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Dr Elisa Perego Profile picture
@elisaperego78
Aug 22 • 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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Aug 19
"I’m just going to let you know, there were a lot of people in the village who had COVID that just didn’t say it. I’m just the most popular person who got COVID and actually said I had it."

Noah Lyles on running with Covid at the Olympics

citiusmag.com/articles/noah-…
"Now looking back, there were signs on the day of the final of the 100m [which Lyles won] that this was taking too much energy to produce what I normally produce. I just threw it to the side."

Lyles said
"Then, I wake up the next day and it’s Monday now after the finals and I have a sore throat. I’m thinking, ‘OK. Maybe I just cheered a little too much. Maybe I was yelling a little too much.’ .. Lyles said
Read 14 tweets
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Aug 11
"I was just taken to the emergency room by ambulance after vomiting blood twice. I'll update you all. I dreamed for this day except living a nightmare like this"

Tokyo's gold medal Gianmarco Tamberi, hours before ending 11th in the Paris high jump final

unilad.com/news/sport/oly…
Uncomfortable to have watched the final live (at the time I knew Tamberi was ill again with suspected kidney problems/kidney stones; but I didn't know about the reports about vomiting blood). It has been concerning to see so many people competing ill like Peaty or Lyles
An Olympic, World and European gold medallist, Tamberi was the flag bearer for Italy at the Paris Games opening ceremony. Shortly after, he reported to have been at the hospital for fever and kidney issues. He delayed his return to Paris to try recover

la7.it/intanto/video/…
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Aug 9
"French athlete Alessia Zarbo collapsed during the final lap of the [Olympics] women's 10000m final on Friday evening. The 22-year-old was seen being helped by medics on the track before being taken away on a stretcher."

givemesport.com/alessia-zarbo-…
After the race, "images have since emerged of Zarbo lying on the floor before being stretchered off as the race continued. The French woman was not the only athlete unable to complete the race, as Eretria's Rahel Daniel also pulled out before crossing the finish line."
According to the press, "no word has been given as to Zarbo's current condition."
Read 7 tweets
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Aug 8
"I do have Covid. It definitely affected my performance but I never considered withdrawing. My girlfriend said I was coughing through the night. I woke up with chills, aches, sore throat"

Noah Lyles, 27, on running at the Olympics with Covid

theguardian.com/sport/article/…
"“I do have Covid,” Lyles said. “I tested positive around 5am on Tuesday. I woke up feeling chills, aching, sore throat. Those were a lot of the symptoms I have had before getting Covid. I was like: ‘I need to test this one.’
"[The Covid test] It came back positive so we quickly quarantined in a hotel near the village and they got me on as much medication as they legally could to make sure my body was able to keep the momentum going." Lyles said after the 200m final
Read 13 tweets
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Aug 7
Covid in Italy's Olympic team

"I had Covid but we didn't let this come out. I have always been monitored. Today I felt better than on the 1 August run, but in last part of the race I paid the price anyway"

Star runner Antonella Palmisano

ansa.it/sito/notizie/s…
"At any rate, I gave everything. It's a pity because if (I were) in better form, we could really have had much more fun" (better results, I presume). Antonella Palmisano and her race partner ended in sixth place in Paris and didn't medal
Translation and summary by myself from the original Italian article (attached above). Antonella Palmisano was a gold medallist at the Olympics in Tokyo, a European gold medallist in Rome in 2024, and a bronze medal at the Worlds in 2017 and 2023

it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonella…
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Aug 5
COVID-19 triggers significant acute inflammatory responses in the gastrointestinal tissues, particularly in the duodenum, which can extend into #LongCovid (incl. prolonged GI symptoms). Study on 🇨🇳 patients with multiple lines of investigation on biopsy
frontiersin.org/journals/cell-…
"In some patients, persistent gastrointestinal symptoms [GI] like abdominal pain, nausea, and diarrhea occur as part of long COVID-19 syndrome following acute respiratory symptoms caused by SARS-CoV-2."
Study collected data from 95 COVID patients. Among these, 11 patients who exhibited gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and underwent gastroscopy were selected for further analysis
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