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When the first researchers started to propose that Covid would cause AIDS like immune dysfunction, one of the main pushbacks was that since Covid had infected most of the population, we should be seeing surges of opportunistic infections & bacterial pneumoniae if that was true.
https://twitter.com/xabitron1/status/1727946328347423162
If I had the energy I would post a whole thread of tweets from big name minimizers that all repeatedly said,“Where’s the surges of previously well controlled illnesses? Where’s the fungal infections? Where’s the bacterial pneumoniae?”
Now we’ve seen ALL THREE
in the last year.
Now we’ve seen ALL THREE
in the last year.
So when people downplay the pneumonia epidemic happening in China (and two other countries so far that we know of) by pointing to the fact they AREN’T seeing any new pathogens here but evidence suggests it’s “just” bacterial pneumoniae?
They aren’t understanding how that’s potentially *WORSE* news.
Because population wide damage is Covid as already happened. We can’t put that cat in the bag. (Whereas if this was a novel pathogen we’d have at least the possibility to try to contain the spread.)
Because population wide damage is Covid as already happened. We can’t put that cat in the bag. (Whereas if this was a novel pathogen we’d have at least the possibility to try to contain the spread.)
The beginning of AIDS epidemic was marked by the same thing: strange increases in cases of common infections hitting people WAY harder than is normal (and in populations that were young and should otherwise be fairly healthy,) and an unexplained surge in bacterial pneumoniae.
In reality, the AIDS epidemic had begun much earlier though, with the initial infections with HIV.
But the only symptoms at the time of infection were normal cold or flu like symptoms.
By the time you had AIDS you’d have no reason to think it was connected to that past flu.
But the only symptoms at the time of infection were normal cold or flu like symptoms.
By the time you had AIDS you’d have no reason to think it was connected to that past flu.
In March, an NIH study came out saying “findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the CD8+ T cell response, an effect akin to that observed in earlier studies showing long-term damage to the immune system after infection with viruses such as hepatitis C or HIV.”
Yet most folks are under the impression that the only folks linking Covid to the possibility of AIDS like illness in the future are fringe Twitter accounts who are making wild conjectures with no basis in reality.
Even though that NIH study came out almost a year ago.
Even though that NIH study came out almost a year ago.
So no, hearing that these surges in serious cases of pneumoniae in populations we don’t usually expect this from is likely NOT a new pathogen but appears to be “just” bacterial pneumoniae is not actually good news in the least.
It’s EXTREMELY concerning, if not outright alarming
It’s EXTREMELY concerning, if not outright alarming
It’s the very thing even the most ardent of minimizers was saying would be EXACTLY what you would see if the Covid/HIV similarity actually existed.
It’s long past time for us to get serious about what Covid infections - esp repeat infections - mean for us on a population level.
It’s long past time for us to get serious about what Covid infections - esp repeat infections - mean for us on a population level.
I’m gonna add some relevant tweets to the end of this thread from an account that pulled together a bunch of new stories on the surges in opportunistic infections in the US (esp in kids) since we opted to just “let it rip” w/Covid. Evidence this isn’t just an isolated thing:
https://twitter.com/lauramiers/status/1727798423238123661
(The CDC does not have a reporting system for Enterovirus, which is likely why we aren’t included in this list.)
https://twitter.com/lauramiers/status/1680398257430691840
None of this is normal, folks.
But media stories are presenting each “strange” outbreak as a separate thing, and the way there is SO much news happening SO quickly these days means it’s hard for our brains to remember all these as time progresses & we move on to something else.
But media stories are presenting each “strange” outbreak as a separate thing, and the way there is SO much news happening SO quickly these days means it’s hard for our brains to remember all these as time progresses & we move on to something else.
https://twitter.com/lauramiers/status/1723407537557389367
But when you step back & look at it all together - especially with that NIH study from March - the pattern becomes truly alarming.
We’ve GOT to reach a point where we can at least accept the reality of what Covid is doing to us on a population level. Only then can we deal w/ it
We’ve GOT to reach a point where we can at least accept the reality of what Covid is doing to us on a population level. Only then can we deal w/ it
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