Prof. in Medicine (❗) Paul Hunter of East Anglia University (UK) is reported in the press to say that people with covid shouldn't be isolating anymore
"Expert says people with COVID should be allowed to 'go about their normal lives' at some point" news.sky.com/story/covid-ne…
He adds that at some point people should behave with covid as they do with any other "cold"
There are thousands dying from covid every day in the world Hundreds of thousands have been hospitalized in the last few weeks and | or have developed debilitating symptoms
We don't even know how many are developing prolonged disease #LongCovid, especially in areas of the world were surveillance and access to care are poor SARS-CoV-2 is a SARS virus which is capable of partial immune escape as we have seen with #Omicron
People are dying of omicron
It is shocking and harmful that a barrage of prominent accounts including in public health, medical professionals, and university professors, are out in force to promote the view that "covid is now like a cold" or soon to become as such
The US CDC says people with "resolving covid symptoms" can go back to work
Bad
Let's remember: early covid is often a biphasic disease, with a mild prodromal phase
Many people seem to recover around day 5, only to develop more serious issues, including silent hypoxia, in week 2
Many people especially in the youngish category but with severe | moderate disease tend to have a peak in covid severity around days 10 to 12. This has been called the "second week crash"
Some with covid pneumonia can be in life threatening conditions
I am sorry but another misleading tweet from a verified account, this one from a Health Organisation, sadly. While vaccination is a strong weapon, there is no way to be 100% sure you can "manage covid safely at home" if you "are under 65" and "healthy". Covid is Russian roulette
We have seen accounts on this very same platform of fully vaccinated people who are having a rough time with covid. These include red-flag signs like dropping in O2 saturation. Some people have reported needing hospital care. We don't know who is more susceptible to #LongCovid
It's key those in public health, and official health bodies are crystal clear about the dangers of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This is especially the case of #Omicron which is proven to cause infection |symptomatic disease even in double| triple vaccinated people
Tennis star Belinda Bencic reported rather heavy flu-like symptoms (chills, fever) despite being vaccinated. Another player, Ons Jabeur, revealed to have "strong symptoms"
Emma Raducanu had tested positive before the Abu Dhabi tournament
Yes 🔥
It's proven both by the lived experience and scientific literature that SARS-CoV-2 infection | covid can cause prolonged disease and severe events, like pulmonary embolism, months or even years after onset
Just follow the #LongCovid community or look the papers up!
In this BBC piece out today, advocate @JasmineHayer speaks further about her #LongCovid experience, including micro-clotting, and cardiovascular issues
Policy makers should be talking more openly about #LongCovid
But, often, they wouldn't do it. The reason in my opinion is very simple. People would refuse any mass infection policy if they knew about the risks. Also, existing patients would become more vocal in asking for care
Pandemic policy has been generally being dictated by incompetence, short-term macro-economic thinking, and the needs of elite groups. The economic gains of a few have been put over the health and wellbeing of a multitude.
It's the same for debates over airborne transmission
#LongCovid, recognition of covid real nature --- it's a SARS like disease not a "cold" --- and #covidisairborne have been three of the most contentious topics in pandemic awareness.
Failure in addressing these issues drove the disaster which costed us ~5--15 million lives
Another study proves the important long-term cardiovascular damage of SARS-CoV-2 infection 🧵
| sample n=70 PCR + mild to severe covid patients | ~4 month after infection | evidence of endothelial, cardiac ❤ vascular dysfunction❗
Main finds in the covid sample include: persistent symptoms like fatigue, dyspnea, cough, chest pain | evidence of arterial stiffness | abnormalities in biomarkers of endothelial function | evidence of oxidative stress | evidence of impaired cardiac function #LongCovid
Two control groups were used n=70 patients each | 1= healthy controls, 2= hypertensive people ⏩ #LongCovid patients show some similarities with the hypertensive controls but with *worse* results in some biomarkers! | impaired cardiovascular function was noted vs healthy controls