All of my Covid compilation threads are now duplicated here:
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Any clinician who’s truly incapable of distinguishing COVID from allergies or a cold…shouldn’t be a doctor.

'Even though Omicron caused less severe disease than Delta, the incidence of neurological manifestations is similar. More than 30% of patients experienced 'brain fog', delirium, stroke, and cognitive impairment, and over half of these patients presented abnormal neuroimaging…

Just been in the supermarket. Two staff visible. One says “we’re short staffed, everyone is off sick”, yet still initially gave me the passive aggressive finger pointing to her ear that she wouldn’t be able to hear me properly because of my 😷

What a ridiculous time to be alive!

🇳🇿NZ: It has been reported that 1 in 5 COVID sufferers in New Zealand go on to develop Long COVID.

'Otago University estimated that up to 150,000 New Zealanders may be battling, or have been battling Long COVID, while another estimate was up to 300,000'

rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Ridicule is a force to be reckoned with.

It turns out people will go to great lengths to avoid protecting themselves and others if there's the slightest chance of being ridiculed for it.

At what point does self-preservation instinct override learned helplessness?

Two friends have suffered with Covid over the last 4 weeks.

Both have been hospitalized.

Both shared the news of their illnesses publicly on FB.

Neither shared that their illness is COVID.

…and BOTH had COVID.

Study on #LongCovid in California farmworkers - most born in Mexico or Central America - found a whopping 62% had symptoms for over a month: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37715721/?utm_…