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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
Dr Lambert speaking at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health debate re #LongCovid
(6th July 2022)
oireachtas.ie/en/debates/deb…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
x.com/dbdugger/statu…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
'... Specifically, SARS-CoV-2 contributes to the long-term pathological outcome of prion disease,i.e, neurodegeneration.'
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
'SARS-CoV-2 infection as a cause of neurodegeneration'
' The risk of severe neurological impairment as a sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 is significant...'
thelancet.com/journals/laneu…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
'Long-Lasting Cognitive Abnormalities after COVID-19'
x.com/dbdugger/statu…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
Neurological Conditions - CDC
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
'Dementia after COVID infection. The small cerebral vessels are often damaged. Therefore,COVID is not a cold or flu. Repeated infections are also a burden on the healthcare system'
-Minister of Health🇩🇪
x.com/karl_lauterbac…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
“This virus (SARS2) gets into your body and it doesn’t leave. …And it invades the lining of the blood vessels and every organ of your body,”
thewhig.com/opinion/johnst…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
'Our research clearly shows that the weakening of ACE2 is central to the neuromuscular complications experienced by a significant percentage of COVID-19 patients.'
timesofmalta.com/article/maltes…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
'A 2022 study explored the relationship between even mild COVID infections and lasting cognitive impairment, noting the effect of long COVID on memory, concentration, and processing information.'
pfizer.com/news/articles/…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
'We found global deficits across cognition,'
'The cognitive and memory problems that patients complained of were associated with neuroanatomical changes to the brain.'
medscape.com/viewarticle/ne…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
“The predominant features of (Long Covid)
— fatigue and neurologic dysfunction could be due to the lingering effects of mitochondrial damage caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection,'
theconversation.com/how-covid-19-d…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
'I would argue that COVID-19 is not a disease of the lungs at all, it seems most likely that it is what we call a vascular & neurologic infection,affecting both nerve endings & our cardiovascular system.'
heart.org/en/news/2024/0…
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Simon Harris TD RSA Ireland
Irish study 2024 🇮🇪👇
'Blood–brain barrier disruption and sustained systemic inflammation in individuals with long COVID-associated cognitive impairment'
nature.com/articles/s4159…