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Nick Tsergas
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Reporter, Health Editor at @ CanadaHealthwatch.ca RN. Skeets representative of my opinions only, maybe yours too. Story tips: nick@canadahealthwatch.ca Newsletter: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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NTnicktsergas.bsky.social

New research of a massive study cohort supports the hypothesis that long COVID risk compounds with subsequent reinfections. Time to rethink our strategies?

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KWkww.bsky.social

I really am curious as to how one would sort cause-and-effect here. If I phrase it backwards ("People whose immune systems cannot effectively clear COVID19 suffer from worsening chronic symptoms and occasional acute flareups") wouldn't it describe the same thing?

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Ggordod.bsky.social

Well, my strategy is still to avoid situations that risk respiratory virus infections, mask when I can’t avoid them, and stay up on vaccinations

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MCmikecaulfield.bsky.social

Actually according to the study (as well as another it cites), long covid incidence declined rapidly from 2020 to 2021, possibly as people developed immunity and got access to vaccines.

While the prevalence of post-acute COVID-19 symptoms remained high in both countries, our results showed a decline in the proportion of people developing persistent symptoms after COVID-19 over time. The REACT-2 study, a representative community survey among adults in England, found a similar trend, with the prevalence of people experiencing at least one symptom >12 weeks following COVID-19 declining from 37.7% between September 2020 and February 2021 to 21.6% in May 202115. This trend may be attributable to the effect of vaccines16, previous immunity (i.e., reinfection), and differences in the pre
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ACandychalk.bsky.social

What strategies?

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Ssnarkyhumanist.bsky.social

Sure, let's. My mom is in the hospital right now and couldn't go to the hospital she wanted bc it's full of COVID patients and we were all surprised bc literally no one is talking/reporting about it. 😡

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Spoiler: they won't. Money means more than lives. All hail Profit.

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SSslightlysnappy.bsky.social

I settled on my strategy a long time ago.

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PFyoucaughtscott.bsky.social

Right but what if instead every time you brought up COVID being bad, the most insufferable jerkasses on the internet scream at you indefinitely

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MTsmoemeth.bsky.social

... or maybe make a strategy, bc there sure isn't one now.

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Nick Tsergas
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Reporter, Health Editor at @ CanadaHealthwatch.ca RN. Skeets representative of my opinions only, maybe yours too. Story tips: nick@canadahealthwatch.ca Newsletter: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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