I’m neither a politician nor an economist, but finding it hard to see how it could be good to have 3% of the workforce long term unwell to #LongCovid , yet no moves to acknowledge, mitigate, research or treat?

Studies in the US and UK have reached similar conclusions, indicating that the condition has driven the recent increase in workplace absence in many countries.

Read more in this article from Financial Times: ft.com/content/bb09a0…

The lessons we learned...We really shouldn't be relying on good luck

Can you imagine staff putting them selves at risk - first responders inc lose proximity to patients extremely ill from COVID pre vaccines - having their PPE LOCKED AWAY to prevent use?

Why?

Because of atrocious IPC guidance is why.

There is no such thing as immunity debt!

So why do they have #longcovid in Sweden and folks there are getting sick just like here? They can’t have immunity debt because there was no lockdown there. Natural immunity not working then! Why do so many have long covid?
news-medical.net/news/20231027/…

I have suffered GI complications following SARS2 infection, it is an area that needs more research...

Great to be included here along with Prof Sheena Cruickshank (she/her) and Danny Altmann, an Independent SAGE immunology/Virology special!

Thanks Katharine Lang, great article🙏

bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Moderna CEO Bancel - #LongCovid is a terrible problem affecting 16 million Americans, 4 million out of a job. They are mostly young people in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Someone that used to jog 5 kilometers can barely walk now because of permanent lung damage. It's very profound.

1/'A road safety campaign called ‘Time to Talk’has been launched to warn users of the consequences of dangerous driving habits'

Can we get a 'Time to Talk' campaign about the brain damaging SARS2 virus repeatedly infecting the public?
#TimeToTalkSARS2 🧠🧵
m.independent.ie/irish-news/ire…

Hospitals should not be places where patients get additional infections. Infection control in many countries for #COVID has been abandoned, it’s endangering lives, overloading healthcare. Totally unacceptable, first do no harm!

#CleantheAir
#Test
#WearARespie #ffp3

The Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation annual conference begins today

'Overcrowding and patient safety will be among the key topics discussed'

Will #Respirators + #CleanAir
come up?
Implementing both in healthcare would help alleviate the burden.
#patientsafety #HAI #LongCovid
rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

Dr Christine Peters Completely agree, Christine, well said! 👍

Stephen Griffin It’s a mess of misinformation, obfuscation, decades of deliberate playing down of the built environment role in infection prevention, shoddy leadership and selling down the river the most vulnerable amongst us in a rush not to be seen to “over react”.
We need some maturity.

HCW are NOT to blame for this situation.
They follow 'guidance' based upon flawed IPC, & r instructed not to test/isolate unless in specific roles. this applies beyond SARS2.

It's not a false binary of masks vs nowt, it's infection resilient environments and investment therein.

Strawfie Challenge Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔 Safe Inside - Clean The Air Long Covid Kids - #LongCovidKids SafeEdForAll #SafeEdForAll No other masks, no open windows, no staff precautions...

To state the obvious: massive under-reporting of #LongCovid in EHCR likely a combination of some with poor healthcare access, reluctance to apply the codes if people are no longer getting LFD or PCR to confirm infection, plus effect of any GP scepticism

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