@jahoyle.bsky.social

Anti-Brexit, pro-EU. Ex-virologist interested in the long-term effects of Covid-19.

These threads read like a sampling of population-wide immune system dysfunction. This is not normal, especially for this time of year, and it wasn’t the case pre-2020. Feels like around 2022 flu was normalized like it’s just a cold; now pneumonia might be next. #Covid

Comment on the Bay Area subreddit. See a link to the thread further down: 
“It's astounding seeing people still try and blame precautions from 6 years ago on why they're constantly sick now, despite a mountain of evidence that COVID wrecks your immune system and sets you up for being sick with everything else. Feels like society is doomed and will do anything except spend money to improve ventilation or wear masks.”
#9 Dream@gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I wonder whether it has anything to do with the damage that repeated COVID infections do to the immune system. The article neglected to mention that as a possible factor. Real life @thev.bsky.social.

SFGATE 
San Francisco is getting ravaged by multiple viruses. Experts aren't sure why. 

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3 vital letters: MMR The viral infection has been detected in at least 34 people across 11 U.S. states. It can cause: -Orchitis and male infertility. -Oophoritis or mastitis, inflammation of ovaries and breasts -Meningitis -Deafness www.scientificamerican.com/article/mump....

Mumps is back, but vaccines can prevent it

Maryland is one of several states that are reporting cases of the infectious disease mumps, suggesting the return of diseases—like measles—that vaccines protect against

scientificamerican.com

If long COVID leads to Alzheimer's And 3% of Brits have long COVID Surely a good public health policy right now would be to protect more people from getting covid, developing long COVID, and in turn Alzheimer's?

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