[1]

Remember that Long COVID rates were much higher during Delta? Remember that Delta was much more prone to syncytia (not needing ACE2 at all) in part because it had reduced ACE-2 affinity?

syncytia formation via the highly fusogenic Delta spike promotes cellular senescence and extracellular cytokine release

[2]

and I know I read (skimmed) a paper suggesting that this method of direct contact cell-cell transmission was driving Long COVID - aha here:

We propose the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 transitions to persistent infection, facilitated by syncytia formation

[3]

[1] https://archive.md/HWOHt#selection-3205.38-3205.105
[2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10785701/
[3] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40535019/

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #BA32 #syncytia #syncytial

Dammit, I tested positive for #Covid at #Eastercon. Hope there aren't too many others.

🇪🇺#UniuneaEuropeană a avertizat țările membre “să nu transforme criza energetică într-o criză fiscală”, prin subvenții și reduceri de taxe la carburanți. Există riscul unei a treia crize economice în 🇪🇺#UE, în decurs de doar șase ani, după 🦠#COVID și invazia rusă din 🇺🇦#Ucraina, arată 📰#FinancialTimes.

🔗 https://biziday.ro/?p=353658

#Știri #Rusia #Economie #Sănătate

🇪🇺#UniuneaEuropeană a avertizat țările membre “să nu transforme criza energetică într-o criză fiscală”, prin subvenții și reduceri de taxe la carburanți. Există riscul unei a treia crize economice în 🇪🇺#UE, în decurs de doar șase ani, după 🦠#COVID și invazia rusă din 🇺🇦#Ucraina, arată 📰#FinancialTimes.

🔗 https://biziday.ro/?p=353658

#Știri #Rusia #Economie #Sănătate

Some good news on the Long Covid front. A common drug can reduce fatigue.

short news article:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/common-antidepressant-can-treat-long-covid-fatigue-symptoms-study/

summary in journal:
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-03959-PS

the full paper:
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-03959

#LongCovid #Covid

🇨🇦 Public health official details new COVID-19 variant that's been found in Ontario

More than 20 cases of the BA.3.2 variant have been detected in Ontario, Guan said, but didn’t say if there have been any cases reported in London. (How would they know numbers? There's NO Testing in most of Ontario!!)

#Ontario #Covid

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/a-new-variant-of-covid-19-has-been-found-in-ontario-heres-what-to-know

🎁 https://removepaywalls.com/https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/a-new-variant-of-covid-19-has-been-found-in-ontario-heres-what-to-know

Why is it that every time Trump is in the White House we all get kicked in the nuts at the gas pumps.

#oil #trump #iran #covid #trumpadministration #republicans #gas #inflation #middleeast #war #economy #news #worldnews #EpsteinFiles

TIL that it is likely that trauma that I experienced (associated with the COVID19 pandemic and my being diagnosed with autoimmune disorders during the pandemic which kicked another layer on my CPTSD) caused an epigenetic shift that resulted in latent ADHD and ASD evolving into clinically significant symptoms. Then menopause cranked that shit up to an overclocked 11.

#adhd #asd #cptsd #ptsd #covid #trauma

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Image of a man in a comic book and geek accessories store trying on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles inspired turtle shell backpack. Items like these are a LOT harder to resist buying and using now.

JWeiland is still on birdsite but if you are keeping informed about COVID, and especially if you have kids, this seems pertinent right now:

https://bird.makeup/users/jpweiland/statuses/2040311085371212036

A reminder that it is a deep injustice to force people of any age into contagious situations.

That applies to prisons, and it applies to schools.

#COVID19 #COVID #SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #BA32

A New, Highly Mutated COVID Variant Called 'Cicada' Is Spreading in the US. Know These Symptoms
https://www.today.com/health/coronavirus/new-covid-variant-ba32-cicada-symptoms-2026-rcna265088?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Econopass%2Fmagazine%2FFLIPBOARD+EXCHANGE+FEED+%F0%9F%97%9E%EF%B8%8F
The heavily mutated new BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant, aka "cicada," is circulating in at least 25 U.S. states, the CDC said. What to know about its spread and symptoms. BA.3.2, a highly mutated new COVID-19 variant that may be better able to escape immunity from vaccines or previous infection, is now …
#wellness #health #covid #cicada

Just got my covid booster.

If you're over 65, or immunocompromised, you can get a vivid booster after 6 months. I haven't seen this mentioned much. Safeway texted to alert me, thank heavens.

#covid #covid19 #vaccine #maskup

#Covid worsened overnight.
Woke whole chest inflamed. Bit better now.
Fever again.
3 weeks & still sick w random symptoms getting worse suddenly.
I can’t get better if I’m living on a snack here & there can it?
Reality of #abuse
They refuse to mask even though dr begged them
Must escape! I’m slowly losing ability to fight off infections. Dr is right- this environment will kill me.

#LongCovid