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Dr Elisa Perego Profile picture
@elisaperego78
Aug 22, 2024 • 15 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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Covid isn't the "common cold". Covid=common cold/flu is an argument that some policymakers, pundits, and so-called "experts" have been trying to make since much earlier in the pandemic. They can do it directly, or indirectly. It happened with Omicron, for example. Some examples:
Tony Fauci in late 2021, Omicron, we likely learn to live with Covid like we do we do with common cold and flu (to note, Fauci has expressed varying and in my opinion inconsistent views on Covid, see various media)

businessinsider.com/fauci-american…
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Is Covid a common cold yet, the Atlantic

theatlantic.com/health/archive…
"Have you got the common cold or new Covid-19 variant?"

"Feeling groggy and worn down in the lead-up to the Christmas period is just something to expect nowadays."

2023

thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/…
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reuters.com/business/healt…
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independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
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(Please note there are myriads of news articles like these, more or less subtly linking flu, cold and Covid together. And note that many people read only an article's title. So, even in case the articles in question dig deeper, the first impression stays)

theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
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usnews.com/news/health-ne…
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webmd.com/lung/news/2024…
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"Summer colds"

healthmatters.nyp.org/what-to-know-a…
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"Long colds"
bbc.com/news/health-67…
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My thread on the "long colds" study and how it was erroneously presented in the media

Here we're in mid 2021 ...

cbc.ca/news/health/wh…
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Dec 18, 2024
About poliovirus: it's not that polio was taken more seriously than Covid/LC. On the contrary (lockdowns, vaccine at warp speed, etc.). It's that more effective vaccines could be developed for polio than Covid. There is zero cure and almost no awareness for post polio syndrome
People basically could be vaccinated for polio and forget about it in most countries. Many people have taken so far 4-7 Covid vaccine doses. This could have eliminated Covid, like polio, in countries where there is such coverage. But the pathogen/vaccine features doesn't allow it
If the Covid vaccines were sterilising (with permanent immunity) policymakers, most likely, would have aimed for eradication. The unwillingness to pursue eradication for Covid (please note that Zero Covid countries could achieve elimination) meant the policy "living with Covid"
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Dec 15, 2024
Covid-induced acute pancreatitis presenting after discharge for Covid pneumonia. A case report. SARS-CoV-2 infection can trigger pancreatitis presenting in a delayed manner from acute lung pathology

#LongCovid

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC87…
Study published in 2022. Team "report a case of a 71-years-old male with multiple comorbidities that was admitted as a case of COVID-19 pneumonia for 10 days."
"Afterwards, the patient was discharged with resolution of the infection and presented two days later with signs of acute pancreatitis. On further investigation, it was confirmed that his acute pancreatitis was due to his previous COVID-19 infection."
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Dec 6, 2024
Ongoing examination is suggesting a link with post Covid myocarditis from 2020 for football star Edoardo Bove's cardiac arrest

Bove, 22, collapsed on the pit after an arrhythmia left him unconscious a few days ago against Inter Milan

#LongCovid

cdt.ch/sport/calcio/e…
The news has been available on Italian media for days. I have thought a lot about sharing as the information was more speculative before today. It's also sensitive news about a young person. News has been consolidating today with more concrete information

cdt.ch/sport/calcio/e…
More extensive examination on cardiac MRI, reportedly, would have revealed a "scar" on the heart of the young player. This would have been visible after the recent cardiac arrest but, reportedly, not so (or not so much) in previous MRIs following post Covid myocarditis in 2020 Image
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Dec 2, 2024
"Long Covid has dramatically changed my life”
Actor Matt McGorry developed LC after Covid infections in 2020 and 2023, with symptoms of dysautonomia, "brain fog" and debilitating" fatigue that doesn't go away even after "sleeping for 10-12 hours a night"
theguardian.com/wellness/ng-in…
"Memorizing lines was becoming hard. Or doing cold reads, where you get handed the script, which requires a lot of multitasking: you’re looking at the script, engaging with the person, hitting the marks." McGorry said
"I felt like I kept missing the turn, you know: driving by and you’re like, shit, that’s my turn. Some of that cognitive stuff has gotten better, but it’s incredibly scary. I can still do my job as an actor as long as it’s safe for me."
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Nov 15, 2024
Myasthenia gravis (MG) as a complication of #LongCovid. Case report of MG emerging four months after acute Covid. MG is an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder, which could be triggered in the context of immune dysregulation post SARS-CoV-2 infection
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39479090/
"This case illustrates the intricate link between post-viral states and autoimmune responses, particularly in geriatric patients." [The patient in the case study was 81]
"The pathophysiology linking COVID-19 to MG primarily involves immune dysregulation triggered by the viral infection, which may disrupt immune tolerance and lead to clinical autoimmunity."
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Nov 13, 2024
"I'm getting tired a bit more quicker. 25% of my lungs weren't working after pneumonia"

Tennis star and world number 2 Alexander Zverev, 27, about not being 100% after being hospitalized with pneumonia in late September 2024

sports.yahoo.com/zverev-25-lung…
"I ended up in hospital before the Laver Cup [in September] when I had a fever of 40 degrees Celsius for three days in a row and at some point I felt like I couldn't breathe," [tennis star Zverev] said after his win in the ATP Finals opener [in Turin] on Monday.
"Zverev has been suffering from the effects of a pneumonia for some time, complaining of fever and cough at the Laver Cup in Berlin in September." [2024]
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