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Conor Browne Profile picture
@brownecfm
Oct 10 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
1. Two significant findings over the past few weeks: Covid-19 is an independent cardiovascular risk factor, and also causes some degree of cognitive problems. There are of course many other sequelae of infection, but for the moment just consider those two.
2. Considering that almost everyone has been infected with SARS-CoV-2 at least once - at least - zoom out to the population level effects in the future: increased chronic disease, which in turn will cause an increased burden on already-struggling healthcare systems.
3. Individually, and especially if you're concerned with longevity and / or healthy aging (or you're working / researching in that space), you absolutely cannot afford to ignore the negative impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Conor Browne Profile picture
Sep 10
1. As someone who has been sober for over 17 years, and obviously wishes to remain so, I understand the subtle, pernicious power of two phenomena all too well: normalisation and denial. Like many recovering alcoholics, I can spot them instantaneously in both myself and others.
2. People who haven't recovered from addiction really don't understand these phenomena with the same keenness as those of us who have (after all, my sobriety and my life depends on being on eternal guard for them in myself).
3. People who normalise and deny are simply using these phenomena as defences. In addition, they go hand-in-hand for the addict in the maintenance of his or her blind spot: namely, the damage of the addiction itself to both themselves and those around them.
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Sep 2
1. One of the problems I often encounter when discussing subjects like this is the absolute lack of nuance. Very basically put, people either concentrate entirely on the harms of lockdowns OR entirely on the harms of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

theguardian.com/society/articl…
2. The truth is that they are not mutually exclusive (a position very few people seem to understand, or wish to engage with). Of course lockdowns had the potential to harm children, but *so did exposure to the virus*.
3. This is a very concerning study:

ijidonline.com/article/S1201-…
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Conor Browne Profile picture
Aug 12
1. This is an excellent question. To understand how Covid-19 has become a taboo subject, there are a number of factors that must be considered.

First, the dynamic that exists between governments, public health, the media, and healthcare professionals.
2. The relationship between government and public health is often seen as follows: governments taking advice from independent scientists and then following it. However, public health agencies are far from independent - they are nested within governmental structures.
3. As such, public health agencies are, by definition, political in nature. They are not independent. But, this political character of public health is not straightforward (in the sense of government leadership telling them what to say). Rather, it is a subtle relationship.
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Jul 2
1. Outstanding and hard-hitting piece from Tess Finch-Lees:

'Unless the HSE is testing all patients on admission, as well as staff, reinstating universal masking throughout healthcare, improving ventilation and filtration, expanding boosters for all...
2. ... informing the public that we’re in the midst of a surge and how to protect ourselves, the claim it is doing everything to stop the virus spreading is unsubstantiated'.

Please click the pay walled link in the first tweet to let the Irish Independent know this is important.
3. Non-paywalled link here:



Huge thanks to Tess for writing this, and the Irish Independent for publishing.

/endarchive.ph/2024.07.02-021…
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Jun 6
1. When I wrote this - nearly a year ago now - I had no idea that only nine months later I would be asked whether commercial pasteurisation inactivates H5N1 in milk (thankfully, it appears to). My point is that this virus is behaving in an extraordinarily unpredictable fashion.
2. As such, we should *expect* highly atypical and unpredictable behaviour from this pathogen; nothing should be a surprise at this point.

The ongoing ability of this virus to infect both humans and a very wide range of animals, causing radically different levels of disease...
3... is deeply concerning to me.

As such, it would be prudent to accelerate both the development and adoption of rapid testing technology for H5N1 and to ramp up vaccine production for this pathogen globally.
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Jun 5
1. Many commentators on this platform have (rightfully) drawn attention to the Covid safety measures in place at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum:

forumspb.com/en/covid-19-sa…
2. However, it is worth noting that this degree of Covid safety is absolutely not representative of other high-level international events, economic or otherwise. Once again, I assure you that political and economic elites are generally as careless about Covid as everyone else.
3. St. Petersburg is an exception rather than a rule. Why? Remembering that Putin is due to give the plenary session on June 7th, this article - from *last year* is worth reading:

themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/31/kre…
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