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24 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Local public health chiefs in England are breaking from the government’s official guidance and recommending protective measures to combat a surge in coronavirus cases.

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theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
"At least a dozen directors of public health (DPHs) have called on residents to readopt measures such as mask-wearing and working from home.

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"Helen Lowey, Bolton DPH, is backing other protective measures. She wrote on Twitter:

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Take action. When the government doesn't act, act anyway. Power flows to those who act.

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24 Oct
Study points to possible Covid brain damage mechanism:

Covid protein (protease) cuts a protein (NEMO) important in cells forming the walls of small capilaries of the brain (endothelial cells). This results in cell death and loss of capilaries.

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"We obtained evidence that brain endothelial cells are infected and that the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 (Mpro) cleaves NEMO, the essential modulator of nuclear factor-κB.

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Loss of cells lining the walls of capillaries in the brain makes them unable to cary blood—harming the brain. What is left are called "string vessels" and are found in increased numbers in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

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22 Oct
Justified and important action:

Brazilian senators call for crimes against humanity charges against president Jair Bolsonaro.

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 a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAPJL…
"Brazilian senators have recommended President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with 10 crimes, including crimes against humanity, alleging his "reckless" mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.

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"Lawmakers investigating the President officially presented their report on Wednesday, condemning the populist leader's handling of the crisis and pushing for him to face a swathe of charges.

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18 Oct
Important example of the failure of current school guidelines. Wishful thinking doesn't work in a pandemic. This is not just in Ireland.

Covid-19: Primary school closes until November after outbreak of 30 cases

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 irishtimes.com/news/education… via @IrishTimes
"A primary school in Co Wexford has blamed “serious flaws” with revised close contact rules for an outbreak of more than 30 cases of Covid-19, which has forced it to shut until next month.

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"It follows an emergency meeting of CBS primary school’s board of management on Sunday evening. The board said it was closing the 270-pupil school as a “vital health and safety precaution for all”.

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17 Oct
Systemic physiological harm can be mapped to aging. This study shows evidence goes far beyond a general mapping to molecular markers:

Evidence for Biological Age Acceleration and Telomere Shortening in COVID-19 Survivors

Figures explained in thread
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 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Black dashed line in the figure shows the direct correlation of chronological age (horizontal axis) with genetic age markers (vertical axis) for uninfected individuals (blue), and significant departure for infected individuals (red) especially for younger individuals.

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This figure shows the same results but after subtracting the chronological age. The age difference that results across the population is

10.45 ± 7.29 years (+5.25 years above the range of normality) compared with 3.68 ± 8.17 years for COVID-19-free population (p < 0.0001)

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15 Oct
"Back from the brink: how Japan became a surprise Covid success

7-day average is 700 cases per day, 1/33 peak at end of August. Vaccination, masking, end of summer socializing appear to help.

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theguardian.com/world/2021/oct…
Paraphrasing: Previous prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, who ignored his chief health adviser in pushing ahead with the Games, was forced to step down amid stubbornly low approval ratings. He was criticised for emphasising the economy over the virus response.

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Recent polls show public expects new prime minister Fumio Kishida to prioritise public health
“The end of emergency doesn’t mean we are 100% free. The government should send a clear message to the people that we can only relax gradually”chief medical adviser Shigeru Omi cautioned
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12 Oct
India continues to improve, under 20 cases per day in

11 States: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand.

Population over 600 million.

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Bihar population 100 M, Uttar Pradesh population about 220 M.

Also under 20 cases per day in 5 Union territories:
Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Chandigarh; Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu; Ladakh; Lakshadweep.

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Delhi recently, population 31 million, has about 1 case per million

Maharashtra, population 110 million, after opening too early, recently adopted best practices from other states and is now declining down to 2,600 per day, under 25 per million.

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